European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 03, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page8 the stars and stripes tuesday september 3, 1985 s4s photo by Dave Aldio from left tour participants visit Sandal shop watch woman work on an old Rug loom and find fruits and vegetables galore at the Island s Central Market. Tercera four Rafes c for shopping a for insight by j. King  . Bureau if you were to fill out a report card on the shopping tour of the a Orcan Island of Terceira you could t honestly ivc it More than a c for shopping. However judged by inc insights it of fers into How the Island s people live the Lour deserves an a. The bus tour offered every other wednesday by the recreation Center at Lajos a iced. Was started recently by Linda Marks inc Center s director. It winds through the Island lasting for most of the Day. The trip which includes a lunch break costs $2 per person. Marks said there Are very few factories on this Island which measures a meager 10 Miles by 20 Miles and most of the craftspeople work in their Homes or garages. The businesses primarily arc Small family run enterprises she said. When we were organizing our first tour Many places refused to participate because they had Little Stock on hand to show or to sell to customers since nearly everything is made to  she said. Now we have convinced them that these Tours can bring in business and they arc  most of the crafts shops arc in tiny Vil Lages and there arc no signs advertising their presence. It s almost impossible for an unguided shopper no matter How determined to track them Down. Information about finding craftspeople and Little businesses is All passed along by word of Mouth and we have found that one of the tour s draws is that it shows shoppers where to find inc craftspeople so that they can go Back later on their own she said. The tour visits Shoemakers embroiderers weavers a Small Linen factory the Only True factory on the Toura Potter Wood Carvers the makers of Wicker items and baskets and a town marketplace. Although the goods have relatively Low Price tags their design in t much to write Home about although the level of skill exhibited in their making is extremely High. The real value of the tour came in the Opportunity it presented for entering Homes of the artisans to Sec Iio they live. The first Stop look our group to the Hamlet of i Octra Acca and up a Small wildflower lined path to the minuscule cottage of an old woman who was weaving bedspreads and aprons on an ancient loom. The Stone cottage had but two rooms one a combined Kitchen and living area and the other a bedroom that also contained her fool powered loom. I Don t know How old the loom is said the old woman who was dressed in Black widow s weeds bul it belonged to my grandmother s  she said it took her about a month to weave a Bedspread which she then sold for 30.000 escudos about $180. There was nothing particularly artful about her goods. Still inc memory of her Al work lingers a woman in the warm Sunshine before an open window and out Side a View of Small Fields bordered by Stone Walls. From Eft shoppers inspect a ,. Of Craft items in a portugese Home and Linda Marks displays these zit Cher baskets she pure ass