English: Identifier: philippineisland00lalauoft

Title: The Philippine Islands Year: 1899 (1890s) Authors: Lala, Ramon Reyes Subjects: Philippines -- Description and travel Publisher: New York : Continental Pub. Co. Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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Text Appearing Before Image: ade ofabacft, or Manila hemp; or of the airy, delicate, and almosttransparent piila,—a texture of pine-apple leaf, as choice asthe finest lace. This is of white, or light yellow, and often interwoven withred, green or blue silk, or embroidered with flowers. Thewhite or light-colored trousers are fastened round the waistwith a belt. The feet are sometimes bare, or protected bysandals or patent-leather shoes. On the head is usually worna salacot—a large round hat, strongly plaited with gray-and-black intersecting patterns of nito or liana fibre, the brim orna-mented with a band of embroidered cloth or silver. The dress of the poorer class is very similar—the materialbeing coarser, the colors red and orange predominating. The woman wears a flowing skirt of gay colors—bright red, 92 The Philippine Islands. green or white—with a silken saya or sarong of many colors.Over this is a narrower waist-cloth usually of silk and ofa darker color. Over the breast and shoulders is generally

Text Appearing After Image: HLL-BI.OODEI) NATIVE GIRI, IX Rl l ElTinX AITIRK. thrown a starched neckcloth of beautiful embroidered pina—folded triangularly, the points fitting in the hollow of theV-shaped chemisette. On the head is worn a white mantle, from The Various Tribes. 93 which the rippling cataract of raven hair falls in massy folds almostto the ground. The toes of the naked feet are enveloped inchinelas,—a heelless slipper, which is shuffled with languorous grace. Many of the women are pretty, and all are good-natured andsmiling. Their complexion, of light brown, is usually clearand smooth ; their eyes are large and lustrous, full of the sleep-ing passion of the Orient. The figures of the women are usuallyerect and stately, and man} are models of grace and beauty. The women of every class are far more industrious thanthe men, and also more cheerful and devout. Adultery is al-most unheard of. The men, however, are exceedingly jealous.The natives believe that during sleep the soul is absent fromthe b

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