This is especially true in the case of the household
industries which play a much larger part in the Phil-
ippines than in coimtries which have developed a
factory system. Here, as in France, the student will
observe a marked degree of manual dexterity. And
as the schools in France were seen to foster with great
care this characteristic of their national genius, so in
the Philippines the natural skill in fine handicrafts

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already developed by the natives is given every ad-
vantage of training. The schools are even going into
business, making a study of the designs most salable,
and standardizing the work of the schools to meet
the demands of foreign markets. Already Philippine
embroideries are ahnost as common in American
shops as those of French workmanship.
