The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-10-13

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ber % servants rinr up to five or ar. for
every man brings his o~n muchdeho.
sOut there. a. everybody wears not only
white clothing but nlso white shoes. the
men hire q hpy n. uWchScho 60 keep their
thinRa In order. I had no special boy for
my own service but gave our house boy
q few pesos a month-the peso H. worth
M cents In our money to wtuter my shoes-
blanco them. as We say. Of course the
servants are always on the lookout 10 pick
M a few extra pesos. but sven then they
are much cheaper than our servants IN
sAs Tor food. we i've well cut there.
Breakfast In het 7 and =; Tor thoee in
the civil service. l mean. Il n almost
always fruit, eggs and cohee. Conee
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Eggs and chickens are plentiful. In
Manila we have certain stock ideas on
which We are forever harping. one Of them
being the theory that the chickens are not
like those back home. We say they nave
no taste
But now tina | am here I must admit
that | cam see any difference Our Fill
pino chickens are just as good as those
that have scratched American soil, except
perhaps that they are not 50 well FED the
people being To poor to feed them.
AT 1 O'Clock We have luncheon, OF as we
say there tiffin. That IL a hearty meal OF
meat. vegetables. salad and dessert. Din
ner is at night: the average American has IL
AZ 7 or 7:30 O'Clock. But the fashionable
Filipinos Of Manila have il at 2 O'Clock and
remain at the table until IL.
-Ihere il n good deal OF entertaining
among the Americans, most OF II taking
the for m 81 eating. for the simple reason
that there isn't much else to do. There Is
driving and automobhing--oh yes. we
have autos! We even have public ones Tor
hire at s. an hour.
a Seeing Manila wagon? N-no, not
yet. But that's a good idea. ! shouldn't
wonder il the hveryman who Keeps the
public autos would think il a good plan to
start n Seeing Manila service after a while.
-Of course strange rs can't come so very
often, for the only way TO get there Is by
steamer and, IA we know to our sorrow.
mail steamers arrive only on an average
of once Ia two weeks. That Is the worst
feature Of the life there. ,
I'VE are always five weeks behind our
world at home. There ia the cable. but
IL il 80 expensive that betweenp private in
dividuals il is rarely used except well,
except to tell Of sickness or death. A
pivate cable message generally means a !
tragedy: ~. ,,ur.u
topic Of converse ton. Before IL arrives
everybody is guessing when II viii come.
When it does get in there Is a grand rush
for the post Office. And from that time on
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between friends What did you hearF
THE Americans are fortunate IN living
where they can see the harbor, and they
know as soon as anybody when the steamer
arrives. Manila itself that IL. the old
\ CITY, which had its walls ana ls moat- |
3 is as level as a hoor.
Outside there was originally a circle
NJ little native villages. each with its own
name. In the course Of time these have
become merged with one another and
now are part Of Manila itself. The old
city is called the intra-inuros, or within
sThe Americans have settled up at Ermita.
in the Nlalate district, one Of the sections |
Z Of the city which lie on higher ground.
IL has a fine view. Is cooler. the drainage
il better and-though this may not have
been considerable 10 on the side OF the
CITY toward the William Mckinley Post.
and ia case of need could be more easily
reached by the troops than II they had to
march clear through the city. |
That post. by the way, 10 something \
in Manila we are very proud Of. IL is the /.
largest brigade post Americans have any /
where. 1t is a community in itself, with |
streets. barracks. quarters. stores and
it's own post Office.
cit is only five miles from Manila and
10 reached by trolley in thirty minutes
The parade ground was made by hand.
Won might say. II was all ups and downs, |
ridges and hollows. But il has been put
into fine condition. Trees nave been
planted along the streets and the officers
- L ill., Ln- hn NHA "a l.a mt a.A. -.
ASA rule the American women in Manila
do not see very much Of the native society
of the city. There are a few Of the leading
Filipino families who mingle freely with
the Americans, but most VI them form a
circle Of their own. They are practically |
without exception mestizos; that is. d
mixed blood.
There is almost no such thing. certainly
not in Manila, as an absolutely pure blooded
Filipino. There has been through many
generations intermarryinG with foreigners.