Evening star., 1939-08-06
Shopping Problems Abroad
Traveller Finds One Must Visit Many
Stores and Bargain for Goods

| In many towns there are open
markets where it is possible to find
everything one requires. and many
| things besides, IN the radius of a
block or two. In London there is
the famous Thieves market; in Paris
/ the Flee market and Fish market,
and in smaller town there are mar
ketS devoted only to foods. They
are always fun to visit wherever one
| is, but the best we have found are in
| Yugoslavia
Every day is market day in Zagreb.
There in the large square in the
busiest center of a very modern
/ city, with the latest American cars
whizzing about. peasants in their
colorful, centuries old costumes sell
/ their wares There are bright
/ flowers, wonderful fresh vegetables,
| large juicy Strawberries and cherries
| that would make anyone's mouth
| water. Beyond these are the peas
ant linens-hand spun, hand woven
and hand embroidered. Some are
/ sold by the yard, some are made up
| into costumes and dresses and others
| are made into attractive table cloths
and doilies. There is leather work
| and pottery as we'll
! Farther south on the Dalmatian
/ coast is Split. There the market. is
on the water front, with the sterns
/ OF ships serving as shops, where fish,
cheese, fruits and vegetables are sold.
| Here, eastward, in Sarajevo is a
more Oriental market. Here peddlers
sit on lovely Persian carpets in their
bazaars, with legs curled under them,
slpplng Turkish coffee as they await
! their customers. Here ones eyes
are dazzled by the shining array of
copper, brass and silver, all worked
by hand into beautifully shaped
bowls, trays, dishes and best of all,
Turkish coffee sets; and then next
to these, great baskets of shining
red cherries and Strawberries:
Must Bargain for Goods.
However convenient as the mar
| ket is, it does little to simplify
shopping for the housewife, for she
is always obliged to enter into the
game of bargaining over each potato.
Purchasing clothes is the worst
of all. Here a woman can't simply
go to a good department store and
equip herself with dress, hat, shoes
and gloves in a few hours. Here
she must plan far ahead, find a
tailor or dressmaker, design her out
fit and then select the materials.
Yard goods can always be found
in many colorS and materials, but
confronted by hundreds of samples,
it is no easy matter to select one
Then lining has to be found, trim
ming and buttons. All, of course,
in separate shops, though for some
unknown reason, buttons and scarves
are sold together.
Once the suit or dress is under
| way, accessories are in order. Hats
are the easiest, for the milliner has
all of her patterns made up. One
can choose from these, leave color
sample and in II or "a hours have
the hat. But for shoes! One must
wait nearly week For the shoe
maker, like the milliner, usually has
only one of each pattern made up
Gloves and bags are found in
abundance and ready in many love-
ly colors, but blouses must be de-
signed and made.
Finally, after few weeks of this
kind of searching mingled with fit
tings, one will have lovely hand
tailored and unique ensemble. But
to cap it all off the fair lady will
have to 60 to the beauty shop for
three or four hours to make herself
presentable for her spouse, whom
she has hardly had time to see all
the while.