The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-28

process. Certainly the stuff is pure and the
Catholic missionaries say it is healthful,
and, queerly enough do not object to the
natives use of 1t. They probably consider
il wise to consent to what they cannot pre-
vent. On account of its purity the whisky
never deranges the stomach, but a quart
of it intoxlcates quickly and thoroughly.
THE greater part of the natives-prob-
ably Is per cent-on the island of Luzon
in and about Manila are of several race
mixtures. Their original ancestors were
the Tagals and the Spanish. Sometimes
there is a strain of Malay in these people
They are known in Manila society as
meshzos. A few mestizos are rich. The
mestzo women from Is to 25 are posi-
lively about the most bewitchingly at
tractive in the warld. They age early, and
are blase at 30. The English call them hui
man butterflies. 1 have heard visitors In
Manila for the first time go wild over the
striking beauty of the mestizo girls that
one sees on the promenade of the Luneta
The eyes of the Philippines are great
languishing, dreamy, shaded by long
lashes and set off by a profusion of the
blacklist hair that ever grew. Hair is the
chief glory of the Philippine beauty. 1t Is
long, rich, thick made glossy by the care
bestowed on 1t. Often it is cleaned and
washed with lemon juice and oil made fra
giant with perfume. Some of the women
wear their hair hanging down their backs,
entirely unadorned, while Others espec,
tally the matrons, build IL up in a coil Or
knot held by a golden comb and orna-
mented by pins, or very frequently adorn-
ed by a bright, fragrant flower
whenever a naval vessel ties up at
Manila or Cavite for a few days the
young officers are restless to get ashore
to meet the pretty mestizo girls. Invita-
tons to a nestizo ball are eagerly accept
ed, although the Spanish people feel them
selves superior to the mestizos. The mesti=
20 women dress in bright colors, and go
bareheaded. A profusion of bracelets and
chains and earrings, all of beautifully
worked gold or silver, usually completes
the toilet of a Tagal beauty. The more
opulent possess very valuable jewels,
and often are seen with necklaces and
bracelets of diamonds and pearls
THE greatest manufacturing industry
in the Philippines is cigar-making at BIZ
nando The industry has been monopoliz-
ed by the Spanish and several penalties
are imposed upon any one who encroaches
upon the monopoly. It yields great rev.
enue to the government. Two brother of
Gen. Weyler wer in the tobacco business
at Binando for few years, and they went
back 70 Madrid to live like princes. To-
bacco grows everywhere in the island On
Samdr some Of the finest wrapper leaf
tobacco in the world is grown One field
there covers f,uUU acres. AT BindndO
nearly 5000 men, women, and boys are
employed in the cigar and tobacco shops
Under one roof and on one floor are 1000
workers. Their pay averages about Is
cents a day. They leave the shops at
shutdown in droyes.
II have never seen Manila man smok-
ing in church It's about the only place
where he does not smoke. He smokes in
the street cars. he smokes at the public
dining table, he smokes everywhere. The
presence of women Is not considered at all.
When coffee is brought on the table the
Spaniard of Filipino lights his cigar or
cigarette and begins to send up clouds of
smoke. He never even thinks of SAYING
10 the ladies', BY your leave. for the
custom of the country is to smoke every
where. II he is not smoking his neigh
Dor will offer him a cigarette The driver
Of your coach will smoke and very likely
offer you a cheroot. At he opera the
men will walk and smoke between the
acts in the spaces behind the boxes ana
balconies. You will see finely dressed
seemingly weil-bred men with ladies' In
fun evening dress entering the theater ana
smoking as they go. In the privacy of
their home men and women smoke from
the same box of cigars or cigarettes. You
never see a pipe in Manila.