The inhabitants of the Philippines . nd loose. The access of air to the body is necessary tocarry off the perspiration, some of which is in the form ofvapour. Ladies will find the greatest comfort in the simple butelegant dresses called batas, which are princess robes madeof embroidered cambric or lawn. The materials for thesedresses can be purchased in Manila, and excellent semps-tresses and embroiderers can be hired at moderate wages,and the dresses made in the house. For the evenings, thinsilk or muslin dresses, cut low, are most suitable. Men who are young and robust should wear white duck
The inhabitants of the Philippines . nd loose. The access of air to the body is necessary tocarry off the perspiration, some of which is in the form ofvapour. Ladies will find the greatest comfort in the simple butelegant dresses called batas, which are princess robes madeof embroidered cambric or lawn. The materials for thesedresses can be purchased in Manila, and excellent semps-tresses and embroiderers can be hired at moderate wages,and the dresses made in the house. For the evenings, thinsilk or muslin dresses, cut low, are most suitable. Men who are young and robust should wear white duckjackets, and trousers without waistcoats. Elderly men, orthose subject to rheumatism, will do well to wear thinflannel suits. The material for these can be got in HongKong. For travelling and shooting, unbleached linen,guingon, or rayadillo, is the best material, made intoNorfolk jackets and pantaloons. I always found white orbrown leather shoes the best wear, and canvas shooting-boots capped and strapped with leather. A Panama hat,. LIFE IN MANILA : HOUSES 177 or a solar topee, is the best head-wear. If one has to bemuch in the sun, a white umbrella, lined with green, shouldbe carried. Dress is not an expensive item in to 1892, the washing for a whole family, with bed andtable-linen, could be done for $12 per month. Hotises. Most of the older houses in Manila are of ample size,and well suited to the climate, but some of the newer ones,built to the designs of a Spanish architect, and having glasswindows, are very hot and uncomfortable. It is essentialto live in a good-sized house, so as to escape the heat bymoving to a different part as the sun goes round. Thusyou will have your early breakfast in one corner of thebalcony ; your tiffin, perhaps, on the ground floor ; your teain the open corridor looking on the garden, and yourdinner, at , in the dining-room under the punkah. House-rent is paid monthly, and, up to 1892, a gooddetached house of moderate size co
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