Show i NATIVE WOMEN OF I I THE PHILIPPINES They Arc Rathcr Pretty and Exceedingly Picturesque but Arc Not Overburdened Over-burdened With Intellect I ictpriuht mi i I Th dark eyed women of th Islands which Dewey and Merrill bay I1111111af Ml art 01 many race Th > 4 ths i i wait dllfi an of either Hi nih or I IVirtuguesc natlv or halt r last i > blood Those Kuropean > and nallv i a i nlis are whit Is I known as smalizeet and Art flat most beautiful and Intellls nt of all the Island women Three have u most picturesque email consisting at a long milk skirt with a bodice woven of the fiber of the tin apple plant mil beautifully embtol lend vilth whit milk Many of the ninliioi cry quite well off and hart a dlillm live arlitmncy of their own for Kit halt colt omn are dlloln by lb MIn Ish I nJ lluttuoutev Indian Wis IlIn lu have anythinar at all to 10 me fill them whllt the ineetliui icornlng Hit r > alive 11 a-live are rail upon their own reourcc fur companlonililp tlonio of tin mcitlxoi art quit poor Bill I hom of the women work In the clear and clgvettt factories uf Manila where many a tniliall 11 IF Cumin has Caused the heart of ing Impressionable Imported chivalry of Hjain lo flutter violently The beauty of the native half costs l women In I In I their great lustrous long lashed Yes their pearly tooth graceful figure and niaum uf silky blue blue hair They are with Hit exception o t the Negritos who occupy the fastnetee of the mountain of MaUyilan blood but of different tribes The native women array Iliemeehti In the moil gorgeoui mjori The upper part of Hit body Is l clad 1 In a while loans leevrd garment A ga > ly itrlped cloth called the Palo falls In fold from the wain Over this It I swathed a daik than I called tile lapli uhlili falls abnu at far ai the knee The poorer tin family fam-ily of course the simpler the garments that of many being merely a ihort iklrt and a very abbrtvlitrd Indict u it I only the very lIlu do tint ran afford the loft homemade material woven from the fibers of the ilntaiplt and the banana and which It I much prctlltrand more lervlcctblt than ont mlcht 1111 l aging II may be raid of th Philippine women wo-men that If their genii are not rich and rare they are at laimpt numerous Ann An-n In fair clrcumitaner li loaded down wllh jewelry on every ocraalan The reason of tilim li MmJln the lick of confidence In each other honesty A gas deposit vault might afford MCU MY for her Property bu any slat who less lived In the Philippine lilairl 4011111 I li I Aware ot lielt pilfering 1 character ot file inhabitants would bo I Inclined to doubt even that Ilralei bandits and sneak Ihleve llouilli and grow rich II is i just AI re I lieclablt to be 1 pirate or a brigand In that happy land ai III u to be a churchman I man In lint ol pronotlon to a blihopr No housekeeper U I at all aitonlshed on i turning from st walk or a visit to finder find-er horn looted tf everything < Worth carrying off Hhe Is I tiled lo II And after o ilthlng regretfully merely name around 10 thy nearest merchant and order a tew Hock t II cannot be laid that the women of Ih 1hlllpplne Islands are Intelligent harming < and agreeable and subtle they assay be but with little capacity for serious Intellectual attainments Th foreigner find that the native mn mak excellent aertanl Home year ago sewing machines were Introduced Intro-duced Into the Philippine and Ihe Malay 1 I Ma-lay women hood great aptitude In learning management of them They are now as n rule excellent seam Irene Th services I of a iiwlng wo tan can be procured for JO cents A day the Poster working from lam until 610 or 6 oclock There are many least and fast daria however and So the wn men are Intensely reilgloui In I their way the real 1 lime which they work Is I only about twoIMrd of the > ear In the evening < alter the btiilneii of the day li over In the city of Manila the people gather un the Cntiada a promenade that uverlooki the water where tilt military band of on ot tilt regiment play for a few hour each night It U I not a particularly hand tome promenade evenwllh Its over thadowlng almond tree but there the wealth and beauty and fashion of the Island nightly air 1 Its grace and new clothesiht rich In their carriage driven driv-en slowly Along behlrd sleek horses the poor on foot happy and contented with their share of worldly good fortune or lack of It The houses of the Philippines while spacious and outwardly picturesque have little la recommend them ll abodes They Are dark and poorly ventilated ven-tilated The window of most of them hae tiny panel set wllh illce of o > trr shell which make a poor medium for the tranimlislon of light One often wonder llh woman who mirrlee the slant eyed pig 1 failed representative repre-sentative of the land of 11 Hunt Chang Now although the thrifty Chinamen are the richest of All the Inhabitant ot the Philippine being merchants banker etc they an not regarded as entitled to social equality with ten the loorrit Malaysian The fathers of the church dlsapprot of John Chinaman as an Irreclaimable pagan Many of the Chinamen In lime decld la moray In the land of their adoption And After selecting an attractive maiden tht method of securing her oter her own Indignant protest and that of her par end li worthy of the great U him elf elfAfler After a brief acquaintance the China man usually asks the girls parents for th hind uf their daughter Ai John probably telweted conient ll I refuted fur not only are Mi paganism and per tonality objicllonablt but no print will marry ont of the faithful to a heathen Tin Chinaman prtlend to lake the refusal In good part and departs to return another day with apolog Its and a present The present U accepted and A mlM friendship iprlng up between the family of the object of John Admiration Admira-tion and John himself lit Is I 10 obllg par Yet humble 10 anxious and inter milled In their welfare to ready wllh a loan or a gin that lit soon Ingratiates himself Into their good giacesT When the family Iou ncvepteit about Hoo or B0 worth of prsnti the China man again sues for the hand of his In umorata and ll I again to used Then h come plucldly 1 home and draw up 1 A bill for all the presents h hoi bestowed uiKn the family and It may W added hi Approbate them At the very highest market value Ai very few of the nail fimlllei could rats 110 at tilt most conilerna lion Want especially an most of the gifts the wily Chinaman has lajicn care were uh things AI were 10 be 414011 or Won and alt gone never lo return At any rate John inyi that lit dot not want the presents bk as me tourtihlp lias I 10 damaged his faith and trust In womens iweelnesi and affection affec-tion that ht meant lo have nothing morn to do wllh them but V 1 brokenhearted broken-hearted Chinaman will Her after lead 1 a tad and solitary life Unl eye he receive re-ceive the value of the present which he I now tiide lo satisfy certain unexpected unex-pected and Importunate creditors bt will 1 begin A lawsuit to recover their Vlue 1 a After having made tlilx announce men the discreet Ccleelol iron home and chuckles The near visit ll made with the Alleged Intention of collecting I I 1 his bi It but hit pretends to And be Inb J1Iilrn lh IU somewhat savereteme by t lossi of their rest bfRlllllu lttnoShlp AI the friantled family protests Ito InAbilty to last a sad donetiboo its control r condition I 1 01 anulh 111nally AI It I mnklnl A grallat ronon the Chlnman offer W Corlett In debt It the lady of his litaft III 1 consent to chAniro her stifnil t Thai slil nl n1 declines bulII Ihohl or hor nnl In A dthlOI priocan iloe 1 III deadly work and John on the cue being staled lo him quite a 011111 ly agree to become A ChIn it that s all that stands between him and hopln pq He I bavtlied by the Village cure arel offer beirsic fully received 1 Into the church Ihe wedding li I properly ml > mnlied and ever afterward As A rule h V make a tery easy good natured and genenui hnhand CAKOIINI 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