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artistic traceries at the point of the
needle.
Mrs Amos Alfred Fries, Wife of Maj
Fries, United States Army Engineer
inSton barracks, is the happy pos
SCISSOR of a cabinet of lsces which
contains some of the silest speci-
mems ever brought from tn q Philippines.
and elaborate than those lo,a ned the Ma
tional Museum by Mrs. Roosevelt and
Mrs. Pinchot, for they are, "a product of
a past generation, when time was not
considered, if only the artistic was at
tanned This was before the busy. bust
ling. hurrying American 8 brit had put
to route the dolce far nj ente' of the
Filipino. and had introdu, led the alert
briskness of commercial sm which has
made Filipino lace-makhsg a lucrative
industry.
Three of Mrs. Fries M ost cherished
treasures are wedding DIR, ass, a wedding
shirt (which is always wU IN outside the
trousers and a great cap e. These rep
resent to her many wea- walks under
tropic suns, persuasive ongue and good
American gold. Mrs. r ries told in a
graphic way how she otf aimed this we'd
ding gown and shirt:
TO get this old embr o idery is not an
easy matter. Most of Il ie shops where
Filipino cloth and embroid cry are sold are
in one place in Manila. large, low build
ing in San Fernando ST rect. with little
booths about five feet by-tseven feet open
ing on the street. Tile Sc have neither
doors nor windows, but a counter above
which is an opening tia may be closed
and locked by a trapdso or that is raised
through the day.
Going down to thu market with a
friend, we found that Z most all the shops
We're closed on accoU1 1t of its being a
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finest or French embroldery, STATUS III q
class by itself. 1t is lace and embroidery
combined. its very foundation, pima, be-
ing a fabric woven on a hand loom.
made from the fiber of pineapple leaves
and resulting in a beautiful. transparent,
cleaning gauze. whose woof and warp
are the same. admirably suited as a
background for their exquisite work
Manila and lilo are the towns where the
embroidery industry is at its zenith,
while in Zamboanga. in the southern
islands. the art is in its infancy. The
Spanish priests first saw the possibilities
of cloth in the pineapple leaves and
taught the Filipinos the art of weav-
Ing by hand looms. The nuns taught
them the first principles of embroidery
So that the art did not originate with
the aborisine. but was perfected under
their skilled fingers. The Filipino like
the Hindu and North American Indian,
gets his designs and inspiration from ma
ture. and reproduces them in delicate
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Sick Room Accomplishment.

GA NY nurse who yearns for higher
wages should study stenography,"
said a trained nurse. Five out OF the
eleven patients had last year demanded
shorthand as one of the nurses qualfica-
tions. Four of them were men, but the
one woman dictated more letters than the
four men put together. Invariably the
nurse who adds stenography to her other
accomplishments can command higher
wages. Business men consider it worth
an extra five dollars a week to have
somebody handy who can take down
scraps of correspondence whenever they
feel like debating. There are exceptions,
of course. All sick people do not appre-
ciate the convenience OF a nurse-stenog-
rapher. Not long ago lost a rernunera-
tive case because the doctor mistakenly
emphasized my skill in shorthand
7 won't have her. said the sick
man. L am likely to talk all kinds of
rubbish, and 1 am not going to have a
nurse at my elbow take It down as fast
as can talk"
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FOR SLEEVE, MADE OF PIMA CLOTH
still have enough left over to celebrate
a fiesta. Also. since she was married.
she did not need a wedding dress. for
she couldn't marry again. That worked
the trick for she handed me the camisa,
though she showed genuine emotion at
parting with 1t, and as I started away
tears stood in her eyes. 1 went back and
gave her an extra peso as conscience
money, and yet felt like a thief. taking
so valuable thing for so small a sum.
