The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-05-30

tho press dinner surpassed even the ono
given him at the London Mansion House.
former editor at Pesth, the New York bar re-
mem ,hS ed him IS IS e, z ininng {Gri9 = LAY baW ySins w ,hsn
standing "%'I Broad way stp't opposite Bond Street.
and used for concerts, lectures, and public as.
sembl1gos. Chief Justice Samuel Jones tho
then hh,op' the bride bride y the eve. New York bar and dss.
sinking Of tho Collins steamship Arciic) made
the address, OF the evening with such
snrpSssinE oio9uens soon and ,n fc sNomod ,h ,n h, w 5m,
barrasscd by the oratorlcal competition and GER
tai1ly did not d, himself full Justice. Veterans
rs by oil odds tho %cleverest jury, lawyer they
have ser known; not excepting Thomas Adds
snbsoSucntly surveyor Of The Port. Congress.
man, Rcivil war General, reform Alderman, and
in his old ago n Police. Jnstlce,,olso made z fiery
speech in dcnunCiation Of the two-fnced Aus
trinn eagle. Chief Justice Hornblowcr 81, New
.lcrscy-grandsire Of the William d. Hornblower
the judiciary. Another disngrecablo incident
occurred to mar tho general harmony, when
s snS hphIiG an,i inrIs ,iC 1 bono ibaf Ko 1s nls
was not In this country TO stir mn international
troubles between 1t and Anstrin. Many LAWYERS
were .unkind to their guest, and when he per
sisted IN his line OF criticism some OF the young
Cleveland, n leading commercial lawyer. inter.
ruptod and said that so eminent a man as Mr..
Duer ought not TO be treated. badly, while nos
suth audibly expressed tho hope that the FREQ
speech OF America. 80 pleasantly different from
the muzzled speech OF Austria, would be re-
spectcd. Tho incident showed that kossuth's
visit was regarded by many out of Congress as
well as in IT. as q menace to our friendly re-
lations with Austria.
Thus immediately previous to the Christmas
OF 1851 New York city. underwent q period, OF
Kossuth MANIA. and. 1t affected the holiday
presents. Every New Years gift associated itself
In some designation with kossnth and Hungary.
Restaurants abounded with Hungarian boulash.
infused with red peppers; and there
were Kossuth cravats formidable bands of satin
orally folded over the, shirt 'front.', Kossuth
pipes, Kossuth. umbrellas. Kossuth belts and
buckles. kossuth purses, kossuth Jackets, and
parcl. Then tho Alpine hat. with q Ger.
tain peculiar shape Of crown and brim.
soon became, and for years continued to be,
then in its first decade OF popularity, and turn
whichever way a pedestrian might on west
side or east side, the strong features OF the Hun
esquo felt hat. schoolboys cultivated rccita-
lions aiming. to become an orator like Kosspth.
and school girls were taught the Kossnth polka.
h, soo and Boston 9s 3he and s,f P,hilfSa s }onIns ysssrp te e fOF
new hero worship. But by degrees. as Kossuth
tourneyed westward. his popularity waned; for
he was now practically a solicitor of subscrip,;
popular discussion what was the result Of tho
loan fund and what was done with 1t.
And when he re-embarked for his homeward
to speed him-the Kossuth mania had
become a thing Of the past.
History tells us OF the subsequent amalgama-
ton OF the Hungarian with the Austrian Govern.
and how kossuth for years afterward
sulked like an Achilles in his tent, and rejected
many imperial overtures; but after the auton.
It's legislative Diet, and oddly enough often
his old liberal allies.