Photo by L,ewis S. Rosenbaum 

 A COXTROVr;RSY BETWEEN RIVAL SALESWOMEN AT THE RAG EAIR IX ROME 



The Rag Fair, a Roman institution held every Wednesday in the Piazza della Cancelleria 

 and adjoining streets, is not as bad as it sounds." Old textile" fabrics and antiques of various 

 sorts, often of much value, which have somehow managed to escape the world's many mu- 

 seums, are often offered here on the open market. At the same time more that is spurious is 

 offered than there is of the genuine. 



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