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Show IMITATIVE FILIPINOS. K K.I.I In r.irai-.l All Other l-r..pl. In MR Imitation. HjW Of all tho races peopling this mun- jtj dane sphere not one has such an ex- Brn traordlnary spirit of Imitation as that which Inhabit the Philippine Islands, jH according to tho new American paper, M Manila Freedom This race of people, of Malay origin, which occupies all the IH archipelago of the Celebes sea, laeka M entirely the esthetic laato necessary M for the proper combination of colors, M constructive ability, uniformity In ar- M chltectural designs, and the good taatei M which Is required for the culture and M advancement of a people They bava H no Idraa of thla kind, and In all mat- H tcra of taste do nothing more than M what they aee In rarea of the West Any one who ha observed the Fill- M plnot will have noticed that they havo H no Ideas at all In regard to the proper H combination of colors In their wear- H Ing apparel, as. In spite of their dusky complexions, they select In their cloth- H Ing the colors which are least suitable H to them. You will see Indian girls H and half-breeds as brown as berries M using In their dresses and scarf a such H colors as blue, green, yellow, brown H and black. A woman of dusky com- M plexlon with a dress of any of these H colors present an appearance that Is H hideout In the extreme. It I not tin- M cominin to see dark-skinned Indian glrli dreaaed In such bright greens that H If they should encounter a cariboo M they are liable to be eaten by that tea- H tire animal ah aMtmi n n..i. .imi tkV larlly to bunche of hay The reason H why these people cut this ridiculous H figure Is that they aee these bright M colors on European women, and, with- M out thinking of the effect which, on H account of their different complexion, M such hues are liable to produce, readily M adopt them and consider themsclvea M Uio most elegant of the elegant No M sooner does a new fashion arrive from Paris, Vienna or Berlin In shoe, trou- M scrs, hats, shirts or neckwear, no mat- M ter bow extravagant, the Indian and H the half-breed Immediately adopt LH them, The American troops bad been fl In Manila only a few days with their M liiuaii suim-wmie1 me tun in im 'ine - '.W Kscolta were besieged by natlvea and iH half-breed buying all the brown cloth M obtainable, wool, cotton or silk, and IH In a few dayt they were all arrayed In M suits of the same color as those worn L by the army of occupation, They no- B tlced the hats of straw or felt with a fl blue polka dot band, and In a few days H all the Indians and half-breeds wero 1 wearing the tame kind of hats a tha B American. I believe that the Amerl- H rani will have but little trouble In In- H troduclng here their usages, custom HJ and language, a to that end the spirit H of Imitation which predominates In tho H native race will be a powerful factor, H |
