The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 4, 1903, Page 1

e —— 5l P L NCLE SAM’S repidly expand- d n is acquiring the ¢ being the most cosmopolitan in look on the o would ever ung lady as Never- hermore the whom she enjoys the of being a leading belle, s the distinction of be: object of Uncle Bam’s particular solicitude just now. - This is the typical head of a Gad- den Girl of about thirteen years old, showing the barbaric style of head- S MéHILDK{N [CTK)N Gswsg and ornaments, which are moet oommon among these remarkable people. In addition to such beads and trinkets as these they usually wear from ten to twenty braceiets of thin sliver or brass, and among the royalty, even of gold, which tinkle with a peculiarly melodious sound as they wove about. Their clothing, which is wonderfully bright and gay, covers only the lowsr part of the body, and even then as scantily as may be consistent with a lavish dis- play of colored materials. The Gad dens inhabit the provinoe of Isabella, about the town of Ilagan, im the Philippine Islands,