The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1904-09-07

SOUTH ENTRANCE PALACE OF LIBERAL
ARTS, WORLDS FAIR
rote. who dimes on dog meat. and
visitors are entertained by Visayan
actors and actresses. Nothing is lack
ing to make the show complete.
The Administration building Is rep
lica Of the government offices In Ma
Mia, while the Art and Education
building reproduces in miniature the
cathedral within the walled city, even
the melIowed tints of age being faith
fully rendered. A section Of the an
Gent but still serviceable town wall
has been reconstructed to serve the dOu-
BILE purpose of a gateway to the show
and a museum of arms and war relics
The other main edifices are types Of
Filipino homes, being built of undresS-
ed timber, bamboo and rattan, with
matched roofs and broad verandas
Then there are the tribal villages
Nesting under the trees, some of the
houses perched high up among the
boughs, others on piles above the wa
tiers of the Arrowhead lake, all of them
actual dwellings fashioned Of native
materials by native workmanship and
illustrating the manners. customs and
pursuits of their occupants. Here are
women weaving a coarse cloth on a
rude hand loom, others making bas-
kets. others tending irrigated fields Of
rice. One group of men are In village
council, trying an offender according
to their tribal laws; others are slowly
moving in a circular dance to the thump
OF tomtoms and the clang of brass
gongs; others, again. are smelling iron
by the aid of a primitive but most in
genious bellows. the constituent parts
Of which are bamboo tube and an air
tight mop of feathers working therein
like the piston of u syringe, And these
are but Il few Of an almost endless va
riety of life pictures.
The chronological problem ia q some
what complicated one; but. although
there are no fewer than sixteen races
represented among the village jewellers.
the scouts and the constabulary. each
race speaking its own dialect and fol
lowing its own customs, all may be
roughly classified into four groups
the true aboriginals or non-Malays, the
pagan Malays. the Christian Malays
and the Mohammedan Malays.
The first are the dwarf Negritos. with
dark skins and woolly heads, wearers
Of scanty raiment, proficient In the use
Of the bow and poisoned, arrow. a race
Of nomads and forest jewellers. pagans
pure and simple. They live in their
own stockaded village.
Next to them are the Igorrotes,
whose origin is traced back to the first
wave of Malay invasion. Here. again.
we have scanty clothing. amounting
almost to nudity. but copper colored
skins, long wavy tresses. pleasant fea-
tured faces and fine physiques. even
though the stature be small Among
these pagan Malays are the head hunt
ers and the dog eaters. They are saw
ages. yet have their code of laws and a
knowledge of several primitive indus
tries.
The Christian Malays. produced by
the second wave of invasion. are rep
resented by the visayans. tall and
handsome race. dressing well. living In
pretty homes. skilled In weaving. dye
ing. basket making. hat making. wood
carving and other handicrafts. musi-
clans of no mean merit. the one group
Of natives who came early and thor
oughly under the influence OF the early
Spanish settlers.
Very different are the Moros, who
swept into the islands from the Malay
peninsula last of all, bringing with
them their Mohammedan religion. also
q knowledge Of gunpowder acquired
with the Koran from the Arabs-fana-
tics like their teachers, pirates, blood
thirsty. treacherous and vindictivo fel-
lows. ever at war among themselves
and with the whole outside world. De
spite their ferocity they are clever
race, dress handsomely. have their sui
tans and their slaves and are expert
seamen. while long continued pillage
on the high seas has surrounded them
with many of the luxuries and conven-
fences of western civilization.
The buildings Of Agriculture, Forest
~ and Fisheries show all the varied
natural products. also the extremely
primitive processes as yet in vogue,
while In the Women's building we are
introduced to a number Of native man
ufactures. including the beautiful fab
RIGS from the just, banana and pine
apple fbers. This Information Is cOllat-
ed In the Building Of Commerce, where
unique and most effective method Of
exhibiting is followed. In one hall are
samples of all the articles produced for
export. among which manila fiber, OF
course, holds the chief place OF prom
inence, while in q second hall are all
the manufactures from every country
that are imported and find a ready
market among the populaee. Thus the
business man gets a dual lesson. he
sees what he can profitably take from
the islands, and also what he may