The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-11-14
HAD A HIGH CID TINE.
OF THE PROTET SHOCK
TAHITIANS.
Turn the French Cruiser Into a Pleas
ure Yacht and Entertain Native
Girls-Island officials Indignant.

When the French cruiser Protet was
here the officers showed themselves to
be jolly good fellows and some lively
parties were held aboard the vessel
From here the cruiser went south last
summer to Tahiti, one of the French
colonies i'm the South Seas. There the
torrid climate appears to have had a
corresponding effect upon the officers of
the vessel for they developed from
plain ordinary good fellows into the
gayest kind of lOthaTios who had ever
crossed the seas to Tahiti in 10, these
many months since the passing of the
pirate crews.
The cruiser reached Papeete the CAPT.
tai of Tahiti in time for July 14th, the
anniversary of the Fall of the Bastile
A FrenChman seems to be a French
man the world over for the governor
had made elaborate preparations-ac-
cording to the Tahitian standard-to
fttingly celebrate the day. The French
population on Tahiti is limited to a few
hundred souls and the balance of the
residents are natives and conglome-
ration of other races. But in spite OF
his birth the Tahitian is a French citi-
zen and while he probably knew as
much about the Bastile and why it fell
as the Missing Link knows of a Gym
nosophist he realized that there was a
big luau on foot and made ready to
celebrate it with all the enthusiasm Of
the South Sea. The arrival of the
cruiser added zest to the carnival
spirit and the officers of the vessel
owned the place.
According to accounts which have
come back here they did not appear
the least bit backward about taking
possession of everything which struck
their fancy, and their fancy seemed
to be remarkably susceptible to
the good looking women of the
place. 1t did not take the officers,
and men too for that matter long to
select some favorite who had smiles to
burn and then proceeded to bask to
their hearts delight in those smiles.
Naturally thinking that as the cruiser
was the property of the French govern
ment the citizens of the republic had a
slight call on the boat the governor ana
most of the prominent people accom-
panied by their wives boarded her,
both to inspect the new cruiser as well
as to pay their respects to the COM
mander and officers. But their trip
prove to be a case of loves labor lost
for instead of finding the officers stand
ing with open arms to greet them, the
officers and sailors of the republic had
their arms closed around some dusky
beauty.
Instead of the strict discipline which
ty charactized the conduct of those at
tached to the vessel. Every country
has it's Laluns who follow the Oldest
profession in the world and apparently
all the Laluns of Tahiti were aboard
the Protet as honored guests. There
was wine drinking and incipient hulas
going on continually and the most
generous abandon marked the gen
eral scene The officials and leading
shocked
beyond measure and soon finding that
their room was evidently more desir-
able than their company, left the YES
| sci to it's engagement of carouSal.
Nor was the ribaldry restricted to the
14th of July. 1t continued during all
the stay of the vessel at Papeete and
when the officers found that there was
not sufficient room aboard the ship
they would go ashore and with arms
wound about a couple of girls, go stag
gering through the principal streets OF
the town.
Bah" leered one of the officers, made
confidential by champagne this is no
longer cruiser. We have turned her
into a yacht"
And so the government yacht was
made the headquarters of the best
thine" that the Tahitian girls had seen
| in all their days. But the stay of the
vessel drew to a close and there was
sorrowing all along the line. And
what will the poor - do without us
Captain?" quered the disconsolate
! young officers. But this was easily
| remided for when the vessel steamed
away she carried fifty notorious girls
| from Tahiti who were being taken
along by the officers as companions to
Tighten the voyage down to Borabora,
another French Island to the southwark
| of Tahiti