Norwich bulletin., 1915-10-26
The PICTURESQUE Philippines.
Lecture ~ George 5. wores.tsr in
Second Number Of Popular Course

er hall on Monday evening were taken
BY George s. Worcester on a picture
trip to the Philippine Islands. Uncle
SANS. only far eastern possession. The
Picturesque Philippines was the title
Of Mr.. Worcester's lecture which was
Illustrated with q large number Of
slides. beautifully colored ana artis-
ucaliy grouped Typical scenery
showing volcanoes in eruption. the
women who people the islands and the
houses they live In were shown and
cester.
audience by Henry A. Tirreu princi- /
pal OF the Norwich Free Academy. and
| as the lecturer took the floor he was /
greeted with burst OF applause.
He commenced his lecture with Q |
few words OF introduction, recaliins |
to mind that the Philippines lay
scattered over an area of 100 miles. |
north and south and some 700 miles
east and wcst In the group are 5000
chartcd islands and about 1900 Of
these are inhabited
One distinctive characteristic OF the
l philippines Is the fact that there are
- different languages and dialects. A
person can 80 ten miles in some sec
tons and md a people who speak an
entirely different language than those
just left a short time before. Con-
versation in the Philippines is q very
complicated problem The peoples
are divided into two divisional one the
4 Christian tribes and the other the
non Christian tribes. The non-Chris-
tian tribes are those over whom the
Spanish influence was never brought
to bear.
The first slide shown was large
map which gave the relative position
Of the Philippines with the rest Of
the world and Mr.. Worcester said he
believes that the islands win in the
future form the center OF distribu-
ton for the countries OF the east An
other map thrown on the screen show
ed the relative size OF the Philippines
as compared with the eastern coast OF
our own country: The islands laid
OF tho United States would stretch
from the Great Lakes 70 little below
the Florida peninsula
Volcanoes, Peaceful and Otherwise.
After acquainting the audience with
the location and size OF the Philippines
the lecturer launched forth into his
subject proper. the Picturesque Philip
pines. Among the first slides was one
showing n volcano. a perfect cone in
shape and nearer view showed the
steep sides This particular volcano
has been sleeping peacefully since
! 1900. In sharp contrast to this peace
full scene a volcano in action was later
shown. Dense columns OF black smoke
and poisonous gases were seen shoot
ing high In the air. carrying with
them large rocks and stones, thrown
. up from the boiling. seething center
J Of the fire mountain. The destruction
, OF this eruption seemed to be all on
one side OF the volcano. The eNplo-
sion came in the middle Of the night
and to all appearances the entire pop
!. ulation OF the village on one side
: were instantly enveloped p a blanket
: of gases, for later a number OF bodies
4 were found in bed where they wers
snnothered while sleeping.
e coeoanut Crop.
: Cocoanut palms. found all over the
n islands. were also shown. and Mr.
7 Worcester briefly explained the meth
: cd OF harvesting and transporting tbs
Z, crop In some cases the transporting
3 is done by allowing the buoyant CO.
!; coanuts to float down stream. tn.
{. outer susks are saved and are uset
as firewood.
3 The Philippines are generally spok
= en- of as the land OF palms but the,
; are also the land OF pines. ard to beai
n out his statement Mr. worceste
u. pine trees
ID The old gate to the walled city, an,
v another gate havfns dungeons in tn
? walls were included in the collection
n Of slides. One scene showed the mar
row streets and the reasonably higl
z buildings IN the walled city.
= Modern Facilities In Manila.
IN Typical street scenes in Manila a
M once dispelled the belief that tina
g city is behind the times. Cor a mod
t ern water front. with a long store
house fitted with heavy cranes an
some half dozen auto trucks backe
up to the doors, Were shown. The cit
was formerly supplied with waite
G brought a long distance and at grea
expense but now the supply come
4 TIT
:" construction The far reaching in
fuence OF the NJ c. A was ais
In evidence for the large Y. NJ. c.
Al building for American boys was show
a. NJ. G. A building for the native boy
;" has been built.
The type OF houses Is peculiar to n
IL Philippines for in most cases the fan
nc lily lives on the second floor aud II
stock Is CHARTERED on the ground FOO
q Immediately under the family livir
~ rooms. Government employees Al
ia now putting up modern dwellings.
q, concrete construction and with glai
~ windows. In the isolated districts u
lu' houses are built high in the air ar
= are connected with the ground by
rough ladder. One Of the create
- disadvantages OF such houses was Il
-. fact that the, children often fan ol
,ee and as there we're no doctors hand
-. the broken bones had to heal as be
they could This is one OF the res
90 sons for so many cripples and deforn
ed people in those sections. II
a. cause for the construction Of sue
50 houses was primarily safety. for Il
~ people were able TO keep a lool1o'
a. over the surrounding country and
~, was more difficuIt for their head hun
" ing neighbors toreach them with the
AN wicked ard deadly short handled axe
- One slide showed a score or mo
of houses closely packed along a riv
- bank. No room between them al
- water in front of them The peop
80 secure drinking water from uncles
~ wells. When fire breaks out Il swee
over acres at a time. unchecked. Al
.tv houses sometimes burn down in le
~ than five minutes The Rovernme
A. has taken hold of this situation and
- causing the natives to build the
nj houses farther apart and to MI
I'm their disease breeding wells.
A. Churches With Double Purpose
Several OF the old churches we
err shown The builders had a good Id
OF OF architecture and the churches we
the built with two purposes In view.
houses Of worship and as fortiac
tons. These churches are exceedin