European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 29, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Paft italian whats flaw Frky a tubs i by Sylvana Foa United press International a stoic woman la scruffy slippers walled patiently with a shopping bag full of Raggedy sheets next to a nervous Beauty clutching a Diamond More than persons line up every Day i the estimators windows of the biggest pawnshop in the Romes Monte i Piela Mountain of in 1978 the As 11 is known to the roman made transactions totalling 43 million and involving the two older ones need shoes one of needs said Maria Grazia As she stood in line with her three children and a huge sack of Woolen this is the fourth summer in a Row that Ive pawned these same ill get them Back in octo Ber when it gels Patrizia is also a regular customer at the Moun All my friends Pawn their fur Coats Here to the the Nye Arold Secretary the in to treat Yon pay to gel u Back u much than Whit it would Cost Loput Fox Urtle Iblis in cold Antonio supervisor and 23year Veteran of the said Latruda is Only one of women who Pawn heir furs every simply for the Stor age facilities or to have a Little extra Money for Vaca the summer also brings us a Rush of family Silver candlesticks and Hlls and anything else people fear might be stolen from their White they1 re on a lot of people just Pawn the stuff to make sure till be there when they get Monte i now ran by a savings was founded in ibs by be franciscan Monk Giovanni Calyo who had been charted by Pope Pauli to Flod a Way to combat the usury of Money lenders that  up to u per cent inter our interest Rales Are still much less than the 22 to 23 per cent that the Banks said we charge 5 per cent a year for amounts under lire about and up to 18 per cent a year for amounts Over 1 million Ura about he that Way we favor tha poor those who own something Worth More have id pay most of the people who come Here either could i qualify for a Bank loan or Are so desperate they cant Wail Ibe two or weeks it takes to get one Here it Only takes five y for the Monte to Pitta a visit to the Home of the the located in by the same name Tust a few Steps from the colourful Compo Dei Horl mar has a wide variety of finds for the serious bar gain Hunter when unredeemed articles Are put up for the pawnshops showrooms Are a melange of engraved Gold Coin Sapphire rings and Silver Tea sets interspersed with baskets of faded and darned the unused contents of Hope chests and childrens actually these things up for auction represent Only t percent of our Stock said nearly 99 per cent of everything pawned is redeemed a ticket attached to each item Rives the estimated value of the article and the Day it will come up for aug u visitor Doe sat have time to attend Ibe auction or if Budd Lonj in Kalian is frightening it is Pwu ble to so Bill a lec rtt bid Fly i Serunt Deposit Token in a special tie machine seals Ibe bids which Are opened Only at the end of the Public said we have the system worked out so no one can seriously overbid in for the last Public we in the auction for Mellon lire but Lomeo by made secret bid of million Hen they would win i but would pay Only per cent once the auction is the bidders have three to collect their inert Bandimor retrieve their Tunu who visit it by Choice or by Neces take a few minutes to View the ban Itab Century Chapel of Carlo mad Emo just to tha tight inside the Chapel was said be cause both the panners and the Bidden sometimes feel the need at a Little prayer before they get Down to by Erma Bon at wits end do you know what the ultimate is in importance its being All my life Ive wanted to be seated at the fanciest restaurant in town and have a waiter wander through carrying a Plugin phone and calling my some people pay no attention to who being but not its just like the Flag went 1 not Only Stop and observe the pager i follow him with my eyes Mitil he makes Contact with the in Las vegas a few months i got two Nickel Slot machines smoking when Bellhop called out Mark pick up Ibe nearest a boat Mark answer Ibe nearest a True i was standing Frozen with my hand unable la release the lever when my Hus band leaned Over and for crying out what do you expect to see a 142yearold Man la a White suit answer the phone i once left a Coffee shop in Dayton to see if Jimmy Carter answered his Page before it occurred to me the president would probably have a ride into a Friend of mine in shores my Fasci she has set aside a handsome sum in her will for a perpetual Page in the Polo lounge in the Beverly Hills hotel arid the doctor Pray cod in not i was sitting next to a doctor at dinner a couple of ago when a beep beep came from Hli he excused himself and called nos i i liked it better when the theater lights would go an announcer would walk to Center stage and announce dra u Leec bed is in the Audi would you please Call your service drama that announcement used conjure of a woman in the final seconds of an army of nurses waiting with gloves extended and the fingers blown out where being paged is rated just under wit Nessing god when you think of it is the Only Way of remaining Tow Only threat i see to paging system an Ibe Little beep beep want by Ibe medical i asked a Starlet whose career was settling at a rate if she thought it would Ever come to that she Are Yau had lag a beep Pete Ulm dirty an emergency i naked upon the Babysitter called and wanted to know the kids could Pkt a Cota before they went to her instructions bad 1u bet us cafes Wren that Boring when he was paged