The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1901-11-14
TERRIBLE TYPHOONS
They Bring Much Unhappiness "a
the Filipinos- s,.s.
Manila Is often visited ~ the De-
structive Blasts ana Rain Huns
Riot Through the
Streets. ~

Streets. |SS
The red lamp that hangs beneath
the white light in front of the Office
of the captain of the port is signal
20 mariners that typhoon is on the
way. The warning has been out for
several days, and the storm it pre-
dicted is here. The typhoon is howl
ing about the steets of Manila and
! over the hills of Luzon. For two days
| the rain has been coming down Ia tor
rents, but it was not until this morn
| inp that the storm took on the char
| acteristics Of a typhoon. The white
caps are plunging about in the bay
and vessels that are anchored in the
harbor swing heavily on their chains
| and rock with the waves that swell
across this landlocked haven.
Ships out in the ocean are watched
for anxiously. The sea possesses most
OF che terror during these storms, but
on land there is trouble too. Trees
are blown down and the frail native
houses are wrecked. Inhabitants are
drenched and business is nearly AT a
standstill. Streets run full OF water,
which creeps into the little stores, and
the proprietors spend their time In
| bnlling out the water that Is ankle
deep inside the doorsills.
The street car rumbles on during
the storm. The driver drones on his
whistle as the curtains flap wildly In
the wind and sits huddled on the front
end of his cart, while the more patient
animal plods slowly along the wet
street The water buffalo cares very
little il the rain is coming down. II Is
different with the driver, usually a
Chinaman, or, as he is known here,
"Chino," but sometimes Filipino.
These people wear great variety of
rain coats. II only has been this last
I rainy season that some Of them have
appeared in great blue overcoats with
brass buttons. The buttons bear the
eagle of the United States and there
is reason to believe that government
clothing is being worn by those who
. never carried q gun,
, The usual rain coat Of the native II
made of the husk Of tho cocoanut
The fiber is woven into . sleeveless
5 coat, and over this there IN cape OF
. the same material. When clad In ono
. OF these coats the wtarer looks hk,
the cannibals in the picture books
The legs are bare, the thin whit.
trousers being rolled up 10 the thighs
The wearer tops out his costume wit
broad-rimmed hat. generally o.
. straw. Another protection 10 mad
+ OF closely woven nipa, which fits owe,
the shoulders and slants down 20 al
Q to turn the flood that falls 70 thu
n ground. This is good protection 4
n there is no wind to drive the rain be
meath the roof-for II is little else thar
that. The wearer looks like q carica
g ture of a ballet girl.
With the exception of umbrellas
which few of them possess, the won
en- are without protection from tn
4 | storm They go to and from the mar
n l<et as they do on the brightest days
- seeming satisfied II they can only keel
their heads dry. When their ware
are sold they turn, the basket upsid
NJ down on their heads and plod alonl
smoking their cigarettes
When a person has TO go out dur
y ing the rainy season he uses a caro-
y meta or quilez. They are built 3
=, the storm cannot get in to the pas
~ senger The drivers generally wea
= little helmets that are not seen in an
other part of the world. They ar
. like sun helmet, only instead o
pipe clay there is u coating OF whit
sc lead which the sailors use in paintin
x ships. Some of the drivers have rise
Of TO the position in life where they ca
Of afford white rain coat, with a hooc
, but such an outfit is considered yer
aristocratic, and few outside the liz
cried servants can afford such luz
ury. When passengers are not in tn
conveyance the driver sits back ou
Of the wet, either behind the curtAi
" of the carometta or under the roof c
Is Che qulez.
OF The native does not enjoy this We
o. season any more than a southerne
enjoys u winter in Canada. Aroun
he quartermaster's department
'l humber OF Filipinos are working
oi They certainly are the chilliest IL
nt that ever saluted a foreman. The
be make no effort to temper the element
h. by heavier clothing, but go about
, the same white clothes they wear
May The foreman, a heavy sergean
who goes about in a poncho and pa
of rubber boots, greeted them as the
efl the building tonight: "Much
So aqua. much frea?" Isl, senor," the
r. replied, as they shiveSed on into Il
o. streets and filed TO their homes. "Sa
oi you mean TO say them fellers want {
Aght in this kind of weather? n
. stree. There's no more fight in the
p" than there is in a wet chicken, "-Ch
ia ,ago Record.