Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1898-11-19
WOMEN en- MANILA.
A CORRESPONDENTS IMPRESSIONS
OF THE FILIPINO BEAUTIES.

OF THE FILIPINO BEAUTIES.
Eo Says They arc All as Ugly an SIN.
They Smoke Rig Cigars and Chew
Bctcl Nrts-isow They wniii-some-
thing About Manila.
@. G. Carlton of the San Francisco
Call, who has ,-ust returned from the
Philippines, says:
al longed for II sight of those pictur-
esque Filipino beauties that had read
about. The papers and magazines had
represented them as charming dusty
damsols.
:. They have manner Of walking
on the forward part or ball Of their
feet, said one story, and this imparts
to the body graceful motion and
most bewitching swing of the launches.
SCI travelled through the streets of
Manila for nine days. eagerly looking
for a female type, that l might de-
scribe to my friends at home. Not one.
All as ugly as sin. am ready to believe
that tho graceful and attractive Filipino
is like the beautiful Indian maiden,
who, since the death of Pocahontas, is
nowhere to be found out of Fenimore
Cooper's novels The Filipino girls
wear costume that is especially adapt
ed for that climate. Those who can
afford it dress in thin. gauzy stuff,
diaphanous and iridescent fabric woven
from silk and mixture of the pineap-
pie leaf. 1t is called just, and yet an
other fabric is known as 'pinta cloth. ,
The Filipino girls wear their thick,
black, glossy hair done up in rolls,
much like the Chinese and japanese
women. On their feet are wooden slip
pers, which click, click, click on the
hagstones as they trip along the street,
sometimes with basket of something
balanced on their heads and again with
huge Manila cigar between their lips
stained red with betel nut
1.-Two Filipino girls meot on the
street, both bareheaded, rs Filipino girls
invariably are One is putting big CT
gar. Girl No. l says something IN Span-
ish to the other, who Immediately re-
moves the cigar from her mouth, splits
stream of betel nut juice from be-
tween her lips, and hands the cigar to
her friend.
eff had been near enough and knew
enough Spanish, doubtless | should have
heard this dialogue: Senorita, give me
light, will you? How is business: Are
you going to take in the cockfight this
evening":
'For chicken fighting, as everybody
must know, has until recently been the
national sport of the Filipinos. At the
Oriental hotel l was endeavoring to in
quire in the best Spanish could COM
mand where and when could see a
cockfight.
Z" 'Guerrer gallo = guerrer gallo.
Donde? cuando:' asked
"A mite of Filipino girl (about 90
years old or so, should say tripped up
smilingly and offered to escort me to
ccckfight if would pay the way. sur
yeyed her carefully and concluded that
didn't care to see cockiight, but |
said to her: After awhile. Must go mp
town now Would you believe it?
When got back, three hours later, the
Filipino girl was waiting for me. told
her had learned up town that cock
fights had been prohibited (Which Was
the Truth, and then purchased my re-
lease by paying her peseta.
Manila itself isIota city, although
there are 200, 600 or 800, 600 inhabitants
there aud in the suburbs. 1t is just
rambling, ramshackly old place, with
Zone and sometimes two) stored houses,
built of wood, with red tile roofs. Ere
quently the entire upper story of the
dwelling houses is a sort of bay windov
that is to say, they would be bay wiz
dows if they were not square. These
windows extend across the entire front
and are provided with sliding shutters
Frequently these small wooden dwell
ing houses are vine clad. There ale
trellises of morning glcrics-delicaia
tints of pink and blue-and hoIlyhocks
too. on either side of the door. In this
yards saw flaming rcd blossoms of Ike
po1negranate and pepper tree aud PAINS
These flowers. plants and shrubs do
much to redeem Manila and render lie
tolerable if not pleasant to the visitor.
'tManila is not a compactly built
town. These little houses are separat'
ed, and, in some parts of town, isolated
one from the other; but this is in the
outlying districts, whore, too may be
seen many houses constructed of BAN
boo, matched with palm or palmetto
leaves. The Streets Of Manila's outly-
ing districts are nothing more chan or
binary lanes, bordercd by palm trees
pepper trees, and ponlegrauate With
here and there. in the grass, a profu-
sion of tiny pink and blue blossoms. In
the outlying districts you have fresher
air the flowers breathe sweet per
fume; but in Manila proper-that Is
TO say, in the heart of 'Binondo, or in
the 'Intra Mura -one's ncstris are
greeted with all sorts Of noisome whifIs
the most offensive smells that ever
offended mans nose.
Tobacco at the E1ysee.
The Partisan journalsare commenting
on the fact that President Felix Faare
was seen the other evening smoking
cioarntte ot a garden party in the