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Show FOURTH OF JULY IN MANILA. Birthday of the American Nation Celebrated with the Greatest Enthusiasm. The little brown men in the Philippines, Philip-pines, who fought against the Stars and Stripes a few years ago, now celebrate cele-brate its birthday with as much en-tusiasm en-tusiasm as the most patriotic American Ameri-can could wish. Long before sunup sun-up in Manila the bustle of preparation prepara-tion is heard in answer to the ruffle of drums and the shrill notes of pipes from army headquarters. Despite the great number of Chinese in the city, -Manila does not encourage the firecracker, fire-cracker, owing to the highly-inflammable nature of many of the buildings, build-ings, In the afternoon there is sure to be a speech from an open-air platform draped with flags, and later a concert con-cert of patriotic airs from the ornate bamboo band stand on the Luneta. The well-to-do citizen of Manila puts on an immaculate duck suit, pins a tiny American flag to his breast in honor of the day and goes out to see the fun and take part in the grand parade pa-rade of vehicles and pedestrians on the Luneta, which takes place as soon as the climbing of the greased pole and the potato and sack races are over. A brilliant display of fireworks winds up the day. The harmless torpedo tor-pedo and less harmless toy pistol are in high favor with grown-ups as well as children, and it is very amusing to see a fat elderly mestizo gentleman gravely loading and firing a toy pistol, or gleefully popping torpedoes on tho-pavement. |