| Show I r MAURICE JOKAI I II Apropos of His Marriage He Gives Some Autobiographical Details I I Maurice JokaS whosa recent marriage with a young Hungarian actress I aroused so much Interest contributes i I some Interesting autobiographical pal tlculara to the Magyar Journal Nemzet Every man says M Jokal Is attended at-tended by two guardian angels the good angel and the angel of wickedness I wicked-ness The bad angel always gives him sound profitable worldly wise advice the good angel urges him to deeds of Quixotic folly There Is a date March Ifi 1SISof vast importance In Hungarian history On the eve of this day 1 with a whole company of enthusiastic spirits swure to take my part In an effort for freedom free-dom for the liberation of Hungary from the heavy yoke of Austria My bad angel an-gel told 11 that I was a fool a visionary vision-ary a madman and urged me to take to my heola while there was yet time My good angel l on the contrary reminded re-minded me that I had pledged my word of honor and that I was engaged in a good cause J my bad angel had prevailed pre-vailed I might possibly have in after Can attained the dizzy eminence OL the burgomastership of some obscure provincial town but I should not have become the author of 0 hundred books while Hungary would not regard that day au one of the most glorious In her annals If prudence had outweighed goodness I is now fiftyone years since I married mar-ried my first wife How wejl 1 I remem her the biter opposition which my friends and relatives made to this match One assured me she had mUll debts than hairs on her head another swore that she had no heart and that I should freeze by her side C third reminded re-minded me that she was seven years older than I My bad angel told jm they were right but I listened to my good angel and committed the worldly folly o marrying her Thla woman whom others had tried to tear from me by force and to separate from me by Intrigue became my beloved and faithful faith-ful wife the angel of salvation who rescued me from exile and death the sharer of all my sorrows the pride of my lIfe Two years after my marriage my mother who had spurned my bride came to us voluntarily to recognize my j I wife as her daughter The good angel had once more glen the better advice lne good men and true concludes ole I rather than prudent and worldly world-ly wlwe My own career Is an encouraging encour-aging example I I |
