The Rey Family Of Tahiti
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rIS striking photograph shows Mr. and Mrs. Jules Rey, of Tahiti, and their ten beautiful children, who range in age from two to 18 years. These children should be of interest to ethnologists: Mr.
Rey is of three-quarters French, one quarter Tahitian stock; Mrs. Rey, three quarters Chinese, one-quarter Tahitian.
Throughout the Pacific, the results of Polynesian-Chinese inter-marriage have been happy—the children are a fine type, displaying qualities of intelligence, m
dustry and thrift, and the women espec ially are good looking. The ability and good looks of the Prench-Tahitians need no comment.
The Rey children, descendants of three distinct racial types, are a pleasure to the eye and a credit to Tahiti.
Mr. Rey, until the outbreak of the Pacific war, was in the lumber business; present conditions have forced him to relinquish this in favour of copra-buying and other activities —Photo, by Simpson.