The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-08-28

tive servants do for both departments, since
one stays UP town during the middle mo OF tne e
hoi,rs AS a result on week days after the
light breakfast of the early morning is over
and assistants hurry down town in the tram
cars and make ready Tor the noon meal al the
other structure, returning nome TO inc SUP
urbs in time for dinner
The rooster is the native dog" OF the
Philippines. and cockfghting one OF the
principal sports The people are inclined
sometimes thrives in Manila. few houses
are too frail or poor to include in their
furniture some kind Of musical instru-
ment:
peoples OF the Far East the Filipinos are the
only ones possessing natural talent for mu-
Sic and that the islands TO-DAY stand out
unique from among all the surrounding terri
tory as being the home of a musical race who
do not make the night as hideous with weird
beatings of tom-toms as they do poetic with
soft waltzes coaxed from gruff trombones.
Early in his sojourn in Manila. Mr..
Stevens for 81 so per month, hired man
to serve as valet. He was usefui and
supported a small family and fghtfng
cock on his wages. Laundry work is
cheap, and for two gold dollars month
he could turn over to his laundryman as
much as he pleased:
Two full suits of white sheetinE clothes
mean dimensions, and yet the iavandero turns
up each week with his basketfu perfectly sat
washes well. and although when I see him
standing knee-deep in the river whanging my
stone, I fear for seams and buttons. moth
ing appears to suffer. And, although he builds
small bonfire In brass ns,rO ~ar tna v w aITfs
coats all blazing 1t Is. the result Is excel,
lent. and ones linen seems better Numbered
than in the mills that grind away at home
Tobacco is very cheap, too, and Mr..
Stevens thinks we'll of it:
Manila's best cigar made of special, Sc
lected tobacco. wrapped in the neatest silver
foil and packed in rosewood boxes. tied with
considered rare delcacy- One scarcely ever
sees these cigars. the .lncomparaoles, outside
that but few smokers are acquainted with 1t.
The foreigner IN Manila thinks he is paying
some OF our professional smokers limit them
selves to those favorite 'Bouquets. which
ETY.. but sell here for 81 so a hundred Below
these upper grades come various assort-
ment of cheaper varieties. including the cher
cots. big at one end and small at the other.
and the three-d ollar-a- thousand cigars, which
made OF the first thing that comes handy.
to be sold to the crews Of deep water mer-
chantmen. native of the Philippines wants
his cigarette. and gets II. Packages of thirty
are sold on almost every corner for a couple
Of coppers, and to my mind the Manila ci-
garette is far superior to the variety found in
Cuba. Smoking is. OF course. encouraged by
prices such as these and one finds II perfectly
good form to borrow a cigarette, well
light. from his neghbor in the tram
spans the Pasig you pay your copper for cross
ing. and get in change box OF matches. and
II you queer enough not TO want the
matches the will give you instead ticket
that avails for the return trip.
Ants and cockroaches abound and so
do rats. The Philippine cats are feeble
creatures. Their place as rat catchers Is
cheerfully filled by snakes:
Nearly all OF the older bungalows in Ma
Mia possess what are called house snakes:
huge reptiles generally about u IA feet long
and thick fire engine hose. that per-
manently reside up in the roof and live on the
rats. These big creatures harmless, and
rarely, If ever. leave their abodes. Judging
from the noise over my cloth ceiling, a pair
OF these pets find pasturage above and can
hear them whacking around about once a
week in their chase after rats. They are good
though noisy rat catchers. their efficiency ap-
pears to be limited to their length Of stomach
The only way to get rid of the rats
seems to be to buy more snakes, and this is
simple enough, for you often see the natives
hawking them around in town. the boas curled
up around bamboo poles, to which their heads
are tied.
Here is bit about native women: