"Sometimes", said Mr. Kinney, tune in to a station from which a War report is being broadcast. 'Then T say to myself, 'If that is elvilization,' thank God'T am in Tahit', and xwiteh to another station. I am gled to say we have no newspapers down im 'Tahiti, We do not have to put with any scare headlines, which Wold not really interest us' anyway. We got all our news over the radio, from the daily bulletin "sheet Which 4s hung up outside the Post "We are really far more interested in the simple, quiet life which we Head amid the most beautiful sur roundings which I have ever seen. Tahith is. practically unspoiled. The mountains come right down to the fea, and there is no area big enough for industry. There are waterfalls, Jagoons, mountains, and the most magnificent. foliage".
Te ig.a tradition "in Tahiti that socks ive worn only on duly 14, the French Notional Day. Otherwise, ite foreign inhabltante ae content. with {pale of shorts a singlet and sandals. {ti impossible to. make any" money Tabi, and there 1s no room for Ambition, The only possible lite the quot life, boating. Asbing, riding trid poeaslonelly motoring.
ts, Kinney, for instance, spends nis) days "on, his property, clearing way the brush, making paihs, plants ing" vogotabies "and "tending his thickens sug im the lagen "which Japa ts front "Pho ndininistation of Tahiti, which hasbeen under the Prench since the Totter naif of last century, is one of the most senalble in the world, according toate, Kinney. The natives Stew liven Just enough education, (ini dove not Snelude 0 course in holltcal setones, oF the history. of evolutions and wars), and are among thet most, peaceful "and contented People {0 be found anywhere. two native servants to attend to the hotisework, while they themselves tend to their vegetables, fruit and coffee. It is quite possible to get slong without' much money. There fare stores in the town of Papeete which provide all the comforts of civilization, but there is no real need to go shopping. No one thinks much Jabout their clothes, food Is obtainable Rot so far from one's own front door step, and the simple life does not require much more than this. "In a inch, there would really be only one thing for which I would need money", said Mr. Kit would be tooth paste"
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