The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-05-29
The Montana Volunteers Will See
Strange Things In Old Manila.
GIRLS IN PRETTY GOWNS
Fifteen Cigarettes for . Cent and Every
body emokes-spirituous Liquors Ee-
chewed-lAxy Natives Enjoy
Cock Frghts-A Picnic.

INK tne COmpfttion VI tluibiitht NV
orders to proceed on the long voya
across the Pacific to the Philippines.
While in a Francisco b boys will
be provided with brown duck suits and
helmets. besides other army parapher-
MALTA. The exact date of their depart
ure is not known. but will probably be
early next month. The troop who will
be sent to Manila to preserve the fruits
Of Commodore Dewey's victory would
need to. be Injured to hardships. In
the summer months during the great
err part of the day the heat is so in
tense tina the Europeans frequently
tumble over with heat apoplexy.
At sunset the various a stores
close. and their thousands OF employees
pour out into the streets. They form
motley yet effective feature among
The wayfarers. with their cotton suits.
big pink checks. or of h color OF lem
on. lilac. chocolate. yellow or green
combinations which harmonize charm
ingly with their rich. dusky skins un-
der the mellow light Of the afternoon.
The Anaconda boys will be delighted
with the ladies there. The Malay girls
are usually very pretty, with languish-
ing eyes. shaded by long lashes. and
supple figures, whose graceful lines are
revealed by their thin clothing. In
nne weather their bare feet are thrust
into light gold embroidered slippers.
In wet weather they raise themselves
on high cogs, which necessitate a very
becoming swinging of the hips. There
is not a bonnet to be seen. Women OF
the better class affect lace and How
crs, those of the lower wear their own
hair flowing down their backs. in a
long, blue-black wave.
All classes. without exception, wear
over the stir starched kerchiefs. which
decorously cover the bosom. a crucifix
and a relic of some sort. I'm a bag.
Jewelry is p~rofusely worm. Every wo-
man sparkles with bracelets. earrings
and chains. Many of the males are
similarly caparisoned. The reason 10
not far to seek. Thieves are many n
houses are insecure. 1t Is better to
carry your property with you than To
have 1t at the mercy Of the robber.
Many of the X and M company boys
smoke, some of them cigarettes. Ev-
erybody in Manila smokes. Cigarettes
at Is for a cent are In chief favor with
the natives. Cigars at $l.50 a hundr
are in favor with the foreigners. All
the street cars are p~eripatetic moking
saloons. Even the women Tight up
as soon as their fares are paid.
A Manila street car has other pecu-
Hdrlt1eS. III IL USUALLY ufdNh ny ~
single pony managed by two drivers.
One beats the pony and the other holds
the reins and blows a tin horn. ON
the rear platform stands a pompous
conductor. who collects a coppe all
around every time the car passes a
section post. These section posts are
somewhat less than a mile apart. The
conductor is particularly careful to
look after the due balance OF the car.
aGt n xNtl not ntlnkN mara
to stand on one platform than on the
other. II there are eight I'm front and
six i'm the rear, or vice versa. somebody
has to stumble through the car from
the heavier end to the lighter. This
precaution is necessary to prevent de-
railments. Other precautions still
more necessary are omitted. Thus a
woman carrying "A little smallpox pa
tient is as welcome as any N else.
None of the Philippine islands offers
any inducements to the temporary so
journer. ave in natural beauty of
scenery. The government Is medieval.
and foreigners are discouraged as
much as possible. Owing to the for
mer diou custom house regulations
the obligation Of every person to pro-
cure and carry on his person "A docu-
ment of identity. the requirement OF a
passport to enter and another tn leave
the Islands. the absence of railways
and hotels i'm the interior and the per
sonal insecurity and difficulty of trav-
cling the Philippines have not beer
favorite resorts of tourists and globe
trotters. Probably not $1,000 Spaniards
or people of pure Spanish blood have
even a passing residence Throughout
it's whole extent. Indeed. Of the 5000.
900 that inhabit the Philippine islands
all the foreigners whatsoever, whether
European or Chinese, do not altogeth.
er make up a hundredth part.
An important though numerical,
small element in the population of ths
larger cities are the mestizos. or hal
breeds, the result of admixture eithcl
between the Chinese or the Spanish
and the natives. These mestiZos occu
py about the same social position Al
the mulsttos Of the United States
They will not associate with peopl'
whose skins are darker than their owl
and they cannot associate with tn
whites. But they are the richest an
most enterprising among the nativ'
population.
In all the towns and larger village
of the Philippines the chief municipal
control, subject &c the approval Of tn
Spanish governor at Manila. was nom
inally in the hands of a captain"
native Of the place. who Is elected II
accordance with immemorisl custom
for a two years service. from amonI
the villagers themselves.
Next TO the church. the creates
Sunday and holiday resort in a Phil
ppine village is the cockpit. usually
large building wattled like a coars
basket and surrounded by a high pal
ing Of the same description. whic
forms a sort Of court yard, wher
cocks are kept waiting their turns {
come upon the stage when their own
ers have succeeded in arranging a sat
isfactory match.
IL is claimed that many a respect
able Malay p~aterfamiliss has bee
seen escaping from amid the ruins z
his burning home. bearing away in h
arms his favorite bird. while wife an
children were left TO shift for them
selves
The diet of the Philippines has some
thing 10 do undoubtedly with the
gentle and non-aggressive qualitle
They eschew opium and spirituou
liquors. ghetr chief ~sustenance morn