Show isamii A AND ITS surroundings 1 linlia aug 25 manila denuded T lak jaher ner tropical plumage fronted and flanked by entrenchments ments and batteries mid d filthy from the grime of war is 19 not n Z t a place of beauty some enthusiast ote Z writer has called this the beail st the fhe orient and another has described bribed cri bed it as the venice of the east zut to the americans with up to date ideas as to sanitation and order and regularity it is neither it is almost my y one of that largest hargest south or central 1 A american cities done over again with 4 dash of the oriental it boasts of I 1 a edifices beautiful churches im osing domes and spires handsome joesi dences and attractive bridges yet ift ASS streets are narrow and dirty its A buildings dings are nearly all dark and decay has laid its hand upon suich e h of the work of the mason and fae unclean chinese and natives have borkel I 1 their way to the very heart of city arhe hes east has progressed since the I A oddle middle of the century and boasts half jl dozen modern clean we well II lighted ables A fles lea yet manila with a wealth of lourcey s and boundless natural back anar r hiis has not kept up with the van creditable electric re are telephones ht t works arks and an excellent supply water but they encompass about that Is mode modern rn in the city the dalard lard assures you that he has not lit it t sewers because the earthquakes d destroy them but the inclination vo to lay the blame biame to neglect and not wt acles manila in the hands of a solve sive people could have been gres ei ide a truly beautiful place the ferle moll goil stands ready to throw forth that thrives near the equa plant arv ry I 1 bik the pas basig ig river with its swift tanning current offers perfect drahn and excellent transports tran transportation tion the afaga branches of the river sweep both north land d south and extend the opportunity gaw improvement the surroundings 5 sy nearly all attractive and the land i is backed by a beautiful range of baoe the opportunities of the esy have been boundless yet the span add idled has been content to go on in his iby way and little has been accoo U tt all that Is beautiful attractive and imposing ng in manila and its suburbs ivull be grouped to together gether and th the foul smelling dens of the chinese ai anh the nipa huts of the natives v a exal KUng d streets widened aident d and streight M and cleanliness and progress take place of neglect and decay this ata tio would count among the interest cities of the world the capital of v IV philippines chilli pines is not however with ito interesting places and beautiful ts to the conquering american y the ancient walled city held the jamest est interest to e rass an id moat I 1 wax through a tame honored porton was like kllc stepping into another S here was a connecting link with ai days and feudal lords and string ring of val valiant tant knights in snail mail I 1 annor add c come une forth to measure bf with the invaders yadera In there would beeh bi abut but lit little tle room room for surprise be old city in ie still the city of 0 leg J the breeches ip in the walls male made e k onslaughts of cornier Inva flera tl tha 49 m I 1 wrought by earth joeb that have come in tha th ages 14 he lived a ana 47 tt have baa 0 b been ao 40 re aped T the ork oh brass cannon anu i led tand and aban 9 4 century ago me skilled to tn war vox aull peor peer fi om the battlements battle menta B braas rams ithac werf cast when wil baab i t was a at vallor valley vb arge arse still root rest lacea lac eX on th isparta im parta down iti js b thi was waa not without its modern defenses yet legaspie Leg aspis old monument to colonization still stands like the spectre of another age the metes and bounds which legaspi laid down have long since ceased to meet the needs of growth and the commercial man and trader has been forced outside the walls the old city is given over almost exclusively to official residences and religious institutions it is entirely walled in with massive heaps of stone that seem in their strength and solidity able to defy many ages to come stone enters very largely into the construction st of the entire settlement for practically every structure within it is of that material the observatory conducted here by the jesuit fathers places the average of earthquakes on om this panicky island at thirteen per annum luzon is also the center of the typhoon regions and the builders of this city had not only to guard against the convulsions of the earth below but the fierce disturbances in the heavens above earthquakes have rocked the foundations of the sturdy old town and the elements have raged and stormed about the roofs but it has held out agonist them all the builders have been forced to make repairs in the wake of temblor and storm and from the experience of the ages there has grown an earthquake architecture and with repairs and changes and improvements the city is fairly well prep prepared axed for the worst convulsions of nature the narrow streets of the city offer interesting walks to the student of history the artist and the traveler e it if the dungeons under the walls or the counsel chambers of state high up in the palace of the governor gen eral could speak theirs would be an interesting te tale