A Traveling Restaurant In 8Jn0?por?.
titled to hla
tqueezlni
%*rrhio Mi
Singapore 1s a tip of' Asia. That'
ealest of alt . continent* seemlnglr
t satisfied with It* own great bulk,
retches out flntfers to every other
'fbnUaeut fexcept South America. The
[thinnest finger is I the narrow Malar
peninsula reaching , for Australia,
a pore, which Is an Island as well
city, la the nail of the finger,
h the grasp falls Bhbrt of A us1 I
It la long enough to gather At |
the ships of the world.
te. Its languid, perspiring resi
sts call It ' The reason for their
brevlatlon IS only $0 miles away?
?; < Any man who can bring;
"on the bump" . Is en
wnlms even If he Insists
1 the essence out of one'
i>M?t poetic names ever given
City. S'pore must have Its
Itles, for more than 800,000' s6uls
call this great turnstile of com
* their home town.
has amassed this population, the
. found In any . city near
tor,' ja Just 100 years. About
Stamford Raffles discovered
and decided to make this
ig - village a world port
was a British administrator in
iva during the Ire-year period of
British control In that tropica domain
wrested front the JJotch.' He died a
ben aad disgraced man, but his
sound, as Britain has t*r
Ii/w .^-rivssnn' The two early coei
petltora of Singapore, Penaag and Ma
^-?^l .hata become satellites of the
port, which may be fortified as
Gibraltar, ef the Pacific.
'On the Singapore wharf is a market
models and a life-class for a hun
y dxed painters [ and sculptors, too, .may
study there all the toaea of living
; bronse and more of repose than of
f ; Jaaecular action, perbapA Japanese,
5 CWassa, Siamese, Malaya, Javanese,
jfwttMa, ) Olngaleae, Tamils, Sikhs,
6 JPanwes, Lascars, Mai aba rn, Malagasy,
sad sailer fblk of all eoasts, Hindus J
aad heathens of every caste and per
iston, era grouped In ^brilliant con- 1
ios of red, white, brown and pat-.
drapery, of bl?ck. brown and
t aklsuL' Behind them, In fcbost
I clothes, stand the pallid Europeans,
have brought the law, order and
KB, the customs, habits, ckaferta
laxurlss ef civfllsattas to the
the Janglf. All thai
sad picturesque anbe
r . pagaaa aad Idolaters,
sddbtsts, Brshnmns, Jews, /Tartu,
A sad Acs worshipers, AevO dancers,
. aad what aot, have cexte with the
'tfaita mta to toll for him under the
afeuatortal sn, Mac* the Malays are
the .greet Isfsare class ef the Werid,
sM wfll aot watk.
Jl Well-BuUt and Clean City.
' ?* Singapore today Is a well-built and
t4*atlfnlty ordered city, and the mu
alclpsl housekeeping is an example to
' ? ' cities ?< the temperate sea
the untidy Malay and the sea
Chinese, v. 1 ?> (warm to tttf
le tradlag n.i.r, are held to
cleanllaeas at . strict saaltary
la their allott-i quarters. Tbp
Itely business ho i?n, the marble
see of a baak, t' e tong Iron pavtl
shadlag the mm -ts, the spien
Baffles mueenrr, nnd library, are i
?' >rtory sights;
e fascination
'uveler above
ly of turbans
?i every tnor
)g snd tbest'
pore streets
i rivers," Who,'
' r.d Id sp(%B
clr humped
.a* -r ?*hlfe
o primitive
regular and so
the street life
distraction ef i
{ery thing else. Tl.
id saronga gives
eeghfare; but the
akique pictures In
are the Tamil bul
wihtj and statuesq
dM Contrast betv
white oxen snd tb.
Afcur-baga tbey d.
c^rt#
"^Within the last i
saving drams of
hilts focused StTerr
1 but ths moS' r
Sephles la Ameticr
t4g the story of r
*thod of obtain Ir
ef the An
Itter ef tact the
.sra a swift
d ci'mmerce
?n Slnsspore
-chool geog
?ola, in tell
<1e?cr!t>e the
'a the Junjle
river As ?
