Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-09-08

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hal correspondents Of London pap ~
may predict about his plans Ii Hung
Chang continues to do business at ms
old stand In that city and is likely TO
keep on doing so for some time Hen
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nut and the chances are that she may
smoke q cigarette or a cigar az the
tine she is talkin- ~ you l photo
graphCd one OF the prettiest merchants
la the store and afterward persuaded
her GO step out into the sun, and pose
for ms camera.
/ am told that the women are very
good traders They manage the money
matters of their respective families
and there is not one OF them Who does
NOT aid her husband Ia building up bis
income The st0rekeepers carry their
goods to their houses every night ANA
bring them back every morning They
watch the markets and know when TO
buy and sell
Among the poorer classes of Macabe-
hes the women do O. great deal Of Work.
They labor IN the fields, doing al Kind
OF farming They may be seen pcddlns
lu the markets and you meet them on
the country roads going along win
great burdens ON their heads. They are,
I think better looking than the Taga-
logs They are said 10 be very yIrtuous
and to make excellent wives.
SOME ARE RICH
In company with Lieutenant Chad
wick ! called ON number of the lead
ing citizens OF Macabebe town There
are many rich among them and some
| Of the houses which Weaylsited We're
large and well furnished.
The living rooms are on the second
/ floor. the entrance usually being from
stairs on the side Every house had It's
! piano and In some the ladies' played
| for us. and that as Well-lndeed much
better than the average girl Of the
! States.
The Macabebes are very fond Of mu-
sic They know many Of our fayorite
! tunes and among those which ! heard
today were After the Ball is over %
! "Thereil be Hot Time In the Old
| Town Tonight" and louisiana Lou
We had also some pieces from the best
of the German composers including
much classical music In nearly every
case the host complained Of the tone Of
the piano, saying that owing 20 the in
4urrection he had been unable 70 secure
musician from Manila to put II In orr
der. The boys OF several Of the families
took their places at the plano and
played equally well with their sisters
HOW MACABEBE Is GOVERNED.
Later on we called upon the presi-
ientc and had a chat with him and his
officials about the situation. lie Is a
straight, fine looking brown-skinnei,
m0oth-facel Macabebe of about forty
years OF age He told me that his
people liked the soldiers and that many
of them were studying English IN or
der that they might De better aCquaint-
I'd with us and our government
The president here holds much the
same place as one of our mayors. he
is the chief officer OF the town and .s
elected by the people. I'm addition TO
him there Is yice-p president a city
council and O city guard or police The
town has a little prison or calaboose In
which criminals are confined The peo-
pie are, however very orderly Their
chief vice Is gambling drunkenness Dee
ing almost unknown They are Ike the
Tagalos In that they have very quiet
tempers and when enragcd are revenge.
tul. They carry their hatred q long
way and usually fight 90 the death
! They DO not regard life as of much ac.
count and 10 their Quara.s slash al
one another with bolos.