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Hollywood this year Foreign shops in Farmers Market have enthusiastic customer in Pier Angeli! you tour Hollywood Bowl. This tour takes three hours and costs $4.00 per person. There are some legends with which you should be familiar in order to enjoy this trip to the fullest. For instance: Griffith Park is haunted. The story is this: in 1776, an expedition from the east headed by Juan Bautista de Anza reached Los Angeles. Among the exhausted, halt and ailing immigrants was Jose Vicente Feliz, and his four motherless children. Senora Feliz had died in childbirth after two days on the trail from Mexico. One of these children, Jose Vicente Feliz, II, who grew up to enlist in the forces of Spain, was rewarded with a land grant which took in the present area of Griffith Park and the Los Feliz district. Both the district and the modern boulevard were named for him. Jose Vicente was a power. When he ordered a mozo put to death, the man’s widow placed a curse upon the rancho. First to suffer from the curse was a direct descendant of Jose Vicente, Domingo Feliz, who was murdered by his wife and her lover. Action was prompt in those days, so the outraged townspeople took Senora Feliz and Gervasio Alispaz, the lover, lined them up against an adobe wall and shot them at dawn. The last of the line of Feliz, Don Antonio, died of smallpox in 1863 in the family adobe house which was then where the Municipal Golf Course Clubhouse is now. He made a deathbed will under the auspices of a lawyer and the latter’s friend, separating his ( Continued on page 74) FOR A FAVORITE GIRL FRIEND: Joseff's Jewelry, Bullock's Downtown, 7th St. at Hill (TRinity 1911). The firm of Joseff supplies all costume and much of the real jewelry used in motion pictures. The line of retail costume jewelry is handsome and imaginative and— happy to relate — reasonably priced. FOR SOMEONE WHOSE HOUSE IS HER CASTLE: Allan Adler, 8626 Sunset Blvd. (CRestview 1-9723). His silver designs are personalized; he is entirely a California artist. For something magnificently unique, here is your shop, which specializes in both table silver and hollow ware. Sunset Strip Pottery Shop, 8265 Sunset Blvd. (CRestview 8255). For a bride who needs a breakfast set, or for a retired couple building their own barbecue, you can find exactly the right set of pottery at this shop. The stock is enormous. Paper Unlimited, 315 South La Cienega Blvd. (BRadshaw 3-4276). Ever see disposable baking dishes? You can get them at this store. Planning a party when you return to your home? Get your place cards, napkins, favors here. Plan to browse, because this shop is forever coming up with something you've never seen before — but always wanted. Mahrie's, 3160 Wilshire Blvd. (DUnkirk 7-6040). For linens and bone china cups, this is the place to shop. They import exceptional items from England. If you're lucky to arrive immediately after one of these treasure trove shipments, you'll go broke — and be glad. Artificial Flower Studio, 678'/j S. Vermont Ave. (DUnkirk 8-2653). Now you can take home branches of oleander, boughs of hibiscus, sprays of orange blossoms, spires of Hawaiian Bird of Paradise and anthurium and keep them forever. Not until you have seen the fake flowers displayed in this shop do you have any idea how deceptive paper, wax and linen can be. Don't miss this spot. FOR THE MEN IN YOUR FAMILY: Gifts For Men, 438 N. Rodeo Dr., Beverly Hills (CRestview 1454). Everything from ties to shoelaces; the scarves are gorgeous, the bar equipment as sleek as a movie set for a bachelor apartment. A. Clubb & Sons, 430 W. 6 St., Downtown Los Angeles (MAdison 9-9673). The best stocked pipe and tobacco shop you've seen in ages. FOR CHILDREN: Gail Patrick's Enchanted Cottage, 363 N. Rodeo Dr., Beverly Hills (CRestview 5-8788). Probably the prettiest, most lush kiddie shop in the country. TO BUY STARS' CAST-OFF CLOTHING: Patsy Brogan, 444 N. Camden Dr., Beverly Hills (CRestview 5-7126). Miss Brogan's stock consists entirely of cast-off motion picture stars’ clothing. The prices are slight and the merchandise breath-taking. ANYTHING UNDER THE SUN: Farmers Market, Third St. at Fairfax Ave. in the Miracle Mile Area. In addition to the food stores, the Farmers Market boasts some of the most fascinating stores in the U.S.A. For instance, you can buy llama slippers, warm woolly affairs, in the Argentina Shop; you can buy baskets of every size, kind, color or degree of usefulness in either the Orientol or the Mexican shop; you can buy Scotch toffee and Toby mugs at the Scottish shop; there ore hand-loomed shirts and matching jackets at the Guatemala shop. If you are shopping for a wedding gift, the Crystal shop has exactly what you want. Want a hand-tooled leather bag with shoes to match? Want a sequined peasant skirt? Need artists' supplies? Have a friend who reads a great deal and would appreciate a book about Los Angeles or anywhere else in the world? Need sports equipment, yarn, or buttons? All available here. MEXICO IN LOS ANGELES: Olvera Street, opposite the Plaza, near the Union Station. Here you can buy scented candles, after you have watched them being made. You can buy the woven Mexican sandals called huaraches (smell before you buy because sometimes the curing has not been forgotten quite long enough), pottery, Ramona charm strings for the patio, Mexican hand-drawn linens