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ton. but would like to see the man
who could convince her"

Their houses are spotless. their clothes
always neat, their glossy black hair
well washed and tidy. These have
time to visit and possess at least
shower bath in the house, so they are
not obliged to resort to stream or
convenient spigot ON the street for the
comfort of bath. They can permit
themselves the luxury of carametta
aud perhaps a caraboo whose milk Is
peddlcd in picturesque jars by some
male member of the family They will
AXE in a little sewing and fine EN-.
broldery. They are very expert with
The needle and fond of jewelry. and
not few possess some quite pretty
pieces of pearls or diamonds quaint
~ cut.
Perhaps the first peep at the high.
born ladies' of the land would not be
amlss on the Luneta, which was so
beautiful in the evening light. There
vas The bay with our great warships
against the gorgeous coloring of the
setting sun on one side. the pictur,
esque wall of old Manila with It's
neavy gates, ancient moat, fort and
sentries on the other. While the band
played in the plaza where seats were
provided for multitudes and every ma
tlonallty was represented. many va.
rieties of vehicles drove around and
on down for mile, where one turned
in small circle around the Anda
monument, returning between cocoa
nuts and palms to the music and the
crowd.
There one met ones friends and
acquaintances, looked upon mestizos
beauties and Filipino bellies and en-
joyed alike the unique scene and deli
cious Whit of the sea- The mestizos
are perhaps the prettiest. They have
clear, rich. creamy skins, soft, dark
eyes and black hair, which is arranged
simply but very becomingly. The full
blcoded Filipino is darker and often
very handsome. Not infrequently one
recognizes the small even, pretty fea-
lures which proclaim an Indian an
cestor and admires the grace which
seems to belong peculiarly to the PEG.
pie of that interesting country
| formed several pleasant personal
friendships with these women, visit.
ing them in their homes and inviting
them to mine. Upon more than one
occasion when an Interpreter could
not be obtained | was brave enough to
venture alone to make social calls.
Considering the very limited knowl-
edge of English on one hand and most
imperfect Spanish on the other have
always fattered myself that we came
out of 1t very creditably. 1t is aston
ishing how much one can say under
these conditions with a few signs and
gestures.
Once, one of our favorite American
generals, stationed north of Manila
desired to give social touch toward
cementing the friendship and good fell
lowship between the two nations, and
with this end in view asked an army
woman to bring party up to his head
quarters for a few days visit. Upon
their arrival the general gave recep-
ton, TO which all the principal people
of the town were invited They re.
turned the hospitality promptly and
cordially, thereby promoting much
pleasant intercourse.
Among the Filipino ladies' there was
one who will ever hold an agreeable
place in the memory of the party, so
bright and pretty was she, 80 quick
at repartee and altogether fascinating.
During one of the occasions when they
were all together, do not remember
now what gave rise to it, her black
eyes fairly flashed fire as she said
But you will never conquer us. You
may so on bringing your soldiers to
fight us-millions of them-but you
will not conquer u.s." Then in the
most tragic manner she added: In
sur-rec-to! To-the-death!"
1t was like a bombshell in the midst
of this mild, amcable, peaceable as
sembly
An American woman stepped up to
her quickly but quietly, gently took
both the dark hands in hers and
smiled in her eyes as she answered:
MY dear, we are not going to bring
more soldiers; we don't want to fight
you We want to conquer you with
love"
With low bow, indescribabe grace
and the prettiest little gesture in the
world she said: I'VE are conquered"
AS the Americans were starting
back to Manila. in the midst of the
good wishes expressed on both sides.
waving of handkerchiefs, good-bys and
adieus, the pretty girl with twinkling
eyes and saucy voice called out.
"Adios! Adios! POGO tiempo-boom-
BOOM" And everybody laughed. Not
withstanding this unwished-for predc
ton so prettily spoken, the friendships
formed then remained and kind feel
ing was established fact.
As rule the Filipinos marry very
young and the wedding festivities are
often kept up for week. | was in
vited to bridal tiffin upon one mem
orable occasion which began at ten
o'clock and was. only at its height
when was compelled to leave at five
O'Clock, but ! enjoyed it thoroughly
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