Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-01-13


Wha. 40 You LnlTK OF little girl
8 years old who never saw or heard of
doll and never played a game of any
kind in her life? I don't men little
girl who is an invalid jor a cripple.
but one who is well and strong in
every way and who PROBABLY would
dearly love a doll, even a rag baby, if
she had one.
This little girl is like all her friends
and neigh5ors, and lives in the city
of Davao, on Mindanao Island, in the
Philippines
1t is more than probable that none
o. your school Biographies will
show you where the city of Davao is,
and most of them will not even tell
you which of the Philippine islands is
MIndanao. However, if you will look
at the map you will see, away to the
south of Manila and Luzon island, an
other island very nearly as large, and
that is Mindanao. 1t is a very large
body of land, and its entire coast is
cut up in bays some four or five miles
wide and ten or fifteen miles long
On one of these, at the south. is>the
city of Davao. which was a place Of
importance during the Spanish days
in the archipelago. and is now occu-
pied by some troops OF the Thirty first
Infantry Regiment.
We were the first of Uncle Sans SOL
diers to come here out we had no
fighting to do, as the people are peace
able and took no interest in Aguin-
aldo's rebellion on Luzon.
The very night of our arrival the peo-
pie gave us ball. and that is where
| met little Julia Sevarina. of whom
am going to tell you. She is a little
Niscayan girl of 9 and very pretty. too
even if her skin is a little darker than
ours and her hair as black and straight
as an American Indians Like all the
natives here whether Viscayan, Moro
or Bagdbo she is small for her age. out
very demure and prim in comparison
with the girls and boys ! know at
home.
She gets mp in the morning at and
does not take long in dressing. as her
clothes are neither very many nor elab-
crate. She wears but two garments. a
sort of sacque. which fits very loosely
and has big flowing sleeves. which
hang from the shoulders TO the elbow.
and d skirt This skirt is made Of two
yards of bright colored gingham. of
which both ends are sewed together IN
a single seam, and it is finished. She
steps into this and pulls it up to her
waist gathering all she can into fold
in front. This fold she carefully brings
der the frightened top edge of the skirt.
Then she combs her long hair. twists
it in a single round knot behind. sticks
the comb into this and her toilet is
complete. She wears no shoes except
on Sundays and ''festas' (holidays).
when she slips her bare feet into a sort
of slipper sandal which flop against her
soles at every step. On such occasions,
too she wears white embroidered
petticoat. put on in the same way as
her skirt She carries a black lace fan
and on her head she wears either
; white or black lace mantilla, such as
you see in pictures Of Spanish ladies.
The first thing after rising in the
morning is to take her bath. which she
; does In the river with her mother and
the other women of the city. Each one
takes an extra skirt with her and
when she reaches the river bank she
takes of her sacque and pulls her
skirt up under her armpits, fastening
1t as before. and plunges into the wat
er.l After swimming and diving
arbund for about 10 minutes they all
cdme out and put on their sacques and
extra skirts. this time over their heads
dropping the wet one to the ground.
Then they all fill their water jugs, as
they have nc running water In their