Society recollections in Paris and Vienna, 1879-1904 . ers of the cavalrygo there, as well as ladies of all sorts, of whom some areinclined to be fast. The performance is over by elevenoclock usually. Opposite the Gartenbau, on the otherside of the Ringstrasse, is the Stadt Park, which I havementioned before, and close to it is the Eislaufverein,which contains some lawns that are flooded in winter,and when there is ice, it is the principal skating placein Vienna. One has to become a member to gain ad-mission ; the subscription is about thirty florins. Thereis a good military brass band which p
Society recollections in Paris and Vienna, 1879-1904 . ers of the cavalrygo there, as well as ladies of all sorts, of whom some areinclined to be fast. The performance is over by elevenoclock usually. Opposite the Gartenbau, on the otherside of the Ringstrasse, is the Stadt Park, which I havementioned before, and close to it is the Eislaufverein,which contains some lawns that are flooded in winter,and when there is ice, it is the principal skating placein Vienna. One has to become a member to gain ad-mission ; the subscription is about thirty florins. Thereis a good military brass band which plays twice a weekwhile the people skate ; and certainly both the Austrianmen and women are beautiful skaters. They waltz verynicely on the ice to the band which plays, and somevery fine figure-skating can be seen there. It is nowonder that they skate so well, for the cold is gene-rally excessive in winter in Vienna. The Austrians learnto skate when they are quite smaU children ; in fact, thegirls seem to skate better than the boys. Generally once 166. In Paris and Vienna 1879-1904 or twice during the winter a fancy-dress ball is givenon the ice. The entrance charge is rather high ; onthat evening prizes are given for figure-skating. Itusually begins about eight oclock of an evening, andends towards the early hours in the morning. I mustadd that there is a well-heated restaurant under coverin the principal building, where non-skaters can look onif they like. The principal club in Vienna is the Jockey Club, whichis in the Augustinerstrasse, opposite the Albrechtsplatz,where the palace of the Archduke Frederick is the latter belonged to the Archduke Albrecht,the late Commander-in-Chief of the Austrian army. TheJockey Club occupies only the first story of a house inthe street, but the rooms are very spacious and wellfurnished; the subscription to the Jockey Club is twohundred florins a year, and the requirements for admis-sion are that the members be of noble fami
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