''At the hotel that night, when the usual
custom of showing off the bargains of the
day was INDUCED in, / felt unusually
guilty when a connoisseur Of laces, who
was chagrined to find any one else as
lucky as himself in bargains, gave his
views of any one who would so inveigie a
poor, unsophisticated native. Nor were
my feelings sOOthed until week or so
later, when, on taking a recently arrived
friend to see display of native goods,
my Filipino woman came running ex-
citedly to me and told me she had some
thing for me. 1t was wrapped in an old
yellow newspaper, and proved to be the
companion of her wedding dress, her hus-
bands wedding Shirt that she also had
embroidered.
The wedding camisa is decorated with
a beautiful combination of open work
and solid embroidery. The open work,
which resembles insets of lace, is formed
by pushing aside the delicate threads (not
drawing them, as the Mexicans do) and
fastening them in an artistic design or
pattern, like the old italian "Punto I'll
ratio The solid embroidery is a delicate
tracing of birds, flowers and trailing
vines and waving grasses" appropriate
suggestions for any wedding gown. The
same designs are shown in the kerchief,
always an indispensable article of dress.
Who can tell how many hopes, longings
and happy, loving thoughts we're stitched
in the exquisite embroidery by the dainty
brown fingers of the little Filipino as she
fashioned her beautiful filmy bridal
gown; for love is no respecter of creed,
cline or color, but knocks with equal in
sistency at cottage gate and palace hall
No wonder tears stood in the dark, lu-
minous eyes of the old, old woman as she
parted with her most treasured posses
sion, her wedding gown, which to her
represented youth, love and dreams.
The wedding shirt differs from the
camisa IN that its background = made OF
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When u. S. Soldiers Crossed
Mexican Border Unofficiallv

maneuver them about in a way that kept
The imperialists on the ragged edge all
the time as TO just what he was going
to do. and when he was going 10 90 il. It
y ore on their nerves, and finally the
strain grew so great that they abandoned
practically the whole of northern Mexico.
leaving only this force of native troops at
Matamoras-to watch US as much as any
thing, / suppose. And there we were the
bulk of an army corps, veterans at that.
just across the river at Brownsville, look
ing on at this battle over the way. IL
made the boys cross To have it drag
along as it did, and by nightfall they
We're downright peevish.
But the next morning there was :
wonderful change in affairs. Hardly
had the sun risen when long line OF
men sprang over the Juarist intrench-
ments, and, advancing in beautiful order.
bore down on the astonished imperialists
who. scarcely waiting to fire a wild vol
ley or two, broke for the open country as
fast as their legs could carry them. 1t
was good brisk work, and in little or no
time 1T was all over but the shouting.
And they weren't shouting 'vivas'
either"
He paused, chuckled, took a long puff
at his cigar, and went on, ''Of course you
can guess what happened, Little Phil
had given one of his brigades a days
leave of absence"
The young man laughed. But didn't
or the French protest?' he
asked.
''Oh. yes. both of them did" replied the
general. Sheridan kept them busy pro-
testing, but nothing came of ii. And
of course, it was all very ir-
regular. it is more than probable that
these little irregularities saved this coun-
try from a serious difficulty. If not a
war, with France, for they spared us the
of an ultimatum, and ultima
tums generally mean war, and yet &C
complished just what we were after-the
making Of Mexico too hot for the French
and the empire
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fiesta day-of which there are many and
which are observed by most Filipinos,
regardless Of what work may go undone.
While my friend was bartering with one
whose shop was open, / wandered down
the road till presently l came to one
booth that had a curtain drawn across it.
With a collectors instinct, poked around
back Of the curtains and was rewarded
by finding a fine old Filipino woman
mending one of the most beautiful en-
broideries 1t has ever been my privilege to
behold. remarked that it was beautiful,
81, senora.' she said, patting 1t.
do you wish to sell it?'
No, sonora
Why?
1T was her wedding dress. she ex-
planned 1t consisted of a short straight
waist not confined at the belt. with no
opening save at the neck, which was low,
very wide, full sleeves that are gathered
at the armholes and left loose, or, in 9TH
er words, just deep ruff1es and a ker-
chief that is pinned around the neck.
