The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-04-11
LETTER FROM THE. PHILIPPINES.
c. &. Sllafer tplIs of rlse naings In
Cavites

CHElIee-
Cavite, p. l. Sept. 10, 1901.
Aarrived in Munila Harbor before
noon on Friday. Sept, 81 but did otget'
ashore Till evening. Il rained Friday
morning, also Saturday a. m. so | real
ly thought had stm,ck the rainy
season. bat it has not sained in the day
time since and Sunday, Monday and
tcdav have been fine. Have my ther~
taometer out but don's often think toll
look att but it is always between Saa
and 50 degrees, Whea, the wind strikes
you ii is very comfortable. but these
| Spanish houses are ali two-story ana;
| joined together and the streets are ao
wider than a good sized alley; some
not so wide. walks-when there
are any, are Two to. four feet wide, built
joining the houses. Most people walk
| in the street. The U. S., forces are
| seeing that the streets get slowly inn
proved
reported for duty Saturday after
noon and found all the men whom |
came in contact with very pleasant and
agreeable. l hope may always find
them so. Did not do anything Satu"
day afternoon.
There are 80 hotels heye, and no
private family which woald care to
share my society with, [ will get board
only for about S22, so per month and it
is not first class either, but am get
ting over nay natural "modesty' and
am doing some better now. They. set
out such q little of everything except
bread and butter, besides serving some
spicy dishes, which do not altogether
admire. But I'll stay till get enough
so III get fat soon. Some of the boys
on the ship said I was getting fat. Am
feeling fine. Am rooming with ten
other government men in an old Span
;sh house that has been cleaned up and
freshly painted so it looks as good,
expect, as any in town We only use
the upstairs, it costs 500 per month.
Mexican money, unfinished. The
landlord, my chief clerk, also rooms
there. Two Chinese men take care of
the rooms and clean our shoes etc,
The floor is of hard wood, the boards
about II to 16 inches wide. The most
of the side walks are also of boards.
!, The ceiling looks as ii it were of tin.
We have the windows, open all the
! time Ina couple of places there are
; no windows, but an awning which can
be lowered when occasion requires.
The roof is made Of tiles. Have els
tern, around which is a tile floor where
we take bath when we wish. In fact
there are two places where we wash,
both out andsin the open air. One is
| opposite my room bought mosquito
: netting for my bed 50 25, a pillow and
two slips for 81 so, sheet Scots, BAN.
boo mating to put on bed 75cts. light
: colored cotton blanket 75cts. a bamboo
, single bed with poles to hang
mosquito netting on SO so, bamboo
cnair 90ats. soap bets. towel i5cts. anc
wash pan for 20 cents. Will make
this do for while at least.
Saturday night slept over saloor
for which privilege paid 81 gold-ant
it was little more than barn loft il
\ appearance. The next day / went tt
o Manila to make some purchases, blu
e only got few dry goods. Looked VI
i son1e of our ship boys again and chat
+ ted some time with them. Most of tn
!: teachers who arrived about 3 week
!, ago are now on their journey to thei
:, stations. Some of them are sick O
t their jobs already. The teacher a
|, Cavite is rooming with us. The da
was fins aud enjoyed the walk aroun
: very much.
D. Manila has very nice driveway 8
o long the bay called 1.-THE Luneta." |
l. costs me nothing to ride on the Cover
9 ment boat "Rapids" from Cavite t
d Manila, 1t leaves Cavite at 9 a. II
Of and p. M, and Manila at l1:3Oa n
q and 5 p. m. The trip occupies on
:, hour.
n Monday | and another governmer
IS man went over to look at some furn
: ture. Thought we could jew thel
is down, but couldn't so got bed and cha!
W anyway. Got back at noon and worl
a, ed little in the afternoon, but did nj
70 70 do enough to see what my work wi
: be.
IS Today | worked all day and gt
: along first rate. 1t was mainly cop,
S ing onto other forms. expect to hay
N other work very soon, but guess ca
q, manage it after | "catch on" Tn
u commandant was excepting 5 new me
Of but am the first and only one so fa
It Our Office hours are from 9 to l2:(
and 1890 to 4. but most of us get Their
" vs. at s or $50 and then take an hour {
~ mona of pOpnipu oet bot S;,,o,