Show vrn i r f p SUNDAY How January good tasted this morning And Mangos last night Priesthood meeting was held in inthe inthe inthe the little frame church at Everything thing was in Tahitian except the opening prayer which I offered In n Hawaiian I was v announced lS as one of tho the speakers for Lot this after after- afternoon's afternoon's afternoon's noon's meeting Sunday school was from flom 11 until 12 noon i In the afternoon meeting the two i new missionaries were introduced to the Saints and gave e their first speeches They spoke In and President Mallory interpreted into Tahitian He ne asked me to toI speak in Hawaiian I spoke partly I in Hawaiian and partly in English lie He interpreted the English portion to them and said that many of the older natives understood most of what I said said in Hawaiian They all crowded round me al- al alter af nf after ter meeting just meeting just as thought I were in Hawaii among We Wc had bad a lot of fun trying to un un understand each other The night met meeting ting was the most entertaining It started at pm I got R to attend attend although although he didn't want to This meeting was more in the form of a social with anyone liable to be called upon for lor songs etc They called the two new elders to sing a duet duct and they tried When Its It's Springtime in the They called me out ont of the clear blue to sing a Hawaiian song so 0 I attempted to oblige with Imi Au ia is Oe accompanying my my- myself myself myself self on the ukulele They must be gluttons for punishment because they wouldn't let me sac stop until I had given ghen them Mal Ial 1 Ce Iau au and Oe Ce The Natives sang some aoma ancIent chants for our special benefit W Weird and eerie ceriel R It said It sounded like a cro crowd d of drunks celebrating A lesson was carried on between numbers number The Tahitians cannot sing or or- play nearly Dearly as aa a well as the Hawaiians MONDAY 1 January january It tha the air o or tM th frish S Sea sea e brew b but breez-but but at any rate this is a land of or smile A sober face is the exception Eve Even Evea strangers smile at you rou in passing And its it's contagious too whites catching it from th the natives native an and passing it around What a happy happyland happyland happyland land Wo We heard of or a hut for tor rent si a- amile simile mile or so out of town so we walk walk- walked walked walk walked ed out to investigate We looked at- at several at-several several while out that way bu but none seemed to suit Some were were- were too too high in price and one in parti parti- particular particular particular cular was too near the owners owner's hogpen hog hogpen pen Of course we wouldn't min th the smell but it so many flies TUESDAY January Market place Market place Is inter inter- interesting interesting interesting esting to see only ece only you must get there very early in the morn to see see- se seit it it We made the sacrifice this morn mom morn morning ing lag and it was well worth it it The marketers bring in their theft their produce da fish r fish fruits f In- In woven la-woven produce every fish day dayi woven palm leaf baskets bleg bIos bles pork both alive and de dead dead- dead dead- d- d anything anything that will sell goes Everyone goes to market and for a couple of ot or- or hours there is a hustle and bustle that would would make a sale fire look like a slow motion picture Then by or o'clock practically everything is sold fold out and the place place- is i all but deserted save for a few lew lewold old women who park by their pro pro- produce produce pro produce duce all day and make sales to stra stragglers I Desiring a few bananas I pick pick- picked picked pick picked ed three out of one ona old basket tried to talk Tahitian to her herand herand herand and handed her a 10 centime 10 entime piece asking askin asking her if that was sufficient She was pleased at a stranger anger try try- trying try trying ing lug so soon to speak ak her tongue and she the handed the money back saying Aba Aita peapea means means In a sense never mind or no trouble literally I that she ehe take It however it it amounts to about tenths six of ot a cent cent and she oh was vas profuse in w her thanks her thanks thank They Thoy are not all like that that at the market by any means means means- but t nt la Is an an example of ot how their I It true Polynesian spirit com cornea to- to to the the- th force tor the if-the if the tactics right are used |