Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 227, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 September 1914 — The “Bauer” Is Austria’s Backbone. [ARTICLE]

The “Bauer” Is Austria’s Backbone.

The most interesting of Austrian types and the backbone of the dual monarchy Is the "bauer." In social rank he occupies somewhat the same position as the old English yeaman, farming his own land, and In many cases enjoying a far more substantial fortune than the nobility. The “bauer" has a strict social code of bis own, mixing neither with the laborers on one hand nor the aristocracy on the other. Is apparently quite content with his lot, and takes pride in his ability to provide almost all the necessaries of life from the productionsdf his own land, even, in many cases, growing the flax from which his womenfolk weave all the household clothing.—London Chronicle.