Tahiti Tales of Motive and Mirth in the South Seas
Charles Bernard Nordhoff surveys travelers in Tahiti, recounting varied motives from escapist to fatalist. A cynical loafer longs to live drink freely in a French colony while others drift toward silent self containment and perilous fame. The piece blends humor and tragedy to reveal enduring wanderlust.
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South Seas
Tahiti
National Guard
France
Morea
India
Taj Mahal
Charles Bernard Nordhoff
The
Atlantic Monthly
Be Vacation Minded Keep Work Light For Summer
The piece urges adopting a vacation minded approach during summer, suggesting shorten work hours to only essential tasks and using extra time for rest in cool spots. It argues work will be waiting upon return since the Lord provides bread through labor.
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Qaenton
Bronze tablet honors horses and mules in American war effort
A bronze tablet commemorating 243 15 horses and mules attached to American forces during the war was unveiled at the War and Navy Building, Washington. The tablet sits in the cam wall near the Pennsylvania Avenue entrance and was presented by Dr W C Stillman, president of the American Humane Association, and received for the government by Maj Gen Willard Molbreck, chief of oxy.
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State
War and Navy
Washington
Pennsylvania Avenue
W. C. Stillman
American Humane Association
Willard Molbreck
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