These are always starched very stiff SO
that they will stand away from the body.
and this is valuable feature In tropical
climates. It is called a camisa, and is a
waist worn by all Filipino women.
II began to try to argue her out of it
in my feeble Spanish, telling her 1 would
give her enough money to get three new
waists, and, since she could embroider, the
making would be easy.
But, sonora she began, 1t took me
three months to embroider this one
Il did not doubt it. It would have
taken me three years. No argument could
induce her to sell. My friend came up
TO see what l was interested in, though
1 shouted to her to stay away, for this
was my bargain
II had been bargain hunting before
with other people, and knew that scru-
pies and friendship are thrown to the
wind when one gets a craze for buying
antiques. or what they believe to be an
tiQues. knowing that her purse was much
longer than my own, and having a mad
ness to possess this beautiful piece ]
thought 1T would save trouble to keep
her away.
My Filipino woman kept on sewing. in
sorting wide strips under the arms to ac-
commodate it to the bulk that came with
her years, and showed no intention of part
ing with it. Then began to jolly her. That
worked better. l told her her husband
would be mighty glad il she would get
q new camisa, give him some money and
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very large is ornamented with one splen-
did rose at the top. The circumference
is dotted. by numerous embroidered bas-
kets at equal distances, from which flow
ing vines and flowers seem to climb in
graceful lines to meet and pay homage to
the rose.
The great cape is a product of a past
generation, and was bought from little
old Felicia, well known to army women
as Manila peddler Of pima embroideries
After selling it for a reasonable amount
she came back and demanded more
pesos. When they were not given she
evoked threats of the 'bilibid" (police),
which, however. did not materialze.
When Mrs. Fries sailed for America
few days later she brought her treasures
with her and now they safely repose in
cabinet in her home to delight the eye
and mind of the connoisseur of laces.
Another interesting specimen which the
cabinet holds, and which is highly valued
by it's owner. is three yards of beautiful
Irish caricmocross. This has the honor of
having been made expressly for the
rousseau of Princess Beatrice, the
favorite daughter of Queen Victoria and
the mother of "Ena,' or Victoria of
Spain, as her subjects prefer to call her.
The motifs of this piece are the rose,
shamrock and thistle, eXquiSitely
wrought to be a work of art, a thing
of beauty and a joy forever.
The story goes that one of the dress
makers could not resist the temptation
TO purloin a part of this costly lace in
trusted TO her for the adornment of the
wedding gowns of the royal princess.
Afraid to dispose Of it in England, she
took it to Germany, where she found a.
ready purchaser in the family of Ger
man prince. Misfortune overtal6ing a
scion of this house, the lace found its
way to a pawnshop, from which lowly
station 1T was rescued by Mrs. Fries and
given a place of honor in a cabinet in
company with Brussels rose points, pima
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Chinese linen. The great CAPE which is
very antique, is made Of a very rare text
ure of pima seldom found even in the
Philippines 1t has flounce all of open
work, buttonholed, in small scallops with
beautiful motifs of embroidery surmount-
ing the openwork.
This flounce falls in graceful ripples
from the throat to the hem of the gar
ment. The body of the cape, which is
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blushing with hand-painted roses. for
pima is equally well adapted for painting
as well as for embroidering. The Jap
anese make boiling cloth which is sold
extensively in this country and very
much resembles the pima. But the real
pima is only made a hand loom by
the little Filipinos, who are ranked by
Mrs Fries among the artistic peoples
of the world
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1000 lGSs n IN M m IaIS SM

embToideries and other articles of vertu
dear to the collectors heart This cabi-
net has the distinction of having won
the medal for laces exhibited at Port
land, Ore, during the Lewis and Clark
exposition.
. Other interesting articles brought by
Mrs. Fries from the Philippines are 5eau-
ufully embroidered taolecloths and nap
kirs of Canton linen and a dress of pima
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THE two had found comfortable
chairs in the lobby and We're lazily
watching the crowd as it came and
went. and making occasional comment.
