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(M ri|< ttffrltu n i K rffr* « iU llm : Interesting Discoveries About the South Sea Island Natives *. •- * 7 y ( g 1 1 l S ° M V y /O tA M i. a are quit,* rloa* to th r pqiialor The»-* wear a broad leaf, fasten ed w uh a m ent of bits cd strin g, flsh-hoobs. m ou ntain * in gen eral a i r stern and strin g aroun d th e waist, leavin g III.* pieces of coconut, and in fact, a n y th in g and e veryth in g th at appeals to .avagc-ln ok llig The .sides are so sleep lim bs free F you tak e a w o rld -m ap I h at no will Is found on them O nlv them as "keep s " P rim itive C ustom s It must not be m isunderstood by am i xtudy it c a re fu lly you "th e hare roek glow ers in the sun " T ile Patm an s still clin g to th eir ers th at tile Pa.Mians are dissi- w ill fin d thul about one hun 111 the valleys the vegetation is lu x u r custom s, riles an d ritu a ls m an v of read pated or derelict people ious an d varied ; w on derfully colored dred miles to the north of croton* a n d coleus a g o a n d coco w hich are both stran ge and unique I f one lives w ith these n atives fo r e chief o f them relate to birth an v len gth ol tim e one w ill And Cape Y o rk , N o rth ern Queens nut palm s, a rrea palm s and pepiier T m h arriage, death and h arvest W hen them a hap py, virile race, and if vines and h ea u lllu l lilies flourish In a child Is born the m other Is the re treated properly, w ill respond in a lan d, lies the island of New rich profusion cipient ol nu m erou s presents, often w ay that will be ben eflcial to th e m G uinea, p robably the largest Cleorgeolis bu tterflies flit about, and from a pig down to n o se-rin g for jUie and the world in gen eral. It island in the w o rld . O rig in a l :he b eau tifu l llird of P a ra d ise adds yo u n gster, w hile when the l>abv Is selves must be rem em bered that all races Its luster to the scene I’.qm.i is a ly owned by fierce head land of gre a t riv e rs, th e M y R iv e r Is lull a few hours old It is taken to have a place In the world T h e h ig h th e m o c o d b ath ed m th e w aves hunting cannibals. M any one of the largest In the world, and T h en com es ttie next process, for a ly civilized race s should help those n o t so blessed to realize the highest is n avigab le for at» ut live b u n d led still rove through the in terior, miles, an d It has been said th at few days later some black resinous w ithin them w ithout im posing th eir m ixture, m uch like glue. Is nibbed civilisatio n upon people w ith d isas but it is now ruled over by "en o ugh w a ter r o o m down the river ii Its head to harden the skull trous result*, a* is freq uen tly the the Dutch and the British, I to provide everybody on tills earth T h e next process Is to pierce holes case with one hundred an d tw enty gallo ns , m the cinM e a r s an«t In m o m w ho d ivide the island equally e a c h dm P ap u an s Kdueated I cases the nose, into w hich are th rust betw een them . T h e north q u e e r l.ife , spigots o f wood or grass T h e se holes M uch is being done tor the P ap u an eastern p art was o rig in ally T h e |ieople live in sm all villages are m ade lugger as the child grow s of late yea rs by the fed eral g o vern G erm an N ew G uinea, but at About fllteeii to tw enty houses g e n I older, u n til It reaches a stage when m ent of A u stralia T h e nalive.s are erally form a village and as very lit a large plug of wood can lie thrust lieing educated and looked a fte r from the beginning o f the Great tle ordet Is preserved the houses are I in to the stretched lobes O ne never a w elfare stan dpoint in quite an a d W a r, was taken by the A us built w ithout nny idea o f to w n -p la n sees a biri'.ida.v least o r celebration m irable way by the A u stralian a u So m etim es they are built on m P a p u a lo r ». M rtM a v * a re cou n t th orities T h e children in most cases, tra lia n forces and is now the h ning ills (or protection, or near a good ed a s u nlucky events, th ey are fo r an* not only eager, but quick to learn M an d ated T e rrito ry . and the white teach ers are h igh in bench or even out nbow be aea au gotten all about ih eir praise for Ilie lr gen eral ad - T h e southeastern part of ihe houses are built upon high piles M utilation as a protection again st w hile an ts ; vancem en t. both from r u ed u catio n the island, o rig in a lly called rats, an d other verm in, which are A» Ihe d eath ot k relative the n a- al and civilized standpoint this, of British N ew Guinea, is what num erous. T h ese village house* are | liv es |Mint th em selves with a m ixtu re course, is in the M andated T e r r l- o ften covered with