Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-08-25

SOUTH ENTRANCE PALACE or LIBERAL
ARTS, WORLDS FAIR
rote, who dimes on dog meat and
visitors are entertained by Visayan
actors and actresses. Nothing is lack
ing to make the show complete.
The Administration building is a rep
lica of the government offices I'm Ma
Mia, while the Art and Education
building reproduccs in miniature the
cathedral within tie walled city, even
the mellowed tints Of age being faith
fully rendered. 4 section of the an
Cient but stil scryiceabIc town wall
has been reconstructed to serve the dou-
BILE purpose of a gateway to the show
and "A museum Of arms and war relics.
The other main cdiiicos are types of
Filipino homes, being built of undrcss-
ed timber, bamboo and rattan. with
thatched roofs and broad vcrandas.
Then there are the tribal villages
Nesting under the trees, some Of the
houses perchcd high UP among the
bOughs, others on piles above the wa
ters of the Arrowhead lake, all of them
ACTUAL uNflIlllEN laSliFillt'tl bl iltliN q
materials by native workmanship and
illustrating the manners. customs ana
pursuits of their occupants. Here are
women weaving coarse cloth on
rude hand loom, others making baS-
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 a circular dance 10 the thump
Of tomtOms and the Clang of brass
gongs; others, again, are smelling iron
by the aid of primitive but most in
genious bellows, the constituent parts
OF which are a bamboo tube ana an air
tight mop Of feathers working therein
Ike the piston of a syringe And these
are but a few of an almost endless va
riety of life pictures.
The chronological problem is Il some
what complicated one; but, although
there are no fewer than sixteen races
represented among the village dWcllcrS,
the scouts and the constabulary, each
race speaking its own dialect and fol
lowing its own customs, all may he
roughly classified into four groups
the true aboriginals or non-Malays, the
pagan Mulays, the Christian Malays
and the Mohammedan Malays.
The first are the dwarf NcEritos, with
dark skins and woolly heads, Wcarcrs
OF scanty raiment, proficient in the use
Of the bow and poisoned arrow. ~ race
OF nomads and forest dweiicrs, pngans
pure and simple. They live in their
own stockaded village.
Next to them are the Igorrotes,
whose origin is traced back to the first
wave of Malay invasion. Here. again,
we have scanty clothing. amounting
almost to nudity, but copper colorcl
skins, long wavy tresses, pleasant fca-
tured faces and fine DhysiUues. even
though the stature be small Among
these pagan Malays are the head hunt
ers and the dog eaters They are say
ages, yet have their code Of laws and
knowledge Of several primitive indus
tries.
The Christian MalayS, produced by
the second wave Of invasion. are rep
resented by the YiSayans. "a tall ana
handsome race, dressing well, living in
pretty homes. skilled in weaving, dye
ing, basket making. hat making. wood
carving and other handicrafts musi
cianS of no mean merit the one group
OF natives who came early and thor
oughly under the influence If the early
Spanish settlers.
Very different are the Moros. who
swept into the islands from the Malay
peninsula last Of all, bringing with
them their Mohammclan religion, also
a knowledge of gunpoWdar acquired
with the Koran from the Arabs fana-
tics like their teachers. pirates blood
thirsty, trcachcrouS and viulcsiIc FL
lows. eyer N war among themselves
and with the whole outIl, world. De
spite their ferocity they are a cleycr
race, dress handsomely, have their sui
tans and their slaves and are expert
seamen. while long continued rila-e
on the high seas has surrounded them
with many Of the luXurioS ANA c1nyen-
fences Of western civilization.
The buildings of Agriculture, Forest
ry and Fisheries show all the varied
natural products. ALSO the extremely
primitive procozsca as yet i'm vogue,
while In the Womru's buildiug we are
introduced to number of native man
ufacturcs, includ.E- 1.y beautiful ruh-
rics from the jusi. banana and pine
apple fibers. This information is coliat-
ed in the Building Of Commerce, Wher"
a unique and most c.fcctiv" method OF
exhibiting is followed. In one hail are
samples Of all the articles produced for
export among which manila fiber, ol
course, holds the chief place of prom
inence, while in ii second l@d are all
the uanufactucs from every country
that are imported ~"' H.I n ready
market anou, tho ......... Thus the
business man gees #l au lie
sees what he can p. a.3.y take from
the islands. ana ala what he may
profitably send to tAen. When it is
added that large number of represent