The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-09-04

Hnss " tne memperg Of inc family OF any Oh
often. On such occasions. 4 wa. his Wish that
Hl ceremony due his -~p0sition should be ban.
other caller. Under these circumstances where
be, gave the intimacy, of his friendship he was
ss%1soStS e Il ssGSeG s6 sa' IL sI piSSs S SqR FSS FdsSm & 4
aanda lttIo &C . time q the sweet and tepid
smiled with a playful wink and, reeltcd the
sSaGrS Sss "a ss cnlIis =! RE s Bowl T n fat Sso Il ss sRoS%eed
that DO saw the dToil side Of Samoan iqrmality.
and this g something that very few chiefs can
,s n Az S SSn 4 NJ Y|v b was sn,I 2 siTIB y ;6 and Io gPst,
glass d Pt Che front door, door would S% d"f bring fns' thse Rias
was always " dressed after the samoan fashion,
bareiootsd, clad only IN a shirt and lavalava or
T%IStclU Ssh,, reu chin =, down y ,v e The Sy knees nee n;S al Of
order q citizenship. apd 4 duty to his race had
post he would have been content TO spend his
life. obscqrely as 9 village pastor in some re-
Visitors followed one Of the obligations OF the
Samoan etiquette, when calling on the klng. A
few 1 So RlIc SS tS q the bsy sSsS root %sS wg TII psSs'SSn int ab Sns
ali formality ceased. Here there was no sitting
yEoss-leEged on the floor, for the house Was
one were to carry out the palace idea-.wss q
S SPsned fP 90 smsIi. indeed nae T thSe i th sa lsU GroT TGSf
with half Q dozen chairs, a rocker and q settee.
S al Ct { ssY A Agst ssSer Sfp Isy %oO d d fHs aGOs sty Ts,
8 She ss%SeP nat 81 e sRe fP' B Ba3.s mug Ssa s,S Sss;;
S Sf4Ss, te 'SSSs 9. about tss Ds sRe iTa% nss:sS Of U,S rs
Iarnitsse W was qaSifie%tGOr by Of sha Gsnt w THGS
mats. once treasured as Samoan heirlooms and
Documents Of history, now becoming rare. az
the royal bed n the adjoining ehSmbsr. an old.
fashioned four poster hung with the MOSQUITO
did this one, on a mangrove swamp whence
iss1s puRRG Mna IHs swsTBns In The st dna!s sy 81 t II,
prints Of the sam sort Of stun that the people
In general r. gr use f SSpt their dsm lSSnldHyas' r STqdS
than attracting the attention. Through the
open back door one saw the detached
a 4 hsners Se' host 81 q sss amoans Ef ioSfine WIN IN
its vicinity. JUS, as they may be found In the
not fooreibly prevented from getting close to the
base Of supplies. In the reaNof the bedroom
y was tAS dining nng oOSSna %fEpsfniqG 3 tks of S6t thS back
While the King and all the rest of the royal
family made a practice Of sitting ct table Tor
the materials O those meals. were no better
than could be found in any Samoan matched
PRICES s Such has as ruiea at Apia there Is not much
hope that a King at $500 a month can indulge
himself freely in tough beef and mutton at a
The King was, periodically annoyed by the
globe trotters. who sought to make the, most Of
steamers called once every four weeks Such
people made a practice Of beating up the Kings
ali sorts Of nonsense and snapshooting with the
utmost freedom OF manner. It was q frightful
nuisance 6, until at last the King literally ! ran N
his plantation in the bush.
When Laupepa, went through the course at
many years ago. the study Of English had not
been incorpornted In the curriculum. He never
l Rft9Geqi IN sa lie. 70 In me t 9S21'f Il IS a al very seT ln dIficaRIs
speech for any Polypesian to ACQUIRE g was
a perfect master Of bis oyn to,nguei His mas
preserve the apgqage in its idiometic purity:
the old Samoan as 1t was spoken before the cor
E.qtIPtlio43 n 81 the nn new slang rs T%hi 81 turns turn ,s all the
with several other languages OF the Pacific. Al
one time he wrote a firm and educated hand.
but after y. his return IN t from exile Gle his his si 6gn a
The Kings family associations were in The
who was the daughter Of the chief. Ape. Of Pa:
fam m fsfI lives in h ssps spa RI village ih1 4 G IL sassil.
d donied His FL fHa n9TjsS' ;n TSS Wns 4 has sst Bssn c gslI sd.
ion Of her father. For q number OF years there
was always, about the Kings house e fat and
ungainly Rarotonga woman, who had been q
washerwoman in Apia until she took possess
sion OF the Kings house. Her name was TUT.
She may have been the Queen: domestic rela-
keep track OF. high and low. Officially she
was not known to. be, anybody in particular.
the salutation "Tui Masiofo." Tui the. Queen.
At any rate. the Samoans did not like It: TUT
in her own land OF R%arotonga. but that did not
satisfy the Samoans. They felt that the Samoan
Queen SHOULD be Of the Samoan race ; They
birth and proposed that a choice should be
made from them. It seemed that Laupepa was
and the young Samoan girl who was chosen
was informed that she could stay In her own
village. Native pastors preached at the King,
his Parliament threatened all sorts OF trouble.
but TUT lasted through IL all.