The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1902-05-07

thirties and by sixties to our burning
'5bright isles of the see in the far east
sare at last beginning to understand
#hemselves the Spanish language and
their pupils. OF these ladies there
'5are three classes-those who went to
BSkee the world and meet fresh adven-
lures, those who went with the expec-
~ alton certainly of fulfilling the peda-
.gEogic q duties to the utmost, but at the
same time finding ways in those rich
81 sles TO better themselves financially
sbeyond the receiving Of teachers wa
ykes-aud why not?-and, finally, the
eom paratively small third class that
started in the true missionary spirit
|5bf enlightcning the benighted natives
and lifting them up to the plane Of
Sivilization, so called. Those WHO
went to better themselves while
4hey teach and those who sailed
SSn the missionary crusade alike
hail in many instances from New Eng
a and.
q The remarkable perspicacity Of the
United States government is specially
anstanced in its sending teachers Of
Sewing at 81, 200 year gold and trans
bortation both ways to instruct the
little brown Malay girls in the art of
jeaming, hemming, telling and hem
Stitching, when at any Of the places
sbhere the schools will be established
In the islands there is hardly Malay
Eoman or girl who cannot already sew
@y hand better than any Of the good
american ladies who have travelled
10 900 miles to instruct them. Any
@agalo woman around Manila will
3how you Of her handiwork upon pima
!Sloth specimens SO exquisite as to put
10 the blush the best Of our vaunted
Dirt embroidery, and as for mending,
4 arning and patching, these same ma
live WON en- and girls can shut one eye
Nnd surpass the neatest repairing that
3vcn Yankee housewife may put
3pon dilapidated garment. The
spanish nuns taught the native girls
Snd women to sew wonderfully, as the
5plendid altar cloths and vestments in
3he Philippines show, and they taught
hem not much else, except to say
"a aheir prayers, observe holy days and
{ 10 to church regularly. This the
q rown women and girls do, to their
Credit, but the inherent Christian vir-'
& ues- morality, telling the truth, not
y |ovetiDg or stealing ones neighbor's
oods, particularly .he neighbor who is
ne's employer-these, alas. have never
let struck in on the Filipino Of either
ez.
A RATHER PLEAsANg LIFE.
Socially, the bright spirited indi.
885iduals among the fine young women
bachers find life in the islands pleas
Int enough. Now and then they
sFoup together and keep house in some
4orm eaten, deserted old Spanish man
s3on where aforetime lazy donnas
Numbered away their lives in siesta
md dreamy chocolate drinking. To
zeep a carriage with q native driver
ss$psts not much in, the islands. The
slareatest expense is the feed for the
title horses. because the coachman
purchases it and charges two prices
sPPr it ard besides steals enough of it
zs he goes along to buy him resplen-
ent white linen livery and keep the
81 sinimals from getting overfat. Board
ssqg houses are mostly unknown, ex-
efpt where an American or English
oman has established one here
nd there since the American occupa-
Son.
81 Wherever the schools are there also
&c garrisons or camps Of soldiersS and
lth the society of the officers fami-
es-better yet, perhaps, the society
- the officers who have no families
asses pleasantly enough to the teach
rs that have learned to make the best
a things. Their friends at home
ould not always recognize them, so
g ansformed are they. In. the States
any of them wore sober colored
i iia7oo!en garments the wear round. AS
'Pon as possible after. arriving at Ma
s32ia they packed away their rubber
Tershoes, their mackintoshes and ev-
y article that had in it suggestion
q wool; likewise their leather shoes
s S ow shod in white canvas foot cover
g, white hated or with no hats at
" robed in flowing pink or blue,
ory colored or yellow dimity bought
sf Chinese merchant in dingy,
@ arrow street, the aforetime tailor
k1ade women hard1v knovo thamualvao