The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-12-31

here employed by the government IN
the customs, Internal revenue, and
other services, and each Of US getting
not less than $4,000 a ear Now the
trouble is most Of the American
women here are married. [ do not
want my name puoGsned, but Q
Ia give it to any young wonan who
desires to correspond with a view to
lnatrimOnN. Yours very truly
The above letter which was written
BY q young American who is employ
cd in the Philippine Islands, voices
h loneliness of the unweddcd man
il: hat far away land and begs the
Missouri gentleman to assist in secur-
Ing wives for himself and 5000 fellow
workers. all Of whom are eligible
bachelors, yearnjng for American
brides.
TO the light minded his letter may
be amusing, but to one who reads be-
tween the lines or who knows any
thing of conditions lin the Philippines
il rings with true pathos and express.
eS mans instructive desire for q nome
and his own vine and fig tree, says the
Chicago Tribune.
Judge Albert McCabe. of the our
Of first instance of the province Of
Negros. who has lived in the Philip
pines for twelve ears has this to say
Oh the subject: The only possible OBJ
lection that could be reasonably made
to a young man seeking his fortune
III the Philippines is the fact that by
! going there he practically cuts HIM
self off from young women CT his
kind" And he added: "To my mind
the young American men who are
making good in the Philippines are
the most splendid examples of man
hood TO be found in the world, as our
/! "A IN rio n O ~ - < nrn hA f1Y nCr X-nrp
IN on earth, and to me it is de-
plorable that from seven to ten thou
sand miles of land and water should
separate them and. prevent marriage
between them.'
Girl Visitors Have Grand Time.
Manila, which is Il cosmopolitan City
in touch with all the world, is not so
destitute Of eligible feminity, but in
the outlying, far off provinces, where
these brilliant young American men
are carrying on the work Of civiliza-
ton, education, and development the
attractive girl is comparatively un-
1 known, for few of the tourists venture
far into the interior.
But when a ind Providence. in the
form Of a relative, does cause ar
American girl to appear in one OF
these places, she is welcomed With JOY
and treated like a fairy princess. Nc
girl ever returned from a %sojourn ir
lAAC i hllippIilCS NltlOuI nav INK mac
scores of proposals.
Last year in the town Of Bacolod
which is over 500 miles from Manila
and which is the provincial capita.
and district headquarters, there were
tWenty-four resident Americans-foul
married couples and sixteen eligible
bachelors. y charming young Ameri.
can girl came to visit one Of the mar.
ried women Within two weeks there
were sixteen young men going abou
the province with a far away look il
their yes and a generally moon.
struck appearance. The girl had {
grand time! But she couldn't keep i
up. h had to specialize. SO at tn
end of three mOnths she chose tn
district engineer. But in the face o
! defeat the other fifteen were heroic
They manfully hid their sorrow an(
CALAMITY assisted at the wedding, Tn
T; same thing happens in every tow
. every time an American girl comes tt
visit.
Marry Filipino Girls Sometimes.
r occasionally an American will sue
$ Cunb to his longing for feminine coIn
: p~anlOnShIp and marry a Filipino girl
. In the majority Of these cases, how,
ever, the man is one who is Withou
close blood relations, and PRACTICAL
affects no one but himself by the ven
tire. An American of good cOnnec
tons would hesitate before bringin
a bride of such IN alien race into tn
{ family circle. These mixed marriage
f are frequently satisfactory under tn
circumstances, for the white man, a
q rule, chooses one of those Filipin
girls who for q decade at least Ia
had the advantages Of America,
f schooling. and has so profted h
9 american methods and Influences tina
she Is no longer an untutored savage
put can read and write and is edu
Ell Gated III many lines.
The American girl who goes ta-tb
o philippines as q bride Will find Fl.
housekeeping cares viii sir Ggh4,v .
her shoulders. Mrs. N.raf,. 80