The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1904-06-24
FILIPINO EXHIBIT
IS |NAUCURATED
One of the Most Interesting Sec
tions of the Worlds Fair.
A GREAT PARADE OF NATIVES
All Sorts Were Seen, From the
Naked, Head Hunting Igor
rotc. to the Highly Trained
scouts and Constabuinry.

ST. Louis, June lS.--With the great.
es' parade of the tribal people of The
'ar east which the United States has
ever witnessed the Philippine exposi
| tlOn n the Worlds fair was formally
opened To the public in its entirety TO.
lay, and was, al the same time offered
by Dr w + Wilson. chairman oi the
Philippine exposition board, TO Col
Clarence X Edwards, chief of insular
affairs uf the war department Col
Edwards, who, as Gen Lawton's ad.
iutant. was with the latter at the time
Of his tragic death In the Philippines
after receiving for the war department
the great exposition of the territory
which he helped 10 win for the United
Statca, IN turn committed II 10 the
keeping OF President Francis, OF the
Louisiana Purchase exposition
The exercises took place from tho
GrandstanG erected on the large parade
grounds Of the Philippine constabulary.
From this stand Col Edwards reviewed
the panorama Of native life, realizing
Tor the first time what a strong picture
" the Philippine islands the exposition
board has painted to the order Of the
var department, and how broad story
Of economic development has been Of
irrcd the cthnologst
Eleven Hundred NatiN rs.
Eleven hundred natives Of the Philip
pine ISLANDS. led by the native bands
Ji the Philippine scouts and the
lOnstaHulary, presented the greatest
museum Of economic gradations, from
the most primitive man up which
any portion Of the civilized world
has ever had tho opportunity to
sujJy From the dwarf Ncgrito,
,h" aboriginal race Of the pco-
pie known ~ the clhnoIOG!st tho
Islands, and one OF tho most primitive
people known 10 the othnoloist the
story Of the far east was unfoldcd
through varying grades OF civilization
up to the highly skilled Tagalog and
VilayGn and the wcll-disciplincd wear
er OF the United States uniform, iiO Of
whom marched by In the scouts bat
TALON
Diversity Of Peoples.
The rmid. weakly developed NcErito,
who lights his fire by saving one stick
II bamboo with another. and is so re-
markably skilllnl with his bow and
poisoned arrow. the beautifully de-
yclopcd doG-catinE and ad-hunting
f,s4 ttf Ia
smile and a pair Of rour-in-h hand trous-
ers, the trcachcrous l.anao Moro. still
given TO Cannibalistic practices, and
even now slaughtcring United States
soldiers in MindanaO; tho friendly Sa-
anal Moro whose village over the
waters of Arrowhead lake Is the Ven.
zee Of the Worlds fair the land -tilling
lngu!anc; the mining Suyoc lgorrote,
and the beautiful Visayan maiden and
ourtly Visayan dandy were all seen in
ihr procession, representing villages OF
native life to be found on the Philip
pine exposition grounds
Variety of Nusic.
Native tomtoms and long trcc-trunk
" NlllF N'i'' 'l'Iilh anu NllN o' ' iohl dilh
were accompanied by the skilled Wis
ayau orchestra of IL pieces The tree.
dwelling Moro for once accommodated
h.ms II to movement over something
b. -idrs the limbs Of the large oak
which he inhabits with his small dog.
kennel huf on the exposition grounds
All of the exhibit buildings were
Opcncd, and with $1,000 electric lights
to aid. will he open until II O'Clock
each night There are buildings Of
commerce. forestry, fisheries, aGricul.
turc manufactures, education, model
school, art, ethnOlogy. fine arts and
war. the latter filled with war material,
being a copy Of the walled city Of Ma
Mia