The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-09-08


The gentleman has been raised in
that narrow circle under which he
has become firmly convinced that the
only prayer in which there is any eff
cacy is the one running:
"Oh. Lord. bless this house.
Ne aud my wife,
Nv son John and his wife,
Us four aud no more.
He is OF that type who look upon
the actions of the people who do not
live and act, as the farmers Of the
township in which he was raised, as
being heathenish. In writing to his
home paper, the Smith County Kan
sas) Pioneer, descriptive of home life
in the Philippines teacher Smith says
that recently he made the trip from
Dagupan TO Binalonan, distance of
twenty-five miles, over one of the roads
being constructed by the government.
and was thus given an opportunity to
closely observe the natives.
On the road he passed many carts
with bamboo roofs and solid wooden
wheels. all loaded with rice, tobacco
and cocoanuts. en- route to Dagupan.
The road was very rough and as the
cart was without springs or even a
cushioned seat, Cooley finally got out
and walked alongside AT Binalonan
he was invited to a birthday party
given by Gomez Reyes. former may
or Of the town. and a great friend of
the Americans. Reyes has a letter
addressed to all Americans from
Lieut. Gilmore. U. s. N. given for
some hospitality shown the Gilmore
party when they were prisoners in
the hands OF the Filipinos. and this he
showed to Cooley with great pride
Upon entering the Reyes home all CT
the ladies who attended the birthday
party kissed the hand of Mrs. Reyes.
At each plate there was a bountiful
supply Of rice. mutton. chicken. fish
canned pears. coffee and wine. and
after dinner home made cigars were
passed around and the women as we'll
as the men joined in the after dinner
smoke. After the smoke all present
went to the galleris" to see q cock
fight. the ladies taking especial inter
est in the contests between the game
birds. Cooley says that the women
OF America would be greatly shocked
to see some OF the actions of the
Filipino men and women. In Manila
they are not so uncouth. but in the
country Cooley says the natives are
well nigh barbarous in some OF their
customs.
Mr.. Cooley does not say in his letter
what he expected TO find in the Phil
ippines. whether or not he expected
the people to eat with their knives, as
so many in Smith County do or not
No doubt the gentleman expected all
the young ladies would want to play
prisoners base with the teacher as
the prisoner so that they could prac-
tice osculatory exercises with him and
in his disappointment he feels cha.
grined. Evidently he expected to find
the dust roads OF Kansas in the trop-
les and Little Red School houses
looming up at every cross road. II
is too bad that the gentleman has
been SO radely disappointed in the
Flipinos. he does not say in his
letter what sort OF people he expected
them to be but the fact that the
ladies watched a cock fight with an
eargerness equal TO that With which
the women OF cooiey's home county
would watch a horse race at the coun-
y fair seems to shock the gentlemanss
sensitive soul.
Mr.. Cooley is certainly not cut out
to teach the young Filipino mind how
TO shoot-elther guns or ideas. He
should retire to the classic banks Of
the Plat and there commune with the
pure and undecided tribes OF the POM.
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