The Savannah morning news., 1903-12-12
RUSSIA WILL STAY
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RUSSIA WILL STAY
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that by the side of his civilization,
ours is a thing of yesterday. Ii his
empire seems lettering to decay at
least it has lived TO see great nations
Tlse and fail and pass away from their
high places"
The Kingdom of Yap.
About LOO miles almost due east
of the southern end of Mlndanoa, one
OF the Philippine archipelago, lies a
small island about twenty miles long
and four miles wide. A coral reef SUR
enough to afford passage to vessel
about the size of the present steam
ship City of Savannah. White break
ers, 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
tinguished some distance away. In
side the reef is a semi circular bay in
which two or three little islets nest.
Around this bay on both sides the
mother island extends her arms. This
is Yap."
Then followed a brief but compre-
hensive description of the zap men and
their habits. There cocoa is used in
stead of money. all money and liquor
being prohibited the natives. The
chiefs order as many coca nuts as they
desire brought to their principal houses,
and from that place they are collected
by trade boats at regular intervals.
Continuing. the speaker said:
The government of zap consists of
q (TOVPrnnT chief nf nOlfpa
commandant of the fort. and a post
master general. These last three of
fees are combined in the person of one
gentleman. The garrison consists of
twenty zap men. with a sergeant and
corporal. Their uniform consists of a
band of red flannel about two feet
wide hanging from the waist.
The People of zap.
1.-THE natives are similar to the Kama
kas found all through the islands of
the Pacific, save that they lack the
stature and comeliness of the Hawa-
lians. The native costume worn in zap
is very much as Kiplng describes
Fuzzy Wuzzy. Nothing much before
and little less than art of that be-
hind
For the women it consists of native
grass, hung to a string tied around
AACl waist lllc 3 dos lCelCAtlA5 NC"AA ~
her knees. To her changes in fashion
mean nothing, as she wears naugh but
this costume. At times she wears also
an amiable smile.
THE mans costume is of the same
character, save that it does not hang
the same length, because the grass
of which it is made is cut shorter for
the men. A chief of high dignity dis
penseS with the grass and substitutes
a piece of red flannel.
Men Wear Psyche Knots.
1.-THE hair of both sexes is coal black
and bushy, not kinky and yet not ex-
actly straight. The men wear
theirs looped up somewhat in the
fashion that prevailed among our
women a few years ago. / believe it
was called the Psyche knot. The wom-
en- wear their hair in a bunch. 1 can
not be more explicit for a man is not
expected to describe that which none
of his sex have ever yet been able to
comprehensive wonderful intricacies
of a woman's hair when it is put up.
| should probably have had to deal
similarly with the women's dress save
that there is so little of it that the
subject can be described in phrase,
cCmprehended in a glance"
Fishing, the lecturer stated, is the
chief occupation of the Yaps. On the
island there are about twelve white
people, an American, an Englishman
and a Spaniard. The rest are Ger
man. The religion of the zap mo
man knoweth," and the only Christian
missionaries on the island are four
earnest, faithful, devoted Franciscan
priests. The climate was characterized
as delightful, though rains, Of short
duration, are exceedingly common
King O'keefe's Principal Dwelling,
In speaking of the dwelling of the
famous King O'Keefe, Mr.. Hartridge
said:
I'm the bay of zap, on one of the
islets mentioned by me, is the house
and home station of Capt. O'Keefe.
There is his dwelling, built high from
the ground. Set in Il cocoanut grove,
the waters of the bay come within a
short distance of it's foundations. There
dwell a portion of his Eastern family.
From this point his trading eXpedi-
tions set forth to return laden with
spoils of the trees. There his estate
is being administered by the tutor
placed in charge by the German gov
eminent"
The lecture abounded in brilliant and
vivid word-painting, descriptive of
cities and scenes Which the lecturer
had visited One of the best of these
was the beautiful word-painting of the
nights on the Island of zap and sew
eral times the speaker was interrupt
ed by bursts of appreciative applause.
The entire audience was unanimous in
their praise of the address.
Mr.. Hartridge was introduced by
Bishop Kelley, who referred to him as
the gentleman who had but recently
returned from the land of romance,
mystery and hiPamY.n