It is reported from~ Budapest that a Civil servant in a high position asked the authorities for the tenancy (or disposal) of dwel-] ling-places, of which there is a very great scarcity at the Hungarian capital, to let to him either the flat of Franz Molnar, the famous author, or of Molnar's wife, Sari Fedak, the highly popular operetta singer. The authorities have a right to claim from the tenants those apartments which they consider to be dispensable for any one in search of housing accommodation.
As a reason for his request, the Civil servant stated that, although the two had married, each of them
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