The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-03

out an exception they told of some thing horrible. One young man told l me he had never seen his cook laugh
 except when he was cutting off ths head of chicken. They are not a | mirthful people like the negroes but silent and solemn.
 The little children wear a little bob tailed shirt-that Is all. They look like little bronze statues I saw my first nesretto on Sunday. She was a little old woman as black as a pot with kinky hair. and was about four feet high. The men average only four feet. They live in the mountains north of here and are as shy as deer. Native women are the beasts of burden. They
 carry from fifty to 100 pounds on their
 heads. They stand very erect and are
 Even when old they are thin. I meet
 them with baskets Of rice. cakes of
 sugar. vegetable products of all kinds,
 bundles of wood and jars of water
 should think their heads would be
 mashed flat. They have A little pad
 upon which these heavy weights rest.
 They all smoke cigarettes. They say the tobacco here contains no nicotine and you see tiny children smoking. They often have the lighted end inside their mouths puffing away
 l went with my brother to A cirars cite factory and the manager offered me cigarettes. They are made by ma chinery but the women make them up in bundles They do not count them, .but I counted many packages and they all contained thirty. They tell by the feeling.
 Every town is laid out on the same plan, the church and plaza in the cen ter to one side the convent In front or the church stands the municipal building. These churches are very large and the walls are five and six feet thick. The bell rings many times a day. It is the clock for the people ana at o'clock when the Agneius is rung. everyone stops work, faces the church. and offers prayer. During inc war many of these churches and fine buildings were burned so only the great stone walls remain standins. !. think before long the churches, will be restored. The natives are all Cath. olics and the 'Chinamen here are also.
 The men seem very fond of each other but they never show any affec- homes, I am told.
 Last night we attended a native theatre. Moro Moro" The play a con tinued story from night to night. The actors had very Henry MiIIer-like strides and were dressed in very much be-spangled costumes 4 native band played at intervals. It would burst forth when excitement rose high. The men all wore hats; the women never applaud. The music is weird like the monotonous strain in tn cir voices
 We have had several social func- tions. All the Americans are like one big family. At our Valentine party forty-one managed to get together. We danced until 1 o'clock. The swing to the native music is easy to catch and everyone enjoys 1t. There are no hardships here. In fact all the Amer jeans live in ease. They have three or four servants, and I am surprised at the variety of fresh vegetables we have. All of our meats and butter come from Australia and are fine.
 If it did not take so long to make the trip or if ones friends could be easily reached we would be perfectly happy. There is nice class of Amer jeans here. The young men are near ly all college graduates. We have Cornell. Columbia. Pennsylvania, Har- yard and other colleges represented here in San Fernando. The municipal government offices are filled by na- tives. The judge is a very bright man and receives s5.00o a year The gov- ernor and president do not speak Eng fish So if you cannot Jabbef little