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Villafl# B«aua In Hunoary. what. In the name of coins ancient and modern, you ask, is a pengo? i <Pr«p*r**l hjr lh« Witlonal Oaofraphlo Society. Washincton. D. C.) T HE gala day of the year In Buda pest. Hungary, Is August 20. Saint Stephen’s Day, when the embalmed hand of the country’s patron saint is Carried with much pomp through the streets In a Jeweled reliquary to the old Mathias church. In these days of the rapid modern izing of the more traveled countries of Europe, the old-fashioned festivals, religious fetes, national costumes and customs are fast disappearing, and there remain no more novel and en tertaining sights than those surround ing the ancient fete of Saint Stephen of Hungary. For who Saint Stephen was and why he was thus honored we must go hack some nine hundred and odd years in Hungarian history, from which we gather the following information: Valk came to the throne of the Magyar duchy in the year W7. He applied for and received the title of Ai>ostolic King from Pope Sylvester II, and was crowned In Budapest In the year 1000, under the Christian name of Stephen. He did much for ills countrymen to bring them Into the established church, and founded throughout his kingdom churches, schools und convents. His administration was a wise one. and so flrmly did he deal with the attempt ed uprising of the “old Magyar re ligion’* party that when his death oc curred. In 1030, he left his country entirely converted to Christianity. So much had he^ done for the advance ment of the Christian faith among the wild hordes of eastern Europe, and added to the civilization of his sub jects, that he was canonized, and glad ly proclaimed by the Hungarians ns their patron saint. Not to know Budapest is to have missed one of the loveliest of Euro pean cities. It has its own distinctive stAteliness that reflects the cultural flowering of a race whose kingdom has been enthroned on the Danube for a thousand years. As certain American metropolitan quarters, such as “Little Italy” or “Little Germany," reflect their mother countries In miniature, mo Budapest’s topography reflects on a small scale the lineaments of what, aa a result of the war, is literally "Little Hungary.” ^ Buda and Pest. Ancient Buda. on the Danube's right bank, rears aloft on rocky crests that represent the foothills of Hun gary’s mountains, while on the other bank modern Pest stretches away in levels that prelude Hungary’s plains. Buda, with its splendid palace, sym bolizes Hungary’s long succession of rulers, reaching from Stephen the Saint, of 1000 A. D„ down to the lat ter-day reigns of Marla Theresa and Franz Josef. Pest’s parliament houses, memorable In their river-set majesty, symbolize the early won liberties of a people whose forefathers’ rights were established almost contemporaneously ^svJth England’s winning of Magna 1 Chart®. ^ Above all, Budapest is a city of beautiful vistas. One’s admiration is divided between its stfrtely public buildings and the corefully appor tioned squares, parks, and boulevards that lend to the picture an archi tectural airiness, a spaciousness un defaced by an Industrialism whose ' chimneys loom In adjacent suburbs. • Few cities over the million mark, with as many as 72,000 factory work ers, can boast, like Budapest, of an unindustrialized aspect, of an island pleasance lying in mldriver at Its doors, of delightful riverside prom enades, where one lounges or lunches and where motor cars are strictly taboo. The people of Budapest love pleas- , urt* and for miles along the river there are bathing phices w here young and old mass on the sands or paddle about la graceful ranoea. Across from Peat rise rounded hills dotted with email Tillages sad summer villas from ■ which owe has lovely views of the teemlag rttj. the vide piaia sad the wtaJlag fiver Krone Is Now Pengo. The answer, as suggested by the word> tinkling sound, is "Money that rings like gold.” When post-war Hun gary’s currency crushed, the phrase “Hungarian krone” (crown) became a synonym of worthlessness, and so, along with her financial reconstruc tion under the auspices of the League, of Nations, a national coin-naming competition was Inaugurated. As a result, the discredited “krone” was replaced by the onomatopoeic “pengo,” to reinforce faith in the stabilized cur rency. Side trips from Budapest will con vince the traveler that, contrary to first impressions, the Hungarian plain is far from being either monotonous or lacking in color. One need not travel for more than a few hours east of the capital in order to see all the colors of the rainbow, or gypsy camps, or a Wild West roundup, or a first- rate Fata Morgana, with illusive seas and cities rising across the plain. The colors will assail your eyes at the village of Mezokovesd any Sun day morning, in the church square seething with folk. Their black gar ments merely serve as background for superimposed stripes, aprons, bod ices, woven in mixed patterns of or ange, green, yellow and purple. A fringed apron, kaleidoscopic in effect, hangs from the waist of each maiden or youth. The former’s full- pleated skirt sways rhythmically as stie walks. The latter, in his short, velvet-collared Jacket, his tall, flat- brimmed derby, and that indescrib ably coquettish apron, would inspire any fraternal order of the So-and-Sos with hints for a striking lodge cos tume. Matrons wearing the cornucopia- shaped coif of medieval