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New-York tribune., 1920-11-28
S>~g~HEN one day came canoe
L from Taiohae, with words

S@~gVFEN one day came a canoe
4 from Taiohae, with words
on paper for MIN from
MS own people. A ship from his
sland was there and had sent
Oh the PAGER. That was day
to remember. There were the
pHaer Til, those faces Of people you
make on paper. Vilee seized those
things and. running to his paopao.
NJ sat him down and began to look
hem over. He eyed the words. and
ne prt the tiki to his lips. Then he
ay dcwn upon his mat and wept
or much time he was like a child
lie rolled about as if he had been
track in the body with war club
end at last he called me. went to
him with shell of manu-.
"'Drink,' said. 1T will lift Won
up
He knocked the shell from my
hand.
l VIII drink no more he cried
My father is dead, and my brother
am the chief of my tribe. | have
and and houses and everything good
IN my own island, but, alas ! | have
this
He pointed to the black shark
upon his forehead And then he
shouted out harsh worls in his own
language. l left him, for he was like
one from whom the spirit has zone
but who still lives. | thought Of the
strangeness Of tribes. In ours he
was ~ nob'e and honored man for
that shark, and yet in his own As
hateful as the barefaced man mere
Man is as the wind cloud, out
shifting vapor
Often, hundred times, | saw
him sitting by the pool and gazing
lnto 1t as though to wash out bv his
slances the marks on his counte-
nance. He was as deep in the mire
OF despair as the victim awaiting
the oven. Natures mirror showed
nm why he could not leave for his
land and hi chicftaincy. And.
.Nl'er'can' Tor woman, too saw
MN many times look at that tiki and
read the words. Maybe he had fled
from her in anger Now he was
great among his people, and she
called him. Maybe. My own heart
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FTHE 7oua took his long knife
L and, with repeated bows.
hacked Of the nnnnr hnlf

FFHE 7oua took his long knife
4 and, with repeated bows.
hacked off the upper half
Of a ccconut to make rcadv an
ether drink. had very vivid Nea
ct the aitpation be ha desc ..bed
fhat handsome yoano man Of Eu
NApe. bclike e wealth, seeking to
surrender to h;s vagrant farcies in
tbs contrasting environment, and
finding chat among these savages he
had position only as his rum
bought it with the men, and was
without it at all among the women.
One could fancv him all afire after
that dance Of abandon. ready on the
instant 70 yie'd 20 ~ at deepest of all
instincts and surprised, astcunde
almost unbelieving at his repulse
He might have learned that such re-
pulse was not even in the manners
OF the Marnuesans, but sclelv the
"him of Titihuti the BEGINNING Of
that career of whimsical passion and
lnsoNciance which carried her fame
from island to island and fetched
other proud whites from afar to
know her favor. He himself had
come lone way to be the unwitting
victim of the most prankish girl and
woman who ever danced a tribe to
death and destruction, but who,
wlthal, was worth more than she
who launched the thousand ships TO
batter Ilium's towers.
And did he cover his face" I
demanded, hurrying to follow the
windings Of fate.
"El" said the sorcerer. "TIe
Gained the friendship Of chiefs. He
let his ship sail away with but a
paper with words to his tribe. and
he stayed on. He hunted, he swan
and he drank, but he could not touch
his nose to the nose Of Titihuti. for
his nose was naked Weeks passed.
but not his passion. He hovered
about her as the great moth seeks
the firehcs, but ever she was busted
with her pomades and her massage.
the era unguent and the baths. the
oni-oui and the combinr f her rcd
gold tressos. She had set him allame,
but had no aleviation for him.
IS 4 ND then when the moon was |
~ at its height she danced
again. this time alone, as
I he undianuind lchinc hnEn s MIN
New-York tribune., 1920-11-28
1aoHAS JtFfFRSoA NA<AANsR

