Show PIR OF 10 isumu 41 7 le w 1 bovy AW eat MUST write of some of the char acte and peculiar customs of the natives in certain parts of the islands of the philippines in the mountains of the province 11 t t baguio the summer capital Is the home of the Igor rotes they remind one in their appearance of the lower caste of negro to be found in the swamp districts district of joutsi ana or the mountain districts of north carolina and tennessee writes J hamilton lewis in chicago evening post of medium height black and dark brown color with short matty black hair halt half flatted nose stocky of figure and erect of stature such are the out lines of these natives the men wear little crowns tor hats composed of anything that dazzles and all the tas sels that can sway in the breeze this adornment Is set on the back of the head as a fez is worn by the turk A shirt of any fabric as gaudy as can be obtained comes only to the middle and there is met with the belt that Is the only remaining garment this is tight fitting and held only by a string in these mountains the cold becomes great at times frost and particles of snow are often seen and at night it Is always cold yet these men never wear covering and sleep in huts and tents as did the primitive american indians they go barefoot save that ot late a form of sardal is assumed tor for pertecta dress this covers only the toes and Is worn with no sock often one may see anachronisms of civilization in these Igor rotes flat headed their ears pierced through or the lower part pulled down and stretched so large as to wear a spool the usual spool on which thread is wound in their ears as adornments and their teeth blackened to this is added a shirt ot blue army cloth with brass buttons like a soldier soldiers s jacket i a hat list or derby of straw depending on what has been traded the wearers a sword in the shape of an american bayonet for which they have ex changed their head ax an instrument they carry to cleave off beads heads of people they meet and dislike or use in assaults in war nar 0 with this military accouterment they are adorned above the waist be low as was adam if we trust the de of the bible naked to his enemies in the language of cardinal wolsey this Igor rote is a sight lor th the gods of photography the women reverse the process A kirt adorns br flounders about their legs this is made of a material look like jute bagging sometimes there were Is a sandal on the toot foot at the waist a flowing cloth fluttering at the ends ot most flaming color when obtainable brom the waist up abreast the tides ot of wind naked to the breeze in a walt whitman spectacle there la Is not a cloth or covering until the head is reached then possibly a shawl or wrap which Is a lately as fumed display ot of fashion upon occa alons bunday sunday is their market day so commissioner worcester the most learned man in the east on the na tives provided a building for them to this they como come on sundays quiet unperturbed with no curiosity as to the foreigner they affect the super arity of attitude characteristic of the indian that Is to overlook super callously the tact fact that a white person Is about so insignificant to them are such unimportant intrusions at this market are brought all the dogs to be had for dogs are the chief jobje object ct of trade As it Is cattle at our stockyards or chickens in our market or turkeys in spain so it Is dogs in the Igor rote country the dog Is the animal of food he Is to the Igor rote as the pig to the chinaman but mark it Is the fat tat pig which the chinese seeks and the fat rat the Igor rote must have only a thin poor wasted dog the thinner the poorer the more emaciated the animal Is the more in demand and the higher in price Is it thus as geese are fattened in the italian tyrol and in france to pre pare are the pate de fois gras so in the Igor garrote rote country the dog Is famished to 0 the point of starvation so as to keep it thin poor and with bones bare ly covered this is to make the ani ant anal mal tough it thus serves as a chew ing ng cud like unto dry or strong beet beef in n america so hundreds and hundreds of dogs at every stripe and color kind and red bred yoked together as may be seen a it a oxen in america are brought by their owners to the market here the sellers bargain and trade always to the point ot of getting the most for the thinnest dog which Is ap parent ly the toughest the women sit in silence a virtue of the Igor rote woman or in soft tones bargain bits of cloth and smoke big black cigars as they trade and prattle the women keep the money ol 01 the house in the distance just beyond Is s the settlement of more than a thousand years of existence which prof fred erick starr of chicago has attractively described here the natives have had for or years and years the practice and creed of trial marriage just as shown in the balkans in one of the russian provinces here can be seen in system and discipline the trial marriage of which george meredith wrote others who lately bave sur felted our yearning on this point could have learned much from this exam pie these people say that the chines malay of a thousand years ago taught them this method and that it came from israel and greece the method Is this the woman chooses the man the man can bid but he cannot toro fore his acceptance it if the woman Is satis fied fled she keeps him and then be he does no work ork it if children come com he con tributes but in nowise maintains th household should she conclude to re eject him he ile must go elsewhere but before departing she takes every ves tige of money or property he ever pos hessed should he try to hide any ot of it the disclosure ot of such act fact deprives him ot of the hope of any other woman pro proposing to him the children are at the sole dispost tion of the mother never but by her consent can a child go to the father or but by the child running away and swearing on the ax to take the new mother then the real mother cuts it out ot of her heart by gashing her breast with a knife it Is reported that not more than ten out of trial marriages result in any disadvantage to either con tr trading party or to children in most instances the marriage following the trial has pro proved ed eminently satis fac tory the husband has been carefully supported and has no complaint with the manner in which his affairs are dl di erected by his wife it if he he works as a pastime it Is quickly disclosed that it Is only for his amusement or for ob a little provision with which he can obtain a new wife or be in demand by a new applicant in event of the death of his spouse or his dl forcing her tor for failure to support him |