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exit exist exiting I ing Hard Hardly a as ancient but hut J useless le s with tit the Ill quaint aint 1 r to y were 10 th the futile cannon which filled nU-d th scarred and embrasures ur some om f. wolfhound th the grand old uld stronghold stands s a mem memento to 1 of or orI I braver and better beller days lay Stirring Stirling deeds J ep-J are aie u associated ll with the history any an ap rl many a time has old lid Manila upheld the tho nty of Spain in Pacific wa wa- 3 t tore T These gray ramparts repelled f t Chinese c and lure Moio pirates pirate Dutch and I Portuguese u s Invaders before the Hilt Bilt- lJ Li Ish I-h forced them therm and captured lI the city The fie heavy walls wall have withstood with j little injury the many earthquakes es which from flom time line to time lime have laid the Interior buildings low Manila is If small and crowded It Its Ill circumference of or r what more moie than two miles Is bounded lIU b by water on t two 0 sides the river D and ml the bay huy on up the tho others a moat In r re recent recent re- re cent re years the unsanitary state of the place lace has suggested the erasure of the thc walls and moat The latter stagnant and i r laden refuse has long been a prolific prolific pro pro- lifts source s of oC disease mus for tor reasons the American Amerl Amerl- can cart authorities have havo decided l to 10 pie ire r e the old fortifications whilst filling fillIne fill fill- 7 Ine ing In In the moat and converting it It IL into an an- an extensive flower Hower garden no Old Manila contains the Spanish I government and public buildings the l e lul nn and 11 other churches a an n number of oC monasteries mona s. s convents colt col- col and anel similar ecclesiastical structures structures t and the intermingled inter inter- tures S a few Cow retail shops 1 an JI min mingled led residences s of the rich and poor So frequent and ami di disastrous nus has hasI b e I h been n the destruction by that no ancient building remains In It Its has entirety entirely but a as m followed followell original lines Inthe in inthe inthe all the main tout toUl en ensemble Is medieval and attractive to the sentimentalist r an The hygienist however 1 will withhold sweets noel and approval from rom the narrow dwellings with their lack of or ordinary sanitary what we con consider idel the Spaniards Manila Intra Intra- Under r dull somber place was a were no cafes theatres 01 or other places place Except for an nn oc- oc or of entertainment in tl the square Ional cn-Ional ima I nil military review c procession slon there was religious a ol oa the dreary monor monotony mono mono- to relieve f. f life rh fht early earl day was ton tony or of behind dully closet closed blinds s. s From i r f spent the evening e t went calling call call- 7 In to to fashion Cashion and aULI 1 In languid Ing Manila gravitated all Toward In foot and on 7 tu to Luneta circled Its oval courso carriages es they the strains of oC a to whilst listening 1 1111 al oleo also o ti the t Pop e c military band thronged n to witness lasses all J lace or of executions which during Burin g the thc public rebellion were or of almost almo l f f ga The condemned he be daily dall the sea ca wall to against rood lined a In- In c or of Spanish Shot hot c b 1 platoons crowd shouted vivas j the whilst whilst- ia fantry r with the au authe mey It In f r ee In fear of them i ties tics others ot of the tho city were y The Tho streets ets overhung o the tho all r paved lla and or of the houses stories r upper to ad ad- f-e f by th too narrow an places w were ro In iii ma man or of two v pedestrians of th the pa passage with will cocoanut cocoa cocoa- n t I st st. n I kerosene nut all ot or keloS thoroughfares but bute the thc 8 served r ed to light were strict and I e the police r reg regulations within the walls wails good order oer pre w which Is nOW Hour un- un department best bost i In fire tho o The o of ono Bonner In In- Chief crudu very ven j th hew 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J Jb 1 Tit u. u Ii L E EdL L F 1 4 I lon with Ith the mo most t primitive p equipment Flames have havi fn frequently destroyed large portions of the city A private residence resIlIence Is IB seldom more than two stories in h height nor nOl indeed etl do the tho public buildings often exceed el that altitude The rhe ground lound floor of the tho form former r is iM always given over to lo the servants set ser ants or of used as a The Ihl le It encl proper is the second floor A Al Ai l i road moad staircase leads from Crom the the- ground ro to tr C. C a spacious hall called th the calda Giving GI off from flom this are time the reception recep- recep lion tion and dining rooms and extending along the inner 6 sides I R of or these time the sleeping apartments The rime kitchen bathroom etc are ar In an n adjoining