in life or death, no foothold in the
ranks Of the warriors or place among
the shades of Pc.
SO when white men were cast by
shlpwreck in those wondrous isles of
the far Pacific, or fed from duty on
whalers or warships and sought to
stay among the Marquesans, they ac-
ceced to the honored customs Of their
hosts and adopted their facia
adornment, and often, in the course
OF years, their whole bizarre earb.
The courage that did not shrink from
dwelling among cannibals could not
wilt at the blow Of the hama.
The explorer in the Far North who
lets his face become covered with a
great growth of hair, when he in
tends to return TO civilization can,
with few strokes of razor, be
'again as before. But once the curl
Gus ink of the tattooer has bitten
INTO the skin it is there forever. 1t
Is IKE the pits Of smallpox; it can
never be erased. Through all his
life and into the grave itself the
human canvas must bear the pic
lures painted by the artist Of the
needles. 1t was chain as strong as
Steel riveted on him that fastened
MIN TO those lotus isles. So men Of
America or Europe did not return
70 their native land from the Mar
quesas, but died there. The whorls
. and lines in the una dye write ey
lie forever from the loved ones at
home.
New-York tribune., 1920-11-28

g. UGH a man as Leonardo, WHO
~ painted Mona Lisa" and
erected a hundred other
beautiful things, or Cellini Of TIE
book and a vast creation of intricate
marFels, would have understood the
s%actness Of That art of tattooina in
the Marquesas. Suppose "Mona
Lisa herself, an eXpanse Of her fair
0@ck' and not mere linen, bore her
picture. Wha. infinite pains! Not
more than tcck the taua in such
task. In his mind his p an. he dipped
mis- needle in the ana SCOT and.
placing the poinC upon a pore of the
fesh' he lightly tapped the other
extremity Of The bcne with his lLaa5o
f shin and impressed the sepia into
the living skin, for each point e
flesn making . stroke
Followed fever a arter several hours
Of fri ehtfu. anguish. The dentist j.
the ninistrant OF caressos, his the
loved hand of pleasure, compared
with the suffering caused to the
quiYoring body by the blows of
those needles. A sdance of tattooinp
followed, and several days CT SICK
ness. He had not the strength Of
the natives in pain, and off, he
cried out, but yet he signed that the
tattooing should go on.
Across his eyes, upon the lids
and from ear to ear | made line as
wide as two of your teeth, and 4
crossed lines as wide from the cor
ners of his forehead to the corners
OF his chin. As he was to be admit |
ted to the Lodge Of Tattoocrs. I put
upon his brow the sacred shark as
big as Titihuti's hand. | was four
moons in all that, and all the time
ne must lie within his hut, never
leaving it or speaking I handed
him food and nursed him between
my work. Upon our darker skin the
black candlenut ink is, as you know
as blue as the deep waters of the sea.
but on him it was black as night for
his flesh was white.
He was handsome as ever cod
Of war in the High Place, that for
cigner, and terrible to behold. His
eyes of blue in their black frames
were as threatening as the thundcrs
of the ocean, and above the black
shark glistened his hair, as yellow as
the sands of the shore. A breadfruit
season had passed when we de-
'cended the mountain and he was
received into the tribe of Hanavave.
We called him Tokihi, for his sp'en-
dor, though his name was Villce, as
We could say it,"
kSTNHERE is curious quibble in
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4 y THAT wholly true? Had no

rs THAT wholly true? Had not
L. science or sorcery nepenthe for
the afflicted by such horror
horror II unwanted? Is there not one
%no has escaped such a fate whom
s'e mad become fearful under it?
In the valley Of Hanavaye. in
me Island Of Fatuhiva, where / lived
among the Marque2ans. an aged tat
tooer' himself d sorcercr Of power
N'd me the story. IT. is not mine
Dur mis-; and it has in il all the
strange favor Of those exotic par.
oens of my4tery. 1t ia true. and |
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have often thought of the man most
concerned in it.
We were seated, Puhi Enata and !,
upon the paepde of his home, the
platform of huge stones on which
all houses in the Land of the War
Fleet are built.
In the humid air of that tropic
parallel he made pass before me a
panorama of fantastic tragedy as
real rs the mysterious life about me,
but as astounding and as vivid in its
facts and its narration as the recital
of a drama of ancient Athens by a
master of histrionics. | laughed or
shuddered with the incidents of the
story. He spoke in his native tongue
I'd ] have given his words as they
filtered through the screen of my
alien mind, not always exactly, but
in consonance with the cast of
thought of that faraway and I'M
known land.
New-York tribune., 1920-11-28

