Unofficial letters of an official's wife [by] Edith Moses.

AN OFFICIAL'S WIFE

orated with flags, came halfway down the river to
meet us. At the landing were arches and banners
bearing mottoes. One of the arches bore the inscription: " Fuera los Frailes "-" Away with the
friars." I'll not weary you with details. The most
vivid recollection of our visit to Nueva Caceres is the
trip down the river by moonlight. We reached the
Suziner at three in the morning just as the full
moon, red as blood, was setting in the sea. It was
a magnificent sight.
Next came Sorsogon, where the wife of the presidente had a fine " best parlor" with twelve blue
satin sofa pillows ranged about the room. They
were precisely alike, and all embroidered in pink
chenille moss roses. The effect was " grand." In
Sorsogon the natives had something quite original
in the way of street decorations. They built towers
of bamboo, decorated them gorgeously, and placed
them on wheels and pulled them along in a procession. In one of these edifices stood a young Filipino girl, who recited a poem in honor of the
"Commission Civil."
Then came the charming little island of Marinduque, a paradise, newly pacified. The Commission had visited it six weeks previously and declined
to give it civil government, as there were a hundred
insurrectos in the field. They have all come in now,
and instead of a squad of soldiers welcoming us on
shore, as was the case before, a band of small natives
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