| Show 0 THE HOUSES OF O MANILA Stone Not ot Permitted Permit to In III the tho Construction of Stories The tower of ot stone slone nol and andIron Iron which In l becoming BO 80 common an nn eyesore In American cities has liaa not In Invaded Luzon that land of oC the earth earthquake quake and the tho typhoon and UlIlIs Is not like likely ly Iy to do no so soon These e perilous visit visitants ants govern the character tho size of ot the tha houses hou C which are very ry more mott than two glories In even eon In Inthe the tho best quartets of ot the city Of ot these tho e ethe the ground floor Is used as a n coach house or to lodge the tI native natle servants It Is apt to be too damp for tM till the family II y who live on the upper which Is di III divided vided into Inlo a spacious hall reception rooms bell bed other private vate apartments The kitchen In 18 often a separate building with n a roofed pas passage sage lendIng leading to the house hou l lIe It ID IR the bath room an nn apartment much In demand among the Filipinos with whom la Is ono of or the chief Virtues and a dally duty These houses were formerly of ot stone atone M ff i ON but since the great gr at earthquake of or only wood has ha been heen permitted in tn tho thol I l stories These rhese 1110 fitted with sliding nil all around to permit tile the freest entrance of ot all air At tho same sume time to 10 out the tho hot plow of the sunlight Is replaced In the win windows dows by hy translucent through which only a n modicum of light ran liter Corrugated Iron roots roofs are arc com COIll common mon but they Ire very Ct hot To ro obviate this many man roofs oro covered with n a athin thin layer Iner of oC thatching which Is II cooler though In Incase case cafe of lire In the native quarters nf oC the olty the th houses are aro much pIer In design each being composed of ot ft n single lifted from nye five to ten len feet Into the tho The j house In Is built upon four stout po ts and Mul put together without rt rL nail or pet tho form torm being twin of ot bamboo tied tlell together with rattan or wo woven 0 ven bamboo strips form the and the th root roof Is thatched with leaves or a IanI gra I The It 11 made rf rC with rounded sides uppermost tied together so nfl aM to 10 leave wide wl le cracks between bete shades N N which can bo propped up during the day servo for tor windows A ladder the place of ot stairs Ventilation Is the Important thing that IB III constant constantly ly sought Often Orton there thero Is I only a n single room which serves for tor cooking and sleeping the fire being made on a n of In one corner wh when n In use filling the house with smoke In Inthe the better houses housel there are two or more rooms There Is one great In thusa houses In case nn an earthquake should shake Imke them down or a typhoon topple them over no one la Is likely to ho hurt Tho materials are to tl do any harm And they aro so open Ollen to the air as to make mae them much cooler than close dOHe built hullt New York Led Ledger ger |
