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

tice all the men made a pounce for part.
4 "ers. Seeing that bouncing was the 60
4 made dive for q pretty girl in yellow
and green, ratified of q sentence from
|, the fifteenth lesson OF Onendorf-'Win
:|,you do me the favor to bailar con migo?'
and started off on a dance had never
?: seen before, but which was easy to learn.
!, 1t was the habanera, q sort of walking
J, embrace to slow music; you take a step
j. to the right, rise on your toes, step to the
! lett, rise, Swing round, step to the right,
n rise. and so on; then when you wish to
Il balance you wink at some fellow, step in
II front of him and 60 through the ladies'
chain, then clasp your partners waist and
take the other lady's right hand. The
other fellow does the same thing, and
now with the music you sway up to the
center, sway back, and revolVe in an ell
liptic at the same time, after the manner
Of the planets. After swaying six times
you drop the other lady's hand and grad
ually sail, off again with the step and
turn. The girls cling quite closely and
gaze up occasionally. Spanish fashion.
The Mest1zo girls understand no Eng
lish and it was fun to hear the remarks
! of our fellows. One lieutenant flew past
me and called out Stand clear of this
planetary system!' Another cried, Port
your helm, Tommy; don't you see her
starry toplights? And another fellow
came dashine' down the room saying
| Clear the 'decls-gangway for Silver
Heels! So we kept It up, dance after
! dance, and the hall resounded with
| laughter.
1.-The girls had funny way of kissing
| each other all the evening, and the fanci-
est kisses I ever saw; first both kiss to
| starbOard and then both to port The
| first time noticed a young damsel kissed
my partner good-by as she started to
| dance with me-. / was astonished, and
| said we were not going far, which made
them laugh. I found that the girls in
contiguous seats kissed goodbye before
every dance, as If to say: You will elope
this time, sure When the time for sup
per came I fell into line and escorted a
| blooming Filippina to the table. I asked
| resident American what should help
her to, and he said, emphatically; Ham
and turkey; give her plenty of ham and
| turkey! gave her q whole plate, which
| she soon dispa tched, and then she called
| for more. Everybody ate ham and tur-
Key me gentlemen acted as walters.
and afterward sat down together Span
iards are terrible eaters, and no wonder
on this occasion, for they came to the
ball at o'clock and danced until 5 a. M
We held ourselves in dancingl trim by re-
freshments. The ladies kept even with us
and deserved great praise.
"Nhe third following evening we gave
| ball on board. The spar deck was cur
| tanned in and decorated with lanterns,
| flags and designs. The ball was an inn
| mense success up to about O'clock when
to our CONSERVATION it began to rain. It
never rains in the winter. It had not
| rained for two months and did not rain
for about month afterward; but down
! it came then, pouring through the fat
| awning and all along the edges, and
slowly and surely moving inbpard. The
music flickered and went out with a.,
| mournful discord; the merry laughter
gasped and expired, and the ladies clus-
| U-ith tot hor
rowed and narrowed and drew them to-
gether In little bunch. Finally, so small
| became the dry spot and SO tight was the
squeeze that the silence was broken by
| shouts of laughter and little screams
The water splasEed up, the ladies pressed
| of their Spanish slippers. 1t was a mo-
| ment of peril. The crisis having now
come when it was sink or swim, we took
| the ladies by their hands and made a
| rush for the cabin which was soon slowed
| chockab block with Spanish beauty; even
| the bathtub and vegetable box were full
| of Castilian loneliness. We had no other
shelter, as the wardroom was in use as a
! buffers pantry pro tenn. Suffocation be-
gan to set in among them, so we sig
| nailed for the small steamer, which soon
came alongside, and then up came the
dark-eyed beauties from the cabin; out
| they crawled from the bathtub and bin.
! The deck was afioat, SO we rugged sedans
| with arrnchairs and squilgee handles and
thus carried them in state to the gang
! way to save their satin slippers and silk
| openwork ss .... 4 49, -.
| +, tlish admiral in whose honor the gov
ernor general gave review of the troops
| There We're 11,9OO soldiers quartered in
| Manila and at Cavite and they all turned
our. The most Of them were the native
| Tagals, Negritos and locals, WHO had an
So 1T to-
uniformed in white and marched with
quick, short step and I'm excellent time.
| There were lancers, cavalry and flying ar
1 tillery. The officers were Spanish. AS
they passed the admiral AID governor
general they, saluted by 1hrustins the
sword quickly to the front and then
sweeping the air, as If cutting off daisy
| top. The captain general was the Dig
! man there. He drove out In STYLE with
four horses and positions. No other
person was allowed to drive four horses.
4 AS he passed all raised their hats. .a
4 1--WE were in the season of the fetes-
/, Christmas holidays and the new year: At
!! dusk one day large procession of the
\; church began. First came a large golden
i image of the Virgin, borne ON a gorgeous
lilly trimmed and Illuminated platform and
\ drawn by little Indians carrying torches
i There were other images equally rich,
il and as each passed the people knelt ana
i .chanted as it moved along There were
1 little tots of Indian boys dressed Ike.
i priests with tiny false cowls, who tod
4 died along and looked very funny; then
\ little files ,of monks with long dresses.
i who also toddled; then girls with wells
walked hand in hand. and little girls with
i wells, carrying tapers The houses all
1 along the. route were Illuminated In
/ simple and effective way by red. blue
4 and green tumblers half filled with Oil
1 and having floating tapers in them. Later
| in the evening the music and dancing
/ began in the largest part of the city AS
| we walked along the bright little streets
| senoritas stood in the light of the Lam
/ terms to he looked at and laughed and
i flir1Ad and threw at us bits of cotton with
flash nowder, as they do at carnivals. 1t
| would nearly reach us, and make US
i lump. and then go out. greatly to the
i amusement of the girls.
/ every evening during the holiday week
! some section Of the city took Its turn
4 at illumination, dancing and festivity,
and thither went all the youth, beauty
Land pleasure seekers of the town ano
1 suburbs. The most curious of the enter,
\ tainments was a ball at the house of
i rich SChinaman. There was peculiar
/ blending Of barbarism and civilization IN
4 the furniture, table service and appoint
1 ments. There were present large mum.
i her Of Chinese Mestizo ladies. with more.
I OF less Of the Acknowledgment eye, pu'