Evening star., 1934-11-25

would stay with them for year and
teach them how to run 1t.
We did not wish to offend these
kind and childlike people, so We had
to invent excuses, but sometimes we
were hard pressed for it. For in
stance. I gave Kitsenna my lashlight
which had been of great help to us
in the dark looking for things around
camp. Even Layluk could not blow
out its light. l gave him extra bat
teries and showed him the simple
use of it
Now another Eskimo came up with
some beautiful white fox skins and
offered them for an electric light
bulb. He had seen the fine light it
gave. and it would have solved so
many problems for them in their
house where they had to use seal oil
and reindeer moss for light. 1t was
as simple as the hashlight, for all you
had to do, they thought, was hang
the bulb on a string and turn a little
knob They did not realize, Of course,
that in order to make the bulb work
We would have to leave our entire
power plant behind which none OF
them knew the first thing about
operating.
So you see, We had to use infinite
tact, for an Eskimo, like most un-
civilized people, will respect you and
quickly judge you according to what
you say and how you deal with them.
The Eskimos are the most truthful
people in the world. and If one OF
them should ey, tell a lie, he would
be ostraciZed by the whole village.
Mrs. Kleinschmidt also divested
herself of everything she could spare
and robbed us into the bargain. If
we should have an accident on the
way home, it will go hard with us,
for we won't have a pot to cook in, a
needle or thread nor a tent to pitch
camp with. The only thing I am
sure she has left is her wedding ring.
The airplane has now been rolled
tors are droning, we have to dis
mantle the ground wireless set, and I
have to sign off at this point. We
will keep in touch with Santa through
our shortwave wireless set on the
plane as he said that he will want to
follow us on every step of our journey.
He is also going to train the big tele-
scope in his observatory on us and
watch our flight himself. He wants
us to have a safe trip and to reach
Washington on time for the sched-
uled showing of our movies in which
he is deeply interested and which he
so kindly helped us to make.
Daily Messages on Trip.
We will also send daily wireless
messages to The Star to keep you
posted on the progress Of our flight
and to tell you just when we will
arrive with the films.
Santa is laughing and joking with
Mrs. Kleinschmidt. He thinks our
trip is going to be very pleasant
one, although We might have some
bad weather flying over the first thou
sand miles back to Hudson Bay. But
our pilot certainly knows the country
and every mountain and river, and
we are not the least worried.
I think Santa really would have
liked to come back with us. But that
would have been too much to expect,
as he is so busy now getting ready
for Christmas eve. We have the
next best thing, though, in the NOV
ing pictures, and all the boys and
girls in Washington will be able to
see Santa as he really is in his own
home.
Santa is going to say good-by te
us in just a few moments. He says
he is already anticipating the great
pleasure he will give to the boys and
| girls in Washington at Christmas
time. That is his last message te
YOU. And I can tell you that nothing
gives him more pleasure than to give