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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1901-03-16
THE. OLD GAJlE WITH A NEW NAH :

with them the labor Of the threshing.
ALI during the harvesting season the
''pueblos'' are almost deserted, especially
during the day, by the women, while the
men remain in town, sleeping or attend
ing cock fights. Early each morning the
women can be seen marching along the
trails leading to the rice paddles, a Chi
nese hat to keep off the SUM-, a hemp
5"camesa' and an old cotton skirt tied
about her waist and not extending to her
knees, carrying her little rice knives and
couple of roasted .'camotes,'' species
Of sweet potato, in a handkerchief, and
after working till late in the evening
gathers the fruit of the days work in a
basket and starts for her house, only to
repeat it all the next day. The thresh-
ing cc~s1sts merely of piling heap Of
other with the bare feet, while the hard
labor of hulling is done by women.
In the working of abaca, or hemp Of
the Manila kind, the men are more gem
erous, yet the women can strip as much
hemp as the men, and all of the dry
ing and preparing of the bundles for
transportation over~the trails is done by
women and children. The actual Juggling
OF the prepared hemp is done by men,
but after the nemp has been sold and the
money spent by the man in monte or
cock fighting the women receiving only
enough for clothing, it is the women who
spend the time stripping the finest OF
the hemp and weaving all grades Of cloth
from coarse fish cloth down to cloth
much fner than pima. The coarser they
wear cE ordinary occasions, the finer the,.
sell or use on the occasion Of fiesta. ),
Saba, cloth somewhat coarse-
than pima, is made from the silky fiber
of the banana stalk, and all well-dressed
women have at least one ..camesa', of
saba. The designs are various, but the
prevailing ones are blue, red or yellow
cotton threads running through the
saba, = which itself is deep cream color.
It is used as well for shirts for men and
boys.
Pima is probably the most worn Of
all the finer native cloths. Being made
of the fiber of the pima or pineapple.
plant. the grades are various, the coarser
ones used for mems shirts, while each
woman, however poor. has a pima camesa
and pamela. ana they would no more
blink Of wearing q pamela OF different
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1901-03-16

Gus xmas, smaIr oranges, lemons. CRANE
fruit, while others may possibly add a
Z few vegetables and leaves OF tobacco. Tn
the smaller towns it is not an intreuuent
occurrence for woman to walk six or
eight miles into the country to gather
. fruit for sale at her hut, for in smelI
places one seldom finds market place.
and the market women have a small
shelf which drops out anG> down into
place as the nipa window cover is raised. !.
At the fish markets one finds fully as
many women as men, and they work as
hard to corner the market in the event
siof{ small catch as any man. a4ss.
q The manufacture Of baskets and trays
from split woods forms work in which
many hundreds are employed Every
household has It's tray for cleaning rice,
which is egg-shaped about three inches
deep and fifteen inches long, which costs
originally about 25 cents, while smaller
ones, used merely for carrying various
articles, may be bought for 3 or cents
Sails for most all of the bancas, or
small sailing craft. made by women
from very strong grass, and the same
grass split with the fngernail until it Is
about as fine as horsehair and highly
~ - WIVES lulOEc anu ClSdreCIe
cases.
The cocoanut Industry is one which can
be made to form place in the list OF
The principal industries of the archipelago,
Ior there is scarcely an island so small
put has number Of trees. For export
trade 1t Is sent In the form of .scopra,',
which commands good price In most
B all markets This consists OF cracking
the shells Of the nut and extracting the
meat with as little breakage as possible,
and when dried is shipped in bags or
open boats to some open Fort, where it
IS resh:pped to some foreign country. The
natives use very little of the nuts for
Iood, but for local trade it is sold in the
market to oil makers. as cccoanut oil
2 g used principally for illumination. "a
forked root is set up with piece Of iron
on top, sharpened to form a sort of
scraper, which the women use as she'd
ders, and they scrape out the meat white
It is still clinging TO the shell. They have
no way OF refining the OIL, but simply
boil down the shredded cocoanut and
skim off the substance which rises to the
top.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1901-03-16

