The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-02
A BRIGHT LETTER.
Little Girl Writes
Home From
Manila.
LIFE IN EAST AS SHE SAW IT.
Visits Capital of Philip
pines After the
Surrender.

little sisters, she spent several months
with Capt. Gale at the Philippines, just
previous to the outbreak of the rebel
lion. She is now pupil at the Poly
tectnic school in San Francisco, al
though but IA, the youngest pupil there
Here is the letter:
Doesn't it seem strange for YOU to
get letter from me in the Philippines
The last one wrote said thatfwe were
going to Honolulu, but we came here
instead. The trip from San Francisco
WAS avery enjoyable one. @Of course
we were all sick for the first few days,
but on the fourth day out wefweTe well
enough to take part in senes athletic
sports on board the ship. The captain
decorated both sides of the ship with
fiags-English and American, end the
signal flags. 1t was extreinel 81 9tFetty
I'VE reached Honolulu on, YgSFsf day,
about half past eleven at night SO we
saw very little of the approach am
glad 1t was so, because peoples say the
appearance of the city from the sea is
very disappointing. AS soon as we
landed, mamma and 1, with some Off
GERS who were at the steamer, walked
up to the Hawaiian hotel The hotel
grounds are beautiful. They contain a
very rare collection of trees and plants,
and the fragrance of the flowers is de-
ncious
THE next morning we went to see
Chief Justice Judd. He is a relative of
some very dear army friends of ours,
and has a beautiful home and grounds.
We had luncheon with his family and
Toasted on fruits we had never seen
before. After luncheon 1 went for a
long horseback ride with his daughter
up 10 Punchbowl hill, which is between
Honolulu and Waikiki. From the top
of Punchbowl you can get an excellent
view Of the entire city and harbor, and
long reach of the coast on one side,
and of the beach and Waikiki on the
other. 1t seems strange to think of the
residents of Honolulu having summer
homes, because it is such a delightful
climate there all the year round, but
many of them have cottages in Wal
kiki.
AFTER leaving Punchbowl, we went
to the Bishop museum. / regretted
that we had to hurry so, for there is
mnch of interest to see. The things /
noted especially were the cloaks made
OF red and yellow feathers, which be-
lonEed to the ancient kings of Hawaii,
and were worn only on state occasions;
also some wingless birds about the size
Of a robin and now extinct. They are
valued at $500 apiece.
when we got back to the ship, the
wharf was crowded with native women
selling 1eis or wreaths of flowers. Those
who have friends leaving buy them to
give to the departing ones. The Ha-
waiian band was there also, and when
we left it played The star spangled
banner At the same time the ship
was surrounded by native boys diving
for coins.
I'VE were ten days going from Hon
olulu to Yokohama, and during that
time we crossed the 1S0th meridian. 1t
seemed strange to go to bed Wednes-
day night and wake up the next morn
ing and find it Friday instead of Thurs
day was the first person on deck
except the captain and first officer. /
knew the latter quite WE'LL and he
loaned me his glass and told me all
Rbout the scenery around us, which was
beautiful. The harbor was filled with
different kinds of warships and Chinese
fishing junks The Grand Hotel was on
our right, and it took up almost the
whole beach, twas such long build
ing. With its grounds and flower gar
dens, 1t makes magnificent appear
ance.
There are no wharfs in this part of
the world, SO you either have to land
In steam launch or a sampan. We
went ashore in a launch, and such a
sight you never saw as met our eyes
when we landed! There We're about
q hundred Japanese men with 1inriek-
ashas, all crowding around to take us
TO the different hotels. We went up
TO the Grand Hotel and had breakfast.
Then we took four jinrickashas and
went all over the city. In the after
noon we rode out in the country among
the rice fields and bamboo trees. We
met some English-speaking coolies, and
they gave us many pretty flowers and
different kinds of foliage
"One thing very noticeable both in
China and Japan is the absence of
birds. dogs and cats, animals so COM
mon in America. The flowers are also
noticeable on account of having no fra
GRANGE, like our flowers in California.
That evening on the steamer we
heard the retreat sounded on the war
ships Of the different nations On the
way from Yokohama to Nagasak we
stopped at Kobe a few hours, then went
through the inland sea, where the seem
cry is most beautiful. Nagasaki is
where the ship Goals; all the work is
done by Japanese women. The coal is
Drought up beside the ship in cascos;
xrOm the cascos ladders are put to the
chip, and two women stand on each
round, passing the coal UP in baskets
which hold about so pounds each. The
women DO 1t so quickly that they hard
~ seem to feel the weight at ALL The
ship is coaled in eight hours time with
the same amount of coal that it takes
machinery twice as long to load in San
Francisco. The women get about 40
cents day.
From Nagasaki to Hong Kong we
ygre In the end of typhoon, and we
had to turn around and go back for a
saw hours. The ship rocked horribly,
fhd the trunks rolled back and forth.
making terrible noise all night When
~
they were all broken, and we had to
get new ones.
We were delayed a week in Hong
Kong waiting for the Esmeralda, so
we had time to see a great many Gu
Fious things. Most people think of the
city as having a great many English
and American people, but aside from
the English soldiers, one sees few.
While there went to a concert given
by the Royal Engineers in wellington
barracks 1t was great fun. Some of
the soldiers seemed pleased to see
white children. They presented my
sisters and myself with flowers and
apologized for not having any fruit.
ION the steamer coming from Hong
Kong, there were two insurgents who
had been prisoners with the Spanish
for nine months They said that for
all that time they had had nothing to
eat but rice and water. Aguinaldos
private secretary was also on board.
We reached Manila harbor at 10 o'clock
at night. AS we did so gentleman
who lives here, and who was here dur
Ing the bombardment, told us how the
ships entered the harbor, and where
the American and Spanish ships were
situated during it. few moments be-
fore we dropped anchor we passed q
warship, and thinking 1t was one of
ours We cheered 1t. The next morning