The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-11-27

Between the fore and main mast another house
q CafP i | f room. and rd S5iHshG iSr eh HpPf mate SHi1 and
engineer. The officers are all white men, the
! cook and steward are Chinese or japanese. and
Micronesians. and Japanese. The hollow iron
mainmGast serves as st a S sm9SestRa sEdi S and
Exclusively the Smoke Is scarcely 'moticeaEie
when the vessel is under steam.. In her voyage
} r na! BEsto sb Spt t. The The R,ssiqn Of te MuE IN lsst tho
Morning Star touched at the CHILEAN settlement
q Pantas Arenas; AZ she pRssed round Sandy "a a6y
aud the vessel steamed to the anchorage with
Of a vessel running smoothly along with no
sail set or smoke OF an engine to be seen eX-
cited fitsd the aSd Iiy Db6nTd i Mi fSs c anq Ti S tbe b IN sse
The harbor master made haste TO come on
board, and his first words were:
.o mCSRt4ip. what are YOU any way-theshan
Capt; Isaiah Bray. who sailed the Morning
Captain, to-day. For white MISSIONARIES the
ten weeks cruise is far from being a pleasure
trip. Every stateroom. almost every inch OF
day the missionaries. are usually on shore.
where the heat and fiies ana mosquitoes are
their pleasantest hours "a the twenty-fogr.
When at 10 o'clock they GO below to their berths
innu III coekroaSchs which cannot be Kept
from the bedding. they envy the native
boys who take, take their ASo mats ats. qpoG the ID d eek
f ab.Sr d 5srnnR k kosnPS y ~ rssi tSssi'' for Tn tie
report TO, him before visiting any other
island Of the group. The present Kommissar
d II iptsRdly to to b 5sG A tRem IN % any TRS f In eau aai tie
duly %I!ss reported ' to tR Peo konm a1 se S the vessel nssin Is
Exon, Mile, aeiuro. Arno, Iejei. Wojae. Lac
and other Islands where outlying stations have
natives are still heather and untaught. At the
Christianized islands fleets of canoes put out
to meet the missionaries. and natives swarm
these there is usually a church Of primitive
construction, in which the congregation sit on
women on the other. All are Jealous worship;
pers. every one is eager to obtain a Bible. and
trated Sunday school cards. Instead oft TIN prim-
Tive sarong at the waist the ChristianiZed native
ers, and the women calico gowns Of the Mother
sailor hats: A remarkable trait in, a people Just
emerging from savagery is the absence in the
Marshall Islands women Of a taste for flaming
colors in their attire. They always choose the
to accept some red bandqna ,handkerchiefs
which had been sent for distribution among
first to wear the RandScrchiefs themselves.
This taste for subdued colors. Is the moro re.
markable in view OF the inyariable custom Of
elaborately tattooing the face and limbs and
body which prevails among all the Micronesi-
ans in q state e. Of sGyaEery yrrro,;dod with .
III CdSc vi NIlu ullluoNltcu j Z
lligi9us teachers, but regarded as promising
n ,ha for crt missionary . i Giay work permission err ISLE Il asked
services. Sometimes he takes the, i%nitiatiye
md solicits the missionaries to visit his people.
H Hts Pe srg 5st At tSs sbot the ~ n 4 sso%s oi i LAND:
tily clad or naked men. boys and girls. and go
directly to the great village council house, or II
e!ump, Of cocoanut trees. The Pc T" throns
about them and the missionaries tEy to teach
close their ayes for nraver the natives shout to
those near them; G to sleep: go to sleeph
e @SanInfi; rsh IN when KEN s Szss.'b bow 1ft tSeir a f seesr ID
the ground, the prayer is offered. At It's close.
as The missionary opens his eyes, some Of the
a burst Of aughter they ali sit up again
/, IA missionary begins to preach; But the
him by asking him il, he will not take a pipe.
After that is declined he may offer him some
green eoso ana Ta' Th to S aria a or 6sSl max aTri Gi q
in Micronesia is apt to decline the second in
%yitation as well as the first, saying that he has
But the veteran missionary has found that 1t
is better in this case to accept the well-mfant
from the cocoanut. and then goes on with his
discourse: Aise Ter SERVICES 4 there Is time The
Village and teach Them in I Their own SHA houses SHs
After one or two such visits to a heather island
the people there usually come to welcome the
return OF the missionaries. and 80 the field 10
prepared for the establishment of a permanent
"on my last tour of the MarshaIls. the Morn
ing Star touched at tho Island OF Mejuro, Here
the heather men, all wear skirts or petticoats.
kalbutei. a high. chief. wore a particularly
ornate costume. Ii was a white skirt. reaching
Just below his knees. adorned with five barrow
tucks. then ZONE red embroidery, then a wide
ruffe ornamented with blue embroidery. IL
was a funny spectacle. these stalwart, warlike-
looking natives walking around In white skirts.
proud as peacocks of their fnery. Another
chief wore civilized clothinR-a dark suit, OF
cont; waistcoat and trousers-and the effect was
rendered, peculiarly striking by his wearing his
shirt In the native style. hanging down grace
fully apron fashion from under his waistcoat.
Some. OF the native islanders are very fer
vent and consistent Christians. Early in the
history OF the MicronesiaE missions. in the
ffties. the. stations OF the Hawaiian mission
aries in the Marquesas Islands were included
in the visits of the Morning Star. One of the
first converts among the Marquesans was
Natua, a chief. who received the baptismal
name OF Abraham. A whale ship CHANGING TO
anchor at his island he went on board her and
was invited to dinner. Not q morsel OF food
would he touch until he. had asked a blessing.
Trying to speak In English. he made rsyerently
""6 Great Faderl Got no fader: got no
mUder; got no broder: got no sister Make
first the sea; make first the dry land make
nrst the moon and stars make first the trees;
give man his belly-fulL Amenp
In formation and appearance there is q
general similarity I'm all the coral iaiandG ~