The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-06-29

OF your purchase,
If the cook wants new stove, or the
coachman jar of 'micl" molasses to
sweeten up the feed for the horses. or If
the gardener wants lawn mower, which
can only be bought at the English drug
store, or the office boy new rope for the
punkah, write out chit for each Of
them, and that's the last you hear from the
transaction TIL the list of the next month.
But scarcely has that day come before all
your creditors send in their collectors to
cash those carelessly penciled "chits.' and
then your office is turned into d money
changers. Armed with a big canvas bag VI
dollars, you pay out 10 first one and then
the other all day long; and to see your
callers bite the silver in the effort TO dis
cover lead or drop a dozen pieces on the
hard floor to verify the ring. Is not to feel
complimented by their opinion of your in.
tegrty.
About the only people that will not trust
you are the car conductors and the cab
drivers, but as car fares rarely amount TO
over three coppers and cab charges TO Il
''peseta it is easy enough to satisfy them
with prompt cash
The general mode OF dress adopted by
well-to-do half-oastes and Europeans OF
the masculine nder throughout the
Philippines is simple and cool in the ex-
IRENE, consisting as it does of two pieces
to the white suit. top Jacket that buttons
high around the neck in military fashion.
and a pair OF trousers-both made of strong
shee.iny Tho nri,a is orl,, 20 "a, -.
order a thIrk fait bst nf Md hr,,n ~
nair NJ Whit csnyss .hoas i,,rh,
vi and sncl,s - 80, neue , unue.
tboiled" shir, ~ ho,her .,ish t n III 40
wilt; everything washable. everything hnf
the hat and shoes changed each day, and
hothlng hurt by wetting. About eight
coi,Nr IN ora 9,,.S 'ie euiilc'ent LOT new
expect often to wear Two a dav If I, haN
gins to rain, there is a certain pIeasmis
IN pelhg able to feel you've got nothing
,h ~, ~ nut., "Hd even 'he natives shut
ing them Omen onIv as n,,.aa.il.' oati
the sun. and seem IN enio,. saaii,, asa'nSt
thin cloth cling closa yh.n ,n' 'Ne 'eiS
The costumes worn ~, ~
SO simple and ira moda ny "o .h are MOI
calico skirt Win Ia,s ~, sNe W i'iianI
swished around ana tuctaa in, 'naL Is
front the short whito u,ais, ,ue oeIt III
flaring sleeves of pima fibre tb,t sbo, ~
arms and m cds,i, 'ua' snow the
that, folded on the diagonal s aiuhS. on.el
neck. Costumes NJ tbis ehcircies the
sensible as those worn nv ~ ",e nafulS as
this day the Philippine nonv IL ana 10
gcther used tn re euish 10 uot ato-
strawberry skirt train 7, t. 1'uoneu-
sudden upset off the mat, 'a.., l owe
muddy rice field to tho mnoxn ,oaa INTO
one of those long trains as !. ,r -" ssarl o,
around to b. tucked nm In sron, s''Aeieu
1t probably costs less To live vol, i, A..
Mia drr; NV wei III Ma
nus PeaceIui seasons-than in any
capital OF the East or West. Take
the case of my messmate and myself FOR
example. We had a good b,uso ,,,,,h
oc''oohis' parior and tlled-floor dining
poss quarters and bathroom, with tiled
tub and shower. A small stable. yard.n
and ten-foot iron fence to keep out the
puIeiars, VINO used to grease themselves
saek mo 10 49, naNeu al deaa VI night,
lamps, completed our estah,ishn,na , AK
cook, to be ready for unexnec,ed vras,.
served dinner each evening for four. ana
eU. luz ~ vents 10 provide enough raw ma
wood necessary "'''uihs the urs-
At the end of The montb erarv,h,
ing into the general moss acca',, ~
rent 1915 per month";, wages ~ - "o's'
wants, food, drink. ice and i;ah,
added up and divided NV two rs wan Mar
was astonishing. as 900 was Tho - 'esult
of my monthly share To I've 'u ~ sun totai
and entertain ones Friends ,nm sun , s,dte
an American dollar dav ahsoi,, aess man
one for subsequent existencs ", ny, spou'
try and 1t is no wondar that ~ tuis eoun-
isher-returnin from Nan;,a many brlt,
via the StatesShas hear ~ Ehgiahd
by his first laundry hin IN sUser~neiinee
that he has taken n throuyh 49, ahe,seo
York and sailed bv Tho Trs, IAN Tor New
without stopplne sven 80 outsoing liner.
Niagara or the winter go we bridges at
toria. s''ueh az tne AS
The methods NJ m,rro,,n
nntewor,hv q. a' ne''ns IN Manila are
noteworthy IN themselves. All meat Of
course must be eaten on the day 1t is killed
since in the tropics even ice fails to prs-
serve fish, flesh or fowl As p.s p,s