Evening Star Newspaper, December 20, 1925, Page 88

THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, . D. €., DECEMBER 20, 1925 PART 5. Official Is Stran I Health lnspcctor on South Pacific iTour With Government Party Is at M ErCY of Savage Tribe — party.s Stcaltixy Approach Telegraphed by Tomtoms—Perilous Situation Is Faced With Empty Guns—Results of an Inac- urate Chart. BY W, CILENTO country the natives mile of the st eve. night, we heard tom-toms beating which ac- dance, hut the irregu of telegraphic or the he nd of measured e how of the R I called out Mauanga. and aske vet. He disclai “I will tell you what bout. It is that I said wughing ressi he asked opening o they are sending on iz stoutly nothing affirmed that he ny message. It persuading him that 1 lerstood it perfectly that I finally ceded in drawing out of him what to know. As I suspected, exsage was “Kiap 'e come (The it oflicer is coming).” Thus our stealthy approach translated 20 frantic tom-toms into something embling rd manifestation, hal ress in outw r | the {event, a it the fartl found on the chirrup of vhen inhabitant visi rent vou ther As T gave me pon the taken part happened had fallen of hix they ith oh nts reside picked natives had attacked t fended, they had set upon it hope of plunder. Under such cir- no native ever takes into | » certainiy of punishment. | t here is 4 big store wands 2 Squally Islind Mussau and ente oliu Here nd the island, w found that e specifiec With | ness of all peoples in the | the \ ne ining them up. with some difficulty i1 their respective family groups. But 1 question directed to one would bring the whole tribe inquisi- | tively crowding around, to the ruin of | established order. By the time they had been sorted out again those at one end of the line or other would in-| evitably have become engaged in fu rious argument, or perhaps in private harter, with the members of the police force stationed to keep them in line else they would have gone down to water or wandered off into the Even the most vigilant patrol )t succeed in preventing the lines from somehow melting away. The district officer, seated at his table, would do his best to check off a census list, but here the confusion was | almost beyond straightening out. At a time of il Joy or sorrow, or inj commemoration of any slgnificant native always changes his “Arawatendaten!” the district | officer would call, referring to the | paper in front of him. There would| he no reply 1 Arawatendaten had no doubt change his name more than once since the previous census. Or, to compli- cate matters, five Arawatendatens would stand out, ranging in age from six to sixty. each solemnly affirming that he v the grandfather Arawa bush Specis name. | making ineffectual suge Dsum Treacherous R/eef Among Warlike Natives wives A4 up at the last decorated sp the e it nd weig to his brothe: offert; » had perh ccklice ory giver mad: enerally strikes by the S-tone draw Sttop f a dream sigzhted a reef Tha light w od FOUR CNWILLING POLICE- BOYS, WITHOUT AMMUNI- TION, TO GUARD OUR POSSES- SION! sefs in the vicinity, we decided to ike soundings and go ahead at half- speed. Steaming slowly in past the headlands, we swung out our lead, to take a first soundinz. At that very monsnt came u scarcely perceptible jar and an ominous sound of some- thing ripping. We had run right up on a_totally uncharted coral mush- room! Everybody rushed forwa what damage had been body cursed; everybody stood around stions. That we sat, high and tight as you please. To add to our consternation, Hill, the skipper, pointed out that we had &one on the reef at the very full of the tide. We could not have timed our accident worse; for at low tide the reef would undoubtedly be only 2 or 3 feet below the surface of the water The “hoy™ we sent down under wa- ter to investi ported that the reef consisted of a narrow neck which mushroomed out just sufficiently wide to take the whole of our keel. At first we thought we might be able to break through this slender stem of coral. Natives are amphiblous creatures and | four of our fellows below armed with short crowbars worked in relay total of their accompl after an hour’s hard labor was that the coral looked a bit scratched. Next we trled running our engine full speed ahead and then suddenly reversing. We churned up the water in magnificent style and succeeded in jamming onrselves more securely than t copper sheeting trom our bot- | nd that nov remained the by th 11 excusable overs police