Show HAS BIGGEST FAMILY BATH gy inland capital of austria made great bathing resort for its citizens the viennese Vien nele although living almost in the center of hundreds of miles away I 1 rom roin any seaside bathing resort are iet et owing to the enterprise of the municipality of 0 vienna able to indulge in bathing on much more extensive scale than the tha people of any european seaside resort with the possible exception of ostend in the height of the summer bummer season says the wide world some tour four or five years ago the authorities of vienna realized the great benefit that bathing on wholesale lines so to to speak would be to the inhabitants of the city during tho the summer months with this end in view they acquired a picturesque tree clad island bordered with fino fine stretches ot of sand in what is known as the old danube here in the course of a few months arrangements were made for providing not only a bathing place tor for hosts of viennese of all classes who were unable through laak of time or means to take the long journey necessary to reach the nearest continental plage but also t a very interesting experiment in municipal trading which up to the present has more than satisfied its s originators year b by year since its first institution some tour four years ago the strand bad to give this unique institution its proper name haz has increased in popularity and now on every reasonably fine afternoon atter noon throughout the summer eummer months from june until late in september one sees crowds of ileo people wending their way to the floating bridge terry ferry by which the long iong sandy island on N which the strand bad Is situated la Is reached |