Show 1 J. 1 I 7 vS Singapore gap re Among Hottest of Cities Caries m m o m One One One-Furth Fourth of Population Chinese o o m m o 0 Section of High Standard rV Ir- Ir r. r By BY BYLON LON J J. J HADDOCK Ul V Across the China sea a and d into the Straits of ot Malacca we e glideS glide r e S and four tour days' days run from Manila brings us to Singapore in the Straits V y Settlements Singapore is hot 1 hotter hottest It is barely 3 del def del de- de l l' l f from the equator and its heat riS know knows no equation J VV J All 11 the men on the ship are arc in v tiVy white white- Anticipating the tropic heat you get et your duck drill gr pongee suits made to order older in Shanghai or ori 5 i 5 JI or brif you have neglected i c up p. p to now you can can get them m made madei madeS S t i f in one lane ne day by an any of ot the Chinese V tailor shops in Singapore The i. i Chinese are are great imitators and d' d th they y wilt will copy a suit or dress left with with them as a pattern in every overy I i detail of style and measurement minor detail detail V r One ne other S J all cally ally aU of ot the passengers are now fv sleeping at night on improvised cots f out i tit on the deck in a vain attempt to toj toS S I get respite get from the intense heat A- A j 0 Singapore is me the farthermost 1 southern southern point of ot Asia It is under British rul rules rull l and here it is that of Great Britain is figuring on establishing establishing lishing her great Asiatic naval base are ate the na na- v e rl ys of of course the Chinese make up tip fully fourth one fourth of ot the entire population tHUM HUMAN N AUTOMATONS F The first distinctive distinct ve thing we we t r note is In inthe the stevedores stevedores' that load and unload Fargo cargo from from the ship E the Heretofore pp Chinese coolies with t their their everlasting singsong have 3 V been the m menials but now a new 1 type of ot humanity comes into evi evl j. j d dente nce These are the Tars Ta- Ta f rs v tells mils Tall dark lithe fellows they are are with flashing dark eyes anti ancl rl pearlY teeth and shiny black bodies r Some of them them have really remark- remark r ably fine features and yet et In In- In In and strength they are I i I greatly inferior to the tho Chinese In 1 fact representative members o of our own consulates tell me that the are ale almost entirely devoid of ot Intelligence They are Just human hu man automatons having to be beto driven to every task they per perform orm Clad in nature to the waist the balance of their attire consists of a a sarong made ot of otone loose fitting up o one piece of cloth which Is held in hi place by deftly rolling It under m der jUt just above the hips and this hangs at varying levels level's according to the wim of ot the Individual wearer when nature again takes up the work In all of ot their operations they are arc bossed by one of ot their own Se rungs a and d woe be unto the indiscreet indiscreet indiscreet indis indis- creet white man inan who tries to usurp or Ignore the pla e a and sta station ion of ot this di dignitary as several Instances Instance Of ships lying for nays unloaded Inthe anthe in an inthe the harbor bear eloquent t eloquent testimony The live about as economically eco ceo as is Is' Is humanly possible In most cases no homes neither bed nor bor bedding TheIr food consists consists consists con con- entirely of a little rice curr curry served the day we were there on palm leaves laid out on the floor of tl the a wharf and here they squat doglike n it into little balls with their hands before conveying It to their mouths They appear to sleep wherever sleep overtakes floor of them them prone prone on the hard the wharf on an upturned box or even on the bare ground I am Tl reliably re- re informed Inform d that In Calcutta and several se other ports in India the I British govern government nent has has' I built compounds in which to house them because of their own inherent inability to take proper rare ire tre of or themselves FEW SEWERS Singapore has been under British rule for over a hundred years years antI and it Is isan an an thing that up to the prese present t th there re have been practically practically cally no arrangements made for providing proper sanitation or sewage sewage sewage sew sew- age disposal The result In In td H tropical city made up almost en entirely entirely entirely en- en of orientals can well be imagined The smell at at times ascends to heaven ven It is but fair to state however that this condItion condition condition condi condI- tion applies only to part pant of the city although sewage disposal fa facilities facilities even in the leading hotels are most primitive The setting of Singapore is most beautiful A splendid harbor permits permits per per- mits mitts the ships to anchor directly alongside the wharf and the straits wend their way in and out amid a veritable archipelago of ot coral SV V L III Ur g VV Islands Singapore itself as well as the islands surrounding it is a dense mass of ot tropical