An Ohio woman in the Philippines; giving personal experiences and descriptions including incidents of Honolulu, ports in Japan and China . NTY-ONE. HEN Governor Taft and other members ofthe peace commission were expected atIloilo and Jaro, there were great prepara-tions for several weeks before hand. Theguests came to Jaro for a morning recep-tion at the home of one of the wealthy citizens. Thehouse had been beautifully decorated and the refresh-ments were served in the large room at the left of thehall; the buffet luncheon consisted of every kind of cakeand sweetmeats, champagne, wine, and be
An Ohio woman in the Philippines; giving personal experiences and descriptions including incidents of Honolulu, ports in Japan and China . NTY-ONE. HEN Governor Taft and other members ofthe peace commission were expected atIloilo and Jaro, there were great prepara-tions for several weeks before hand. Theguests came to Jaro for a morning recep-tion at the home of one of the wealthy citizens. Thehouse had been beautifully decorated and the refresh-ments were served in the large room at the left of thehall; the buffet luncheon consisted of every kind of cakeand sweetmeats, champagne, wine, and beer. The Fili-pino guests were in the large front room, seated in rows,six or eight rows, perhaps twenty in a row, with theirbacks to each other or facing each other. I was the only American woman there until and other ladies with the peace commission wishing to sit solemnly in line gazing at these newlyacquired sisters of mine, I ventured some remarks inSpanish about the weather and the coming was little response. My curiosity getting the bet-ter of me, I made bold to examine the gowns of these(126).
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