The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1898-09-03

am wondering whether the soldier
and sailor boys whom Uncle Sam is send.
Ing, over to Manila these days will find
society there the same as when was ON
the United States ship Powhatan in the
early eighties said a retired ensign, as
quoted in the New York Sun "Of all nv
cruises with the Asiatic squadron the
three weeks we lay at Manila with the
squadron under Admiral Beardslee were
1he most delightful Many a time lately
nave been enVying the young chaps in
the navy and army who are probably
"hereafter'to be stationed for long periods
over there. ., : : ID -.
The -Powhatan sailed from IIonekong
IN november. In my jOurneyings over
'the .slope nothing has ever reused INV
sense of beauty as the scene on entering
mania bay. Why the Bay of Capri is
MOTTO, pc compared with it. The heavens
were the deepest of cerulean blue with
mot cloud anywhere. The water was
smooth as a floor and wonderfully clear
The shore of the immense BAY was a. .naa SIS
or living colors. Whole hills were an OK
Aulslte roya! purple. Away back the great
,serrated volcanic mountains ,of deep
black lifted themselves athwart THE blue
SKY. away off to the left a huge volcano
wash action. Gaunt palms by the tens
OF thousands and cocoanut trees stood
.np amid the flaming shrubberv. Banana
groves ran close down to the waters edge.
a 1ne ,,sr was pungently fSagrans with
foated across the water to our ears.
1.-THE fourth day we were in Manila one
OF the midshipmen who had letters OF
introduction from relatives in .Hongkong
was, invited to call at the house of fam
lily in the city and to bring a few Of his
friends. was immensely pleased to be
one nof the midshipman's friends. We
drove down a long, narrow street paved
with coDbiestones, shut in by ratWO-stOry
stone and brick buildings built flush with
the thoroughfare. Each building was
rooted with heavy red tiles, each window
was latticed with heavy wood, and from
the second floor Of every building bal
s-copy projected three or four feet into the
street. There was absolutely no 'varia-
ton in architecture on the street except
that some balconies were more elaborate
than others, and the latticed work was
sometimes of intricate design When we
reached the house to which we had been
invited we drove straight through the
great arched open front door and stopped
at the foot of the stairs. A dozen Malay
servants were lounging about smoking
and chatting. A Tagal Indian boy took
our cards up. We alighted, and while
waiting remarked that the horses, cows,
etc., resided on the ground floor, which
was of stone, and that the carriages were
also kept there. We then walked UP a
flight of broad stone stairs, and, passing
through an opening without doors, found
ourselves in the large sala, spacious
room with dark wood floor, polished
like piano top.
lon entering the room one must offer
his hand to every lady and gentleman
without exception this we did. Some Of
the lessons in Spanish that we had
learned at the old Annapolis academy
luckily came to mind as we stood there
I recalled three tie lder sentences that I
had once committed to mernory-from the
tenth lesson in Ollcndorf, I think. The
conversation soon became very brilliant
in one or two cases going as high as the
twenty-ninth lesson. and some good
things were gotten off from Aims Span
ish Reader The nl:dshpnun, who kew.
rr+hng whatever IN Srsntsh. except that
romantic account familiar to all Annapo-
Ills students. beginning The Island OF
Cuba Is the most beautiful of all the An.
ulles,' went through it with much elo-
gu" 'ce deity inserting 'Luzon' for Cuba
al philippines for 'Antilles;' but he
brought confusion upon himself, for the
81 bsequent conversation, all addressed to
! i'm, was so deep that he arose in despair,
'remarlling that he was off soundings,
and we took our leave, shaking hands all
around as before.
1--WE had heard for months of the sights
to be seen at the Luneta in Manila. We
improved our first chance to go there
that same evening half hour after the
went down and when the beauty
and fashion of that ancient city was out
ON dress parade. The Luneta is an eripti-
cal park, where hundreds Of prisoners
were formerly shol to death. Hundreds
of carriages were going in the same direc-
'tion, and in nearly every one were two
OF three ladies' In evening dress without
,cloaks"or hats. There were great many
pretty black-eyed senoritas, who glanced
lat us from under their long lashes in
such bewitching way as to give one
sort Of electric tingle.
1.-THE drive Is along the shore 81 the
beautiful bay; and the scene one of life,
beauty: ard enchantment. There are some
unique social institutions over there. ON
reaching the end of the drive all the carr
riages hail off into open space and
STOP and the people gaze at each other
and mod in recognition; nude little Phil
fppine peasants dance around and offer
you "a light; the sun goes down in a blaze
of green land gold across the bay; the
moon beams forth, silence reigns and you
sit gazing at the people. Nothing pleases
a young philippine more and you can of
fer her mo better compliment than to
.tstare at her. I tried several determined
stares at pretty girls and they endured
it with perfect serenity. -
AtGradually the carriages start of and
drive up and down for an hour; them the
band begins ito play, and all stop at ,'tale
Pase0, tor promenade, a. broad wall, with
trees ON either side and lamps which
no rnoon, and moonlight and lamplignt
in the foliage forms a pretty combina ton.
Here all alight and slowly promenade
= back and forth; you watch the graceful,
unduiatfng step of the Spanish girls,
listen to the music, and take your only
exercise for the day. Naval officers are
always held in high esteem in Manila
Little Tagal girls skipped around us and
asked us i'm Spanish to kiss them; it
unded very pretty and we kissed
few. The carriages used in, Manila are
small barouches and victorias. drawn by
native ponies. When tired Of walking we
took to. our carriage again, leaned back,
put up our feet, and drove to the city by
the light of the moon. The barouches
Jingle along, the ladies go by In their
d white gauzy dresses, and the natives pass
In their brilliant costumes. We all fell IN
love with Manila at first sight
~ heard the older officers, who had been
in Manila years before, talking among
themselves about the Mestizo young
ladies' and their charming compa nionshin
The Mestizos are the creo1es Of the Phil.
ippines. They have Spanish, Malay and
ratiye blood in their veins. In many the
Spanish blood predominates, and then the
Mestizo is q, most attractive human speci-
men, Some sMestizos are very rich and
they 60 In the best society In Manila.
Commonly. however, the Spanish look
doWn on tho Nest3zos, IKE Mesttzo girls