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Home My WebLink AboutThe Huron Expositor, 1937-11-19, Page 6�riR�� P.kti '�.'�t��I , �, ,�uaiLi i5ld�tiP�t��xt 4iNy IlS4 iI, yF; e i16. or dl fi :fP ar< 9t� ij f n e Continent urope From a Tragi °(By A. R- "i a rnbull) ttniued frnnl Page .1) lag here we -drove assess t?.Buda and then tip the havveapassoraMic view 'Fra* here the lights of Seelxtieal, like minora of rms and we could see the C `0.8 Danube reflecting the lights. f3rtioodJlighted Parliament Build- , It certainly was a wonderful �rusnd` unforgettable sight. From here lie drove to a email inn supposed to a favourite meeting place of the dapest people. It was deserted at night but we did enjoy the s-nall gypsy band playing in the open air. The, leading violinist wandered from table to table and added to the mer- riment by serenading some of the guests.. - Our next Mike of visit was a night club. We went to the Capri which seemed fairly crowded even before the 75 of us entered. The cabaret was in progress wrier we arrived and •we were able to see most of the act, only -one or two of which were at all outstanding. After the cabaret; danc- ing followed and what a jam it was One was mighty Lucky even to get cut on the floor, let alone try b dance. At 1.30 a.m. the guides round- ed us all up and saw that none stay- ed tayed behind. Apparently they bad had some unfortunate experiences la the Last when a few of the visitors stiy- ed behind, and were charged exhorbi- tent prices for everything they bought, thus causing much dissatisfaction. On returning to my hotel I made inquiries as to whether Dr. Gemmell, w oro 1 had met in Vienna, had call - eta. for me. You remember he was the Stratford boy I mentioned in my last letter and whom 1 had asked to look me up in Budapest that night. He had not called, however, 'so I as- - sumed he must have changed this plans. I was on my way to turn in when. Johnny, my courier par, hailed Me and wondered if I would. like to join the party whieh the local guides were giving for the couriers. It sound- ed all right to me, so 1 went along. There were eight of us in the party and we went by taxi to the Marian Range, one of the most famous night clubs. Even at that late 'hour it was crowded, I had several dances with the guides and with one of them entered a competition, a .special kind of novelty balloon dance. The bal- loons were only half inflated and on strings. A balloonwas tied to the gentleman's leg below the knee and ,allowed to hang • just short of the floor. The contest consisted of try- ing to burst the other people's bal- loons, the surviving couple taking the prize. I am afraid I wasn't too ex- pert at keeping out of danger and it wasn't long before ours was burst. We then had to leave the floor and let the survivors fight it out. The contest went on for at least a quar- ter of an hour and it certainly was very amusing. Finally a winner was declared, but not before the, partners were nearly exhausted. There was one novel thing about the ,dance floor and that was a piece of the floor a- bout six feet in diameter in the cen- tre would revolve. It was a new ex- perience to dance on a revolvi floor, especially when you never knew when it would start, stop or perhaps reverse. I•t was quite late when we left and I wasn't long in getting home to rest. • Next morning (Sunday) I had breakfast at 8.30 and at 9.45 we all left to see some of the sights. We crossed the river to Buda to visit the thermal baths. Budapest is some- times called "The City of Baths" and is probably the greatest spa and most wonderful health resort in the, world. It has 80 different thermal springs, nine therapeutic bathing establish- mentgl one medicinal bitter -water bath and more than 400 bitter water springs. Besides- the thermal baths, , y Why Use A "Sissy" ■ Laxa�twe? 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Used regularly once a week this medicine ensures pure blood and freedom from constipation and the pains, aches and serious .diseases which accompany it. Dr. Chase's Kidney -Liver Pills, 35 cts., at all druggists or The Dr. A. W. Chase Medicine Co.. Limited, Oakville, Canada. there are 'MUT exetellent oli teal and sanatoriums au4 many Oast class ho- tels are at the disposal of the visa tore. The medical" staff in the city is also very good and ebove theav- erage to be fatted iv most sprit Bud- apest is the only spa. int the world. whiob is adapted for all cures in sum- mer acrd winter alike. The abund- ance bundance of hot medicinal springs makes the city a special place for the treat- ment of rheumatism and is often. call- ed "The Mecca" of rheusnatic suffer- ers. We visited. the et. Gellert surf bath which was the largest and most fam- ous in the city and where all the so- ciety people gathered. The outdoor bath was very flue and the surround- ings were very beautiful with lots of dowers and terraces for sun •bathing. The water looked most inviting and even at that early hour there were quite a number of bathers. They had a wonderful apparatus there for