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every afternoon at dusk, the men were all dressed in white  & wore straw hats & made an immaculate picture never seen in the U.S. or Europe. Dined on the [[Teneyo?]] at night  with younglings & girls to a dance half at Santa Ana where soldiers & sailors dance. The place had a large floor space & a good orchestra[[?]] & quite a few of the better class Americans were there.  The soldiers  dance [[crossout]] th [[/crossout]] with Filipino girls [[crossout]] but [[/crossout]] employed by the ball.  The one step is the favorite dance with a few walzes and fox trots.
Returned to Teneyo at midnight.
10 [[encircled]] Monday.  Spent the morning having my passport visaed by the B.C. for Hongkong and did some shopping on the Escolta & in the Manila hotel where they have many ladies hats and