The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-21
TWO PAPERS FROM M1NJ1.4

TWO PAPERS FROM MANILA.
By the investment of three cents in
postage, Ada D. Thompson, whose ad
dress is given as Room II, Hotel de
Oriente, Manila, P. IT, has favored The
Spy with copies of two daily newspa-
pers published in our easternmost me-
tropolis. Both are American newspa-
pers, and each is labelled "Volume L"
One, which boasts the proud name and
title of THE American prints Asso-
ciated Press dispatches from Wash
ngton and New York, and specials
from Washington and Madrid The
editorial column is given up to the
discussion of the local drainage prob
lem, and to eXhortations to subscribers
to pay up by January 10, or they will
be dropped from the rolls. There is
also list of subscription agents ap-
pointed among the various regiments
of the United States army. :.
1t appears that the American is
printed daily except Mondays" and
that the business hours are from 9 30
to II a. m, and to 4 p. m. The Amer
lean is printed on yellowish paper, but
there is no indication in this number
that yellow is the character of the
sheet 1t is an eight-page paper. with
four broad columns to the page and
headlines that could be read by moon
light Gossip of Aguinaldo, "a re-
port of a fire eXtinguished by American
soldiers, Christmas celebrations in the
army, and few court records. are the
principal local items of news.
But the advertisements are to +ba
foreigner the most striking features
or this little newspaper. An entire
page is given up to "the beer that made
Milwaukee famous" and there is an
injunction, Don't let whisky get the
best of you; get the best of whisky"
and of course the "ad" tells how 10 oct
IT, There is a column of proposals for
army subsistence supplies. DR.. Henry
Brodek announces himself as an Amer
lean physician and surgeon, lose Me-
ras adVertises that he is a, first-ra+e
military tailor Fred T.. Dorr is readv
to undertake interpreting and trans
lating in Spanish and Tagalog." The
Senate Bar, the American Eagle sa-
loon, the Paris restaurant the Hoff-
man House cafe, 'the Baltimore. all
Americans invited" the Olympia. etc
suggest that opportunities for re-
freshment and conviviality are far
from scarce in Manila Champagnes
Spanish wines, and "all kinds Of Amer
lean drinks" are prominent words in
the advertising columns. Christmas
presents for the soldiers" is another
alluring headline. When it is known
that the American is the only daily
newspaper published by Americans in
the orient" there seems to be reason
for the assertion that the American has
the largest circulation in the Philip
pines subscribers in Iloilo, Hong
Kong, Shanghai, Kobe, Nagasalli. To-
kio and the United States"
The Manila Times is a four-paaa
blanket sheet, with six columns to the
page, price ten cents, Mex" which
makes the price about five cents in
American money The subscription is
twenty Mexican dollars a year as
against eight American dollars for the
American. The Times is published
daily except Sundays, which indicates
a diversity of Sabbatical practice in
the island. The Times goes stronger
on editorials and miscellany than its
rival but it does not sport so manv
special and press dispatches. 1t gives
much space to army news, however.
| Gen. Otis proclamation and the an
nouncement of promotions being inter-
esting items.
The Times is also conspicuous for its
| financial advertisements Hong Kong,
Shanghai, India and China bankers Of
English antecedents being OF course
prominent. British insurance comma :
MES are also largely in evidence. Gen
uine khaki, as supplied to the British
army" is an advertisement calculated
to catch the eyes of the soldiers who
are in search of cool uniforms. Ameri-
can beer and whisky and local saloons
take up about as much space in one
paper as the other
! These Manila newspapers are decid
eddy interesting, for they give a sort of
photograph of daily life in Manila, and
indicate the kind Of business activity
that prevails there. When the Pacific
cable is laid, there win be more news
to print, and more Americans to adj
vertise. A comparison of the Manila
newspapers of ten years hence with
those which are herein described, will
present as conclusive evidence of the
progress Of Americanism in the islands
as a book Of five hundred pages.