New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-04-02

to speak French Shall mention it to the Queen
the next time am presentedT ana the n., .i
bathed him in her most benign and fascinating
smile and the Englishman stammered, Aw, yes
bnt you know and he got lost in verbal quag-
miro, and rctreatcd.
% How could you y began.
"My dear you have put that question TO me iorty
times within week: and as many times ha'o
answered. How could help 1t T."
The chapters on Hungary, a land at once so inter-
esing and so little known to Americans are, partic-
uarly fresh and bright. There the traveller re-
ccived the warmcst hospitality, gaining thereby an
intimate understanding of family life. She found
that Hungarian gentlemen. like most Europeans,
have curious idea of American women that they
are spoiled" by much petting is generally be-
leyed An Hungarian expressed Lis opinion ci
them bv saving when asked to contribute to her en-
tertainment: q speak only Hungarian, cannot
talk with her: but will find a rockingham IN the
town somewhere, and will be the man to fan her"
An Hungarian paper once published a picture OF an
American lady at home, representing that ideal per-
son MS sitting in a rocking chair, four gentlemen
lowering about her with fans and wraps.
young officer expressed his surprise on, finding
me this first American not so rey unlike inc olnsr
women about him in my dress and manners. lazy
met me very cordially.
al bless America" she said and will tell you
why I have been very i'll, and my life has been
saved by your Licbg's American meat Juice. DO
you really aIicGgs eat your meat in that foimT
assured her that we did not always, and also re-
marked that | had forgotten that Liebgs extract
was product of NY native land. "Oh. yes" she
replied d" II is made III the South, where you lad
Your dreadful war all abOnt tie colored slaves
See! it says on the box Brazil, South America
Over and over again in Hungary the author was
fascinated by the wild and fantastic strains OF the
national music. "While l sat lost in reflections
she says in one sketch, yet with every sense
kecnly alive to the surroundings, military band
struck mp the Eakoczy, the Hungarian Marseillaisc
The old soldier by my side who had kindly left me
10 quiet meditations spIang to his feet, took of his
hat and turned his face in the direction of the
martial music There comes Il flash INTO the eye Oi
every Hungarian and Il sort OF eXaltati0n IN his
bosom. when he hear, this wonderful march, even
if played by strolling troupe of vacabonds !
defy any one 90 hear this march without luter OF
the heart and an excitement Of mind almost be-
yond his control: how, then. must it affect the
Hungarian. to whom il is Il souvenir of revolutions.
have seen young officers put their hands to their
swords. and old officers grow young again, at the
sound Of it,. inspiring strains. The old general on
the Margarethen Inscl said to me, 4 hear horses
galop. guns reycrberatc, soldier urge soldier on,
wounded men cry and shouts Of triumph, when |
hear the Rakoczy, and | feel must 20 to fight"
The sea voyage, at once so idle and so exhilarat-
ing is pleasantly described by the traveller who has
keen eye for novel manifestations of character
and hints Of romance. 4 quaint and comical love
story must conclude these extracts from an unusu-
ally entertaining little book:
Every ship has its romance. You feel that your
fellow passengers are bound to contribute to Your
entertainment and anus emcnt ana therefore Iou
have no scrupcs or computations at watching any
lOyc-makng going on. Who was TO blame when
sitting idly on the deck one night We heard above
the noise of the this dclicousy frank ayowal
made by young German TO an American girl, pos
scsscd possibly of destinations rather than positive
lofe one Uddotea cho Is not bcqahnM; 0nt ! loie
YOU" Is il so they make love in the Gieridndf
But coming home, we had genuine romance on
board. Among the passengers was a dcmure niue
German maiden, a vcrItable Gretchen. with her
blonde tIesses Il In Marguerite She knew not a
word of English, and was with her aunt, also a
German. but whose home in America. This
aunt, growing confidential, told rs soon after start
ing, that she bringing her niece to America for
a year, at the request OF her parents who wished
lcT t. forget lover upon whom her heart was set,
but of whom they did not approve because of his
lack of wealth title. The aunt had never seen
this lover, and could rot describe him to us; put
she evidently meant to do her duty and iulnl her
trust. Now. this maiden, with her firm little |
mouth, reserved and silent. did not loo as
wrctchcd rs she ought TO have done under such CIR
cumstanccs; but we concluded II was because OF
her nationality. She had our sympathy:
There was a man, tail and stern and scholarly, |
among MS whose English was broken, and " ho |
showed lttlo disposition 10 he social till on the |
third day when, the purgatoTv OF the mai dc mer |
being safely through. he begged the aunt to pre-
realty, and the acquaintance rpened into an init
macy This pleased the aunt who c0niided again |
in u.s. and said that she twas happy that her charge
was willing to be entertained, and so rapidly |
forgetting the Old love. That couple took posses |
sion of the coSieS places day and evening" and If !
You approached too near. you heard HIM reading |
aloud awys from the same page, and she demuIely |
listening When reached Newly York, the tall |
dark man took the wee blonde maiden by the hand |
and led her to her aunt. and said: am - the |
over from whom you fled, and from whom nobody |
,an take the Frag]sm he loves. And now, GHddige |
ItGa VIC will all three drive directly TO a Lutheran |
clergyman" And they dId.--the poor aunt looking |
50 helpless the dcmure Gretchen with fresh ribbons
n her halr AMI the man whose will was law TO |
hose two Momen. Nav Enrinne smile on them all . |