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Title: Hungary and the Hungarians
Year: 1908 (1900s)
Authors: Bovill, W. B. F Pascoe, William, ill
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Publisher: New York, McClure
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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talk,given to excitement, and sometimes forgets that othersmay desire to speak. Occasionally conversation de-velops, both within and out of doors, a noisinessundreamt of. Yet if very tautological, he is rarelydull. The Corso is obviously the place to studycostume and life. Whilst this immense crowd ispatrolling to and fro here, and one has imaginedthe entire city present, another larger and more im-posing promenade is attempting to exhaust itself on theStefania-ut, the Rotten Row of Budapest. It will bearcomparison with Hyde Park. Here perhaps are fewerJews. And in Budapest caste counts for much. Here Riches shakes her money bags,And poverty its tatters. It is a gay, moving, chattering crowd. The latest infashion, manners, and habits may be found on theStefania-ut. To get there one must needs passthrough that area which in some cities would soondegenerate into slumland. Take the Andrdssy-ut,the boulevard of boulevards in Budapest. Take itby carriage, or by underground. But do not miss
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BUDAPEST AS IT IS iii it. It is a magnificent avenue, and it leads to thePark and all its attendant educational factors andamusements. Never drive in a one-horse carriage,unless you desire to lower the reputation of yournation. To remember this will avoid a multitudeof misrepresentations. And, driving or walking, alwaysrecognise the lady first. In shopping in the Andrassy-ut, and most other streets, remember that business isin the hands of Jews in Hungary. Never accept thefirst figures mentioned by the shopkeeper, save wherethe legend fixed price confronts you on all sides.Dont worry when the director of the hotel, or themanager of the Kavehaz, greets you when youarrive: this is a custom they never forget. They areglad to see you. The occupant of every table istreated in the same way. If you visit a service, youmay find the women sitting all together on one sideand the men on the other, let this not perturb you.You may be seated as I was in the reading-room ofone of the hotels, or in

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