Queer Characters and Customs in the Philippines
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CARABAO, THE DUCK OF THE OX FAM ILY.
CHEAPEST FERRYBOATS IN THE WOULD.
aopn.glu, IM, by Fruii O. Cuip.litcr.j fang before th,,r fucM at ,he glgnt of a h;a bare Bkl Thla trainnR 0f the feet she worked, and her blood-ctored teeth pine islands. The lowlands are so under-
-,iaiii.ulu.M, Way 1. iSpeciul Cor- naked brown buby rldin(5 ou the hip of as an additional pair of hands begins at ana gunm snone out wnen sne laugnea. one iaiu wun water mai n. sum wrmuu, ,
AAI i cspuiiilcu. e of The lluo.j-1 want , half.naked brown mother, and the boys babyhJod. Many of the Flllp.no nounes was cooking shrimp patties In a red clay can break through the crust at almost any
I Ln uivm vi.n .limp nf him Hiruiiiic .. v . ..k..,k i i,i.i f., .i.m nn.i ihn hnhv who taeln of bolllnz crease. She would mix place and by digEing down a few feet come
" WOUIU prODBUIj UUUS BIUUUU iuc i uuiLu ii u muuciii " i " ' ' " - iiiKC
bigi.is you see every uuy in iu B nQ ltch to tL.klo the tare feet of cannot hold on with its toes has many some white sprouts and rice flour together to a Bllmy mud which is fill of fish, bom
l uiuppiue islands. Uur lie pun..- tho nTel,Y FUluluos kneeling on the stone fall. lnto a dough and wrap it around a couple of the mud fish are as long as your arm and
esbiuus ought to be called iopsy-1 urvy- floor, of the calucdral with their upturned shorn of I lie I'Hillnplne.. cf ehrlmps as big as your little linger. Ibis they are so common mat aner a r.i, i vuL
Speaking of feet, those of the Filipinos mpnt u wouJ be C0()kl,d a ,ght brown SmaU nnl(1 fish are sometimes found even In
uoiii, lor everylhlug la upsido uuwu and . et Dee,inK outside their dresses.
l very tiling is siruugo. Tuhu, lor instance, indeed, everything in Manila would bo
u while carabao In speciaciea. 1 saw ouo odd couij it bo dropped down In the
in Muuilu. The carabao or water builalo la united States. Every store would be a
tnu ugiicsi of animals. It Is a mixture of curloatty and every trade would make you
u Hippopotamus, a cow aud a bug lu up- ODen your eyes. The tailors, for Instance.
are small and well formed. The women
ready to be ladled out with a cocoanut the gutters of Manila. In the wet season
tave high Insteps and slender anklce, and dlpppr and Berved wtn pel)per and Fame the people always go out after a heavy
a ruie leei no aenracy aoom oiiuwms . . . , , t hf.li1, thU wrnman rain to fish in the r rc fields, and in ary
them. Hut few stockings are worn. I
another who sold chocclate squnrvs times you may see women and men wading
peuiuucc, and U iiaa bceu Uuscriued as u
uig hug wuu hoi us. It is larger luuu ine
litigebi cow. lis Uorua are at least hull a
.uU lung, and Us buir aiauda out like lUo
unllu ol a hog. 'Ibe Ubual auiuiul la a
uiny gray or black color, but there are
uoiiio amnios, aud llicy are tue ugliest ol
all squat on the floor as they sew. incy
have hand sewing machines, which they
rest on the floor or on tables half a foot
high, and they use their feet ae well as
their hands In thulr work. Indeed, every
Filipino has four hands aud twenty fingers,
for the feet take the place or tne nanas.
Uio lot. '1 Uuir skins are a rosy pluk, tueir Tb), cooper holds the tub between his feet
biibites us wbile aa anew aud their eyes al
moin while. 1'ut one of these auuuals luto
u can, yoke 11 there by a bar across the
iiciM, uud drive It with a hue through a
nolo lu us uosu, and you will have oue ut
mo uiuvlug pictures o everyday life lu Mu
ii t in. lou must add, however, the spec
lucu'u. 'these the two halves of a brown
cuiouiiui Hhell, so tied together that luuy
completely cover the eyes aud blind the
bi'usi, as 11 were. Whether the guggles are
Ubud ou uccouul of weukuesa of the eyes
or ou uccouul of the viclousuess of the aui
mul i no uol kuow. 1 have seen uiauy such,
uud aui told 11 is because luey are Uaugei
uun aud iuole ui hoi u.
