The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-11-11
IL philippines
WOMEN WILL DEMAND THEIR,
RIGHTS IN THE FUTURE. pa
RESULT OF VISIT TO FAIR:
They Have Learned the Ways Of Amer
lean Civilization While at the st.
Louis Exposition-Us Mod
ern Conveniences.

st. Louis.-There is likely to be q
revolution of an important character in
at least one section of the Philippines
after the natives get home from the
worlds fair. 1t will not be. contest
between Americans and savages, for the
Filipino, to man, has concluded that
America is the greatest country on the
globe, and that it is pretty good coun-
try to tie to.
This new revolution will be of more
serious nature than any contest be-
tween man and man. 1t will be a con-
test between man and woman. Its aim
will be at the very root of the social
order and, as in previous contests of
this nature, the women are sure to win.
What they will gain in happiness re-
mains to be seen.
In all savage countries, the man is the
fighter and the woman is the toiler.
The Igorrote husband, when he is not
out trying to cut off the head of some
enemy, is lounging around the house,
attired in his superb brown skin, smok-
ing or otherwise amusing himself.
Meanwhile his wife is busy, attending
to her rice paddles, grinding the ripe
rice or weaving gayly striped cloth for
her own skirts and jackets or for her
lords handsome fringed breech-clout.
In such occupation the Igorrote
women have in all probability been
much happier than the average petted,
INDUCED American woman. They have
had their minds fully occupied, and they
have sought no other pleasure than that
which comes from rendering service to
those they loved. 1t is the men who
have been vain and selfish, accepting
at their right the homage and service
of their women.
The visit to the worlds fair has given
both the men and the women a new
viewpoint. They have discovered that
in civilized countries it is the woman
who is the ornament, and that the man,
at least while he is in love, finds his
greatest joy in toiling Nike slave in
order to crafty the whims of his wife.
They have probably not learned, what
is equally true, that there is more pleas
ure to be derived from genuine, con-
genial work than from smoking, dane
ing or decapitating enemies.
The labor-pill has been delightfully."-
sugar-coated for the Igorrotes at the
worlds fair. They have been intro
duced to the subject from the most in
teresting side. 1t began with the tele-
phone. Antonio, chief of the Bontocs,
discovered that DR.. Hunt, his mentor,
his ideal of dignity and manhood, had
talking box in his Office. Immedi-
ately he requested that one be put in
his imperial hut Accordingly the
chiefs dwelling was wired, and the tel
ephone was installed. In few min
utes Antonio learned to Hello Central"
call for the proper number and carry
on an animated conversation with the
governor up at the Office. The poisonous
seeds of civilization had been implanted.
The chief began to look around for
other things that smacked of culture
He watched the typewriter beside DR..
Hunts desk, saw the keys as they
clicked under the fingers of the def
operator and listened to the translation
of the letter the young lady had written.
Hitherto Antonio had proested against
being compelled to learn English. It
looked too much like work to suit his
indolent, comfort-l"ving nature. But
now he must have typewriter, and in
order to operate Que, he must know
English, not merely to initiate the
sounds of the human voice, but to write
the words, yes and spell them. If An
tonic succeeds there he may come back
to America in few years and do mis-
sionary work in the public schools. AL
ready he has acquired a large number