pro- ducing artificial waves. It was set in motion for our benefit and soon there were waves nearly three feet big -he -regular breakers the were. They have such an apparatus at the Wembley Pool in North London, but the waves produced are small com- pared with those at this bath. •. We moved inside to see the indoor pool. It was a beautiful place finished off in . marble with a balcony for spee- tators. The water was in constant movement caused by currents of air entering the pool from below, thus producing air bubbles on the surface. The temperature of the water Here was 117 degrees Fahrenheit. After leaving the St. Gellert we next visited the Royal Palace which was built in the 13th century and looks ,out over the river toward Pest. There are some 860 rooms in it and was the home of the Kings of Hun- gary, the last one of note being Franz Josef as . Emperor of Austria- Hungary. The terrace in front of the palace was very fine but was showing some signs of neglect due, no doubt, to the shortage of funds to keep the place in repair. From the palace we went to the Coronation Church, also knowtn as King Matthew Church. It is one of the oldest churches of Buda, being finished in the 13th century. From 1541 to 1686 the Turks used the cathedral as a Mosque. The last coronation to take place in it was in 1916 when King Charles IV was crowned, He was the successor of Franz Josef and ruled only two years until the end of the war. As, we left the church it had started to _rain. We drove back to our hotel for lunch at one o'clock. In the afternoon a special excur- sion was arranged to visit Boldog, a small village about 45 miles from the city. The name Boldog means "Hap- py" in English. A number of our party went bathing at the St. Gellert bath, but I decided to go on the ex- cursion. The drive to the village war rather uninteresting, but we did get some idea of the rural life of the peo- ple of Hungary. The general im- pression was not one of prosperity and I would judge that the peasants live simply with a minimum of lux- uries. As we approached the village we passed numerous groups 'of chil- dren who were out to see the "for- eign visitors." We visited what look- ed to me like an ordinary country house and found a local dance in pro- gress. There were several couples Feel Tull of fife, --No More Tired, pull, Heavy Ma>< ge Keep your liver' healthy,• and yop'a fee great every snortung, When you wake up. feeling "rotten" your likes Is out of order. Your liver ideas the blood of poisons, separate* the nourishing put of your food from the waste. 5upplies. energy to muscles, tiuuesend glands -Poems outhile, the body's laxative, helpsstoanach, kidneys and m- testines to work properly. A mere bowel movement isn't enough. "Fret -a -tires" made from-Indb and herbs, will strengthen and bad up your liver like nothingelse will. You'll be amazed how well you are every morning. Try Fruit -a tivea. All druggists. MS dancing the Czarda ,t the Hungarian national dance. Theewas no dance floor, but just the earth and the music provided was by a gypsy baud of eight musicians. Soon after our arrival the dancers moved out in, the open air in the backyard and put on a special exhibition. They -were dressed in native costumes in richly colored embroidered dresses with, many pleats. It was a very informal party and I can still picture in my own mind the neighbors, who • were not allowed in the yard, perched on the fences around to see the sight, As the dancing continued, my pal, Johnny, came • after me to have a dance with one of the local girls-. I couldn't very well refuse, as he had a young lady all picked out for me. I was weary before we started to dance and while I didn't do so" badly at my effort to dance' tete Czrardas, I was about exhausted before the mus- ic stopped. 1 'thought the music was going on forever and I was beginning to show signs of fatigue. However, I was determined to stay the course, but one dance was enough. My part- ner was very pleasant, but couldn't speak a word of Englisch. She was a typical peasant girl, one whom T would say, did her share of hard work every day. Following my effort at the dancing, others in our party join. - el in the dance with the local peo- pleand had a jolly time. It was nearly 5.30 when we left for home and as we drove away I think the whole village must have been there to see us off. The street was lined with' townsfolk in their Sunday best dress. It was a most interesting af- ternoon and I was very glad I: hadn't missed it. - I was back at my hotel by 7.30 and had dinner at eight. At 8.30 I hur- ried away by taxi to call for Johnny at the Park Hotel where he was stay- ing. We were going to meet two Can- adian girls whom he had met on a previous visit to Budapest. They were from Toronto and were living in Bad- apest teaching English to some local families. They met us at 9.30 and a Hungarian boy also came along. He worked for Cook's as a guide and was a likeable chap. His English was quite good and we were glad to have him with us as our knowledge of the Hungarian language was very scanty. He told me that during the winter he attended University and was taking a course fa -engineering. 