plant plat life Inland the impenetrable depths of ot the jungle closer shoreward the great rubber plantations and the vast cocoanut groves and along the shore a strip of ot golden sand shining In jn th the sunlight Such sunsets it Is hard to Imagine Imagine Imag Imag- ine iare As the tho opalescent sl sky y turns to gold then orange then into dark livid tongues of ot flame while fearful lul dragons and genii sally forth from fantastic cloud castles to overtake blend into and finally melt away into mauve banks of ot clouds and andas andas andas as the lengthening shadows come creeping over sea and land the tho little lit little little lit lit- tle ferry boats plying the straits look like eerie creatures from a phantom world being drawn across the horizon to their places in the sky SOME FINE MANSIONS Rickshaws supply the chief means of 01 transportation although there are arc plenty of AmerIcan and En- En made gish-made autos for hire The resi resl- residential residential part of the city Is most distinctive distinctive dis dis- especially in the section where certain aln of the Chinese mansions mansions man man- are located These are truly marvels of beauty of a most unique and picturesque style Big wonderful wonder wonder- ful tul mansions trimmed in pink and pale palo blue and standing in spacious grounds amid a veritable riot of ot tropical trees flowers and shrubbery shrubbery shrub shrub- bery A peculiar The Chi Chi- Chinese nese owners rarely live In these mansions preferring to to make their homes homed In a small cottage in the rear the mansion serving merely for occasional occasional oc OCr social functions Its particular particular particular par par- purpose being to show off the wealth and standing of the owner owne While most of ot th the shops are owned and controlled by Chinese with a a. scattering of Hindus and Bagdad Jews there is also als a a. quite substantial substantial substantial English commercial section This Is made up of four and five fiva- tory buildings fronting on and surrounding sur surrounding stir sur- rounding a wide central plaza The Raffles and Europe hotels are also substantial and commodious structures structures tures tures- Good roads lead ou out into the country country country coun coun- try and in an American Car we bowled along through the tropical woodland to the Sultanate of twenty-one twenty miles distant The roa road l t led through countless groves of tall Eta stately ely cocoanuts and plantation after plantation of rubber trees through great rice paddles paddies and native native native na na- tive grass villages filled with lazy staring natives clad half clad and unclad Fruiting pineapples growing growIng growing grow grow- ing close to the ground spread over wide acres and as we rounded a turn the livid colo colors s of ot the he Fh Flame of ot the forest orest tree flash before us And finally We speed across the long longridge ridge that dams up the at this point thus joining Singapore and and- I stated that Singapore was was w s the farthermost southerly point of ot Asia but In point of ot fact this Is hot absolutely absolutely ab ab- accurate Previous to tie the building of ot this bride Singapore was an island separated by less than half haIr a mile ot of water from the main main- land and Is on the mainland at the very tip of the Malay penin penin- sula It Is under the rule of th the sultan of ot with Great Britain Britain's serving s 's In an advisory capacity Great Britain certainly understands the gentle art of gov governing her het various valous various va- va rious lous possessions I t TANS SUI t PALACE We visited the sultans sultan's palace tramped through his wonderful gardens gardens gar gay dens looked in on his Moslem church took some pictures paid our respects and down the long boulevard shaded by widespread wide ing ng banyan and other trees with un- un names that skirts the limpid waters of the strait hero here and made our OUI return to the ther- s ship lp by a road that has as been ut through the very heart of tIle the thew jungle Agents of the Yukon Gold a a. subsidiary sub sub- subsidiary of ot the Guggenheims came with us from San Francisco to din din- and somewhere back of ot these jungles the they are now applying the elevated dredge method previously previously previously pre pre- used In California for dredging dredging ing ng gold to dredging for Singapore tin in So through seas of billowing glass we nose our way northward through the he straits to Here again the he British hold rule and of American Ameri- Ameri can an residents there are nine five th work worle and four missionaries Here too the Chinese Influence though hough still pronounced Is beginning beginning begin- begin ning Ing to wane and the fez caps of ot the he Mohammedan came Into evi- evi dence ence We arrived in port on the Malay New Year and many and varied were vere the Incidents of ot unique ceremonial ceremonial ceremonial cere cere- and custom se seen n during the day ay Here too Is the famous Chinese Snake Temple wherein