Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-12-30
Geographic News
RUNS AWAY


Even the lake is running away
from the ~schiebers."
Thus, declares a bulletin from the
washington, d. c., headquarters Of
the National Geographic society, are
the wags Of Hungary explaining the
mysterious behavior OF Hungary's
and Central Europe's greatest body
| scientists are silent. The lake, until
recently trimming full. now seems
on the way to be drying up.
IF Seneca Lake or Lage Tahoe
were within fifty miles of Washing
ton to serve the capitals pleasure
resort and were rapidly drying up
for no apparent reason" say the
bulletin. lit would aus something
of a commotion. just such a COM
motion Is being stirred up now in
Western Hungary where Lake Ba1a-
ton, in easy automobile reach to the
southwest from Budapest, is shrink
ing season by season.
Only Important Hungarian Lake
"Balaton Is the only lake of any
Importance in Hungary. During the
summer season the people of Buda-
pest flock there by rail and auto
mobile, and the days temperature
OF the water Is as dominant q topic
| of conversation as Is the fairness of
the sky to the holiday golfer back
home. But almost monthly of late
| one could note the receding shore
line: seaso after season one must
walk farther and farther from the
old shore and its lighthouses and
| pavilions to enjoy q swim in the
once brimming lake. Rains have
been as frequent as ever, outlets re-
main seemingly as before, and few
4 M AasA-tfA kN. L--A.A I
guess to the reasons for the lakes
behavior. But the wags among the
vacation crowds are less reticent and
explain with a chuckle that even
the lake IL running away from the
| schieberS'-the slang term for the
| war prof1teers, who have taken a
| heavy toll in Hungary, as in the
remainder Of Central Europe.
| Lake Balaton is stme forty-fve
miles long and varies in width from
three to ten miles. Its maximum
area was 420 square miles, includ-
ing flooded marsh lands and its
| greatest depth more than 100 feet.
On the north rugged hills approach
the lake. contributing a picturesque
beauty, which has drawn there many
villa builders. To the south, east
and west, however. the rolling Hun
garian plains reach up to the new
receding shore-line.
Inland "Atlantic City,
"Siofok. on the southeastern
shore, is the diminutive' inland At
lantic City of Hungary. So many
war-enriched peasants make their
homes there that it is called the
town OF millionaire peasants But
the quarters nea the lake yield the
resorts true SAVIOR there Siofok Is
seen to he a place of restaurants
and vflla-like hotels, cabarets and
dancing p%avilions, gaming casinos,
bandstands, lighthouses and boating
piers. One omission may stir con-
fiicting emotions in the breasts Of
American tourists to Sicfok, depend
ing on their years and tastes: there
are no Coney Island attachments.
Bathing at Siofok is not a thing
bog exhilaration. The water is
usually placid and near shore on a
summer day 1t feels as though fresh
from a hot water tap ministered to
by an efficient janitor. Farther
from the shore the water Is cooler,
but he who would swim must wade
"a seemingly interminable distance.
Some American tourists, in a hurry
for their sports, solve the problem
by dashing lakeward in motor boats
and swimming from their advanced
base.
Moth Bathing Suit Censors
mo bathing suit censors patrol the
beach at Siofok, and the Hungarian
naidens who battle there are as lit
tie hampered by costumes as r
their distant sisters at Ostend.
"The automobile ride from Buda-
! pest to Siofok gives a characteristic
view of the country. for 1t cuts a
| cross-seetion through the edge of
the famous plains OF Hungary. On
an excellent road n whizzes past
quaint villages and mud-brick dwell-
ings with tile or matched roofs, pic
ture5que gipsey camps, carefully cul-
tivated fields, and above all, through
a grazing country where are pas
tured large herds Of .long-horn
steers, such as Texas orce knew. But
| cattle raising in this region would
have little fascination for an Amer
lean cow-puncher. Wiry mustangs,
jingling spurs, chaIs, five-galloh
sombreros, and whirring lassos have
no place in the picture. Instead,
Western Hungary's lopg-horns are
Eerded by peasants afoot, who wear
little feather-bedeeked hats. carry
an ~innocuous looking pole, and are
dressed in whitep fringe-bottomed
! a1apper' skirts!
"Skirted men also tend the less
dangerous looking community herds
OF dairy cattle and grrnting swine;
and here and there a goese-girl, in
colorfui peasant garb, minds her
| kissing flock. From these rural
scenes one rolls over a hill and
comes suddenly upon NHungary's
| Atlantic City,"
TROUBLED WITH WEAK
KIDNEYS
Have been troubled with weak