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Show fortune cominr out of the" bad fc'.I into the handi of those jbo are willinr to spend their money in riotous living and permit itranfen, anJ even the people of the countries hkh were it war with Austria, to minister to the wants of the many who coulj not or diJ not profit by the ruin of their brothers. Cviliation Is made up of mafty kin J of people, but fortunately those just described are limiteJ in number. 1 I ' Chaoi in Austria I . 4 TTHE prevailing extravagance reported to be in I I progress In Vienna, the capital city of Austria, Aus-tria, while the government of the remnant of what once was the powerful dual monarchy of Austria-Hungary, is in utter poverty and a large percentage of the population It dependent upon charity for the continuation of a miserable existence, ex-istence, doubtlesj appears paradoxical to Americana Ameri-cana generally and especially to those who have 'generously contributed to funds with which to buy food for hundreds of thousands of underfed children of Austria. The situation Is easily explained by the fact that the extravagant expenditures are being made ,by a comparatively few out of the present population popu-lation of only 9,000,000 people in what is left of the dismembered empire. It would appear to be a verification of the adage that " Tis an ill wind that blow s no one good." Seemingly there are those involved in any adverse situation who are able to take advantage ad-vantage of a collapse of any nature and the misfortune mis-fortune of others to reap a benefit. Quite likely the disruption of the Austro-Mungarlan Austro-Mungarlan empire following the defeat of the central cen-tral powers in the world war gave some shrewd, or favorably situated Austrians an opportunity of benefiting from the calamity which befell their nation and the large percentage of their fellow citiiens. ' Probably it is not strange, cither, that good |