Show < fo 1 sAL C NAN ilT lbp1IHLTIUOlJjf oF HILLTPPZNrS 1114 c 1lM M I KiISLvit5kfs < S < < t Si tJ r t > G V V V a f q = + t a 6 1 1 lDGANI Nf POMTNfp rslG MAIrP t rr or ky w 1 rail r nli 1 + Iw d 1 t Ntrl A r to f s > f I y < lJgyflrAYlfADlN6 PD IG TETQTy rSA IYPQ TOr IDfP 9G9Gi j Manila landlord In trying to rent HJ house said It was located in the Kjocratic district of San Miguel He uitlrrlng up a hornets nest but p fit know It There are people In r r HglU who object to San Miguel ben be-n Kttrmed the district of the 400 4 Ktfl this time few people over knew u Hi majority cared less that Ma or Ki could boast a really aristocratic Pail Kika Those who did were proba m Kjot the American colony living In ofn Kkta There the cream so to Hjofthe American contingent re p KjtiUiat Is the commanding general an Philippines division and those tame Htta big government salaries and t Hlisilvays Imagined itself the aria Hncr of the city perhaps more Hmgh a penchant it has for paying iu deal 50 per cent greater rent than ntM be required elsewhere y It Ermlta the houses are huddled Belter like stampeded steers In a m BiJup but the nearness of the sea tat and the Luneta Manilas Bois IL Hi Boulogne the cleanliness of the Bftlct and Incidentally the high K3 are what attract the American Hulls select western center of the Httopolls But the landlord was Bile correct in saying In his rent ad Bit thIs t property was located in the Biitocratlc neighborhood of San Mi K the literal translation of which HEaht Michael for hero true east e B aristocracy what llttlo there Istle jf is-tle capital quietly resides The landlords of Ermlta are just enough on this average to own fcfflsive houses but poor enough Hieti to rent them when Americans be found that will pay double rat they are worth But In San feel the conditions are somewhat Sfcrent There the citizens are 1a1thr beyond the state of becoming wlords regardless of the lone own rtho wanted to hire out and who w crafty enough to advertise an Wocratlc atmosphere as a drawing r4 to the susceptible Hero the hires the brewing magnates and wr families of great wealth live not touring continental Europe Pftbetrottlng in general Their w wealth qulto counterbalances mr high rents paid by tho arlstoc r of Ermlta ana then they have Bother claim upon the title which w ps the aspiring denizens of the shore barrio This other claim r111 h the fact that the governor E > rot has his home there tho We House of the Philippinesand hi bad since long before American Pupation I tot so much for Manilas nrlstoc it7 and the hombre who brought up r subject through a desire to rent UJ to the subject of the Insular we I House which Is locally known the Malacanan palace located on r banks of the Paslg In the heart EBan Miguel Malacanan Is ana Kjame and means In terse English EL hangout or rendezvous of tho ies but tho exalted official who re W there Is far from being a fish In r sense that the American term Ira lit s Why thIs namo wns given the foI bM i Ci Is IMnot known unless It was 1 r186 of Its proximity to the river i Isi The executive mansion at Mamas a although Popularly known as Itt Palace 11 would hardly be dignified lv the namo In any other country Khn In i BOrne of the toy republics In Caribbean The new command l r generals residence recently ISM y ted i la Ermlta at government ox ite far excels It ln exterior magnl aee 1W but tho Interior and the IsTi dS about tho military mansion ISi hardly favorably compare with 1 4 wmlclle of the governor general I 4 the name of palace generally slg t for a grand and imposing structure J llnani kIngs and ther Ilk > yet thIs aact of IV conscIentiously bo Bald L j eanan The buildings proper are I end pertnB1lmtty and flat but pertn take Vast amount of ground ash upsin la h 1 biti up ln area what they lack O All the roofs are of or tred eh Painted galvanized Iron or 0 Ilta tile while tho walls are either tiMabe III hisee Btono or patlvo hard woods x ht thus giving with Its well U eye ans the shrubbery and drives 1ift appearance of a shooting Or some sporting prince than C else to which It us M comJ pared From without It Is true that the building looks sadly out of place In the center of the beautiful grounds but within It Is the finest residence no doubt In the entire archipelago hence when the position of ho who lives there Is taken Into consideration considera-tion the name of palace Malacanan has some little history Until 1863 the Spanish governors general gen-eral had their official residence In a palace situated In the walled city near the present rebuilt Catholic cathedral ca-thedral but In connection with this they had a summer residence If a I country house In a tropical climate I can bo called such In tho suburb ot San Miguel where the palace of Malacanan Is now located A terrible ter-rible earthquake occurred In Manila In 1863 which destroyed about two thirds of the buildings of the city among them the governor generals palace and tho cathedral and Don Rafael EChague then governor general gen-eral of the island had the summer residence properly fitted up for a permanent per-manent home From that time forth It was the ofllclal residence of all tho Spanish governors general no less than 33 of them having resided there some of whom served but six days In office and among whom were such famous men as Woyler Blanco and Augustin Francisco Rlzzo served a few days In 1898 after thecapitula tlon and was the last Spanish governor govern-or general to live there The Spanish coatofarms still grace the arch over the entrance but a big American policeman po-liceman sits dally as a guard over the place reminding one of latter day conquests Hon William H Taft was the first American ofllclal to occupy the palace pal-ace being succeeded by Governors General Luke E Wright and Henry Clay Ide Mrs Taft while mistress of Malacanan Inaugurated a system of public receptions held monthly and which are still In vogue To these receptions all the prominent people go to pay their respects and enjoy the hospitality of the chief executive and such personages as the duke of Abnizzt the prince of Savoy and countless other notables of the world and of the orient are numbered among those who have been entertained there It falling to the lot of Miss Marjorie Ide as first lady of the lead to entertain the prince of Savoy before be-fore she had spent a fortnight in her new home R M WOOLLEY |