The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-10-10

SgbwiChtsuheIE. who spent six months as
Government Inspector studying the Wom-
On Of The FhIippiu, Islands. is I'm this city
for 20 few days. and i'm an interview she
gave some interesting facts regarding her
Investigations. as follows
While in Manila I lived in one of the
picturesque grass nuts OF the natives with
my secretary and "a little Filipino maid.
70 took us some time to overcome our ter
TOR Of the insects and reptiles. We slept
ir big faur-poster beds. which had. I'm
place Of springs. caue-woyen bottoms COW
cred with thick woven mating of cocoa
nut and palm fibre. This was spread with
a sheet, and made "a resting place hard
enough O. produce aches and pains Tor "a
week The pillows were stuffed with iutc-
y round bolster of the Same material was
intended for the knees a closely woven
mosquito netting hung from tho four
puSts and was tucked under the vtiasC Of
the mating an around the bed. 20 keep
out mosquitoes. ceutip,d,S. ta-utulas.
chameleoDs. etc. To prevent these pests
from irhahitiuE our shoes we took them To
bed with ms. The running OF the rats
over the ceiling nj night was not the least
of our troubles. and our maid suggested
that we get a snake To catch them A
snake. indeed. We found 20 De considered
q necessary factor of every house. So /
went I'm quest NJ one ] found peddlers
selling snakes like puppy DOGS, and one
which was pointed out To m" as especially
desirable Tor the purpose was warranted
to De "a frSt-class rat catcher and harm
less A look at the monster. howevcr-it
was fully twenty feet long and not less
than "a foot in diameter-and 1 decided TO
put mp with the rats unless some other
4
cd for it was $50 They wanted TO put
it into our attic between the ceiling and
tho grass roof Cheaper kinds could be
bought FOR 80 cents. The big fellow rec
commended was coiled about a long pole
which was carried on the shoulders Of
two men.
Probably the most advanced woman in
Manila is a widow who owns all Of the
street cleaning department Her plant
comprises a hundred or more two-wheeIed
carts, and caribou to draw them. They
are driven about the streets by her work
men, who remove the street refuse TO a
distant stream. Every Sunday afternoon
the owner inspects the animals herself
and turns them loose in meadow. to roll
about and wallOw in the mud and Craze.
She is making a fortune out of the enter
prise il is said
The child labor on the Cebu Islands
is most deplorahIe- In one pIace-an Eng
ish hemp factory about fifty small chill
dren form the motive power which works
monstrous press. The children are kept
hopping constantly by an overseer. with
long whip and their motion keeps the
iron bar at the top Of the press whirIing
from morning until night. The weight OF
this bar, the velocity attained by constant
urging and the trampiing Of dizzy children
under the feet Of stronger ones all produce
startling and most pathetic sight.
Ramona SabiuOsa CabaIerous. Of Ma
Mia, is a rich woman. and keeps the
largest shop for wJmeu's clothing in the
city Completed garments are packed
away in chests, few being exposed to view.
All Of the sewing is done by hand. Styles
do not vary The favorlte decoration is
aDDliqued swallows. which cost 81 apiece.
and the more swallows the more elegant
the gown. grey silk is the usual foun-
dalton. a skirt OF this kind is made short
In front and has d narrow oblong train.
The fashionable costume consists OF such
skirt with a white jaCketlike garment
made Of silk cOcOauut fibre embroidered
all over IN cOlOred silks and spangIes 4
single undergarment is worn underneath
it,
Clad only in coarse slip. the Filipino
women take their baths at the corner
pump every morning They are extremely
neat in their habits. even the cigarette
girls taking with them TO their work
clean dresses 20 wear on their way home.
Their wooden shoes are worn without
stockings, and the sound OF them on the
cohblestone pavement mornings when
IheE are going TO their work is one 10
De remembered All classes are fond Of
rHH. |HH
nave only cheap cotton gowns. she is sure
10 possess an assortment OF Jewels which
represents her savings
All classes OF women are gamblers. ana
l their iaEorlta pastime is cUckHghting.
sunday is the day usually devoted 10 This
sport, and the owners OF the birds take
Z them 20 church iu order that no time may
I De lost. Another fad is the accumulation
81 American gold money. into which they
I turn their own currency as soon as they
[ have enough, but they lose IL I'm the bet
ting ring OF the cockhght.
The women are bright and energetic.
and DO most Of the work while the mon
! take care Of the children. Many of them
are quick To learn and shTcWd i'm bust
ness, and some are AZ the head of large
I concerns. No one, IN fact, is idle. As
| soon as they are old enough the girls
, are sent 20 the converts 20 learn ecclesi-
asuCaI embroidery. which they do beau
ttu.ly. They are so Industrious that they
often carry their work about the streets
I and 10 the shops with them. sometimes
not missing moment. even when they
are making bargain All the cloth Is
made uu hand looms hy women. and the
/ children. while they are still very young.
are kept very busy winding ShuItles 4
handkerchief which would take a FiIiui-
uo woman year TO sm5roidar might
bring 50 Cigarette girls earn 20 cents
"a day A orsSsmakrr for a plain silk
dress. receives s.. and FOR Bingham slip.
I'D cents Chicken raising iS becoming "a
fEFurlta feminine occupation. and since
the advent Of Americans few Filipino
women are teaching the lower classes OF
the schools. Street ueIIlUE is fIvorita
( occupation 81 the old Filipino women and
they carry varying stocks OF fruits man
goes. sweet rice -four cakes. ETC.. all
hsaueI iu CuC1auut shells ou their heads
The FIiuiuus are musical and. as "a
rule play one or more Instruments They
dance great deal. the solo Spanish
I. dances the waltz. and "a Spanish Iancers
being fdyorites. EHEriue music is so
popular az present that il Us heard M the
head OF funeral professions.
THE people are dcynut. attending early
mass regularly, and never missing "a feast
day Every woman and child wears "a
double scapular, one lu the front and one
at the back Of the neck"
Mrs SChwi Gutenberg formidable look
ing Government document admitted her
90 everything but the O. taCUmbs who
connect the churches, converts. and mon
asteries.