?> of r?? rnh
he otner *:<le
and the that pro-'
f. ff SfcP that makes cord tires
thqt carry minions over city streets
and country roads are found In or
> vf r0Ws of * neat orchard. in
eight years the Malay, archipelago hag
chpftired the rubber trade, lock, stock
and parrel, and noW produces nearly
fh, f* CrPt ?f world supply, two
thirds; .of which cofcea to the United
States. The Amazon valley la ndw"
only a supplemental ' source of rubber.
Singapore, as the central shipping *
point -of th^ sprawling archipelago,
spotjlght thrown
on ttie romance of rubber.
It la to the prompt action and re- !
sourcefulness of SlrHe^ry WlCkham
^"(the British empire, Is lnBebted 'for
shifting the wppld source of raw rub
hej from Para ,to Singapore. As the
,on* "d careful study of
Brazilian -forests
he formed the theory .that; these valu
able trerfs conld be cultivated and that
the eastern tropes would prove' par
notice -toT the director of Kew var
f!S!L: .6a* *nd the Indian
t0 hl?kjM tte m
troductlpn ef the. rubber tree into In
2** **|\ Henry Wlckham was In.
ttnstea with the difficult task of pro
TUntltf 6t hevea seeds and
J* M Indl?,? *ovem
Z 1* proWem was tfow
? **..the seeds .out of the country,
i ?'?jt!&*ipottma6n wa proMb
Hew They Got Rubber Trees.
While engaged in carrying out his
researches ~?n the banks of the Ami
*?n ?' SI* Henry Wlckham was one day
"Wised hjr the arrival of an ocean
' t^e steamship Amazonaa. Wlck
W" opportunity and char
00 beh,lf of **>? Bovern
He arranged to send
** ?PPolnUd spot?
tte Junction with the Tapajoe-where
he succeeded In meeting it_ *ith a
SK2JWISJ. '?ed* ^^ired In the
Interior. foe seedswere shipped, and
mlght^Ser^ WBy do**? the
were planted at Kew and
**rmln*te4'- The youtlg
PlV^ ? Packed In special boxes
knbwn^ aa Wardlan cases and dla
toJBdU- ** ^dia could not
to adept them, so they went to
~nl??. STentually to the Malay
**d>other Parts of the East.
?e COffee Plantation^ I
dM_to.j leaf disease, some thirty or
I^oT's^n^ r f0reed Planters to
* ,?nd fot aome other, culture,
and fln.il acreages were planted from
the tr**? wh,ch had '
Wlckham's original Bra
'* Plants. More, than aoo.oou UOO
rubber trees in British and Dutch
possessions ye products of the parent
seeds smuggled by the English knight
^"',become ? substitute
I . J tropic Far East. Nabobs
*fd .."?0r* Prosperous ef Polynesia
22^" tJu ?etroP?lIs Just as Amerl
**** ? Europeans do the rrench
WH. Sultans of the tin, *
composing the Malay Oration m.H
long e^^ourm in Singapore. They ex
Change '^ttjedom from responsibility
and luxurious living for British control
to their tiny kingdoms, since the
British do an lnflnitely better Job of
administering than the saltan* could
do, no one Is loser. To this tropic
Paris also come British officials of the
empire on short vscatlons from their
taring posts. If. they seek; relief from
tropic climate they can profitably for.
.get . about gay 8-pore. The thermom
eter there never goes at>ov# 82 degrees.
It Js said, hut It never goes below 72
.?"'egrees and the dampness is Insuf
ferable.
Down at the quays great steamships
are fed with coal by Chines* coolies,
who toll silently and expeditiously, a
'vcli-jroomed Chinese on the pier su
perintends the lading of queer-iooktn*
cases containing birds' nests, con
signed to epicures in Hong*^ snd
Canton. The Chinaman's prized
'latntr is **ip nh.- from giutinhos
Mrd?' n??t? 'n?r, Romeo caves.
