Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-15
ALL DRESS IN WHITE
Costumes of the People in the
Philippines.
LADIES WITHOUT HATS
FASHIONABLE NATIVE SOCIETY
MADE UP OF MEsT1zoa
Women Give Much Attention to Their
Hair, but Neglect the Care
Of Their Teeth.
LADIES WITHOUT HATS
BY WILLIAM e. CURTIS.
Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star ana
Chicago Record Herald.

BY WILLIAM E. CURTIS.
Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star and
Chicago Record Herald.
MANILA June Is. 1904.
Everybody wears white in this climate.
and as little of it as possible Dark clothing
is much heavier and hotter and those who
have been here long enough to learn what Is
good for them pack up their wooden gar
ments in camphor and wear nothing put
white duck or coarse cotton drills. Army
officers have natty white uniforms that are
becoming to everybody. more so than the
blue or the khaki, and can afford to wear
two suits a week, for laundry bills are rea-
sonable. The white suits worn by the ma
tives of the cheapest sort OF cotton ana
do not cost more than 81 or So In gold A
better quality worn by the well-to-do peo-
pie costs So, 81, So and $40 suit. few
officers wear the regule ton khaki uniform
on duty during the day when they are en-
gagged in service that is likely to soil their
garments, but when they come off duty
they put on white suits and white caps and
look as neat and handsome as you could
imagine
The officers of the United States army will
rate higher for looks than those of any
military service in the world and are as well
behaved. When you are travelling in Eu-
rope you are Impressed with the German,
Russian Austrian and Italian officers. They
wear such gorgeous uniforms and trappingS
and have such soldierly bearing, but when
you get home again or come over here you
Will change your mind very promptly in
favor of the Yankee captain in his simple.
neat white suit and the modest strips of
braid that distinguish his corps and rank.
Our officers have no special mess uniform
like the British. but the ordinary white uni
form is considered full dress here and Is
worn to dinner parties and evening and
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special mess jackets, they call them.
which vary in different countries. In Cal
cutta and other Indian cities they wear
stunning creation composed Of a black
swallowtail coat, faced and lined with
whit silk, with gilt buttons. low-cut white
silk waistcoats and trousers of black broad
cloth. with gold braid down the seams.
The enlisted men over here all wear khaki.
1t is not 50 becoming as white. but Is equal
ly comfortable, wears well and Is not easily
soled. You never saw a finer-looking or
more intelligent class of young men than
have come into the regular army since the
younger than the British soldiers, are bet
ter educated, better bred and have better
habits
Ladies Do Not Wear Hats
The foreign ladies of Manila dress almost
altogether in white. the lightest of linens
and cottons. and go about the streets bare
headed. Mlliners and dressmakers' bills
over here are very small 1t Is not fash
ionable to wear anything upon the head
and if you find a group of ladies shopping
In one of the stores there will not be a sim
gle hat among them. Foreigners have taken
quickly to the homemade fabrics of the
native looms. such as grass linen. just and
pima, which the Filipino women of the bet
ter classes wear almost exclusively. They
are as light and fine as silk and wash like
a linen handkerchief, The most expensive
tari1 Is g !,
than a dollar a yard, and it Is difficult to
wear them out. Filipino women are exceed