The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-04-05
ion bot would Ike 70 see tie man
who could convince her.


Hon. but would IKE to see the man
who could convince hers
Now we come to the middle class.
who are respectable in every sense.
Their houses are spotless. their clothes
always neat. their glossy black haii
wen 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 a strCam o.
convenient spigot On the street for the
comfort Of a bath They can permit
themselves the luxury Of a carametta
and perhaps a carab0o whose milk Ia
peddled in picturesque jars by some
male member Of the family They sill
take ii a little sewing and fine en-
5roldery. They are very expert with
she needle and fond OF iewelry. and
4ot a few possess some quite pretty
pieces Of pearls or diamonds quaint
Is 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. Theye
vas The bay, with our great warships
against the gorgeous coloring Of the
setting sun on one side, the pictur-
ssQue wall of old Manila With its
aeavy gates. ancient meat, fort and
sentries on the other. While the band
played in the plaza. where seats wera
provided for multitudes and every ma
tionallty 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-
ioyed 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
hloodcd Filipino is darker and often
very handsome. Not infrequentIy 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 peo-
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 knowI-
edge Of English on one hand and most
imperfect Spanish on the other. have
always hattered myself that we came
out Of It very creditably It 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 a social touch toward
cementing the friendship and good fel
Iowship between the two nations. and
with this end In view asked an army
woman to bring party up to his head
quarters for few days visit UpoI
their arrival the general gave recep
tion. TO which all the principal people
Of the town were invited. They re
turned the hospitality promptly AMI
cordially, thereby promoting mucl
pleasant intercourse.
J Among the Filipino ladies' there wa
one who VIII ever hold an agreeable
place in the memory Of the party, s.
! bright and pretty was she. so quicl
at repartee and altogether fascinating
! During one Of the occasions when the.
were all together. do not rememhe
Q now what gave rise to II, her blacl
r eyes fairly flashed fire as she said
l. But you will never conquer us! Y0
/ may 90 on bringing your soldiers {
; fight us-millions of them--but 20
a will not conquer uss" Then in tn
b most tragic manner she added. II
e sur-rec-tol To- the DEATH"
n It was like bombshell in the mlds
/ Of this mild, amicable, peaceabIe Al
+ sembly.
n An American woman stepped UP I
o her quickly but quietly. gently too
both the dark hands in hers an
d smiled IN her eyes as she answered
II my dear. we are not going TO brln
i more soldiers; we don't want to ilgl
you. We want to conquer you wit
love-
: With low bow. indescribable graz
!. and the prettiest little gesture II Il
i world, she said: I'VE are conquered
j AS the Americans were startiE
i. back to Manila, in the midst Of Il
ID good wishes expressed on both side
u waving Of handkerchiefs, good-bys al
= adieus. the pretty girl with twlnklII
eyes and saucy voice called Oh
! "Adios! Adiosl POGO tempo boom
! booml. And everybody laughed M
:, withstanding this unwished-for pred
= tion SO prettily spoken. the friendshI
q formed then remained and kind fe'
i ing was established f1at.