boys! aded on the hox unsafe vou rifle, but they do n Meanwhile canoe | vere circling round & tinizing the boat at lc dently trying to make out just what | 2,000 r situat We ne and did our best them that we had pe £ our own accord. Y n was. every little action now e chara L boat, w dge s on shol alto pp 1 the goods wa round in a suspicious od up i stinct to « The nativ < taking st in the s & landed fro 1 of ustered bout the contents of all the boxes. | the events ¢ Finally one or two c red the greatest le diver cour stripped off 41 begar possi ould ha ecruit been ! Traders i them the th now 1 military and rviffles had never at. It Is surpris 1 tight both ammunition and |and the only counter ot fit ads of natives | nd round, scru- | & distance and | concern | strate to | ched on the reef | t somehow thetr semed to have man suppressed an | ar | re, it seemed to | gther too much lies which were > hoats. As each s deposited they ten curious »f them actually | There wz nothing » do now but wait. We walked over to the side of the deck and sat down, specu ing = “WE DID OUR BEST STRATE THAT PERCHED ON THE OLR OWN ACCORD.” TO DEMON Wi HAD REEF OF on what we should veally did Suddenly | ing dow insta not Itelt as | deep wate: the deck feather weig of pressure we added boat off t to tilt empty Investization t the dam on our buttom te sound. But there 1 on shore, and our unpleas everythin certainty ahout natives if the uld fir L dfsadvantage they held us told them, to begin with, we | were government officials loading | goods on the island for a trader who hoped (o establ tation there. | VARIOU ped s proved to the met the boat wa was ull that in | spite of ua | nding | ur un the neces on hoard. In the attitude had been drop- | convenfent it | d of b diy of cl deposited all ou the water the the possibi | agatnst 1 Fin positio point the the ¢ everyt we aadop Making inquiries higher land, wn house, we iy ted o of hief's al ng else, into the crhs Toaded our main essential, and ther hall boa Lod presently they were making h vied trips b hip off the re Meanwhile th come at of. ief wa B to al ing station piclons he Partly might in f , partly in t for a safe exit ve bestowed upon hir pushing off with the 1. our most-cov nre tude) tory sing condition weight off no dissentir e should water with mense Light Transmissi tween the island and « urging the oken n - la Christmas, as Great Religious Festival, Has Impressive Observance in District BY GEORGE PORTE VERY ve sermons and Ashington ittend them and tor it they are of first ght mass and celebr: Francsean morn the Tenth and the held : Washingt Albans Of these because of the « ance in are the mic ilehern Chapel of L Cathedral « inctive, being, with o oniy- mony its The one exception rt of t Brook land service is held at t ho in Bethlehem of Judea, on the actual where the momentous event of ist’s nativity occurred nearly Ars ago. similarity « the two rvices rther emphasized by the being n settings which are exactly the same At the local Franciscan Mon:ste is a grotto of Rethlehem, in which is faithfully reproduced the de- tails of the original shrine it ap. pears today is there that earnest Catholics, many of them holding high positions in the life of the National gether with an almost equal number of non-Catholics, go each Christi: eve to participate in the special mic night mass and witness the portrayal the first Christmas. have been a vearly fea- world Ch The se [ held The services began’ to snatch at things that took | [Ure at the Mount St. Sepulchre insti- r fanc We costs we had to avoi cause in the event of one the natives |V would immediately di had no_ammunition. Yet the moment had come whe had to take some sort of stand. sent four somewhat bovs ashore, without put up a firm front over our possessions. creased fussing of the danger to our stores cause for worr: was nothing el turns in going with boats, tk tense of preser to acros pu HE work of unloading dragged Apart from the mat- of the heat, which w slowly on. ing, our boys were to loading. They were nsidered any hard beneath their dignity. carried the smallest of began s and less ed without any change in our position on the reef—and it had risen {only about half as high as the tide which had left us there. tion was borne in on Icoal had to be emptied out. really the heaviest cargo, and also the Kandle and the bagged, and we could it, when we had got it over to the is- land, except dump it We worked all night long with the lights turned on, wondering