Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-10-15

NewS Manila, where the Stars and
touN ssniaced. and we hope forever.
~ blood.stained Sag of Spain.
Inv NOD REssUM.
,,.nua. sent. s.--Msnila Is quaint
"a rifv Moiher-fiuhhards and bare
80, narrow, crooked streets and in-
Scacrlbable smells, grand Old churches
snd matched huts, fruits and flowers
and acabs and sores ana morals an OUT
- .ersfr and quite useless. are some
~ i,5 distlnauishing features. In
s,,,d Manila n part Of thu Orient
n,r,aaeus. cairo. Bombay, Hongkung
"a Manila, though entirely different.
1910 The same impressions on She
,,,.sscrr traveller. They are clean and
Ni,by beautiful and ugly. poverty
sirirken and wealthy, grand men and
miserable. All at the same time; ana
In any on them, one with only han an
Imagination can I've way BACK in the
ages that frst gave bif1h 70 history.
All what a wonderful experience q
IL IN leave the noise and hustle and
.,.rg,, of the Nincieeuih-Ceatury
west and drop down into the dnwn-of-
fsr.,ft.n East From newspapers.
~t-,,n and electricity. from colleges,
h,th-tubs and Sunday-evCnlng cone
rabs Win your best girl, TO land "
pflfncyaI r0iienCFs ana simplicity
where ahirt-talla and rice seem 90 be
life's great incentive. What study
Il hrrV FOR the young Americans VINO
rowpoao Uncle Sans volunteer army
in 40 phlllppinca, and how gratifying
n t-t In know that among the Thousands
III bite.cUats 10 this rrhicuus war
there arc many many hundrcda from
ali ouartors 81 our great Union ~
rattca. whose minds ate turned lntel-
iretuaiiv and who are reaching out
In every direction Tor che Information
and experience thus placed within their
roach soldier ne o. not conducive Go
morals. FOR the reason % permits men
90 be- ~ indniert and lazy that n8 a
ruto they lose sEht vi their former
ambitions, forget they over had ener-
rlea. and soon have Interest 10 unth-
mr. lint nay day. The buglo AWAKE
ons thsfn. tells them when 90 cas- break.
fast. whom 30 have their names entered
On tho alck-cail, when 90 drill when
10 cat dinner, when 90 eat supper,Whcn
DO 40 10 their quarters and when 20
blow out their candles and 90 90 sleep.
In a short time they urc Ms ~ many
machines. ana % makes but iliile, n
any, difference 90 them whore they ore
IL thcy have cuouEh 10 cat and wear,
and no heavier burdens thhn 90 smoke.
curse the government and dream away
the years OF course. there are many
aud bright exc. ptiuua tn my short
experience On tho ranks I have known
men who thought nothing NJ eXefilng
themselves physically and mentally.
They could even nud time between re-
vcillc and inppa 90 sow a button on,
take r. bath or polish their shoes. Some
" them even read. and % seems 30 mo
that I once hoard % soldier who.
during the hundreds of hours ~ leisure
time, actually studied ana partly mas.
tered n flrCigu Language. ! may De-
mlsiaken lu thls, however Ana after
rgiircilrE on my own experience since
she war broke out. 4 am Inclined 90
thlnk u must have been som, other
person than a soldier.
Soldiers have been known 90 20
s.Ehi-secing. and that's hard work.
Most any afternoon walk through
Manila would discover dozens or rather
hundreds ~ them, poklng their noses
Into all kind of hooks and corners.
ana IN their quest Tor Cigarette and
I Information making an kinds of gro.
traluc movements with their hand
aud feet, much 30 the amusement "
n1tlVo vendors.
a walk through this Old city Of night.
~ % b. more correct tumble through
! %. for the Htrecga are dark and M.
I ehflHilanly paved. = worth nrirs than
I iull ratiunH Tor week / have had aev.
'fnl pf thcn, the last one Just ihe other
evening. turned from concentrating
grand Old specimen VI spanish rathc.
dtals here Ia the Dus,, Just az ~ beau
/ ilful chimes announced the hour ~
| eight. ana atrolled down little atreof
no bipader than anne folks religious
Nl"wH. You could hop across that
street without much EFFORT, and IL had
~ Ereat' u not a greater, variety %
smells as Old Jerusalem. u was prln.
cpaly q Chinese street Hon LIN, 9.ns
L3ng' slim iNit, You Hung Hang and
other animals " the same brood, mad
their Htfia on b and sold evorything
from a stuffed rat o. a pound of opium
| nr an clHilc conscience. And 10 was
| hNhlEht, or az much fl as the commits.
htry department. OF The United gtntDs
army, which d. a compliment O. streets
10 this part ~ the world Al piacrr
| the ewes 81 tho muNiy and miHa-cav.
cred houses met ln an arch whore
smoke and disease Ind htrh1r. az
other parts one could catch rlImpspr OF
a moun-llt heaven with hero and thrrs
| star Here, indeed was most
oriental part 90 the Orient IT. ncahs
ana ulcers and physical drformtIes. o.
nNk and gaudy ioweiry and mlmeut
only partly rcvc1lvei by aclrrn III uitie
nA bowls IN which nahtrd lighted Nlci,s.
| They called these things lamps. and ono
N the boys concluded the street was
| nuucrlnE with campers. 10 would not
| have been much ~ feat 20 have hid
den ~ whole llght under hudhol and
| then l doubt n the huHhel would have
been half fecd. The bulk OF the stretrH
business was conitrcd Ia IT, utte
| llngN restaurants whcro nearly all
things vile ana Unreliable were display
rd In open windows. Half drrfsad
queues. bllnkcd and Rrinned and
smoked In dark corners; women With
baby feet cncaHed In wooden shoes
| shuilied over the uneven pavement.
naked chlldrUn fulled aul fJught and
hnWled and laughed To- che nlth under
loot, with fiel -hliten s-11ga-thlt
scratch and snap and scratch en- thoy
are one mass ~ Hurces and every few
| PAGES a hluc.critcd sentinel Stood with
hayonct fixed. ana with disgust WRIT
ten on every line VI ha sun-hrlwned