Arizona republican., 1920-04-04
THE JOLLY RUBBER PLANTER IN
 SUMATR TRA LEADS A LIFE OF EASE

plain making out to the sea.
 The company has gone long way to make the Americans and Europeans on its plantations comfortable. There is quite a little social life, centering in a clubhouse. There are balls and en- tertainments, and occasionally there will be a visit from a travelling thea trical or concert troupe.
 There are number of large houses of comfortable proportions for com pany officials and their families, and many one-story bungalows. The for the sun and rain. A large part of the home life is spent on the veran- da, and this part of each house is usually large and commodiouS. Glass windows are unknown-each window is really a slated shutter Circulation room closed for a few minutes would become stifling.
 Much of the pleasure :n fife in the east depends on the efficient manage ment of the servants in ones employ For this reason it is quite necessary to speak the Malay tongue. It is so easy to learn that anyone can get along well with it after a few weeks. But until it is acquired it is simpler to do some things yourself than to employ the sign language to order them done. When once the language is learned, life is worth living. A white man never carries package or stoops to lift anything from the ground. When we play tennis there are always some boys about to pick up the balls.
 'eWe try to reproduce as nearly as possible the food we get at home. The native cooks get good results consid- ering they don't have the American ingredients. But our American women succeed admirably in adapting some of the tropical food to the Yankee palate. We miss the raw vegetables most, I think. Because of the danger of diseases everything must be cooked.
 s.It is necessary always to sleep in bed protected by mosquito netting or in a room that is netted. The mos quitoes are countless and very trouble some. Of course, as in all tropical countries, the bugs of all sorts are nu- merous. One thing that always at tracts the attention of newcomers is the little lizards that crawl on the walls and ceilings. They do no harm and we quickly get used to them. The ladies take longer to get accustomed to them. though. than do the men,
 !'When a woman accompanies her husband to the plantations she finds it more difficult to enjoy life than does her husband. He has his business to attend to and that keeps his mind oc- cupied. But with the plentitude of servants the wife finds herself relieved entirely of homework and of the care of her children, if she desires, and she must be a person of resource if she is going to be happy. The woman who desires to create interest for herself can busy herself in her vegetable and flower gardens, in studying native life and in such sports as golf and tennis
 "The servants are good and there are a lot of them. Each has his own work to do and does it, but he must not be asked to do anything out of his line. The cook is supposed to cook. and he feels badly treated if he is asked to do anything else. In a we'll regulated home there are usually three to five servants.
 tThe country is an ideal one in which to raise small children. They live in the open until they are six or seven years old and miss most of the childrens diseases common in the United States. The native nurses are faithful and efficient and the little tots live an outdoor life untouched by trouble. When they are six or seven years old, however, most of them are