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| UNCLE .Jl P 3AM 2/^§ifg| n3amoaz~ , ' ••'A- .' ' £.-'X JH. ?" ■ 4 v l is**! >' M i f >'■&■■■#>'. ' y ■■% ■-■, 1-1 'ty; {■■ &?■"&*. ' J ; A ' , - fgSH|f* ,„ -i t , M&, ~,//§f ' ' '/ /' - , gf/ *y \ s•• - . ■ , £ fr:. : ->~ %•:••%*:-, m: br=is^SSl§ \Payy Department Gayer/is J Peop/e A / III? ;•"*•••**<-* By JOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN aHESE be parlous times. All the world has troubles. Of course Holy Writ tells that "man la horn unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward,” but he seems to be getting an extra dose right now. In the United States, the wealthiest, most prosperous und most powerful nation of earth, he Is fussing over politics, 'taxation and the oil scandal. Even our dependen cies are not entirely happy. The Phil ippines are Just crazy over independ ence. Hawaii and Alaska want state hood. Porto Rico demands self-govern ment. Guam Is afraid of earthquakes. And so on. American Samoa actually appears to be the only happy land. And even in Sainon Uncle Sam Is making our es teemed fellow-Amertonns take 7,000 doses of neoarsphenamin. Tes, sir; they’ve an epidemic of yaws and Uncle Sam Is dosing them good and plenty. Resides, there’s a good deal of conjunctivitis, an eye disease caused by a gram negative dlploeoceus. Other wise the American Samoan Is very well, thftnk you, and is as happy as a clam at high water. “The Happy Isles” Is a name often given nowadays to American Samoa, and It seems well applied. And appar ently Uncle Siim deserves n lot of credit for their happiness. On the other hand, the Americans of Samoa evidently deserve happiness. It’s one place where the ‘‘White Man’s Burden” Is a light load. And the white man's way of carrying the burden is certain ly interesting. The Samoan islands number four teen and were named Navigators’ islands by Bougainville, who discov ered th£m in 1708. They are the peaks of submerged extinct volcanoes. They ll® about 2,000 miles south of Hawaii. The three largest are Savall, GOO square miles; Opolu, 8-10, antj Tutulla, &4. The latter, with a Jew smaller adjacent Islands, oonstltjrtes American Snmon. There Is tropical vegetation and coral reefs. “Every piospect pleases and only man Is vile”—and lie's a pretty good sort, being a Polynesian (largely as airfare made hlui. TlicvUnltdil-States gained the harbor of Pago on Tutulla In 1878 by treaty for It cowling and naval station, la 1 Sb'.t an AmOnoan, British and Gcr tyn ootiCertortJ at Heflin gave Samoa thegstikttis territory with ’|o\& >*tomft Itvls99 the i£boils!>pd> t and xtwd t^tjie United-/. wStlp *drawlnje'frenT'tiff > l passes . ‘ of c#is it -utijeE Of tqi LeUtdtf. * 5 / li would ytrgUt latjj- P sV’Ao deti;t / n !§i',JbO' fedßical stntgfe Af\' s . w i Iww mil ”rf ■3>'< *a .-y >-* P < I figs' y> wßs&&s&'nr £>* .■JBW~±3BB9* i P7iWF jfc.qg&is&g @ I I Jr" *f |W *W;A. f I r ‘ > ' ■*. /I I,V . '.. X- . v. '^‘ ttlfiWggßgESagfiffP J I 'AjjBL- x ; ‘ v y:- ti • IWB£g ,> - A . if i“- Si ''^lrrAL taupo avz> n:^ A&J? Z&wo £?.%Xrj JBi of a eitksen of American Samoa. Con gress ratified the treaty with Great Britain and Germany by which we took over Tutulla, but has never pro vided for its annexation or adminis tration. President McKinley signed an executive order placing the islands under the navy. Succeeding presidents have acted in accordance with this opinion by one of our attorney generals; Neither the Constitution nor tho laws of the United States have been extended to them, an I the only administrative authority elsting in them Is that derived mediately or Immediately from the president as com mander in chief of the army and navy of the United States. It is certain, however, that Ameri can Samoa “Is not foreign, but domes tic territory,” and that “Samoans are not ‘citizens of tho United States,’ but owe allegiance to the flag.” So for twenty-three years the navy has governed American Samoa. The government is vested iq, a naval officer, customarily with the rank of captain. The present governor is Capt. Edwin Taylor Pollock, born in Ohio in 1870, and with a brilliant record beginning with the Spanish-American war. The 1923 annual report of the sur geon general of the navy. Rear Ad miral