Dui-kM u( I lie Ui l umil).
'lliyse water buOuloes are the ducks of
the ox family. They nave wide boom, aud
uuy cau liu through the swampy rice
liclds, urugglug their harrows or plows.
'1 bey tau travel over the quicksaud which
swuliow up army mules, aud they are ueu
to diug Hut boata aud sleds over the suit
bull, luey are foud of water, aud are to
bo hem iylug in every poud or puddle tak
ing mud baths, ludeed, they must have
uur every lew tours or tbi-y will go luad,
uud Uuir owuurs Unve theui every uow auu
then dowu lulu the canals lor a swim.
'ihobe auiiuuls do the drayiug aud cart
lug of the luv.ua aud the heavy farm work
of the couutry. 'llicy are also used fur
ndiug, aud a common aigut is a laruier
going to or fioui work ou oue of these
uuguiuly biasts. The children ride them,
lying uowu upou tticir backs or slitiug
with their heuds to me horus or toward
the tail, aa they pleuse, directing
the buliulocs l im way and that by a kick
or a slap. The auimuis are foud of their
child uiaalera aud submit lu lueui without
trouble.
venture that the Washington girls alone .. d lln ln ,-., ,nnnnn lnavs. nnd in the mud of evi ry canal with fishing traps.
wear more stockings than are used among beslde ner a girI wno peiided out yellow These are mere cylinders of bamboo open
the 8,000.000 of our Filipinos. Even the coacoanut candy. In the same pi ice I was at both ends. The fisherman pushes his
ladles use them only at churches and par- offprea eausnges about the slzo of my littlo cylinder down through the muddy water
ties, and some of the fairest and swellest flnger for o cents apiece. into the mini bed of the canal to prevent the
of the Filipino dance with their bare feet , am guri)rsea that the books abrut the fish caught in it from getting out and then
thrust Into sandals. If in the whirl of the Filipinos mnke little mention of the lish. I reaches lu with his bare arm and pulls out
waltz the fair dame, Cinderella-like, hap- douut whether there is a country on earth
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pens to cast a shoe, sne aances ou wuu
FILiriNO MILKMAN.
one toot Da.-e until sne comes near ihu
lost shoe, when she picks It up with an
entrancing twist of the ankle without stop
ping the dance.
Tho shoes worn by the Filipinos are
usually heelless. The better class woman's
shoo Is a bright colored velvet embroidered
with gold; It Is often elaborate and very ex
pensive. In the stores the shoes are hung
up on poles rather than laid away In boxes
and the shoe merchant hooks them dowu
with a long stick for his customers.
The shoes t the lower classes are half
wood Every market has Its Bhoe bazaar
and the one in Manila consists of low
tables covered with shoes. The dealer, who
Is lnvarlaoly a woman, squata on the table,
with her goods about her and gossips as
she sells All the shoes have wooden soles
with uppers of white or dark leather. There
Is nothing to hold the heel at the back, and
It bobs up and down as its wearer clatters
over the streets. The shoes for children
are about the same as those for grown-ups
and the prices are correspondingly less. A
10-year-old boy can be shod for 10 cents,
and as he wears shoes only on Sunday
it is easy to keep him supplied.
Mote Stores of Muuilu.
I wish I could show you a Filipino cook
ing stove. There are many stores In
Manila which sell kitchen furniture, and
which nevertheless have not a bit of Iron
lu them. The stoves and all the pots, pans
and kettles are made of red clay. They
are merely clay bowls with little knobs
ou them to hold up the pots on the char
nr within. The average stove Is
pit. W
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A FILIPINO COOK STOVE.
which Is so blessed ln this way. Fish and
rice form the chief diet of the people, and
both are consumed ln vast quantities. The
fish are of all sizes, from little ones no
the fish. Many such fish have no scales;
they seem to be a sort of catfish.
