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 HUNGARIANS

Hungarians come to us from various walks of life, and with different standards of living, and include in about equal proportions the peasant type and the city dwellers.

The peasants come from the fields in the country towns where opportunities for education are lacking. From them we get our unskilled Hungarian workmen, who, in this country, are generally found in our mill cities, working the factories.

At home, in the fields, they are served a lunch at four o'clock, consisting of bread, bacon or bologna, and curdled or sour milk. Here, they change from an outdoor occupation to one in the mill or factory, and there is no mid-afternoon lunch.

The city dwellers have had educational advantages, and there are many in this country who have had a college education. Some have left Hungary in order to have religious freedom in America.

Some of these city dwellers have been artisans in the homeland, and in this country are among the best workers in metal factories.

The ordinary factory noon time in Hungary is one and a half hours, and the worker tries to live near enough to go home for dinner. Otherwise he must go to restaurants. Sometimes his wife or child carries his dinner, but dinner pails generally are unknown.

Liquor is always taken in the home at meals, and often the wines served are home-made.

Rye bread or rolls is the usual bread served. Cereals 39