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

AN OFFICIAL'S WIFE

American teachers were very elegant. Some of
them came late and most of them had nothing to
say to the native teachers. After all it was not so
bad as it might have been, and our guests expressed
themselves as delighted with their afternoon. On
retiring, each one gave me his or her name and the
address of the school, and invited me to call and see
the pupils. This was the modesty of persons who
will not presume to ask me to call upon them. \Ve
sandwiche(l in a funeral between this reception and
a dance last night.
The Amnesty Proclamation is to be the occasion
of a three days' fiesta, managed by a Sefor Paterno,
who is making himself conspicuous in a truly
oriental manner. The amnesty offers pardon and
immunity from punishment to all Filipinos who
will lay down their arms and take the oath of allegiance. The fiesta, consisting of a banquet in
honor of the military governor and a procession
with fireworks, seems to be a way of making Sefor
Paterno prominent as a mediator between the Americans and the Insurrectos, for Sefior Paterno advocates independence, if possible, and if not, a prdtectorate. There is something queer in celebrating
the amnesty and demanding a protectorate at the
same time. However,.the military governor has
arranged to censor all the speeches, and the speakers
will not be allowed to promulgate any treasonable
idens. Miany army officers seem to think that the
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