Letter From Austria

Letter From Austrianby Geoffrey WagnernLife as a Picture PostcardnThe girls are in dirndls. Usually pink,nwith a darker apron and neckerchief andna waist-cinching bodice of black velveteen,nbuttoned up under old-fashionednchests. Puff-sleeves of whitenstarched blouses. They wear this folkloricncostume quite unselfconsciously,nabout their everyday jobs, in bank . . .