Detroit evening times., 1943-08-15
BY CHARLES w. GODDARD

1913 by American wooky Inc Britain Rights Reserved
A T last a school for Robinson Crusoes.
- That famous adventure novel inspired a steady
stream of and women to cast themselves away
hopefully South islands they go
of these pioneers along the road TO
yesterday. either died or had to give up and wonder
they didn't how to do it.
At the Ranger and Combat School Honolulu
American troops being taught how TO make almost
picnic out of shpwreck desert isle with little more
equipment than knife and fish hook
1t is not what you have in your hands that eeanta
hut what you have your head The only way 10 get this
education however, is to join the armed forces.
Dr. Kenneth p. Emory, in recent issue Of Natural
History published by the American Museum Of Natural
History New York, gives fascinating account Of how
and why formed Robinson Crusoc" class in
the Bernice P. Bishop Museum at Honolulu.
All the necessities of life and many Of its comforts
are waiting you nearly South lands food
drink clothing shelter medicine and mosquito net
ting you know death by thirst starvation and poison
if you don't know.
All this information has been picked up by the Museum
in the course of its expeditions and it came from the
natives the real dscoverers Therefore Dr. Emory tells
his pupils friends with these professional Csoe
if they are lucky enough to find any The training just
in they don't.
The first thing to do is 60 TO the general store"
better known as the coconut palm, which will supply
Private Crusoc the bulk his wants is
know" Otherwise he is like customer butcher shop
without his ration book Dr. Emory took his first class of
eight officers and after preliminary schoolroom study
the museum to island approximating what they
might be likely find if a transport torpedoed
plane shot down in the Also spectators
along First they tackled the palm and prepared
the following meal he relates:
"Sprouted coconuts were huslted on the fat sharp
point of stick thrust in the ground Spectators
served 'millionaires salad the base sprou
embryo, we'll the delicate uto mashmalow-lRe
growth that fills the space once occupied by the fluid of
the coconut.
THE half shells with lining Of coconut meat or
copra serve reserve food or after grating it,
oil could pressed relieving preventing
knives and guns from rustng Pieces this meat
impaled coconuteafle midrb made perfect candle
No.,
split evenly half by a blow with a the center
of the rib running midway between the eyes
into heap of snowy white PARTICLES The crater made
of shell
with pocket knife the shell was edged with tccth
and firmly ashed by strip of bark 20 the a
log. raised ground. The grated caught
shell its rich tasty cream. The
wrapped t-leaves, placed banana leaves laid
on nest Of hot stones"
THIS may like prodgious variety Of food TO be
obtained from just kind Of tree but while was
cooking they went back to the general another
bill Of goods from its housebuldng furnishing depart
ments In Of Of those sudden tropical downpours
it is nice TO build your house hurry should not
take much than half an hour
The Professor Of "shpwreckoloev states 7t so green
leaves from the palm acting as-shinglc are enough 20
thatch house big enough Tho thaich should
be plated together in two minutes. order TO get
passing mark While this is being others put up
framework of the house
THE thatch then tied on" he writes beginning
az the bottom pairs thatchcd sheets aycrlappup eac
other at Intervals OF ak inches IN less than half an hout
the house stood coWpeted foored with serrg mats Of
cocohu leaf closed in at oDe end with SCREENS and
at The other with mosquito netting"
Where did they get that precious thing Why il is
coconut cloth the leaf stipule Tourists Florida and
other Southern States have the screenke stick
ing out Of the trunks Of these palms nails are needed
because everything is tied together tied with what?
Material also supplied by the good old general store
August ~. 1919