Lehner P. 1964 141 Nov. 13 - continued o In order to stop the dancing and start auction, you had to applaud during a dance, at which point the music would stop and the auction would begin; the auctioning was done by a young member of the Women's Club, who put on the dance; this girl was either the Magistrate or Chief of Police's daughter - she was also a champion Comedienne - she threw in asides during the auction that had people roaring; of course, we could not understand them, although the contagious laughter caught us up most of the time; this same girl was also an outstanding dancer who went at it with the fervor of a prize fighter - little did I realize at this time, what this girl and I were to perform the next night; once during the night we were asked to entertain our hosts and Jim, Ben and Figueroa played and sang for them; Jim being a rotund Hawaiian and of light spirit, immediately captured the audience as a clown and played the role to the hilt; when midnight approached we tried twice to leave, but were asked to sit down for a few more minutes; the second time the chairman came forth and gave a lengthy speech in Gilbertese to both the natives and us - it was translated for us (over)