The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-04

The streams are frozen and the ground II
is at times covered with snow, one, two
or three feet deep. No one can go out
without an overcoat, and some people
freeze during the coolest OF the
weather The people are very indus
trious and we'll educated They do not
sleep during the day as they do in
the Islands. The ladies are very beau
tiful and Intelligent. Some OF them
are employed In every large store. and
they take part In every kind Of bust
ness. Some are lawyers, some teachers,
and some employed by newspapers, eto.
They are very independent, and can
| speak to any one and go without 70
| companion.
There are many railroads and they
give good service. The cars are beau
tiful in construction, some being equal
in beauty to the best parlors In our
homes. There are dining cars. where
one can eat as at a MOTEL, and sleeping
cars furnished with best OF compart-
nlents, bath rooma, smo
etc. Some railroads pass over the tops
of mountains. while others go directly
through them. In most OF the large
cities railroads are built above the
streets, so as to be out Of the way Of
traffic. Trains run at the rate Of from
forty to sixty miles an hour. Every
city has an electric railroad, whose cars
run thirty miles an hour. They run
/ in all directions, like carriages in Ma
i Mia, so when q person wishes to go
i any place he can Just step on car
I and soon reach his destination. Some
+ houses are not like those In the 1slands.
for many here have eight. ten, fifteen,
twenty. and even twenty-sevenG floors,
more or less than 500 feet high. Each
I one has an elevator TO use In ascend
{ Ing and descending The usual size OF
an elevator Is about eight feet square.
and working In shaft Of a little
larger dimension, extending the entire
and stopping Is managed by a man or
, boy. who Is at all times to be found
, on the elevator When @ person wishes
to ascend or descend he walks to the
shaft door and rings a bell by pressing
I an electric button. Immediately the
boy brings the elevator to the desired
place and opens the door. You step in
! and tell the boy your destination, and
! almost before you know it the elevator
: stops, the door opens. and you step
; out into the desired floor. although It
be twenty floors from the starting
! place. ssSIs
! "All houses have stoves or furnaces
!; in them to keep rooms warm during
! the winter. OF course it is not al
a ways winter here, for they have about
= six months warm weather, at which
h time II is very hot, more SO than In
the Islands.
q In this country there are two prin-
cipal religions, the Roman Catholic
!, and Protestant. This Protestant Is d.
= vided into many branches, but the
n Catholic Is not. The people are as In
dependent in regard to religion, as they
a are in other things. They can select
. any religion they like, but are not COM
3 PEELED to believe In any.
= This Post where l am living is very
: large. Every Friday evening the Of.
!, ficers have a ball or dance for them.
q selves and families, Also they have 4
{ very large and fine gymnasium, where
= they take many kinds OF healthful |ex.
!, ercises. This gymnasium Is not 70,
i the officers alone. but for every one
! In the POST
'. This is very limited description
e OF America. Its people and their Gus
toms. Some other day shall writ,
you more about the United States. sG
q Next March I shall return to tn.
70 Philippine Islands, but during my sta,
= here wish you to tell me the condi
: ton there. 4. ~
~ II am, sincerely your friend,
2 1t. CR1SPuLO5 PATAJo."