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Show HUNGER SUPPLANTS FETES WHERE WOMEN WORE TWENTY PETTICOATS lludapest now Is capital of n shrunken Hungary, a nation reduced to a fourth Its former size, both In respect to Its urea and population. Tho famous city which llrst experienced expe-rienced unnrchy und curmlgo during the era of Ilelu Kun and his communistic commu-nistic government, now feels the pangs of hunger, and can scarcely hope to reguln its former Importance, prosperity pros-perity nnd gayety during tho lifetime, of Its present Inhabitants, If over. Tho lludapest of today offers u pathetic pa-thetic contrast to tho cure-freo days of such fetes as that of St. Stephen's before tho war. That historic celebration, when men woro silt skirts nnd tho women donned IX) petticoats, Is described In the following bulletin from' thu National Na-tional Geographic society, based on it communication from DeWitt Clinton Falls: , i "For who Saint Stephen wns, nnd why ho was thus honored, wo must go back soino nine hundred uud odd years In Hungarian hlstory from which we gather tho following Information: Infor-mation: Vnlk ciuno to tho throne of tho Magyar Duchy In tho year 007. Ho applied for and received tho title of Apostolic king from l'ope Sylvester Sylves-ter II, and was crowned In lludapest tn tho year 1000, under thu Christian nntuo of Stephen. Ho did much for, his countrymen to brlug them Into' tho established church, und founded throughout his kingdom tchurches, schools nnd convents. Ills administration adminis-tration was n wise one, nnd bo firmly did ho. deal with tho attempted uprising upris-ing of tho 'Old Mngyur Itellglon' party that when his death occurred, In 1030, ho left his country entirely converted to Christianity. So much had ho done for tho advancement of tho Christian faith nmong tho wild hordes of eastern east-ern Kurope, and added to tho civilization civili-zation of his subjects, that ho was canonized nnd gladly proclaimed by tho Hungarians as their patron saint. "When tho Snlnt pnssctl away, In 10.10, ono of his bunds wns amputated and cmbnlmed, und this sacred relic reposes In tho court chapel of tho lloyul I'nlaco In old Iludn. Adorned with many hnndsomo rings, It Is kept' In n crystal Casket, set in n beautiful golden reliquary ornamented with mnny precious stones. In n special shrlno behind the high altar, It remained re-mained for 301 days In every year, where It coii!d bo seen only by tho royal household, nnd those, having speclnl permission. On tho three hundred hun-dred nnd sixty-fifth tiny, tho ono set apart to do honor to Snlnt Stophen, It wns taken from Its resting plnco, nnd with great pomp nntl a most brilliant bril-liant escort, carried In n procession to the old Matthias church for a speclnl spe-clnl memorial service. "Tho first thing that attracted our attention, us we drove by tho wulklng erowtls, was the change of costume of tho peasants from the day before. Then all wore In tholr working clothes, but toduy they were arrayed in all their glory. Tho men had retained re-tained their Hat hats, but had generally general-ly adorned them with Hying ribbons of tho national colors rod, white and green. Tho white dlvlded-sklrt-llku trousers were now ornamented on tho bottoms of the legs .with fringe, or coarse luce, and thu dark working coats had boon laid asldo. In their placo wero gala ones, nlways colored soft browns, reds nnd greens und tilnboratoly braided wUi different colored col-ored cords. "Tho women retained the colored head haudkerchlofs, hut they 'voro newer and brighter thnn Uioeo, worn on Saturday. Their waists wore generally gen-erally of white or light cotton mate-rial, mate-rial, sometimes gaily ornamented with course-colored embroidery. It wns tho skirts that woro tho unique things nbout the costumes. Of tho brightest colors, they woro nccordlon-nlnltud, und stood out In tho most romnrkublo manniir. How they accomplished this wns u mystery to tho ladles of oijr party, until our trusty guldo nnd In, terproter bud been Intorvlowod., jom him It was learned that-no Hungn-rlnn Hungn-rlnn punsant woman .onsldors herself propaly firmed for n gala occasion mi' sho hji" on nt least Cwenty- pot-tlcouu" |