The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-08-31
ENGLISH SCHEME
INJURIES MANILA
How Timid Travellers Are Scared
Away.
NO DANGER FROM DISEASE
HINTS ON WHAT TO EAT AND
DRINK.
lspeeIaI Corresnondancel


Manila, =. J., July 2t-On a steamer
bound from Shanghai to Hongkonc re-
Gently, there were "a haIf-dozen of the
American tourists aboard who had
planned to take advantage of the eleven
day stop in Hongkong by taking a two
days run down to Manila. Naturally
enough, thew wanted to see Uncle Sam S
now islands and the little brown broth
FRS. Did they come on down to Manila?
NO indeed; and you wouldn't have either
i you had been one Of those six gullible
travellers. The stories Of cholera and bu-
oonic plague that the ships officers told
~oQid nave scared anyone Out-provided
ne hadn't had few servants die of each.
It's a fact that most Of the English in
ne Orient have their hammers out for
Manila and malign her on every occasion.
AS j purchased my ticket for Manila /
asked the agent Of the steamboat COM
pany 81 he didn't think the ships people
ought 10 try TO encourage traffic on their
own company boats. He admitted that
& was poor business to scare people away
from Manila. "but." he added. really YOU
know. I should really hate TO live there.
you know.
Really I asked.
Yes. really he replied
Wei / suggested. you're pretty
likely 90 have % move there before long,
whether YOU like &c OF not
WHY, how g that2'
''Whcn our new port Improvement IS
done. we'll have the harbOr of the Orient
and your hOOchey kOoChev kaisha com
panE. viii move It's main office 20 Ma
And / left him 90 worry over it. When
he does come down here he'll join the
Auglo-kCkers' association and go round
telling what fine place r. was before
inc Americans came
As matter of fact. Manila before the
Americans came. was one Of the finest
earth. 10 had n reputation for disease
which is only eQualCd by Hongkong and a
Few other choice cities. The last two
DAYS 2 was I'm Hongkong, last month, the
reported dead bodies from bubonic plague
alone were thirty-cight.
Some friends of the writer were recent
is in Japan and intended coming 10 Ma
MIA Presumably they ran across some
version of the blacksmith chorus. for
they didrt get beyond Nagasaki. The
reason assigned was "virulcnt scarlet fe-
vo-." which was said TO be epidemic I'm
lIouEkuug. as though anything as mild
os scarlet fever could thrive i'm Hong
kong
What to Avoid.
There is. seriously. no occasion for any
ono giving up trip to HongkOug or Ma
SJH or AuUDliU8ris or White Rock. and
avoid SalaIs and other unCOORed food
and yuu win be- safe eHOugh-as much so
as ar home. With all the gross careless
ness of travellers lu such matters. I never
heard of one Of them having cholera or
plague. with Storage passengers. bug
ilg food at The ships side from the ma
tivos it il natural that they should oc-
casionally succumb. our board OF health
d. composed OF bright, active. well pre-
pared physicians. who are waging war
ON pestilence of all types. They are now
immguizing the thousands OF Chinese I'm
tho CITY bv The plague serum. a bounty
ru ratE-tHn chief distributors Of the nu-
homie riaguc-brings them into the sta
tioUs Iu bushels
The fight against cholera has prevent
cJ repetition Of last years epidemic.
The American physicians OF Manila
learned several lessons during last year S
fisht with the cholera, and they have
made use of the knowledge this year
with good effect.
Thr three requisites 60 health I'm Ma
Mia are light day clothing. well cooked
food and pure water. The last both in
ternally and externally. All of these are
obt2inlblc The traveller in the Orient
who misses Manila makes "a mistake es-
YcciaIy f he is an American. The
months i'm which Manila is at it's best
are December. January and February.
SINTO.