I A Street of Old
< ?-. ? -i
Building* In Kalw, Wurtemberg.
i'TT-fc-sussfc *w- --
! A German state that' has made Uttle
*1? ^ th? w6rid elther before or
since tbe World war, but which In
ftl8h,on h?? "?^wed wood"
f f" haa become one of the most
.Important regions of. the old empire
and new republic, Is Wurtemberg. mld
(dh? member of :the South German trl
?Villa * ' *. Wurtemberg, Ba
. Wurtemberg with its 7,300 square
miles Is not Jarfe.; It. would make
only a fair-sized island In hiige Prua
'tB near neighbor Bavaria?
la usually erroneously
Jthought of as very nearly malting up
"South Germany" ? has an area four
time, an great. But' throughout its
history Wurtemberg has been aggrea
jrfw, and like at aggreaalve Individual,
it has *ot ahead. A century ago It
|.:was predominantly an
region. but by the time of the World
!"* ** P?>bably passed all non
Rrtsalan states save Saxony In indus
try and commerce.
' In bdth geographical -and political
spheres Wurtemberg is a sort of foun
tain-head of , the German-speaking
world In iti territory are head
.irtrtama of both the Khlne and the
iDahube. It was the heart of old Swab
ia, a dominant duchy in the early Ger
man empire. The fiohenataufen fam
ily, which ruled oyer the. empire in
the Twelfth and .Thirteenth centuries,
?prang from a hill-top c^itle in what
Is now Wurtemhei*; and the ancestral
home of the Hohenxollern* who swayed
tte destinies of the latest German em
pire la In tnlth geographically a part
of Wurtemberg. thotfgh politically It
Is a tiny Island all' but surrotnded by
?Wurtemberglan territory.
There are two distinct phase* to
Wurtemberg geographically : nearly
half tlje .famous Schwarswald or Black
Forest covers the western half of the
state, as though It had flowed over from
Baden; while the eaa'tertt 'two-thirds
9f the country Is cultivate* bliu val
ley and platean lajd; dotted with vil
lages and cltlea that retain the flavor
of the Middle ages, ; and with castle
topped hllla that awaken memories of
robber barons, whose descendant* be
came mighty rtilers. It J? In the Black
Forest that Wurtemberg*a quaintest at
mosphere la found. The foreat takes
Its name from the dark-colored species
of pine that cover Its mountains. This
1 heavy growth of timber Ilea over hill
; and dale like a hqge, somber blanket
; save on some of the highest eminences
| which protrude above the local timber
line. These nnforested places are cov
ered with .a scanty growth of grass
, and h?rbs ptyo h affords pasturage. The
; climate Is.severe. snow lying on some
of these exposed heights for nine or
ten months of. the year.
Customs and costumes of bygone
day* lingered longer In the Schwars
wald thkn In almost any other place
In Germany. But in recent decades
tourists In growing numbers learned
of Its charms, and modernity has
chased srime of"lts qualntneas away.
Old Passant Cuetema.
Black Forest peasants, however, have
not been pushed Into unfamiliar ways
of life, but on their hillsides and 1b
thelr valleys continue to . follow th?
ways of their forbears. One unusual
custom makes the youngest son of the
family the heir, while the older brotli
.ers most seek vhelr fortunes beyond
the ancestral roof-tree. .The..' .heir
comes Into his patrimony during the
lifetime of liis fsther, and the latter
eontlnucg to live In the home as a
f?lrlarch and Nestor.
The houses of the Black Forest are
''tor,- tn UtemsHves. Almost Invarl
, ably they Hre built on a hlllalde. Sharp
Iv-sloped roofs spring hl*h Into tbe
.gnr to the observer from down hill. On
#hpt side there ti.it he five or mora
stories : and thej t solidly, covering
s considerable pt t of ground. One
might fancy; at first sight of these "mqst
commodious ^chwarxwafd edifices that
each peasant numbered his children
and retainers by the do^en. Large fan*
llles are the, rule In the forest to be
sure, but the hotel-like homes of the
peasants do not owe their- size to this
tact alone. The secret Is that these
are not merely residences ; they , are
at once dwellings, stabfes, granaries
and barns. Many of them have eh
trances from the .hlllsfde at three or
more levels. On the ground are ouari
tered the farmer's animals. On anoth
er level U. stored the^ to or vege
tables and hay; and loaded wagoifc
maj be driven directly Into this- por
tion of the house over ? short bridge
from the hillside. On other levels
are comfortable family quarters? a
vastly superior plan to- the sharing of
the same apartments py pigs"; chickens
abd people, found In some parts of.
the world. .The portion of- a Black Vote
est honse set apart for family use can
always be told at a glance by theiplcs.
turesque ll^le balconies that cling to
the walls- outside the doors and win
dows of^tJff living quarters.
