The Washington times., 1922-10-29


and everything there moves"
This Is true of the street car serv.
ice, which seemed the best Flam-
beau had yet found In Europe,
but he was told that . great i'm
provement had been made In Buda-
pest In this service during the last
six months. The cars run so often
and so quickly, and there is such
an excellent underground, that go.
ing about is a real pleasure. even
II the weather happens to be
showery. Horses. too, are not
scarce. in this grazing country, 80
cabs are not too expensive.
The people are primitive in
many ways, and even In the fash.
ionable Astoria" Hotel. one may
find a bare-footed maid sweeping
The corridor, and in the streets
there are many bare footed women
Thee NIT Rum" is the popular
form even for breakfast. and It
is a painful surprise to the wal
ter when one asks for .Milch,
bite" But he brings II all right.
The Britannia Hotel near the
Newgoty Station in Budapest was
afterward recommended to Flam.
beau by a fellow traveller, but he
had no opportunity to try it. In
Budapest. and often In Vienna, It
is the correct thing for the gentle
man to kiss the lady's hand in
farewell salute. after a call. as also
on arriving. or at an introduc-
ton. II is very gracefully done.
due to long practice. The grea;
poet Of Hungary. Petofi Sander, is
commemorated by q recent mouu.
ment in Budapest.
ROYAL FAMILY POPULAR.
There is an exceedingly popular
family Of royal birth. Stil resi-.
dent today in Budapest, the Arch
duke Joseph and. his .consort, the
Archduchess. who was by birth a
Bavarian Princess. They have two
= daughters and two sons, the
latter now well grown and,
Ike their sisters, very hand
some, Photographs Of these charm
ing people are sold in Budapest,
and are great favorites with the
Hungarians, the Archduke being a
successful business man, the pro-
prietor of large estates.
FIambeAu and his companion
enjoyed the movies" in a real
Hungarian "kino" one evening.
and found the taste decidedly
'flamboyant." The pictures were
varied. three different plays being
given in the brief time spent
there by the strangers. The films
are run very rapidly and with
hardly q line Of explanation. since
the Hungarian audience seems to
be the keenest in Europe for
catching the story, which was
often to F1ambeau somewhat OBJ
scure, although the plots were
simple and verging on the gro
tesque. which met the popular
appeal.
The first moving picture was "a
mimic bull fight, with a Spanish
toreador, tie entire composition
being a comedy. The second story
was also farcical Hungarian
srotesque. And then who. should
suddenly spring on the screen but
Fatty" Arbuckle In a seashore
bathing play, Of much his usual
character. and evidently very
pleasing to the Budapest audience.
In Vienna MARY Pickford" was
being featured in her well-known
poor little slave girl. or drudge,
"Ammarilly. das kleine waeschcr.
maedel."
It was "a disappointment TO
Flambeau not to find the opera
anywhere, but Hungarian music
was in evidence at the movies,
Of course, and in the hotel or.
chestras, which were numerous
The Hungarian musicians are said
to be "gypsles," but not the wan
dering gyps.es, who are known as
copper and tin smiths and who,
1t is said, often become very rich
in their rambling life.
VAGUE IDEAS OF AMERICA.
The middle European notion. Of
our American women Is often too
ridiculous. Perhaps It was from
an illustrated Vienna newspaper
that Flambeau culled this memory
gem: "A new sport Of An.ricar
ladies; Miss Helen Gil, seated on the
back of her pet tortoise, feeds the
animal with bananas" But he has
no doubt that similar impression
Of American society girls pervades
Budapest as well. ..... ..#...
In every country In Europe Wis,
tied by Flambeau they are still
taking up collections for war or.
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