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I had•.enjoyed very much the company of the t;`s,nadian girls and we had a big time talking over Toronto and other- mutual Cana- dian interests. They were very en- thused about Budapest and lilted it very Much. Next morning (Monday )I was up at eight, had breakfast and went out for a walk. It was a - bright sunny morning, but rather cool, much the same kind of morning as you often have in Ontario in Septembers', I walked toward the :river and did some window shopping. There were .some - very good shops. One thing whichat- tracted my attention was the way the shop windows opened en hinges so they could be dressed from the front. I had, noticed this same fea- ture in Vienna. The plate glass was on a hinge which allowed the window to swing outwards thus enabling the window dressers to enter from th•e front. It seemed to me to be a much easier way of making a display more attractive than by dressing from the inside. I was back at our hotel shortly before -ten and • went out soon with our party in the sight-seeing bus. We visited the l'arl:,r-nent Build- ings fronting on the I sef , s^me- what in the same ma -:..E,`: a'. our buildings in London on the Thames, The Parliament was finished in 1903 having taken 17 years to build. We went all througth it and I quite agree with the statement that it is the biggest and perhaps the most beau- tiful on the continent. It is suppos- ed to be the second largest in the world. Our guide seemed very proud of it and she had every reason to be. We went on the terrace before, leav- ing and from there had a fine view of the river and Buda across the river. I questioned our guide as to the form of government they had and she said the country was governed through the co-operation of tthe Reg- ent and Parliament, the latter con- sisting of a Houseeof Representatives 'and an Upper House. From here we crossed the Mar- garet Bridge, the busiest of all the bridges over the river. This bridge joins the mainland with Margaret Is- land, which was transformed years ago into a wonderful park. To -day, the island is really the "'Paradise of Budapest" and one of its most fre- quented spots. We drove to the en- trance of the island where we had to pay a small entrance fee. On enter- ing we found it to be very fine with its many old trees, well -kept lawns and artistic flower beds. There are several first class hotels and many people have their holidays there. The climate is ideal and there are many diversions and amusements, such as. tennis, golf, polo and plenty of swirn- mirig. The island has many baths with healing springs for those suf- fering from rheumatism and other diseases. There is one huge open air pool called the Palationus with 5,000 cabins, the Water for this pool com- ing from natural springs. It seemed to me like a wonderful place for an enjoyable holiday and I was sorry our stay was so short. Another name given to the island is "Pearl of the Danube," and it certainly isasuffici- ently beautiful to warrant such a name. • After our drive around the island we returned to the Margaret Bridge and thence back to Pest. We drove around some of the main .streets and in one of the squares saw the four statues erected in memory of the lost lands 'of Hungary. These are to re- mind the people of the Treaty of Trianon which took away two-thirds of th•e country and population to make up the new country of Czecho- Slovakia. The population of Hungary now is only about 91/2 millions, of which lea millions live in Budapest. Our guide felt very strongly about the loss of territory and in her con- versation blames it all on the French. She was very bitter in her remarks, but I couldn't help thinking that had we been French she would have blamed the division of land on the British people. In front of the jrnenr- seal statues was a map of Hungary made in flowers. Around it was the Trianon Prayer, which read as fol- lows: "I believe in one God; 1 believe in one Mother Country; I believe in divine, in eternal justice; I believe in Hungary's ressurection. . Amen." Above the map the .. national flag was flying at half-mast as a -sign of mourning. In a way, I felt rather sorry for the people of Hungary as the nation was hard hit by the loss of territory, especially as much of the territory was" very valuable. How- ever, it was, I suppose a punishment to the loser in the Great War. I was determined to find out the feeling of the people of Czecho-alavakia where we were to visit next. The Hungar- ian people still live in hope of recov- ering the lost territory and it is like- ly that the ,flag will fly at half-mast until they do. After a visit to St. Stephen's. Church, the largest and most beauti- ful church in Budapest, we returned to our hotel for pinch. After lunch I wrote a few' post cards and having a free afternoon I went out alone 10 explore. I first visited Cooks' office to aliange some money and then win - tiered down to tthev r and walked along the embank nt. There were many' open.air caf s and in the sum- mer months I could well imagine bow busy they wouldt be. They were deserted that afternoon as it was rather chilly forsitting oritdoors. About four o'clock I began to feel weary, be returned to tare hotel and had: a 'rest ail :preparation far a big evening. It seemed it pity to spend that time westing, but I had been on the "go" centinnttrusty for ten days lid` one doe's Weary of travelling and; knight -seems.. 