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Show v c 'i 7 THE WORLD AMERICAN FORK, UTAH, SATURDAY. JULY VOL. V car is about the only sign cf lifx At 3 oclock the mercury begins to Mnk a little uud life revives. At 4 the Enofficers served ti n. tousl and jam glish GROWS MONOTONOUS, BUT 5 tae to customers clerks, and ENDURABLE IN TIME. community paid n fluai visit to the tiffin room!?) before driving to the of I bo UoglUli Club Tlie Importantor to the club at Ueu. liluoco and Noundap Sleet If they wont to the promenaJt How II 1 uiprtwcd au American at the Lancia, the foreigners saw LIFE IN FAR MANILA. prora-cnad- t! - K?.g-laje- up-to- ; -- bpaularda Llk Urtm, hut-dred- B . s around l.'.'OO feet lc.:;, u slighlly raised whore center was marked with n lirgi Land fit end, and wl:t:..c surround s; roadway was guarded by mounted police that kepi. :he carriages in liio. And nobody but the gjvernor grnr.stl and archbishop can turn bie carriage In the opposite direction fronsthe central left to right movement. Directly In front lias the great bay, with the sun going down in the Dora Chica between the hardly visible Island of Correg'dor and tbe mainland 3J miles away. To the rear is a stretch of greea parade ground, clumps of bamboo trees concealing houses, and the distant mountains. To the right lie the corner battery cud walls of old Manila, and to the left tbe til tractive Biibiub of Krmlta and the streteh of shore running along toward Cavite. Carriages of all sorts made up the procession, as It used to ba, and were filled with stately Spanish couples o; groups of overdressed native women In g crushed strawberry gown 3, or Chinese. And one could generally depend upon it that the people who drove in the finest victorias lived in the poorest houses and had the least for dinner. For Spanish officers and their wives preferred to look well on the Luneta rather than to lire well at home. Men, boys and tastefully dressed children thronged the ellipse at these times or eat along the edges of the curbing facing the bay In those wicker chairs which look bo attractive in the windows of our East India shops. off run-lagi-- s s all the Institutions In Manila the English Club is the most interesting to the American. One has only to Journey to that capital in the far east to find out what an important factor in the life of the foreign resident that Of j same English club is. which somehow binds the community together and makes a capital much more livable by reason ot its existence. The English Club is not only a sort cf social center and bureau of information, but 1b also a trade ceuter, at which sales are made, contracts closed and deals consummated. If yon want a man and he is not to be found elsewhere during business hours, send to the club for him or go there yourself at about noon, and you are sure to find him slaking his thirst and talking to somebody. In Manila the club afforded shelter and cocktails to its members at two widely separated points of the compass one just on the banks of the Pasig, where its waters, coming down from the big lake at the foot of the mountains, are first Introduced to the outlaying suburbs of the city, and the other in the heart of the business section. The same set of native servants practically served for both departments, since no one uses up town during the middle of the day and no one down town after business hours. As a result on week days, after the light breakfast of the early morning was over at the up town building the staff of waiters and assistants hurried down town in the tram cars and made ready for the noon meal at the other side-track- ed el structure, returning ,urbj in time to officiate s! diunei n the suburban clubhouse Inf were the dining room, parlor, billiard rooms, bowling alley, bed, chamNag-taja- bers for members and guests, and a boathouse for those who had the energy to "buck the muddy current of the Pasig in the heavy working boats. In the down town or tiffin rooms were merely the "breakfast parlor and library. with a billiard table perched out in the hallway, the whole establlsh-inewas modestly located on a permanent corner In the main street, over the office of an English bank. At 10 o'clock in the morning the brokers and heads of houses used to as- serable at the tiffin rooms as a sort of chamber of commerce, and discuss the news from home as related in the private cablegrams. At noon the members or the foreign business community stopped work and most of them returned to the club for the hearty breakfast which was served below the lazily swinging punkahs. This was the first square meal of the day, and consisted of so many varied courses that long Bleeping chairs were provided In the library for the comfort of members, most of whom found an hour's rest absolutely necessary after a battle with Chinese curry plum pudding. Trice Yurlrrt. Tiffin was supplied on every business day in the month to subscribers for 513.50 Mexican, or about 7 in gold. If there were few holidays in the month, the price per meal was cheap enough, say 23 cents; but when thoHa ever recurrent church feast days came along sometimes two a week meals were suspended down town, and tlie club got the Lest of the bargain. At such times the body of remained at the suburban establishment, and the "tiffin'' cost a dollar. The library in the tiffin rooms was excellent, consisting as it did of some 7.0U0 volumes and a sot of original Arabian Nights kept In a big tin box near the door. All of the latest papers and magazines six weeks old though i hey were could he found on the tables, and nothing induced sleep so easily after that hearty breakfast a.i the slowly swaying punkah and the perusal of stale news. The punkah boy slept with the ml and pulled on In his dreams. If he awoke, the cooling arrangement generally stopped, and someone would throw Sir John I.ubbock across the loom to put him to fdeep again. In Manila In times of peace, the whole city slumbers from twelve to three. Carriages disappear from the streets, the shops draw down their tram blinds, and the little nt and-canne- sen-ant- one-hor- se s BALLETDANCER9. ! a-:- hunted-lookin- NO. 35 JO, 1808. f th Most rmaii liar Lirtd to Do ttepiaftgetntrlim. The longevity of the ballet dancers evidently has a more substantial foundation than the Jckes of the humorists who hare fotifid so much to amuse them in the persistency with which tlie premieres cling to their A Europeah statistician profession. has been devoting himself to a study of the eminent in that art, and his investigations seem, to establish the d fact tbat they are an unusually lot. The famous Carlotta Grlsi is living now at the age of 77, and one of the ballet dashers at the Op?ra in Paris la 70.