The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1894-11-24
HE GOTINTO THE DIET
A MEMBER OF THE LIARS CLUB
HEARD TlSzAS LAST ADDRESS.

ne hade boid RAY ana tarricd His Point,
and His Conscience Only Bothered Him
when He Saw That He Would he Sue
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 trustworthines 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 Ar
Grassy 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,
landed 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 l stopped there for a rest on
my way from Paris by the Oriental ex-
press TO Constantinople / 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, fioated 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 l heard that the
ministry would resign the next day, and
that Premier Tisza would make his last
address in parliament Well, you can
well imagine l wanted TO be in at the
death and set about TO secure a ticket Of
admission to the diet hall. Those whom
l asked simply laughed at me. Tickets
were at high premium, and some to
whom | applied gave me a Hungarian
look Of whitening contempt which made
mo only more anxious to get there.
But the morrow came, and saw the
chances for peep at the show growing
exasperatingly less, when l 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 l succeeded in seeing
him. I'm surprised, l 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
a servant said something in jargon
which could not understand and made
mo bow of dismissal The man, who
was dressed to 90 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 a 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 term
in Hungarian jail rose before me- for
you know had no more to do with
newspaper business than l had with
African exploration, when a clerk en-
tered and with many a fiirt and fiutter
proceeded TO make out my credentials
for admission to the press loge
HE was a funny little man, this
clerk. who labored under the hallucina-
ton that he could speak English, and
he was further afflicted with that mild
form of insanity which manifests itself
in the dyed mustache. He took my name
and pedigree, asked me whence came
and how long proposed to remain in
the city, and | answered all with that
promptness and strict truthfulness which
one acquires by years of association
with the members of this club.
Finally he put the poser, What is
the name of your paper?' l thought with
right that all great papers must be rep
resented and feared that if mentioned
one of them / would be discovered and
lost; so, thinking Of the motto of the
club, God loves cheerful liar, l said
without n moments hesitation, The
North Adams Transcript He didn't
| just remember the name and had to ask
rs TO the spelling several times while
making out the documents by means of
which | was TO secure an admission
card, but if he had pressed me after
saw that the bluff went l would have
told him circulation story which
well, which would not be in keeping
with The transcripts books.
well, got into the press loge in
time to hear Hungary's grand old man,
Tisza. make the greatest speech of his
life OF course could not understand
his Hungarian. perfect as it no doubt
was, but the enthusiasm which he
aroused seemed contagious, and once
during his talk. when great shout of
approval filled the chamber women
waved their handkerchiefs and fans. and
members of the opposition even looked
pleased, l caught myself applauding.
but l quickly recalled the fact that
was there as The Transcript representa-.
tive and as such had no opinion.
The picture from the gallery where
we OF the press sat was one l shall
never forget Every inch of room in the
spectators pens was occupied, every
deputy's chair was taken. and ON the floor
the monotony Of the black and white
was broken by the picturesque costumes
Of the bishops, whose office entities
them 70 a seat in the house
After il was all over / went with
my new companions of the press to a
nearby restaurant where we ate all
sorts of things. all seasoned more or less
with paprika, and drank tokay wilma l
! tolt my story and fTh.. U,~.,r...t,,f -.