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                    An Ohio Woman in the Philippines

              Giving Personal Experiences and Descriptions
                    Including Incidents of Honolulu,
                        Ports in Japan and China



                       Mrs. Emily Bronson Conger

                      Published with illustrations




                                  1904
                      Press of Richard H. Leighton
                              Akron, Ohio




TO HIS DEAR MEMORY.


    To my beloved husband,
        ARTHUR LATHAM CONGER,
    whose love was--Is my sweetest incentive;
    whose approval was--Is my richest reward.
            Mizpah,
                EMILY BRONSON CONGER.






INDEX



                                           PAGES

    Out of the Golden Gate                    7-14
    First Glimpses of Japan                  15-20
    From Yokohama to Tokio                   21-25
    Tokio                                    26-33
    Japan in General                         34-41
    In Shanghai                              42-49
    Hong Kong to Manila                      50-55
    Iloilo and Jaro                          56-66
    The Natives                              67-77
    Wooings and Weddings                     78-82
    My First Fourth in the Philippines       83-88
    Flowers, Fruits and Berries              89-92
    The Markets                              93-95
    Philippine Agriculture                  96-100
    Minerals                               101-103
    Animals                                104-106
    Amusements and Street Parades          107-110
    Festivals of the Church                111-114
    Osteopathy                             115-122
    The McKinley Campaign                  123-125
    Governor Taft at Jaro                  126-132
   