The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-09-17
AROUND THE WORLD.
DIR. TlLM1GE IN NEW ZEILAND'S
NATURAL UONDERS.
The Numbers and Social Conditions Of the
Women of the Colony-A Country of
Artists and Scientists, Etc.
(CopvrIeht. 1911

Artists and Scientists, Etc.
(Copyright. 1919
Christ church. New Zealand. July 81 1894.
Excellent and superb as are the women of
New Zealand, more good women are need
ed here. In most places whore i have lived
or travelled women are in blessed majority,
and IL seems that the Lord likes them bet
ter than men. because lie has made more Of
them. There is in most places a surplus of
good womanhood. and they therefore DO not
get full appreciation. But New 4 i'and is
an exception. In this colony there are
5000 less women than men This VIII, by
circumstances be adjusted. There ought
certainly TO be as many women aS men in
every land, for every man is entitled TO a
good wife. and every women is entitled 10 a
good husband. The difficulty is that war
and rum kill SO many men that the man
intended for the womans lie partnership is
apt to lie i'm the soldiers grave trench or
i'm the drunkard's ditch. IN th,t paradisical
and perfect state the womanhood eQualed
the manhood, for there was one of each
kind. The women in New Zealand have al
ready done well. Tor while in. the United
States and Europe the women are discuss
ing i'm parlors and the platforms how
they shall get their rights at the ballot box,
that castle has already been stofmed a0d
taken BY the women here. Af,rr awhile
iilf bIdAt SlSi''itttllS al ttlt iilkt'u OidiSS
and Great Britain win band together, and
from the crowded parlors where so many
anguish in hamilton ana moccupation,
they Will make crusade to these parts of
the earth, where their presence would be
nailed and their opportunities augmented.
The theory that men must 90 into new
countries alone and establish tn smseIves in
mines, in mocha nism or merchandise. and
then send for their families to join them,
il an overdone theory. The wives 2ud
daughters and sisters had better come
along with their husbands, fathers and
brothers. Instead OF there being a surplus
% men in the colonies there ought TO be n
surplus of women. out of which 10 get the
supply OF maiden aunts--thosc guardian an
GELS Of the community VINO are al home in
the whole circle OF kindred. the contdant 81
the young ana the comfort OF the ola. and
the beEcdic;ion Of ali.
Not only is there room in New Zealand
for more good womanhod. but there is
room for more artists and natuTalis;s.
HeTc tre Mo1utnina
90o9 10000. 1l.0oO. 12.oO) ie-t high,
waiting cor some one to take their photo
graphs; and while most of the mountains of
the earth stand stolid and statUesque and
without verietieS Of posture. some OF these
change their shape and altitude under vol
carrie suggestion. as the nam in the photo
graphic gallery at the artists suggestion,
froWn 10 smile. ana one day mountain
turns clear round. or from standing posture
sits down with heavy pl@ngr; OF creVice
opens between the checks o. the hili-a
wid.-op-n mouth run OF laughter or threat.
The changes I'm the mountain ranges are
enough To set grolcgist wild wltA interest
or send him running up and down these al
titudrs with cInwbar 10 dix or hammer 20
strike or tapelne To- measure. ON a night
On june. 1856. the mountains Of TaraWsra
and EotoInahana. New fealand. had
grand frolic. For many years tourists had
rsn. 10 visit the Terraces" AS they We're
called ancient forms of volcanic eruption.
They We're stairs uf pictured stones, step
above step of pumcr ana lava. reachins
from earth toward heaven; hUt some OF
the steps Of The stairs Hfty and lo' feet |
hi-h: not 80 much a Jacobs lGaper - aa /
o.naipotent stair.;y up and down which /
walked all the suleodors ana maj"-ti"s ANA 1
gruudeurs and ial.ar,es OF Cay ami night /
and sunshine AMI tempest. of summer and |
winter. Of decades and centuries and ages.
Tncs. steps seemed 10 Dee mad out OF |
pearls. prisTns per~iteG hyacinth. lily and |
violet. and All laid ONT as with a ''Vine |
geometry. Sueh curve. such bosses OF eA- /
uulsiteness. such ascents and descents be- /
vi!derinE wi,h almost
Supernatural GIoriCs.
Masonry smo5thed by invisible trowels; |
walls regulated 10y invisible ilumb lines; /
colors put ON by invisible pencils; sculpture /
cut bv Invisible chi~els. On the nieh; ~ /
June =. 1886. the moon was passing iu,o the /
Second quarter when. ten minutes after |
o'clock the earth SHOOK and an" mountains /
crGptcd. 11nillg s"u, twelve, fourteen |
miles aff. the people felt the shock and saw /
the ascent of tAc Steam column and IA" /
rei-hot rocks and the volcanic ASH aui /
scora: aI,i the smoke lOo,5in= Nk" "a vast /
ana "a 4. yen rI
the poetic, hut Ike au umbrella or mush- /
room. according 10 the description of the |
rustic Those who lived near the base of /
the hills aid not survive to cell the tale o& I
the catastrophe. The datouItiuns We're |
heard 30 miles away. That was can /
nouadin- in which the batteries We're /
taurheG of by hidden dynamir.. Such a /
combination Of wragh ana spi,ndor were |
never before seen in New zealand. 1t |
seemed as if ali the hycuas OF rage We're /
suarliug at an the hamngOes 81 beauty. /
The lake Missed as with ten thousand ser I
penis when the hot bombs Of tine mountain /
dropued into IL. The malodors ct burning /
iron oxides and ma-ntsia ANA chlorine anu I
alumina ami sulphur ul!ed ala the regions I
approximate with sITocation. a,rangula- /
tion and asphySiI. Sixty miles felt thc up /
LeaVaI and from Auckland more than $50 I
miles away, "A ship put out for the rescue /
Of a vessel supposed 10 be burning at sea- |
the mistaken fire beius that Of This burning |
mountain. IN tine house of Mr.. Hazard. 2
devout Christian man, as tine ashes and !
trees ana stone began TO drop heavily ON |
the roof Christian daughter, believing
ihat they must die, sat down ut cabinet
organ 10 play piece of sacred music, and
the whole OF the family joined in the hymn
And all save one of
Fae Fnmily Persisted.
At the hotel Mr. Baubridge, who was
ON a. journey round the world. called the
inmates of the hotel together Cor prayer,
and he told them They mad only Few more
minutes to live; and as ~ Was passing out
from the hotel the yeranua fell upon him
and crushed MIN TO death.
we talk about the dumb elements, but it
is hard for me TO believe that they are
dumb: and TINT the fire does not feel the
warmth flowing in its own veins; and that
the signing winds have no s0Tow; ana
that playing fountains experience no ex-
hilaratlon, anu thai the light does not en-
Joy nlumining the world; ana that the SEN
si,Ivc plant does not feel your touch; ana
that the rose, wish all its incense, does
not worship. II seems that in these par
oAysms Of the mountains, nature must
suffer.