Newport daily independent., 1904-08-23

derful worth of this country and to get in touch with the progressive idea.
 This Philippine Exposition is place of contrasts. The man who goes into it thoroughly is amazed at the patriot ism, culture and skill of the best rep resentatives, and at the depravity, superstition and ignorance of the sav- age tribes. Some have said this ex- position has taught that the word Filipino" is misleading, that there is no standard type in the Philippines, that the displays of fierce Moros, naked Igorrotes, pompous Bagobos, and monkey-like Negritos, dissipate the idea that the Philippines are popu- lated by a homogeneous people. This Is true in sense, but it must be re- membered that the Igorrotes number 100000, the Bagobos 5000, the Negritos 23,000, and the Moros 100000 out of a total population of 7,635, ,426. The re- maining 6,000000 are for the most part people with keen intellects and cul- ture, eager to grasp at any idea that might advance them. and have accom- plished wonders with their limited means.
 As you leave the Walled City a rep resentation of the Notifications built by the Spaniards 300 or 400 years ago to repel Dutch and Chinese invaders, you face plaza plastered with lux urious growth of flowers and sur rounded by picturesque group of buildings. On one side is the Observa- tory, an odd-looking structure with two spires on each side shooting sky ward, a pattern of an observatory at Manila. In it's rear is a circular walk within which relief map has been built by Father Jose Algue, a Jesuit priest, showing in an entertaining way the 3,014 isles and islets of the archi- 1 pelago.
 On the opposite of the plaza is the Agricultural building, within which is shown farm implements, marvellous na- tive houses, hemp of all kind, rice, to- bacco, coffee, copra and all other pro ducts of the field. There you will see long streams of hemp in fneness and sheen not unlike the locks of some peroxide blonde.
 Nearby is a hall where stereopti- can views are given of scenes in the islands, and to the northeast is the Fish and Game building, an impress sive structure of the graceful palma brava, matched with nipa, it's lower end stretching over the waters of the lake, giving the appearance of an American boat house
 On the other side of the plaza is the 1 Educational building, modelled after the Manila cathedral. Here are sam ples of the industrial work, essays and other things done in the Americanized schools of the country. There are more than 100000 pupils in the primary classes of the schools in the Philip
 pines alone. More English has been taught in the three years of American occupation than during 400 years of the Spanish regime.
 l But to see the work of education ! actually in progress, the visitor should 1 step over across a second plaza to a | snug nipa cottage, within which Miss 1 Pillar Zamora, graduate of the Manila Normal school, gives lessons daily tc ] about 50 little natives recruited from the various villages. This second plaza 1 is bordered by the Commerce building
 the Government building, reproduc 1 t;on of the Ayuntamiento or capitol 1 building in Manila, the Educationa
 building, the Ethnology building, and
 a decidedly foreign-looking structure
 called the Manila house. with a court
 overarching roof and windows made | from the shells of molluskA