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with the
- assistance Of several indexes.

‘The Hbrarian,

of books and’ periodicals,’
can find anything you want.
Should the- book not be in
their current stock, it may be

_ requested and will be ob-
‘tained either from another

library. or through purchase.
Travel books are outdated so
quickly that it is the height of

“waste to buy them. Most —

libraries provide photo-copy
machines where you can
duplicate the. pages you
want.

There's. two * sdvaitages:

“You save money, especially
if the book you've spent ten

bucks on turns out to be a_

bummer AND you can take
your little sheet of paper
along with you when you
travel without all the extra
weight of the entire volume.

Lt al

Remember a while ago I
was requesting the address
of a company in Capri where
“Capri Pottery” can be
obtained by mail? Well, a
thoughtful reader went on a
search for me and found:

“Fratelli Staino”
Marina’Grande de Capri
Via Cristoforo Colombo, 20
Capri, Italy.

I'm going to write to them
for a price list including
shipping charges which I
hope to receive somewhat
faster than the usual
“Southern European speed”.
Anyone interested in this
can get a copy by writing the
paper, including a stamped,
self-addressed envelope.
But, don't bother until I let
you know I've received it.

I must admit that my
“thoughtful reader” in-
dicated that she figured my
taste was allin my mouth!

oe

I had an interesting chat
with Garry Marchant,
another freelance writer.
(We were both stuffing our
faces aboard the Island
Princess — but more about
that later!) I had just read
Garry's article, “Dateline
Rio” in the September issuc
of Vancouver Magazine. At
one point in his career,
Garry served as editor for

Brazil’s only English
language newspaper, the
“Brazil Herald”. ‘

Perhaps you have read

Italian and lives in Genoa, °

PLAN YOUR. TRAVEL b: y starting with’ a. ep: to. the local brary. Perhaps. pictures
such as this one of Tom Tower of Christ Ciiurch,. Oxford, may start you on your way.

* house was out in the country

Page BS, September 16, 1979 - Sunday News *

= “Oddly stiough, she still loves

England in general — if not
that particular family. A —

while later, she signed onto a
_ cruise ship and finally got to...

«travel. There, she worked
seven hours a day — ‘seven
, days a week. and considered
ita vacation! .

; “When~ in ‘Genoa, it’s
.Fulvia’s kitchen I - putter
* around in, her baby I feed.
« and her ironing I attack. She
finds it hard: to. believe that
“anyone with an “English”. |
: background | could - be’
“y bothered.

Enough horror : stories for
one day — but I've. gota
. half-dozen more . for. my
young friend.

- Retailers: expand your
shop window!

and she’was terrified of the

people do indeed have a
problem. It is rumoured that
Brazil has made a great
saving on the cost of trials
and jail sentences!

Yes, those Brazilians are
enterprising people. One
local newspaper reported
the other day that a police
chief, anxious to keep down
the murder statistics in his
own area ordered his officers
to drag all bodies across the
border. Wonder if anyone
has ever tried that around
here?” BC would be dumb
enough to take them all in
and appoint a_ welfare
agency.to see to their care.
Hey, Alberta! Want some of

BC's stiffs?

Le

A young friend (former
neighbor and _ babysitter)
called me the other day and
asked me for a reference.
She was applying for a job as
babysitter in a home in
Switzerland. Of course I'll
write the reference — but
the poor girl is going to be
subjected to an hour or so of
“Mother McCreadies'
Friendly Advice”. For all of
you pampered Canadian kids
who are thinking of this kind
of a job, here is the story.

’ Fulvia has been a friend of
mine for six years. She is

while you wait

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homes. the one Fulvia chose
was in England.

At this point, she signed a
contract demanding a year’s

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working conditions. They
sounded OK to Fulvia, based
on her limited knowledge of
conditions in England. Her
knowledge of English was
pretty sketchy, but being a
bright girl, she figured that
she'd soon learn.

Fulvia was in for the most
desperate year of her life.

Her working hours began as.
agreed, but soon stretched

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Her room was shared with
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the night, guess who minded
him? It was so cold and
that everyone
caught lingering colds — and
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five-foot seven and ninety
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There was no way she
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