The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-07-11

tii h asked me To pay for bryfng The
SAME nsenser OF bis flock twtce TIA. i
saw the necessity Of tabutating ssis fam
iiy and checking on such as were defunct-
Although servants are cheap. 1t Is nee
essary 50 have plenty Of them. 30 that .
cerzasn given few shall BE- awake when
wanted. II If Always easier 70 get up
from ones chair. ring g bel on the center
table, ard sc- a boy CINE 10 fesca you q
book from the next room than 1t - 10 sep
across the threshold yourself In facs, /
have even known a young foreigner. whose
beard was no heavier than schoosooys.
TO take with ain q barber 70 keep his
face ciean-saayen during soEne provincial
trip
ones washing bin in Manila is absursIy
cheap. and for e per month as many
clothes can be thrown into the hampers
a. one cares 10 Use. Two fall suits OF
clothes day. Cor thirty days, makes an
item OF no mean dimensions, and yet the
launtrymz1 turns UP each week, with his
basket fuii. end pe-feeiiy satisfied with
his remuneration. Then, too. he washes
web. and although, when yon sec aim
standing kBee-deep ia the river wnaEginz
your trousers from over his shouiser
down on a fiat stone. you fear for the
seams and buttons. nothing ever appears
20 suffer. Although be builds small bon
fire In a brass fat-iron. that looks like
warming pan. and runs IL over your white
ccats-a4i siaxing as IL is-the result ID
excellent, and scorched spots are couspic-
nous only by their absence.
One more peculiar institution In the Phil
ippines 10 the regulation bed. And TO the
newly arrived traveller its peculiar rig and
construction make II command good deal
OF interest. IL not respect 1t Is four
poster with a light root. from whose caves
hang ceplous folds Of cheap lace. The
bed frame Is strung tightly across with
regular chair-bottom cane. and the only
other fittings are 3 piecs OF straw mating
spread over the care, = pillow and a sur
rounding wall Of mosquito netting. taas
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 10 do with yourself after you
have got there, the second. IL took me
half an hour 10 make up my mind as 20
the proper mode OF entrance when I was,
for the first time alone with a Philippine
bed. and couldn't make out whether you
got in through the roof or the bottom or
the sides. After finally pulling away the
netting ! found the hard cane bottom
about as soft as the teak floor and looked
In vain for blankets, sheets and mattress
go. In fact. IL seemed as il / had got into
an unfurnished house, and ths more
thought about IL the longer / stayed
awake At last / cut my way out OF the
peculiar arrangement dressed and spent
the night In long cane chair. preferring
not 10 experiment further with the sleep
ing machine until / found out how il
worked.
Later On Joined the ranks of those who
think none is SO comfortable for hot
weather as hard Manila bed. with moth
Ing bat Its pillow and its piece Of straw
mating. and for nights after leaving the
islands i failed to appreciate the return
TO soft mattresses and woven springs In
fact. such IL the change of life all around
after sailing away from London, that for
days and weeks one longs for the peculiar
conditions that make life easy in its capt.
tai-New York Evening Post