| Show LECTURE ON THE SAMOAN ISLANDS jannary ath a select audience assembled in the social hall to listen to a lecture on the above subject by elder joseph H dean before the students society of the latter day saints college A map of the samoan group of islands was exhibited to the audience and contributed largely to a clear understanding der standing of the geographical points touched upon in sadi addition tion to this specimens of cloths claths war clubs fly brushes baskets necklaces fans ava bowl etc were shown and viewed with interest the speaker prefaced his remarks by referring to his missionary experiences calling attention to the map and giving a brief 1 description of the group the climate vegetation etc also received allen attention Lion the islands said the lecturer are of coral formation some borne of them are surmounted by volcanic islands and coral reefs the natives were described and some of their peculiar liar cus customs thine narrated their food was said to consist of bread fruit bananas cocoa cocoanuts nuts fruit fish etc their chief vegetable is the kalo lakalo which tastes more like a potato than anything else known to americans the cocoanut coco anut is one of the most useful of the articles known to the 8 Suno moans ans the fabres fibres of the husks are used for ropes etc their shells for cups and so forth the beai fo seasoning the leaves for fans lask baskets ets and the fluid for oil bhe e isle drink mude made from the lava ava is ane e equivalent ori valentin in use to the pipe of peace of the american indian the ava bowl is made from the crow cross section of a tree the speaker gave a brief account of the late samoan difficulty and especially ally dwelt upon that portion with which he came in contact he spoke of the respect shown toward the mis sion aries by by the belligerents A description of the terrible disaster in the harbor of apia abia followed it began said the lecturer on a thursday evening and was first signalled signal led by a heavy wind which continued during the night and the next day he witnessed the terrible scene attendant upon this storm and was therefore now able to give a graphic description of the same elder dean closed with a statement of the advantages attaching to the samoan mission and the condition of that mission at the present time an organ solo by bj miss jenta smith and a song by miss cumorah smith made up the remainder of the evenings pro gramme |
