New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-08-22
soUTHERNE9S At THE FAIR
eDixie" Receives Hysterical Applause
Flipinos Win Favorable Comment.

r, the EeHor q Tie Tribune.
Cir. There must be considerable number Of
sa,rhorueTs At the louisiana Purchase EXPOSE
.f,n Judging from the frequency with which one
sssrs rer,i-negro dialect and the hysterical ap-
,lsuso rhich greets the playing Of Dixie by any
- the hands-and al OF them cater 20 this sentl-
-nsnt even the Scotch "T1ilties'' from Canada At
massed bard tournament IL Machinery Gardens
~ hands from New-Tork Boston and st. Louis
the national airs received some applause but when
n cane 70 Dixie there a wild whoop. There
are mary excellent hands here not the least Of
which is the Philippine Constabulary Band. The
.rcsLence Of drill and soldierly bearing OF both
scouts ard constabulsry attract much favora bic
comment
Wien the scouts gave an exhibition dress parade.
-svtex and music drill concluding with bolo
sriu on the Plaza OF St Louis. for marching
alignment, precision and snap. il was the equal of
sYr,hing ] have seen. They are small nnen-they
,robsnly don't -verage over five feet-but they
-s-rv themselves well and pay strict attention
The commissioned officers with one two sxcep-
tons. are Americans; the non-cons'' Filipinos
American girls here go OF their way to secure
heir attention. and Il is singular that. while
many eelored girls visit the camp, the Filipinos
rou't look ri them. They seem to prefer the
urhtsst conpIexioaed girls
re exhibit OF educat work ir the Phil
,-pinss - excellent The writing. spelling and
enuposltsun CT scholars who have had only two
yssrs' instruction compare fsvorsh!- with AmerI-
can scholars work And the crayon drawing and
oshsr artistic work of boys and girls 90 thirteen
or fourteen Is almost perfect one teacher writes:
spelling is hard for these little peop!o espe-
rlsi,y SO IL sentence work and definition The
snsnish way Of no, expressing the subject is hard
70 overcome Tsnnario Papa. sixteen years old,
writes this about The Ball Game of all the
psunes Ike very much IS the ball game And Il
/. great fun 10 those who looking II you will
know how TO play bali this is the way: First you
must get four rocks. balls and bats The rocks
raust always be put in good places. so the person
who is running can sec them at once" and pro-
eeeds 70 describe the game
There Is an autograph letter from President
Roosevelt 70 Ciriaco Dagdag. which says:
Ny Dear Young Friend: I Was pleased with
your letter that send you this letter TO
say that ! vas very much Interested ~ what you
wrote about your teacher, about the Dig bats ana
about the waterfall. believe yon viii grow up
20 be = good man have very much ar heart the
welfare OF al the people Of the Philippine Islands
send you herewith my photograph Your friend.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
The grown PEOPLE have sent samples Of their
vork in painting, sculpture, furniture, carving
dress goods, hats-in fact nearly all the arts SCI
ences and industries. They have worked the Amer
icsz flag IL grasses. in woven work in silk, in
eEnhsoids-y; y fact, about every way il could be
worked. They have carved in wood a design for
monument with an excellent statue OF Washing
zen TOP ard Roosevelt, II bassrelief the base
u Of Tie buildings a Filipino man and woman
played respectively guitar and harp. When they
had finished Filipino in the doorway said Ia ex-
csilsnt English That is the march Of AgIinaldo
:he Filipino who fought hard for his country.
sno who gave the Americans such trouble 70
capture him 10 which the American in charge
added. And us only recently that they've been
allowed play that again Evidently Josz
Eazals memory Is idolized by them. for they place
his picture alongside of Wsshngton's and II ts
reproduced in many wars IN their work. The FIJI,
pines seem quick 70 learn. One Of the scouts told
ne he didn't know any English when he came to
the far. yet he able 20 converse intelligently
WITH ne Much time can Be profitably spent in
thls division Of the exposition. \ SIGHTSEER.
81 Louis, Aug 8 1904