European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 01, 1948, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Belgian Pitchman a siege tobacco merchants raucously --.". A j t -. Hawks his wares in the Market place a f i " t Belgium is one of few european countries where today tobacco is so plentiful that merchants have  a Effort to sell it. Not Only Are  jammed but there Are paddlers who make their living Selling nothing but tobacco. Products. Above the muffled activity of a Damp , a in Lige photographer Michael Vaccaro heard the Asre Stingly raucous voice of a tobacco Ven Dor on the streets stopped to. Watch him. Fascinated by the Pitchman s pleadings he mingled with the Crown of buyers caught the Man s emphatic gestures with his camera. Like the Stocky Gray haired tobacco merchant most Liege Pitchman Are a More legitimate looking version than the Newyork variety. Unlike the new York Pitchman who carries his wares in a collapsible suitcase to facilitate a getaway when the policeman suddenly rounds the Corner the Liege merchant. Neither looks not acts like one of Longfellow s arabs. As in new York the Pitchman in Liege inevitably draws a curious crowd. Idlers shopping housewives and hustling Mert chants Stop to see him work to sell his wares. He pleads he coaxes he challenges his audience to find a better product for the Money and eventually he makes a Sale. Only when they hear him Start his Spiel the second time do the members of the crowd Drift gradually away. Mfr 1. T in a. " j ss4�2�arm Isuf a his merchandise spread for display in the Liege Market place a Pitchman barks out merits of his tobacco to a smal intent crowd of belgian smokers. Tobacco is plentiful in Belgium step  and get tobacco � " ". " " " f v to we j a 1"i i 1-",7. Tow 1 i it at i ". Come up mess burs. See. For yourselves .1 guarantee the bind personally a egg fuss finest tobacco offered anywhere where can you buy better tobacco. Monsieur will have one who s no