The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-09-23
OUR WORLDS FAIR ORS
They Spend a Day in the Phil
ippine E~nCdmpment

Worlds Fair. st. Louis. Sept. 16. 1904.
1t was just as we were approach nR
the Bridge of Spain that leafs il -
walled city of the Philippine reservation
white hat and a face that reminded me
of the late Sol Smith Russell. He was
tall. angular and gaunt, and his wife, a
patient. meek little body. trudged along
after him. 1t was clear that she was
only an appendix and not ever a vermi-
form one at that. for she vas no trou-
ble-maker. He had tried it on several
of the uniformed young gentlemen
known as jefferson Guards. but got nc
satisfaction. and SO. perceiving h he
mistook for a look OF intelligence upon
our faces. he inquired:
Can you tell US where the gondola
cage is?'
Manlike. job began fumbling the
leaves of his official guide to locate the
g~ondola cage but with a woman's sym
pathetic intuition l quickly perceived
that the old man from Arkansas had
been imposed upon, and / said:
No: there is no such thing on lie
grounds as a gondola cage"
Whereupon a look of sadness came
over his features as he said:
Awful sorry to hear that. We have
a couple of rabbits at home and l prom
Used the boys 1 would get them a male
and a female gondola If they could be
found"
And he was from New York state-not
Arkansas!
Having shifted the moke of the Boer
war It was hard to get John interested
In the meek and docile Fill pino. although
Jane. who had heard of their fondness
for dog meat and of their great aversion
to clothing. was crazy to see them. AND
SO peace triumphed over var. The Phil
ippine reservation is a great exposition
In itself. worth coming thousands OF
miles to see. 1t cost over 81, 900. 900, en-
braces 10000 exhibits and covers a tract
of forty-sevens acres. More than eleven
hundred Filipinos are gathered in vii
lagos In bamboo houses built by their
own hands. all illustrating the employ
ments diversions and social customs
which they follow in their native lana
Tho YnCnrVatfnn ta q -. rnn1hfnp fiAp ~
wooded hills, valleys and lakes and is
impressively picturesque. agga-
As we entered the Visayan village we
saw a Filipino boy sastride a water buff
falo. called by the natives .'timarao.
riding toward us and the measured ding
dang-dong of many tom-toms fell upon
our ears. The Filipino loves his TOM
TOM. He will beat 1t all day long. There
are several varieties % this instrument
running from the adeep-sounding copper
kettle-shaped drum to the wooden key
with skin stretched over the head. There
groups of these to-tom players all
over the reservation scattered through
the five villages of the visayans. Moros.
Bagobos, Negritos and Igorot.
The Filipino is musical clean through.
The lone stick with a knife on the emil
with which he digs holes tor planting
rice have bells in the top and Is orna-
with fea hers. While digging
he makes music with the bells and he
dances to the music. In the V.sayan
OF fifteen pieces. as beautiful,
music as o could hear in Chicago on
New York. Evidences of an
are seen or every land In
this village. There are wood caryers.
m~at-weavers and makers of embroidery.
hats. canes and novelties. The bright
es ed. Laughing visayaM maiuens weave
cloth with strands of pineap.
pie nber.
We were standing In he Bagobo VII
lage and l noticed mat John $ eyes we're
fixed upon a comeiy bare-iimped maiden
"~
Every line of i.er SUPERB ngure was
TO look upon and every move.
ment was graceful and captivating.
John refused to Dudge. He was glued
to the spot. who is he young lazy
beating the tom-iom! ou,Ie OF
one of the soldiers neal by.
..frG
His name is Bulon ana he Is chief OF
800 Bagobos. He Is ~ years old and
his hair is three feet long"
And we moved on toward the village
Of the ~dog-eating Igorot and the head
Bontocs. T. A. d.