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M. PAUL WRITES OF PHILIPPINESFORMER OXFORD GIRLTELLS OF MANILA CARNIVAL AND IMPRESSIVE NATIVE FUNERALMiss Matilda Paul, formerly of Oxford writes her mother, Mrs. F. W. Paul, from Tarlac Tarlae, Phillipino Islands.She tells of an interesting jaunt by cart and train, before dawn, un-i der the Phillipine stars, to Manila, where she witnessed the big carnival ! over which the natives make much. s Viewing® the parade from a cart,5 after a wait of one and a half hours* she beheld the militia, hospital corps,* students from various colleges and private schools, lower grade childen,J pseudo-wild tribes, nurses and others, I and province queens, and the chief 1 “Queen of the Carnival” who* was 5 crowned.1 Returning home she attended a native funeral, one of impressive type t and a big band being a feature of- the solemnities, and an auto hearse t indicating that the family was out . of the ordinary. Miss Paul joinedthe procession and walked in the i ranks of the mourners—an old3 ex-r perience.Miss Paul intimates a transfer ; from Tarlac, now that her school i work is easier, and her reviewing iri- order, but Tarlac addressed mail will i continue to reach her as it will p0forwarded wherever she goes*
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Oxford Leader
Oxford, Iowa, US
Thu, Jun 14, 1923
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