The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-03-29

The Filipinos, by persons who -crm to
ihnk that that Process consists If put
ting pan,aloon> un people wlio already
wear ,antalDon~. and ~rndinc mission
ares t" convert people already con
ycr:cd 80 completely that tl"y ret up
Gre daylight t. 20 to clnrch ntll
o.- people have BITTER understanding
81 ,h> country and its inhabitants
10y cannot expect II be very success
f.. in their efforts to change matter,
so. the better ur to make salutary law :
70! their government. The talk about
Au.cricanizing the islands Is heard
here as well, but it means somewhat
more than when used rs tkr good pco
nc al home, for wc recognize more
i.lly the difficulty Of it, accomplish
.nent. pto the prc,cnttimc the Fill
pinos have as much l'ilipinizcd the fer
.irncrs as they have forcirnizcd the
natives. 50 to speak Their customs
and habits, both social and CONNER
clal, are fixed. They soon have their
Influences upon newcomers, and they
have affected in some degree the Eng
Iish and German business men Of
Manila.
The watchword Of the people of all
nations assembled here is ''manana,
"to- morrow This Spanish word
seems to cast its paralyzing spell upon
all countries where Spanish influences
prevail. Whether the ancient Filipi-
nos ever had better appreciation Of
the value Of time or higher sense Of
devotion to duty than they have now
is doubtful. \t all events they have
for years learned the lesson Of delay
and insincerity from their Spanish
masters, until it is in the bone, blood
and flesh as deeply ingraincd as though
their savage ancestors had transmitted
it to them as a racial Inheritance.
Strange to say that is, strange in the
eyes Of Amcricans-its blighting spell
has fallen upon the Europeans who do
business here, until they also are as
Indifferent to the pressing needs of the
hour as the natives This suggests
the thought that it may be possible
that Americans coming here may be
E'ilipinizcd as have been the Germans
and the English, instead Of working
the great revolution so chccrfully pre-
dictcd. Certainly they will have the
forces Of numbers custom and climate
to contend with, and these are no
mean antagonists.
Let us take for example, one Gus
tom, that Of the afternoon sicsta.
Even business bows to this. One can
80 through the chief business streets
between ~ and > clock and easily
imagine himself strolling on Sunday
in an American town, with we'll
enforced Sunday-closing law. Even
the quilez drivers have gone home to
sleep. When the hour of noon comes
the merchants politely follow their
customers to the door and lock the
portals, and open them not again until
>, or, perhaps, 3 o'clock. Even the
English banks are not opca for busi-
ness of Importance between those
hours, and if one enters the institu-
.ion on business intent, one Of the In
dians snoozing on bench will arouse
himself sufficiently to say that the
clerks have ell gone to eat and sleep.
This he does by poking his fingers at
mis- mouth to indicate the taking Of
food in genuine Filipino style, and by
laying his head over to one side on the
palm of his hand and closing his eyes,
TO signify sleep. \ little exclamation
Of disgust may bring compassionate
smile and "a las dos, sc1or.' which
means that he is sorry for you, but
you must wait until = o clock.
A few davs ago l entered photo.
graph gallery, presided over BY an old
German and his two ull-grown sons
was going to say operated by but
presided over fits the case better
for all three Of them entertained me a,
the same time, and no work Of any
kind was done during the half-ho
was there. | made selection Of II
views from the sample book, and wa.
Informed that they might possibl,
have them printed for me in two
months. ! insisted upon one week
but they shook their heads and said
NO: it is not possible we have sc
much work so much trouble Then
it being II o clock. one of them fol
lowed me down stairs locked the doo
after me, and all lay down to sleep of
the afternoon. Of course. one know
that in the tropics one must keep ou
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