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The present church has three naves ami is 

 of Ionic style of architecture, 65 meters long 

 and 22 wide. It was Padre Mariano Gil, a 

 parish priest of Tondo, who made public the 

 existence of the Katipunan Society in 1896. 



MALATE CHURCH 



The quaint little church of Malate was built 

 by the early Augustinians who founded the 

 parish in 1588. The present church is a com- 

 position of three structures, the facade raised 

 in 1590 by Fr. Diego Gutierrez, the body 

 built in 1864 by Fr. Francisco Chadrado and 

 the sanctuary in 1895 when the church was 

 restored by Fr. Nicolas Dulanto. The three 

 cover a period of 305 years. 



Like Tondo, Malate had among its early 

 parish priests many of the notable men of the 

 corporation of whom may be mentioned Die- 

 go Gutierrez, 1590, Diego Leyva 1598, Juan 

 B. Hernandez, 1602 who made the first 

 restoration after the earthquake of 1600; Juan 

 de Penalosa, 1607, Juan de Montesdoca, 1608, 

 Juan de Montemayor in 1614 and Luis Ruiz 

 Brito in 1615. A massive convent formerly 

 joined the church but was removed a few 

 years ago to make way for the present clergy 

 house and the extensive garden. 



OUR LADY OF LOURDES (CAPUCHIN) 



The most modern church in the walled city 

 and one of the prettiest in the islands. It 

 was built in 1910 in restoration of a former 

 temporary church built in 1897. The plans 

 were laid by the well known Spanish architect 

 Perez Munoz. Part of the old structure, form- 

 erly a private residence, was retained, the 

 facade and interior of the church being of 

 reinforced concrete. The interior is beauti- 

 ful in its simple adornment. The statutes and 

 all the wood carving was done by Filipino 

 sculptors. The statue of Our Lady of Lpurdes 

 on the high altar is a remarkable piece of 

 work executed by Manuel Flores. 



Before this altar in 1898 prayers were offer- 

 ed day and night for several weeks for pro- 

 tection against the threatened bombardment 

 of the city by Admiral Dewey. 



SEBASTIAN CHURCH 



The most unique church in the city. The 

 present Gothic structure is "knock down" 

 one constructed in sections in Belgium and 



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shipixxl f. o. b. to Manila where it was erected 

 on the site of the ancient structure ruined by 

 the earthquakes. It is of iron throughout, 

 55 meters long and 25 wide. The construc- 

 tion was completed in 1891. The cupola is 

 majestic in height, the stained glass windows 

 brought from Europe, and illustrating events 

 in the life of Christ, are the finest in the city, 

 rich in tone and in the wonderful variety in 

 the figures they contain. 



The first church was built in 1618 and re- 

 constructed in 1866. 



BINONDO CHURCH 



Built by Dominican parish priests in con- 

 nection with their mission work among the 

 Chinese. The first church stood on the large 

 block on Plaza Moraga, facing the Escolta 

 an'd was known as San Gabriel. It was later 



removed as a military measure. The Domin- 

 icans then moved to the other end of Rosario 

 to where the present church stands. Several 

 buildings were raised on this site owing to the 

 destructive earthquakes. The present build- 

 ing is of massive proportions. 



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Woman's Club 



(Continued from page 91) 



In 1919, Mrs. F. O. Smolt was elected 

 President and in her opening address called 

 for larger development. 



The response of the government to the 

 Club has been generous. Realizing its in- 

 ability to finance the expanding nursery serv- 

 ice, first 1*5,000 was requested of the Legisla- 

 ture, then 1*7,000 and 1*10,000 and for the 

 past and present year, through the Welfare 

 Board, 1*18,000. On this amount, however, 

 the Club is to return 5%. The Municipal 

 Board has shown an appreciative spirit to- 

 wards the work done for the working moth- 

 ers and donates the rent of the nurseries. 

 This amounts to 1*4,320 annually. It is 

 hoped in time, to secure model nurseries, 

 either as gifts from individual philanthro- 

 pists or as government buildings. 



A People's Kitchen will be tried out this 

 year in Manila, the Welfare Board having 

 allotted 1*5,000 for the experiment. They 

 have also tinder consideration the setting 

 aside of a sum of money to stimulate the 

 activities of the 307 provincial clubs. Sev- 

 eral important club petitions are awaiting 

 legislative action, three from 1918: the juve- 

 nile (or minors) court; the enactment of a 

 recidivist law, the enactment of the inde- 

 terminate sentence. The two for 1919 arc, 

 abolishment of the cookpit evil in the Phil- 

 ippine Islands and a petition addressed to 

 the Mayor and Municipal Council, taking 

 position against the re-establishment, in 

 Manila, of a segregated social evil district. 



And so, full of good deeds and honors, we 

 leave them. It is not a fashionable Club; 

 it is a -working one. They lack even a Club 

 House and are often troubled for ways and 

 means but are unfaltering in duty and trust 

 in Providence a faith realized. 



