The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1898-06-11
A CLASH OF ARMS.
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opening in front the place for putting II
the small sticks of wood, and the enclos.
ing upper the rim on which rests a
single big pot or kettle. In our kitchen
there were six stoves-one for each course
and their cost being only twenty five
cents apiece, it was a simple matter To
keep half-a-dozen spare, ranges on hand
In the bread-closet. And. speaking OF
bread. no Manila cook ever made his own
loaf, but always went across the street to
the little ''tienda' and bought from Il
Chinaman what was needed for the
household. The quality of bread being
uncertain. toast was in general favor with
the foreign residents, and was to be found
on every table. at every meal. Ice was
cheap and plenty, and for the small sum
of IS per month the wagon would leave
piece weighing ten pounds at your Eate
every day in the week.
, Good servants in Manila get eight to
ten Mexican dollars per month, or four
to five In American gold. My head boy got
six dollars, was married, had two child
rem, and bought all his own food out of
this modest stipend; and don't think he
stole from me, though he may have done
so from somebody else now and then. To
be sure, he besought advances on his
salary to bury sister or brother, as he
said, and it was not until he asked me to
pay for burying the same member Of his
flock twice that I saw the necessity of
tabulating his family and checking off
such as were defunct.
Although servants are cheap it is ne
cessary to have plenty of them SO that
a certain given few shall be awake when
wanted. 1t is. always easier to get up
from ones chair, ring bell on the centre
table, and let boy come to fetch you
book from the next room than it is
to step across the threshold yourself. In
fact, l have even known young foreign
er, whose beard was no heavier than a
schoOl-bOy's, to take with him barber
to keep his face clean-shaven during some
provincial trip. -
:! Ones washing bill in Manila is absurdly
cheap, and for two dollars per month as
many clothes can be thrown into the
hampers as one cares to use. Two full
suits Of clothes of no mean dimensions,
and yet the laundryman turns up each
week. with his basket FULL and perfectly
satisfied with his remuneration. Then
too, he washes we'll, and although, when
you see him standing knee-deep in the
river whanging your trousers from over
his shoulder down on to a flat stone, you
fear for the seams and buttons, nothing
ever appears to suffer. Although he
builds small bonfire in brass flat-iron,
that looks like a warming pan, and runs
it over your white COASTAL blazing as
it is-the result isfexcellent, and scorched
sence. :: ...E r<-..
One more peculiar institution in the Phf-
-llppines Is the regulation bed. And to
the newly arrived traveller it's peculiar
rig and construction make it command a
good deal of interest, if not respect; 1t
is four-poster with the posts extending
high enough to support light roof, from
whose caves hang copious folds OF cheap
lace. The bed-frame ais strung tightly
across with regular chair-bottom cane
and the only other fittings are piece
sof straw mating spread over the cane
a pillow and O. surrounding wall Of mos
quito netting. that. drops down from the
roof and is tucked>in under the mating.
How to get into one of these cages is
the first question that presents itself to
the new arrival. and what to do with
yourself after you have got there, the
.secpndt 1t took me halt an hour tocnnake
up my mind as to the proper mode of
entrance when \ was. for the first time
alone with Philippine bed. and i
couldn't make out whether you got in
through the roof or the bottom or the
sides. After finally pulling away the net
ting found the hard cane bottom about
as soft as the teak floor and looked i'll
vain for blankets. sheets, and MATTRESSES
unfinished house, and the more !
thought about it tie longer stayed
awake. At last cut my way out OF the
peculiar arrangement. dressed and sp. Mt
the night in "a ,long cane chair. preferrii:i
not to- experiment further with the sl"ep-
ing=machne until I-fouEd out how 1t
worked. 80 -
Later on Joined the ranks Of those
who think none Is so contradiction OF
weather as hard Manila b=d, with no
.hirg but lis pillow ard its@p piece Of stra"
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