-- But he is a man. Amalia Ferraris;ls still teaching at tbe age of 78 la Paris, and seems likely to continue that work for some time to come. Fanny Easier was 74 when she died; and Tagllonl had passed .her - eightieth year, lloslta Mauri thiQtLrtflat-- premiere at the ever 50 and has beOpera In gun to talk of retiring. Some of the more famous dancers of earlier times, commencing with', the first cf the profession, succeeded In reaching the following rips ages?' Berourt, 76; La Caroargo, GO; Noverf$3; Vestrls, the elder, 79; La GuJcm, 63; Gardel, 82; Vestrls, the 'fiUMiJr, 82; Mazlller, 71; Blasts, 70; Pe&oOl La Cerllo, one of the greatest favorites of her day In Paris, and muct admired once In this conntiy,'ls living in retirement in Paris at the fcge of 78. The oldest in this list wasovefre who stood among the .greatest in'tho art during tbe middle. Of Ufaeishtcenth century. veterans our Compared own Bonf ant, Vho, Is teaching now In long-live- , . : If You were Acquainted with Our System You Could Understand Why WE BELL THE BEST i Mens Shoes, Ladies Shoes, Childrens Shoes. Cheaper than any House in the World. PaRls EVERY CONCEIVABLE STYLE AND SHAPE. RUBBERS FOR YOUNG AND OLD. . EVERYTHING IN THE SHOE LINE. this cltj, rseema'ln the' first flush ot her poweiVy?The only1 Pallet dancers who coipe JQ - thdl country In these days are not U ketf' to be..long rememfew of; them bered. There;, srf Nor re. we and those nc&eminent. Outdoor AmniHsmontfti 'The are much prs they aflp; Now and then the cool weather of h- old-fthe northeast monsoon would stimu- - tlcal dlHappoarancp resulted i . ni "i "yrt ftf up a pinokfyif concert, li'Vrhidkusr Lx these' pteces qpaaflif to have their in dience was mostly composed of the ' ' terest for New" .Yorkers they, remained y ' performers' awaiting their- turn or to popular 'on the rOad," and there were , give a dance In return for hospitalities received at hands of few European always several Joe these companies and presenting one hostesses in the colony. On the lat- traveling about d two or European dancter occasions everybody was Invited, come to an also Tiave But they the grounds on the river bank were ers. tarletan spirthe hem and with end, lighted, by scores of soft fairy lamps out of finally ited propped pirouatters suspended from tbe HangHang trees, house whose perfume oil sells for 40 a pound sight. The haljet at the opera and a makeshift, has always' begn. and the verandas, almost overhanging ' danced here Cavalazzi Malvina since the water, was filled with small sup If any, of the premieres have per tables. To Btep In on tbe scene few, artists of reputation. She rebeen In the midst of the dance with native to aporchestras playing waltzes seductively turned to London, continued sickness after as a pantomlmlst pear with as those at home, beautifully is will dressed womeu In the latest Paris fash' prevented her from dancing, and you want to save money, send tor our booklet, it London. in of a teacher dancing If today Ions fighting for salads or ices, as Several of her pupils came to New Sent Free for the Asking1. they had gone without dinners for a Col'... Mapleson two years explain everything. week in anticipation of the event, and York with with lean Spaniards trying to stow ago. The only dancers of reputation here now are women who came away enough meat and dring for days left to the to come with all this and more, too. when the ballet, as an adjunct was and that was were popular, spectacle, It was hard to believe that you some of to entitle ago enough and Gotham 8,000 long 11,000 miles from In the statisticians a to them place Paris. from list, If they had ever been famous enough. Those that are known bore Th aiyutrry r Immortality. and mentioned among the veterans The first reflection which occurs is to danced in the country many years ago represent the great mistake cf refusing at a time in which the solo dancer, as to believe in the continuity of individ. an Interlude to plays and operettas, ual life because of the Incomprehenwas she as was as highly appreciated sibility of It. Existence around us, Il In Europe. But that was In the early is full luminated by modern science, of New York's history as an of antecedently inci edible occurrences; days amusement centre. one more or less makes no logical difference. Theie is positively not a sinKducatlon of LIuim. gle prodigy In the ancient religions When lions were still numerous and but has Its everyday Illustration In nmuie. The transformations of clas- easily observed in Southern Africa sic gods and goddesses arc grossly com- they were sometimes seen instructing monplace to the magic of the medusa, one another In voluntary gymnastics which is now filling our summer sm and practicing their leaps, making a with floating hells of crystal anil ame- liUflh play the part of the absent game. thyst. Born from the glassy goblet of Moffat tells the story of a lion which their nioiher, the young hydrozoon had missed a zebra by miscalculating MiNl'KiTTUKIM OK AXI JlIAl.FHS IN becomes first a free germ, resembling the distance, repeating the jump sv-- 0 a rice giain: next a fixed cup with four ;il times for his own Instruction. lips; then those lips turn to tentarl-MTwo of liis comrades coming upon him and it is a hyaline Rower, which presMaterial and worknianshli le he was engaged In thn exircis", A specially cf all kinds of cemetery work ently stilts across the calyx into seg- he led them aruund the rock to show ments, and the pi clean thing has grown them how matters stood, and thru, re- guarantopd or money refunded. Scud fur designs aud prices a tuit into a pine cone, crowned turning to the etarling point, comWEST OF TAYLOh, bliOsJ. FCRXITURE CO. of transparent filaments. The cone pleted the lesson by making n final changes into a series of sea dal.sls. leap. 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