Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-09-24

OUR WORLDS
FAIR VISITORS
They See the IgOrot Dog House
and Witness Three ROer.
British Battles.
THRILLING
EXHIBITION
John and Jane Differ rs to En-
pediency, but as Usual Jane
Has Her Way.

ST. LOUIS, Mo, Sept. 24.-My plan
for keeping John off the Pike worked
beautifully. He said we ought to 60
down the Pike "as a part Of James
education" And Jane showed an
alarming disposition to agree with
him. 1t Is hard to impress men and
children with the fact that the "edu-
cational'' features Of this great Ex-
position are not all on the Pike.
don't expect to keep either of them
off the Pike very long but think Of
three intelligent Americans making
"pikers" of themselves on their first
days visit to the Fair. We must
set the foreigners here better ex.
ample. So we went to the Philippine
villages and the Boer War first and
it sufficed to temporarily allay
Johns thirst for the Pike, and being
strictly educational as we'll as excit.
ing, it fully satisfied my notions as to
how some people should tackle the
Fair.
The visit to the Philippine encamp.
ment serves to impress one with the
big job Uncle Sam has On his hands
In undertaking to "assimilate" the
dusky children Of the Orient. II |
had to do any of the "assimilating'
l would choose the Bagobos. They
are my favorites. They are the neat.
est dressers and apparently the most
eager to become Amercanzed. They
wear clothing made cat of semp cloth
which they weave themselves, and
which they cover with beads of elab-
crate and tasteful design. | talked
with Bagobo boy Is years old. who
received but six months schooling in
an American school and he talked
very good English. He said his name
was Urbano. | drew from a sheath
at his side a bolo about a foot and a
half long. an ugly looking weapon,
very skillfully and artistically made.
He looked peaceful and docile enough
out he had evidently heard President
Hoosevelt's Injunction to "speak soft.
ly and carry big stick"
VIZ
we saw the far-famed dog-eating
igorotos and their dog-dance. and to
tell the naked truth flor we have to
get down to bare facts when speaking
OF the 1gorotos) they are really hand.
some fellows. Of superb physioue
They were innocent of any raiment
save small clout, and their bodies
had acquired what Jane called "a love.
~ golf tan" wouldn't be surprised
70 learn next summer that the ago.
rot tan is quite the rage. I don't
know what the dog.dance was for
unless it was to whet their appetites
for the two NANCY. looking CANNES that
Ihngled 1reakfast food..
eating broiled bull terriers producae
such lithe-limbed, shapely fellows
perhaps a dog diet would be bettar
for some of us than so many nex-
tangled breakfastrfooiA
We got the real thing over at the
Boer War-at least as near the roo,
thing as | ever want to see. II wa.
what John calls a thriller" and when
anything thrills him you may know
it is not game of ping-pong. There
was red hot fighting all along the line
after the war opened. but it took a
long time for it to open. There was
the grand entry of English and Boer
infantry, dashing cavalry, a company
OF Gordon Highlanders, wild Zulus.
boer treking wagons, oxen and mules
The massed British and Boer contin.
gents drawn up in line on the parade
ground were an impressive sight,
soon the booming of cannon, the
phg-ping of rifles and the spat-spat-
spat OF the rapid-fire guns told us that
the battle of Colenso was on. The
bullets apparently flew thick and fast
Tor men fell from their horses, artil-
lerymen dropped at their guns. and
horses fell 20 the earth. Some of the
horses had to be coaxed good deal
before they would fall, but others
dropped as though shot to death. The
slaughter was terrible The advance