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A Woman’s Impressions of the Philippines
By
Mary H. Fee
Mary H. Fee
Illustrated from Photographs
Second Edition
Chicago A.C. McClurg & Co. 1912
Second Edition
Chicago A.C. McClurg & Co. 1912
Copyright
A.C. McClurg & Co. 1910
Published March 26, 1910
Second Edition, March 2, 1912
The University Press, Cambridge, USA.
To
My Schoolmate and Life-Long Friend
Martha Parry Gish
This Book
Is Affectionately Dedicated
Contents
I. The Voyage Begins 11 II. From San Francisco to Honolulu 21 III. Our Ten Days’ Sightseeing 26 IV. From Honolulu to Manila 38 V. Our First Few Days in the City 45 VI. From Manila To Capiz 60 VII. My First Experiences As a Teacher of
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Filipinos 73 VII. An Analysis of Filipino Character 86 IX. My Early Experiences in Housekeeping 107 X. Filipino Youths and Maidens 119 XI. Social and Industrial Condition of the Filipinos 130 XII. Progress in Politics and Improvement of the Currency 150 XIII. Typhoons and Earthquakes 168 XIV. War Alarms and the Suffering Poor 179 XV. The Filipino’s Christmas Festivities and His Religion 192 XVI. My Gold-hunting Expedition 206 XVII. An Unpleasant Vacation 217 XVIII. The Aristocracy, the Poor, snd American Women 232 XIX.
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tag="{http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}a">Weddings in Town and Country 250 XX. Sickbeds and Funerals 262 XXI. Sports and Amusements 270 XXII. Children’s Games—The Conquest of Fires 280
Illustrations
- Filipino School Children Frontispiece
- The Pali, near Honolulu 28
- West Indian Rain-tree, or Monkey-pod Tree 34
- The Volcano of Mayón 40
- View of Corregidor 42
- Swarming Craft on the Pasig River, Manila 46
- “The Rat-pony and the Two-wheeled Nightmare” 48
- The Luneta, Manila 52
- The Bend in the River at Capiz 62
- Street Scene in Romblón 64
- Church, Plaza, and Public Buildings, Capiz 80
- The Home of an American Schoolteacher 90
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href="@public@vhost@g@gutenberg@html@files@13392@[email protected]#p100" class="pginternal" tag="{http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}a">A Characteristic Group of Filipino Students 100 Filipino School Children 110 A Filipino Mother and Family 120 A Company of Constabulary Police 132 Group of Officials in front of Presidente’s (Mayor’s) Residence 142 A High-class Provincial Family, Capiz 148 Pasig Church 154 The Isabella Gate, Manila 162 Calle Real, Manila 174 Procession and Float in Streets of Capiz, in Honor of Filipino Patriot and Martyr, José Rizal 184 A Rich Cargo of Fruit on the Way to Market 194 A Family Group and Home in the Settled Interior 200 Filipino Children “Going Swimming” in the Rio Cagayan 212 Mortuary Chapel in Paco Cemetery, Manila 220 The “Ovens” in Paco Cemetery, Manila 228 Peasant Women of the Cagayan Valley 236 A Wedding Party Leaving the Church 252 A Funeral on Romblón Island
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class="tocPageNum">264 Bicol School Children One Generation Removed from Savagery 272 Sunset over Manila Bay 282