ANOTHER LETTER FROM TP ORIENT OF TRIP from MANILA TO destination IN MR BORNEO IF following blowing is another interest ing 1119 letter r from miss aliss portia 01 sr up sni of lovelock nevada descriptive crip tive of tier lier trip to bori borneo eo to join tier her uncle who is consul at a that place tali in mid alid ocean about ak 0 O miles north of the isle of jolo 1 P p L 1914 we arrived in manila harbor about to thursday Thur sJay and it took us its until about three oclo ac k to land fill the harbor Is is fery very beautiful find and it wits full ol of 61 big 9 boats german french and from fj III other countries however t they icy were cargo boats not war ships was great excitement conour beca because time till all tile army of acers were getting their ap all 1 to different dill erent stations ai ld that meant Ille allt their home tar tor tile next three yours years you yet titu can understand that they were anxious to know ammy where tiley they were being sent many people wio V ajio had friends and relatives on we thomas cuino out to our bapat in ill laun launches clies and we hall gleat reat fun full watch watching ilig them meet i uncle wits ans unable to get to R manila anila but blit we were qui qin 0 sure before wo we arrived aimed we ire gat oil the boat and boon dicov abd that it was not only warn bill hot mr air beardsley and anther ther r gentleman gent lyman ionian inot us its mr heards loys auto and took ill to to abe bla manila llila botel which eiliv ith t IJ V very ry best in ill manila and is I 1 modern ili in every respect including prices it is it a very 11 nil I 1 place and surround col ditl aruns and flowers and over looks dalo allu ba bay Y cafter f t e we eliad changed our allies t I 1 i es at the hotel mr air beard io say anda and a kaptain Jap tain Tun Ton wrath wille in tile car and took us its foi arido j L ri 1 I 0 around manila and it thru I 1 IN al 11 1 L 1 1 I ort t mckinley McKin lcy vI liell js I 1 I 1 olio of tile largest if not the alie Iiii largent gest army rest owned by the untied states it looks loohs just like AU uny buy other american fort infill a tid it is fur far superior in ill overs yay to manila itself manila is still mill a native city although very much americanized and aind the mixture is hard for a sightseer ty fathom tile population of a of oe Filipino cs vs ail and japs all about liala modernized by till NO whites fites tile the white people tire arc all I 1 could see bee everywhere wele w 11 eie lin linnies ties all tile people in ill the street cars were natives tile bibee clarki are natives native find and of course whilo it seems stra strange lige tola toa nril no w comer coiner it is only to ro be expected Ili cre are many pt pomplo ople in manila of course lint but they are arc so outnumbered by na lilt tives that they out in ill bold r alief manila is not as bl beautiful as honolulu tilt streets are very narrow till mid conge asted sted lay day time atilt and of course it is green mid and the blowers ami a f id il trees tiers are veryl pretty deop live in ill tile 0 open pell aila elthe houses aro are buil t without glass I 1 windows merely screen scree ng 1 anti and I 1 like that eliat part of it it is caf beautiful to see sec and especially at t eight we returned to f alio 0 howl hotel and dressed for dalit bev which wo we ato ate on tilt pare porch it of the hotel overlooking thu water and tile view was vas certa beautiful tile slight night was alb glorious glori fiems pus vi tall had everything ja for dinner including okra which you may have heard of before very much liko like beans or asparagus but it slipped down low so qi quickly lickly that dont rehem bar ju sac what it did taste like wo we also alsoto h te it a little fruit called I 1 chico ita it is brown about alie tit c alzo ficzo of if ii a large plum fitlin and tastes like 0 ill mealy apple after inner dinner we rodo rode again thi this kiino out into the country whom most moat of tile natives live their houses are almost exactly like I 1 UK native housew lit at guam I 1 have previously described 0 lany jally families sleep in ono ronni with nil all tit alio windows aw abid doors closed for the 1 ves tire vely V OIT ell opp opposed oed to t night air tirl consequently many of eliom IKI dil dis I 1 which re rc milt from foul air and iid speaking of foul air air I 1 u A not lot linit that the oh ickens pigs lops cats cat etc sleep nelll ciul live right in ill tile house with tili I 1 lain am speaking liow of tile hio typical native who live in ill tile counts Y I 1 think tile more civilized class live vienner and better continued next week