hiva. The foreigner sat and pazed
and when Titihuti glided TO where he
was and, planting her feet a metero
away, addressed herself to him. he
stook with longing. She was per
fumed with the jasmine and about
her breasts were rings of those pink
orchids Of the mountains. The for
elgner felt the warmth of her pres
ence as she posed in the attitudes Of
love, He bounded to his feet and
clasping her for the second time to
him, he shouted that he would be
tattooed; he would be man among
nen in the Marquesas.
There was no delay; myself
tattooed him. As always the Gus
tom, took him into The mountain.
and built the patjhl, the house fo
the rite. chat is as it should be, fol
tattooins is Of our gods and Of ou
religion before the whites destroye
1t. / was ara am the mastel 1f ou
arts. did not sketch cut my desigr
upon his skin with par,.ed bamboo
as do some, but struck home the
'1mo ink directly. My needles We,
the bones Of one whom | had s.sin
an enemy of the 0i tribe. | mysel
gathered the candlenuts ana, burn
ING them to powder, mixed that with
water and made my color. My ma
let' or hana, was the shin of anothe.
whom | had eaten.'
New-York tribune., 1920-11-28

ssI9 UT 1.-THE the ritual ritz. Of the rum
about the cask the Judges
awarded Titihuti the Orchid of the
Bird the reward of the First Dancer.
She stood in the light Of the now dy
ing torches, and when the foreigner
would embrace her and lead her
away she turned her laughing eyes
toward him and called out SO tfat
many heard:
"'You are without ornament. o
Haoe. Cover your face as do Mar
ques@n lovers or get back to your
islandr
"Then she hurried away to receive
tie praise and to taste the glory Of
her achievement among her own
family"
New-York tribune., 1920-11-28

Of Titihuti. The judges caught the
rhythm. They themselves were con-
vu'sed by the spell of the girl. The
whole line of silent hundred was
breaking when, as the breadfruit
tails from the tree, suddenly sprang
upon the mead the foreigner who
had come but that day. Though 9TH
ers Of the ship tried to hold him, he
broke from them and, clasping Titi-
huti in his arms, declared that she
was his and that he would defend
his capture. The drums were quie ted,
the Judges rushed to the pair, and
for the time Of waves tapping
the beach spears were seized.
New-York tribune., 1920-11-28

EGVX7 HAD no whites here
w when he came, this man
Of your islands. Other
valleys had them, but Hanavave, no.
Few ships have come to this bay.
New-York tribune., 1920-11-28

kSTNHERE is curious bubble in
the recital Of the Po.ynesian
He arrives ut a crisis of his
tale and avoids it piece of wit
or an idle remark. Perhaps it is to
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sional stage and the salon of So
cicty.
New-York tribune., 1920-11-28

<GTAH1ATINI came from, .ho
4 shadow Of the trees She
wore dress of topo, made
from the pith of the mulberry tree,
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IS \ ND then when the moon was
~ at its height she danced
again. this time alone, as
the undsputed uchjHc hnhn Of Tatu-
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IS 4 FTER weeks of melancholy
~ he summoned me one dav
'TQatG,' he said Sc
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1920-12-07
KILLED LARGE COUGAR
GETS FIFTY DOLLAR BOUNTY

Lewiston-Ben White, an employee
of the sheep firm of Dobbin & Huff
man, making his headquarters with
the bands along Sheep creek, on the
upper Snake river, came to Lewiston
yesterday with cougar skin, to claim
the bounty of $50 offered by the state
for the destruction of the animals,
under the predatory animal law. The
animal, which measured 8 feet 2
inches in length, was shot by White
on November %. 1t was while he was
going through timbered section of
the country that his dog suddenly
stopped beneath tree and commen-
ced to bark White at the time was
unarmed After glancing in the tree
and discovering the animal crouched
along a lower limb, he made a trip
of one mile for rifle. Upon return
ing he found his dog still keeping
vigil. The one shot fired pierced the
animals heart Sheriff Porter
Shaefer assisted White in making out
his claim and having it returned to
the proper authorities. Cougars are
scarce in the section of the country in
which this one was killed.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1920-12-07
DR.. WODSEDALEK'S
ARTICLE IN DEMAND
PAPER BY ZOOLOGIST OF UNI
VERSITY OF IDAHO AWAKENS
MUCH INTEREST.

