Show It h t 1 II Salt Laker on the Blue Lue Danube Danute Special IENNA N Austria Dec I c VIl Calling on b manful blue blint Danube ditch by 11 tho the way Wl looks look like It might very 11 proper properly ly I 1 be he the s outlet of oC some br yard as ns far fa as all color goes between en Lin Liu and olal Vienna I became acquainted with n II Hungarian whose name UH Ilk near leur UK cui I was war or I worse Inasmuch UN UM I J going to In I thought I 1 wo t his hla acquaintance and pod I arn r of lIt the tho country from a I On sev several cv oral eral before 1 i had lion Hun j und nod always food them loud loudIn I In hl their patriotic praises of ot the land of i ithell I their thell birth but bUl never have I i k t on to 10 one no so voluble in III lauding the land landof I oC ue Magyars an its my m n a on an onboard board hO ld the Danube In III that te 1 e opinion n a person p is 11 I woe woefully u are fully tull and disgracefully Ignorant nt Ignorant who Is h not lol entirely t al l h the t ht b I p customs history and traditions of oC lion Hun gory Rury Not Jt et only Is the th person lerson Ignorant I but hut IB Is life Ilse really for tor not noli to have bave hl seen Hungary Is le not to have lived hived i 3 IO DOWN JOW SN THE n 1 Always li hur or tint that the tho Ih lion Hun A At 1 were wele a I very ery peo ICO t j i i I I pie pic and ani that Ihal Budapest was perhaps tha most modern rn city ell In Europe my m expectations werl very Iy high ally nod I Ii I i believe would have hae remained so hid had I Ii i beun beon IellI fortunate enough to mien that thai i I Reamer learner down clown the Danube I 1 think I II Ii I j have been prejudiced ever since I l talked to 10 that mat man for from the Ihl time lime the train left leU I Which In III on the Ihl boun try dry Ir line lino between anti and t found It really to III e see sec s any anything thing that Ihal Impressed mo me as IS halt half WilY way respectable bh The land Itself looks dry and re our dry lit western nut not a U little III II e This of course come may he be due line to 10 the tha fact Jcl that for forthe forthe the last two to or are 11 three yuan years earll rain Pahl lion has hu been very 01 scarce The rhe ground may ilia look veil enough under favorable conditions coi hot but now nou ut at any uny rate rille It U has the appear appearance appearance ance of being ashamed of tho the people shut livo on It II NOT 01 lb SI IN The Tho large hospitable combination red tiled burn anti and tu t of oC let Oer many II and Austria Au Is a u stranger to tu The Thu small shucks shacks that pat pass tur 11 farm housep tell either of the tho ex cx extreme poverty or extreme I of oC tho the people and wo we II are arc forced almost to 0 o conclude that It II Is the latter for or h Hungary In Is said sail to he be the granery of Europe It If the land hand Is III as rich as ns Is claimed there must bo bar something wrong If IC the people who cultivate It II lire are not nut likewise rich THE FIRST ImST CITY CIT The Tho city of oC any Importance on the way Wit to 10 Ic ll is h Pre or UH um the tho Hungarians say SI which wu the ancient of oC where the tile coronation of I the kings I of oC tin thin race took look place The Ille Hoist Hungarian about the Ih the station IH Is really all tale DUO seen when only Ihly passing through vim van the thu lips bips orchestra whose who e utter unconsciousness of oC the supremely ridic ridiculous ulous allowed It to 10 play an at American ragtime coon sons with true Hungarian of oC m mud and other rhel things l musical mu Oh shade of Trilby Imagine a n I Julf with ull all the frills trills std and of K lOR which mako make It II on the theme them of oC the Ule Georgia GeOrgin II In II Meeting 1 n o ria nI orchestras i would woul be Interesting ro Un and perhaps I mt oat to 11 n ten tel to In If they would themselves to III their own music and play In 11 till thole but this tins the Ches ChesIra Ira tra IiI on th lIl the platform iU nt did aid not do und the result rl ull may bu be b better beller Imagined than However as aM n a linvel lorel musical nee enee I felt C It Il woe wa worth th tar c or 1 three I dropped Into lIto th the de dP cap eap of oC the decidedly doel dy ler her Olney OIny who eo tn to If B gal 1011 t to In the train for far collection purposes just as It wits was pulling out rI THE fh For Kor about three hours hour or three thre hours and 11 is hOt half we WI along through fields of oC corn almost Ith heru hero and there n a clump of ot scrubby trees under uner which an nn occasion herd hurd of uC dom domestic tlc IS tranquilly graz raz In over which watches n a figure who might have 1050 n the medo tilt II IlIn lf I ht i the mute u were ru the only