The lordly wedding, feasts of th?j
peasants of the Schwarswald are re?
Downed, ami 'again a qrfeer custom is
Involved. Hundreds of guests attend,
bidden and unbidden, a little array
of beeves and pigs and poultry are;
slaughtered apd. cartloads of loave*
and cakes and suntfiy other articles
of food arte ,fn -evidence. .One fears
for the family fortunes of tlje bos'
until he learns that an invitation Im
poses the oblfcutlofr to send food , and
drlnk.-aqd- that the uninvited guests?
who are most* welcome ? must pay ror
ihe viands tt^y consume. The yed
(dta*. then, merely fixes the occasion
and the placet the fiast Is truly a co
operative neighborhood Jubilee.
Attracts Many Visiters.
In ,thB summer, ahe SchwarzwaUl
competes with Swluerland as a pleas
ure ground. In recent decades nuiher,'
ous travelers on foot, on bicycle or In
train have flocked to Its cool' shadows
and babbling sttea/ns. ^Within Its con
fines, both In -Baden, and -Wurtemberg.
are a number* of wOll-kno^ watering
places, some of which have be^n fre
quented by. {hose In search , of rest and'
health since Roman days.V Wildbad
toward the north- of .the forest not far
from Stuttgart. Is the most celebrated
of the Wurt?ub4rgian health reaortr
and to It the-. Iprds of the land have
repaired since th,e days .of jobber bar
ons. * ?
Stuttgart, capital of Wurtemberg la
in the open country to th? east of the i
Black Forest, in -the "Valley of the !
Neckar, surrounded by charmlnirt villa: 1
dotted hills. Not far away' Is the site :
of an old caatle-crowned berg from I
Which the country took Its name. Few
European capitals surpass 8tuttgart
either In charm of surroundings or In
herent beauty. The city even poe
seised a "Beautlflcatlon society" which'
has painted the already -handsome civic
Illy until ita beamy to* tar famed. Be
ginning wtth the Schlossplatz where
the one-time royal pajnre is situated,
building after building of stately
grjndeur rises throughout the city.
'? -a? architectural consistency
not always foHndv most of the struc
lures being in true, Renslssahre" style.'
Urge, . -oas of tWe ,rltj sre" In scrup
ulously sept gardens and parks. In
Site 8tuttgart t? close to Indianapolis
and Seattle. ?*
In the extreme south Wurtemberg
touches Lake Constance across which
lles.iS&h^rB.nd, ^ FrloUrlchshafen,
chler wurtembiTj,,!. >. port of the lake
Count Zeppelin de- -.-loped his airship
.factory that turned out the great sky
cruisers with which Germaay hoped
-f? destroy Lpndon la this lltt\e rtty
?he lfl?t of the Oermsn-hullt Z^peltn*
? now h ,ng const ruaied for the United
' Mates
t
! WlSESAh:u|
' ? v
Hiitred |b' Ingr^iped an,;er. ? (lloerp.
,'? ? ' ? f
Joy la thu best of wine.? George
Hot.
Brevity la,' the soul of wit. ? Sliak<v
- ,H-u re, '? ?
, ' * 1 ' ?
Occupation Is tin; (irmor of the soul
? Ulllttrd.
? Politeness is tlie flower nf\ humanity
? Joubert. i
Despair is the only genuine niliclsn
-Jean Paul.
Necessity Is the .Inst nt:rt. Mf linger
weapon. ? Livy. ' ? < . !
Ambition Is I tut avnrWt- <m stilts am.
masked,* ? Landor.
Eloquence is a pain, inn of tlv
thoughts. ? Pascal.
