Show for ful 0 01 rv ev W A 4 1 1 ai I 1 fit 14 1 1 R X ca IN VIP I 1 1 1 1 I 1 I Z I 1 p TI 1 I 1 village beaus beans in hungary Pre prepared pad by tho the Nat ionni Secie society tY Wahl neton D C r gain day ot of tile the i car in budapest THE hungary Is august 20 saint Step stephens liens day when the embalmer embalmed ed hand 0 of the count rys rya patron sa saint it I 1 t is carried with much pomp through the streets in a jeweled reliquary to the old mathias church in these days ot of tile the rapid modernizing of the more traveled rave led countries of eusope tile the old fashioned festivals religious fetes natio national lial costumes anti anil I 1 customs tire are fast disappearing and there remain no more novel and entertaining sights than those surrounding the nit ancient clent fete of saint stephen Step lien ot of hungary for vi ito ho saint stephen eplion St was and why he be was thus lio honored nored wo we must go back sonic some nine hundred and odd years in hungarian history from which we gather the following information valk V crime came to the throne of the magyar duchy in the car uc ile applied for and recoiled tho the title ot of apostolic king front from pope sylvester Sy liester 11 and was nas croAt crowned ined in budapest in the lear ear 1000 under the chri christian alan name oi of stephen ile he did much for ills countrymen to bring thern them into the established church hu tell end and founded throughout his kingdom churches schools and convents ills administration was vias a wise one and so EO firmly did lie he deal with the alie attempted uprising of tile the old magyar religion ligion party that when his death occurred in 1036 lie he left ills country entirely converted to christianity so much had ile ho done for the advancement of the christian faith among I 1 the wild u ild hordes of eastern europe and added to the civilization of ills his subjects that lie he was canonized and gladly proclaimed by the hungarians Hung arians as their patron saint not kot to know budapest is to little have missed one of the loveliest of european I 1 cities it lias bas its own distinctive stateliness that reflects the cultural flow floi ering 0 of a race whose kingdom kilm dom lias has been enthroned on the danube for a thousand years As certain american metropolitan quarters such as little italy or little germany reflect their mother countries in miniature so 60 Buda Buja pests topography reflects on a small scale the lineaments linea ments of what ns its a result of the war Is literally little hungary buda and pest ancient buda on the danules Dan right bank rears aloft on rocky crests that re represent the foothills of hun garys mountains while on the other bank modern pest stretches away in levels that prelude Hun garys plains buda with nith its splendid palace symbolizes Hun garys long succession of rulers reaching front from stephen Step lien the isains saint of 1000 1001 A D down to the lat ter day reigns of marla maria theresa and franz josef iesta parliament houses memorable in their river set majesty symbolize simbo lize the early won liberties of a people vi hose chose forefathers rights wore were established almost contemporaneously with will En glands winning of magna charta above all budapest is a city of beautiful vistas istas ones admiration Is between bett Neen its stately public buildings and the carefully apportioned squares parks park and h boulevards n that lend to the picture an architectural tec tural a spaciousness by an industrialism indus chimneys loom in adjacent suburbs few cities over other tile hie million maik with as many as factory workers worker ork cao can boast like of an aspect of if nil fill island pleasance bing in fit at its doors of delightful riverside promenades where one olle lounges or lun lunches ettes find where motor cars are taboo the people of budapest tole love pleas nie and tor for miles along the lie river there are bathing places where young and old mass on tile sands or paddle about in graceful can canoes cies across front from debt rise rounded hills dotted with small villages and summer villas from which one tills has lovely views lews ot of the teeming city the wide plain arid and tile winding riler postwar post war changes relent feeal filth bhat ingenuity hungary has met tier reconstruction problem ilow how many crowns for a dollar you nii mal ask a Buda budapest foreign exchange clerk ile he will reply ill go you the rate tit in you may be familiar with most european currencies and have halic literary acquaintances bilth fill dite dubats ducats lits anti and mol dores but what in the name of coins ancient j and modern you ask ash Is a krone Is now the answer as suggested by if alic c words tinkling sound is money that rings like gold when postwar post war hun garys currency crashed the lot phrase rase hungarian krone crown became n synonym of worthlessness and so along with tier her financial reconstruction under tinder the cusp auspices fees of the league of nations a national coin naming hanling competition wits was inaugurated As a result the discredited krone was replaced by the onomatopoeic to reinforce faith in the stabilized currency side trips front from budapest will convince the traveler that contrary to first impressions the hungarian plain Is far front from being either monotonous or lacking in color one need not tray travel el tor for anore than a few hours enst east of the capital in order to see all the colors of the rainbow or gypsy camps or a wild west roundup or a first rate rata fata morgana with seas and cities rising across the plain the colors will assail your eyes at the village of any sunday morning sri in the church square seething with folk their black garments merely serve as background for superimposed stripes aprons boll bod tees ices woven noven in mixed patterns ot of orange green yellow and purple A fringed apron kaleidoscopic in effect hangs from the waist of each malden maiden 0 or r youth the formers full pleated skirt sways rhythmically as she wilks walks the latter in ills his short velvet collared jacket ills his tall flat brimmed daiby and that indexer ably coquettish apron would inspire any fraternal order of the so and so sos s with fill hints for a striking lodge costume matrona matrons wearing the cornucopia shaped colf coif of medieval association display garments gai ments of lesser color areas tile dear old grannies promenade in solemn black mere background tor for youths peacock pageant if you are fortunate enough to view a marriage ceremony the color will nill be heightened down the village street cot comes a 0 costumed wedding party in naive symbolism of hoped for feitig ity fly the bride carries a chicken while the bridegroom dis desplas plais a baby doll in ills his list hat and after the event Is over the peacock maidens parade up and down don in pairs for tile especial benefit of the peacock youths lis the wild wc west zt roundup round up may be witnessed around debreczeni choso whoso neighboring plains contain he head ad of wile stock the spectacle of stal ital wait csikos cow lioi s throwing the lasso while lille wearing nearing derby hats arid and petticoats lends ends itself to it until tit one discovers disc oveis oets that tor for with rope and horse they halo hac few equals tile the big round alls coincide with de brec zens fairs viccie musses of horses lons horned cattle and gully gally clad csikos form a spectacle that could hardly ewe been equaled equit led by our west at its wildest il dest great hungarian plain front from the northward il illing ing hokaj mountains whence com canies conies tile the sweet still and heady tokay wine and to to southward along tile entile course stretches clies the alie larger at al told fold or great hungarian plain separated from the smaller alfold albold fly by two noun mountain tain ranges inundation Is its ancient enemy government engineers engie assert that tho the fall ot of a sin single e dike on the would put one sixth of huu enry under un der water the alfoldi Al folds grassy expanses where sky meets meet circling like it a blue ill arted will bowl tills the poetry of timeless calm at times dines its distant clouds see seem so tow low so sovid unit you almost faricy a cowboy conboy could lasso one nil and haul it to earth carth Da baloug nothing Is heard but sheep bells or the lulling pastoral of some shepherds flute the alfoldi Al folds ames may be found amid crazy hovels adjoining the out ends of some lil hinge lige street against a background of dirt I 1 floors pa pan fless windows filth indo inde i i serl bable out atvill rush it a gang of wild eyed children men slipshod women to see what they can call sell pils passing sIng tourists they proffer music but whatever Ahat eier ile ho tile tune your true musician seems temperamentally unable to platform it except in wild find and Nav wavell ellke be strains ot of abysmal despair |