Rough lines on that young lieutenant
who took his men across into Mexico by
mistake" remarked the young man.
apropos of nothing. What do You sup
pose the court will do with him.
The general Strengthened up. his eyes
lighting with the premonitory signs of a
story.
Ever hear of that little incident on
the border in sc, when American troops
crossed the Mexican border?" he asked.
ignoring the young mans question. And
then, without waiting for an answer.
.Of course, YOU know about the French
occupation. We had our hands full at
the time and could do nothing more than
protest, but once our troubles were over
We passed word to the French to go. and
after an unsuccessful effort to have us
promise not to interfere with Macmillan
they went, leaving the emperor to his
fate.
The French had put Macmillan on
that had kept him there, but he never
seemed to understand this. He had con-
WINGED himself he was the real choice
of the Mexican people. and that in the
end the opposition to him would disap
pear; and for while it looked as though
he were right. The little armies OF the
Juarists. as they Were called-the follow
ers of old Juarez, president of the repub-
lie, who still held out as the rightful
head of the nation-had been pretty well
smashed, until there wasn't much left
of them except an occasional band here
and there that would come TO light only
long enough to raid a small village or
hold up a plantation.
But as soon as there chance or
Intervention by the United States a great
change took place. Juarists. thousands
of them. who under the discourag cement
of repeated defeats had abandoned the
struggle. now took the field again. One
of their armies attacked Matamoras,
which at that time was held by a force
of Mexican imperialists. The JuaristS
intrenched themselves we'll outside the
danger zone and the imperialistS kept
close to their Notifications. and there
they pottered away at each other at long
range all the day through with casualty
list shorter than that of a foot ball
game"
Rather a poor sort as fighters, / take
it," remarked the young man.
.'Oh, no." responded the general. 1T
was not that. These particular imperial
lists didn't have much heart for the cause.
not many Of the native Mexicans did;
and the Juarists were playing a waiting
game, hoping to drag US in. And there
were plenty of us who were willing to be
dragged. Gen. Grant thought We ought to
act and Sheridan was keen for it.
Now, Sheridan commanded in Texas
and had some 80 900 or 5000 troops with
him. He would parade them up and down
the north bank of the Rio Grande and
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MONG the natives
of the Philippine
I 81 a n d S artistic
and poetic ideas
are not shown in
music. literature
and art, as in
o I h e r countries,
but in exquisite
lace and embroid-
cry, which, while
equaling in quail
ty and texture the
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. - g s
~ I 49, 1sszzz=za= -.- BY Hi
Sidestep Trouble
Many has been assaulted into The attacks
frequently aftenonAjo hitherto unkno0n
strugglers.
Greatness can't engage fight without rendering OPP
ponents conspicuous.
The by rUay have furnished building material
for countless
Prominence can't raise without using crowd and all
capabfy needs sufficient audier
worth.
Don't underrate the uaue of fdass struggle. you're
and efficient the harder they the they
test you.
You can't learn much mach from nobodies When
you yourself with ceebrt you stand so,u get
a show.
Golden the of the upon which your
knocked into prominence
Let enn blaze The sound Of shot always focuses
attention the target worrying about begin
worry about yourself
you aren't threatened with a sting, you aren't honey
The bees never attack until the hDe is menaced.
Opportunity and peace noddng acquaintance.
They seldom found in THE negborhood and have few
friends in
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Going down to thu market with
friend, we found that most all the shops
We're closed on accoU1 1t of its being a
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BY Herbert Kaufman


becomes Goliath
YOUTH with visions and Oigo assails the old
strong holds.
The yeast constantly woingthe ferment
The price of progress sre you destep trouble
you'll sidetrack advancement.
The further you trudge the road of Fortune the
earnestly you'll be assaiLed
There collisions deserted paths but where interests
important, you certain to tread on "bg feet
Competition the sole arbiter of values well
goods Nature Loues the sturdy In every form of life she
courages the elimination of inferiorty.
Man hold his possessions only through prowesshere
FORE a ceaseless of contendng desires.