Fpme Is tVe fr^iyi'mace of heroi
deeds. ? Longfel low.
Labor is the Lethe of both past and
present-. ? Jean' Paul.- ^
Influence Is the exhalation of char-;
Meter. ? W. M. Taylor. <
Genius Is nothing but 'a great ca
pacity for patience. ? Buffon.
' Cen8ure~ls the tax man pays to the
X>uj?lic for being eminent. ? Swift '
? ? ' , : ? t|
Kindness is the golden;- chain by.
Which society . Is bound together.-?
Goethe. . ' A* ? ?
? . .i ?
Moderation 18 the silicon string run
ning tlirough the pearl, chain of all the
Virtues. ? Hall. ' v"-': ?
?! . ? ' ? - V
WISE MEN'S WORDS r
' A * disputable point IS no man's
gfound.
' The most faulty are most- prone to
^flnd fault. \
' ? r.
it you want easlfer traveling mend
jour ways, , Ji
? * ft :
Be not too quick to take offense.
Anger is a foe to sense.
' .Books are the windows ?through
wlftttr the soul looks out. ? ,*?
ft - , . k
Every man's nature Is concealed
with many folds of disguised ' ^
Ever have an eye as to what and
to.- whom you speak concerning any
man.
'it ... -
(./Nothing is more beautiful than vlr- .
tue; nothing moi-e' fair,' nothing more
lovely/ ?
i ?
' The gTpat end of education Is not.
Information, but personal vigor and
character.
?
Books support ufc in solltode and
.keep. us frodi becoming a burden to
ourselves, V ^
) - ' ' " - ?
- LOST LINKS i
? - -?*. gVii '
Chicken a who get homesick.
.? ? ?- ?
? backbone In a hapmock.
A tramp sleeping ia-the dog house.
A bankbook lit a circulating library.
Landlord* who give kiddle parties.
Antomoblllsts who ask you to flbp la.
> t 1 i f '
A woman'* bedroom without a mir
ror. . ?{ ; ,.
?' A game ?warden ? for a - mdsqulto
swamp. ,
A beautiful weman running a
baauty parlor.
' PEPPYGRAMS
Moat men will feel deeply-for their,
poor relatione? although nbt' la their
^ocklta. T" ' r t
1 ? ?
Many a youth with the figure- of an
Apollo has the same kind of held ?
?f stone.
I Not every person engaged la the pur
?alt of literature la sufficiently swift .
te catch it "
Variety may be the spice of life?
but .it's the. terrible uncertainty that's ,
the spice of death.
? Many a young man who asks (or
(he daughter's hand succeeds only ta
getting the father's- foot
1 > i' >
WAYSIDE WISDOM '
1 ? H(r*'i vrayatde wisdom from the
.yhoroanTllle Time#- Enterprise : ? -|
' -
i Th- business ; woman who adrlses ?
? folks to play poker probably has plenty ,
1 luck and'sorry opponents.
The American t i wbo married a
(Turk pilnce must h.ive heta tempo ra
l rllj blind to her opportunltlea.
I" When she tromi-a your ace Just
am'le and pretend lhat It might kave'
be"n otherwise but rot any hott^.
Thr heart may long for pence and
U' ? iVJ and yet It won't come nnlr>*a
?krAs are at work to briny It
f.i
MF.N AND CLOTHES
tn?t yeur i8,Ame^cnn.iuep, In. ever*
hundred \Voro nothing but old hats and
88 out of eai;h 100 got along without
buying n suit of clothes. Statistics to '
' establish ihls /statement, were present- ?'
jt d to the Ketull Clothiers' association vj
?y the president of ( that organization * i
Ttt' n convention in Chicago, and pre- ? i
sumably they are correct. A survey of : j
the American .crowd from day to day
conveys a different Impression. , It '-j
reems to Indicate that most American
men blossom out at < least three times
a year in new toga, and that very few 1
of them got along with less than two ' /
bats, but after all the ?lty street Is not ?'