'At eight 0610ek we were all taken. Met et"c• 10 /434 . aiu eal01a l raaeptie 4f. We weant by tum .to the ?Ptoadil>s restauruaat. It was a huge R.peRtYatR .,pl e, !the Seating, aau.d tabibes•: being A a hor eeboe : gape around the dariee floor. .with the daage hand at the end- , There was seating ca- pWtly' for neaCljr, 50.0 pests. It was rather cook sitting at the tables in the open, 'but that seemed quite nor- mal as a supply of red blankets were available to put around one's :sbtoul- ders. It was at " amusing looking sight to . see an many people with their blankets. We had a very fine dinner, followingwht lh was an en- tertainment featuring Hungarian dances and folk songs, also a display of native dresses by Mannequins from one of the leading shops in the city. At 10.30 the show was: over and the band plaryed for dancing. The music was good) bet the floor, made of white marble, was somewhat sticky. Soon the crowd began to leave and by 11.15 all were gone except a few dance en- thusiasts. Those who remained de- cided to visit the Parisienne Grill next door, which was one of the a leading night •clubs? It was a smart place and we took a table in the bal- cony overlooking the dance floor. The music was very good and the danc- ing most enjoyable. At midnight the. cabaret came on and it was an elab- orate show. Lots of specialty danc- ing and a very' good act put on by a magician. The chorus girls staged a mock wedding in Hungarian style, which was very beautiful. Dancing continued till ail hours, but at four I decided I better get away to my ho- tel. The reason I stayed so late was in the hope of seeing the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, who were vis- iting for a few days in Budapest. It was rumoured that they were plan- ning to visit a night club that night, but no one knew the exact one. Some said the Parisienue Grill; otthers said the Arizona, and it turned out to be the latter, so I missed seeing them. Solve ypf our party, were more lucky and went to the right place. I might have guessed that it would be the Arizona as it was supposed to be the smartest place in town. Some of ray friends who went there thought it was very fine. Here was a novel dance floor in that there was a small circular part in the centre of the floor large enough for one couple and this part would suddenly drop downwards or projected upwards. The couple dancing on the spot at the moment of movement certainly had a surprise. In the Parisienne Grill, a part of the floor revolved about the orchestra. The night clubs all seemed to go in for novelties of that kind. At 6.30 I was up again after a very short rest and packed my bags for the next move. • We had breakfast at 7 and at 7.30 transferred to the station where our trains was waiting. It was a fine morning apart from the cool breeze. Tthere were a lot of sleepy looking people among our crowd, but everyone caught the train. The guides - were all there to say goedsbye and lined up to wave' as the train pulled out. Our stay in Budapest had been most enjoyable and the highlight of our trip so far., I would like to return some time, pre- ferably in the spring, for I under- stand that is really the best time of year to go there. Budapest is, in my opinion, in the same class as Paris for life and gaiety. It is quite a bit farther from London than 'Paris and hence doesn't have so many English visitors. However, I aim sure there is an increasing number of people vis- iting there revery year. Our train spulled out at eight and we were on our way to the borders of Czecho - Slovakia. We passel through rather flat uninteresting country and saw many herds of ext- tle in some of the shallow water -cov- ered fields. Many of the pasture fields were flooded. At. 9.30 we reach- ed Szob, the border town, where we went through the usual formalities with the immigration officials. We continued on our way and had lunch on the train. We reached Prague, the capital of Czecho-Slovakia at six o'clock. On arriving we were taken by bus to the various hotels, mine this time being called tthe Zlata Huse on one of the main streets. The bus ' a a beauty, practically new, ve'' comfortable with accommo- dation •.r 40 passengers. The street was era ded -with people, just aim- lessly walking along with no definite destination in mind. When we reach- ed our hotel it. was only with diffi culty that we were able to make our way through the crowd to the hotel entrance. The' people stopped and stared at us as if we were "novel- ties" in their part of the world. I was told that