The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-03
A Present-Day Utopia.

Inc ndpp1eSt and most beautiful
spot on earth today is the Island OF
Moorea, one of the society islands In
the South Seas. Whenever you are
thirsty a word will send a 1.-THE, brown
body scrambling up a tall palm tree
trunk, and in two minutes g. green
cocoanut is ready for you to Quaff-
| the nectar of the Polynesian gods. 1t
| is worth the trip down here to eat the
native "vittals." for you get at every
| meal things you never tasted before.
and each seems better than its pre-
decessor. To see your dinner OF
fresh water shrimps, sharks ms and
roasted sea urchins. The bananas you
eat-there are eleven varieties
| baked, raw. fried. dried, grow a few
rods back in the valley; ditto the
bread fruit, the pineapples and about
everything else on the BOARD It's nice
| to have your morning coffee grown in
! the back yard. Guavas grow in such
| profusion they are used as pig food.
grated cocoanut is fed to hens. while
| sensitive plant is considered excellent
| 70 oder for cattle.
| For perfection OF the human body
| the Tanitian Is unexcelled. if, indeed
| he is anywhere equaled. They are
large race, both men and women
being noticeably taller and more fully
| developed than Anglo-Saxons. Every
man looks like a picked athlete, with
| sloping shoulders and barred chest. A
crowd of them together reminds one
of the scene in locker building
| toward the end of the fall when the
varsity squad is narrowed down and
| tho afternoons practice Is just over.
| I doubt If any Society islander ever
went through a whole Gay in his life
without having q wreath of flowers
on his head or a blossom behind his
ear. The love Of flowers is mate with
man, woman and child; they can't pass
| through a patch of woods without
emerging with a garland. Every gay
mood calls for flowers on their hats,
in the hair, behind their ears, and
| their life Is an almost unbroken Sc
quence Of gay moods. Scarcely a ma
| tive on the Island Of Moorea can
| speak a sentence of English, but
| every one you meet greets you with
| courteous smile and the welcoming
words. "Ia-ora-na" (Yorana-) Hugo
| Parton, in Outing Magazine.
Bird Liars.
1.-THE goose is a frightful liar" said
a nature faker. HE quite puts me to
| shame"
Realty" o.. ,5
Really. You know how the goose.
when you draw near it, Kisses? Well,
| with that kissing sound it says:
'Scoot. beware, am serpant.' Yes,
| from primeval times the goose mother,
sitting on her eggs in place Of reeds
and sedge, would not fly when an in
| truder appeared; but, keeping her
| body concealed amid the leaves, she
would stretch out her long, flexible
| neck and hiss wickedly. "A snake in
| the grass the intruder would say to
himself, as he retreated: and on her
eggs the goose would chuckle in a
| sly, contemptuous way.
"The lapwing is another liar. APP
| proach her nest, and she sets up dis
| tressfuI crying and runs back and
forth in front of you, trailing one
wing as though it were broken. You
| follow; you think to snatch her up in
your hand; with this lie she lures you
| away from her young.
1.-The thrush, in time Of drought,
beats with his feet on the grass like
a clog dancer. Thus he lies to the
| earthworms; he makes them think
that it Is raining. UP they come in
silent haste, and the deceitful thrush
makes rich meal"
| Bulletin.
| Not Much News.
In the summer of 1908 an explor-
| ing expedition set out from Cook in
| let Alaska, in an attempt to climb
| Mount Mckinley, the highest peak on