The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-05-10
GYPSIESOF HUNGARY
rzrcANss. WHO FURNISH THE "HuN-
GARIAN oRcHEsTRAs."
N6mads who Make Hungary Their Ns-
tieasl Home and Who Generally Rsfsss
AArAttempts to Civiiise Thsm-A wesrd
Los OF Musical Tramps.

Los OF Musical Tramps.
Fashion's fondness for Hungarian or
chestras the world over and q resent sost'
ETY. scandal In which an American girl
was implicated have drawn the attention
of two continents to those curious people
called Tziganes In Hungary. Bohsmians
IN France and gypSies In England ssd The
United States. Hungary is the home of
che Tzig anes In SO Tar as tAey have any
home. In all other European countries
they were prosecuted for centuries AZ ennis
carries Of the evil one and enemies q Chris
tianity, but Hungary took pity ON them
and treated the wanderers hhs lost ohil-
drsn Ii was In the fifteenth esntury that
they first made their appearance there.
Kina Sigismond received them Hospitality
and recommended to the charity and pity
Of the public these poor wandering pso-
ple without home and bounded by every
oroI.'
There are now about $50, 600 Of thess
Tziganes I'm Hungary They may b d.
vitied into three clssses-thoss who go
bareheaded and barefooted, the wandering
gypsies; those who wear hesdsear and
shoes on Sundays, the seminonads. and
those. who always wear hats and shoes and
who have TO great extent abandone the
nomadic lives Of their ancestors. Those
latter are the most civilized and are gem
orally musicians, who excel In the playing
ofHungariap tunes.
When the Tziganes arrived IN Hungary.
they were not trained mdsically, but they
soon appropriated Magyar music, and out
Of 10 have made q crude and weird art of
their own Their favorite Instrument 10
the ''bas ALA" as they term the violin.
Some play the harp but they have mark
ed aversion for the piano, for The reason
that 10 cannot be easily moved about. In
Hungary no fete or festival takes place
without Tzigans orchestra At cleo
ton times a TBigane band always
heads the electoral PROFESSIONS ana no
wedding Is considered complste without
their music for the dance. The TEiganss
have become natural musicians. playing
from inspiration and generally bsing I'm
able to read music. Liszt, whs made q
study Of the Tzigenes, says that music h
to- them a sublime language mystic
songs which they often make use OF In
stead OF conversation, and thai they have,
iKfsct, invented a music of their own.
One of the favorite abodes Of these
strange people is near the frontier Of Gro
atiaS It is there that the typical Bobsmi
ana ara seen at their best. Their camps
ara always set up at some diftance from
tkz nearest town OF village, often la close
proximity to some forest. The Tsigune
huts-for they are nothing more-coueist
OF . single room, unless the owner 10 ex
tremely well to do, and generally devoid
ofefurniture. The Tziganes eat and sleep
on tho bare boards At all times OF the
day there Is smoldering fire In the hut,
over which hangs q sandstone IUN for the
Tzigane has no fixed hour for his meals.
but eats whenever he feels hungry The
ordinary bill of fare consists of potatoes,
stews, milk and lard. On festive occasions
such titbits are indulRed in "a hedgehogs,
foxes and squirrels Cats are considered
by the Tziganes princely diet Dogs are
trained to hunt hedgehogs and foxes They
have a peculiar manner of cooking foxes.
Theyare placed in running water for a
couple of days and then cooked under hot
Goals in a hole in the ground. The TIL
games have Partially for the flesh of dead
animals. and whenever farm or a stable
takes fire they resh to the scene in the
hope of finding the carcass of some dead
animal Like certain oriental races. they
use their fingers in conveying food ~ their
mouths
fHfpane women, as a rule, go about half
naked, the young girls wearing nothing
but a small apron. excepting when they
go, tn the neighiariDg town. The men
wear. but little Clothing, and untn the
time of their marrisge, at between l2 and
10 years of age, they go about almost
naked. After marriage, however, they
attire themselves in the gaudy Hungarian
national costume, Of which they ans very
proud. Cast off garments of some Magyar
nobleman they have a great weakness for.
and when they arc able 10 obtain bright
red coat their SATISFACTION IL complete.
The Tziganes have horror of work or
restraint of any kind. Even thess who
have u fixed residence like to roam about
when they feel SO Inclined. So firm Ia this
wandering instincs with them that they
have no word In their language 10 signify
remain" Most Of the trades they adopt
are suitable for q. aDmadic life. They are
either horse dealeeA blacksmith, sflsep
shearers or. and atove all, beggars n ~
quiteimpossible t. take q country drive
through some provinces Of Hungary with
outcoming across q band Of Tziganes,
somer one of when will surely follow q
carriage for q half hour or more until he
haa received coin. The Tziganes have
given themselves the nickname Of "poor
mens'' and the habit Of begging IL 30 thor
oughly rooted In them that even well to
do members of their race, whom one oooa-
sionally meets in Budapest driving pure
blooded horses and wearing costly jewels,
cannos resist the temptation Of asking for
money
Many unsuccessful attempts have been
made torestrain the vagabond propensities
OF the Tziganes. The Emperor Joseph III
once tried to compel them TO have a 1xed
residence and allotssd them land, distrib-
utedagriculturai Implements among them
and ordered them u cultivate their land
butt instead Of taking up their residences
In the comfortable houses they had boon
presented with, tho Tziganes turned tho
houses into stables for their horses and
sand set up tssts near by for their
ownuse To preyeat tbe corn given them
for seed. from sprsuting they boiled 1t.
Bus the emperor was not discouraged.
Hssboiisbsn the Tnigane language rs he
had already done away with the Magyar
Language, did away with the very name Of
TzigsDe and finally took their children
from them to be educated by German and
Hungarian farmers, who were TO bring