The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-07-31
MRS. AGUINALDo's LIFE AT MANILA
She Is Under Strict Oversight of the
Military Authorities.
From Harper's Bazar


The few Americans who have called up
on her in Gale San Jose have found a
good-looking Filipino woman of about 80
years, clad in the graceful dress of the
islanders, and resembling thousands of her
less prominent race sisters. She is better
looking from the Filipino standpoint than
from ours; she is plump. pleasant-faeed,
and, to her countryfolk, distinctly attract
tive. She will not talk Spanish with a
foreigner; IL is said she can speak this
language, but does not care to do so. To
hold converse with her it is necessary 10
enlist the services of a Tagalog interpre-
ter
To-day 'la Sonora Presidente" has the
appearance of a woman who has suffered.
nor is the term of her unhappiness vet
past. Her eyes, with their expression of
sadness and detection, show her distress
of mind. For this there is due cause Her
husband is probably a fugitive. hiding in
TIE mountains, and every Cay lessons his
chances of ultimate pardon at our hands
if we capture him. He may be dead; if he
still lives he is in danger every minute of
the day wherever he may be. [ do not
believe Mrs. Aguinaldo herself knows
where he is nor that she has heard from
him since she came to Manila. She is fully
aware of the dangers which surrounded
him in the Igorotte country when she
left him last Christmas, because il was
the unmistakable hostility of these same
Igrottes that decided her to seek the pro-
lection of our lines. She lost her infant
daughter last November and later her
3-year-old son died in Bacoor The death
of her son is an esta blished fact, but for
the present those who surround Mrs.
Agunilado have deemed it wise 70 withhold
from her the confirmation of this news.
She has heard that Miguel died in Bacoor,
but the assertions of her friends to the
contrary are half convincing, so she
broods on the matter, wondering why the
child is not brought from the country to
see her. In a couple of months the rea-
son for this present secrecy will have
passed; there will then have arrived a new
member of the Aguinaldo family, and the
mothers attention will be diverted from
the children who have died.
During the long weeks that Mrs. Agui-
naldo was under guard she could receive
no visitors her mail was withheld, and
only one member of the household was
allowed TO go out TO do the daily market
ing. The provost marshal of Manila said
TO Mrs Aguinaldo that this was done in
order to protect her from annoyance of
any possible unpleasant occurrence. But
In spite of this precaution. she never con-
sidere1 such protection necessary; she has
many friends and relations In and about
Manila and she has never been appre-
hensive that they would annoy her in any
way. Before the guards were removed
from their house che women were warned
by the provost marshal to be most careful
10 observe a strict neutrality in word as
we'll as in deed. They were particularly
cautioned against talking to correspond
ents of American newspapers, and IL was
made plain to them that their present lib
erty was dependent up a close obs ervance
of these warnings. They are afraid the
guards may be sent back to their door any
day, and they are consequently most care
full 10 respect the provost marshars admo-
nitions at all times.