The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1913-09-25

the fact chat Manila is in the trop-
les, health conditions here are good.
There is very lite, if any, smallpox
in the city of Manila. although there
are still few cases in, the provin-
ces Asiatic cholera has not ex-
listed in Manila for several years.
Cases OF plague are very rare in
deed, and are confined altogether
to natives and Chinese.
OF course there is still some anne
obic dysentery and diseases of like
character, but careful attention to
diet and exclusive use of boiled or
distilled water will prevent any Of
these intestinal troubles. You no
doubt remember a disease peculiar
to this country known as "dengue,"
which is kind of rheumatic fever,
not serious in it's consequences, but
very inconvenient and painful while
il lasts. Some people seem to be
more susceptible to this than others.
have never yet had an attack of
this. In fact, neither Mrs. Gorton.
myself, or the baby have ever had
any sickness, and the baby has done
exceptionally we'll
/ am sending you herewith a cat
alogue of the California Grocery
company in Manila, which gives an
idea OF the prices at which food
stuffs and other household necessi-
ties can be purchased in Manila. The
prices given in this catalogue are
representative. In converting the
prices to U. S. currency you will OBJ
serve that one peso is worth fifty
cents U. S. gold. The ratio is fixed
When you were here the Mexican
currency was in use and there was
no fixed ratio, the quotations being
made from time to time on silver
as the conditions demanded. 1t is
also well to note that where weights
are given in kilos that % lbs. make
kilo.
In regard to things which it is
desirable to bring to Manila, there
is almost nothing which isin use in
the States which you can use here,
with the exception of light under
wear stockings, shoes and ladies
light dresses. Such articles as light
underwear, stockings, shoes, collars,
and other similar articles can be
purchased cheaper in San Francisco
or any other large city than they
can here, although in the main l
think it better fer one to wait until
he arrive in Manila to purchase
what he needs, as the price Is not
enough tcmake a great deal Of diff
ference, and the things one selects
for this country are not
always as we'll adapted TO the place
as they would be if purchased here
AS you are no doubt aware, Am
ericans andEurcpeans do very little
manual labor here, that class of
work being done entirely by native
servants. The fact that native SER
wants are in the main stupid, lazy,
and dirty, if not closely watched,
with their inability to ex-
press themselves in English or to
English well, makes it
particularly trying for woman to
a house until she gets used
to handling this class of servants.
l trust have given you some in
whichwill be valuable to
you. In conclusion l might say that
| think on the whole this is not ex-
actly what would appeal to- most
excepting where one de-
sires to make only a casual visit in
the course OF travel around the
world. In this connection l might
say that my own personal expert
ence here, as far as employment
goes, have been very satisfactory,
and | have no complaint whatever
on that feature, but the customs OF
the country and people are so diff
ferent from those with which we
are accustomed to live that one
never gets to feel quite at home.
With kindest regards to all my
friends there, / am, sincerely yours.
w. L. GORTON