Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-05-03

Filipino Oddities
\ Sueer Characters and Customs Of Our Metz
Islands of the Western Pacific

M E| lOVNN W Nfa'A'AAf 80
III n erything Is upside down an'
everything is strange. Take Tor III
stance. white carabao in spectacles
saw one in Manila. The carabao Oh
water buffalo Is the ugliest OF animals
II is mixture OF hippopotamu5'
COW and a hog In appearance, and j
has been descrlbed as big hog with
horns. IL IS larger than the largest
cow ~ horns are at least half a
yard long. and its hair stands out like
Inc hristles OF a hog. The usual animal
is "A dirty gray or black color, but there
are some albnos. and they are the usli-
est of the lot Their skins are rosy
mink. their brlstles as white as snow,
and their eyes almost white. Put one
of these animals into q cart YOKE II
there by a bar across the neck ana
drive II with line through a hole in
its nose. and you have one OF the NOV
ing pictures Of everyday life IN Manila
You must add, however, the spoctacles.
These are two halves Of a brown co.
coanut shell. 80 tied together that they
completely cover the eyes and blind
the beast, as IL we're. Whether the Cog
giles are used on account OF weakness
of the eyes or on account OF the vicious.
ness of the animal / do not know. |
have seen many such. and am told II Is
because they are dangerous and liable
to horn
THE DUCKS OF THE OK FAMILY,
These water buffaloes are the ducks
OF the OK family. They have vide hoofs,
and they can swim through the swampy
rice fields. dragging their harrows or
plows. They can travel over the quick
sands which swallow up army mules,
and they are used to drag fiat boats
and sleds over the soft soil They are
fond OF water, and are to be seen lying
In every pond or puddle taking mud
baths Indeed, they must have water
every few hours or they will 30 mad
and their owners drive them every now
and then down into the canals for a
swim.
These animals do the draylng and
carting OF the towns and the heavy
farm work OF the country. They are
also used for riding, and common
sight Is a farmer going 10 or from work
on one OF these ungalnly beasts. The
children ride them, lying down upon
their backs or sitting with their heads
to the horns or toward the tail. as they
please, directing the buffaoes this way
and that by Kick or a slap. The ami
mails are fond OF their child masters
and submit to them without trouble.
OUR FILIPINO VAUDEVILLE.
The street scenes Of our Filipino
cities would be continuous vaudeville
- a a -. f.aI 20 tlNA
United States, Take the men and boys
who 90 about with their shirts outside
their trousers. IL seems so queer that
you can't get over It. II you could drop
the EscOlta, the principal street OF Ma
Mia, down upon Pennsylvania avenue
this morning the police would run In
the little brown men who In their sun.
day best are on their way TO church,
because Of indecent dressing They
would tell the women TO 60 home and
put on hats and stockings and perhaps
warn them that their mosquito net
dresses ale rather too thin for pro-
priety.
The Westinghouse would stare al
the half-naked Chinese coolies bare TO
the waist, trottlng along with great
bundles on their naked shoulders. And |
OF the other queer characters. They
would wonder at the mllkman with a
great clay jar on his back, who serves
out milk from tube OF bamboo They !
would wonder at the chicken peddlers |
carrying wicker crates Of fowls fast |
ened TO poles on their shoulders, and |
they would stare nj the women going |
home from market with bundles and |
baskets on their heads
The Washington girls would hold |
their fans before their faces at the |
sight Of naked brown baby riding on /
the hin Of it's half.naked brown moth. /
err and the boys would probably hang 1
about the church doors and itch 10 |
tickle the bare feet OF the pretty Fiji
pinos kneellng on the stone floors OF |
the cathedral with their upturned feet
peeping outside their dresses.
OUR FILIPINO COUSINS ARE ODD.
Indeed, everything in Manila would
be odd could II be dropped down In the
United States Every store would be
curiosity and every trade would
make you open your eyes. The tailors.
for instance, all squat OH the floor as
lhey sew They have hand sewing
machines, which they rest ON the floor
or on tables half foot high, and they
use their feet as well as their hands in
their work. Indeed, every Filipino has
four hands and 20 fingers, for the feet
take the place OF the hands. The cooper
holds the tub between his feet as he
puts on the hoops, the carpenter stead
les his lwnberwith his toes as he saws
and planes and a woman carrying a
bundle on her head through the street
and having baby In her arms. NAV
pick w something from the pavement
with her toes The Filipino farmer
threshes his grair with his feet and the
cocoanut peddler walks UP the great
trees with all the l2cility Of a cot or
BARE FEET AS CARRIAGE LAMPS
A queer instance Of sklllful pedallty
| saw one night on the Luneta IN Ma
Mia. IL was a coachman using HIS toes
for candestlcks According 10 the mu-
nicipal regulations no cab can be
driven through the city streets after
dark without lights This man was
The driver OF one OF the little camarotey
which ply in Manila FOR % cents an
hour He had taken a party out to the
on the Luneta. but had FOR
gotten his carriage lamps. BY the time
he concert was over II was dark and
he knew by the law that he must have
Hight on each side his carriage or he
would be arrested. he could not stay
where he was all night for his pas
'engers would not pay their fares un-
ess they were taken back TO the CITY
The man solved the problem by making
'ab lamps OF his toes He borrowed
wo candles, and having lit them. stuck
me between the first two toes OF each
DOT. lie then stretched out a foot al
'ach side OF his cab. and so drove on
through the crowd Of fashionable We
llcles, groaning as the hot tallow melt :
a by the flames ran down and con- /
,ealed upon his bare skin. This train ,
ng OF the feet as an additional pair OF ! n
lands begins at babyhood Many OF =
ur Filipino houses have ladders for 4,
teps and the baby who cannot hold !
N with It's toes has many falls. \
HE SHOES or THE PHILIPPINES. ,
Speaking OF feet. those Of the Fiji \