The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-20
BY William Jennings Bryan.
Downright. 1906, by Joseph B. Bowles-Copy'
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H ANGOON, Burmah,. Feb. 10
tx In a our around the world, one
y travels by steamer about 5000
miles thru the tropics. Entering the
torrid zone soon after leaving Hong
kong, almost. touching the equator at
Singapore and not entering the temper
ate zone again until he is nearly half
way thru the Red sea, he has ample
time to study Temperature, and our
opportunities were still farther en-
larged by the trip to Java, which car
ried us nearly eight degrees below the
While on the water the heat is not
30 noticeable, being, relieved by the
ocean breezes, but on land one suffers
during the middle of the day. 1t is
not that the heat in the shade is greater
than the summer heat in the United
States, but one cannot always be in the
shade and the rays of the sun are pierre
Ing to q degree which is Uncomfortable
70 n without experience In these lati-
&pdes. At the seaports, too, the heat
Is Intensified by the weight and mois-
4ure Of the air, and the temperature is
1T least one WHO visits this part Of the
world in the winter time cannot mag
ane It worse.
While the native population work
b~srebacked, barelegged, barefooted,
:somettmes bareheaded, Americans and
Europeans resort to every possible de-
5ANace 10 protect them from the CLIMATE.
The white helmet hat, with a lining
Of cork, Is the most common headwear
for both men and women, and 1t does
MOI require q very long stay here to
convince one that 1t Is superior to the
straw hat. White clothes which re-
deot the rays Of the sun are also largely
worn by both sexes. For evening
dress, nep sometimes wear a close
walsh, and before breakfast they lounge
about In pajamas Of variegated colors.
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Eating extends thru the entire day.
Tea or coffee can be had from B to 8,
breakfast is ready at 8 or 9 and ends at
IL, lunch or tiffn as it is called here,
occupies the hours from l to 3, then tea
follows at 4, and dinner is served from
s to 1890. These are the hours for
Europeans and Americans, and for
those natives who have adopted foreign
ways, but most Of the natives look as
If they had missed some of these
meals.
We are among the d~ark-skinned races
here. Cinnamon are a darker yellow
than those seen farther north, the Ma
lays are a dark brown and the Tamils
are quite black, while the Singa1ese and
Indians are between q black and a
brown. Mark Twain pays a high COM
pliment to these dark-skinned people at
the expense of the white races, contend
ing that their complexion is always
good, while the white face has freckles,
pimples and moles to maj it.
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There are two great seaports near the
equator which every traveller visits
viz, Singapore and Colombo, and most
OF the boats also stop at Penang, a
thriving city on the Malay peninsula,
some 400 miles north Of Singapore
Singapore is on a small island of the
same name not far from the mainland
and its /harbor is full Of sea-going YES,
sells of all nations. The ships from
Europe to China and Japan call here
as do also the boats between Europe
and java and between India and
Australia. Here, too, are to be found
representatives Of many n~ationalities
twenty-nine distinct languages being
spoken in this one city. The Portu
guese were the pioneers and there arr
still some descendants of the early
traders living on the island. Next il
point Of time N the Dutch, ant
their nation is still more numerously
represented among the business firms
England, however, tho a later arrival