this particular street was always crowded as it was just the nature of the people to wander about. We had dinner at seven and I sat around until nine when .Johnny call- ed and with one of the other couriers eve • went •out ter Iook around. The streets were rather deserted by this time, chiefly because of -the rain which had come on during dinner. We noticedmany black flags flying in places and memorials in most of the . shop windows, to Masaryk, the ex -President of the Re- public, who had died that morning, being over 80 years of age. He had been the first president of the re- public of Czecho-Slovakia anis was called the father of his country. He was in exile during the war years, but returned to his native land in 1918 to take charge of the newly formed republic. He was very popu- lar with the people and considered by them their ,ohamrpion, as he had made them a free nation again. He was a coachman's son and a very clever ma11. ,He mastered• many foreign languages. We didn't stay out very late and I was back at my hotel by eleven. It was still raining a little at that time. Next morning (Wednes'day) I was up at 7.30, having had a very., fine sleep and felt mach tthe better for it. The rain had Ceased and It had turn- ed cool. At 9.20 I left with the par- ty to see Mound the city. We had a local guide to explain the sights. Our first stop was at the famous astrer omleal clock Which dated back to 1490. This clock was anovel one for at every hour when it sxruek, two strati doors above it opened .and a precession of artificial figures moved by. We"waited till 10 to see bow it worked 414 . ervre enough the door opened and the procession began. We Wife Feared Husband Would Never Work Again When her husband bad been, at home 20 weeks with rheumatism f6 his back, this woman began to think he wcMu•1d never work again. At last„ she said to him: ".Let's try' klrMS- chem," and the alhianee that toe& place was, in her awn 'words, "like a xuir- acle." Here is her letter: "My husband is subject to rheu- matisna end suffered terribly with b back. Some time ago, I had him it the house 20 weeks with it. I really; didh't think the would ever work again. We .tried all the different kinds of salts ,you could mention, but none .of them •did alai any good. Then I said, 'Let's try Kruschen.' Since then, we have proved Kruschen Salts to be worth its weight in gold. My husband is back at.lbis job, thanks to Kruschen. The change it made is like a miracle:'` ---(Mr&) 13. Two of the salty in Kruschen are the most effectual solvents of uric acid crystals known to science. They swiftly dull the sharp edges of the Painful crystals and convert them in- to a harmless solution, which is then expelled through the natural chatn- nels, (roved on then to the old Town Hall and Town, Square, the seene of ev- ents of national importance for the last six centuries. Here is the Charles Bridge over the Vltava river, a th- ic stone bridge built in the feur. teenth century, one of the oldest stone bridges of mediaeval times. The bridge towers were very inter- esting with plastic decoration from the 17th to 19th centuries. And the Kanpa Isle, called the Venice of ° Prague with water for streets as in: Venice. After crossing the river We drove to the Castle of Prague built eleven centuries; ago. It was former- ly the residence of Princes, Sings and Emperors, now the home of the- President hePresident of the Republic. •At the front of the castle, just inside the gates, men were at work preparing a stand for the coffin of Mosaryk to lie in state so that the people could ,do 'homage to their. departed cham- pion. Nearby was the St. Vitus Cathedral,, a very beautiful building, founded in 1344 by Charles IV. Look- ing• out from the castle one had a very good view of the city. Prague is a good sized city with a popula- tion of about a million people.'" It is known sometimes as the city of a. hundred towers which -name seemed very appropriate as the towers could easily be seep all around_ us. And there were a. Iot of them. (Continued Next Week) An itinerant musician was strand- ed in a village one Sunday morning, and, as he was playing his cornet its the street, he was approached by the clergyman of the parish, who said: "Do you know the Fourth Command- ment, ommandment, .mv. goad man?" "No," the man replied, "but if you will just whistle it over, I'll do my best! " LONDON and WINGHAM South Wingham Belgrave Blyth P.M. 1.55 2.11 2.23 Londesboro . 2.30 Clinton 3.03 Brucefleld - • 3.27 Kipper 8.35 Hensail 3.41 Exeter Exeter Henault Kippers Brucefield 1 Clinton Londesbos'o Blyth-.- Belgrave Winghan . 3.5 A.M. 10.34 10.46 10.53 31.00 11.47 9.2.04 12.13 12.24 12.45 C,N.R. TIME TABLE East Goderich Clinton Seafarbh Dublin Mitchell Mitchell Dublin •-... Seaforth ., ..... �... . Clinton Godericb •.... West A.M. P.M. 6.40 2.30 7.03 3.00 7.17 3.15 7.28 3.29 7.37 3.41 11.06 9.23 11.14 9.36 11:30 , 9.47 11.45 10.09 12.06 10.25 C.P.R. TEM TABLE East Goderleb - M'enset . McGaw ..,............. Auburn . 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