The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-12-08

pIt OF INC way parts Of inc least known
puts on a swallow tell c0ot for @verv Ain
hef anu whose wife would rather resent
your coming TO the table without one
All Matter Of Custom.
Notwithstanding this the same woman
would think nothing of your travelling
around through The house In the early
morning In jour paiamas or sitting on the
veranda In your bare feet and a sarone.
In fact She would do the yume thing her
self
This is so moro in Java than anywhere
else. The women come not only 70 enrlv
breakfast but 10 the noon lunches TN a
state of dishabnle that would insure their
summary dismissal from any of our sen
side hotels. remember one stately dame
who sat next me nc dinner last nlrbt and
whom ! met again this morning. As she
appeared I'm the evening she made me think
OF doWagcr queen. She was clad In %
sort gray silk which looked as though II
came from Paris. Her hair was q Ia nom.
padour and her we'll laced In form tuaurh
a blt oYcrplump, was not uuhandsome She
Wore diamonds IN her ears. ut her neck ana
In her hair. She was Nvuciols. aud her
conversation was charming Indeed I
came early to breakfast hoping that
might see her again. ala see hcr, and
such q sight II I Ind had n fan ] rpallv
should have hidden ANY, face behind IL to
conceal my bushes The stately figure
had disappeared and In its place were The
naopy outlines Of fai old woman hunchcd
up on chair. could see the gross lay
ers Of adlposc tissue plainly through her
thin. cambria iarkct, which was half omen
at the neck Below the jacket % gorgeous
sarong or bag Of rod and hlacb calico was
draped, | might almost say pasted about
her enormous hips and wcll-dcyclopcd stom.
ach 1t fell within six inches Of her bare
ankles which, as she sat there over hcr
coffee ana hard-boled eggs her bare feet
resting ON the toes Of her hccilcss suppcrs
were plainly visible. They were not pref.
~ ankles and the sight rather d.sgustcl
me. such a costume may lac al right for
the tropics, but IL is to be hoped that FL
VIII never he adopted 10y the American la-
dies Of the Philippines.
A Land Of Good Hotels.
The contrast between tho hotels Of Java
and those of the Philippines Is striking
Outside Of Manila there is hardly hotel
of any size in all the Philippine islands and
the hotels In Manila are uniformly poor.
Here there are good houses everywhere
and where there are no regular hotels there
are governmut rest houses whore one can
stay at low cost The average hotel rate
is about 81 a day and never more than So.
For this you have coffee or tea in The morn
ing, as carly as . o'clock if you wish A
breakfast at . or 10, luncheon at l2.3O and
A. ..F..
IN. "a, ,,+ ~" o omy "eS t" anu
The rooms at the hotels are usually good.
All are on the ground door and ncirt AN
fnce vcrandas. each guest using that pant
Of the vernnda i'm front OF his own room
The beds are hard-a desirable thug IN t.e
tropics-and every bed has its extra hol ,Dcr
or Dutch wife. The stuffed madame Is
round. and she never kicks OK cold feet.
She is abount five feet in Length, about
thirty,two inches in dIameter' ana ,iie
borG IN fho ,y5rn nirbts Of the tfopics
t1is forms an excellent support for one
Prm ana one reg, mus Stuina LgnIin''ir
and in tho interior there is no sas in she
rooms Every guest has a night mm4,
t, moier man run o. "4,'t Fin, ~ ~ a. T." snrt
If tim Whistle win n wick running throusn
1t. The whistle floats and the wick burns
an night WitaouI Sioft,, E.'''s a
n4maily Insisted up"n having n mun in my
room, but when got 1t md ia pay %