Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-19
SHE SAW THE
Nebraska Girl Who Dine1 with the Famous
Ruler of sulu Island.
SPENDS Months IN THE PHILIPPINES
First American Woman TO Set Foot on the
Soil Of the Islands,
HAS MANY INTERESTING EXPERIENCES
Visits Guam and Studies the Character and
Habits of Its People.
AS MANY INTERESTING EXPERIENCES
SHOWN MANY FAyoRs BY GENERAL BATES
Narrative Told, by Miss
Mamie Hartley of Lincoln. Who
Has Recently Returned from
Uncle SANS New Possessions.

Uncle Sans New Possessions.
| LINCOLN, Nov 1S.--(Special )--B Being tho
| first American woman to set foot on several
of the Philippine islands is a distinction en-
joyod alone by Miss Mamie Hartley of this
city. On May 90 she left Lincoln with Mrs.
I Angie F. Newman, sister of Senator Thurs
ton, on a tour that was to include all OF the
important Philippine islands and the and
of Guam in the Ladrone group. Mrs. New
man went as a representative of the White
! Cross society to examine the conditions of
the women of the Philippine islands. Miss
| Hartley, who is accomplished artist,
accompanied her for the purpose of making
illustrations for Mrs. Newmans proposed
| book.
| The couple left Gods country for the land
of intrigue and iniquity on April 20, but at
! Honolulu Mrs. Newman became i'll and was
compelled to give up her journey. 1t was
a rather perilous and dangerous undertaking,
but Miss Hartley decided to go on and
finish the journey. At Manila she was
Joined by an official of the White Cross So
ciety who acted as her chaperan for the
remainder of the trip They visited most
of the important islands of the group and en-
countered serious dangers, but both returned
| to Manila unhurt. She was entertained by
the sultan of Sulu and several parties were
given in her honor by officers on board
| American ships.
Miss Hartley brought back with her
large collection of curios, weapons and little
trinkets, which is said to be as complete
as any brought over from the islands. While
on the trip she studied the conditions, the
habits and the peculiarities of the men of
/ the different tribes, The people of the Sulu
| Islands were found much more intelligent
! than expected They are mostly Moros from
| Mindanao one of the largest islands OF the
| group.
| Miss Hartley recently returned to Lin
| coin and is in excellent health, notwith-
standing her long stay in the tropics She
was member of the party that accompanied
General Bates commission to the Sulu
islands and is probably the first person who
Witnessed the signing of the So -cailed treaty
to return to the United States.
Boxes for the Boys.
! "As soon it became known that we
were going to Manila people here began
sending us boxes to take down to the boys
in the First regiment" said Miss Hartley
In telling of her trip 80 many of these
requests were made that we decided to un-
dertake the task on larger scale and Mrs
Newman advertised that she would deliver
to members of the First regiment anything
left at her home up to a certain time. They
J kept bringing their boxes and they wept and
wept and walled and walled, but we finally
got started on our journey, having in charge
about forty boxes, containing almost every
conceivable thing.
1--WE sailed on the Goth of April both feel
ing well and looking forward to our visit
| on the islands with great deal of pleasure
The Washington Marines and the Fourth
and Fifth artillery were on board and the
soldiers amused themselves by breaking into
our boxes in the hold. We stopped five days
at Honolulu and while there Mrs. Newman
became i'll and decided not to continue
farther on the trip. You can only imagine
the position / was in. There were all of
those things to be delivered to the First reg
iment and the outlook was not at all en-
couraging But decided to go. We sailed
into Manila harbor May 2S There / met
Mrs. Schwichtenberg, the inspector general
of hospitals for the White Cross society,
and she assisted me in delivering the things
to the soldiers.
Heard the Bullets Fly.
THAT work finished, we devoted consid-
cradle time to the work of the White Cross
society. We had no work in the hospitals,
but we were busy with the soldiers all the
| time and we found that there was a great
need for women ON the field. woman, you
know, can do lots of things for the comfort
| of a soldier that a man cannot do. l was
out on the firing line good deal and heard
the bullets whizz by Frightened? Oh, no.
The soldiers didn't seem to mind, and why
should l?
Living in Manila isn't bit jolly. Every
thing seems cut down and swept away.
While the houses of the high class are
l,n ot.tif nj ha yhat
pected Manila, you know has been sar-
castically called the Pearl OF the Orient and
the Venice OF the Far East. Down in the
city the houses are feebly constructed
affairs and they look as II good blow
would lay them fiat But In the older por-
ton of the city, back OF the fortifcations,
are those heavy structures of the old days,
built to stand up under the terrific shocks
of earthquakes, which in past years were
frequent and destructive. The oyster shell
windows are, of course, very noticeable and
at least novel in appearance These shells
are scraped so thin they are almost trans
parent The homes of the upper class peo-
pie of Manila however, are really handsome
affairs. They are furnished in the best OF
taste, even luXuriantly. There isn't a soft
wood tree in the Philippine islands and con
sequently the interiors are all finished in
models and give cool, clean air TO the
homes.
"In Manila everybody smokes 1t is bit
curious to see a woman smoking long
cigar, bigger than any OF those sold in this
country, and the men all smoking cigarettes.
That is the custom. The men smoke the
cigarettes and leave the cigars to the
women. The soldiers have fallen into this
custom, too and now most OF them prefer
the cigarettes to the cigars
Business mt stnndstiiI.
ION account of the troubles on the island
everything but the tobacco business is at a
standstll at Manila This industry still
thrives, but otherwise no manufacturing is
going on. The prices encourage smoking
The cigarettes. which by the way, are said
TO be superior TO those made in Cuba, are
sold in packs of thirty for cents On the
bridge crossing the Pasig you pay a copper
(Cnnfinuad nn Third paRel