El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-10-01

WASHINGTON. D. c. Oct. Even
w the New Zealauders. so far out
Of the beaten track OF world events
that their institutions and customs
have developed along unique lines.
and so self sustaining that the world
war scarcely affected their food
supply, are not isolated enough to
escape the universal pinch Of high
living cost, according to recent dis
patches.
The National Geographic society
has issued the following bulletin con-
corning our antipodal neighbor.
Imagine poOt-like Italy inverted,
with the tip of her peninsuler roe
pointed toward the eastern coast OF
Australia. some 1000 miles distant.
and you gain a picture, both in EIze
and contour. Of New Zealand
Long accounted a social science
laboratory and political experiment
station. some physical features OF
New Zealand are equally unusual.
biologists found there tailless BIRD,
evolutionary souvenir, they believe,
OF the now extinct wingless moa,
ranging in size from that OF a turkey
to a superostrich height OF u feet
from head to ground. Then there Is
a caterpillar, which dies but to live
again in the. form Of a plant, which
Springs Boil in Icy Lakes.
IN the instep of the island boot
is an area equal TO that OF Connecti-
cut and Delaware together. where
boiling springs spout from shores Of
ice cold lakes, Kissing pillars OF
steam and columned vapors puncture
the surface. phenomena comparable
only to the steaming, vaporous Val
ley Of Ten Thousand Smokes. near
Mt Katmai Alaska.
IN A Of
'cherchez lie volcan.' and the volcano
Is to be found in the extinct crater
OF White island For the thermal
springs district extends into the sea.
and energies again in the barren peak
1000 feet high. hooded IN otlloWy
wells of white vapor.
attracting the publicist because Il
has the newest governmental expert
ments-compulsory arbitration. old
age pensions, tax exemptions on small
terests the geologist for an opposite
reason, because II Is among the Oldest
portions Of the earth's solicited sur
aUnappetizfuEs Natives.
Seldom is clearer Illustration TO
be had Of the effects OF geography
upon a people. In fact the demon
stration was duplicated in New Yea
land. once with the Maoris. and then
with the English colonists- The
% all savage tribes, are POlynesians.
They came, some 500 years ago. some
say from Tahiti. and found the
aborigines 'unappetizing, but. as the
event proved, not indigestible-'
THE climate OF New Zealand. with
its elastic air and perpetual motion,
is more stimulating than the eneryat-
ing air Of most Polynesian islands
food was not waiting to be plucked
from trees. and shelter had to be
provided Hence the latent Instincts
Of these savage caunibals were de-
veloped here as nowhere else and.
even before the English came. the
Maoris had gable rooted houses. with
deliberately carved posts and lintels
and interiors decorated with designs
OF crude beauty.
women were needed in the
struggle against harsher natural
forces, so they won positions OF
esteem. and were represented in tribal
councils. They are ingenious enough
to bake meats on heated stones; but
not too civilized to roast especially
tough cuts or human flesh on this
aboriginal fireless cooker. They alone.
among the Pacific islanders. dis
cavered how TO weave. Yet they know
not the use OF minerals. and their
leviathan canoes. lashed together.
were constructed with tools Of stone,
shell. homes. and even OF human teeth.
Their European Discovery.
European discovery OF the Islands