The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-08

derneath the door, across the open pas
sageway outside. and falls into the court
on nobody's head it is to be hoped. This
is the bath of the Orient
Queer Iden About Filipino Dress.
Various pictures have appeared in the
magazines at home representing the tlh-
pima, or ''Mestiza, in the ma i've dress,
The "camisa" and the 'panuelo.' This is
the sty.e of dress which, with few varia-
tons is adopted by all the native women
here EXCEPT ng the Spanish. The dresses
are always made of some thin, SauZy ma
tcrial, he most expensive being n ''ptna'
and just" These clothes are so character
isiic Of the pace and people that nearly
ali returning Americans are having them
mace at the various Conven's, whe'e t6ey
do hat sort of work, 10 lake home 10 their
wives or sisters.
The idea has gone abroad among the
people here that the dresses are all TO be
worn, and that the Philippine dress VIII
soon be adopted by The women of Amer
lea. This is in accordance with the gener-
az impressions of the United States which
are extremely vague. II is known that il
is large country in North America. but
further particulars are apprehended indie
hniteiy. The men ion of New York or any
other large city does not meet with an in
telligent recognition Nearly every one,
however, is anxious to learn Eng iSh; in
few years The language VIII be commonly
spoken; the neWsboys in the street and
the "CocherOs" are beginning to speak it
now, and pick it up much faster than we
do Spanish.
Until the Americans took possession of
Manila no Protestant services had ever
been allowed there With the army came
few chaplains mot many. and services
were held for the soldiers TO a limited ex-
tent one of the men who has labored
| most earnestly and accomplished the most
good is Chaplain Pierce of the Fourteenth
Infantry. He has recently been appointed
the Bishop of Manila by the Protestant
Episcopal Church of America, and IS rails
ing funds to build cathedral in Manila.
He wisely calls the incipient church the
Anglo American Church. thus enlisting
the sympathy and support of the British
element here, which is large. Al present
| the services are held every Sunday at the
house of Mr.. Wilson, an Englishman who
! has a beautiful bungalow at San Miguel
one of the districts of Manila. few
weeks ago one of the representative Fill
| pinos here who has always held a prOmi-
| nent position and had considerable wealth,
| and who until recently has been identified
| with the cause of the Insurgents being a
| member of their Congress, came to the
| chaplain and handed him 500 for the new
| church. He said he had studied the
| American prayer book and he had come
| to the conclusion that ii was the church
| for the Filipiuos. When times were bet
| ter more money would be forthcoming,
| not only from him, but from others.
| It is to be hoped that after peace Is re-
| stored more sanitary measures in regard
| to burials will be enforced. The people
| 90 not bury their dead under ground, but
| in tiers of masonry. In Manila, Pace
| Cemetery is the most important place OF
| burial. The high walls of masonry in
! which are the long vaults, each the size
| of one body, are built in circles, one with
| in the other, with a walk between. A
| chapel stands in the center of the midd {
| circle, where the body is first taken; after
| lying in the chapel for a short time it is
| carried TO a vault which has been prevl-
! ously secured and made ready. As the
| coffin is thrust in the mourners rend tbs
| air with their walls, but they stand by
quietly while 1t is sealed with bricks and
| mortar; when the final crevice has beer
| filed they quietly dispense.
Generally the name of the deceased per
son is written on the front of the hole or
| a marble slab or otherwise, according tC
the means and taste of the family. Some
| times it is merely scratched in the damp
| mortar. These vaults are hired, moi
bought, of the church, and when the rent
| is not forthcoming the body is torn out
| no matter in what state Of preservation
| and the vault rented to some one else who
can afford to pay. The bones thus desc
Grated are thrown in a heap in a place
prepared for the purpose. where there is
a large and grewsome collection.