yard the yard the azotea and azotea-and and aro i reached cached b ba by bya a no covered erell passageway The walls o of th the lower lover fluor are atC of or heavy stone with barred barre apertures and massive m ma sive door having a e appearance Since tho the great earthquake of oC iSso 1880 th the use use of oC stone in the upper structure shuc- shuc ture has hap for the sake ke of or public S safety safet r IY boon been forbidden Now the thc second stories aro are constructed of wood often orten with a aroot root roof of or corrugated d Iron The fhe entile satire wall Is Js fitted with sliding windows glazed with opaque oyster i shell which whilst admitting subdued light obstructs ob ob- obstructs the tho rays raH of the sun to a great great- er or 1 extent than would glass Ol Old Manila never ol had l any sewerage system Astern tm The private ar arrangements ra of or i residences evidences were fearfully unsanitary The rho drainage of houses housE'S was can carried led into the river or moat and not a little of it escaped into the streets All this thIN fu I being rectified as rapidly rapid 1 as possible possible ble and tho the walled city ma may become In III time a tolerably healthful If IC not nota a 1 pleasant place In which to live The cathedral an and palace face on what was tho the public square The Th former dates from Crom 1880 wh when n. n the time br great at earthquake arth destroyed Its Us predecessor lr de cessor Until recently the ruins In lay in juxtaposition to the new building a a. f speaking evidence of oC the habitual pro pro- of or the tho Spaniard The Tho cathedral ca- ca thedral like lIko most lar large e buildings habit liable lia Ua ha- ha lilt bit to the effect of seismic forces is fiat lIat and devoid devol of upper structures It II derives nevertheless ne s a certain beauty and granduer from runt Ium Its noble proportions and simple e. e lines nc The rl foundations were laid HUll at ai me the time lilli 01 of the lit cr creation of the archiepiscopate InIS in ht IS i 1595 ii but several edifices have lve occupied occupied pied limo tho cite since then In Jn the days and they extended over the greater period of Spanish anish rule when the tho church overshadowed the tho thoC C authority In the Islands the cathedral cathedral ca ca- ca thedral represented the political and social power of the tho colony It was tho starting point of oC almost dally daily religious ITOC processions 5 lons d designed to impress the I saints Paints days dur were more numerous than titan work days ays In ol old Malick Malia Ma- Ma lick lia and the tho lower classes delighted In the cheap amusement that wound sound up UI at night with a a. gorgeous dis display lav Hundreds of oC men women and child child- I run ren be bearing lI lighted curdles candles pace paced In InI I single file down either silo side of oC tho the I street treet whilst bands of or music came cameI I down the tho cent center ll preceding groups of 1 t j g JA r S Q y f p f r Jg 7 S. 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I 4 iI 4 tt b t m j priests es images imag of oC the Virgin Mary ant and the saints boi borne ne upon the shoulders of devotees devotees- Many lany of or t hl these e images e were adorned d with gems ems of or value alue else l e till the guard of or sollers sol sol- lers l' l with wilh fixed bayonets was designed to convey a false Impression The fhe com Coin se su of or the Parade as was marked by bythe bythe bytho the tho explosion of bombs and rockets at frequent Intervals Inter The the tho governors general on ral has occupied the time same 0 spot In suc sue successive c 1 buildings s. s a the earliest days of r the Tho The city elly present nt structure ture tute a large and Imposing building with spacious apartments dates datos froth when e destroyed the J previous l bUll building A fine I broad stairway stair way hives gives access to 10 the second floor on which after atler the custom of or the courts country are arc all nil the living and reception reception recep recep- tion rooms looms A s splendid hall feet teet lu Iu length and hats hali as broad with lofty ceiling ceiling- and mill fluor has haH been the scone of ot many state stately functions The walls valls are arc lung ljung un with size life paintings paintings-of of oC forc governors gon gon- on em oral I and aud other Spanish cel celebrities Tho The council chamber looks out upon tho the square and many maJC an anxious cather Ing lias Kati watched the excited mob moll from Its UN windows s. The Thu room loom Is la furnished with n a a large laigo lIc beautifully calved carved table and heavy and lle y chairs the royal rOJal a arn rn s. s In the thc angle oC or the city walls wails which t a coincides with the point of juncture of or the river rl al and urd the thi bay buy stands th the hil historic Fortress of Santiago which during the thc centuries