The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-05-20

garment is hooked to skirt of yellow
or red material, flaming in brightness
| The fabric is Of the most exquisite
| texture, shimmering as gossamer. The
material is made by native weavers
from the silk spun from pineapple.
This is product unknown to other
| parts of the world. Formerly it was
monopolized by Spain, and it's exporta-
ton was forbidden in behalf of the
silk monopoly. The "pina," as it IL
called, is polished, then interviewer
with native satin product and silk
weave made of butterfly's chrysalis.
This complete makes the most ex,
pensive gown known.
One ballroom gown worn at the Taft
inaugural ball in Manila cost $4,000
$4,000 OF American money!; another
$4,000, jeweled in half pearls, crusted
all over the waist of the gown, and
strung in lines vertically down the
skirt
The pearls are from the islands
| Many of the Filipino women wear
| pearls in ropes about their hair to the
value OF 100000 to 100000 These
pearls have been transmitted by their
parents, and are badges of aristocracy.
Thus the family will do without rea,
necessities, indeed without hos Sc, to
keep the family pearls or to sbtain
them.
The young belle learns to play the
native guitar, and always the piano.
The natives construct an instrument
OF the bamboo. 1t is like our flageolet.
f1utelike in tone. From this the most
plalntlVe NJ notes are drawn.
Women Wear Stockings.
/ Only In presence of the Amer :ans
Will the women wear stockings. Their
little naked feet, cased in a san.lal.
are free from covering, and though
the body is In pearls and diamonds
and the sandals are of silk adorned in
topaz and beads, the feet are naked.
The head Is always without a hat a
silk or pima shawl or mantilla
woven In silver threadings being used
as cover. White are the mantillas
for the young: black for the old.
When the girls are girls white must
be their gown coloring; as young
women before marriage, pink, red and
violet; after marriage, gray, the badge
OF suppression or subjection; when
grown in age, black is the only per-
MISSILE color. Thus by the dress the
status is ascertained and age known.
These women have the most nasical
voices in conversation l have heard in
all Asia.
The humber people dress cha, acter-
istically of their station. The men
are barefoot, with white or yellow
loose, baggy trousers, a shirt with
tails" hanging over as pajamas and
any form of hat heard of, seen or
capable of being worn, native straw
prevailing.
The women also are barefoot. or
wear straw toe sandals, red skirt. vel.
low waist of plain material, adorned
in all colors of ribbon or dressings
known to art, of common fabric and
cheap design. Thus they walk the
streets, carrying massive loads on
their heads, as the negro women in
the south.
Lower Glass Gay.
| lneSe lower class people, as thew
walk, or, if riding, crowd in dozens nm
the cart or little galesche or hack
mutter as they go, laugh and SMOKE
cigarettes. Women, when old. smoka
cigars and puff like smoke stack in
Chicago.
The wife. when she works, supports
the husband. He stays home. directs
the children, sleeps and prepares the
house rooster for the pit at the next
Sunday gambling cockfght. He has
taken all his wifes earnings and lost
it,; it matters not. She gives him tho
remainder, or he sells the house
furnishing for more money to bet
What the horse race is to the French
the bullfght to the spaniards, base
ball to the American, the cockfight ia
to tie Filipino; only there are M
amateurs, all are professional gam.
blers in the cockpit.