Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-22

messed the transaction sided with u.s. one American and
two Englishmen: but foreign dogs SO ought to
be arrested The crowd grew to mob. Most of
it indignant Had Austrian gentleman not
right to speak any he chose and seize her and
link his through hers? What was the world COM
ing to when low-lived Englishwoman should raise
such a courtesy that? But one of the
strangers whispered advice We could demand that
the complainant also be arrested We did He ceased
complaining. He modified his charge All he wanted
protection. The policeman made give
and addresses, and then released u.s. We walked
away down the street. and all the time the insulted
Austrian Immediately dressed and tw1rllng his
in hand and his mustache in the other, walked by
sides addressing remarks to his companions that
insulting to and disparaging of the English lady,
and we could not resent it.
"Onlv the repeated warnings of the English resident
of Vienna kept my friend from killing that blackguard
But he is only of thousands of tongue who have
endured the insults in Vienna You see they have
the advantage of and they know it. They prey upon
it. After that complaint to the policeman for protec
ton, cowardy and inslncere it it would have
been almost penal offense for my friend again to hit
him with his fist. The fist is bad weapon in Austria
and Hungary. You can belt the head with
club, and it costs you about twenty crowns four
dollars; but to hit him with the fist is to time
1t like Paris in this respect where if you looted
in the street, go the public prosecutor who wants
you give bond to stay there from ten days to three
months to appear at the prosecution before he will
dertake to recover your property, and then merely
glowers the thief who leans against the door outside
with his fingers at his to express his amusement at
your hepleSsneSS.
Most countries of continental Europe regard the fist
as the ultimate brutality. So they have passed laws
that make it extremely grave oense to strike any
one.
BUDAPEST is beautiful place. 1t has popularity
quite noticeable. In almost any good cafe or cafe
Chantant do not stare at rudely. 1t is
rather the mild of interest and curiosity But in
the street after evening at theate it is best to take
a cab homeward.
American theatrical who is widely known over
continental Europe and Russia the manager of vari-
high grade acts His wife is the principal in OF
these sketches, the act being known ~The Renos.
She is delightful little woman whose greatest ambi-
ton is quit the road and a farm. She is
than good looking Her husband invariably waits for
her at the theater and escorts her home He stands
about six feet one, and has shoulder like Jeffries
One of the finest cafes in Budapest and in the world
is the New York, the ground floor of the New York
Life Insurance Building: They dropped in there one
night after the last performance of their engagement,
and usual not mOleSted; but when they stepped
out to the street Hungarian gentleman promptly
tried to put his through the unOccupied of Mrs
Rowland. She knew her husbands temper, and so
thrust the intruder away and tried to keep her husband
from noticing it. Another man got squarey in the road
speaks little of all languages and has been managing
different theatrical ventures in Europe for fifteen years
He knew what to do He steered his wife away from
street toward their hotel The continued follow
and shout their nfatuaton with other remarks that it
not good for woman to hear.
They were close behind as Mr.. and Mrs. Rowland
passed the entrance to dark alley, when Rowland sud-
denly turned, caught the two deity, each by an
outward ear, and brought their faces together with
bang. 1t what used to be technically known at
Niger Jims in New York the double butt
Then he dragged them into the dark aleyway- and
thanked Heaven that he had to take early morning
train across the Rumanian border to fill another
gagement.
DOWN in Bulgaria, don't know. Nobody with any
- sense goes there, anyway. Montenegro the same
But in Rumania they are specially educated in
approach. Take Bucharest, for instance The custom
airy form of ogng there is, if the lady is unattended