| Show Cus costoma in hungary at the beginning of tho the century the ma magnate gnats or beghe of hul hue gary lived in a semi regal luxury their official court dress dregs which is quite oriental in its richness and splendor alone recalls the feudal period of the hungarian aristocracy their country chateaux are lordly in nothing but their hospitality if a stranger drives up in his carriage to the entrance door of a hungarian chateau immediately a and before any quest questions ious are asked concerning the visitors business even before the master of the house has made his appearance a legion of servants rush forward and ad carry the visitors baggage to one of the half dozen rooms always ready to receive guests invited or otherwise twelve is the usual timo time for 10 1 r dinner and four or five empty seats are always prepared for guests who might arrive when the hungarians Hung arians wish to honor honer nore more particularly a guest a succession of 15 or 20 courses are re served at dinner but as the magyars magyari have in everything the utmost respect for individual liberty no guest is ever pressed to cat or drink after dinner guests and hosts take a long drive over the estates of the chateau or pay a visit to the neighboring castle if it is a sunday a visit is made to the nearest village where a peasant country dance astin full swing supper at the chateau takes place between 7 and 8 after which a dance is given or a whist party is indulged in the next nest morning everything is silent in the house until 10 0 much as in england and scotland breakfast is taken when one pleases at no fixed hour during the whole morning thon the noble owner of theina the mansion esex is extremely busy the upper hungarian aristocracy still manage the business details of their estates themselves and as may bo be imagined this is no small work since many of these domains aro arc larger than some petty german states such is the everyday life of a hungarian nobleman in winter he be generally goes with his family to spend a few months in Buda budapest san francisco argonaut |
