Here Are Restaurants In Plenty,
Cafes, Panoramas, Exhibitions Of Wild Beasts, Swings, Tennis Courts,
Places For Running At The Ring, Do For Burlesque Dramatic Performances,
Farceurs, Jugglers, De Bach's Equestrian Amphitheatre In The Style Of
Franconi, Salles De Danse, Baths, Billiard Rooms, Gaming Tables, And Even
Houses Appropriated To Gallantry.
In fact, the Prater is quite the
Paradise of the bourgeoisie of Vienna, who are fond of the pleasures of the
table and take every opportunity of making dinner and supper parties.
The
bourgeois of Vienna are far more sensual than spiritual and not at all
disposed to self-denial.
Excellent hams and sausages are to be had here; and the Viennese who dines
and sups heartily at his own house never fails, during his evening
promenade, to take a tolerable good portion of ham or sausage, with a
proportion of Offen wine or Maylander Beer, by way of staying his stomach
during the tedious interval between dinner and supper. I need scarce add
that smoking is universal, as indeed it is all over Germany, for I scarcely
ever see a German without a pipe either in his mouth or fastened to his
coat and a bag or pouch of tobacco either in his pocket or attached to his
button hole. In the Prater dances often take place in the open air
between the grisettes of Vienna, who are in general handsome and well made,
and who dress well, and their lovers and admirers. The Prater was first
opened to the public by the Emperor Joseph II.
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