association display garments of lesser color areas, while dear old grannies promenade in solemn black—mere background for youth’s peacock pageant. If you are fortunate enough to view a marriage ceremony, the color will be heightened, Dowm the village street comet a costumed wedding party. In naive symbolism of hoped-for fertil ity, the bride carries a chicken, while the bridegroom displays a baby doll in his hat; and after the event is over the peacock maidens parade up and down in pairs for the especial benefit pf the peacock youths. The Wild West round-up may be witnessed around Debreczen, whose neighboring plains contain 60,000 head of live stock. The spectacle of stal wart esikos (cowboys) throwing the lasso while wearing derby hats and petticoats lends itself to mirth until one discovers that for dexterity with rope and horse they have few equals. The big round-ups coincide with De- breezen’s fairs, where masses of horses, longhorned cattle and gaily clad esikos form a spectacle that could hardly have been equaled by our West at Its wildest. » Great Hungarian Plain. From the northward-rising TokaJ- Hegyalja mountains, whence comes the sweet and heady Tokay wine, and to southward, along the Tisza’s en tire course, stretches the larger Al- fold, or Great Hungarian plain, sep arated from the smaller Alfold by two mountain ranges. Inundation is its ancient enemy. Government engi neers assert that the fall of a single dike on the Tisza would put one-sixth of Hungary under water. The Alfold's grassy expanses, where sky meets circling horizon like a blue. Inverted bowl, has the poetry of time less calm. At times its distant clouds seem so low, so solid, that yoa al most fancy a cowboy could lasso one and haul U to earth. Daylong noth ing la heard hot sheep bells atinkle or the lolling pastoral of some shepherd's flute. lUt Anar fetpiag. Cfcloa.—Fra* the report that an army mi rata la marching throngh outer Mow foils ap parently headed for north Manchuria on tta way out from Tlnak. fllbrria. The report atatea that millions of rats are marching in disciplined fash ion under the leadership of different “army corps leaders,” and that they seem to know Just where they are f 0 * Ing. They stop only to gather enough^ Ancient Greek City Sought Under Sea Sebastopol, Crimea, U. S. S. R.—An expedition has been organized here to search under water near here for an ancient Greek town believed to have been submerged by the shifting of earth strata. Objects washed up by the Black sea at this point seem to support the theory which led to the organization of such an expedition. President’* Chauffeur Called “Safe Driver” Washington.—Francis H. Robinson, President Hoover’s chauffeur, w*ho has been driving Presidents of the United States since 1910 without fig uring In a single accident, was offi cially recognized by the Dayton (Ohio) safety council as a safe driver. The council sent Mr. Hoover a copy of its resolution commending recognition for his splendid record. Dog, in Shaft 3 Week*, Saved in Spite of Self Wellston. Ohio.—Efforts continued for three weeks to rescue a dog that had fallen into an abandoned mine shaft failed, the dog retreating into the bot tom tunnel each time would-be res cuers descended. At last somebody thought of taking another dog down. The trapped animal came out to meet its kind and was hauled to the sur face. Wheelbarrows and Toe» for Endurance Tests Paris.—The freak endurance craze has crossed the Atlantic and set a young Frenchman, Keynaud. of Havre, trundling around the country pushing a wheelbarrow, while the dancer. Mile. Adrienne Flauris of Vienna claims the world’s record for remaining poised on her toes. She claimed she remained thus poised for fourteen and a quarter hours. ADVERTISE- in The People-Sentinel You Can’t Train An Athlete On Nothin^ But Climate! EDITOR'S ROTE The Unlvermity of Southern California's victory at Cam bridge this spring, {its third in ten years in this historic annual meeting of college athletes), teas not only a de cisive triumph for the men competing but also a practical demonstration of the sound ness of their training methods. We have asked Mr. Cromwell to telYus something about what he feeds his men, how he kept them fit during the long trek across the country, and what he considers the most impor tant factors in keeping in trim, not only for competitive sports, but also for every day life. —EDITOR. By Dean B. Cromwell {Track coach of the University of Southern California—winner* of the 54fA annual 1. C. A. A. A. A. meet at Cambridge, Mass.) r " is quite understandable that track enthusiasts, in review ing the fact that nine of the last ten ffC.A.A.A.A. meets have been won by teams from the Pacific Coast, draw the conclusion that climate must be the complete answer to the ■jut question, “How ido they do it?” There is no question that athletes in Southern Cali fornia do have greater oppor tunity to train in the open, but Deaa B. CraawcU in opinion, at least as far as my own men are concerned, it’s more what they eat that gives them the drive and stamina to win meets. It has been my experience that the greatest handicap an athlete has to overcome in building up his body is to take care of the “ashes,” as I call the residue. And with this in view, I always have emphasized the need for . roughage to provide bulk in the diet. This is gained through eat ing fibrous or leafy vegetables and plenty of those cereals which have the necessary