The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-05-27

tOur degrees OF the equator, The TEN
perature is not so very high, but the
humidity is. The most extreme care
must constantly be exercised to keel
ones physical condition properly TONED
all summer long. The hottest days In
the year are in May and June. Fortu.
nately a breeze usually springs up II
the early evening, and that temper.
the atmosphere SO that one can get
some sleep if he is properly fixed foi
1t, when midnight comes. The NEAR
temperature at the philippines is Z.
degrees. In November the weather
cOOls and then for weeks at Il time
along the seaCoasts 1t IS about as neal
perfection as any one can imagine
To call the months of December, Janu.
airy and February there winter is ;
mockery. For seven months in tn,
year, from April to October, no on.
but the poorest laborer goes out u
doors, unless compelled to do so, be
tween in the morning and in tn
afternoon. In Manila the whole popu
lation rises at 4 and a. IN. and get'
the work of the day out of the WH'
before o'clock. The houses ar,
opened, servants clean up, merchant.
do their business and the school chill.
dren are busy with their teachers
Even the civil and military officers at
tend to most of their duties between
and s a. m. Then when old Sol begin.
to shoot his darts down upon the Coun
try more pcrpendiCularly the who'll
population go into their houses of stun,
and of wood with heavy roofs of till
and sort of asphaltum found in tina
country, and stay there until sundOWr
1t is land of siestas. Every one WI.
can sleeps there all day long, an
slumber there is reduced to a scionc,
HammOCks abound and COuChes O
bamboo are in every home, hotel, Clui
store and loafing place. The servant.
are trained to keep their masters an,
mistresses comfortable by bringing
them iced drinks or a tray of smokin;
material whenever they awaken afte'
nap. All buildings are erected will
the idea of keeping the heat out q
much as possible. Business is sus
per cd all day long; even the men
the wharves quit work for six or scVc
hours when the sun is highest.
SOCIAL PASTIMES.
AT sundown Manila wakes up. The
is an opening of the heavy windpN
blinds and an exodus of people fTol
their homes. Even the trees and shrul
berry shake off their drOWsinCsS. Th
merchants open their heavy store door
and the streets suddenly start to life
The principal meal of the day is serve.
at about 6 o'clock, and with the riCl
Spanish it is a CeremCniOus affair
Thereafter the whole population goes
out for a walk. Evening calls are mad
upon friends and the plazas are at tho!!
gayest. The cock fights take place in
the evening; the old theatre is always
crowded at night-especially Sunday
nights.
THE Luneta is the fashionable prom
enade in Manila, and one may there Sc
the best social side of the Philippines
The Luneta is a sort of Fifth avenue
along the banks of the PassiG river
The composite character of the pOpu-
latiOn in Manila makes the throngs of
people along the Luneta very piCtur-
esque. a long bridge extends along tn.
PaSSig and the promenade is across
that. The shops and stores of the city
are close at hand, and at night they
are gOrgeously illuminated. The street
electric lights shed their effulgcnCe on
the moving mass of humanity, and the
music by the band enlVenS the scene.
l never saw such picturesque thrOngS
in America. Every one smokes a cigar
or cigarette. There are beggarS by tn
hundred, HinduOs and Javanese in their
native garments. The BCcalS. or ma.
tive Indians, come troopirg along i'm
bare feet and semi-nudity. There are
the latest Partisan styles and the rag
gedest, poorest people imaginable.
Here comes a family group with the
parents at the head, arrayed in gar
ments of reds, blues, and puppies. The
father strides along with a huge cigar
in his mouth and his wife with a cigar
cite. The daughters and sons are close
behind, and each is smoking a cigar or
cigarette. Next follow a group of smil-
ing, chattering padres from the numer-
GUS Catholic churches or the great ca
thedral, and ALL too, are putting at
mammoth cigars. Then there are Jap
anese by hundreds, Chinese by scores,
and native Malays and Negritos by
thousands. They all wear light, flow
ing garments of gay-Colored fabrics,
and all smoke. Here comes q cOmDany
of native girls with raven hair and the
blackest of black eyes set off by fresh
olive compilations and the ruddiest of
lips. They wear black lace mantillas
on their heads, and some pretty flower
decks their hair. Their dress is of loose
thin red and white fabrics. As they
go sauEtering along behind a parent or
chapeTon they roll cigarettes and
smoke like cid professionals. Spanish
soldiers and naval officers in gaudy
uniforms are always in the thrcngs
that promenade the Luneta at night.
Here there are Europeans in linen suits
and bamboo helmet hats. Occasional
ly one may see an American among the
prTmenaders, but there are fewer than
$50 Americans on Luzon Islard. The
parade continues back and forth until
after midnight Fashion and poverty
go side by side. 1t is the only chance
that lovers have TO see one another,
ana it is always amusing to Americans
to see how these young folks in the
Orient make their passionate longlngs
known to one another
IN MANILA.
Manila is dilapidated old town. II
was founded i'm the latter part of the
sixteenth century. There are old walls
and battlements all about the city,
There have been less than a dozen fair
sized buildings erected in Manila in
the last ten years. Everything in the
city is ancient. People live in old,
musty, two-story houses that come
lush with the narrow sidewalks. All
have a dull, forbidding look with their