Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-23
THos. $. KIMBALL,
JOHN NJ. WHITE.
The a,na Conference on upoiu. samoa.

Tho day OF October IA. 1899. Friday,
| promised fair for an excellent confer
oncc, 10 be held at Siupapa. the branch
OF the Elders Alexander H., Archibald
ana Kay II. Stewart. Elders VIM. q.
sears, w. u. Worscncroft and r.. H.
smart, arrived from different parts OF
the island and were the visiting Elders
10 the conference. There were rcprc.
aentntlvcs from four OF the BRANCHES
~ tho two schools OF other conferences,
the one M Tiiitln On this island and the
Tunslvi school on Savali. our dear
Hrother Archibald was sick when the
Elders arrived. but he was administered
10. ana through the mercy OF the Lord
ne was relieved 80 that he could mrot
with the Elders on the morrow In their
meeting aud be present M all the meet
ings OF tho conference. Friday evening
schools.
Saturday morning there was an Ei.
dcrs' meeting. At II o'clock the Saints
gathered In the new meeting house.
Inc singing was very we'll rendered.
after which President Sears was called
to give the dedicatory prayer The
speaking was relative 20 the now hous,.
u was begun last year by Elder y. O.
Stringham. who has returned home.
Ills successor. Elder Alexander II. Ar
ehlbald, and Elder Ray T.. Stewart have
finished H.. So now stands a tln-roofed
noor, with seating capacity OF about
10. The aggregate cost without the
labor, was not quite 500. The labor Il
credit to the Elders and the Saints,
and the returned Elders viii be glad
to learn OF the success Immediately
after the dcdicntory services. for the oe-
casion feast was given consisting OF a
roasted pig. a Ave gallon can OF crack
ers. a case OF salmon, six kegs OF beef
and an abundance of tnlo and palusaml
After this the talolo food offering) was
given. The Saints and Elders gathered
In the faleteic 0arge housed and looked
on the procession with their dancing
and singing.
when they give tnioio, a number OF
Samoan young people form In line
dressed In their peculiar cogtumes OF
native clothes or OF kits. made OF slen-
der leaves Of varied hues, bands OF
these on their legs and arms They
all curry some kind Of food TO present
70 the person or persons they wish to
honor and to whom they are singing
a hen IN considered the most npproprl-
ate thing for gift. though there Is
never more than one hen given to the
same person. The gifts mostly are
raw tnro. They all take their places
about 100 yards or 30 distant from
the people to be honored and then com
meHce by singing one verse In their
song slowly approaching as they sing
after which they stop and dance by
Jumping about and going through all
Kinds Of performances to the time OF
the beating OF tin cans and the clapplng
OF hands. and there II charm and
rythm ard perfect harmony IN II all
that fairly captlvates one. After their
performing In this way they sing an
other verse and then perform again,
repeating these alternately. until the
song II finished. when they lay down
their offerings In front OF the ones 10
whom they were singing. The dancing
" ) forbidden by the Elders here. OF
ferings were given 10 Elders Scars and
q. G.. Spllsbupry; anso to the several
schools.
After the talolo We're over another
meeting was held In the afternoon
Elder spilsbury presiding. In the even
ing very creditable program
was given by the Malacla school. Of
which Elder Spilsbury II principal and
Elder Horace ". Fish assistant. The
exercises rendered were singing. recit-
ing, reading and pnntomimlc exercises
The applause was continuous. After the
entertainment We heard from the
graphophone.
on Sunday there were three regular
meetings, with good attendance. IN
which the Spirit Of the Lord prevailed
sunday school conference was held OF
10 o'clock with good attendance. The
children sang the songs Of Zion in Eng
lltn Win Inherent DaitS IN the music
and gave exercises In Samoan ind Eng
llsh. The subject taken up In Sunday
school was the divinity Of the Boook OF
Mormon.
This was very successful confer
enee Our Priesthood meeting was
different one from the usual one on
Samoa. II was very much like a PRIEST
hood meeting at home. Immediately
consideration was given TO the building
OF house for the central school ~ the
Atua confert nee, TO be err ctcd at NJ ilne-
la. Accordingly n distribution OF the
cost was made 10 the various branches
The cost Is estimated at $500. The Saints
feel well about helping In cause like
this, and they shall be blessed for H.
Six baptisms were made, among whom
were John Schwenkc and his wife
We have "a sister In our conference
whose lahore were shown IN dresswork
II not In schoolwork. The girls that our
Sisted witbeek dressed were very neat
Indeed.
Tho Elders held sacrament meeting
Monday morning and after little
| amusemont for the school children. all
went to their several branches. Your
brother In the Grent Work