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Irving and Frederick Eaton, who 
have been spending the Christmas 
holidays with their parents, Dr, and 
Mrs, Walter S. Eaton, at the par- 
sonage, have returned to the Wor- 
icester Polytechnical Institute. 
Jabeth Dunbar, who has _ been 
spending a month with relatives in 
Nova Scotia, has returned home. 
Frederick J. Libby and Troy 
Combes spent the Christmas holidays 
at the Stanley cottage and have just 
returned to Exeter, where Mr. Libby 
is an instructor and Mr. Combes, a 
Kentuckian, is a student, 
Frederick Dunbar is recovering 
from a severe attack of the grip at 
his home on Magnolia avenue, 
Miss Louise Friend gave a pleas- 
ant dancing party at the Women’s 
clubhouse Wednesday evening in 
honor of New Year’s Eve. It was 
a pleasant affair and an unusually 
large number attended. Ice cream 
and cake were served at intermission. 
Miss Edna Symonds returned to 
Boston Monday after a brief visit 
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed- 
ward Symonds. Miss Symonds 
brought with her, her friend, Miss 
Bertha Wilson, of Boston. 
The friends of Sylvester Height, 
who met with a most regrettable ac- 
cident recently, will be pleased to 
learn that he is progressing rapidly at 
the Boston Eye and Ear Infirmary. 
Mr. and Mrs. H. Bantam and son 
of Boston have been guests of Mr. 
and Mrs. Willard Boyd at their Sum- 
mer street home. Mrs. Boyd and 
Mrs. Bantam are sisters. 
_ (Miss Marjorie May is ill at her 
home on Magnolia avenue with an 
unusually severe attack of sore 
throat. 
Mrs. Walter Scott has been en- 
tertaining her sister, Miss Christson, 
of Boston, for a few days. 
Miss Olive Chane has been a guest 
of friends in Boston during the 
Christmas holidays. 
Frank L. Roberts of Boston was 
a Sunday guest of Mr. and Mrs. 
Henry W, Brown at their home on 
Magnolia avenue. 
Dr. Walter S. Eaton will preach a 
New Year’s sermon at the Village 
church Sunday morning. . The sub- 
ject of the Friday evening meeting, 
which will be held at the little church 
on Magnolia avenue, will be “New 
Things for the New Year.” 
Another delightful illustrated lec- 
ture is promised for Sunday even- 
ing, when Mrs. Arthur K, Peck of 
Brookline will speak at the Village 
church on “Holland.” 
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TALKS ON “FIJI ISLANDS.” 
Rev. F. J. Lippy Gives INTERESTING 
LEecTURE ON His EXPERIENCES. 
. That Magnolia people were glad to 
welcome back Rev. F. J. Libby was 
evidenced by the large attendance at 
the lecture on “The Fiji Islands,” 
which he gave last Sunday evening 
at the Village church. Mr. Libby’s 
remarks included some of the _his- 
tory of the islands and a great deal 
of his own experiences there, which 
in themselves were very interesting 
are doubly so when recounted in Mr. 
Libby’s inimitable manner, for he is 
a most pleasing speaker. At the out- 
set, he told of the first missionary to 
the Fiji Islands, who went there in 
1835, when the islands were known 
far and wide as a terror to sailors 
on account of the cannibalistic habits 
of the inhabitants. There has been 
only one martyr to the cause of 
Christianity in the Fiji Islands, how- 
ever, a man by the name of Baker. 
Mr. Libby gave a vivid description 
of the days when cannibalism was in 
vogue in the islands. “When the 
warriors returned from their raids 
upon other tribes,’ said Mr. Libby, 
“they brought the bodies of their vic- 
tims with them. After due ceremon- 
ies the bodies were dismembered and 
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roasted in great ovens and then serv- 
ed to only the warriors, as the wo- 
men and children were not allowed 
to partake of so great a dainty. One 
old chief kept a record of the human 
bodies he had eaten during his life 
and there were 872 of them.” 
The speaker’s description of Suva, 
the capital and the port which he first 
saw, was very clear and his descrip- 
tion of the men first seen about the 
‘the wharves was quite amusing. “The 
most noticeable thing about the na- | 
tives was their huge heads of hair,” 
said the speaker, ‘of which they are 
very vain, even sleeping with their 
heads in a neck rest that it may not 
be mussed. ‘Their other vanity is 
the calves of their legs, which are 
cuite in evidence, owing to the short 
skirts which they wear. The white 
men at Suva always wore white linen 
suits, which were spotlessly clean, 
which at first seemed remarkable, for 
Suva proved to be not over. clean, 
but when one discovered that white 
suits can be purchased there for 
