The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-05-13
HAD A TOUGH TIME.
An American Young Lady School
Teacher In the Philip, ines
HAs QUITE a NARROWING TIME.
Her Experience Will Hardly Be an
Inducement for Other Ameri-
can Young Ladies to Go
over There.
Over There.

pine Islands:
In connection with the alleged ne
glect Of school teachers by the educa-
tional department., the experience Of
q young American woman as related
by "a government employe, whose name
Is withheld for obvious reason, may
throw some light on the subject as it
is considered from the educators point
OF view. Here is the employees story.
ROSY WORDING OF OFECIAL CIRCULAR.
The lady>in question accepted en-
ployment as a school teacher in the
Philippines after reading the circular
issued by the educational department.
On arriving in Manila she found that
the cost Of living and the purchasing
power of the small amount Of money
OF which she was possessed were not
at all as they were represented in the
circular referred to. When she con-
suited the superint endent Of public
instruction on the subject Of ways and
means, she was told that the circular
was true at the time that it had been
printed and was advised to make the
best Of it.
SENT TO BATANG rs PROVINCE.
"On her request to be assigned to
duty as SOON as possible, size was Or
dered to a small pueblo ten miles
from the capital of BatangaS province
for duty, and instructed to report to
the district superintendent Of educa-
tiOn at Batangas Arriving there,
armed with letter to the local rep
reSentative of the educational depart
ment, the teacher was told to pro-
ceed to her station and was given
letter of introduction to the presi-
dente local. of the town where she ex-
pected to work. The district super
intendent informed her that there
for two years, that there were books
= and full paraphanala of school OH
the ground and that the presidente
would provide everything necessary.
He also chartered carretela and sent
the young teacher on her way to her
post.
ARRIVES AT ER "sTATIoN.
AFTER ten-mile jaunt over coun-
try roads the young teacher landed in
typical Filipino barrio. Inquiries
as to the whereabouts of the conSta-
bulary detachment (whGh, she had
been told IN Manila, existed there)
eiieited ohe uSGai a1.5Ner- of the guile
( less native, No hay The presidente's
house, miserable native shack, was
finally located, and the highest civil
authority, having been aroused with
some difficulty, appeared clad in an
underShlrt and Il pair OF drawers
When he was presented with the let
ter from the district superintendent
the presdente looked puzzled, turned
it over and said, No sabe
THE teacher, tried, hungry and
frightened, her mind full OF the stories
of bandoleros, opened the letter her
self and explained in what little pid-
gin Spanish she could command, tnat
She was the 'maeStra'
All, sir quoth the presidente,
and hauled her trunks OH the caree-
tela, dumping them in the road He
then, by signs explained that he was
avery sleepy, and proceeded TO lie down
Among Heterogeneous conglomeration
on men and women who were lying OH
the floor Of his house.
SoFFERS TEACHER VILE DRINK.
",Ehe American girl, iaving had
nothing to eat since she had left the
steamer, sat on her trunk in the road
and cricd.>
Feeling somewhat better after
this. she arot.sed the sleeping preSi-
dente and asked for drink OF water.
He responded with glass of vino,
and this Being refused, tried some
beer Finally he dipped half cocoa
nut shell into an ola on the edge Of
which his game cock had been roost-
ing. Being desperate, the young
teacher manageable make him under
stand that she Wanted to see the
school. She was Aaken to tumble
down nipa shack, her trunks dumped
in after her and THE entire pueblo
relapsed into slunbeY.
unable to make lscr wants known,
the girl sat on her trunk all night,
the only white persoh in the village,
having had nothing II eat for "A hour
and having her offers 10 iuy food met
with the CHARACTERISTIC No hay.
"In the morning, vtornout and faint
with hunger, findingN no signs of a
school anywhere, or op books or pupils
she dragged herself 70 the house OF
the presidente and asked for carrc-
tela to take her back to Batangas,
thinking to state ber case to the dis
trio superintendent.
PREsIDENTE FULL OF DIGNITY.
The preSidente, however, at once
became very full of his t-ignity as the
representative OF the civil government.
He would furnish no carretela, he
would furnish no chow, she was the
maestro and was expected to provide
large portions OF illustration at once.
Then he took another drink OF vino
and went to sleep again.
''The frightened End bewildered
girl finally managed to charter cara,
bao cart and on that primitive and
slow moving vehicle arrived in Batan-
gas, in the dead Of Fight in an uncon-
scious condition.
SOLDIER FINDS UNCONSCIOUS GIRL.
''There being military garrison al
Batangas, an American sentry 1ouno
the bulI-cart with its unconscious oc-
cupant and at once reported the state
OF affairs to his commanding oiiicer
When the girl school teacher recovered
consciousness she was in the houSe
where she received every care ana at'
tention until she was able TO reCurL
H.