Arizona republican., 1899-04-05

and inexpressibly sad that you can al most hear the rustic of forest leaves
 or the singing of autumn zeDhyrs
 through the pine trees
 Church music, too, is of ths same Ipbiintive character. All pitched in 2
 minor key, The writer had the pieas-
 ura of hearing some Filipino church
 music
 The churches of Manila arc not uI- like our own. though the floors are usp-
 ally paved with stone fag8ing. But the church belfIy, from which c3nSles
 a huge hempen rope; the altar, the
 chancel, the hraze1 c3nCIssticll5. paintings Of the crucif1Xion and Of the Madonna: the crucifCrm windows of
 stained glass, through which stole ] dim religious light; the priests holy
 face: the white bonnetted sisters of
 charity, remind US of home and Of the l fact that even in this faraWry land, among Q despiscd and Intellectually in Ifarior people, the Christian religion
 was dominant.
 In the Cathedral of Paco there was
 no organ, the simple rn tives lifting their voices in an anthem which was singul2rly sweet and beautiful. could net help but think of Will Carlp- tons poem in which the new fangled" church organ is inveighed against, and with some justice, by the old woman parishoEcrs, ncr of contrasting these simple and pathetic hymns with mod ern church music worked by hydraul- ics, steam, or electricity; where the or gan crashes, thunders, and groans, plays like flute, twitters like cat bird. whines like 2 hound pup barking at the full moon, and then winds up with something brisk and lively, like Money Musk or Rake Back the Shucks."
 The interior of 9 -danila cathedral is not so fully occupied with pews as our own. They are arranged around the walls, having in the center an area paved with stone. Here may be seen ar any hour of the day old men and women (and young ones, too, for that
 natter) in Q prayerful attitude. They cross themselves many times, all the while mumbling prayers that are audi ble throughout the cathedral: then GrCpe their way out, p2using at the door to dip their fingers in the holy water
 In attempting 9 brief description of Filipino music, the writer in beginning had no thought of entering into a de- f fense of the Filipino character, which | It seems now the fashion to Gespiss anG maNGn because we are at v1lr wfih them; yet cannot refrain from paying 9 simple tribute to these pa0ple for their unaffected, sincere and gentle manners. They are doubtless an in fsrior race, intellectually. They are as simple as children. and as credulous. { But they are industrious and God fear ing, while in department they are not 3 whit behind tn5ir brothers of the S Caucasian race who have had better advantages.
 The writer's stay in Manila was i brcf, but army officers who had been I stationed there for months united i'll S estifying to their devotion to the cath i ollie religion. and to their gentle de- I pertinent, which is either natural, or S acquired from the Spaniards by long V association with these polite peccle. !
 When, @. few weeks ago, the Manila eabia dispatches told of the charge | made by the First California regiment " n P2cO chUrch-the batlle-and the O destruction Of that holy edifce by or v Ter of Colonel James r. Smith I won tered whether in the execution Cf this t ;tein duty .as q soldier he remembered f he day we dtsmounted from our DO C lies. the willing hands of Fiininos 9 hat held th1 5ridle Teins, the cOurt esT C with Which we were greeted at the c ,hurch door, and the evident pleasure q
 
 ention tO the 'good Americans" I il if Colonel Jim Smith -emem- Il ,ered his own prayerfUl attitude as he D melt at the chanceI rail and crossed t limseIf out Of defere:lce and respect to il he religion of these people. f
 Several months later the California G 'egiment poured a murdcrOus fire Cf t mot into this church and soon t was S mass Of sm0ldeuing ruins. 2
 At the time of which I write the t Americans in Manila were treated with nvariable courtesy by the Eilipinos CT they hailed the good Americans IS their deliverers, They were pro use, sincere, and cordial in their eX ,ressions and in the extension of hos litality. '
 I had the pleasure of attending @ musicale given in our honor by Q prominent Filipino family, Like mO5l iwelling houses in Manila. this ono . aad it's port cochone. the entire lower Ioar being 8 coach house, the living , apartments being upstairs. These were . wealthy people. Two daughters of the amily had received unusual educa f ional advantages, including voice cu}- ! UTe and instrumental music. They ' were named Paquita anu Dolores del T Rosario. Though we enjoyed their native songs the best, they could sing ID aria in Italian or cantata in Span sh as well
 Our hest treated Us to wine and ci- sars. It is the custom there to smoke Il the presence Of ladies, for they, too, )uffed their cigarettes as they Hsped | in Spanish. The voices of | Philippine women are low and softly I nodulated, like the voices of children. z Their carriage is peculiarly graceful, ! hough in face and figure they are not attractive. The facial / ype is ,l composite of Malay and Etki- i ,pian.-C. c. Carlton in Indianapolis t sentinel. 2
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