Show I 1 P s LA A DM P 0 LV aa lis owl I 1 rv N 1 1 X t N I 1 03 JL N 1 31 T 41 zo A 1 l s 1 1 gt 1 e VIN Z al 1 g fa 11 r A pori pen of the csan paradise prepared by the national geographic society washington D C tit in the new pacific that the washington cun conference ferene Is tu to have created will be the future of fiances fiancee Fi ances island pos nearest to the unit united ed states the Maique aas in a few years these fertile lovely lalands islands now left I practically alone may be as it geographical clean slate fo the natives are rapidly dking off the spanish navigator mendana SIen dana first dim the islands with ith their towering black cliffs and sailed through a break into a wonderful bay once the chater of a huge vo volcano leano what must have been his arnaz amazement ement Is shared by the traveler today within willila tile the bay what nhat a cont contrast I 1 where once telluric fires burned the luxuriant verdure endure of the tropics now 0 oer er runs the immense ta in riot ali tous us profusion it Is as if nature in 0 repentant mood were pouring out her gif g its with unstinted hand to cover the scars sars and desolation wrought by volcanic fury tree and vine flower and shrub cuer coner the abrupt almost er vertical ertl cal sides of the huge basin and clamber high over rid ridge ge alter after ridge oi of the kulle like hills choke choice the deep ru ravines viries and valleys with their prolific mass of bloom and foliage and creeping in rich abundance almost to the tiAn waters edge climb the black basalt dins cliffs towering over the bay thus seeking to soften their harsh harrah broken outlines beneath a rauk rank growth of vines and great cascades springing from the living lock high on the mount mountain nin side leap over mighty precipices gleaming like strands of salier in the sunlight to be lost la in the mysterious depths of dark gorges far below these waters wind through dark tortuous tortu ou ravines and form the racing stream that tumbles swiftly between the ti twisting sting hills into tile the steep valley of hanavave Hana vave where it rushes oner oer lt it rocky bed to pass into the blue waters of the quiet bay beyond the crescent of white sand band that lies iles between the cliffs banyan mango and breadfruit trees mingle their brilliant foliage and blossoms with the slender brown trunks and waving frond of the an ann coco palm less than a century ago this forest was vas thickly dotted with the brown thatched huts buts of the each upon its paepae or platform of stone constructed Nit without hout mortar or cement thousands of thee the the e no longer in use cling to the vertical sides of valleys and invites in a state ot of perfect preservation the platform usually 20 by 30 or 40 feet level and unbroken often walled up ia 11 or 15 feet on tile the lower side beautiful women alerc men to describe tile the dainty graceful as she unquestionably A aus us before cooks may lay the describer biln to tile the charge ot of exaggeration ge ration hut lout froni from meldena Me Mel iduna duna to ste lets alth Ble hille for good measure her hei beauty was a source burce ot of surprise end ead admiration cheli women fogress pogress beautiful luxuriant heir fine eyes perfect teeth a slender graceful torin form a skin of acl elvet texture and surface and these physical attractions attract lOBS aru are combined with a of spirit and action exaggeration becomes aud and unless all of the lalands islands hae han e tor for several centuries agreed to deceive the orld such was tile the so she Is today when then sickness has not her cli charm arin the men were fierce cruel canni blits whose chief aside from the indulgence of their ai amative natIve proclivities wag the killing of both men and w women orne 11 it f other for gas gastronomic tr um c fi th 01 powerful tapu was tile law sud oil the tb ot of the marque sonae some of the for the guidance of the women would probably incite a kf suffragette fragette to spectacular wrath without exception on any island women might not eat cat lona ion pis nor brown briwn pi a 0 delicacy much enjoyed by the ui men folks felks in the absence of the longer variety nor dally with bonita or squid the tha two no fishes most in favor with the SIar palate nor except on special occasions eat fresh breadfruit bananas ba or coconut nor could they go in canoes a provision to keep them from being captured by enemies lurk lurking tri outside the bay and a tapu Eav savoring oring of sol solomon omo n in its wisdom adom women could not it would be a grave error to con lude from alie taboos mentioned that the life of the woman was wa a hard bard one they had no re agriculture in any form was unknown ki iun llie natives naties took the bountiful abety of llora flora the islands inlands provid ed cd but to assist nature in n all any way by tilling or ie planting never aleer occurred to them thein content blui ith their gratifies tion of the cie desires sires of the day the took literally no thought tor for tile llie morrow lorrow il the most favored intoxicant in the alie Marque sas Is namu ehl or as it Is more commonly known loko koko ehl la Is for coconut and it Is from the coco coca palm that tills most insidious and delectable of drinks la Is made A tall fall coco palm that has been windblown so that its plumy top leans far out of the perpendicular Is chosen the buds from which eve eventually ritually fifty or sixty nuts would be produced grow la in a compact oblong cluster near ahr top of the palm tile the native calmba the tree and using long strips of bark or fiber binds the cluster of blossoms tightly round and round until the result resembles a huge fat cigar protruding from 1 rom the fronds underneath the point of this a bowl Is suspended and tile tip end ot of the wrapping sliced off after the second day it begins to drip freely but the end must be sliced fresh every twenty four hours to stimulate the flow in this manner a tree trea will furnish one or more gallons it day fo for several weeks when fresh from the tree the beverage resembles a delicious lemonade with a lavor flavor which would tusks make the fortune of a soft dorok manufacturer acho ho could reproduce it Ferme fermentation takes place speedily however slid aud to in a few hours your soft drink lias has ill hardened ard into ft a vicious mankiller man killer th that only a savage can go a against with impunity captain cooks report placed tile the Maique aas literally and figu figuratively on the map that was years ago and since then the history ot of the islands Is the tragic story of 0 a losing ast ly by a race of savages against a civilization represented tit in this instance by the whaler the missionary the trader the blackbirder and finally filially their conquest and subjugation by a foreign poi cra in 18 12 admiral du petit thounsa took posses slim of the entire group in tha name 0 of f france osten ostensibly bibly to protect the rul missionaries in their labors for christianity forts were built on several of tile the islands and troops installed to enforce fiech authority the ensuing fifty years Is a record of desultory warfare between the french soldiers and the warriors varr marrI lors ors in which the latter always at war with each other and poorly armed were constantly defeated of blackbird erb from north and south america abo raided the weakened v villages 1111 ages and sold the men inert and women i into t slavery in far off lands and of t tha he frightful ravages of small smallpox poi tuberculosis leprosy and aad other aw ao |