The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1874-01-22
Ko.-uth---A Forgotten Celebrity
From the Frankfort Gazette.

Torino:
+" Lessons in German, English, an
Hungarian given, at moderate rates, by
l.. KossUTH.
! &" 1914. Strada Nova"
The advertiser is none other than th
once celebrated Director of Hungary
He is now almost utterly forgotten. eve
IN Hungary he has grown very old, an
IS now 50 poor that he will gladly Civ
you lesson for a single frame Thu
would seem very humiliating for him, We
he is proud Of his poverty
He says:
Three years ago my friends at home
in Hungary, offered me present of fifty
thousand forms. [ rejected the offer
and never have regretted ii, even when
was hungry, and had no money to pay
for a fire"
had occasion, the other day, to cal
upon him. | was no stranger to Kossuth
Twenty years ago he had given ME il
/ London@1 great deal of valuable informa
| ton for my book, . Hungary in 1919.
| found him in a very small room, in the
fourth story Of dingy old building He
sat alone in an easy-chair, porting over an
old volume. When | entered he did not
| recognize me. | recognized him and was
shocked. What change these twenty
years had produced in his once handsome
and interesting facet His hair was en-
tirely white, his cheeks wan and hollow,
and his eyes utterly dimmed His form,
once erect and proud, was now painfully
bent. He almost groaned as he raised
himself to bid me welcome.
He was deeply moved when informed
him who | was. His face frightened rs
he warmly clasped my hand.
Oh, yes, oh, yes" he said, in Ger
man, " know you now. Everybody
forgets me; no one calls upon me /; no
one cares any more for me. Why should
[ remember those who were once my
friends?"
To this objected | asked him how
he could be forgotten when his friends in
Hungary wanted him to return to his ma
tive country, and take again an active
par: in its affairs
Kossuth smiled very bitterly
Oh, yes, he said, return to Hun
gary dishonored with an oath Of allie
glance TO the Hapsburgs, who murdered
my friends and kinsmen, and who set a
price upon my head. | am neither a
Deak nor an Andrassy.'
1 asked him how he got along.
" Well" he said, sadly, " were my good
children and my poor wife alive yet |
would be happy, even in my old age and
poverty. But they are all dead. and | am
very lonesome. That il what renders my
exile here, where people are SO kind to
me, so distressing. 1t would be no better
in Hungary | have no kiusfolk any
where but III the New World"
" Why, then, not go to America again,
where your name is still revered?' | ven
tured to say.
oh" he replied, q have often been
sorely tempted to 90 back TO the United |
States, but there are two obstacles in the
way. In the first place, it would cost |
more money than / have TO spare and, !
next, L am almost sure that, in my pres
ent enteebled condition, | would be unable
to bear the sea voyage.
All this was very melancholy, and \
FASTENED % change the subject Of our con |
versation.
I showed him the proof sheets of tne
;hs pier On Andrassy in my new work on |
Austria. lie put on his spectacleS, and, |
holding the paper IN his trembling hand, |
read carefully what | had written
Meanwhile had time to look around in
the room. Against the rear wall stood Il
narrow, plain bed On the walls hung
portraits OF Mazzini, Bixio Kisz, and,
enough, Of Louis Napoleon
On the bookshelf by my side | noticed
Victor Hugo's ''Annee Terrible" King
axes 'Crlmea," and ten or twelve we'll
worn grammars On a table, close to the
bed, lay loaf OF bread and a plate Of
dried meat
To my disnay, found that my CLAN
ling round the room had attracted Kos
;uth's attention.
9 Yes" he said, with smile, " YOU
see for yourself now that L am very poor, :
md yet when | left Hungary in 1919, l i
vas charged by all the mean organs of !
he Hapsburgs with having enriched my
elf at my country's expense. Do you
know what my whole income was last
7ear? Within fraction Of eight hun
lred lire! " LESS than two hundred dol
ars.)
| shook my head sorrowfully. He told
lie what he thought about the chapter on
Andrassy, gave me plenty of valuable and
information on the subject,
md then dismissed me, saying that it was
ime for one of his pupils to make his APP
)earance.