European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 27, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                March 1985 the stars and stripes Page 1 expressing secret restaurants French funniest 1 Park k join passion the Magazine of Paris leading the crusade Jack Lang Champion of French culture for parts by de Reavis staff writer naming a product after your desires usually Only works in the perfume and re Cord but Canadian journalist Robert Sarner has been Able to express his passion for Paris since 1981 and sell it in is a Large Slick mag Azine that informs its readers about whats happening in the City of lights in features and passion managing Maia sitting in her jammed office in the Rue Dupont called a passion for Paris the glue that held the paper together and kept readers Reading and writers we print copies a month but usually dont sell out entirely except for the summer our fashion specials in october and March sell out although we double our a former sorbonne student who returned from new York to work for said the Magazine Learned from the French government that Ameri cans have applied for work permits in we know that there at least another americans who neither need nor bother with such for those form our readership they also assume that the americans and canadians living in Paris have some knowledge of whats happening culturally and politically in the there Are no political we Are accused of being righting and we ran articles and letters we run All readers letters on the stationing of the Pershing ii and cruise missiles from both Sarner likes it that Way right Down the open on both passion recently ran articles on the gun control controversy sparked by a series of murders of elderly women in on the problems of the homeless whom the photo by a Onika Loeffert government allowed to spend nights in subway stations during subzero and on the French press and Why it differs from North american a recent readership poll showed that 30 percent of passions readership is the French Are interested in what North americans write about them and this is something Bob Sarner he came Here when he was 27years fell in love with the saw the Market and made it go the French like our our Brand of journal and even if they dont understand they still buy the Wechsler the february Issue offered a 16page insert in it replaced the former on Page French language feature and should bring even More the Lead French feature is entitled 100 political thumbnail sketches of French of the copies Are sent to the United half of those Are sold in new York even though there is a new York article Page in each the Magazine is primarily a Paris City mag Wechsler the bread and butter of a commercial Media seems to be no passion fifty percent of our fashion which we expand to 100 Are in our regular issues we keep the ads Down to 35 percent of editorial she the writing Wechsler is basically freelance although there Are 10 regular columnists and another 50 writers whom she can Call on at we get queries from freelance writers All but we restrict ourselves to Paris because we want to be a City plus the fact that there is so much Hap pening in this City we find it difficult getting it All in print each in addition to being sold in France and the the Magazine is sold in the Australia and new Erm Bombeck this is an official notice next anyone having anything be longing to the Bombeck household can return said items with no questions everything will be regardless of with no i hate to resort to this kind of Public proclamation but i no longer have enough Kitchen utensils to get a All my bread cake pans and baking dishes have been carted away by our kids who took Home my Coffee mugs Are rolling around under the Brake pedals of a thousand my pans and skillets disappeared during the last camping trip one of them the silverware has been missing since one of them entertained for More than four id like to see our blankets again the soft woolly ones that used to be folded at the end of my they were borrowed when someone got out town guests who in reduced to throwing my Bathrobe Over the bed when a chill and  it be wonderful to walk by the bookshelves and see books again one by one they seem to have developed legs even the cookbooks that were stored in the the warranty manuals Are still with but one can read just so much i got the idea of an Honor Day from a Library some where that begged people to return books they have had for they would forego the fees just to get the books and i said to How would you like to see your White sweater that Marge wore Home one night when it turned cold or that cute Little pie pan that pies by Erma that one of the kids carried off not to mention the suitcase that you loaned to a guest who bought too Many souvenirs during a i have been married 36 years and i no longer have a can a cookie a hair a an a a paring knife that will Cut through a Beach or a yardstick in the for my husband and i considered going on the new newlywed but we we rent sure we would understand the the House is beginning to have a hollow like when a realtor walks you through a House that is not but All that is going to change come next 1 just know All of you out there who Are holding half of my House please bring the items Back to where they no c news group