An Englishwoman in the Philippines

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Mrs. Campbell Dauncey. An Englishwoman in the Philippines

An Englishwoman in the Philippines

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INTRODUCTION

AN ENGLISHWOMAN IN THE PHILIPPINES

LETTER I. MANILA

LETTER II. FROM MANILA TO ILOILO

LETTER III. FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF ILOILO

LETTER IV. A PHILIPPINE HOUSE—AMERICAN PRICES—NATIVE SERVANTS—FURNITURE

LETTER V. HOUSEKEEPING IN ILOILO

LETTER VI. A WASTED LAND

LETTER VII. CUSTOMS AND DRESS OF THE NATIVES

LETTER VIII. SOCIAL AMUSEMENTS

LETTER IX. TARIFFS—INSECTS

LETTER X. A FILIPINO THEATRE—CARABAOS

LETTER XI. SOME RESULTS OF THE AMERICAN OCCUPATION

LETTER XII. CHINESE NEW YEAR—LABOUR CONDITIONS—A CINÉMATOGRAPH SHOW

LETTER XIII. SOME INFLUENCES OF CLIMATE, SCENERY, AND RELIGION

LETTER XIV. VOYAGE TO MANILA

LETTER XV. AN OFFICIAL ENTERTAINMENT

LETTER XVI. MANILA AND ITS INHABITANTS

LETTER XVII. DEMOCRACY AND SOCIETY IN MANILA

LETTER XVIII. THE RETURN VOYAGE AND MY COMPANIONS

LETTER XIX. A BAILE—A NEW COOK AND AMERICAN METHODS

LETTER XX. FILIPINO INDOLENCE—A DROUGHT

LETTER XXI. THE WHARVES—AN OLD SPANIARD

LETTER XXII. A TRIP TO GUIMARAS—AN ASTONISHING PROPOSAL—HOUSEBUILDING

LETTER XXIII. A TROPICAL SHOWER—OUR SERVANTS—FILIPINO CUSTOMS

LETTER XXIV. EASTER FESTIVITIES

LETTER XXV. A DAY AT NAGABA

LETTER XXVI. THE MONSOON—AN ITALIAN OPERA COMPANY

LETTER XXVII. A WEEK-END AT NAGABA

LETTER XXVIII. A LITTLE EARTHQUAKE, AND AN OPERA COMPANY UNDER DIFFICULTIES

LETTER XXIX. AN EVENING ON THE RIVER—RIVAL BISHOPS

LETTER XXX. PHILIPPINE SANITATION—DECORATION DAY

LETTER XXXI. MR TAFT—TROPICAL SUNSETS—UNPLEASANT NEIGHBOURS—FILIPINO LAW

LETTER XXXII. OUR MONGEESE—A FIRE—THE NATIVE EDUCATION QUESTION

LETTER XXXIII. A PAPER-CHASE—LACK OF SPORTS—PREPARATIONS FOR MR TAFT

LETTER XXXIV. TRYING HEAT—AN AMERICAN PROSPECTOR—NEW LODGERS—BARGAINING FOR PIÑA

LETTER XXXV. DECLARATION DAY—THE CULT OF THE FLAG—A PROCESSION, FESTIVITIES, AND A BALL

LETTER XXXVI. COCK-FIGHTING—PULAJANES

LETTER XXXVII. A PEARL OF GREAT PRICE

LETTER XXXVIII. AGRICULTURAL POSSIBILITIES

LETTER XXXIX. A LAST DAY AT NAGABA—THE “SECWAR”

LETTER XL. PREPARATIONS

LETTER XLI. THE FESTIVITIES

LETTER XLII. WEIGHING ANCHOR

LETTER XLIII. HOMEWARD BOUND

FOOTNOTES

INDEX

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Mrs. Campbell Dauncey

Published by Good Press, 2019

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One of the most aggravating characteristics of the Filipinos is the way they murmur, for they have naturally very soft voices, which become positively a whisper with shyness and awe. The English people here adopt the custom, which prevails throughout the East, of calling their servants “boys,” but the Americans use the Spanish word muchacho, and that is unfortunate, as they give all vowels the narrow, English value, making it this word muchaycho. It sounds so odd, this lack of ear, and quite alters some of the Spanish names—such as saying Cavyt for Cavite (the naval port of Manila), Caypiz for Capiz (a town in Panay), and so on, and though they pronounce Jaro exactly the same as the English town of Harrow, thank goodness they don’t go so far as to call this place Eye-low-Eye-low!

Filipino Servants.

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