INTERIOR VIEW IN OLD VIENNA.—The memory of hours passed in the Austrian Village, or reproduction of a portion of the Vienna of a hundred and fifty years ago, is, perhaps, what will linger longest in the minds of those who “did” the Plaisance thoroughly during the past Exposition. The quaint, bustling scene presented on every side, the suppers in the open air and the delicious music afforded, combined to make the resort one worthy of many visits. The greatest of these attractions, it is safe to say, was the music, two admirable bands doing service throughout the day and evening and executing such airs as were in keeping with the scene and the surroundings. It was a place to dream away or chat away the hours with the maximum of comfort. Thoroughly Austrian was the place, from management to waiters, the prices which prevailed being the only thing not in keeping with the Viennese idea, but which were perhaps rendered necessary by the expenditure in producing a foreign scene so well and on so great a scale. The shops which surrounded the garden and added to the picturesqueness as well as a genuine business feature to the scene seemed to have aprosperous trade in bric-a-brac and various Austrian commodities and, as a whole, the venture was doubtless profitable to the concessionaires as it was certainly an addition to the Exposition’s novel features. The scene presented in the illustration is toward the eastward from a point on the north side of the square, with the familiar Rathhaus, or city hall, in the foreground on the left.

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