There security except through merit better
equipped than those about you'll have them blow
But you conquer the lists give challenge and take
the consequences
When champion singles you out and tries to ride doon
your great hand He Haters you when he
His action procam foeman .0orthy of his STEEL and lifts
you plane of equality You won't be menaced by leaders
if you aren't formidable.
Stand firm. your hopes aren't worth they aren't
worth rap
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1912-07-05

Der @ierte SuIi perlief bier
iebr rubig. @s i6eint fait, als penl
er bier in San Mntonio immer rubi.
ger piirbe. 9esbalb lit es altd] bum.
mes 3e1g, uenn uniere 3eitunger
porber INNER 10 piel bon Ser Not.
penoigfeit zines uiane 5ourtb Of
Sulp" ibmasen. 9ier Bel uns lit Ell
10 lone" mie er nur iein fam. @r
nimmt bier aud immer mebr Den
Gbarafter zines algemeinen Seitta-
ges an. Dies Sabr battcn oieIe &c
iddfte ben gan5en Sag gei9loiien.
Nadmittags berridte ionntdgli9e
Mlbe in ben 5traBen.
9onnerltag na6mittog murba
Der 5~ebnidbrige S. 9. @oaingsmortb,
als er IN Der San 8eoro Mpenue out
einem 8icpcle fubr, BON einem @uto.
mobil umgerannt, oas g. q. Cough
lenfte. Der &nabe muroe perlebt.
ie6od nidt ihmer.
8eim Granting" zines 4uto.
mobils muroe 81. Yorter, Dem 8eli-
Der Der Solltbern Muto Hepair Shop
an Der Mbenue g., elm Mrm gebro,
den. Ser Grant" flog 8uriif une
idlug linn gegen ben 8oroerarm.
Sn Solge mebrerer a9os8ias",
hie Mitttpoh naht uuf Spielboaen
borgenommen uuroen, pllrbe gegell
IA 8eriimen anflase auf gasobon-
oage erboben.
Der Neser 8alfer, Der neulih
aus benz itdotiiden @efdngnis aus
brad, bat fir ieinen Ausbru6 flint
uno5man5ig Gage subiftiert erbalten.
8ier Negeriungen pnroelt
Donneritag nadmittag unter Der Sin.
flage perbaftet, oab fie meiBe SUIT
gen nit Steiner b~eporfen b6tten.
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(GortIctnne foIat.)
grieftraser lueresn fIieseu.

@ir lebcn in elmer 3eit GROCER gr,
finoungen. Ser Sorti6ritt 'henust
Die 2lift. 8olo iperoen mir uncle
Cams 9rieftraeer nod alien Sid.
tungen fliegen ieben, Inn Die 9oit gu
beforoern. Die 2eute baben elm itar-
fes Snterelie on porteilbrinaenoen
@rfinoungen. 0esBalb lit aud Or.
Sings Seem 9igcoberp fir Suiten,
@rfaltungen nno anoere Sails uno
2ungenfranfbeiten Die beliebtelte DC
oisin in @merifa. u@s furierte mid
bon ihredlihem &iliten, als aer5te
uno aue Meoi6in nidts bnIfen."
ihreibt Mrs. S. S. 9apis, Stidnep
Corner, Me. llupergIeidli6 bel SUI
item, grfaltungen uno alien 2uftrob-
renleioen. 8reis SOC uno $t.00.
8robeflaide frei bel alien apotbe.
fern.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1912-07-05

De, oas UNI 10 %lorgenboIer gelpelen,
als Die &egierung p1breno oes gar-
5en &rieges ~beitdnoig bon oen idmer-
iten Gerlegenbeiten beordngt mar.
Solte man Die Namne oler 9el1t-
iden, Die ii9 ourd tapfere Gotten DO.
Dem Seinbe aus5eidneten, in elmer
Site peretnen, 10 niiroe oieIelbe
mande Seiten fii0en.
