Boys and Girls of other Lands

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Year

1936

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In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted

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Nvvembrr, l!JJ6 THE YOUNG CITIZEN ~;;;GIRLS! ;~OF OTHER LANDS f ~ i· ~ blf gilino baldov<no g .~ .. ~ .. ~">'!'~.-."'T"'"')"'.'.,.~,..,.;."',","'~<j'#:'.,.~""'.>'."'711"'~"'>~ SIAM ':: HA VE you ever seen a Siamese in the Philippines? Perhaps you have seen one but you really do not know if it was a Siamese or a Chinese. Most Siamese look like the Chinese: some look like Malayans. Siam is a small councry located south of China. Much of the country of chis nation is a greac riv~·r delta. Siam is a rice producing councry. There are so many rice fields chac if you stand in one end cf the fields you cannot see when! they end. They resemble a great ocean of green. In this country, boys and girls have brown or yellow skins. They h~ve flat faces with high cheek bones. Their eyes are dark while their hair is straighc and black. Siam is a hot country. People who do not live in cicies wear very little clothing. And because of chis hoc climate, in some parts of th'! country, children are left alone co play with no clothes ac all. The simplest and mosc popular way of clothing oneself in chir. country is to twist a strip of colored cloch around chc waisc. Most of the Siamese houses ar:? built of teak wood. As floods arc frequent in this country. the houses are conscrucced high up on stilu. The Siamese boys are hPlpful. They help their parents in plowing the fields. Most of them take care of the water buffaloes or carabaos. The Siamese are religious. Their cemples are among the wonders of the world. Their religious ceremonies are very differenc from ours. MOONLIGHT PRANKS (Continued from vagc 279.) were many interesting sword fights accompanied with merry music. The courageous soldiers were always given their due reward. Each characcer spoke very clearly in the dialect. funny portions of the play: Love me. oh love for bold and brave one I. When each corner gets dark sending me on errands don"c cry. But when I hear the clatter of our china plates, We were very much satisfied with lhe "moro-moro" that we even re- Like lightning I run lest no more peaced some of the selections on our food be lcfc. way home. We selected only the For I am Mr. Frog. 297 Incredible, But:-ey A. B. L. R. Proporcionall y, more Filipinos during the Spanish times marry than at present. Francisco Balagtas suffered financial IOsses in the publicacion of his immortal masterpiece .. "Florance at Laura.'· Few read his book and those who read it criticized it bitterly. It was only fifty years later. When he was already dead, that the public began to appreciate and realize the greatness of "Florante at Laura." In Benguet, Mountain Province, t..;ere are caves which contain mummies placed -there in a squatting position. Those caves were used bv the mountain people as burial pl.1ces and the mummies which could still be found there prove that several hundred years ago, they already knrw the science of embalming. During the Spanish regime. on big celebrations or "fiestas." along the street which is now called Escc.lta in Manila, the Governor General and the Archbishop were escorted by a procession. This gave the name Escoltil (escort) to Manila's most famous street. During the Spanis.h times, a foreign commercial house once offered to answer for all the expenses of the Philippine government provided ic was granted the tobacco monopoly in the Islands. Son of his highness, the Count Short ~'hen I fail to drink buri sapAftcr you I s~all run amuck. I am Sir Cucumber Who went hither and thither All I'm looking forIs Sir Onion who can'c be found here. We laughed heartily at the jokes cc.,ntained in the selections. Wt?. reached home very happy.

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