S>~r>>-~~a s gaia ATTIRE OF pima, s=5 Or
'tjuce," with he. victoria drawn by small
ponies, and her large roonny house and
easy life. that tie public has to an ex-
tent lost sight Of .tthe Philippine woman
who plods along YEARLY day after day
dressed in hemp cloth, walking with a
heavy load for miles and miles to e,s-
change her load for few of the neces-
sites of life, returning to ''nipa' howell
at night, where a large family of dirty;
children and ., lazy husband are waiting
for the evening meal
It has been most trIthfully stated that
among the lower class Of people on these
islands the beasts of burden are the carl
boo and woman, and, with apologies to
women. it is true. Throwing aside the
higher class of people, and being limited
by the poorer working people one will find
three working women to each working
man and five idle men to each idle woman
r Throughout the Islands of Luzon, Sa-
mar and Leyte, where rice is cultivated
the, greater part or Inc LABOR. Inc men
spend few days preparing the ground
but 1t is the woman who, having finished
her Homework, stalks out into the field
and does almost the entire amount of
planting and transp!anting; she who
spends days and weeks in company with
other women, harvesting the 'palay,''
clipping off head after head with small
knife, while the men condescend to share
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1901-03-16

| not happen to be a stream or the sea
near by, she will take her flock, usually
a large one, and line them up near the
well. when she spends half hour draw
ing water and emptying it over their
heads, making each child do the rest of
the work, until it has reached an age
| when it is able to accomplish the bath
feat itself.
On Sunday and feast days she is devout
and walks miles to attend services at a
church or chapel carrying her "chinelas
or small slippers, which are made Of a
strip Of leather with cloth covering fol
the toes, until she reaches the church
when she slips them on and enters. She
seems almost devoid of such feelings OF
mother as are usually found, the prob
able result of generations of poverty, ig-
norance and hard work. for while she APP
pears to care after a. fashion for her liv
ing children, she will follow their bodies
when dead, to the cemetery, laughing OF
| smoking with a few neighbors. and the
night before the burial is great fiesta
! for her and she always celebrates 1t with
vino" or some native drink. to all who
enter, and If the house should he large
enough. with a dance.
If living in a part OF the country where
marriage ceremony is too costly it Is the
same, and she remains faithful to her
husband, as she unblushingly terms him
as though she had received the priests
blessing in a church. There is probably
not an American over here who win moi
carry home with him numerous articles OF
the handiwork of the women of the Phil
eippines. all crude-appearing. except, per
| haps. the cloth. and many officers have
| large trunks packed with relics the ma
jority OF which are works of the women
and very little, beside bolos and daggers
made by men
Among the business people, it is true
i the Filipino is as shreWd and hard-work.
ling as he is invariably dishonest, and per-
5mits the women members Of his family
to do very little, but it is just as true that
among the working class the men are
lazy, dishonest and shift1ess. allowing the
female portion to do not only all light
work about the house but The drudgery as
well, and in the majority Of cases earns
more OF the support than the men, and
iVary freouently one woman will earn the
Con. inued ON 2nd Page
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1901-03-16

AYBAY, Leyte, p. T., Special.
Correspondence, Feb. $50
much has been written and
SO much can be written OF
the Philippine woman in her.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-09

Cairo. Ill. June s-The river fell q OF a foot
during the last tventy-four hours The -arse
reads SIS feet The weather IL warm. fair and
threatening to rain The Oakland. from New or
barges. She went to the tank. and Harvester
picked up her tow and departed for ST. Louis
at a. M The Mary NJ Michael. from the Ten
nessee with two barges OF lumber. passed up for
st. Louis at l D. m. Tho W. &. Jutte. with coal
consisting Of fifteen boats from Pittsburg.
Fred Hartwig. from Louisville. arrived at y.
m. She left her tow. consisting Of seventeen
boats loaded with coal and fve harxes OF steel
rails. at Humphreys Creek. she came down To
repair her rudder. The Tom Rees arrived at
p. from Pittsburg. She dropped six barxes of
and return to Louisville midnight with six
teen empties. which she picked up here. The city
of Pittsburg departed for Cincinnati at II O'Clock
last night with fair trip consisting OF 500 bales
Of cotton and 5a.es, feet of lumber and a lot os
sundries. The Georgia Lee. from ST. Louis with
Louis. she discharged q few sundries and depart
ed for Memphis at p. m The w w. OfNeill.
from New Orleans, due tonight. Will continue
her trip up the Ohio until she meets the sam
Brown and the Pacific. which are bringing down
her tow. They will exchange tows. and the
O'Neiil Will return to New Orleans. Captain
George W. Clark LETT her at Caruthersville and
came here and took rail for Louisville this asser-
noon TO com. out on another boat there be.rR
a scarcity Of pilots at Louisville. The Harry
Brown: on her way TO ST Louis. sunk two barges
o. coal at Nesly's yesterday. The Fritz. having
trouca. from the Lower Mississippi a barge
OF lumbe-. returned south noon The Rees
Lee IL due from Aemchis.
Chester. Ill., June s-fs.-er falling; gauge 10 1
feet. Raining. Boats down: Georgia Lee. I a..
m. Gray Eagle. 2:30 a m Boats usS Chester,
R:o a. M. Harry Brown. m
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-09
PUTS the ''eIMaER" IN,
The Kind Of Food Used by Athletes

