The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-09-03

OlANS.
derful worth Of this country and to
get in touch with the progressive idea.
This Philippine Exposition is a place
Of contrasts. The man who goes into
1t thoroughly is amazed at the patriot
ism, culture and skill Of the best rep
resentatives, and at the ~depravity,
superstition and ignorance of the saw
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, d~issipate
the idea that the Philippines are popu-
lated by a homogeneous people. This
Is true in a sense, but it must be re-
membered that the Igorrotes number
100000, the Bagobes 5000, the Negritos
$4,000, and the Moros 100000 out of a
total population of 7,635,426 The re-
naming 6,00O,0 900 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 S~paniards 300 or 400 years ago
to repel Dutch and Chinese invaders,
you face a plaza plastered with a lux
urious growth of flowers and sur
rounded by a picturesque group of
buildings. On n side is the Observa-
tory, an o%dd-looking structure with
two spires on each side shooting sky
ward, a pattern Of an observatory at
Manila. In its rear is a circular walk
within which a relief map has been
built by Father Jose Algue, a Jesuit
priest, showing in an entertaining way
the 9,014 isles and islets of the archi
pelago.
On the opposite of the plaza IS tn,
Agricultural building, within which il
shown farm implements, mavelous ma
tive houses, hemp of all kind, rice, to
bacco, coffee, copra and all other pre-
ducts of the field. There you will Sc
long streams of hemp in 1neness an
sheen not unlike the locks Of som
peroxide blonde.
Nearby is a hall where stereopt
a views are given Of scenes in tn
islands, and to the northeast is tn
Fish and Game building, an impre.
sive structure of the graceful palm
bravo, matched with nipa, its lowe
end stretching over the waters of til
lake, giving the appearance Of a
American boat house
On the other side of the plaza is IL
Educational building, modelled aft,
the Manila cathedral. Here are san
pies OF the industrial work, essays an
other things done in the Americanize
schools Of the country. There are mo-
than 200. 900 pupils in the primal
classes Of the schools in the Phil
pines alone. More English has bee
taught In the three years Of Americs
occupation than during 400 years
the Spanish regime.
But to see the work of educate
actually in progress, the visitor shou
step over across a second plaza to
snug nipa cottage, within which Mi
Pillar Zamora, a graduate of the Mani
Normal school, gives lessons daily
about so little natives recruited fro
the various villages This second pla
is bOrdered by the Commerce buildir
the Government building, a reprodl
ton Of the Ayuntamiento or capt.
building in Manila, the Education
bulldIng, the Ethnology building, a
a decidedly foreignlooking structu
called the Manila house, with a cou
o~yerarOhdng roof and windows ma
from the dAells Of molluskA