The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-12-28
THE PASSING THRONG.

pose of winding up the estate of the late
King O Kcefe who was ut one time
resident of Savannah and whose ''idow
now resides there. but who secured con-
troll of the island Of zap, and made al
most a principality OF It, Columns have
been written about King OKeefe and his
story is well known.
Upon his return to Savannah Mr.. Hart
ridge was prevailed upon to deliver a
lecture upon "ObServations in the Far
East" which he did last Friday evening.
He was introduced to a large audience in
the CATHOLIC library hall by Bishop kct-
ley. of savannah. who referred TO him az
the gentleman who has but recently re-
turned from the land OF romance, mys-
terry and bisamy'
In describing zap Mr.. Hartridse
said:
about 700 miles almost duo east or
the southern end OF MindanOa, and of
the Philippine archipelago, lies small
island about twenty miles long and four
miles wide. coral reef surrounds II
with an entrance large enough to afford
passage to vessels about the size of the
steamship city of Savannah. White
breakers throwing their crests high In
the air, mark the presence Of this reef.
"But the island itself can be seen for
miles at sea, as down it's center runs a
range OF hills, high enough to be dis
tingushod some distance away. Inside
the reef Is n semi-circuar bay in which
two or three little islcts nest. Around
this bay on both sides the mother island
extends her arms This Is Yap.'
Then followed 4 brief but comprehension
description Of tho zap men and their
habits There cocoa is used instead OF
al faft
hibited the natives The chiefs order as
many COCO nuts rs they desire brought to
their principal houses, and from that
place they are collected by trade
boats at regular intervals. Continuing
the speaker said.
"rhe government OF Yap consists Of
a governor. surgeon. chief of police, conf
mandant OF the fort, and 8 postmaster
general These last three officers are
combined in the person of one gentleman.
The garrison consists of twenty Yap
men, with sergeant and corporal Their
uniform consists of n band OF red flannel
about two feet wido hanging from the
waist
Tho natives are similar to the Kama
kas found all through the islands OF the
Pacific. save that they lack the stature
ana comehless Of the Hamians The ma
tive costume worn I'm zap is very much
as I<ipling describes Fu2zy-W uzzy, Moth
ing much before and little less than arr
of that behind
For the women It consists OF native
grass, hung to n string tied around her
waist. the grass reaching down to her
knees. TO her changes in IA hion mean
nothing, as She wears naught but this
costume AT times she wears also an
amiable smile.
actcr, save that it does NOT hang the Same
length. because the grass Of which It is
made IS cut shorter for the men y chief
OF high dignity dispenses with u4e grass
and substitutes piece Of red flannel.
''lhe hair OF both sexes Is coal black
and bushy not kinky and vet not ex-
actly straight The men wear theirs
looped up somewhat in the fashion that
prevailed among our women a few years
ago. believe il was called the Psyche
knot The women wear Their hair In 4
bunch ! cannot be more explicit for
a man is not expected TO describe that
which none OF his sex have ever yet
been able 10 comprehensive wonderful
intrcacies Of a wonmans hair when it Is
put up. I should probably have had TO
deal similarly with womens dress save
that there is so little OF it that the sub
pretended in q glance"
Fishing. the lecturer said, Is the chief
occupation of the Yaps. on the island
there are about twelve white people.
an American, an Englishman and .
Spaniard. The rest are German. The
religion of the Yap mo man knoweth."
ana the only Christian missionaries on
the island are four earnest, faithful. de-
voted Franciscan priests The climate
was characterized as delightful. though
rains Of short duration are exceedingly
common.
In speaking Of the dwelling of the fam
Gus Kink O'Keefe Mr. Partridge said:
In the bay OF zap. on ono Of the isle;s
mentioned by me IS the house and home
station OF King O'Keefe, There is his
dwelling, built high from the ground
Set in n coc0anut grove. the waters of
th, bay come within a short distance Of
its foundations. There dwell a portion OF
his Eastern family. From this point
his trading expeditions set forth to re-
turn laden with the spoils of the trees. 1
There his estate is being administered
by the tutor placed in charge by the Ger
man government.
Sam f. Magll. of the Georgia road,
tells q good story on local hunter who /