European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 29, 1965, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Shoe Alley hot some of the Beil bargains in All Italy and some of the biggest crowds. Ii does t Lake much Toj Phree american gals caught in a a hair pulling fact Eto plug bar gain Battle in Naples found language no problem at that International woman s sport. Inn Irwin daughter of cmdr. An mrs. Harry e. Irwin Dana Goodfellow daughter of it. Col. And mrs. Alford  and i set off after a Good night s sleep to fight the crowds a Naples shoe Alley with Only to be tween us. Shoe Alley undoubtedly has the great est bargains in All Italy. It beats any Flea Market that i be Ever seen. Since it is Only open on monday and Friday at some ridiculous time in the morning Tricky scheduling and fast footwork Are a must to beat the lire pinching masses. Shoes at shoe Alley Are the Export variety which is what we were Hunting for. It s really funny about All those things you saw in. The Stales that were imported from Italy. When you get Here you can t find a tiling that re Page 12 by Midge rodenbur6 is Naples Bureau Scab los those cute italian imports you saw at Saks or i. Magnin. Well at shoe Alley most of the items Are sort of rejects. You know what i mean a scratch Here or a missing thread there Oil Points of interest to . Inspectors. For 30 a clip i d want perfection too. So land and Dana and i began buy ing and before we knew it we were pecking around armload of shoe , to hit a Good Day when they had plenty of styles and luts of different sizes. We had a linguistic Ball trying to bargain with the vendors and betting nowhere fast. The extent of our bargaining went like this Quanta Costa and on hearing the answer we yelled in unison Mamma Nikul after Quick mental calculations however we decided that the Price was t going to break us. After the stars and stripes All where in the world can you buy shoes Tor the average Price of $2? at first we went wild and wanted everything in sight. After Dana made a Purchase. Lani Irwin asked what did you get Dana replied and above the Bustle of the crowd you could hear Lan scream six pair of sandals Are you nuts As for myself i m stocked up an prepared for next year Well at least until the styles change again an then i la have to make another journey to shoe Alley. Feelings at Home were mixed. Moth ers tend to to jealous of bargains and mine exclaimed. You bought five pair of shoes but a relieved of for Only $10," came from my father Navy cmdr. Eugene e. Rodenburg. Land and Dana and 1 agree that our parents won t Ever complain about Dol ing out 10 for shoes if we always bring Back at least five pairs. So far so Good. A Young a sunday aug if