Show Mis y Finds Samoa the the U z Paradise of Pacific Land of H. H Plenty and Perpetual P Verdure I S III r By s. s J. J f ts a. a magic Isles of f mystic ea e s Is declared to be the para- para I dlo ll ot of the Pacific Thirteen da days s 's from San Francisco miles mUes I from the white mans man's domain ten islands ranging from to square re miles each on which there ot a foot toot of barren land where there thero is eternal moisture moisture-ete moisture moisture eternal tal gr greep A landof plenty where sustenance sustenance sus sus- can be had for the taking where nere the the- Samoans will make you your i r at t home If It you have a d democratic disposition i ow ow if you are sufficiently inveigled in inv inveigled in- in v turn on your imagination and andi we we will go to Samoa with a m mat t who lived there for eight X e fLIs rs He is John Quincy Adams typo recently returned from the is islands islands is- is l lands lands- i ds' ds with ith his family after atter serving hl his second term there as a Mormon Mormon Mor- Mor mon missionary All Ali aboard for San Francisco if you have lave not changed your mind it i is seven da days s 's to Strange there arent aren't many Ha- Ha allans left in Honolulu We must musto gW go o farther Six days to Pago Pago Paga e Samoa maa Here wo we are south and w st of Australia in the southern seas seas Pago Pago is the United States naval natal base It has a remarkable h harbor bordered by hills of rock th that i are covered with moss It locks like a landscape painting Out fr from this this' port the freighters c carry cargoes of at copra dry coconut coconut coco coco- nut meat tho the oil of which is used to fot take fine lne cosmetics There are aro natives es in Brit- Brit and American Samoa They live in small villages mostly ne near nearS r S the trie beaches The typical Samoan t the American Indian He lie is powerful straight and olive olive- skinned Foreigners think he is lazy but but- he is not Usually Usual he ha- sets sets out la in his boat and fishes b bye moonlight and while the white whiteman man works he- he sleeps His lied bed Is made of small pebbles like tiling set In the floor It is covered ered with mats and a bamboo pillow Is used This is one of ot the reasons the natie na- na tie V has such a straight figure and good health His hut but is small about feet in to size arid and egg- egg shaped a good example of the shape being being- that of the Tabernacle on ori the T Temple mple grounds The Samoans wear no shoes but they are aro beginning to adopt the American costume In British Samoa Sa Sa- moa man there are sever t thousand white people In seime some parts parts' of Samoa Samoa Samoa Sa Sa- Sa- Sa moa the natives nati are afo learning the English language and customs Most of the schools are sectarian I there theVe being two twenty-two schools sponsored by the tho L L. 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S church Regular forms of ot matrimony are arenow arenow now observed but some somo of the tho I natives the tho most primitive still adhere to the customs of their an an- I an-I It Is a rule for the parent I I to object to the hand of any man who proposes to wed his daughter daugh daugh- ter The prospective b bridegroom i j daugh-j then must use his wits to capture the girl and run away with her I The father generally makes this a avery avery avery very difficult thing to do since he I surrounds his da daughter with guards and locks her up If It the wooer is I artful enough to break down these barriers he takes the tho girl gird away for a few days and this simple as it is but yet et constitutes the marriage ceremony When a girl marries she is Is in most cases about 14 years Jears old The automobiles In Samoa are all made in the United States Gasoline Gas- Gas oline prices range from 50 BO to 75 cents per gallon so 50 the upkeep ofa of ofa I a car Is high I Let us drive inland There are I hundreds of cattle that require no hay they feed on the wild vegetation vegetation vegetation vege- vege no tation of ot the land It rains in abundance so the soil soli is always s fer fer- tile tHe V Wo pass among cocoanut palms and countless countless' banana and I fer-I pineapple groves They hey cost very little There are sugarcanes too the thatch of which is used to build huts along with the fiber from cocoanut cocoanut cocoanut co co- co- co trees Amid all an these natural conveniences conveniences business is carried on English English En En- glish gUsh and nd American money is used and trading is done much the sameI same samo way as it is in the United States I The natives work h in the groves and at sea fishing But we are forgetting the beautiful beautiful beautiful beau beau- things of Samoa the Samoa the language the soul of the place the music The Samoan alphabet has fourteen letters all an English vowels and soft consonants Thus It Is the most oe beautiful language spoken It compares with Hawaiian In its m musical musical mu mu- rhythm but even Hawaiian has a few hard letters such as ask ask ask k k which Samoa does not pos pos- sess Beneath the midnight sun the Samoan dance festival Is alluring in Its shimmering grace Like the they dance for the love lovo of ot dancing The inhabitants are hospitable We Ye are ore welcome to whatever they have They consider it an honor If if we stay with them provided we place ourselves ourse on a level leve with them They do not have to fight for tor what they get hence they ac accumulate accumulate accumulate ac- ac cumulate nothing and it is their I belief bellef that what nature gives is given for everybody They live from day to day day- without worry without malice This may may be th the Utopia that poets have dreamed about The so social social social so- so cial system Is one of ot absolute equality If your neighbor has something you want take It you ou have as much right to It as he has The Samoans would be cursed if they denied anyone anything It Is the Island Is and of Lotus Eaters After Atter sunset the bec becomes mes wet with dew but there is no no fog |