E. R. Stitt, gives a hint of the many governmental activities of the navy: The Snmoan hospital continues to do splendid work and is gradually gaining the confidence of the people. To this Institu tion 481 patients were admitted during the year, requiring 4.404 days ot treatment. In the dispensary 0.502 patients received treat -1 inent. At this hospital a dental clinic for Samoan people is held twice a week. As in Guam, a training school for native nurses is conducted in connection with this hos pital. Since tlie establishment of tills school in 191* nineteen native women have been graduated and fourteen are now under in struction Ten of the graduate nurses are employed as visiting nurses in the various native communities. These nurses admin ister simple drugs, attend confinement cases, instruct mothers in care of babies, and see that those who need treatment are sent to | the hospital. The report says that a recent survey of Samoa revealed 2,. r >oo cases of yaws’, a type of skin disease, upon which a campaign was immediately started to cemdVate it by the administration of ! S Jfesljyerp tw of conjunctivitis, an ! eye prevalent in Sa uiiiOs 1 . A recent survey rvvi- Rd TOS ji population of THE DANIELBVILLE MONITOR, DANIELSVILLE, GEORGIA. I 8,184, anti more than f>oo cases of total blindness. It is believed that, like yaws, this disease is spread by flies, and measures have accordingly been instituted to control it by early treat ment of the inflammation and the pre vention of lly breeding. Privileged visitors in the islands, says E. W. Pickard, may still occasion ally witness some of the interesting ceremonies of the natives. Among these Is the Talolo, or food presenta tion procession, followed by a feast, given in honor of some distinguished individual. The parade is led by a taupo or official village maiden, attired in a lavalnva of bark cloth and decked with garlands of flowers. After her come three “talking men” —a kind of assistant chief —and then follow all (lie assembled men, women and chil dren in their best bib .‘fhd tucker, each I — 1 ■” Ai-v, '^'’vlj ** — — (Dl/f%cl&‘Wood h-O/tder-yroocf carrying some article of food, a chicken, a flsli, a banana, a breadfruit, or something el§e. The entire perform ance is carried out In accordance with strict and ancient rules of etiquette. Slowly the parade advances, and as It passes a designated spot each one de posits his food gift. When all Is done the procession disbands and all bands gather around the heap of edibles. Tlielr solemnity Is discarded, big bowls of kava are made by the prettiest of the girls, and the festivities last for hours. Frank Bohn, an American publicist, who has recently made an extensive tour of the islands of the southern Pa cific, pays Uncle Sam and the United States navy a handsome compliment in an article, “The White Man's Bur den in American Samoa,” in the Cur rent History Magazine. He brings out these points, among others: “To the navy has fallen the adminis tration of American Samoa, and so well Is the task being accomplished that this small group may well be called ‘The Happy Isles.’ Here are to lie found 8,000 sturdy aborigines, bronzed by the tropic sun and fed by the superabundant bounty of their soil. The possession of that soil Is guaranteed to them forever by the government of the United States. The white man’s poisons, Ills opium, alco hol, patent medicines and commercial ized drugs are rigidly prohibited. All medical service Is supplied free. The export produce of the islands, a thou sand or more tons of copra per annum, is sold to the best advantage by gov ernment monopoly. If anything more can be done for tliese people, one won ders what it might be. “Pago Pago leaves a lasting memory imprinted upon the mind of the visi tor. Nowhere else in the tropics are the towering mountains covered by more luxuriant or more beautiful vege tation. The gold-brown bodies of tho native stevedores are tall, well muscled and beautiful. The copra Is loaded to the tuneful music furnished by a na tive band. Decent women and girls flock about to sell the native fruits and flowers. No glance is perverted by hatred and suspicion. No face boars the mark of the corrupting dis eases of the careless Invader. Our mght thousand Samoans are no longer a ’white man's burden.’” Six-Room Dutch Colonial Is Designed for a Narrow Lot ■ i~/^~ M ' T ~ " I '' l j J. ■ -Ffl ii giepi V^ NG p^ch* J \ j-'l" g.J®l£sai / TLOOK J-J / .