An Entrance to the Mirabell Garden 
THE ANCIENT CITY OF SALZBURG 
By REGINALD WRENN 
O F the smaller cities on the' Continent 
there are few more interesting than 
Salzburg, and few more beautiful and pictur¬ 
esque. Yet, strange to say, it is a city little 
known to the British traveler. The Ameri¬ 
can knows it well, for to him it has a special 
attraction—an attraction similar to that pos¬ 
sessed by Boston in England ; that is to say, 
it is the nameplace of 
one of the early 
American colonies, 
and it sent across the 
Atlantic the seed from 
which that colony 
sprang. This emi¬ 
gration constitutes an 
interesting historical 
incident and will be 
referred to later on in 
connection with the 
story of Salzburg. In 
the meantime it is to 
be taken as the ex¬ 
planation of the fact 
that for one British 
traveler met in the 
streets or hotels of 
this quaint Old- 
World city you meet 
ten Americans. In 
the principal hotel 
there is a special 
American bar, where 
sherry cobblers, gin-slings and other trans¬ 
atlantic drinking mysteries are dispensed, 
and where only “ English with an accent” 
is heard. The Austrians themselves are 
quite alive to the virtues of Salzburg, and 
so also are the Germans. In the summer 
months the northerners crowd there; and 
even in the winter they are beginning to use 
it as a resort, for the 
climate ot the place, 
in spite of the high 
level, is very reliable; 
the sanitation is prac¬ 
tically perfect; and 
there is always a tol¬ 
erable amount ot so¬ 
ciety. A fashion is 
now setting in of using 
Salzburg as an after- 
cure—that is to say, 
as a place where peo¬ 
ple go for rest and 
more generous treat¬ 
ment after taking the 
waters of Carlsbad or 
Marienbad or other 
f a m ous Bohemia n 
spas. This fash¬ 
ion, it need scarcelv 
be said, is care¬ 
fully fostered by the 
hotel and pension 
keepers. 
THE NEUTHOR AT SALZBURG 
An entrance to the City tunneled through the Mdnchsberg 
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