An Ohio woman in the Philippines; giving personal experiences and descriptions including incidents of Honolulu, ports in Japan and China . of bamboo, which makesa cracking noise, quite like a roll of musketry. Fromevery window and crevice in every house about that parknative heads were gazing at us, and never one cheercame from a single throat, but we gave them to under-stand in no uncertain terms where we stood. I supposethey thought it was only one more unheard of thing fora woman to do, to be out marching and singing, and I THE MCKINLEY CAMPAIGN 125 am sure they thought Senora Blanco, the n
An Ohio woman in the Philippines; giving personal experiences and descriptions including incidents of Honolulu, ports in Japan and China . of bamboo, which makesa cracking noise, quite like a roll of musketry. Fromevery window and crevice in every house about that parknative heads were gazing at us, and never one cheercame from a single throat, but we gave them to under-stand in no uncertain terms where we stood. I supposethey thought it was only one more unheard of thing fora woman to do, to be out marching and singing, and I THE MCKINLEY CAMPAIGN 125 am sure they thought Senora Blanco, the name I wascalled by the people all over the Island of Panay. hadgone mad ; and I was certainly doing unheard of things,for, as I said before, it is not considered at all proper fora woman to be walking or riding with a man. And tothink that a woman of my years, and the only Americanwoman in that part of the country, would, at such an hour,be marching with those hundreds of boys in the dead ofnight was wholly beyond their comprehension, and theyhad no words adequate to express their disgust at myoutburst of enthusiasm and GOVKRNOR TAFT AT JARO.
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