Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-10-17
OUR WORLDS
FAIR WANDERERS
Visit Dusky, Bare-Limb-
ed Wards Of Uncle
Sam in Philippine En-
campment.

the late Sol Smith Russell. lie was
tall, angular and gaunt and his WE
I patient, meek little body. trudges
along after him. II was clear that
she was only al appendix and not
even a remiform one at that. for she
vas no troublemaker. He had tried
II on several Of the uniformed young
gentlemen known as Jefferson Guards
but got no satisfaction, and so per
ceiving what he mistook for a look
OF intelligence upon our faces he In
quired.
Can you tell us where gondola
cage is?"
Man like. John began fumbling the
leaves OF his official guide 10 locate
the gondola cage. but with a woman's
sympathetic institution I quickly per-
ceived that the old man from Arkan.
sas had been imposed upon and !
said:
mo: there rs no such thing on tho
grounds rs q gondola cage"
Whereupon a look of sadness came
oye bis features as he said:
awful sorry to hear that. Sir. We
have a couple Of rabbits at homo and
/ promised the boys l would get a
male and female gondola II they
could be found"
And be was from New York
etate-not Arkansas!
Having shifted the smoke OF the
Boar War 1t was hard TO get John
Interested In the meek and docile
PHILIPPINE. although Jane who had
heard of their fondness for dog. meat
and Of their great aversion to cloth
ing was crazy to see them. And so
Peace triumphed over War. The
Philippine reservation Is a great ex-
position In itself, worth coming thou
sands Of miles TO see. IT cost over a
million dollars, embraces 10000 ex-
hibits and covers a tract OF AZ acres.
More than eleven hundred native
Filipinos are gathered In villages In
bamboo houses built by their own
hands, all illustrating the employ
ments. diversions and social customs
which they follow In their native
land. The reservation Is a combi.
nation OF wooded hills. valleys and
lakes and Is impressiyely pictures.
que.
As we entered the Visayan village
we saw a Filipino boy astride q wat
er buffalo called by the natives
''timarao,' riding toward us and tue
measured ding. dang.dong, OF many
tom-toms fell upon our ears. Tho
OPP oosynyconidosnpmosuw q shsh
Filipino loves his tom.tom. He win
beat 1t all day long. There are sew.
cral varieties OF this instrument I'M.
ming from the ~decpsounding copper
kettleshaped drum to the wooden
key with skin stretched over the
head. There are groups Of these
tomtom players all over the reserva.
ton scattered through the five vii.
lagos Of the yisayans. Moros, Bago.
hos. Negritos and Igorot.
The Filipino Is musical clean
through. The long stick with a knife
on the end with which he digs holes
for planting rice have bells In the
top and 10 ornamented WITH feathers.
While digging he makes music with
the bells and he dances TO the music.
In the visayan Village we hear music
by Z visayan orchestra OF Is pieces,
~ beautiful music ~ you could hear
In Chicago or New York. Evidences
Of nm advanced civilization are seen
ON every hand In this village. There
are vOodcarvers, mat.weavers. and
makers Of embroidery, hats, canes
and novelties. The brighteyed,
laughing visayan maidens weave
beautiful cloth with strands OF pine
apple fiber.
We were standing In the Bagobo
village and ! noticed that Johns eyes
were fixed upon a comedy bare.
limbed maiden who was pounding a
copper tom-tom, Every line OF her
supberb figure wa beautiful to look
upon and every movement was grace.
full and captivating.
John refused to bulge. He was
glued TO the spot. who is the young
lady beating the tom.tom?" IN.
quired Of one Of the soldiers near by.
That lady is a man." said the
soldier. Hes name Is Bulon and he
Is chief Of $500 Bagobos. He is 10
years old and his hair is three fee,
long"
And We moved on toward the vii
lage OF the ~dogeating Igorot and the
head-hunting Bontocs.
T. A. ID.