Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-12-30


PTessburg 10 Pest the railroad skirte
the Danube. and often the great river
does indeed look beautiful Al such
times II "a not difficult TO understand
why Il IA called the beautiful Danube.
bun the blue" part persis, entity remains
u mystery not the less.
ThE CITY or PEST
IA the city 81 Pest IL approached ev-
ideu,es OF some Industry IN the shape
o. factories and warehouses SPRING up
on either side the river, and great
many boats both small and large show
ttlt In spite OF the general appearance
OF the people and cou1try there IL real
~ much doing IN the capital Not more
than 10 minutes after one begins TO
nJt.ce,tGe increu sol activity on lne riv-
ca the train SLOWS W. Slides under the
glass roof OF The station ana We are in
budapest.
WHAT Bellam this surely IL. Here
RI lOrters wanting % taAe our SripS
ana thay are scouting at US IN those
horNbly hard Buueral accents which
make up the magyar tongue. At last
we have fought our way through the
lines OF baggage cauless. ana ma our
selves IN the busy street, We make
car conductor Understand that we want
the hotel London, ami he proceeds to
give us minute instructions as TO us
Whereabouts "a ia)st soothing Hun
GInan, which soua Is like ABOUT iorty
operators. te.egiapding in strSmill
running full blast
We succeeded finally In finding our
hotel without assistance, and soon
emerged thetefrom feeling the better
for supper, and prepared 10 cast an eye
over the streets OF Pest by night.
SPEEDY" FIRE DEPARTMENT.,
AS II for our special benefit. the fire
iiepa. .ment dashes down the street
land al high rate Of speed Tor Europe,
four miles an hour) and we nave the
pleasure OF following Il few miles,
ana of eventually seeing where pigeon
coop had burned to the ground The
exercise OF walking back TO town was
keenly appreciated. In this spectacular
manner ended our first evening In Pest
After near to weeks stay in the
Hungarian capital, for one am forced
to admit that tor beauty and up-to-
dateness II we'll deserves It's reputa-
ton. A finer sight can scarcely be i'm
agined than the view from the I'M
perial palace gardens. situated on hill
In oven COR Buda) overlooking the
Danube and Pest on it's opposite bank
For several miles on the rivers en-
bankment rise stately buildings all of
equal hight and harmonious architec-
ture, with here and there palatial pub
He buildings each In its own tree-sur-
rounded ter" or place The magnif-
cent Gothic house of parliament could
we'll make any city In the world en-
yious A little distance from the river
with the body OF the church hidden
among the buildings, rises the noble
dome of St Stephan's Baclllca. ca
thedral OF which Rome itself might wen
be proud. And also far and near rise
the steeples Of many other churches
without which the city would lose
certain dignity It now has.
NONE MORE BEAUTIFUL.
New York may have it's Hudson,
Cologne It's Rhine and Dresden It's
lflhe, and they are all beauti-
full, but think no city IN
the world is situated on a more beautl-
full stream than that OF the Danube at
Pest At Vienna the river Is not near
~ as fine as at Pest. where II is very
much larger and flows directly through
the city (or the two cities as they were
once.) The people too, have seeming
ly appreciated what nature has done
for them and have employed every
means that art has given them to en-
hnnce the natural beauty OF the river
in the shape of stone embankments and
bridges that are things of beauty.
OF the three magnificent suspension
bridges the finest Is no doubt the
Elizabeth bridge, and New YORK
might have congratulated her.
self II she had had an architect Of
epci, toofa md ounrppfntfou Of bpgntV
10 put up those structures across the
East river New York's are massive
but homely; Buda Pests are graceful
and full Of beauty I'm every line.
It Is hardly possble in so short let
ter even to mention the many sights
and places OF interest to be visited In
Budapest TO cav nothing Of attempting
to describe them, but II would certain
" be an oversight to pass over the roy
al palace without giving II few words.
A KINGLY ABODE,
with the single exception Of the
Chateau at Versailles it has not been
my privilege TO see finer kingly abode
than that OF Francis Joseph in Buda-
pest
Al one point on the side OF the river
where the old town of Buda stands;
rises. quite abruptly from the water,
the hill on the summit of which the
palace stands. The slope Is laid out In
a terraced garden and adds very much
to the general appearance OF the PAL
aces surroundings.
The original building dates back four
or FIVE centuries, but additions have
been built from time TO time. (the most
recent having been erected less than
decade ago) till now one sees build
ing exceedingly modern in all appear
ances, the older part having been
swallowed up in the later improve
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