The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-07-21

THIS morning l awoke to the
Cruckle of reSinouS knots III
the great fireplace. The air was
- cool and hracIng. Outside, the
brcczes stirred the giant pines whose
maStlike trunks reached high into the
air in a vain attempt to look over the
1.O0O-foOt cliff against which our log
reSthouse nestles In a bed of ferns,
writes Maynard owen Williams to the
Christian Herald.
We are on the mountain trail or
Benguet, in northern LuZOn, In the
Philippines, resting In q resthouSe
which deserves the name. Roughing 1t
| In northern LuZon is what Irwin COBB
would call ode luxe" Rich, tlavory
oyster stew, fricasseed chicken, tender
peas, sweet potatoes, tea, blueberrleS
and hot biscuit and honey are all we
have had for lunch. but we had all we
could eat, and the Filipino cook Is the
| best cook and the tldiest hOuSekeeper
| in the Philippines, which Is going some.
To appreciate the cool shade or the
lofty pines and the clean, rustic charm
q our pine palace of repoSe, we must
shoot back to Manila and begin our
trip by auto in the delightful cool OF
morning.
Several men with whom | had eX-
pected to have interviews We're either
out of Manila or in the hospital, ana
things seemed to be moving in circle.
Then. one morning, l read that Direc-
for of Education Marquardt, Prof. X.
NJ. McElrOy of Princeton and others
were to make tour of inspection OF
the schools in the IgorrOte and lfugao
districts north of BaguiO, and l pro-
ceeded as automatically as possible
TO butt in
We are travelling in the wildS, where
few years ago head-hunters maze
gruesome collections. There are
pvthons here and wild boar and other
game in plenty. none of which l have
seen trace of as yet.
Motoring on Fine Roads.
II IS ten hours by auto from Manila
70 the summer capital of the Phlhp'
pines at Baguio, 175 miles away ana
: coo feet higher up, where blankets
are needed in summer.
For 80 kilometers from Manila the
big seven-pasSenger car in Winch MT
Miller, his twelye-year-old son, Pro
fcssor McElroy and myself Travelled
rolled luxuriouSly over the me
roads through towering arches OF co
conut palms, mango trees and mr.
trees (Which become mass OF rec
blossomS) over old Spanish bridges
and modern concrete ones Spannln!
shady, curving streams in which der
rickIike fishing nets rose above IN
boats. which lay idly at anchor in I'M
warm radiance of the morning light
We passed thousands of nipa nuts
with matched roofs, built up on suit
so as to keep them dry in the heaV.
rains. and to afford a shady retrea
for the razor-backed pOrkers with lon
shouts like their wild ancestors, ant
the spindly legged game ROSTERS wit
shiny plumage, slender neckS an
heads. and bOastful crOws-the Sport
ing animals Of the islands
Q In every town there is Catholi
y church, it's steeple topping the VleN
> md its whitewashed or calcimlne
9 walls crumb!ing through the ravage
7 of time in a humid climate. Farthe
. on. towns are fewer, and the hea
heats into ones face in hot gust
while the baked fields seem Amos
barren, except for coGon grass Z
:. weeds. For miles we did not see
J, house. and the only sign of life wa
Y the wavering rush of crowded motor
d cars. which dash by at frenzied spee'
: After passing q toll bridge, which co
e IapseS when the rainy season MAKE
c heavy bamboo RATS necessary,
l. turned aside from the main road an
n visited the North Luzon Agricultur;
r college at Las Munos.
4 Teaching the Natives Farming.
l. The school is not show place, 81
Ie n workshop, and its director, Mr.. Mo
1t 4 graduate of the University OF WI
K conSin. is working with ideas rath
T. than expensive equipment. Iuitlt
c. Is free, and each boy earns his foo
" by working at productive labor at u
s. rate of three cents an hour, with mea
le costing four cents each. The boys n
r. only build their own buildings, D
have set up a machine shop with
discarded traction engine, which CO
$50, dismounted and made to drl
~ the machines. The moving pictu
:, machine and the stereopticon are US
IN regularly, and six miles of irrigati
W canals bring water from the near
no hills.
o. AS yet it Is a barren place, for
,r only one farm irrigates, the bug pol
o. lation Of the county hold a convent
n and festival in its crop beds; but
We cooperating with the homesteade
m additional fields are now being
or rigated, and an era of prosperity
of setting in. Nicholas Ruiz, a form
Teacher, at 81 q month, made 81,