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A FEAST I
SAMOA
Develops Into a Conglomerated
Scramble For Food.
A SCENE OF WILD DISORDER.
The Native Guests Steal All the Eat
ables Within Reach, Which They
Pass Over to Crowds of Waiting
Relatives Gathered on the Outside.
The principal native foods of Samoa
are bananas, breadfruit, taro. fish and
pork. Bananas prepared "Fa Samoa"
would hot appeal very strongly to an
epicurean taste, for they are gathered
unripe and baked under heated stones,
as all Samoan cooking is accomplished.
A baked green banana favors some
what a roasted chestnut, but not
enough to cause any mistake between
the two.
The breadfruit. In my estimation,
appeals more strongly to a white
man's taste than any other Samoan
food. The large, mealy. balls are bak
ed, broken open and eaten, usually
with one or other of the two Samoan
sauces palusami and fai-ai. Palu
sami Is made from the young shoots,
of the . taro plant, cocoanut milk,
and sea water. Fai-al Is evaporated
cocoanut milk. The milk is poured
Into a leaf, the ends and edges tied at
the top, and it Is then baked until the;
water evaporates, leaving a thick
cream, which Is very rich and quite
palatable. Faro Is the root or bulb
of a plant which is an exact counter
part of what we call "elephant ear" in
the United . States and is somewhat
like a yam. but inclined to be stingy
or shreddy. The inside of a baked faro
bulb is very solid and of a bluish tint.
The fish needs no explanation.
Pork is the supreme delicacy, accord
ing to the Samoan mind, and it is al
ways eaten in a half cooked state.
Since a Samoan will sell his birthright
for a. piece of pig. one-half grown is
worth $30 or $40 and will always find
a market; therefore it is easily seen
that pork can he afforded only on hol
iday occasions. The Samoan method
of killing a pig is unique. The ani
mal's feet are tied together, and it is
laid upon its back. Then two large,
heavy natlres place a 2 by 4 scantling
across Its neck, after which they seat
themselves one on each end of the
scantling.
As the unfortunate pig is slowly
strangled to death his heartless execu
tioners calmly talk politics. The rea
son for strangulation In putting a hog
to death is simply this: A pig Is held
in such high esteem that it breaks the
Samoan heart to see even the blood
being wasted. The blood is used in
conjunction with the fatty parts of the
entrails and when baked forms some
kind of pudding. 1 have never tast
ed this kind of pudding myself, but a
Samoan will tell you that it Is simply
delicious, and I am willing to take bis
word for it. Even the cleaned entrails
are utilized, and right here In Samoa
we can again bring into use the Chi
cago stockyard phrase that "only the
squeal is lost"
1 well remember the first and only
Samoan feast I ever had the pleas
ure of attending. I received an Invi
tation one day from a Samoan whose
friendship I had formed to attend a
feast the following night which he
was giving to dedicate his new home.
There were several white men present
and about fifty natives. We were ar
ranged in two rows facing each other,
sitting cross legged, and in front of
each, was a small mat on. "2J4ch.was a
profusion of "food, Including a" Tupe
(or pigeon), a piece of pork (palusami),
taro (breadfruit) In fact, everything
which goes to make a Samoan feast
all to be washed down with cocoanut
milk. I had taken two . or three
mouthfuls of the pigeon when I no
ticed that there was a ring of natives
each with a basket waiting impatiently
Just outside the bouse. As 1 turned to
the man on my right for the purpose
of asking why these people were as
sembled outside I sensed a movement ,
in close proximity on my left. Turning
quickly around, I was just in time to
catch a farewell glimpse of my tine
supper being dumped bodily Into one
of those waiting baskets. I saw at
once the reason for that overflow meet
ing outside. The woman who sat next
to me had taken a favorable opportu
nity when my back was turned to pick
up my mat and dispose of my meal to
her waiting relative, who had attend
ed the overflow neeting with a bas
ket Then ensued a conglomerated scram
ble, and the feast was turned into n
scene of wild disorder as each native
strove to outdo his neighbor in secur
ing the most food to send home.- The
strategy, flank movements and tact
that they exhibited under the inspiring
grab game so far protoked my comedy
bump that I was more than repaid for
the loss of my supper in watching
their energetic struggles to obtain foot!
gratis.
I was afterward informed that the
pectacle I had witnessed was simply
the natural course of a Samoan feast,
that they always ended the same way
and I was indeed fortunate to have
secured a taste or so of my pigeon.
Los Angeles' Times.
The Indispensable Boy. -
Caller How Is your new office boy
getting along these days? Lawyer
Oh. fine! He's got things so mixed up
now that I couldn't get along without
him. Puck.
''Think all you speak, but by no
means speak all you think.
Vienna's Municipal Railways.
Municipal operation of public serv
ices of all kinds is far from a failure
in Vienna, the Austrian capital, accord
ing to Hugo Weinberger, an engineer.
"In Vienna the street car service, the
gas, electricity, power and water are
furnished by the municipality," said
Herr Weinberger. "We don't crowd
as you do' here. If the conductor lets
more persons into the car than the
law permits he goes to jail. Nearly
always we have two cars run togeth
er. In rush hours we run trains of
three, maybe five cars. And how
clean! Not till I came to this country
did I appreciate that. If you get on in
workingmen's hours before 7:30 in the
morning you can ride anywhere over
the city and transfer on transfer as
you need for 2 cents only, riding per
haps three hours. After 7:30 it is 24
cents in two of the three zones and 4
cents to go through the whole three.
The city makes in profits millions of
guldens a year."
Women In Industrial Life.
' The department of agriculture of
Prince Edward Island is occupying it
self with the establishment of women's
institutes. These 'institutes are being
organized in all portions of the prov
ince, the minimum membership being
20 and the annual fee 25 cents. The
department is to provide ect'irprs
twice a year, together with literature
on domestic economy, hygiene and die
tetics. Instruction is to be gi ren.
among other things, on the im-wrtant-e
of proper ventilation of dwellings,
cleanliness, wholesome cooking of
foods, food values, changes in diet,
nurture of infants and physical and
mental exercise.
