West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1904-09-29

SOUTH ENTRANCE PALACE OF LIBERAL
AItTs, WORLDS FAIR.
rote. who dimes on dog meat, and
visitors are entertained by Visayan
actors and actresses. Nothing Is lack
Ing 10 make the show complete
The Administration building is rep
llca Of the government offices I'm Ma
nlla. while the Art and Education
building reproduces IN miniature the
cathedral within the walled city, even
the mellowcd tints OF age being faith
fully rendered. A section OF the an
Client but still serviceable town wall
has been reconstructed to serve the dou-
ble purpose OF gateway to the show
and museum Of arms and war relics.
The other main ediGces are types OF
Filipino homes, being built OF undress-
ed timber, bamboo ana rattan. with
thatched 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
ters 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 q coarse cloth on
rude hand loom. others making bns.
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 u circular dance TO the thump
Of tomtoms and the claug OF brass
gonEs; others, again. are smelling iron
by the aid OF primitive but most In
gcniOus bellows. the constituent parts
Of which are n bamboo tube and an air
tight mop OF feathers working therein
Ike the piston Of Il syringe. And these
arc but few OF an almost endless va
riety OF life pictures
The chronological problem IL a some
what complicated one; but. although
there are no fewer than sixteen races
represented among the village dwellers,
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 aborigiuals or non-Malays. the
pagan Malays, the Christian Malays
and the Mohammcdnn Malays
The FIRST are the dwarf Negritos, with
dark skins and woolly heads. wearers
Of scanty raiment. proficient In the use
Of the bow md poisoned arrow. n race
Of nomads and forest dwelers, pagans
pure and simple They live In their
own stockadcd village.
Next TO them are the lgorrotes,
Ill L.
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 paagn Malays are the head hunt
ers and the dog eaters They are saw
ages. yet have their code Of laws aud a
knowledge Of several primitive indus
tries.
The Christian Malays. produced By
thp second wave Of invasion. are rep
resented by the Yisayans, n tall and
handsome race. dressing well. living in
pretty homes. skilled in weaving, dye
ing. basket making. hat making, wood
carving aud other hondicrafts. musl-
clans Of no mean merit, the one group
of natives who came early and tbOt-
ouehly under the influence Of the early
Spanish settlers.
Very different ore the Moros. who
swept into the islands from the Malay
peninsula lHat 81 all bringing With
them their Wohnmmcdan religion. also
a knowledge % Ruupowdef acquired
with the Koran from the Arabs fana-
tics IKE ilrir TEACHERS. pirates. blood
thirsty trcachero,E and viudicilye fel-