A former college athlete. one Of the
long-distance runners. began to lose his
power of endurance. His experience with
a change in food is interesting
while l was in training on the track
athletic team. my daily .jogs' became a
task. until after I was put on Grape Nuts
Food for two meals a day. After usinG
the Food for two weeks l felt like a i~~
man, My digestion was perfect. nerves
steady and was full OF energy
Il trained for the mile and the half mile
runs Uhose events which require so much
endurance) and then the long daily joys
Clipped on with ease. / won both events.
The Grape-Nuts Food put me in per-
feet condition. and gave me my ginger.
Not only was my physical condition
made perfect. and my weight increased.
but my mind was made clear and vigor-
Gus 30 that l could get out my studies in
about half the time formerly required
Now most all OF the University men use
Grape-Nuts. for they have learned its
value. but l think my testimony will not
be amiss and may perhaps help some
one to learn how the best results can be
obtained. Please do not publish my
name"
There is a reason for the effect of
Grape-Nuts Food on the human body and
brain. The certain elements in wheat and
barley are selected with special reference
to their power for rebuilding the brain and
nerve centers. The product Is then care
fully and scientifically prepared so as to
make IL easy OF digestion. The physical
and menta: results are so apparent after
two or three weeks use as to produce q
profound impression. The Food can be se-
cured At any nrst-clas0 grccery store.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-09
SURRENDER MAY BE ARRANGED.
General Cailles Insists on Certain
Conditions Governing.
;PECIAT. RY CARRIE

SPECIAL BY CABLE.
Manila. June s-Generai Cailles, the in
sursent commander In the Province of Ia
Guna. has promised to surrender with 1.eOO
riiemen.
The conditions are said to be that Gen.
eral Cailles's troops shall receive the Gus
tomary considerations and the benefit CT
the franchise: that fund Of 100000 be
created for the widows and orphans Of
Filipino soldiers. and that two deserters
from the American forces. one of whom Is
Frank Meekin Of the Thirty-seventh Volun-
teers. shall receive full pardon.
Senior Dancel will visit General Wade to-
day and attempt to arrange for the sur-
render Of Cailles to Brigadier General Sum-
ner Pagsajan. La Guna Province within
the next two weeks.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-09
PROFESSIONAL MAN
Is DEEPLY INTERESTED.

City Counselor Schumacher was the
next speaker. He responded TO the toast.
New ST. Louis From a Professional Stand
point. He said:
In the feeling OF enthusiasm so literally dis
played this evening fer the New st. Louis. tho
business man does not stand alone. nor shall
lie he permitted to control monopoly Of the
effort and work necessary to bring about the
rev existence. The professional man will claim
his fair share Of both. In the rehabilitation Of
ST. Louis they are both interested. and inter
ested to the same extent and degree. And rot
only they. but all clauses Of our citizens alike
The credit OF success. when !, comes. as come
II shall. must belong to all.
The Worlds Fair has become a certainty. II
IL longer a question Of whether We waat
the Fair do want IL: whsfhcr II - ad-
vantageous or Instantaneous. We have IL. and
the greatest exhibit Of all exhibits must be the
city itself. We do not want our visitors from
abroad to traverse unpaved streets nor unciean
streets We want In ST. Louis the best Of tse!r
kind. and want them Immediately. This can
only be achieved by united. concerted action OF
every citizea.
There also some things, which We do not
need We do not need quite - much smoke. and
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-09

PHILIPPINE VETERANS+The Philip
Pine Islands veterans held their annual
meeting last night. The following officers
were elected: A +. Foret, commander: f
p Stanton. vice commander: +. c. Reese.
junior vice commander: c. r. IIeech. adju-
tant: ". F. Brickey. recording ad5u;ant: p
Britten. naymaster: G. F.. wellhauser.
Grath. officer Of the guard: Jacob Kuhi.
master-at-arms- number OF applications
were acted upon, among them being Captain
Rumbold. Captain Comfort and Gracey
Childers. late Colonel of the Tennessee
regiment. A reunion and convention will be
held In Salt Lake City in August and q
national organization viii be formed.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-09
CHARLES A. NAGEb
On SOCIAL ST. LOUIS.