required murk of oC Indeed moat Inot every eer shepherd In lion Hun fury gury or has hal his lib Ihle or nr tit tin whittle whistle If IC one aliI wishes to 10 call cull t 1 it by b by u 1 n less lui pleasant sounding founding name namA Tor about half the distance from runt Pre Pr burg to 10 Pest tho Iho railroad the Danube and often otten the great preat river do loI Indeed look hook beautiful At U such times It Il I Is t not to 10 und why wh lh It l It called th beautiful Danube but bin the blue part 18 fees a i t mystery not nol the tho le rim CITY OF OV PEST P S1 I Ia Ad la a tho Iho city eitY cf of Post In Is I approached a ev e Kl r ell oe of ot sonic some Industry In the shape o of and spring up di urn either elde thu Ihu river and a great amity boats both bath small Imul and lire J show Ul In spite of or the Ihl general appearance of the litO people peo le and country there U It real really ly Iy much doing tn to the capital Not NIH snore than Ihm IS 16 5 minutes after aCler one ono begins to jit e nore hl II oa on the Ioe riv e c tho thin train irate slows ui u s under udder the tae h Ilau lass roof fOu of the station and We AC use are In 11 What ii it U this surey lUre Is Here Hereu e ei i ii u r porters u a o t I ta e our and tiny lire uto tit III u In thui ly bad hUIc numeral t Io ll which mk mI up UI the Magyar M tongue At last liac U we 10 dae I e our way wa tin 1111 Im of or N surd and lIn HIM t pur tIcs reives in its Sue Ine busy street We e snake mako a m 1 cur car t that tha I we lIe want the hotel London nod an I he ds to toive give ive us UM us nH to 10 Its hl ht 11 i i hoot Jot soothing HunG Hun G willed BOH s H like lorty lusty operators In tt II running lull full blast blu l lWe We Wo finally In fading our hotel without und and soon 1001 emerged teeing feeling the Inciter h fur rill and to cast an eye eyo over the Ihl streets of oC feet by night nl ht I UlF I T Ts As s If for tor our special bonelli the lire i oi i dashes e down donut the he street and ami ai et 0 a u highs high rate 1 1 te of oC spec speed 1 for fur Europe tOUt four miles 11 II ell an hour hoot and wo we have hOlve UK UIo Ih pleasure UIO of oC following It II a 1 few mile ni nl of at eventually seeing Hoeing where n pigeon coup COOP had burned to 10 tins till ground Tim The exercise of walking bung bucK bl K to 10 town was keenly I appreciated In this spectacular manner ended our lint first evening In Peat After fter near neur to a weeks stay In is the Iha Hungarian capital I for tor one ona on am forced force to 10 admit that beauty and up to It well deserves Its reputation reputation tion A Allner finer sight can scarcely be bc Im than hail the Ihl Iv from the Im ins Imperial Penal palace gardens situated on a II hill hili hillIn In ht Oven or overlooking the lilt Danube and Peat on Its lIB opposite bank Kor or several miles on the rivers em embankment rise stately buildings all ull of uC equal hight hl ht and Ind harmonious architecture lure cure with here anti and there palatial pub tic lie buildings each In Its ItH own tree nur rounded ter ler or place The magnificent cent Gothic house of parliament could couldwell couldwell couldwell well make any city In the tho world envious en cn A 1 little distance from trout the river with the body of oC the Ihl church hidden among the buildings rises the noble dome douse of oC St Sl Stephan Stephans ls a 1 ca cn cathedral thedral of ot which Homo Barno Itself might well be proud proUt And also ulso far Car and near neur rise the steeples of ot many man other churches without which the tha city would hose loso a 11 certain dignity It Il now has NONE olom BEAUTIFUL l York fork may mil have Its Ila Hudson Cologne Its Ils Rhine mid Dresden Us its Il vibe Kibe and they Iho are nil lilt beautiful tub ful but bUl I think no city In ht Inthe Inthe i the world Is situated on n a more snore beautiful ful ul stream than that of or the Danube at Pest At Al Vienna the he river IB Is not nol near nearly nearh ly hi as III fine fino us at nt Pest Iest I where whore It t IH Is very er much larger and Caws I A directly through tho the city ell or the two cities as liS they th y were once The Tho people p too have ly h appreciated what nature has hils done lolle for tor them nod have hao employed every erel moans that art loss lias given thorn them to en cn enhance hance the natural beauty of oC the river In the slope shape of oC stone alone embankments and bridges that are arc things of o beauty Of OC the three magnificent suspension bridges the most Input Is he I no doubt the Elisabeth bridge l mat and New Now k might t have congratulated her herself self Helt If It she else he haul had had nn an architect of ot quell lIch taste and mid appreciation of ot