Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-29
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Bottled Only
at the Spring, Neuenahr,
Germany, and Only with
Its Own Natural Gas
THE QUEEN OF TABLE WATERS"

state OF affairs O jinrikisha company was
formed and 300 OF the 'man-puli'' car
riages were imported from Japan. Then
came the hitch The native Filipinos re-
FUSED TO touch them. saying scornfuliy,
We are not slaves to draw you our lords
and masters. about the streets" and as a
Filipino scorns such money as may only
be obtained by manual labor he evidently
was an impossibiity a rikisha man
In this dilemma the company turned hope
fully to the Chinese coolies OF the town
but these also scornfuliy refused its lfb-
eral offers, saying IF the Filipino Is too
good to pull a rikisha. why, so are we"
Then the company went out OF business
and today jinrikishas may be bought cheap-
iy In Manila. but men to draw them can
not be had at any price. Neither can you
get your shoes shined. for every one is too
proud to undertake the Job. A Filipino will
cheerfully starve rather than work. or
course, though, he must have money to bet
on COCK nights after church. and to obtain
this he sometimes will labor for several
days at cigarmaking, or any other strictly
genteel employment.
The most comfortable and altogether
most attractive place In Manila is the
Army and Navy Club. located IN the heart
OF the walled city. and occupying what for
merry was girls school conducted by
nuns. 1t is a spacious Enclosure, and It's
inner court Is a. garden filed with choice
trees and Towering shrubs. amid which
electric lights twinkle I'm the evening, and
the band plays after dinner. The garden
Is bordered by spacious buildings now de-
voted to the manifold uses of the club. and
here the Caucasian reigns supreme: no
tive being admitted within the gates. ex-
cept to render service.
The things to do I'm Manila are. first, to
visit the Americanized and. therefore.
scrupulously cleanly markets in the early
morning, and the fine old cathedral lit
tie later. Apply very early at the office OF
your hotel for carriage, and IL you are
lucky enough to get one. well as suffi-
ciently provided with funds to stand the
expense, drive through the walled city
where the pure Spanish architecture of the
buildings is a source of endless delight. and
examine well the massive ramparts with
their fine old gates which soon are to be
demolished and thrown into the moat that
the winds OF heaven may freely circulate
through the stagnant streets. Later in the
day. drive out to Malacanan, where. In a
bank of the Pasig, the governor lives, and
shortly before sunset join the carriage pa
rade the lunetta where the band plays
every evening, and where all political pris-
oners. condemned to death. used to be shot.
For excursions take a government launch
down the bay to Cavite, where still may be
seen the shattered remains of Admiral
Montojo's feet. or board the morning train
for days run as far as Malolos and re-
turn. This picturesque interior town was
one of Aguinaldo's many capitals. En-
route to Malolos the train will stop at
Caloocan pronounced Ca-look'n), where
was much fighting during the insurrection.
In two days one may go to the end OF the
M and back IL he has still another to
spare, he may go from Dagupan by cart or
pony to Benguet, the cool mountain resort
to which all officials who can leave Ma
Mia flock during the hot season.
The best excursion OF all is by native
launch up the entire length or the Pasig
river, past banks picturesquely frfnged
with palms, bamboos and native huts, to
and across the wide. fresh-water expanse
of Laguna de Bay, stopping at Paslg and
San Pedro Mascati. on the Santa Cruz and
San Fernando on the laguna, and return
ing by evening boat of the same day. All
the river sights are novel and interesting.
but the one that will most particularly at
tract tourist attention is the human dredg-
ers. These are naked native, working in
pairs with the aid Of small fiat baskets
and a canoe. The canoe Is moored above
the sand bar that needs removing. While
the human dredgers jump overheard ana
their craft is laden. This is government
work. primitive and slow, but cheap ana
effective.
At the head of the river where It leaves
the lake are miles OF shoals covered Win
bamboo fish weirs. Wherever the waters
recede from about these weirs so as to ex-
pose oozy flats, the natives, aided by cara
boa or water buffalo, plow for muqhsh and
turn them out of the burrows oy thousands'
The things to purchase in Manila are ci-
CARS, the one product that Is at the same
time cheap and of excellent quality. dress
nattern of pima cloth, made from pineapple
fiber. as fine as silk ana more ou.apie AN,
other of Jose cloth, which is mixed pima
and silk a Manila hat, which is as much
lighter and finer than the best Panama as
the latter is finer than an ordinary lot Oh
Matted straws and photographs.
Having accomplished and acquired THESE
things the traveller may, with clear con-
science. take his departure from this most
distant most expensive, hottest, most I'M
portant most troublesome and least nope
fui of all Uncle Sans colonial possessions.