Filipino Traits
1. Tagalogs are hospitably inclined, without any egotism, without any idea that he is relieving suffering humanity.
2. The Filipinos held the old man to be an object of great veneration, and whenever there existed a family, the younger members of it were always subservient to him.
3. The person who passes through a group of persons who are talking should stop and attain a position to occupy small space as possible to show respect.
4. Whenever a person has pledged his word in business or in love, it is sacred.
5. Filipino women are singularly modest, one with any apparent fancy for flirtation is as rare as a snowball.
6. Reference for womanhood is a traditional Filipino trait. All authorities agree that she merits the respect given her extraordinary intelligence and skill in business or domestic duties.
7. In education women are as anxious to be educated so men assimilate it rapidly. Conversation with one educated woman may be a joy. She could speak about everything going on in China or Japan or America.
8. In business the Filipinos are less diligent and inoxact.
9. If not spoiled by foreign influences a Filipino is originally courteous, even to their enemies.
10. The Filipinos are generally lovers of music. It seems as though they could not live without it.
11. The Filipinos were from the first religions. At the sound of the Angelus, it is customary for the young and old to bow for a moment for prayer in the evening, after which the children come to kiss the hand of their parents.