Watrrniiyii of Miiiilln.
I bi nt much of my time in Manila in
strolling about the canals. Tarts of the
illy r. mind one ot Venice, they are so cut
up by waterways, overhung by old Spanish
buildings. The business parts of the towns
can all be reached by canals. The Escolta
runs parallel with the I'asig river and
canals cut through Binondo and Tondo.
These waterways are filled with craft of all
kinds, from steamers from China and all
parts of the archipelago to the little dugout
canoes lu which the natives bring their
wares to the market. A trip through these
parts of Manila gives you an Idea of the
real business of the Philippines. There are
ships from the north unloading great car
goes of tobacco and steamers from the south
with cargoes of hemp. There are cascoes
filled with cocuanuts and other flat boats ot
goods brought in by the steamers out In
Manila bay. The cascoes are the chief boats
of the interior. They are found in all the
largo canals and you see many at anchor in
different parts of Manila, their owners
using them as retail stores. In which they
peddle out the stuff they have brought ln
from the country. In one canal not far from
the Oriente hotel you may find Moating rlc?
btores. The rice is exposed for sale in great
baskets and in piles, and It is peddled ou,a
by the women belonging to the boats. There
are cascoes of firewood, cascoes filled with
grass, oascots of vinegar and sugar, and.
In fact, cascoes filled with every kind of
Philippine product.
Many of these cascoes form the homes
bigger than a pin to some weighing several
himrlrpil nnnnila earn. There are Quantities of their owners and the People who live ln
as he puts on the hoops, the carpenter about fourteen Inches In diameter ana eigni cf wblte baU bushels of shrimps, oysters them are of their own kind. They nave
his lumber wuu nis iocs Inches deep, ana it can oe uuugm mi and rrahg 0f an e7.es in every market. The a covered awning over one ena or ineir
a womau carrying cents. The cooking bowls are equany fiKn peddlers and sellers ars women, al- boats and It Is there that they cook and
steadies
.nun mul nliuus. aud
a bundle on her head through the street ,.hl,ap ag i fourd oy asking a stove mer
our l'lllluu
The street scenes Of our Filipino cities
would be a continuous vaudeville if tbey
could be transported to the United States.
Take the men and boys who go about with
their shirts outside their trousers. It seems
n,i..r thai vou can't get over It. It
you could drop the Escolta
Btreet of Manila, down upon rrauijmnu
a
III the little brown men who in their bun
day best are on their way to church, be
caime of indecent dressing. They would tel.
I ho w omen to go home and put on hats and
atoiklug and perhaps warn them that
their u-.osqulto uet dresses are rather too
Ihln for propriety.
The Washlngtonlans would stare at th
hulf-naked Chinese coolies, bare to tho
waist, trottlug along with great bundles on
their naked shoulders. And they could
.. uMilerstand one-tenth of the other
and having a baby in ner arm, ma, v. ..
up something from the pavement with
her toes The Fllipluo faim.r thresher his
graiu with his feet and the cocoanut ped
dler walk- up the great trees with all the
facility of a cat or monkey.
Hare rVrl "' !.
A ooeer Instance of skillful pedallty I
.i.ht nn the Luneta in Manila. It
toe principal '".-, h.
chant the prices. As we tamea i per
suaded him to lift up one of his Btoves
and hold It out in the sun while I pho
tographed it. He did so. bending over and
reaching the stove out toward me while I
pressed the button
though salt fish are sometimes sold by the eat. It Is there that moet of them are
born and there many of them die.
The cascoes are Intended fur Inland travel
and freighting. They are barges about
fifteen feet wide, six feet deep aud 100 or
more foet long. They ore made or great
timbers of hardwood so Joined together
Chinese. There is no danger of gettl . j
stale fish, for those on the markets are
sold alive, being kept ther ln bamboo
baskets of water. When a sale Is made the
woman takes the kicking fish out of the
basket, lays them on the stones and kills
It Is on such stoves that the meals of the them by striking them Just back of the nec k that the prow and stern rise high out of
Filipinos are cooked. The natives do not witn a club. One of the most common
like our stoves, and one which was imported flshes sold ln Manila Is a round sunflsh not
was a coachman using his toe, for can.l e-
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by the wife of an army officer had to be
tl.rown aside because ihe servant would
not use It.