what the outcome of our misadventure was to well nearing the be. We were jolly end of our resources. the natives would provoke a clash and find out that we could not fire. What then? The full tide about 7 o'clock the 1 knew ing the peace. dirtiest. was that at allf d a conilict, be- { iscover that we n we | \\'0" unwilling police | ammunition, to | and keep guard | When the in I natives and the | gave us genuine | we decided that there do but to to the ttinz up | island a pre * really very not accustomed police boys, who physical labor And the boats T cargoes. to fall the boys well. One tide The realiza- us that now the It was portion of the most_difficult to It was not do nothing with on the beach. Sooner or later scheduled for -t morning, and tution in Brookland for a quarter a century, having been introduced there the Very Rey. Father Godfrey hilling exactly 23 vears ago this De- cenrber, In preparation for the Christmas season the choir has been thoroughly drilled in the ever-appealing carols. the stately Gregorian chant and the early folkc songs of Christianity. The alway: have been hed to incredible poli an { dezree of brilliance by the sacristan, while holly, evergreens and appropri te Yuletide blossoms have been used | to decorate the solemn church, giving it an atmosphere of Christmas cheer- fulness. The service begins at 11 o'clock at night. From the sacristy the brothers march into the chapel, a cross-bearer heading the procession. The high altar, suggestive of the papal altar in St. Peter's, Rome, is aglow with can- dles. Soft organ music seems to fill the room and form a fitting prelude to the impressive ceremony about to be- zin. ®'At midnight, matins having been safd, and Pope St. Leo’s sermon on the nativity recited, the bells ring out, announcing the arrival of another JChristmas with its welcome message of peace and good will. Silence is re- stored as mass proceeds, but when the angel's song, “Gloria in Excelsis,” is reached the bells again add to the fm- pressiveness of the service by pealing forth in deep notes of joy the Christ- mas message which moves us all. At the first words of the song a veil, which has covered a surpassingly beau- tiful image of the Child of Bethlehem that has been lying on the altar, is re- moved. This image was carved of wood at Barcelona, Spain, whence it was taken to the Holy Land and placed on the spot of the birth before being brought to Brookland. Singing of another composition, the universally popular “O Come All Ye Faithtul,” constitutes another notable feature of the mass. Next come the tmas service | Mount | pital, to- | bright ornaments of the altar | THE NATIVITY 1N FRANCISCAN MONAN ALTAR OF Bethlehemn headed by nd winds through the Bethlehem performed like serv two ) the chapel where the Tenderty ar From s the celebration of have been the forms yms surrounding, th the names giver Christ's variant the hirtl nd cv annual even of the first Christian ga present day Crystmasse. Kyrsomas, Ntemas, “ristenmas are appellations the this festival of “Christ's Mass.” monly des from therin: Crestenme istey Ch but a few of the many have given of Chi e French co vstemes and ish the nativity Eng st 3 the [ nate the day as Noel derivative of which some have been the French word for ings, nouvelles; others to be the ( con or, Provencal nadau, or m meaning “‘the birthday while others s it is a e uption of Y Jule or meaning the ancient tival of the sun. Il Natale, a contr. tion of dies natalis, meaning ° birthday,” expresses this annual holi- day in both Italian and Spanish, while Nadolig. signifying “the natal birth.” is the way the Welsh say The story of that first cel when the Angles and the Star ang those “first Christmas car ols” and the Shepherds hastened tc the rude stable, or cave, in Bethlehem ! where they found the Babe in the| Manger, is one which we may be quite certain has been retold countless times during the 1,900 hundred annives ries that have followed upon the epochal event, but the many strange human elements that have mingled with the comparatively unchanging divine serv- ices of the day, would, if they we all recounted, give side lights of rarel interest tpon personages and hap- penings of historical importance, well as upon significant changes civilization’s trend. The event claims both sclentists whether or not they fous significance, for astronomers verify the biblical accounts of the sudden and temporary appearance of the Star of Bethlechem, and history has no other birthday