The St. Louis Republic., 1905-09-02

9 6: san q tSe Words Fair Loesi
yseter and pSysici.n E fsr the the Tnsed
saeeo Government At Buena Vista. Prov
- e Cavite. Philippine Islands. gives IN
saIeion Of the Fourth 81 July ceiebsstjon
y buena Vista.
wtsh you could have been here to-day
y:ly: Il was Americano Fiesta Day. y:
.azs1 seotch and Spanish Seseent. is posi- &
si2 osser Sfces sad ,@ ,sa on aecf e. a. % shs
- p psrzo1ai regard for the men q g
y1th Ieulen.nt Kerr. ~ Who : I Is 'sss SSod . s.i-
~ and feil m promptly with my plan.
. tyDe-written programme Of o0;nSs
Within ten minutes after tattoo three
e4 aarins torch. We kept the drum
S.Sep of shacks the small party would
otop. and the barrio prestdente Who was
Soe O. the trio. would announce in the
= ~ voice 70 the TagaloE that there was
tO 0e = mucho graade Americans Fiesta
sanana n the cuartel. and that every.
10y was invited to come and take part
= .. and that anyone who had fighting
Iocture. but one 0. great interest. did this
0so present as they burned their way
Snrovgh the black tropical night Of the
Sor the first time in five days.
reveiiie mex: morning thirteen VOL
!eyo Tor the original States. from the
!SSsrote and Tagalog battaIions In proper
oaSHtAry formation. was our greeting to
Soe oay of all American days At a. m.
ne native Buena Vista band appeared In
sss night; and We we're favored for the
hand this-cymbals. bass drum. with but
enc SIDE doing business. two bamboo dfes,
80 snare drum. three tenor horns. and
bar 80
They play Filipino waltxes and MARCHES
galore. The iifes carry the tune the hasa
9fum and cymt'als the time. and the horns
sort OF q note. The r.sul, is a harmonic
S0ect as discordant as the organization
= interesting.
Coarte. In the Philippine eod-forsaken
SosQue. To the Filipino Inhabitants Of
8uena Viste It Is as artistic and in its
,.ns, vsx a. much ~ "a, = source OF sIasiaSation and
eheStra to the good people OF Boston town
= Massachusetts,. So all morning Ne had
''As the leading features Of the day the
cosoAdo0 competed In potato races . u
Americana. bag races. sprintinS contests.
1eorrots pts'ed against rsEaioe every time:
oGcopt In ore sprintine heat and ono po-
tate race. In the three-!egeed race. in
stead Of getting all tangled up like 2
falling al over tho parade landscape. the
3gorrotes proved shining stars at the Amer
1can gane. And may be you think their
lines didn't do some tall. happy laughing.
cheering and yelling. The hurrah sstua-
ton was surely one Of the 'sprishtly do
Ths morning ended with an IEorrote
canao (can-yowI. resembling the American
Indian pOwwoW dance. Twelve lgo'rotes
al tattoocd. even their faces danced
'rOund an imaginary fire. pounding time ON
their soldier mess plates
y,.s Af'es dinner Il was Was. 70. the 81. huena s
Grammo OF the day. and for three hours
the Cusrfel parade Was a cockpit. and the
game birds did their stunts. and the
Philippine pesa,es. media pesos ard les.
ser and greater coins changed haads--and
the blood and feathers new.
In the cool "f the afternoon. shortly
afSef retreat. came sh. Filipino small boy.
known out here az pickaninny.' Dozens
~ them tried 10 climb {. the top of the
slippery bamboo pole But the red nag
scores Of native soldiers stood around the
bottom an: pushed ard lifted long
string Of youngsters ~ III. pole. one aft
lad struck where the grease had not yet
been rubbed OF. nc Was ALREADY dead tired.
ana, cling tighter and climb higher though
he would. gradually n. los, ground and
came slipping down. and the happy crowd
cheered ard yelled and laughed.
As . study In character. and In native
style ana COicf-OI-t1gssS sntcts. the spec
tatorA were An interesting assembiaIe.
Nearly everyon. was arrayei In his best
for the GrAnde fiesta. Some of the senor-
itas showed a pIe'"renoe for blue and red
combinations and contrasts: others for del
1ca;e shades OF pink and blue. others. r.i.
yellow. brown. white. and some IA all the
coicrs OF the rainbow All smoked their
cigarettes. One Of the senoras was the
hAEdsomest woman I have We; seen among
these F1!ipinos. She, was .: superb
phyeiQue. are soifs of these men. and
dressed IN picturesque fashion. Put u
moro solid basis CT character iu.o her,
and give her American collegiate edu-
cation, ana she would be noble woman.
or At jeAst q xrand heroine for n romantic
novel.
After the slippery pole proved inv!ncbia
for u kept she challenge of the red flag
al"ft Ia the end-the CREASED pig WAS
turrcd loose. Then there WIS a rush of
flight n the Wild crowd tried 10 get og-
of the way Of one o? the piss. 4 larg. an
amai. and his pursusrs. Another pig. a
email one. was chased! hy the small hcyS'