A separate stove is ued for every dish,
some families bavlug a dozen going at sivery
big dinner.
bigger than a .r-cetit piece. In the south
ern islands fish of gold and ruby and other
brilliant colors are common.
the water. On ea h side of the cascoe Is
a path of bamboo poles laid upon supports
extending out at right- angles with th"
boat. Thit Is for the pushers, who thrust
long poles into the banks or bed of the
Hons no cab caa be driven luruugu
streets after dark without lights. This
man was the driver of one of the little
camarotes which ply In Maulla for twenty
i. I 1 .... a n.rtV mil
cents an hour. no u r .ii, k. of wood, such as we use for kindling. siz,.. The rivers are filled with fish traps. In It look not unlike the rov.r of an old
All of the Filipinos are excellent fishers stream and thus force the boat onward,
and fish trappers. They catch fish with Each cascoe has a supply of mate or woven
hooks, they Belne them out In great nets faninoo v,mch are stretched over me uoar
The fuel U usually charcoal or little and entice them Into traps of all shapes and to protect it from the buii and rain, man-
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. v, lmiinm. Hv the time me WOOU l uuuu.v. .... . WU)liimiini- un.mui uniim.K,, lino -ui. ii e v
for.tot ten his csrrlage lamps. y lu" . k .M ..rr .v. ... . , . .....,. ,
, t " ,.ar, over It was dark and he an average ju-jreor-u.u u..,
knew by
light on
would be
where
the fish swim and cannot find their way out. Manila trrbuui.
the law that he must nave a """" - - - ""- .... - -.....-
h lit of his carriage or be !fene (bust the Markets. great fish corrals fenced ln with bamboo est and cheapest of their kind. They are
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. . COUld not Stay l suvui uiuiu uiuv uvui 1 - - - . n ' i" ' u 1 1 . ... , n n . . i . ou . . . nice .ail nn u a iiiuii uui i" , ' i i nau t.
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iiitr buape.
py over It
h all night for his passengers Manila, now and then eating my breakfast that they are below the water at high tide, bed quilt and of abiut the sir
ot'ay tbelr fares unless they were t a market cook shop. There are many The fishes swim in and when the tide falls Each has a rude matting canop;
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queer rnaraiiers. iuj -- - . j( m4n oive.1 mils sianas mere wnere rice, uu .uu iury csuuui nun ineir way uui. i ucu iue ana eacn is manipuiairu oy a irrrynian, a
the milkman with a great clay Jar on his taken bac- to ' fab ,am of bl, foods are offered for sale. Everything Is ien come and scoop them up ln dip nets, brown-skinned, barefooted, bareheaded F1I
back. who serves out milk from a tubs of the problem v y n a Cjkndlcg anl kav- feld In small quantities, and 6 cents will killing the larger ones with their spears, lplno. The fare Is equal to half a cent of
bamboo. They would wonder at the chicken toes. He Dor between (he first buy you what the Filipino considers a od They have also small fish traps ln the shape our money The passengers stand up as
peddlers carrying wicker crates of fowls log tneni . ( hen Itretched meal. I remember one cook stand on the 0f bamboo barrels, which are not unlike they ride and a stream of brown Fil!p:ns.
fastened to poles on their shoulders and two toes ot eac porch of the market house in Manila. The lobster traps. whlte-helmeted Englishmen, American sol
they would stare at the women going borne out a foot al tat crowd of f'hlonable cook was a black-haired, brown-aklnre-l What would you think of going Into the fliers in khaki and others flows on such
from the market with bundles and baskets flr"ve on - tne hot taii0w melted woman, bare footed and bare beaded. She fields and catching fish In every mud pud- brats across the Manila canals from day
en their heads. . . ve .'le' tTAn .,. .n..alJ udoo chewed vigorously at a quid of beteluut as die? That Is what they do in the Philip- light to dark. FRANK O. CARPENTER.
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