Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-09-13

bazaars, not to buy things, but to see
oriental life; and in the bazaars are
to be seen many interesting phases
of 1t. When you really wish to buy
anything you will find the peddler'
that supreme nuisance of America.
YOUR best friend He will bring to
YOUR door anything that you wish to
see and give you all the time that
YOU desire in which to examine it.
You must needs be a haggler to deal
with any merchant in Persia. but usu-
ally you can make a better bargain
in the quiet of your own home than
you could make in the bazaar.
In one respect the theory of the Per-
sian merchant and peddler in regard
to buying and selling is the opposits
of ours. Instead of giving you re-
duction If you buy large quantity OF
some one thing, he will almost In
variably charge you more in proper
ton than If you buy a small guam
tity. The reason is, probably. the
lack of small change in Persia and
the fact that 1t can always be disposed
of at a profit | am told that the
same thing is true in Constantinople.
where, for example. a bridge ticket
emitting you to cross a bridge ten
times costs more than IL you paid a
single fare ten times. This scarcity
of small change and the consequent
value placed on it makes the money
changer an important person In the
east today. as he was in the time
when Christ found 1t necessary tc
drive him from the temple.
Foreign Goods In Evidence.
When he carries out his own ideas
exclusively the Persian is always ar
tistic. The bazaars in which orienta
goods are displayed in oriental fashion
are always pleasing. But there Is
, growing demand for European arti
. cles: everywhere in the bazaars on
, is confronted by cheap broadcloth
cheap cotton goods. shoddy cutler.
and glassware and tawdry foreigl
r articles of all kinds. These things
5 displayed with the native goods. cheaI
3 en- the latter without themselve
gaining dignity by the contact.
Save for one month in the year. tn
q bazaars. even in the capital Of $4,000
a people, are never open at night. Du
A ing the month when the Persians fas
\ every day from sunrise to sunset 1t
!. customary to do some marketing
|, some business and much visiting
n night. Then the food bazaars. tie
shops and SO forth are open; pede
!, TRANS with huge lanterns OF ollie
a paper and carriages give an appea
q ance Of life and gayety to the stree
q which Is quite unknown at oth'
:, times. To one who has known II
N quiet of an oriental city the noise Of 4
Z. American city is almost unendurabl
'. Many occupations which in ives
"a ern lands are carried on in shops a.
a. In Persia carried on in the open a
Nv This is due partly to the poverty
:" the people, partly to the warmne
20 of the climate, partly to the fact tn
n the Persian is prominently soci
"a being, and-with the exception OF .
q domestic life, which is lived In gre
seclusion behind high walls-he liz
"a to be with his fellowmen.
40 The only things that are free In p
n. STA are air and sunshine. Water. q
ot only in the cities. but everywhere.
% one of the most expensive commo
nd ties and one of the most difficult
10 obtain. The entire water supply
10. Teheran comes from the snow
~. the mountains north of the city.
mr. ia brought for a distance OF ma
no miles in underground water cours