The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1899-03-03

very llrgr. The floors are made OF
wood, Vanished. though tlling is some
times used in he dining room. Mating
is occasionally used. but carpet is
never seen. The roofs are slantine,
and are generally covered with Il
grooved metal painted whtlsh or
light-blue color. Nearly all these
houses are built with the upper story
extending out over the sidewalk. thus
allowing more room. The inside walls
or partitions are of tin, covered over
with heavy kind Of paper.
As the wood is of very fine quail
ity. the furniture is mostly very hea~y
and strong. japanese screens and
other such things are used a great deal.
The city is well lighted by electric
lights. and also most of the business
houses and many of the finest resi-
dcnccs. There are two street car lines
in the city. The cars are very small,
made especially for the understood
Filipinos. The amount of fare paid
depends upon how far one wishes to
60; you may ride one cents worth or
six or seven cents worth. The con-
ductors and drivers generally wear
uniforms. When YOU enter the car
and take scat the conductor comes
up and asks you how far you wish to
go, and, upon your reply, he charges
you accordingly. He carries a leather
bag hanging from his shoulder strap,
in which he carries his money. lie
also carries eight or ten pads of checks,
and always gives you a receipt for
your money.
As horses here are very small, they
are not used to pull heavy loads, and
this work all falls to the water buffalo
and heavy two-wheeled truck. These
animals are driven single; they have
no harness excepting a rope. which is
fastened in the nose bv ring. They
are about the size of Il gootl-sized OK
and very strong They always carry
their heads low. and this is the reason
a harness is not required. They are
placed between two shafts which come
just to the middle of their neck, and
are connected by a curved pole, which
is placed across the top OF the animals
neck
The English, German, Spanish, and
MestiZos own all the best manufacture
ing and real estate business, while the
Chinese have their regular run ofstores;
all that is left belongs to the laboring
class, with of course few exceptions.
The genuine Spanish people here are
not very many in number, with the eX-
ception of the Spanish troops. These
people carry themselves far above the
natives; they have fine carriages, and
each family has whole swarm of SER
wants.
The business men and clerks wear
the best clothes This dress consists
of pair Of slippers. no socks, a pair of
trousers, white shirt with long,
narrow, fancy, starched bosom, with
common lay-down collar The one
peculiar thing about the wearing of
this shirt is that it is never tucked into
the trousers. This looks strange to a
newcomer, but he soon gets used to it.
The dress of well-to-do Filipino
woman consists of Il pair of slippers,
some with thick wooden soles and some
with leather, very rarely pair of
stocking, a combination of what would
seem to be two skirts, one hanging to
one side and one to the other, and a
very thin waist, which locks like
mosquito netting, with some fancy
figures of flowers, etc, scattered around
in spots.
This waist is usually cut off square
at the top and is made just tight
enough to hang on the points of the
shoulders, thus making low-neckcd
dress. They generally wear Il small
shawl thrown over their shoulders,
which is made of the same material as
the waist. The women never wear a
hat, but fix up their coarse, Jet-black
hair in fine style. They all use powder,
and you can imagine how it looks on
caocolate-c colored skin Some of them
dress all in black.
The common class dress consists of
two garments-a low w-necked waist and
an old rag wrapped around the body,
which comes down about to their knees.
Women Of this class wear no stockings,
but, when it rains, have high-soled and
''eeled wooden slippers
1t is common sight to see woman
>trol.in- up the street with an un-
dressed Kid under her arm and a twenty
for-a-nlcHel cigar in her mouth.
Most of the washing of clothes is
done along the banks of the river. The
men wash clothes rs well as the women.
They simply dip them into the water
and then lay them on the stones and
beat them with club. At least sew
enty per cent. of the people can read
and write. They study no geography,
history, or anything of that sort, and
it is really amusing to hear some OF
them tell of their idea of America,
where it is, etc. The schools are all
connected with the churches, and the