decorations an d of ch arco al and coconut oil. and this | torv. w hich, as h as alread y been I am about to tell you o f in earveti figures som e o f which are m ust not be w ashed off for a m onth stated has been under A u stralian a d this c hap ter. T he name w in grotesque In th e extrem e Although ' or so. but m ust be renew ed h o u ld It m in istratio n sin ce the opening o f the altered to Papua, which It Is a rude form ot art. still It show s w ear off b*fo re th at tim e T h e n a- G re a t W ar a striv in g for b eau tifu l things In h e r gain. if the relativ e Is a n e a r one a means fuzrty-hended, some; ent New H ebrides Situ atio n (oitil Is taken ofT a fin ger as a re- In all people As for the vario u s groups of is m einbran re of the death hike most years ago in order to avoid i Hal Rees and An», that stud Uie Pacitlc there confusion w ith the n o rth T h e ir m ain food pi the yam 'so m e - j ocher Islan d ers they go in tor t»ton lands ing expensively, and th is Is done In j is an eve r-in cre asin g atten tion b u n g eastern part. It is about 90.- What like a potato), b re a d -fru it. taro I youth with a th orn or other sh arp paid by tt\e au th o rities to education. <whlch Is flic root o f a llly i, h an au as. ' point, which h a s been dipiied into a R u t the New H ebrides Condom inium , 000 square miles in extent, su garcan e, pineapple an d nuts, .'tome- ] blue dye, m ade fro m c e r t a in ! unique in m an y things, Is unique a l and has a population o f about lim es they hav e pig. or llsh or fowl. I strong so in this th at alone am ong So u th wild berries an d with every p repared loud Uie R ea Islan d G o vern m en ts it does 2 50 .00 0 natives. • K e e p s ' coconut. T h ey a i r not o v er-p articu - I nothin g fo r the prom otion of e d u ca "H a*'»r-H ack" lar. for th ey o ften eat frogs. Itaards. | Kven from quite an e a rly age the tion T h e teachin g an d train in g of snakes, ltv • bees ants, stin g a ree h air of The P ap u an gets quite a lot of j the n atives a re le ft e n tire ly 'o the ; T li* country Is rough and jugged, 'stin g in g rtslil. opossum , and even atten tion for children are taugh t by \ m issions jnucl) ot it being known as "raaor- rats T lic ir clothing consists o! very ! tlielr paren ts to ccm b th eir h a ir w ith ! T h e question til education in the latrk' lo n n atk in Som e of th.* in uni- little, as befits a hoi countvy. grass king wooden h om e-m ade com bs T h u s , island s Is com plex and beset w ith ¿ 11 - lain - re vetv high tb elr peaks ilsln ,; r.klrls a re worn hy tlu* Vronu u fo lk .' Ih * lu xrv m op becom es as good as a , flcu ltifs. C h ild ren whose parent ■ a r e . ’ 0 ir r t w h 'ch have p eiiiet- who are qu u c as keen on la sh Ions as pocket, and Is more o ften th an n o t] em ergin g front th e s to n e Age CJV.flot our own ’"-»p i* v hfle iv*n i n i lj—a» th * receptacle o f a stran g e a sso rt be taugh t on quite Hie sam e lines as .pon ‘ them though they By W ilto n I’einber I boys and girls who are the product of a h igh ly-develop ed civilization T h e island er bv n atu re is a u lle r of the soil and does not take kindly to an v form of work o th er th an a g r i ’ culture T h e trad es and Industries of the Islands are la rg e ly in the lutnds o f Europeans an d Ja p a n c -e . and are lik ely to rem ain th ere T h e whole fu tu re of the n a tive is bound up with the use he m akes of his land. W itch craft In bygone days th e prevalen ce of w itch c ra ft debarred a n y possib ility of progress, and m ade t. n a tive con tent w ith h is dugout canoe, his a n cient im plem ents, and backw ard co n ditions. His ideas in a g ricu ltu re are still extrem ely prim itive. F o r the most part the natives of today till the soil in the sam e fash io n as th en fo re fath e rs did in C ap tain Cook's day m erely scratch in g the su rfa c e w ith their o ld-fash ion ed hoes U n der such con ditions, edu cation of an isinnd child can n e ver be com plete u ntil he la taugh t to farm his ow n land and become an able and in telligen t c u lti vator. O nly w ith in recent y e a rs have the ben efit* o f edut U n been understood and ap p reciate d by tlie n atives In the earlv d a vs of m issio n ary e n te r prise schools were regard ed as an unaccou ntab le whim of th e miss ion - (C on tin ued on page fo u r' IMPORTANT NOTICE! W ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ T h ere are some very in teresting opportunities o f fered to our r e a d e r s among the classified ad advertisem ents which ap pear on page 7 o f the Illu strate d F eatu re Section in this issue. W h y not look them over? <___:_______ :__________________________ t