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Show SARAJEVO IS WELL FED Stores Fully Stocked With All Kinds of Supplies. Bosnian City, Where Ferdinand Was Slain, Not Suffering for Provisions. Sarajevo, Bosnia. Sarajevo, scene of the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand Fer-dinand of Austria, suffered less from the war Than many other cities of the Balkans. As compared with Belgrade it is a city of, luxury and plenty. The cafes have all the food that one cares to buy, the stores are well stocked, and the Jewish and Turkish vendors of souvenirs still do a nourishing business. busi-ness. The service at hotels and restaurants restau-rants is exceedingly had, but that is generally true in south Europe, partly part-ly because most of the waiters and other employees during their four years at war acquired sloppy habits and cnrele.is ways and the spirit of "I don't care." It is exceedingly difficult, from Athens to Belgrade,' .to. find a a waiter who will exert himself to please. & . One cannot say, truthfully, whether or not the people of Sarajevo are con-1 tent with the new Jugo-Slavo government govern-ment at Belgrade. Whatever dissatisfaction dissat-isfaction may exist, however, is well I guarded. In concert halls and else- I where are posters which say, "Speak Serbian." The formerly official German Ger-man language is now superseded in all official publications by Croat (Latin alphabet) and Serbian (Cyrillic). (Cyril-lic). Programs and menus are printed on two sides in the two tongues. All oflieial statements . are to the ., effect, that there is little dissatisfaction with the Jugo-Slavo stale as now organized. organ-ized. There are a number of Americans at Sarajevo engaged in the affairs ot the American Red Cross and the American relief administration. These organizations are jointly occupied in the child-feeding program of the United Unit-ed States, under direction of MaJ. V. C. Thwaits of Milwaukee. In Sarajevo 3,000 school children and orphans are given a ration of chocolate and roll daily. The mothers of the city are similarly blessed by Uncle Sam's agents. |