Definite theories announced as the
result of research work in sex control
among farm animals recently COM
pleted by DR. J. E. Wodsedalek, head
of the department of zoology and en-
tomology at the University of Idaho,
are attracting the attention of leading
scientists not only in the United Sta
tes, but in Latin America and in
Europe. An article by Dr. Wode-
dalek on this subject was given a
prominent position in recent issue
of the Geological Bulletin"
The results of this research are said
to have a very important bearing on
heredity in livestock, the university
daily receives from various parts of
the country requests for reprints of
DR.. Wodsedalek's article. AS DR..
Wodsedalek spends virtually all his
vacations and his leisure" hours on
research, his recently published paper
offers the results of Is months of
constant, painstaking microscopic
work on the sex cells of cattle.
The problem was supported by the
Adams fund of the Agricultural Ex-
pertinent. station. In commenting on
director of the experiment station and
ucdu u Iuc OOlcSt VI ARIlCuIIuIc,
said, ''This most interesting paper by
DR.. Wodsedalek represents piece of
truly fundamental research 1t has
the special merit of contributing ma
terially to information available on
the problem Of sex control and ap-
peals equally to those concerned in
the practical operation in animal pro-
luction and animal improvement. I
nave found that many animal hus-
oandry specialists have been intensely /
Interested in, and have followed close 4
y Dr. Wodsedalek's research. Thed
paper is most valuable contribution
20 animal literature.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1920-12-07
ROUTINE MATTERS OCCUPY
ATTENTION OF CITY COUNCIL

Routine matters occupied the at
tention of the city council at their
regular meeting Monday night, with
but little exception.
Work on the septic tank and sewer
extensions of local improvement dis
trict No A was ordered indefinitely
suspended for want of funds, as ap-
peared from the treasurer's report,
as well as an account of weather con-
itions.
The sexton's report showed that
five infant and seven adult burials
were made during the month of No
vember end that lots and burial plots
had been sold to the amount of $142,
together with burial fees.
1t appeared that only three arrests
had been made by the police depart
ment during the month of November,
and that only nine cases of quarantine
for smallpox were made during the
month.
Receipts from all sources for the
month of November, as shown by the
treasurers report, were $203730 and
disbursements of $3677.66 were made
during the same period.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1920-12-07

program came when all wers made
to remember their childhood days,
when member dressed as "Mary
Christmas" who is an especial friend
of the good old Santa arrived with a
bag of toys for all. Much merry
making followed in the guessing Of
the contents of each package. Last
but not least were the delicious re-
freshments. Great praise was given
the committees in charge and the
Home Department extends their
thanks and appreciation to Rev. W. S.
Snoddy for the use of the room as it's
cheerfulness added much to the pleas
ure of the afternoon.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1920-12-07
UNIVERSITY CLUB
TO PRESENT PLAY
WILL GIVE BELLE, THE TYPE
WRITER GIRL" AT GUILD
HALL THREE NIGHTS.

The University Club of Moscow is
to take over the fifth Drama play,
presenting farcial treatment Of an
old-fashioned melodrama: "Belle, the
Typewriter Girl" The play is to be
given on three nights, December IA,
Is, and 16 at the Guild Hall.
All holders of Drama Club tickets
should exchange their tickets at Sher-
fey's for this particular performance
E4All others admission is fifty cents.
The cast which is recruited from
members of the Drama Club, who are
also members of the University Club
is as follows: Messrs. Candee, Cush-
man, Huddelson, Kirkham, McDole,
Muttkowski, and Richards.
There are five thrilling, hair-raising
acts dealing death and destruction on
both sides of the footlights The great
fire scene in ActIv will be particular
ly realistic. The latest approved
methods of fire fighting will be ex-
hibited at this time.
DR. Muttkowski, who plays the part
of the blond typewriter girl is especi-
ally fitted for his part, as he has not
only played on the pipe organ for the
past ten years, but also on the Cor
ona and the L. C. Smith. In fact, he
ments A new typewriter has to be
used in each act on account of the ar
duous demands of the play
For those who do not care for the
there will be provided not
one but two villians-one in blond,
the other in a brunette mustache;
and there will be a whole mob of
Vandykes and goatees. The comedy
Jew has had his nose especially mar
celle for this performance only Mr..
Cushman has assembled all his fav-
orite love scenes from Drama Club
plays for this Christmas performance,
and they will come all done up in pink
Mr. McDole's death scene
has been pronounced quite perfect
from the medical point Of view, and
The poisoned cup especially prepared
Tor this performar,ce only BY the Bon
ron, is reported 70 be quite delicious.
Knives and pistolB will be contributed |
~ the local hardware stores.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1920-12-07
WORKERS ARE LAID OFF
WAGES BEING REDUCED