No6 8~eenoignng ser Geoe mod.
te Serr Sranf @loedner befomnt,
haB am 90. Suli abenos SR in Ser
8eetbopen SoIe cine oeuti6e Col
quit @eriommlllne itattfinoen
tperbe, gu Der aae 9eutiden einae-
loben ieien.
Spater trueen oie gereine
u8eetbopen Wdnncr9or", 20. 81.
eieoerfrana" 20. @. Deutlder
Wannerdor" uno ySrobiinn" meb-
rere 2ieoer bor, unter, ib1len ou6
Dos BON &errn S6eb fomponiertc
uSreunbi6aft, 2iebe uno Sreue",
linb ernteten aIeemeinen 8eifal.
@benbs prangte Ser @arten
in pradtteer geleuhtling nt1o mad-
te gor5 ben ginorud zines e6terl
oeutiden @eleaidaftsgartens. lie
beraG berri6te luitiees greiben,
iuuroe eelodt, geiungen, geiderdt
limo bod berlief oles in better Sro-
nung uno @olanltdnoiefeit; elm
idones oeutides Set. auf bos Die
@eranitalter ltol8 iein fonneu. Sc
gen adt ubr nnrbe Elm groBes
Seuermerf a%bgebrannt.
Ser @oriisenoe bes Strange
mentsfomite NOR SEER S;ranf @lod=
ner; gorlisenoer bes San5fomites
Serr &ermann @inblinger. 9feitalt-
ration, &affee- unb giscreme-@er-
fouf beioreten Die 9amen Der Sdme=
Iternloaen.
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galt er ionit unter ieinen @efabr-
ten fir einen Mann, ben man
ni6t ~ungeitraft rei5en oiirfe, aber
beute i6ien iein gefiir6teter @ib
ibn iammt Dem erprobten Mut per-
laiien 5u baben. gr borte nidt,
mas gar niht gu i~iberboren mar; er
perituno ni6t, mas man gar nidt
misperiteben fonnte; er ladte, no
er ionit 5ornia aufseiprungen iein
miiroe, nn6 neriuhte nit blaiien
bebenoen 2ippen, 10 gut es eeben
noate, Der unterbaltung cine iher5-
bate @enoumg 8l geben, nobel or
oenn 81 INNER it1rferen MittelI
griff nno balo genug Mnefboten
gum beiten gab, Die ielblt BEN lang
mitigen 8aitor aa5ii anitoBis oiinf-
ten.
IortIctuma foIat.)
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Ser 8ierte SpIi mur6e iiber-
al i'm Staate feitlid begangen.
Shulen uuo offentlihe Offieen ,pa-
rem geidlofien uno in Den Stdoten
idloiien Die @eihdfte lpenigitens am
Wahmittag. Sn nielen Srten fam
Den SeitIidfeiten itatt. 9eionoerS
sroB paren oiele in Doafim, in
Eemple, IN Weu 8raunfels, in Slo.
respine unb anberen Srten. Sn
Garlsbao muroe Die ginrihtling oes
Staats-S onatorilims fir 9uberfu-
Irie gefeiert.
Die teraniihe Mopofaten : Ser
einigung bat Sobn &. Duncan gu it,
rem Yrdlioenten erpdblt.
Die &eunion Der alien NnIie0.
Ter in fredericksburg lit duBerit en-
folgreih nerlaufen. IS ioaen unse-
fabr 1000 8erionen on ibr teilge.
nommen baben. Die ndflte &eunion
miro ebenfaas pieoer in Srieorihs-
burg itottfinoen.
SIN Sabine Safe iino am 4.
Suli brei Berionen benin 8aoen er.
trunfen, SRI. 9ucile 0uaabm aus
Souiton, 8obert Smalbaa aug
Grange uno Elm Mann aus Sort
Mrtbur, oelien Namen man ni6t
fennt.
- Bon Dem @el6e, oas Die 8nn-
besregierung fir Die eemeiniumen
Man0per Der Staatsmili8en uno Der
@unbestruppen ousgeiett bat, faqen
ouf uniern Staat nur $4,000.