The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-11-24

cents you are privileged to take a
"dip" any time between 6 a. m. and
10 D. m. The water is always warm,
and it is just as pleasant on Christmas
day as Fourth of July. At n side of
the pool is Battery Morgan and at the
other two concrete bath houses.
On Colon Beach.
Just outside of the hotel grounds Is
picturesque Christ church, erected in
1865 by contributions from the Panama
railroad and missionary societies. For
a short time the Colombians used 1t as
a barracks and arsenal, but it has
since been used as a place of wor-
ship, the members being mainly West
Indian negroes-British subjects, Ia
borers on the canal work. A few seats
are reserved for white E~piscopalians
and visitors.
A walk along the ocean on Colon
beach Is the next point of interest.
Here you see big gray houses, facing
seward and fanked by rows of tall
coconut trees. In these houses en-
ployees of the Panama canal reside. In
most cases there are four families to
a house, which Is built somewhat on
the style Of an apartment house. AT
the end of the street stands the recent.
ly completed government hospital,
where Americans are cared for at q
minimum charge If they are govern.
ment employees. Pass this building
and you come face to face with a sign
telling you to "keep out" of the quar-
antine reservation. Down back of the
hospital the three tall radio or wire
less stations loom skyward.
Now let us take q coach and drive
up Bolivar street. This street runs
parallel with Front street, with a rO.
mantically named alley Bottle alley)
running between. In the early days
Front street was filed with saloons
(there are many even now) and all the
bottles were dumped out back of the
buildings. Front street was then the
first and last street in Colon, because
the land had not yet been filled in
for building and it was just a swamp
The strange looking people are Jamaic.
ans, Martiniquos, Barbandians and
almost every other kind of of folks, in
Guiding Panamanians. Nost of the
children do not wear clothing unit.
they are five or six years old. It al
depends on the mothers ambition.
Where the Officials Hold Forth.
The large building to your left is the
administration" building Of the Pan
amanian government, where the gov
ernor of Colon, the alcalde and othel
officials hold forth. In the basemen'
you will find the post Office, but d.
not make the mistake of addressing
a letter to any of the American fam
lilies living in Colon to this office, a!
they all receive their mail in Cristobal
A mammoth fire swept much of thi.
section of the city a little more than
| year ago, and the new concrete shop'
! along the way mark this place. Thu
, ramshackle frame buildings are tene
ment houses, and the occupants pay
t from 81 to $40 per month for a singl,
room. The o~verhanging balconies lool
as though they would tumble IN the
heads of the passer-by, but they have
} been clinging there for some time anC
we will hope for the best.
Back of Bolivar street Is Broadway
the widest street In the city, as it!
name would indicate. Here you fine
! more tenement houses and on the sid'
streets catch glimpses of the cottage:
of the better class of Panamanian:
and a few Americans who are In pri
vate business in Colon and therefore
not entitled to government quarters
; On Broadway also are two theaters
; usually used for moving pictures, bu'
! provided with stages large enough t.
accommodate a small company of play
, ers. Further up toward the end o.
: the street is the government corral
| where horses and mules used in thu
work at Cristobal are kept.
AT the end of Broadway you com
to Mt. Hope road, which leads out pas
| the "substation," which furnishes cleo
trio current for government work ant
l homes, to the cemetery at Mt. Hope
Now 1 had not the slightest intention
: of bringing you out to the cemeter!
and leaving you there, hut it is a pref
ty spot, SO full of flowers and won
) derful tropical trees and plants, tina
D. n forgets 1t is a burning ground.