the only place where men wear clothes
There are BtlU to be found In some of i
the remoter parts of this country boys I
who never had a suit of "store clothes" -fi
in their lives, and It Is not sofvery long -'J,
ago that this waV true of most cquntry '
boys, says the Detroit 1 Free Press. ' ;
Nowadays the country qomes to the )
tpercliant In town for wearing apparel, ,
but the farm worker Is still able to
spend the most of his time In a shirt j
and overalls, and that dpubtless Is '
what brings ' the average to the low j
'point noted at the clothiers' conven- }
tlon. But when the retail clothiers re- t
; call the fact" that their business ,1b, ?
after all, only a thing of yesterday -fl
they need not feel so bad over the mil- j
lions who go- a year or so without a ?,
(new suit. There are men still living H
who remember" when the. recall clothier? i
was an unheard^tfr possibility of the 5
future, "fhey have livid to see hofne-\ j
made apparel for men disappear al
most entirely, apd the tailor bncked
into a position of relative unimpor
tance by the once despised ready-made
suit- c '? - >
Much has been said .about the wrath ; f- V
of Tutankbumen at the "desecration** *
of his tomb, and curiously many people -j
have seen either possibility or proba- V
blllty In the theory tliat the Pharaoh,'. ^
though so long dead, stlU Is able to',]
avfenge his wrongs, even to the extent '1': '
of Inflicting the death' penalty. As the.-y
penetration of the toinb 'progresses,- ' ?
however, and as the value- of the king's
treasures, considered merely as bill- ,('(/
lion, becomes more and more apparent, ;
there Is- reason for suspecting that If
a "curse:1 has been, In operation* since , -
the, discovery, of the -.tomb. It has its *
origin, not In the occupant 'of the sar
cophagus within the three gilded <?'
shrines, but from the long succession \ -j
at grave robbers who for more than
8,000 years have been looking for just ' .
such opportunities to get rich quickly
"that would have been theirs if only -v
they had been lucky enough to And'
.this great deposit of easily negotiable
wealth. / 'StiA
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*'? i ?>:< h- ??
Leonard Day, forty-three ^eara old,
has returned to Berkeley, Cat , after'};,
hiking 10,678 miles. TWo years 'uw+XJ'
bay wrote a book entitled "The Una*- ;
llclted Generosity of the America*'' &Y
People." The pnbllaher turned It^
down because he did not a?ree witH ' ?'
the sentiments expressed In the mann- ? ' j
script. ? To prove his book contained {'
right theories his walked *crosa tbf I
continent without a hat or coat and
without a cent In his pocket. He ,
marched through temperatures vary-. ?
Ing from 126 degrees above to 20 da*. ''
frees below aero and he jras only'
seven times forced to sleep out an$
missed but sixty meals. Day found
firemen throughout the nation th*
greatest friends of a man without v:" ,
money.
\ ? ?
* ? \ *"
Angora's power Is being chall ...
from all aides. The assault on
president of the Turkish repobli
Kemal Pasha. Is but one of the
comes. It becomes more apparent
the government will have to tran
Its sest of sdmlnistratlon from the
mal realm of Angora to Constant
pie. Most of the unrest la fomented '
the orthodox Mussulman eletnen
.who canpot reconcile the separation
the caliph or head of the Mohammed
religion from the temporal powers
a Turkish sultan. It la said that
amir la a direct descending ef
prophet and be la supposed to be
good friend ef England.
. Envy Is aroused by the atory of
sensitive-plant which flourishes In
neighborhood ef golf links in the
islands and which stables the ev
of an elualva golf ball te trace
course through the rough by the leas
'which shrivel at Its touch. Wh?
the envy la aroused by the good
tune of the FUI Islanders or by
imagination ef the story-teller will
pend on the credulity ef the audle
but there Is no doubt that, as the
fea told In golfing assemblies. Its
can be followed by noting the heat
who have shriveled as It passed
German workmen protest the
ping of the eight-hour day. ? But
German farmer, who works eight
in the morning and eight In the
noon, has tbe bettor of It when
time comes.
Smile Coue is coming back, pr?_,
abiy to iee how his Incantations hi
affected the country and to gather
a few more American dollars,
look very large In Franca Jsit now.