The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-05-04

could not honestly say that it inn
proved the looks of their feet. They
string gay-colored blossoms like beads
and wear them around their hats and
neeks, fresh every morning. This pref
" costume was restricted to a privi-
ieged few in the beginning but now ii
is very general. We were SO decorated
on our departure the next day by the
good friends left here With many
wishes for a safe journey on their part,
ana loving messages for all at home on
ours, we took1eave, followed out of the
harbor by naked little Kanaka boys,
diving after nickels, entirely regardless
of sharks.
A millionaire's son on board threw
them dollar, but being too heavy it
eluded their eager fingers and big,
black eyes
From here on our whole journey was
one long delight, smooth seas, brisk
oreezes and pleasant company, chief
among them was Captain Grogan and
MS charming bride. He is a handsome
young British officer, only &c, and hon
ors enough for a graybeard He received
his captaincy in the Matabele war, af-
terward went to Africa and walked
through it six thousand miles from
Capetown to Cairo, making valuable
and accurate maps over Cecil Rhodes's
proposed railway. He was at it three
years killing big game on the way for
pastime, elephants, lions, tigers. hippos
he has written a book of over six
hundred pages, absorbingly entertain
ing, telling of his travels. his hunting
experiences, the flora and fauna of the
country, and describing it's wonderful
typographical features. 1t is wonder
full journey and a wonderful book Cecil
Rhodes writes the introduction
Queen Victoria summoned him to an
audience and bestowed a medal The
world will hear more from this extra
ordinary young man.
PRIMITIVE PAGO .PAGO.
After leaving Honolulu, we Travelled
over two thousand miles to our newly
acquired territory, Pago Page, a sta
ton on one of the Samoan group or
islands. Seventy miles west or this is
Apia, dear to every lover or Stevenson.
There is where his ipdomitable spirit
sank to rest. Sorely disappointed were
we not to see the island home he loved
so Well. However the Germans have
taken il in exchange, and we have
Page Page This is a seul-satisfying
spot to one who hates modern life.
Here you can come and live with Adam
and Eve in the Garden of Eden, you
who are tired of tailorS bills indigeS-
tible dinners and the endless struggle
to get more than your fellows. Here is
the place, no clothes, no work no strife
when you are hungry reach up in the
trees for breakfast, dinner and sup
per; when you are tired lie down with
the beasts of the field and the sharks
OF the sea, though one native must
have fingered in the water too long
for hand was gone, and when 1
pointed to the stump he grinned and
said '.shok."
They are happy -go-lucky lot, very-
pleasing to look upon; red hair seems
to be the one desired thing, they
smear shell lime over it and leave il
till it beaches the right shade. l no
ticed in passing the male put on more
lime than the females, but that little
failing of vanity belongs only to prim-
tive man, nothing could be freer from
it than the males of today.
If you wish to see nature" in all its
purity hurry up, for the missionary
is already ahead of you, Jealous for
souls and clothes, When we stopped
on shore among them, every rag on
the island must have been brought in
to requisition for fear of our feelings,
but the shoe must have pinched the
other foot, for when a bit of Irvine
dropped from a mite of three, he set
up fearful wall. and made frantic
efforts TO tie ii on again, to the great
amusement of the much beclothed
whites.
AT that rate, il won't be long before
the poor things are dressed to kill, and
marching off to Sunday school to be
taught to sing L Want to Be an An
gel"
They have gentle showers here a
dozen times a day, wnen the natives
retire under their cocoa-nat huts,
open all around, bat so low that you
have to bend double to get in. Twenty
or more viii squat under and peer up
at you with their big. black eyes and
invite you in to share their flies and
dirt
What an ideal place to send our
Weary Williest" The missionaries
might be made TO think they had souls.
too, and then their clothes would be
an object lesson. 1t gave me quite a
ture to the children who live closest
say. You Mormon; you Mormon-me
her borders and the fame of our fair
city is advertised over the beautiful
isles of the sea- by her unwearying
Saints.
What shall l say of this Eden,
Where every prospect pleases,
And not even man is vile
1t rises abruptly out of the sea 500
feet. and is covered entirely with soft
tinted shrubbery away up TO sky
line intermingled everywhere with the
graceful cocoa palms-this is true OF
all the islands of the Pacific.
This particular harbor is shaped like
a large bowl with a piece nicked out,
wherein our ship slowly and cautiously
made her way Once inside, the sight
was beautiful beyond description.
First around the semi-circle, mar
row beach of yellow sand, back of that
rods of cocoanut palms, pineapples.
bananas. oranges and breadfruit trees,
among them the native nuts, then on
clear up to the summit a solid mass of
green, not a bare spot anywhere. So
riotous and prodigal is Old Mother Ma
ture to the children who live closest
to her great heart.
We found our government busy with
steam dredges preparing suitable
wharf Ours was the second large
steamer to call in here. We anchored
about five hundred feet out, and ma
tives in their canoes rowed those
ashore who wished to go. About fifty
availed themselves of the privilege.