Evening journal., 1910-08-09
HUSBANDSAPLENTY
IN THE PHILIPPINES
American Girls in Demand As
Brides of Army
Officers
GOBBLED UP FAST
AS THEY ARRIVE

NEW YORK, Aug. 9.-"There are
ten eligible white men to every eligible
white woman in the Philippines. Every
woman who goes there can find hus-
Dand' If she wants one. and sometimes
she cannot help herself. The archi
pelago is rich in opportunities for
young couples, and though the climate
is trying, there is something fascinat-
ing about its Orientalism."
Accept this statement. from Mrs
Florence Burton Heart, the beautiful
young wife of Capt Charles Heartt
deputy governor of the Moro country
IN the Philippines, and you will have
the observations of a former society
faVorite who has just returned from a
two-year stay in the Far East.
Mrs Heartt is the daughter of Wash
ington Burton. the millionaire extract
manufacturer. whose summer home al
Lake Mohegan is one of the show
places of the resort Two years ago
she became the central figure in an
unusual romance when she gave up
the luxuries and pleasures of wealth
and New York society to cross the
Continent and the Pacific and become
the bride of Captain Heartt of the
Philippine constabulary.
Nhere Woman Is Appreciated.
During the two years that have in
tervened she has lived at Zamboamga
and Cottabatto, in the wild Province
OF Mindanao. She has been a close
! student of conditions there.
! DO not want to be given credit
for making sensational statements" /"
said Mrs Heartt. Il merely refer to
the scarcity of girls eligible for mar
riage in the Philippines. because il
was the one thing that most impressed
me when first went out there. There
are so few women in the islands that
a new arrival is at first made to believe
that she was never before appreciated
so great is the amount of attention
she gets.
After a while the true state 0
affairs dawns upon one. and although
one is still kept busy with social du
ties, one realizes that the big deman,
is owing to the lack of supply. o
course, l met Captain Heartt her,
J when he was in the United States OF
leave of absence two years ago. /
simply happened that l went out {,
Manila TO marry him little later.
Happiness eA-Plenty.
But | have seen school teacher:
]
eobbled up, as it were. as fast as they
came. And there is no reason why q
young couple should not be happy ir
the Orient, if my experience can be
considered an example. My first home
as a bride was in an old building thai
had never before been used as any
thing except a Spanish cuartel. The
interior was not even partitioned into
rooms. but we soon made il a mos
attractive abode, and l have been as
happy a woman as could be.
Wonderful progress has been mad,
in teaching the younger generation o
Filipinos English, although it is doubt
full if any other language than Span
ish will ever be accepted as a stand
> ard. The greatest benefits to thu
native pupils are derived from thu
instructions they receive in hygien,
and discipline.
These schools are available for thi
children of the poor as we'll as thu
wealthy class Formerly il was onl,
/, the wealthy that gave their children
any education
, Craving for Independence.
About Manila and the larger com
munities there is a strong sentimen
for Philippine independence, but tn
: men who have studied the people 70
more than a decade are satisfied tina
IL will be many years before they cal
be trusted with the reins of govern
5 ment Civilization is far more ad
vanced in the northern section of tn