| Show Bosnian Town Where War Began Sinks Into Forgetful Lethargy Yugo-Slavia Yugo Yugo-Slavia-By Yugo By The Associated Press This This little Bosnian town where the World War started is getting the reputation of being one of or the most picturesque and sleepy towns ns In the world nine min mn- minarets minarets os ninety and and 2nd Its times forty cemeteries mausoleums and mosques symbolize the lethargy and oriental fatalism of ot the city All AU over o the town are slender white minarets that look like fu funereal fu- fu funereal funereal shafts against the gray mountains Hither thither and yon are Moslem cemeteries pictures of oC abandonment and desolation The headstones are toppled over bro- bro broken ken en leaning in every direction The Moslems m apparently do not pay payA much attention tte to their dead d ABANDONED A GRAVEYARDS GRA EY ARDS The abandoned cemeteries are typical of oC tin spirit of oC indifference and negligence which dominates the town There Is a saying In Bosnia applied especially to a homely home wo wo- woman woman wo- wo woman man man that She Is as unattractive and uninteresting as a Turkish cemetery The old quarter of ot the city Is 15 dirty and full of oC odors Is Is' Is extraordinarily picturesque and colorful are labyrinths of ot bazaars displaying fine copper- copper copperware copperware ware silver shiver work delicate delicate- delicately ly made linens and laces rugs s and other Oriental Orten tal wares The streets especially the narrow and devious lanes In the Turkish quarter pre pre- present present sent scenes of endless variety and Interest Women dressed In fairly modern European style st le elbow the ghostly figures of oC black blk draped heavily veiled Turkish women Gaily clad Moslem girls with bright woven scarves over their heads slide deft den deftly deftly ly Iy In and out through the crowd In the narrow bazaars Mohammedan men in their national dress gaze bewilderingly be at a group pf pt American tourists dressed In short skirts and plus fours SPANISH sr JEWS One encounters a group of ot chat chat- chattering chattering chattering swarthy women wearing hats resembling Inverted geranium geranium- pots They ere arc Spanish Jews whose ancestors fled from the In Inquisition in- in inquisition of Ferdinand and Isabella centuries ago Throughout all the th centuries they have held themselves aloof from the other races with whom they have lived lInd Their language to this day Is a Spanish dialect Native Nathe peasants In baggy home home- homespun homespun homespun spun garments with knives and daggers gleaming from their bright colored belts mingle with Moslem women dressed in long balloon trousers and woolen vest est Here In Indeed In- In Indeed indeed deed Is a real patch quilt of oC civi |
