| Show THROUGH A GLASS DARKLY A sample of how shortsighted newspapers sometimes become is found in the following extract from the ball more sun the married ladies of mindoro it seems wear nothing above the waist and very little below it the costume Is light and airy to a degree as the climate demands but lit promises little for american manufacturers one yard of calico would meet the demands of fash ash ton ion for a belles outfit in mindoro the men wear even less and the child ar t rule wear nothing prom us as a an a poi or protectionist point coln 0 e vr the philippine islanders therefore a are likely to be unprofitable mince they ne need i little and buy less lees the home market markee they would woul afford would not be wort the cost cf olto on warship there are sf veral things to bo be takena take into consideration customs woul nver change it if populations never di did and that of mindoro and many othmas ot places so 1 long ng neglected is about lal undergo a gradual but steadfast tran formation the superior customs walt displace the interior inferior and thus we irnia soon look forward to the dusky M and women of our distant la lands Is be coming as completely and expensive attired as those by whom we are r elv n not surrounded this is an age of I 1 progress pro m g gresa t rot pot of stagnation and least of eai all i r betro retro elt re grenion besides there are not like to be any restrictions upon traffic tween the united states and one its elonies eo ca onies |
