The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-08-29

silky black mustaohe curls over his upper III
and partly conceals his mouth. There was
spring in his step which was wanting in tn,
ponderous tread OF the heavy young General
and q restlessness In his manner that be
tokened a liking for action. Involuntary on,
pictured him in the front line Of the advance
q hard fighter and q good leader. There wa
nothing about the uniform Of either to indi
cate his rank. But the red and blue ribboni
with red. white and blue cockades on the hat
OF each and the fact that both wore boot,
showed them to be officers. II is the certain
mark Of rank when q Filipino puts on boots
Each carried also n sword and q riding whip.
Solicitations over. cigarettes and cigars passed
around. We said we wanted to go to the front
The eyes OF the Filipinos danced with pleasure
The dozen or more aides and attendants In the
room smiled and talked together In Togallo
the native language. Gen. Noriel said he would
be glad TO have US 60 to the front. and he hitn
self and Lieut-Col. Cailles would go with us
Very good. Young Can't. Guzman-all these
insurgent officers are young. some OF them lit
tie more than boys. Noriel is 2S-developed q
silent laugh that spread all over his face. and sat
down at the table to write out passes. He ia
the Generals Adjutant. At that somo one re-
membered the pass he had acquired from Gen.
Don Emilio AHuinaldo. Dictator and President.
Guzman laughed again when he saw Don
Emilio's signature. and promptly vised the
pass. Then the other passes came out, and
then there were more cigars and cigarettes.
TIL room was plainly furnished. but the fur
niture was all. like the General. square and
solid. Great reclining armchairs, half o dozen
Of them. in a double row by q window that
looked out over the village: o massive old
clock in q tall mahogany case. such as our
REORGANIZATION used to stand In the hall
vyaYo. n oaaa mazda m 40 far h0nHo With n nila
Of music in II. all the operas. and the best the
best have written. Some little talk Of the
situation. tho distance to the trenches. the
formation OF the lines. the condition Of
the two forces, number OF men In the
trenches tSpanish and insurgentsl, losses
in the fighting. and then we start. But not for
the front. Gen. Noriel has sent an aide to the
house OF one Of his friends in P~arafiaque-his
own HON Is in Bakor-to say that seven Ameri-
cans are with him and they need refreshments.
We start out in the rain and walk half o mile to
q big house built Of teak and thatched with
attap palm. 1t stands well up from the ground
on solid teak posts. and is surrounded by q
flower garden and by mango trees. The
whole household greets us cordially. and
It is announced that soup will be ready
very soon. Meantime We sit down and make
mutual exhibition OF our weapons. The sides
Of the house are pierced by windows made OF
small panes Of translucent shell. something
like mother Of pearl. The panes are perhaps
two and q half niche square. They are Get
closely together In wooden frames two and q
half feet wide by four feet high. which slide
back into the wall. Over the windows hang
thick attap thatches which are propped up
with bamboo poles and form awnings. efectu-
ally keeping out the rain. These windows run
completely around the house.
Az Wa aft nv thu oman wind0u fha FIlipinoa
crowd around to see our revolvers. The new
hammerless weapons most Of US carry excite
their ~liveliest admiration. They inquire eager
ly as to the cost, and when told that such q
revolver costs $35 in Hong Kong-silver-reply
that they would give $50 for them here. They
have old-fashioned. cheap. English. German
and Belgian revolvers. all six-shooters and
double action. but they recognize the
great superiority Of our guns. Their am
munition is gathered from the corners
of the world. In one revolver I saw cart
ridges from Bridgeport. Conn: from Rus
STA, from England. from Germany and from
Belgium. It is common to ind three makes in
one revolver. The Filipinos have swords of all
sorts. most OF them taken from the Spaniards.
They do not value them very highly: 1t is easy
to get them. Spanish officers OF high and low
degree are surrendering almost every day In
this or some other province. One Of our party
bought q fine Toledo sword for $40 Mexican,
$4.45 in our money.
The exhibition Of arm over. the daughter Of
the house comes In and plays the piano. It is O
very dry, cracked. tinpan-toned old piano. but
she manages to get q lot Of music out Of 1t. She
has had good instruction and has a fine. natu-
raj touch. One OF the Americans is an artist,
and he starts to make q sketch Of her as she
plays. Immediately she jumps up and runs
Then there Is q long argument. in which
the rest Of the household try to persuade
her to sit for her picture. At last she goes
into an inside room with the other women. |
and with much laughter and talk is ar
rayed In q great flowing skirt Of soft red
material like crepe. with a pifas cloth waist.
the sleeves of which flare out moro than those
In style at homo two years ago, This pi1as
is made OF the fibre Of cocoanuts or Of
leaves. and is very fine and gauzy.
hair. which was hanging in q heavy. black
mass down her back. she has tied up in a
knot, and. il she only knew it. she is
not nearly 30 picturesque as she was in the
one-pieco continuance she wore at first, with
her waving hair.
Somebody brings out o flask OF cocktails.
in San Francisco and more precious
han fine gold. The General. Col. Cables and
The rest taste it politely. but do not drink. 1t
so everywhere. The Filipinos have no appe-
lite for strong liquor. They skirmish about
and find some aguardiente and aniseed brandy
'or us. but We want no more Of that than
hoy do Of our cocktails.
At last soup is served-a thick broth with ma
,ive-made spaghetti and q liberal fiRvoring of
garlic. Coffee goes with 1t: good coffee and
we'll made. After soup. cigars. cigarettes and
TO chew. We sit at the table for q few
and at last it dawns on us that there
s no other course. Soup was the entire meal.
md we get up. rather guiltily. afraid we have
shown that we expected more than Filipino
hospitality had prepared. Only the men sat at
table. The women either served or stood
bout in the room and looked on. The dining
Dom was detached from the main room. where
he piano was. and connected by q narrow hall
ike passage. The floor was OF narrow strips
bamboo fine and cool.
Now surely we shall start for the front. but
tho sketch of the young lady of the
louse must be exhibited all around for general
--.s,oI Rrnpo fha artiutio noInE ~ ,io,r 10 Il,