The tendency toward retrenchment
is being manifested in all sections and
all industries. Today's dispatches state
that the Southern Pacific railroad has
laid off 1000 of it's employees in its
mechanical department The Leonard
Copper mine at Butte, one of the
largest producing mines of that dis
trict has closed down and discharged
hundreds of employees who are thrown
out of work at the beginning of win
ter, and the American Smelling and
Refining Company has reduced wages
of all employees 80 cents a day at its
East Helena, Montana, smelter: The
low price of lead is given a the reasonl
for reduction of wages and the low
price of copper for the the closing OF
the copper mine.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1920-12-07
HISTORICAL CLUB HAS
A SPLENDID MEETING

One of the most enjoyable smeetings
ever held by the Historical Club was
the annual get-together meeting held
1T Friday at the Presbyterian church
W1ssn the Home Department was
hostess to the other departments.
Seventy members were present to en-
JOY the good time. The room was
decorated in Christmas colors and
Christmas songs were sung by the
members and Christmas game
played. Mrs H. D. Martin sang two
Christmas songs which were well re-
.ceived. The hit Of the afternoons
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1920-12-07
More Mail Robbers Sentenced.

Des Moines, Iowa-(By A. P)-
Fred Poffenberger and Orville Phil
lips, of Council Bluffs, two of the
participants. in the big mail robbery
by which II was claimed $3,500,000
in cash and bonds was stolen from a
Burlington mail car near Council
Bluffs recently, were sentenced to 18
and 13 years in the federal peniten-
tiary at Leavenworth late yesterday
by United States Judge Wade. Both
pleaded guilty.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1920-12-07
ALASKA ASKS MORE
SElF-..GOvERNMENT
GOVERNOR RIGGS, IN ANNUAL
REPORT LAYS CONDITIONS
BEFORE WASHINGTON.

WESTINGHOUSE A. P)-An
appeal for greater coordination in the
policies of the federal government
and for "the greatest possible need
| of government through series
of recommendations for governing the
! territory of Alaska submitted in the
annual report of Thomas Riggs, Jr.,
the territorial governor, made public
today
"Sentimentalists have done and are
doing more damage to Alaska, ,"Gover-
nor Riggs declares, ethan can ever be
undone, unless broad policy of de-
velopment is undertaken which recog-
nizes the rights of invested capital
and the welfare of the individual.
Laws should govern instead of revo-
cate regulations, but when there must
be regulations, such regulations
should be promulgated by authority
located within the territory and not
1000 miles away. In the interest of
good citizenship, to promote self-reli-
ance and to strengthen the desire for
public welfare, the greatest possible
need of self-government shold be al
lowed the residents of the territory"
The Alaska governor urges the
definition of some sort of a colonial
policy, asserting that abanon of such
a policy has caused capital, supposed
ly headed for Alaska, to turn to Brit
ish Columbia, to the loss of Alaska.
This causes him to remark "that in
Canada the founder of great new
industry gets knighted; in Alaska
very often indicted"
Honest and energetic attempts,
he adds have been made by the Wash
- IoC
ka through construction of govern
been paid to development of the terri
tory's natural resources and little en-
couragement in the way of legislation
has been provided to get anyone to
settle along the railway now being
constructed. AS remedy for this
condition, he submits, as his chief
the enactment by
of the pending Alaska de-
board bill This measure,
he asserts, will do more for Alaska
than any other piece of legislation
and seemingly, he adds, is opposed
only by the government bureau at
The prediction is made by governor
Riggs that should the development
board bill and other recommendations
be adopted, appropriations for Alaska
can be cut below similar amounts ap-
for any state and the ter
ritory "instead of simply being the
greatest per capita contributor to the
national revenues will, in addition,
soon become self-supporting and self
q
Governor Riggs submits figures
showing the total commerce of Alaska
with the United States the last calen-
dar year to have amounted to $685.
586,695, decrease of $17, $50 1896
over 1918, due largely to after effects
of the war, to a smaller run of sales
and to lessen copper mining resulting
from the slump in the copper market.
The governor says the condition Of
the laboring man in Alaska was bet
,er than in the states, while the oppor-
5unities for saving were greater, as
here was not the same temptation to
spend on amusements or "boiled
shirts. silk stockings and high heeled
Shoes
The governor places the value OF
Alaska's mineral products in 1919 at
SO ,620,913. The mines of Alaska
since 1880 are estimated as having
Produced $438 ,161 900 worth of minA.
erals