the dishonest agents of spain sent here to rule the luckless native tive have apparently not scrupled at any crime to grind money from the taxpayer ito to stifle progress and to keep millions of fairly intelligent people secluded from the world those moss covered battlements have been stormed before from without and there has been intrigue and treason and rebellion from within As they offered a haven to the weeping spanish women and children two weeks ago so have they offered a haven in the past to all spaniards when outraged nar tivee and chinese swarmed through the city prepared to murder to avenge their wrongs the greatest length of the walls is along the water frontany fron tand they extend there from the banks of the basig to the suburb of ermita on the north side the walls follow the river to the bridge of spain which spans the muddy dy but rapid stream and connects the manila ot old with the comparatively y modern nondo bidondo Bi from the extreme northeastern corner of the walls they slope gradual lly south and west to the southwestern corner close to the water waiter front there are nine or ten entrances to the walled city but all of thern them are riot not in use the most interesting points within the walls are the palace of the gov arnor general and the palace of the roman catholic archbishop the former stands on calle del cabildo and occupies practically an entire block it is two stories in height and it its exterior is unimposing it is upon its I 1 interior later lor that wealth has been lavished A small and plain columns mark the entrance the immense vestibule tl bule is a checker board of black and white marble and the me main sta staircase irease which is of teak rises from tha cetter center I 1 and rear of it A dolan broad wide ate ps barq yoto bw tv ts another vestibule ina th vico A cham of atte WV 1 ma lit ala fa in ul JETS high ceiling to is beautt beautifully fully finished A a and from it hang massive crystal liers hers that shimmer and glisten gIl in ta light about the walls are a series of carvings of prominent who have taken an active part in the colonial affairs of spain magellan and legaspi commence able series and the ithe queen regent and ebe youthful ua Alf altonso onecy end it the vice regal throne is st at the upper end of the chamber it is draped crimson silk backed by a monster nion ater OU OH painting of the queen regent and flanked by two gilded lions each witto with his forepaw tes restring resti tang ing upon a miniature minia miniature tur P ball that is probably intended to represent an unfenced world here it W was that vice regal representative representatives a ruled so long here ft w was as that the ithe spanish span sh officer and his lady the civil official and the merchant prince came to bow and win vice regal favor here it was that bhe princes a and nd notables who came to visit vial t the islands were welcomed but its glory gl ary has for f or the time and become a memory doyn don do n under the gilded lions a couple of american commissary clerks toll toil over the reports of the pay and ration af f uncle sams big brojen soldiers in tahe the antechamber ante chamber on ion either side aide a alep guards from fro far away and out in uie courts the horses of american broward in uie the tropical gardens t i the upper floor LB Is devoted toa I 1 ot at officers including the counsel cl c behs T ber office of the governor general flee of the civil and a mj of secretaries ott ices the prin room of the series is the counsel cat ber though smaller than the vi chamber below it Is much pa elegantly appointed beautiful maln paintings n hang from its walls and alid its aga ings are tibe the finest of all tine the r bloh h woods that grow in the islands island carvings are by master hda hands there is a harmony armony hi of color its VW tenants know it rio no longer and in their place rules colonel charles jewit 4 the bright indiana lawyer who as aa 0 ranking judg advocate on merritts staff is the colet of the court down the hallway hallwa y major general otis has taken the place ila of at haukenes Hau denes and the rest rek ot of the ault uit lo in divided among adjutant general barry colonel colo nel crowder judge aavo major mcclure chiff paymaster raster 90 thompson chief of the signa e corps and the clerical cleri oal department depar e at the invading army farther toward the bay and 00 to a the outer wall upon calle del assafi stands the palace of the archaism is equally plain in its exterior baft ak tf interior is almost amos equally imposing imps ato I 1 vestibule and staircase pase are la 10 roomy and solid and though its a apat ments lack richness of furniture they are handsomely appointed the othe fk biest and ra richest cal est room in the A sun M wite household is the private ch chabel 0 of V a grace it is under the dome on t n e floor door and possesses an alter alla r of solid both d liver i the altar is in historical it was mae in mexico in the good old days day when the philippines were a province ot of the ann american Asne rican dependency of babi a W aa was a gift to one of the early a bishops silver is in at a discount th chelse days but there Is 18 a competence for allta most moat any man in that altar no features in the appointments of tie household are a 91 series of pictured