The times., 1898-09-16
IN THE PHILIPPINES
more About the Interesting PeopIe
of the ArchipeIaeo.
lFrom &c Chicago Times.H .He-a1t J

Qrom the Chicago Tines -HeraId.)
Ihe Filipino is small OF stature and
tnin OF hmb' but deep-chested and sturdy
He will carry a 10O-pound sack Of sl,s-s-
! on MS head without distress. and r 49,
seen boatInan weighing I30 pounds car
on MS shoulders from his boat. thirty
Feet 10 the shore an American office-
weighing $50 pounds The SDanfsb 81
oiers are little larger. but by no means
so vigorous or strong. and this higher
: spirit and activity is the secret of ,be
successes gained by the insurgents over
tne degenerate soldiers of Spain.
lie mas imbibed such a wholesome re-
spect LOT the Americana as a fighter.
i and has received such fair and unexnacs-
eoiy good treatment. that he will nor
hastlly rush into a conflict with him az
the bidding OF Aguinaldo, when the inev-
ltaole clash comes between the govern
ment 10 be established by the United
States and the new republic proclaimed
by the insurgent chief
The women are even smaller than the
men and equally remarkable. for their
sex, in their ability 10 carry burdens.
nave not yet seen the natives Of the
interior mountain districts, nor OF the isl
&ndS 10 the south, my remark APPLYING
only so far as l know-to those living
within radius of twenty miles of Ma
nlla, comprising some 1,509 900 OF the OG0
w ~ Ing Oll the 4SIdl1QS- j nave 1TVIhr
that farther away from the refining in
buence of the city are natives of erossAr
habits and less attractive in every re-
Spect- l am informed that there is a
mountain province on this island of Iu
Son where the natives have never ac-
KnoWiedged the authority of Spain and
where the kings writ does not run and
that the great island of Mindonas i stfU
practically in its original wild state
There are said to be fifteen dialects OF
the Tygalo spoken by the natives and of
these l have already heard seveipI in .
Journey of but dozen miles Not all of
them speak Spanish, for the schools are
only parochial and not too plentiful some
OF them even here selling fruit and vege-
tables in Cavite being unable to speak the
tongue OF the oppreSsOr. There IS an in
hltration of Chinese and japanese bio q
IN this vicinity, and IT is said that in the
Islands farther south there Is a mixture
with the natives of Java and BOrneO. W.
ing near by to the south Intermarriage
has caused some queer combinations
There are the half castles of Spanish and
Filipino, Spanish and Chinese, 81 anisa
and japanese Filipino and japanese. Chi
nese and Filipino. and stin other mix
lures. These half-castes are called Nets
made the explosive. but the same mar
tive society
Crossing the rice fields, so difficult a
task for the leather-shod American, is an
eeasy one for the barefooted native. The
little dikeS separating them offer a pre-
carious footing for shoes while the bare
feet of the native find a good hold Even
If he slips off into foot or two of mud
and water no special harm is done. The
poorer classes go barefooted or wear
cheap wooden sandals, while the better
class wear leather and cloth sandals.
similar IN style to what is known in
| America as Chinese slippers It is eti-
| quette to go barefooted in the house for
| comfort. the floors being made of bam-
| boo Stats, kept clean and highly polished
| by mop brooms of green ba-
| mana leaves. 1t can be seen
p, from this that there is little of
/ that exposure of the person popularIy
( supposed 10 be the rule among the native
I races of the tropics. yet on this subject
| there is no prudery whatever. Little
| children run about nakeG or clad more
with the purpose of projecting their
backs from the sun tnaa their bodies
/ from observation. The nature of the
| clothing of the women sometimes reveals
more than is considered good form IN
Caucasian society. yet nothing is thought
of it even by strangers after a few days
in the tropics.
| If one wants a servant he must get a
young one to have him of any value. for
the older ones are unreliable If they have
a woman 10 ran DdcA upon They pre-
fer to sit around the house and live ON
the few cents a day made in trade by
their wives and daughters. in selling the
few articles that constitute a stock of
merchandise, of which cigarettes and ci-
gars always constitute a large fraction.
| The women also do the work in the
| fields equally with the men. They are
also the beasts of burden for the small
| things, everything being carried in bas-
| kets and bamboo trays on the head This
| practice of balancing articles on the head
! gives them a peculiar gait. far from
| graceful, as they hold their bodies very
| erect and steady and walk with jerky
motion entirely from the hips. the shut
/ fling step necessary 10 keep sandals on
| the feet adding TO the awkwardness of
| the movement. Carrying burdens on the
! head Is an art and 1 have seen them
| perform feats of balancing that would
| qualify them for stars on the vaudeville
| stage