The Eighth Hungarian Tribe, 1984 (11. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1984-02-01 / 2. szám
Trivia from here and there THE CASE OF THE S2-MILLION “SEDUCTION” erupted, according to a recent item in the New York Post, when a Yorkville woman, after suing her husband for a divorce, slapped a $2- million suit for damages against the First Hungarian Literary Society of New York City on the grounds that her husband was “seduced and destroyed by a gambling saloon masquerading as a literary discussion group.” László Roth, the Society’s indignant president, counter-charged that the woman’s complaint “borders on the ridiculous” and went on to explain that his organization was “founded in 1889 as a mutual aid society for Hungarian immigrants and is not a gambling establishment.” The lesson to be learned from this legal freefor-all is to beware of the anger of a Hungarian woman! ******* EVA GABOR digs hot dogs and sauerkraut! She recently limousined herself to the Stage Door Deli in the Big Apple, sashayed her bejeweled and beminked self into the eatery, ordered up a supply of hot dogs heavily garnished with sauerkraut, and then washed it all down with a bottle of Dorn Perignon champagne. By the way, the glamorous beauty also grows vegetables and flowers as a hobby and enjoys schlumping around in an old sweatshirt, pair of pants, and sneakers while doing it. She doesn’t wear makeup either, so she says! ******* GORDON GETTY, the son of the late oil baron, Paul Getty, recently celebrated his 50th birthday by throwing a big bash at the Metropolitan Museum that was attended by about 160 jetsetters and assorted celebrities. Guess who provided the music? Why, none other than Professor Suez of Vienna, that’s who. Accompanied by a cymbalist and a zither player, he played “Happy Birthday” right into Getty’s ear on the smallest violin in the world. Afterwards, the guests enjoyed lots of Hungarian music! ******* Page 14 KING LOUIS II (1516-1526), it seems, was the “prematurist” king in Hungarian history! He was born prematurely and had to be kept “incubated” inside a freshly killed pig every day to keep him alive. At the age of 10, he was prematurely engaged to marry the Habsburg princess, Maria and, at the age of 15, he prematurely sprouted a full-grown beard and moustache which, prematurely, turned snow-white by the time he reached the age of 20. Then, at the age of 21, he prematurely died in the Battle of Mohács. This Hungarian king, for sure, was really a “man before his time!” ******* THE BULLA ORATORIUM (June 29, 1456) was NOT issued by Pope Calixtus 111 to commemorate John Hunyadi’s great victory over the Turks at the Battle of Nandorfehervar (Belgrade) at all. It was issued about a week before the battle and decreed that the church bells of every Catholic Church should be rung every day at noon for the victory of the Christian Army led by Hunyadi and John Capistrano. To this day, however, the church bells of most Catholic Churches are rung at noon but, in many cases, parish priests seem to be hard put to explain why! ******* HUNGARIANS ARE ALWAYS SHORT-CHANGED IN AMERICA, it seems. Take the latest Census, for example, which claims that there are only 1.7-million Hungarians in the United States and that there are only 70,607 in the State of New Jersey. A quick check on how many Hungarians emigrated to America during the early 1900’s and a projection of how many second and third generation American- Hungarians there are in the country today clearly indicates that somebody did not do their homework. The actual count is about double not only nationwide, but also in New Jersey. ******* NADIA COMENICI, the winner of the gold medal for gymnastics in the Olympics, was not really a Rumanian as claimed. She was actually a Hungarian and her real name was Ilona Kemenes. Her coaches were also Hungarian — Bela Karolyi and Geza Pozsar — who, in 1981 defected to the U.S. to coach American gymnasts. * * * * * * * THE WINE CELLARS OF HUNGARY. There are more wine cellars in Hungary than in any other country in the world, including France. Take the village of Hajos, for example, where there are almost 1500 historic wine cellars in a separate “Cellar Village” across the meadows. It is not to be wondered why. The aromatic Hajos Cabernet wine happens to be famous among connoisseurs the world over. WILLIAM PENN FRATERNAL ASSOCIATION The William Penn Association has moved a step closer to erecting an office building in the Waterworks Shopping Center complex, by purchasing a 2-acre site on Delafield Road from the city of Pittsburgh, for $180,000. The complex is located in Pittsburgh, near the Aspinwall line. The association, an Hungarian fraternal society, must get zoning approval to build the four-story headquarters building. A public hearing was held last year on changing the zoning from a special district to planned commercial, but problems involving traffic on Delafield have delayed final city approval. Carl Sandburg said of his biography of Lincoln: It’s a book about a man whose mother could not sign her name, written by a man whose father could not sign his. The Eighth Tribe
