The age-herald., 1901-02-24
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in the lives of the English men and wo- men who have here, in one of the darkest of the worlds places. shown so well the wonderful capacity of the Anglo-SaNon race to make it's own environment to conquer the forces of the earth and air, as we'll as men. Here, in a climate that iusiduously preys on the phySlcal strength and depresses the mental, in region without the inspiring monuments of ancient civilization possessed by In dia, where mails are a month old and cable service exorbttant in cost, some five thousand Europeans govern 160,O00 Asi- atics and maintain in their midst all the co lvcntionaltics usages and institutions of '.hoaae \ mae nificeut building serves the purpose of an excellent scientific col lection and contains better library than will be found in this country outside or Washington, New York, or Boston. The best books of science and fiction are be- ing constantly added to it and are re- ceived within four or five weeks after publication Joel Chandler Harris, Jas. Lane Allen, Craddock, Page, Miss John ston and all the best American writers are found on the shelves.
 There are handsome buildings in which excellent schools are kept by the govern- ment and by missionaries for the natives, European children being sent home at six and eight years of age, not for school ing. but because the climate forces their growth too fast The beautiful botanical gardens are free to the people, the only restrictioH being against rickshaws- The tennis cricket golf and polo grounds are used by individual clubs, but are cared for by the government.
 Ii was the Dutch consul general who sarcastically remarked that to be faV- orjte in Singapore society man must project his brains into golf ball. Poor man, he was killed soon after by being thrown from his horse while out on his early morning ride, causing a gloom that lasted for weeks. He was found lying in a jungle road by one of the kebuns (gardeners) of the botanical gardens, and before night he was buried, the moist heat not permitting a longer delay in putting away those who die in Singapore Death casts d deeper gloom in such places than elsewhere, not only for this reason, but because the communities are small, and every one wonders who will be next. In this case the next conspicu ous one was Sir Charles Mitchell, the Governor, who died suddenly from apo pleXy; and the next-I need not say.
 And so l used to wonder at and admire the interest and enthusiasm with which the women eXies followed the merry go-round, so bright and hopeful, as if there were no nights when sleep would not come, thinking of homes and friends far distant, and signing for their own children when hearing the plaintive. fall ing, all-night cry of the little grey cuckoo called by Europeans most aptly, brain fever bird" and by Malays ''tinggal arak' deserted child, believing that ,.. bird mourns all it's life because the moth CT lays her eggs in any old nest and leaves them to be matched by strangers. There are certainly no hints of any such nights in the faces you meet on the Es- planade, or fashionable driveway, at pri- yate functions, at the Art Clubs exhibit, at the dog and horse show-or what not except women's clubs. One little English woman agitated the subject once and got laughed at for her pains.
 The great social events of the year are the semi-annual races, and the birthday ball which during the life of the great Queen fell in conjunction with the May races. At these times there are many visitors from the peninsula, Penang, Bor- neo and Siam, and comprising officials