The toast. New ST. Louis From a Social
Standpoint" was responded to by Charles
A. NaSel. He said:
A revolution IL In the air. take II that good
90 be good must take In all clasres Of society.
II a reform Is not universal II II not 4 reform.
How far II our community equipped to receive
New 81. Louis7 We excel in the domestic spirit:
love city. Homs-owners OF the Mound
City exceed In proportion. any city In the United
Ststes. Rich and poor In St. Louis are brave
enough 10 their own domic.ies Worlds
Fair directors have marveled at beauties Of every
section OF st. Louis. We have practically three
cities In limits. Each city ts a city. They
must all be brought into one common govern
ment municipality. The result Of the concen-
trated action OF all ST. Louisans will be New
st. Louis. All citizens are scrambing up the
bank Of prosperity. and in the race some
pushed back into tho ditch OF obscurity. When
We climb must not look out only for our
selves. but for neightors-
The questions which confront politicians are
social questions. It Is the same In criminal mat
The police deal with minute problems OF
sociology. each requiring advertisement. All
departments OF the municipality should unite II
TIE idea implied by New ST. Louis is to be re-
slized
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-09
T0ASTS AND PLEDGES FOR
NEW ST. LOUIS"
Continued From Page One.

tO0UuueO from rage One.
TO ,se toast of THE New St Louis From the
city Council Standpoint.
MR.. BOTCE APPEALS
TO CIVIC PRIDE.
Vice President Joseph Boyce said:
The financial condition OF the city was when
We entered the city Hail. like what the Irish
member OF the Australian Parliament feared
when he. excitodly. urged upon his fellow
bers to be economical and To desist in their
travagsnt effort to deplete the treasury.
lie said: You will not quit shearing the sheep
that lays the golden egg until YOU pump 1t dry
Well, We found ours dry enough. and II Will re-
auire the united Efforts OF this administration to
refill H. When this has been accomplished. then
le: all branches Of the city government lie III
r-cted for one objectthat T.. The greatest good
for the greatest number Give Mayor Wells an
honest. manly support. and make his adminis-
tration one that all political parties look
upon as the effort ~ an honest. public spirited
man. lacked up by his fellow -ahorers. who glory
In the coming Of the New st. Louis
DuTfnS the recent campaign promised. at
every meeting. when called upon Ly
tionr. that We would give him earnest
port on all measures that he felt would he for
the city's good. and a. honest men must live
UP to that prnmise
Lot there be more looking backward. let
the dead past be forgotten. Life Is short our
duties are too pressing for the living issues of
to-day Let us look forward. Let welcome
and glorify the coming OF the New 80. Louis
Let the House OF Delegates and the City Coun-
ell come together from this night and show our
for the upbuilding OF ST. Louis That We clasp
hands for New st. Louis. and when tho morning
breaks II VIII see n united administration. ready
at all times 10 work harmoniously for the good OF
the city.
Mayor Wells introduced ex-Governor d. II
Ern NtS NJ
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-09


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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-09
AFTER LOCAL AUTHORITIES.
Miss Berry Asks Attorney General
to Lend His Aid.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Carlyle. Ill. June s-Several saloonksepers
Min have another inning in court next
week. Four of them were prosecuted and
: nned last Wednesday for selling liquor on
Sunday.
The complaining witness in each case Is
Miss Addie Berry. who declares she will
close the saloons in this city on the Sab
bath day. The saloonkeepers have engaged
!. counsel.
Miss Berry will not visit the saloons to-
. u1urfow. She Is now corresponding with the
Attorney General OF the State. It being her
intention to compel the local authorities TO
enfcrcs the law.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-09
QUEER DELuSIONS
Of SCHOOL TEACHER.
Regards Herself as the Direct Rep.
.resentative of the Lord and So
Talks to Children.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL

REPUBLIC SPECIAL
New York. June s.-ReliSious mania Is
said to be the cause Of formal charges
which have been preferred against Miss
Sarah A. Currie OF No. n Forty seventh
street. Brooklyn. a teacher n Pub;o School
M. lss. The charges read: ''Gross miscon-
duet. characterization. neglect OF duty uLd
general inefficiency."
Miss Currie has been un6e. suspension
aace February IL, pending her hearing The
Allegations are that she II suffering from
typo OF acute religious mania, which
makes It impossible for her to perform the
duties required Of her In her school wu.k.
II is said by Mr.. F,lrey. the principal. who
first called Doctor Dorner's attention to the
teachers alleged eccentricities. that she re-
of the, Lord: also. he said. that she 'insists
on discOursing to the children under hel
On 81 conceivable religious thsuscs to the
neglect Of her regular work.
In his formal charges Doctor Dorner says
that during the month OF January. while
he was present. Miss s>urrte delivered re-
hgfOus discourses to her pupils during the
regular school hours and that her language
was 'incoherent and irrational ard far be-
yond the comprehension or under standing
OF her pupils Doctor Dorner aleo sayc
that he remonstr it-d with ner end asked
her to confine :ier.sf &c the presc. 1t I'd
studies Of the school. which she refused to
do. When he again spoke to fer concern
Ing her religious discourses he saws she ,e-
piled:
Il am a direct representative OF God.
The children are Gods children. ahJ tine Sc
school buildings are iod's. 1 .nd the
school are perfectly Independent. cf yc.: and
the Board Of Education" II also is alleged
by Doctor Dorner that bliss tuti;c PRE-
pared document which ste addresse.. to
The Honorable School Board OF the Bor-
ough OF Brooklyn In IT. he says. she
charges ineffi.iency and :pronpt tency
against the principal and the head OF the
departments. In the letter were interlarded
many quotations from the Ei',le.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-09
+. W. LEHMAN
on EDUCATION,

Frederick w Lehman responded to the
sentiment New -. Louis From an Eda
cational Standpoint" He said:
Doctor Hyatt threw coli water on the ora.orical
Preparations of all good 81. I>luisans who
here tonight. II We're to speak ~ New ST.
Louis from educational standpoint 1 might
Include part Of all the speeches which have been
delivered The Worlds Fair is an educator. IL
concentrates and brings 10 tn. front all which
has s-ryed To- educate the Young for generations
Ii viii impress the world the greatness Of the
statssm.n whose foresight brought the Territory
OF Louisiana into the Union.
hesitate to talk Of the art Of the IOusiana
Purchase. although IT properly under the
educational department This territory has
furnished the elementary material for art insti-
tutions Of the world. The public school system
of the Louisiana Purchas. Il the greatest
OF the world II the public school system has
forged forward. IL Il not that the Public Id
trary should be OF note,
TIE desire OF the Public Library Board Is that
ST Louis should be able show the world
"a great institution can lie seen anywhere
from the Atlantic TO the Pacific. Andrew Caiiie-
gle who. account of the experiences ot ms
youth IL anxious TO give young America an op-
Ior,unIty to read. has placed II within tho grasp
Of -. Louis to offer a good library syste" u
Its citizens. by his orer % 81. 600 No o-tter
ms nu,n.nt Of the advancement OF 81 Louis cOuid
be Oft red the visitors who will flock 10 ~.
Louis In lsog than splendid public library
building.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-09

Wa do not need quite as much mineral AMI
vegetable matter in our water
Iut none OF thssc things can be changed nor
nemedied under our present organic restrictions.
what We need Is an entirely new revision:
e"tireiv rev CHARTER. But. since only
nave that after an amendment of our State Con-
su'utfn AMI that wall te impossit,ility be-
fore the fall Of isl:. must have the next
best thing approaching IT. an Amendment Of the
existing Charter. Without II W. ar. rowerlsss
To accomplish the things = must do to make
thc city ptes'ntahie ami 1T as n reception place
for visitors. our public officials may he 50
earnest. and ever 50 honest In their desire for
improvements. but under present conditrons they
are poweriess 10 consummate their afnbitions-
They must have the help Of the people. And
when this Is thoroughly urders;oni as IL prob
ably Is now. there will be no dfficuity In the
adoption OF the Charter amendments Certain
ann. 1drnerts. which VIII enable us To Improve
at least the outward appearance of things are
now perdins before tn. Municipal Assembly
Ih'y may not pieaAe. in every detail. every m
cNidi al view. hut believe TINT they az
fair ard as just to all as any plan or scheme
which can be devised
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-09

aaaford's Condition Unchanged.
Tuscaloosa, Ala, June S.-GoveTnor Sam