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Show SMCII PfllCES ED !1 VIENNA i i Food and Discarded Gar-j ments Sold at Unheard- of Figures. Plenty of Money, but Nothing Noth-ing to Exchange It For, Is" Report. RKRXi:, Switzr i lunil, No.'. 2!. (Hy the, AwHfji-la I Pre: h. t Food v. as so cx-penslve cx-penslve in Vienn;-. Hint, a merger, un-lu un-lu latablo and ims.uist'acLory m al cost , from ?l up. Clothes were so scarce that n. mediocre suit co.-t S5"0. and shoes, 5 HO to $;'), Commonest, necessaries wore so Hifil'-ult to (ill;iii that one had to stand in lino for hours to purchase- a tiny portion por-tion jit an exorbitant pri e. .Such wt-ro afl'aii. in Vienna just before be-fore I ho arntihti'-ii was concluded, as related re-lated to t In- 1 ii:Tf'.-poiiil.-iit by (he last Am.Tli-:m ;-i Austria. lie is a , member of Mir- u : ' .lomatio ."rvl'-e, who w;im asidk'nc 1 !o remain at tno Austrian capital ulun uar v. as declared and has Si) tit cumu to tiw iUeiktnd. Climax of Hardships. No story yet told of conditions in Vienna Vi-enna ciui even ivmoteiy approximate Mftual facts us described iy this eyewitness, eye-witness, whoso account was pivun, por-liups por-liups uncoiiM-iously , a dramatic climax hy the declaration that, despite tho in-dcsri'ilianlo in-dcsri'ilianlo su hennas n nd hardships, Vienna, still has horse racing. attended ly greater crowds than in peace times. These crowds walk eight miles to the tiX'-q track and bet thousands of frowns Instead of hundreds, as formerly, in their feverish desire lo forget tho misery L'Ji'.lfufl by Die war. Austria, unit, declares; tho diplomat, because, be-cause, it was a p)i sical impossibility to continue further. Not only was Austria without food, but without riio commonest noce.ssa.ries. IL faced winU-r in almost nakedness, so seiirce h'ad clothing become. be-come. Hefore. he left Vienna tho correspondent's corre-spondent's informant disposed of nearly every article of clothing lie possessed. Old Garments Priceless. The riemand for clothing may be judged from t he fact thai he realized from $:i to SI each for neckties four yours old and which originally cost SI apiece: $100 for a l en-yen r-old suit costing cost-ing 'J." ; $2"0 for .1 tuxedo cost luff $100, and $100 eaeli for three suits bought In Vienna three y a rs he fore and which were shiny, ragged mid worn out. Old socks, costing .fhlTi and which had been darned, sold for .5 a pair. An overcoat j two and a half years old, which cost 32, i sold for $110. Ikidly worn and repaired ! shoes with cuts in t lie uppers brought $10; two-year-old shirt. 1, costing ?4, ! brought $16; soft collais. went for $10. A Lhroo-year-old top coat brought ?4ti. |