cletur ur statues of our lady of gua gu made in mexico other buildings bup dIngs of important the walled city are the cachet bilth church and convent of st sl at the vt st domingo E cisco the th tapo the tha chuoc lege of sf IM S f isabel the R roa ki IM of ot Sant Gi garist riSt church I 1 aad nt at 0 W 0 TO ot collego fi banco espanol filipino port fort san flipe the artillery barracks the engineers barracks the school of infantry the quarters of the carabi carabineris neros the arsenals arid the offices of civil officials the churches are far and an away the handsomest and most imposing buildings building and the ivitts ind ancl monks in their robes of black and white lend the color ot of another age to the scene the streets are narrow dark and dirty and continued life surrounded by the slimy and foul smelling moat is fiur conducive to goad health the walled city is fronted by the famed luneta and skirted on the and west my the paseo maseo de la calzada zada which were once very pretty they were lined lind by luxuriant trees which offered their kindly shade to the pedestrian or driver but they are now bare and nude As a measure of war every tree was stripped of its limbs and only stumps remain to tell of fortner former beauty manilas most important suburb Ts Is the business district of Bi nondo on the north narth shore of the basig it is out cut in two by two camels the estero de bi nando and the estero de san jacinto and its streets aimed to follow irregular river and meandering canal are puzzlingly crooked and decidedly cut up the lower lo basig is banked in with avill built stone piers which offer excellent cel lent for shipping machof much of tae wholesale hole sale trade is done do ne west of the bidondo canal which la Is spawned by F vemta puenta del blanco and much of the reus trade between bidondo canal and ana san jacinto canal it to Is down in the wholesale district that many ot of the larger foreign firms axe are located in the retail business the escolta is the most Import artt avenue it is narrow and crooked and has long since failed to meet the demands that traffic make upon tt tl it is decidedly cosmopolitan and in times of peace its shops off offer air the modes and fashions of the world the escolta reminds you of the little boycho boy who just washed the front of his face tor for its ears and the back ot of its neck axe are dirty there is a chinese and maciver settlement t to the north and rear of it and it seems to be reveling in a carnival of filth its streets are paved with blocks very much like those used in san francisco but they axe are in better than the aver avenues rues of the pa cefic coast cities as there is no heavy traffic to T o the north morth of Binon dlo to Is the native settlement lement of the abiding place of thousands of filipinos its structures are characteristic being of bamboo and bast of is a great low lying bisti district let cut up in a vein like way with slUg glah canals that eventually find thedr way to the basig or the bay the landscape to is all tropical and the banana and tha th tall bamboo grow close together east of bidondo BI nondo are the suburbs of 0 santa cruz quiapo san ban sebastian bae tiam san miguel Mala canon sam koloc bioc and santa mesa in each Is the eyer ever present church and they are all more or less attractive san ban miguel boasts of the official and aristocratic aristocrat lc residences and there axe are many attractive buildings but in san sebastian all are cut up with canals and estuaries but the effect instead of being venetian Is more like that produced ini in the lowlands of Holla holland md at quiapo the basig swings around to the southeast and halt half a mile up stream dt and flows flaws about the island de ale cencia where in an extensive group of buildings the feeble minded ahad orphans are cared for by an order of Catholic sisters the american who visited the place on thel their tours of inspection pronounced it the clean public institution in the he city la the suburban town on the te north ehor cof the river are located the prin ciol cigar factories sugar mills rice vt itts plants and from santa mesa comes the main pipe line that gives the city its fairly good water supply the suburbs south of the city are ermita malate and paco ermita is perhaps the most attractive district of all the ground is higher and better drained and the streets are better condition located in that suburb are the observatory conducted by the jesuit fathers the group of exposition buildings and the english club the last named has an ideal location it faces the calle marina and extends to the bay shore and the breeze from the sea generally keeps it quite cool in the garden of the clubhouse flourish and thrive all the plants of the tropics ermita and malate have a very heavy native population and paco is inhabited almost exclusively clu by that class in manila lines of caste are very sharply drawn the military official and foreign business and professional classes grasp and enjoy every possible luxury while the coolie foreign or domestic slaves and sweats and tolls toils the climate is very trying upon the european and the most energetic fellow quickly looses his steam few if any I 1 europeans do any manual work they rise early and taking advantage of the morning get under cover |