cellulose de signed t o give a “veg etable” ef fect. One of the things of which I am proudest Is the fact that I have devel oped in my men a wholesome / attitude to ward this need for proper elim ination o f the “ashes” through in- eluding quanti ties of bulky foods in their diet. They wade into a meal of v e g e • tab 1 e s, s a 1 ads or cere als with a zest that shows their a p p e - tites are in corn- bulky qualities necesaary to achieve the deeired “vegetable effect” Among such cereals, one which I find particularly palat able afid effective is whole rice. This delicious breakfast dish of fers its cellulose bulk in an un usually smooth form. For lunch, I see that the men eat salad—and by salad, I mean SALAD—not one of those dainty little affairs one finds at the Ritz, but big heaping plates of leafy and fibrous plete ac- c o r d with these sound views on diet. They eat these foods; they like them; and all the rest of their lives, long m after they have left col lege, they will continue to employ this nat ural means of keeping fit. For breakfast. I feed my men fruits and cereals that have the vegetables. Here again, you see, I keep in mind the need for ample cel lulose to help get rid of the “ashes.” ^ Dinner includes meat—and more vegetables. You will notice that roughage, in the form of cellulose de rived from one type of food or another, thus has been included in every meal. My experience in bringing twenty men East for the meet at Cambridge this Spring strikingly illustrates what such careful dietary habits will do. Here were twenty men, keyed up for the big track meet of the year, yet forced to remain idle for a whole week during their monotonous trip across the country- Not one man, however, with the single exception of Frank Wykoff, varied a pound from •his normal weight. And Wykoff I was deliberately allow ing to put on a bit of weight as he burns up three to four pounds in a single afternoon’s competi tion in the 100-yard dash. ^ Such eating habits are as worth cultivating by the average office worker aa they are by an athlete in active training. We all feel better, have more pep. and are capable of better work when we are not burdened with poisonous “ashes” which diets deficient in cellulose are unable to remove. Try Including more fibrous and leafy vegetable foods tn your daily diet. Eat more food which can supply this vitally necessary “vegetable effect,” and you will not wonder at the consistency of Southern California’s athletes. Climate is ereat stuff—but it a-Va. aSa. aVa. aVa aVa. aVa aVa aV-a. aSa. aVa aVa. aVa aVa X t T T f ❖ t T T T T T t ❖ f t 1 T T T T T i y i T ❖ Official Notice From the State Highway Department X A (Excerpt From the Act.) . • . . That on and after the firstday of October, 1930, every person, before driving a motor vehicle along or on any public highway, road or street in this State shall secure from the highway department a license and it shall be unlawful for any person to drive a motor vehicle along or on any public highway, road or street in this State, unless such person has been issued a motor veheile driver’s license by the highway department. . . . The licenses shall have his or her license in his or her immediate possession at all times when driving a motor vehicle and shall display the same upon demand of any officers or agent of the Highway Department or any police officers of the State. . . All drivers of motor vehicles, whether owners of such vehideo or not, are urged to read carefully the inatructioa* at the right. Be certain that before yon drive any motor vehicle after October 1ft that yoa have obtained a drivor'e Hrenov. South Carolina Highway Department p a Motor Vehicle W, V. 1496 1C To All Motor Vehicle Owners in the State: On and After October 1, 1930 • . i Every Driver of a Motor Vehicle in South Carolina Will Be Required to Have a Driver’s License. According to an Act Passed by the General Assembly and Approved April 4, 1930* t Penalty For Violation of This Law Is a Fine of From $10 to $100. Licenses Obtained Now Good Until June 30 1933 To protect lives and property and a safeguard to drivers and operators of motor vehicles upon the highways of South Carolina who obey the traffic regulations and drive with due regard for the rights of others, the General Assembly at its last term passed an act requiring all drivers to be lic ensed by the Highway Department, and to carry said license at all times while driving upon the highways of the State. Instructions to ¥ m All Drivers and Opera tors of Motor Vehicles. 1. Applications for driver’s licenses are being mailed to all motor vehicle owners. If you have net enough blanks, secure additional blanks from the address below. 2. Personal checks or postage stamps will not be accepted^ Cash will be handled at owner’s risk when sent by mail. 3. Fee for driver’s license is 50c. Dur ing 1930, in case of members of the same family (husband and wife and minor children 12 to 21 year s of age), the fee is $1.00. 4. All information required on appli cation blanks must be given carefully and accurately. False or incorrect in formation is a violation of^he law. 5. Oath will be administered oa af fidavit form by Motor Vehicle Divimoa Agents without charge. NcLartt a f«« t allowed ethers limited te ttt. Aa agent c# the Highway ■esc wdl ha li thw m.Umm la aartrt •fgfccahfli five thane Detaarti Linmaaa aft the gflaswa gieea hatam h Ckmmmrn f T T T T f T ♦> f T ❖ t T T t T T T T T ♦♦♦