-'7 i / S UP\ \, <J: /n „,. _ i kgdia ?*../ | n- U-/ I HM.y*| J5 : O X Z7>-o“ V i ; First Floor Plan. J_ . l3Vx.t<?-6 fpMfflnl Smmi J Second Floor Plan. By WILLIAM A. RADFORD Mr. William A. Radford will answer questions and give advice FREE OF COST on all subjects pertaining to the subject of building, for the readers of this paper. On account of his wide experience as Editor, Author and Manufacturer, he is, without doubt, the highest authority on all these sub jects. Address all inquiries to William A. Radford, No. 1527 Prairie avenue, Chicago, 111., and only inclose two-cent stamp for reply. Some prospective home builders who o\vniarrow lots are deterred from se lecting a Dutch Colonial home build ing design because of the general prac tice of erecting fche home across the site. That objection has been met in the home shown in the accompanying illustration. Here the owMer has built his home so that the'longest di mension of the house coincides with the longest dimension of the lot, and the result is apparent. An unusually attractive home lias been secured by the simple expedient of placing the open porch facing the street, and main taining the central entrance which characterizes a Colonial home at the side. This home is comparatively small. It contains six rooms and bath on the first aad second floors, while the di mensions of the house tire only 24 feet 6 inches by 39 feet. Economical use of the space is secured, however, as Hie living room is large, 15 by 23 feet, while all the other rooms are in pro portion. Frame construction has been used throughout the home. The foundation walls are of concrete while the re mainder Is of lumber. The outside walls are covered with wide clapboard siding, while the long slope of the roof and the roof of the former projections are shingled. The entrance, as in all Colonial homes, is exactly'in the cen ter of the house —at the side. The open porch and balcony, above are good features of the design. While the drive to garage is here used aS the walk from the street to the house, the door leading from the living room to the porch might be used as the main ?!dr:.nce door. v T !:■: living room extends the width of the house at the front. At the hi end is an open fireplace with book cases on either side. Two doors, one at each end of the room, open onto t the porch. The side, or main entrance, door leads into a central hall, to the right of which is the living room, connected by a cased opening. To the left is the dining room, 12 by 15 feet, while at the back is the kitchen, 10 by 11 feet, with a large pantry adjoining. Stairs to the second floor run out of the entrance hall and end in a central, hall above. A large bedroom, 15 by-20 feet, is over the living room, while two other bedrooms, one 15 by 10 feet 6 inches, and the other 9 by 15 feet are on the other two corners. Tlie bath is at the end of the hail other convenient features are a toilet at the rear end of the hall downstairs and one adjoining the large bedroom upstairs. How these rooms are ar ranged and their #izes are shown on the floor plans, which also locate the electrical outlets and wiring in each room. It will be noted that the great num ber of wide windows make each room light and cheery. In the living room there are double windows at each end, while four windows across the front admit plenty of light. The same >s true of the dining room and bedrooms. The unusual placing of this house on a narrow lot will appeal to a great many home builders, especially those in towns -where building lots are ex pensive. The plantings the owner has made around this home and in tlm lawn and along the drive give a gooc idea of how attractive a home bu oler may make his place in a year or so. Extra Bedroom The installation of a door bed s very simple and inexpensive and i • > mits of an additional sleeping her which will prove of -considerate advantage in every home. Built-In Features Old-style kitchens can be modern ized very easily through the installs tlon of built-in features which are made to fit every condition.