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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 9 Jul 1936, p. 29

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was wjuni me na-! mats nialing suits andi ottiergoods, tive "«sulu," or skirting, tucked in at or ornaments of gold or sil1ver. theside. These garments'are cfe ofgay colors, créating a most pic-! iîCotmr turesque appearance. M1any of the older men, an.d espethe _ciallyý the, women, lent an exotic atNo sooner had welore crews gngplnk t th whrf, hanmosphere to the peculiar City streets. several of these natives ran aboard. Maniy wore lacey headgears -oi mutiLike -the Samoans, they lacked timid- clnwihhn onoe hi Wrapped. about, their ity i 1n every sense, oi.theword. In a shoulders. few minutes, dark grinning faces ýbe- waists were long pfleated skints of gan to appear1 through windows and either bright ,binue,. red or yellow. doonways in, the vicinity of the galley Large.'mietal-rings hung: from their We received ears, and 'amallen ones from 'their and. dining r6ooms. Tbey' are truly a 'sight orders to not let them cqme: tiothe nostnils. first class -saloon, but they didn't care- worth sëeeing. Men carnying baskets about being in there, forIii the galley supported by a yoke acnoss their tbey wene getting good things to e-at. shioulders, scurry in, and out crying That is, until the chief chef appeared their, wares. '.Regardless of the over*and started -chasing them -out-huni- cast skies, I, was tempted to take *ing tbings, including insulting re- quite a few snapshots as I made iy: marks in their direction. A kindly way about the crooked streets of Suva. fl il f ellow, th ief Afier a couple of houns'of haphazShôrtly after docking, 1 was given shore leave. As usual on our shore ard wandering which took me to days, it was raining. The first thing the outskirts of the town where I to do was to visit the main business saw only natives and heard local é6uic, ran across one of the feldistrict, which was located about a balf mile froni the wharf. Walking lows f rom the ship. Together we alone, 1 passed lines of Fiji r' went back to the middle of town, womfen and children sitting unucr where we had a couple of dollars exshaded booths or umbrellas selling changed into Fiji shillings, sixpences, antuui. 'awasi rain, we came to a littie group, of stiraw buts a couple Of hundréd yards from the road. We sld over to one sidç into.*a puddle of1 mud>. a littie deepeer than the rest and, jerked: to a. stop. The rain showed no signs of Ietting up, s0 we decided to geti right out and get, it over witb. Scads Of practically naked ' children sWarmed about us, while Ûne, littie fellOW grabbed hold of MY elbow, and -insisted on helping me pick my way from one sticky. Plot Of mud .to another. ,I must have been a *bdraggled sight in my dripping hat and clotbes-and carrying My camera which 1: thougb1t w*as. peactically .useless, .but .which, recorded fine clear.pitrsote o .h Îtrs trip. .e (To 1,e oitinwed nxt ee*) 3 matsý - beain45 luches -, 11% foot long - welght 110 pounde - woxkt leak hogany -trlm OMM 4 % ftetlong. GQs. ca"2%: gallons spout. Motet - Elrudo Sportsman wotght 24% Pound@ - 1% HP 1936 hooded niodol a- new. -mia-new. -sa.fety -flexible »<W Beat for Fisboauq. A*LL FOR tl1W. TAX PAIDI for Mfor Camper »0w Bo" - 3-plm hi.tl.à 0eats - boani IIDck m- » ft" long - wolght 110 pounds - wont leak- niahogany trian - now. a - 2% gallons - saféty flexible spont. Noter - Elto - rocondlioned 2% HP runs nicely - .asy start. Gag -- Iarfificial WIot fume.. biscuit c@m., peOeY C@msIsefty avoids ilavors? Seo inside back cever Oes %fet logg., ALL FOR $93. TAX PNBD Cobb & Son, LAKE LOUISEd EM ERALD LAKE THREE as id some miles sou n,evver Tri Fortoble an - cîf lotels

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