in all her an- nals upon which has been based a calendar in use in the four corners of the globe. The fact that the actual date of Christ’s birth, both in point of day and vear, is still a mat- ter of dispute, does not detract from| the importance thus attached to it by practically all nations and sects. Thousands of Mohammedans will soon be added to the ranks of those who recognize the event as of at least historical importance. the Turkish BY LOUISE BOARDMAN PRO(C * i i i | still it. bration, Morning | in the attention of | and historians, accept its relig- { fest | record | expelled from | HE GROTTO OF BETHLEHEM. TERY. BROOKIAND. Christmas Customs Ear ly Days . “cent f the Gregorian cal- | we have ! special obsery tion of Clement who lived in hren.” wrot “keep diligent i the first thovl ing of an | we learn carly it in the holy of our Lord and elebrate publ nd in them solemnly Hymn, because also the same night He was decl unto <hephe Ly an ang < the h itself doth witness.” ginally it is believed the religious als were timed to serve as sub f pagan ce vear, and were ance | with the events commemor ix generally agre December late early was Roman ordained hishop, the 1 Suvior chureh services sing the Angels stitutes throughout tived in e s of the Christmas, i o th not true ted ke the place of the Winter solstice. n important of festivals, which was held in return of the the beginning to be its zrady The northern Saxons, held at largest feast, which Jule, and which somie to have been i Thor, d othe the same the Other peoples, inclu Gr J 1ex ete., are known to cally the same sort at the same Ulme that the custom ancient origin During these feasts, masters and slaves were considered on an equality, he former serving the latter. One states: “The Emperor Nero himself is known to have presided at the Saturnalia (the Winter solstice of the Romans) having been made by lot the Rex bibendi, or master of the revels. Indeed. it was at one of | these festivals that he instigated the | murder of the voung Prince Britan nicus, the last male descendant of the | family of the Claudii, who had been his rights by violence and crime; and the atrocious act was committed amid the revels over which Nero was presiding as master.” ~The custom of giving presents was (Continued on Fourth Tage.) honor un for the y f what appeared ut in the horizon. luding the time their the called Yule is supposed by honor of the god to have. been Winter _sols ding the Romar Persians, Chines have had practl of holiday it s one the same was probable of very is ) used Kir binet d Represe wristmas ce the Bethlehe ishington Cathed weeful Gothi with which thous the is sectior Kkinship by of oun iled in | clergy will appropriate Christ be delivered by R An ee other services wi the cathedr ng the throughout Christ there will shine forth, of the apse of the Mount edifice a five-pointed el During the ast several year has at ed the atten: residents of the District, 108t as big as a4 ms feet across. and its position ¢ between the flagpole and gives it an elevation of try st s 1 n ¢ n. measuring n the fee day, while e 1 Al ectrical Star holiday he ro or above sea level, making it visible f Dr ally every dral, as in all other Episco es on Christmas, are a 0ld message tidings of all people.” This opening only in the Two collects are provided fo use, one praying that by adoption may other pleading for Christ in its beginni and its final judgment. Comdr. C. T. Jew retary of the dioce: licity, explains that a life Christmz part of Washingt The first words uttered at the ( 1l ¢ ent. r 2 churet petition of t! “Behold, I bring you ¢ reat joy, which shall be f ence lter: God’s childre be born anew, fe lived . its redemptior = ell, executive s an board of p these expressior of faith and petition date, for the m. part, from the English y 1540, but their substance from the use of Salisbury a very early English source. shiper in the Episcopal Cat Th yer book « was take hedrit e w Church Christmas day may well feel that i is taking part in services used for turies by men of like belief. A “Rolli OLLERS for ng” Dboth Mil men a modern industrial plant. chines, caster-mounted ar driven, are wheeled to they are most needed. gt and n nines are lightening the work Lig 1 ht 1 mot he point wher Packages the shipping department are handle Even the plant library is on wheels and visits by boys on roller skates. each department at regular ervals, | which he said he would be only too ot us for the proposed to allay an