beauty beaul in o put up those thoe structures across the tho East Easl rl New Nell Yorks are but hut but homely Huda Pests Pest tie graceful and full Cull of ot beauty In every ury line It n la is hardly hoa In so short n a let lei letter leI ter even to o mention the tho many sights and places laces of oC Interest to 10 h b visited In t to nav nothing of attempting to describe them but hilt It would certain lv ly b toe bean an oversight to pass over the toy rby nl oh palace without giving It n a few rew words A ABODE With the single Ingle ll exception of o the tho Chateau it at fI t Versailles el It Il has not nol been bee II my privilege to 10 see sec n it I liner finer kingly kitH abode than thus that of oC Francis Joseph In III Huda pest At Alone one point on tho the of o tho Ihl river where the old nil town lown of ludo stands rises quite abruptly from the tho water the hill bill on cun the tho summit of oC which the th thet palace stands The fhe slope 5 to n e l Is IR a laid IndI IIII J out oar oara t In Ina Inn a n terraced garden and adds very Cry much to the tho general of oC the pat pal palaces aces nees II The rise original building dudes dates dul lunch back four Cour our or live Oe centuries but tout additions have been bc n built from rom time lime to 10 time thine the tho most recent having been heen erected less leu than a n 1 decode ago u o till 1111 now noli one seu Ij n a 1 build building inn ing In exceedingly 11 modern In nil appear appearances ar epees ances the older part Inri having been Joe 11 swallowed up In ht the thc later inter Improve Improvements ments A CABLE HAIlY A cable Iahlo railway which Is an elevator at sn t s from rolls the river level IH I I Ito to the Ih top tilt and 1111 lands the hue visitor at It the side 81 10 entrance of nf tho the Palace Ah oh what whal whala a blessing that cable hie cor Car Is to lo the for tor foreigner signer eigner of weight on nn a hot hol August after atter afternoon afternoon noon noonA A slot shot machine U Is waiting to 10 slip ship lIp Into your hand the ticket of entrance for tor your our forthcoming 30 seven cents All of oC which to 10 show ho that royalty has hUH as on high u II regard for Cor nickels as a roost most l Ost people of o a II loss lOlls exalted station The Tho oldest part pari Is of course cour shown first Most dwellings get a 1 trifle musty If tf kept closed up lip tho the greater part of the tho tle year ear In III anti and year car out mud the lie domicile of oC an antique line lne of or mon mOil monarch arch BIeh Is no Pe exception This at It least Is Isone Ison isono ono one on thing may have hae In cons com common mon men with royalty rO lIll Overhead In th the shop shape of oC candle chandelier and amid decorations IH Is the tho tinseled grandeur of oC ofa oCa a bygone ngo From t the Ih 1 on 01 nil Hille look down thin thu heroes of ot Hungarian Hun arlan history hl lr mostly II ol In battle array with lance bince IlliCit armor Indeed eLl some of ot the tho tapo try lr la Us so MV exquisite one onel l is II t mi e I 1 to believe It a II painting until closer examination r reveals v nis Its lis true ALADDIN AND AX It HIS JW IS LAMP I IP It Isi la I however In the new now part port tint that we Are forced almost to 10 belle that Ilia and aul his hili lamp nr n realities nod nodin la in the tho royal rO The Th hall ball room rom I hi t completely of or onyx on x walls nod ceiling and the stone alone care Can curving hugs ing of o the ceiling and rue and ho the Ih doors ar are works of nt art Many lInn other are shown but bill none lIone setups the tile onyx ballroom There U Is I on One other thing hung g ulion pet pest that Ihal IM is far fan In III advance of or lIn tons other cities much larger burger Vienna Its tf for tor Instance rind ami Unit that I lit 13 the e system lem of oC municipal I f dont donl mean lII n to tn ny ur Vienna Ienn Is l not nol well equipped with busies buses bU B anda and n a thing that Ihal posies eves for Cor an un ur railway for or she Bhe lv Is But she sao has bus nothing that can en hold a 1 11 for comfort and rapidity to 10 tie tse electric underground railroad The This only thing f that It In Is thu th title nile In III Berlin II and 1111 the ew York londonA tube tubo eer Ind ml It 1 for Cor speed The Tho ear cur service In III Pest Pet too Is and the th streets lire are s s cond only to t I those thise Ih sl of o the German capital for Cr f r No Nn o mati nuttier r what the lund land of oC Hungary may be the tho city of at o Budapest Is ls I just junt about all a II city should be bv b at ot least on onI I the the surface Ana And to Keep peace pc co with our OUI Hungarian diem It IS H best st to leave lea It 1 there thereSIl SIl CI JH JU I t |