Tahiti's Unusual Rainy

Season

From Our Own Correspondent

Papeete, June 15.

THERE is no news. Gossip, in our island, has fallen into a state of innocuous desuetude. Even those who frequent the Papeete Market each morning, return home empty-handed.

When that effervescent pool of idle talk becomes dry, the hinterland is arid in deed.

The weather, on the contrary, is far from dry. Our rainy season continues far beyond its normal limit.

The only way one can be assured of fine weather, is to go to town armed with a raincoat and umbrella. The sun will then emerge—seven times heated. But if one adventures abroad, unarmed, and trusting, he will invariably suffer a sound ducking before he can arrive home.