Where They go to Bed Early.
In Vienna every man's home is hiis dungeon from 10 p.m. to % 6 a.m. Vienna ia a city of flats, and at 10 p.m. the common entrance door of each block is closed and bolted. Thereafter persons passing, in or out must pay a fine of 4 cents from that hour to 6. a. m. To go out to post a letter costs 4 cents and the same amount to return. To prolong a \isit to a friend after 10 p. m. means 4 cents to go out of his house
and 4 cents to enter your own. A natural result of this tax is that of all capital cities Vienna is earliest! to bed.
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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXX, Issue 38, 18 September 1902, Page 29
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121Where They go to Bed Early. New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXX, Issue 38, 18 September 1902, Page 29
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