Stay Too Short In Tahiti

From Our Own Correspondent

Papeete, Feb. 17.

THE Stella Polaris, luxurious Norwegian passenger yacht, arrived early on February 15, and left again before dawn on the 16th for Samoa, Fiji, and other places in the Western Pacific. She brought eight passengers for Tahiti and carried over a hundred others for a round-the-world trip.

Although many complaints were heard among the passengers regarding the short ness of the stay in such an interesting place as Tahiti, they were fortunate — considering the time of year—in finding such beautiful weather. Thanks to this the whole party were able to make a com plete circuit of the main island, and also found time for shopping and sight-seeing

around Papeete. Most of them returned on board just in time for sailing at 3 a.m. after a hectic night at Quinn’s cabaret and the La Fayette Hotel, a popular night resort about four miles from town in the Arue district.

After calling at many ports in the East Indies the Stella Polaris will cross the In dian Ocean to Madagascar and Durban and will then proceed to Cadiz in Spain, where she is due on May 6. This will end the scheduled part of the cruise, after which the passengers will find their way home by any route of their choice. The cruises of the Stella Polaris —of which this is the fourth to visit Tahiti —are sponsored by the Raymond Whitcombe Co. of New York.