Memories Of A Happier

Age

From Our Correspondent

Papeete, May 5.

A SHIP laden with petrol and onions has arrived from the United States; and we now shall return to a life of peril and suffocation, after a season of tranquiltiy and the enjoyment of Nature’s fragrance.

Tranquility, I fear, has departed for ever from our planet. When you read Mr. James Norman Hall’s new book you will comprehend how the poor, wretched human race is contriving a future of universal insanity.

We elders have a priceless compensa tion in the possession of our memories of a happier age. If our worst fears eventuate, we at least can have our ear drums destroyed by a surgeon, and with draw ourselves into a dream world which we shall be able to summon from the actual experiences of the past!