has guarded th the slumberous city lying to th the south of oC oft it t This citadel which originated d ina Ina in ina a rude stockade was the first fortified position hel held by the time Spaniards On n tho the Island Iland of oC Luzon It was here that Salcedo made his gallant stand against Li Lt M Ma Mo a Hung's s 's i 11 band and since has ha Santiago o borne the tho brunt of or a u hostile attack attach upon Manila If rumor is to 11 be ci edited credited the dun dUll geons goons of oC th the ess ss below belou water hovel lovel have tl tho the mo most t fearful fear fear- ful tul atrocities practiced d by tho the Spanish upon their hapless prisoners Tn In times of oC disturbance banco the the- place has often b been en crowded d far beyond boond Its capacity and many a u suspect has cheated tho rho garrote or escaped ped the bullet by d dying prematurely In the damp and dismal dun dungeons eo of or San San- tiago Its Its' prison roll roil contains many mam Illustrious names Three governors governor's have languished for Cor w weary arY years within within with with- in Its walls an nn archbishop nUl nursed hi his wrath roth in one oho o of its cells lIB and a 1 Sultan of oC Sulu together with his family are aro Included included-in In the thc list I the city has extend extend- extended North and south ed cd in suburbs from which the time cramped cramp cramp- ed conditions of Manila 10 line tuO generally abs absent nt although h In the tho j native native- I sections tho the poorer people her herd I II i t. r. r i r h J to together ether In unnecessary proximity toone to toone toone one another Fur For l many years eal previous lous I to c. c tho the American occupation the residence resi resl- dence of th the governor general has been without the walls alls an and mo most t of oC the well well-to-do occupied commodious villas vil- vil villas vII vil las Ins with surrounding gardens andopen and andopen andopen open to to th the breezes breez from Crom the sea sta Ermila and Malate along tho the waterfront waterfront water water- front south of oC the walled ctt city are arc the most attractive of or the residential suburbs sub sub- and at l the they are easily acce accessible now that 40 miles mlle of oC modern electric railway ay have supplanted tho the old pony that afforded such rapid transit as the elt city could boast of oC on the tho right bank of oC the river rl Is Js the trading center of Manila mind the seat scat of oC all Its life and anti bustle Here are aro th the warehouses and offices of tho rho foreign firms and the principal Chopping streets streets- During the bu business hours the thoroughfares tho of oC are crowded with pe pedestrians and ve ve- The rattle of oC wheels l the labor labor lab lab- or song ong of oC coolies the tho shouts shout of or hack hack- drivers and anti the clang of ot the time cars afford af- af afford af ford a striking contrast to tho the solemn stillness sillIness of oC tho the streets of tho rho walled city The Thc principal r retail tall str street et is the tho Escolta Escolta Es Es- colta rolta whose shops slops Will Compare favor favor- D obly bh with of ot another Eastern elt city They Thin aro are conducted by y Europeans Euro Euro- Jeans Arn Americans or ni and the i stocks of oC goods ar are surprisingly comi com com- r 1 i u. u i I but Manila will not be satisfied until unlit she stag has ono one of our modern department de stores store which would un un- undoubtedly t dl do rho a profitable business A Ir e portion of or tho the g Escolta was burntout burnt burntout out Jur In and tho the silo SItA nf of the old buildings Is now occupied by lIy a handsome hand hand- some block containing the tho central stoll ce telegraph and some om line fino shops Chinese c dealers are tl t to bo he found round everywhere but hut the center of oC their re retail re re- tall tail wade trade U i I the ho a street which they h occupy exclusively Their totes stores are ar art of the Hie oriental bazaar t type pc and ar arLot are Lot i ot patronized extensively by the better bet bet- tel tei clashes lass The rhe Chinese are the Ilse shoe shoe- nimU ra makers makers cabinet anti and smiths of or orI I the hf community comm unit besides follo following man many oth other r occupations occupation and alwa always s 's with success Time The principal manufacturing Industry Industry Indus Indus- tf try i is which has hower however however how how- ever er suffered red something of or a setback since Ince the American occupation owing to tl tho the contraction of oC the Spanish market mar mar- Yet ket without any compensating opening of the United States Stales There are arc 20 or more moro in T l Manila Il IllO most lO t of whom are women omen and mid girls Irl and antl a large proportion of or these Chinese Chin f ese foIl mE Some oC or the factories aro are V very r large larce and employ as qs |