The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-12-18

when some one would cry. Viva los FIJI
ipnos." the response that would come
back from their iusty little throIes very
forcih'E demonstrated that Tie oen,-'i0
enthusiasm OF several generations back
was about 10 let Itself out in this age. They
would always finish their cheers with
viva los AmericanoS,' AMI thereby
showed a trait of diplomacy rarely found
In people as young as they are.
1t is said Of these people that they are
NOT fix 10 govern themselves. and their
lack of education is brought UP a case
in point yet l have not come in contact
with one who cannot write. The boy Ia
whom you pay eight dollars tMeXtcaul "A
month. writes and reads Spanish. He has
learned 10 do so AZ the different schools
throughout the island. not in Manila at all.
l visited. the other day. II native school
where 100 boy pupils are taught reading.
writing. geography and arithmetic. The
school was In session when got there. and
never have | seen a more orderly and BET
ter regulated system OF teaching.
Pass through one of their lanes In the
early morning. and YOU Will find whole
family performing the additions Of the
day in large tubs which later on you viii
see full OF corn or some other product.
They dress very simply. most of them us
ing no underciothes. simply a white cotton
coat and trousers. and generally no shoes.
Al the entrance 10 their own houses Is
always found bowl OF water and bunch
OF hemp. Ii they enter. they must battle
and dry their feet. What can be cleaner
and healthier than that?~
Their politeness is extreme. / have Of
ten noticed a native stopping NJ SOME XII
osk by the roadway, behind the counter an
old woman sitting knitting between sales,
TO her the wanderer would always, before
he asked even the price Of What he desired.
lift his cap Meeting each other on the
Public highways Is always the occasion for
lifting the hat If there are women in either
rarity; If men. simply a greeting. but al
ways given wiki bow.
While dining with a native family. soon
after my arrival. I WIS struck With the
quiet and digniii,-i manners OF the serv-
ants, and I naturally attributed 1t 10 ;he
training OF the housewife whose gdest
was, but since | have kept house myself
| find that Il IL ground into them. When
you reach home in the evening, always
ore OF them is standing at the gateway to
take whatever package one may have: 4
bow and "Buenos Noches'' gree,s you.
and after that, until YOU have reached
your seat at dinner, they dance in etseni-
ance without a sound, as they 60 about
barefoot. that being the universal custom.
They make perfect servants. rarely for
getting what they have once been taught.
imitation: the people who get him now
will either make him a success or a dire
failure. II the United States takes him
quietly. instructs him as he wishes him To
20, and does il kindly he VIII obey inn
plctly and within generation viii reach
the inventive age. But woe to the govern
ment who undertakes TO boss him with
cuffs and force. The story OF Spain Will
be repeated rebellion after rebellion In the
interior country, bad blood and ciashiug
OF arms with no commercial SUCCESS. for
the El Dorado riches the mines. the hard
woods every source of money making
come from just the country that these fea-
lows hold and always Will. unless e,ter
minated BY overwhelming force which
would on its own side. lose many. as the
country IS Ii very blind ons. So LET VA hope
Uncle Sam will decide 10 la ienent but
arrn and he viii have the most proficient
pupils Of any colonial instructor in the
worll. say the best authorities on tha far
Eastern questions. Capt. Putnam Brad
lee Strong in Leslis's Weekly.