afew a afew few ew tame snakes are lre seen twined Inthe in inthe the he branches of ot diminutive trees and nd without batting an eye ec the then n native tive priest tells you how the thc snakes from the surrounding hills come omo In hundreds to the temple tomake to tomake tomalee make malee obeisance or whatever It isa Isn is isa a n snake does w when len ien he gets religIon religion religion reli gion on oil every recurring anniversary anniversary sary of the birth of the patron god of the temple VILLAGE OF 01 TEMPLES rg S. S Also we visit the really remarkable remarkable remark remark- able Item Ayer Chinese Buddhist temple which is in reality a veritable veritable veritable able village of ot temples each set on the summit of ot a series of ot ascending stairways Later in the evening we wo visit the botanical gardens and chat with the wild monkeys underneath the trees Meantime our ship has been busily taking on great bars of tin bullion and tons upon tons of rubber rubbe and we are all greatly relieved when we wo push out again into the open sea with its saying life-saying breeze We ward ever over westward our course lea leads s. s Straight out into tho the great Bay Day of 01 Bengal On the afternoon afternoon afternoon after after- noon of tho the third day the long longshore longshore longshore shore line of ot Sumatra rises to port and the following morning Ceylon emerges out of ot the mist off our starboard starboard starboard star star- board quarter A long glorious afternoon afternoon after alter no noon n is spent feasting our aesthetic appetite on the ever changing combination com com- of shimmering sea cent sky and tropical landscape Just as the sun sun like a gre great t fiery ball drops Into the he western sea we pushed our way Into the breakwater breakwater breakwater break break- water at Colombo Our stay hero was altogether too brief as we desired greatly g to visit Kandy handy the ancient capital and to see more of ot the Interior of this wonderful island Here the Chinaman Chinaman Chinaman China China- man ceases to r reIgn and the Mus sulman Is Js in his full tull glory Ceylon Celon Is noted for Its Us precious and semiprecious gems Rubles Rubies sapphires pearls amethysts zircons all all kinds all sizes all prices The Mohammedan sells them Sells them Wha What an aspersion lt Il Is to call the real estate man of Califor California Galifornia nia a n strong arm salesman In Inthe Inthe Inthe the presence presence of these chaps he ho Is a mute insipid nonentity The Sin Sin- halese meets yo you as you step the launch He Ire lays siege of of you of-you you ou as you pass his shop He lie adjures ho he entreats he solicits he Implores he cajoles he intrigues with choKIng choking choK- choK Ing voice and with tears coursing down his swarthy cheeks he expresses ex expresses ex- ex presses his solicitude for your economic economIc economic eco eco- welfare He Ho solemnly assures you u that his price that price that has been bC U L 1 Lr I 1 1 LL r 1 V u raised two or three hundred per cent for the he occasion occasIon-Is heartbreakingly heart breaking ly Iy low In fact such sucha a price means bankruptcy ta to him and it Is only his interest In you ou that prompts It It and then finding he Is not making satisfactory satisfactory sat sat- progress on this basis he ho asks Mar Matter Marer er what you give and ut utterly erly unabashed winds up by givIng giving ing the article fo io you at your own figure meanwhile laughing silently to himself I fancy taney at the splendid profit he her has made LOVE LO TO 70 BARGAIN And so It seems to go all over the tile orient They love Jove to o bargain to haggle hag and to lie We Ve made a hurried run Inland for tor forn tora a n distance through the cocoanut bread fruit and jack fruit trees out to the Hindu Buddhist t temple mple Jl LJ A This is assuredly one of the most moat beautiful temples In the orient at least as far faras as Interior decorations are co concerned Its walls are all illuminated with murals taken from the tho life lite of Buddha and like life figures pf the founder of Buddhism Buddhism- adorn various spaces of the tho interior We Va spent some time visiting thc tha cinnamon gardens and riding about over the wide well-kept well streets of Colombo Hero Here LIpton has one of or his principal tea depots tea ivory and gems being being- among the chief products pro prot ducts ducts of ot the Island Islam For some unknown reason Great Britain has seen to it that Colombo Is kept up much better than SIngapore Singapore Singapore Singa SInga- pore or and if I were coming comIn coming com com- In ing again to the ocr orient I should plan T- T V or months Inthis In Inthis Inthis of oft two or three stay a a. this beautiful island island of Ceylon But and we wo push out again a duty calls out the Arabian sea bound for Into and the pyramids Meantime Egypt of Amarillo Texas who sits I the lady has had her lair nair table at trimmed our again and the and V the tho wave still she I remains Look at It there s she waves |