The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-09-22

. lands Best Managed colony--Ban- 3
dono and Its Luxurious Foreigners.
Hotels Which Give Free Cocktails. Q
A Look at Javanese VillageTA .
Visit to One of the Mosques-Tne
Native Regent and His Poor Rela- .
3 tives-The Finest Roads Of the .
9 World and How They Are Man
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Copyright. 1901, by Frank 6. Carpcnter)
HANDING. Jaya.--I avn delighted With
Java. II shows what we might do In the
Philippines and Porto Rico. The Dutch
have made this island very Garden Of
Eden II IS paradise Of the tropics; and
is. / believe. the most beautiful spot ON
Gods green earth. 1t is Of the same char
acter as many Of the Philippine islands, and
Its mountains are not unlike those of
Porto Rico. although they are srander and
higher
Java is nearer the equator than any Of
our colonial possessions, but n great Tart
of II has n good climate, ana the liollhnd-
ers there thrive. 1t is not true that Amor
leans can not live IN the tropics The
highlands Of the Philippines are healthy;
md BandoDC. from where ! date this let
dropped down upon the United States.
In the Mountains OF Java
This country is n land Of mountains
There Is range running through 1t from
one end TO the other; and II has more vol
canoes to the square mile than almost any
land on the globe. wish could show
you the mountains through which rode
coming here. On all sides Of me were c1
tinct volcanoes covered with green almost
10 their tops. The lower slopes were ter
raced with rice fields, and above them
pines and forests extending on and on until
lost In the clouds Now We crossed plains
as fertile as the Nile valley upon winch
water buffaloes and fat cattle fed; now we
shot through groves OF cOcoannt trees and
wound our way about through banana
plantations. Now the engine pulled and
pured as 1t dragged MS mp through the rice
terraces In places the rice was Hooded
and the trees which bordered the fields
were doubled. making other trees turned
upside down In the water. We passed nun
drcds Of villages Of hus made Of piai ed
bamboo, went by tea plantations and coffee
plantations. and on past forests OF quinluc
trees, and at last came to this town on
beautiful plateau twenty five miles in
width surrounded by mountains.
In the Heart Of Java.
Bandong has about $1,000 people, aud OF
these 1900 are Europeans The remainder
are Javanese. with sprinkling Of Chinese
and half castles. The city Is very botaui-
cal garden. The homes of the foreigners
are shaded by the grandest trees Of the
tropics. They are surrounded by lawns as
velycty and as well kept MS those Of old
England, aud the wide drives which lead up
to the moro pretentlous homes are between
rows Of royal palms, some NOR" than a
hnhureu Ieet hlSh ne lorrlgucIs i've In
Villas with walls and Dorticoes OF snow
white. rooted with red tiles. Many Of the
houses are large They are all Of one
story and exceedingly comfortable
Even the stores villas They set
back from the streets, with yards In front
Of them and palms and tropical flowers or
namentng their verandas Shere Is one
just opposite my hotel shaded by tree
whose wide-spreadlng branches cover about
trunk scores Of orchids are growing At
the base Of the tree are tropical plants in
pots Of red clay, and as You go on into the
growing In tubs on the yeranda. That is a
jewelers. shop. A little further on Is a
drug store in a similar garden, and il Won
you will have to walk through palm trees
md flower gardens In doing your shop
iightful '' '' - WV Java It '' u'
They Live Well
As far as | can see, the foreigners live
better here than at home. No city in Hol.
land compares with Bandong for comfort,
and doubt whether there are any In which
the children are more healthy and the peo-
pie more prosperous. The Dutch girls are
plump and fat babies abound The chill.
drcn enjoy themselves ] have met many
parties Of girls riding bicycles and have
seen several automobiles living along over
the excellent roads Of the island. You can
buy anything you want In the stores and
the living iS as good as that Of Europe
How would you Hike hotel which fur
nishes us guests gin cocktails free twice a
day. That Is what get at the Hotel Ho.
man here in Bandong The big bottle is set
out on the table on the hotel yerandn. with
bitters beside IT, and Won take as much
as You please. The bottle contains
sablespoonfuls would give n cigar a iion
IN appetite. The cocktails are drunk by
both women and men. and they are / am
fold, furnished free Mt all the hotels In
addition, the living l. good and exceedingly
cheap. Here at IIoman's | pay guiders
cluded. This gives me also nv bath morn m
Ing and evening. There are swings md
teeter boards on the lawns Tor the chill.
dren, and all sorts OF gymnastlc convent
ences The hotel has a billiard room nnd
reading ROOM and every guest has n sit.
ting room and bed room on the ground
floor
Among the Natives.
The natives Of Java live very simply. A
few Of the chiefs and mobiles have houses
like the Europeans, and the regents have
palaces which are largely kept up by the
government; but the great mass live I'm
huts Of woven bamboo thatched with palm
leaves. The walls OF many OF the bopses
are just Hike basket work; they are woven
in great sheets and sold by the yard.
frequently see pair Of brown, bare legs
trotting along carrying the wall OF n house
The wall Is bent double: II entirely con
ceals the man within and looks much like
along upon legs 'S
The native part of Bandong is outside the
Foreign section: IL Is a bamboo village
Tided up Into streets and alleys each nut
having It's little garden about It. The
ment keeps a record Of every family. Near.
~ all the houses are small. on the average
not more than fifteen feet square and 40
low at the front that YOU have TO stoop to