ETIQUETTE IN AUSTRIA
An eve witness of thr magnificent Couit fat* at Vienna, on (lie occasion ol the Empcior Williams la>e visit writes that tlio -plendom and refulgence of the dresses was something: wonderful. At the State concert the Empiebd of A u^ti ia i\ ore yellow brocade, boideicd with r ur, and her train was twelve feet long. She was a perfect bla/e of diamonds, and woie an immense emerald. The Empress's beautiful hi own haii was jiieatly admired. The Em pies* Eli/abeth is by no means conceited in regard to food, and although !u\iuies unfold are readily within her roach, her diet is or the mbsfi simple and pca=antlike nature. In this respect -ihe points an excellent moial to her less vesouiceful bid/ more drunt> arui fastidious brotheib and .sistcis. At one ot the banquets at Vienna her Majesty diank nobhinrr but milk, and ate only a few morsels of dry bread, seasoned with salt, which her Majesty conveyed to her lipb on her knife, frequently dipping the last-named article in the saltcellar. Evidently the rules of etiquette in Austria materially differ from ihobe observed in this count it, where to insert r.he knife in the mouth is glaring evidence of the boor, and is considered the acme of rudencs?.
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Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 332, 9 January 1889, Page 5
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212ETIQUETTE IN AUSTRIA Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 332, 9 January 1889, Page 5
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