Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1894-09-06
HEGOTINTOTHEDIET
A MEMBER OF THE LIARS CLUB
HEARD TlszRs LAST ADDRESS.

oessfuI In the Scheme.
The party was in conversation over
It's beer of all shades and all degrees Of
excellence, and tales had been told in
several languages and of diverse degrees
Of trustworthiness when the Hungarian
pounced upon an opportunity-he had
his glass empty first-to tell for the
hundredth time of the beauties Of his
native Budapest The baths, the An
drassy avenue, the park, the theaters,
the bridge, the palaces, the music and
the ''incomparably beautiful women"
had all been described, and Hungarian
statesmen, from Kossuth to Kalnoky, |
lauded when story teller interrupted |
with:
Budapest may be all that you claim |
for it, but I'll never forget an expert |
ence had there when fooled some Of |
its bigwigs. 1t was only few years
ago, when I stopped there for a rest on
my way from Paris by the Oriental ex-
press to Constantinople. I noticed an
unusual excitement at the Hotel Hun
garia, could see there were many stran-
gers in town, and across the Danube,
over the Schloss, f1oated the royal stand
ard of Hungary as sign that the king
was there. You know the Hungarians
never speak of Franz Josef as emperor,
always as king.
During the day I heard that the
ministry would resign the next day, and
that Premier Tisza would make his last
address in parliament. Well, you can
we'll imagine wanted to be in at the
death and set about to secure ticket Of
admission to the diet hall. Those whom
I asked simply laughed at me. Tickets
were at high premium, and some to
whom I applied gave me a Hungarian
look of whitening contempt which made
me only more anxious to get there.
"But the morrow came, and saw the
chances for peep at the show growing
exasperatingly less, when 1 suddenly
felt myself possessed of an idea. went
to the house of parliament and after
much inquiry learned that the librarian
of the upper house, and he alone, could
admit me, and 1 succeeded in seeing
him. I'm surprised, said to him,
that you have made no provision for
the press at time so important as this. ,
'Press? said he. why, press tickets
have been issued to all who are entitled
to them, and if you have received none
it's mistake-an oversight He called
servant, said something in jargon
which I could not understand and made
me a bow of dismissal. The man, who
was dressed to go on in the chorus OF
the 'Beggar Student or the Black Hus-
sar, beckoned me to follow him, led
me to an inner room, where he left me
with desk, two chairs and my guilty
conscience. began to wish myself
back at the hotel, with its good wine,
good music and fine view on the Dan
ube. Visions of police investigation
and an exposure, with possibly tern
in Hungarian jail, rose before me, fol
you know I had no more to do witt
newspaper business than I had will
r African exploration, when clerk en-
tered and with many firt and futte
> proceeded to make out my credential
, for admission to the press loge.
"He was funny little man, thi
clerk. who labored under the hallucina
, tion that he could speak English, ant
r he was further afflicted with that milt
form of insanity which manifests itsel
I in the dyed mustache. He took my nam
q and pedigree, asked me whence I cam
and how long proposed to remain il
the city, and I answered all with tina
promptness and strict truthfulness whicl
q one acquires by years Of association
;, with the members Of this club.
FINALLY he put the poser, What
~ the name Of your paper?' thought wit
t. right that all great papers must be reI
8 resented and feared that if mentione
y one of them I would be discovered an
- lost; so, thinking of the motto of th
', club, God loves cheerful liar, sal
without moments hesitation, 9TH
North Adams Transcript. He didn
Just remember the name and had to as
# as to the spelling several times Will
making out the documents by means {
l. which I was to secure an admissio
20 card, but if he had pressed me after
Ie saw that the bluff went I would hay
,r told him circulation story which,
q we'll, which would not be in keepin
is with The transcripts books.
|. "Well, got into the press loge
S. time to hear Hungary's grand old NAL
a, Tisza, make the greatest speech Of h
10 life. Of course l could not understar
is his Hungarian, perfect as it no doul
,e was, but the enthusiasm which
aroused seemed contagious, and on
le during his talk, when q great shout
e, approval filed the chamber, womt
G. waved their handkerchiefs and fans, al
,h members Of the opposition even look'
ne pleased, I caught myself applaudin
s- but I quickly recalled the fact that
he was there as The Transcript represent
ch tive and as such had no opinion.
he 1.-THE picture from the gallery whe
he I'VE of the press sat was one shs
nd never forget. Every inch of room in t
,e. spectators pens was occupied, eve
yn deputy chair was taken, and on the flo
Its the monotony of the black and whi
ed was broken by the picturesque costum
It Of the bishops, whose Office entitl
its them to seat in the house.
"After it was all over went wi
of my new companions Of the press tc
ole nearby restaurant where we ate
an sorts of things, all seasoned more or II
IN with paprika, and drank tokay wine.
ze. told my story, and The Transcript
1m ceived it's baptism Of Hungarian fire
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