The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1899-03-03
MANILA Is 4 SURPRISE.

s..iter4 Are Mt Prepared fer sA1
Besay Of the City.
Manila is surprise to most Amer
leans, when they come here and hnd
many well-paved streets. large COM
merc1al houses, beautiful drives. mag
nincent residences, and evidences of
THRIFT everywhere. It is true that dirt
and filth exist to q lamentable extent,
but even those conditions are being
improved, and what Gen. Butler did
for New Orleans. Gen. Otis is grad
uaily accomplishing for Manila. It
has never been the custom to use the
frst story of the residences, or even
the commercial houses, for a place Of
living or business. The first floor is
sort of cellar. which is usually used
for the stables and storerooms. This
Is true even in the best houses. The
dampness Of the climate and the thiev-
Ing and incendiary propensities of the
natives have made this style of archi-
lecture necessity. The windows of
the houses are barred with great cage
like iron structures that swell out
over the street, and a house is usually
surrounded by high. iron picket
fence. or a stone wall studded with
broken bottle-glass imbedded in NOR
tar. The native is in evidence every
where. He Is your servant. your day
laborer. your blacksmith, your carpen-
ter. farmer. stonecutter, cook. and, in
fact. represents to the Philippines
what the coolie class does to China.
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study his character ami take note of
his works in artistic. intellectual. COM
mercia' and musical lines y>u are
compelled to ad, It that the possibil-
tiles exist In his makeup that do not
In other native races 1t is cOntin-
ually dinned into your ears that ne Is
lazy, but not, h. s'rss'y This is 4
climate of lazy conditions: The Eng
lishman who has become ecclimated
never thinks OF raising his hand. ex-
cept for tifi1n and whisky-and-soda.
from IL until O'Clock. He never
walks step outside of his Office dur
tng business hours or after. His car
rage is always at his door. and. e
not, the streets are lined with two
wheeled gigs, called calls that stand
ready to bump you over the pavemerts
and drag yon diagonally back and
forth across street-car tracks for 30
cents CMexican) an hour. The Ameri-
can is about the only one who walks
In Manila, and he is rapidly learning
better. While the sun is In evidence
1t is foolish undertaking to brave
Its rays. Indoors with or without a
punka, the heat is not oppressive at
this season. The natives. however. do
not notice this condition They work.
reads barred. all day in the streets and
rice fields. Indifferent to the burn
lngs sun. It's only effect upon them
Is ito make them. move slowly and !,
to moderate their activity.-Edwin |
Wffdr ms Manila Letter to Les.ie.s
Weekly. fSe 50,
First Hors ~i~s> sCarri"~..
II further proof were needed OF the
dlcIum uLaI there rs lao new lniIg I'M
Ger the :. IT, II has beer s~0piled by
an article in the Revue Sc.entifique.
which traces the invention of the auto |
car to tie ingenious mechanician, Vau-
cansOn, ust lou yea. ago. In men,
O.andum recently brought to light 1t
Is recorded that Vaucaason was hon
ored in 1748 by visit from Louis XIV.
Tor the purpose Of inspecting mar
Vicious carriage that ran without the
aid of horse or any visible means Of
propulsion. Two persons took their
seats in the vehicle which seems to
have been as gorgeous as a sheriff's
ca riage. and were driven round the
courtyard to the satisfaction Of his
majesty and of the due de Mo-temart.
NJ de Lauzun. NJ. d'Avezac. and other
members of his suite. But, though \
promise was secured Of royal patron
ge. the Academy OF Sciences declared
that such a conveyance could not he
tolerated In the streets and the scheme
was nipped in the bud. The motive
power was supplied by huge clock
spring so that only a short journer-
was possible. but the gea- seems 81
Rave closely resembled that Of th~
horseless carriages Of today.