Norwich bulletin., 1922-10-14
IN THE DAYS NEWS
Hunrary., Great Lake kuns Ausy.

Hungary's Great Lake Runs Away.
 Even the lake is running away iron the sehieoefs."
 Thus. declares a bulletin from tho Washington. D. C., headquarters of the National Geographic Society, are tho wags of Hungary explaining the niys- terious behavior of HanEary's and Cen tTal EuroDe's greatest body of fresh wa ter Lake Belaton. while scientists are si lent. The lake. until recently brimrnini full. now seems oo the way toward dry ins up.
 If Seneca Lake Or Lake Tahoe wer, within fifty miles of Washington a serve as the capitals pleasure resor and were rapidly drying up for nc ap parent reason" says the haietin. fl would cause something of a sornDotion Just such commetSOn is being Sarres up now in Western Hungary wbert Lake Balaton. in easy automobile reacl to the southwest from Budapest. 4 Shrinking season by seasca.
 "Balaton Is the only laks of any in portance In Hungary. During the sam uer season the people of Bgdapest hoS there by ra!l and automobile. and ths days temperature of the water is a: dominant topic of convefsation as | the fairness Of the sky to the holiday golfer back home But almost monthly
  line: season after season one must wall farther and farther from the cd short and it's bathho1ses and pzvilions to en- | joy a swim in the once brir,nlinx lake Rains have been as frequent as e@eE outlets remain seemingly as before. ant ! few careful scientists have h2zarded ( guess as to the reasons for he lakes se havtor, But the wags among the Naea- ton crowds are less retieent and explaif | lrr~ts oh r@lrf f-aH he 1anr AH , running away from the sehieoers--ih' slang term for thes war-profteers wht have taken a heavy toll in Hungary as 1 In the remainder Of Cenrai Europe. ! Lake Bsiaton Is some 45 miles long ! and varies in width from three to ger miles. Its maximum area was 42i l square miles including flooded ma-st | lands and it's greatest derth more thar | 100 feet. On the north rugged hills ap- proach the lake contributing a pic turesque beauty which has drawn thsft many villa builders To the south, least and west. however. the rolling HunSaT.
 ian plains reach up 10 the now recedins
 shore-line.
 "Siofok. On the southeastern shore. l.
 the diminutlve inland Atlantic City oi
 Hungary. So many war-enriched peas.
 ants make their homes there that t is called the town of millionaire peasants.
 But the quarters ntar the fake yield the
 resorts Eue savor; there Siofok is seer
 10 be a place ot restsursnts and vs1is. like hotels. cabsrets and dancing paSil-
 ions. gaming casinos, bsndstands, bath ! houses. and beating piers One cniSsicr
 may stir conflicting emotions in th,
 breasts of American tourists to siofoE depending oh their years and tastes
 there are no Coney Island attachments
 Bathing at Siofok ts not q thing o exhilsrstion. The water is usuzll, placid and near shore on sumrfr dal t feels as though fresh from a hot water tap ministered to by an sfiicien l janitor. Farther from shore the vatei
 Is cooler. but he who would swim mus
 wade seemingly interminable distance Some American tourists, lp hurry fc' their sports. solve the problem by dash , ing lakeward in motor boats and swim
 ming from their advanced base.
 NO bathing suit cenSors patrol tn
 beach at Siofok and the Hunezriai maidens who bathe there are as ltti , hampered by costumes as are thelr dis
 tant sisters at Ostend-