The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-03-29

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Celebrating their safe arrival. several
hundred F'ilipinos at the Worlds Fa!T
continued until early yesterday morning
the wild dances which began Sunday.
They coTnmenorated the end of long
journey half around the world with music
and dancing The F'ilipinos made merry
with the musical Instruments Of civilized
society. their orchestra furnishing the
music for fandangoes.
In the long room In the southwest part
cf the second floor OF the Quartet the
IgCrrotas or savage head-hunters. pure
bred race with out suspicion Of mongrei
in them. danced. They started in the
morning and kept it UP almost without
iuterfnission until after midnight.
clad only in the breech-ClOut worn in
their native jungle, they danced 10 the
rythmic pounding Of their copper and
brcrze "ganzas" or tOm-toms Each of
these Instruments was attuDed to a dtf-
ferent pitch. ranging from the hollow
&c cming Of gong to the crash Of ''tink-
ling cymbals."
Men ard women danced. While some
Of the Igorrotes were clothes. even If in
Indifferent order. II seemed TO be the
rule that all the dancers should be naked
Twelve men at time took part in the
lance. each one with a sanza. These men
fotnled in a half moon arc, surrounding
four women,
II the ganzas gave out no music they
had a rythm and there was music in the
very motion of the dancers as they gave
thsrks to their idols in this queer religi-
Gus ceremonial With their copper-colored
n
pounoins of the ganzas, which changed
at the will Of the leader.
There was g. tropic air In the steam
heated Quartet. and as the sayages
danced. their swart bodies glistened with
the perspiratiOn that their exertions
caused With cigarettes, pipes or cigars
In their mouths the dancers moved
round and round in 4 circle until the
leader willed that the dance should cease.
Az soon as one taking part in the dance
became exhausted and dropped out, an
other took his place while rows and rows
of sayages squatted on the floor and
looked on very gtevely at the dance.
The four women around whom the
dancers circled wore each only a bright
colored cloth Of their own weaving which
they gtrded gracefully about them. Some
of them had cloths OF gay hue draped
gracefully over their shoulder AS they
swayed in the sensuous movements OF
the dance they held their arms extended
straisnt out with the fingers and palms
pointed downward. They faced towards
the men always never moving in the
dance outside OF a space of two or three
inches.
WOMEN DANCERS
The women danced with the stately
grace of Oricntals. the step partaking OF
the waltz and two-step combined. with
far more OF grace in it than the dance
of their civilized sisters. AS their bare
feet glided necessarily back and forth
to the music Of the beating ganzas their
heads were held almost immovable and
they could no doubt have performed the
feat of the Spanish dancers OF balancing
an egg on their heads while they danced.
All the several movements of the dance
depended on the Will OF the leader. a
magnificent savage six feet taii. with MS
gllstening skin tatooed in curious designs
and his blue black hair decorated with
copper and bead ornaments.
The others. in single file behind him
watched him closely the while they
Ing of the tom-tonls became low and soft
Then the dancers stood. crouching. theiI
1.-THE bodies swaying in perfect time to the
Then again it would break out in deaf.
eninR clatter. while the savages pounded
the floor with their bare feet In time &c
the wild strains Of the ganzas.
| Governor Hunt OF Bontag Province, Phil
ippIne Islands who brought these wild
men and women from his Province and tc
whom they look up to as ruler, rather
| physician and final tribunal In all theil
disputes, watched the swaying bodies OF
at is good to have 1t this way. as the
| best way TO keep an lgorrOte out Of mis-
chief is to keep him busy They are no,
| and trustyorthy. even II they are good
| fighters and good haters. They like Amer
| leans and trust them, and the best evi,
| ience OF this that | can cite Is the fac'
| that these savages, none Of whom had ever
| heen ten miles away from home before
made this long voyage here on my assur'
| ance that II would be all right and that
| no harm would come Of it," said the off
| clal. 49, 1,
Rontag Province since 1901. lie has beef
| in the Philippines since 1895, going there rs
a United States Army contract surgeon
His hsby son was born there last June
Ee is a native OF Eastern Illinois and is
| but 3S years old. He is the ruler OF more
than 100000 savage souls. HIS ProvinC'
| has been remarkably free from disturb
The secret of this. he SAYS, lies in get
,Ing yo,Ir hIuff in first" and then treating
then, kindly and Justly: punishing any In
traction OF the law with stern hand.
While he watched the dapcers, mes
sanger came up with the information thai
| the ''fst Tagalo lady" had a fit. With {
word in bamboo spanish to one ift OF m
| of to give medical aid to the afflicted saw
| age.
JAPANESE uNPACK EXHIBITS.
| Eleven Carloads of Material In Va