The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-09-02

only on full-dresS occasions Such xA,..u
as drawers and union suits Of underrjcsS'
ing are altogether unknown. A. 10 sfcsS.
ings. there are about 100000 female q
the Philippine islands. and venture ~
Is not one girl In a thousand who -
ever had on stocking or a corset. n.y.
OF the peasant women do not even 49,
the chemise; they have on only the sssssS
Jacket and n skirt. and the Jacket 4 uss.
ally so short that strip Of hare 49,
skin shows out at the waist between ~.
jacket and the skirt
And stiii the women are very modes. /,
their way. They think nothing az 49,
ing a shoulder or a section OF hare hsn,,1S
leg as high as the knee. but they r~eS1&
the slightest attempt AZ familiarity.
are as a rule virtuous and GOOD.
Women Az he Mcnymsa,s. i
The women do the business o. IN -
tpptnes. They are, In fact. the WorSl
and the moneymaking part Of the -
tion. They have. II anything, more 49,
than the men. and they are far the hett1f|
financiers. No matter n Filipino 81 ~
or poor, II is hts wife who carries ~
pocketbook and keeps the accounts. ~
does the buying for the family. ana 4 r..
two have store she does the selling.
In the markets Of the Philipplns ishn1oi
nearly all the stalls are kent b. vosn11 (
They yell meat, vegetables an fr,1l~
They also have booths In which ~
sell shoes. cloths and al kinda 81 pea&
chandise. Many of them take their 49,
from their houses TO the marhet exrv2<
morning and bring them hack n No.
business with them Il largely . msl14
of bargaining, but the FOREIGNER q -
deed shrewd n he gets the better =
tho trade in such caseA
There II one street IN Manila 49,
is largely given up 10 native WUnse ~
sell dress goods. Thcy have little eoeJu
not moro than sig feet square, Tham ~
walled with cases containing IN 1r
counter separates the woman fron 4
street. She has Just room enouea r
the store for q scat ana h abls d 49,
everything about her ~ she eles ~
deals with her customers. q
There arc women peddiesU evoryV>1k
In the Philippine isiands- Yoa - tn
sitting on tho corners OF TIM sfruon ~
Ing tobacco. fruit. vegetables an t<
lions. Many of them peddle the too1|
nut, and some have rico wrappe1 - n
banana leaves. and cakes ~ va11oa
kinds. They do the washiag = ~
country carrying the clothee n ~
streams and pounding the dit oul ~
shaping the wet garments on ~ seeao3I
They do all their washing In ooa1 unAlgs
using cocoanut oil soap to tooom ~
dirt They iron the clothes Wisk =
iron boxes. which have coais 1ns11oeA
them to keep them hot. nsvee hto(1n
the irons on stoves. m We ID Il q
Many of tho women are talioo ~
dressmnkers. They do brautifu1 U1Q1D~
cry ana are excellent seamssree6tA ~
usually sit on the ground when they ~
and where they have sewing noenDGn
they squat down on the ground m ~
them. This Is possible here. bec6n1o ~
sewing machines OF the philipp1n0u ~
hand machines. which have no to- ~
nectcd with them. Tho averAGe ee[1
machine costs t2s In silver. or about ~
that amount IN gold,
II Americans establish factories =
Philippines they will have to rely ~
the women to do tho work Tho -
are lazy and cannot be gotten - ~
for more than a few days q 60 ~
There are now In the neighboFhep1 II
twenty thousand employees IN ~ r.
hacco factories OF Manila. and IL oG
majority OF these are women TN Cd
expert at making cigars and cio1gco
and do their work more fap11Iy ~
rkillfully than the men. II n tn 80
In the cotton factory and. In fact ssoIy
where.
The women do a vast amount x ~
farm work They aid In planting a. ~
and In harvesting n. Yon So thGm -.
erywhere in the fields fhrcshine, bla&tlno
and harvesting. and you seldom ~ Z
country house witbou, finding one = ~
women at work hulling rice for ~ 80
meal.