The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1922-03-24
Bombay, Jan. II, 1922.


Ny Dear Sister,
It has been some time since l
xrste you but I wrote Wide a few
weeks ago while we were in Calcutta
md asked that he allow you to read
the letter so presume he did so. l
also sent a cable on Dec. 22nd wish
Mg yoa all a merry Christmas and l
hope it reached you on Xmas day,
md that you were all quite we'll and
happy
With the exception of little ailment
from time to time We have been
suite well, but I have been incon-
veuienced considerably by a severe
sain in my right wrist, which is the
reason for my not writing more fh-
gueztly during the past three months,
but It is much better now and I hope
Il viii soon pass away entirely.
As you read in my last letter to
Wide a brief description of our
travels from ShanghaA China, to
Singapore, Stats Settlement, I shall
now write you a brief account Of our
travels since reaching Singapore.
All accounts that we read and
everyone we talked to about Singa-
pore gave the same information, and
- we're prepared to suffer there
from heat, to a greater degree than
re had elsewhere in the torrid zone,
hut as we had become more OF less
accustomed to high temperature we
lid not suffer nearly so much az we
anticipated.
We arrived there at 4 o'clock in
he afternoon on the steamship An
Ire Lebon of the Messagerier Mar
Nimes, (having been on her for about
xn dzysb and being quite sick and
.ksgusted with the attitude of both
oiacers and French passengers to-
Yards those of US who spoke English,
ne we're glad to land, even though we
we're told that only a street Of It's
Eue paper separated the pavement Of
r Singapore street from the fires Of
hell Our hotel was reached in a few
minutes after landing, and it was a
ueW experience, as it was the first
6oteE we. Fad seen, built on the Pavil-
ION. plan, which style Of architecture
e almost exclusively used in the tor.
ID zone. The prevailing plan is a
central building either one or two
taries which is used for Office, sit
ling OK read rooms, dining rooms, etc.
md the guest rooms are built to
form q three sided square around 1t
NTH i space of about so to rs yards
between; which is laid out as a gar
den. In other words they are exactly
ake a Roman letter, capital E, the
central portion being the Office, etc,
Brd the other parts of the letter the
guest rooms, one or two stories, same
u central section.
There is always a porch about ten
isct wide and it is sometimes screen
Cd with wire netting and always fur
Hshed with easy chairs and a table
and in most cases separted from the
room adjoining by a partition about
Z feet high, and on the ceiling is an
-deetic fan almost as large as a wind
NIL, and one a sit there from II
4. m until 4 p. m. with as little cloth.
ing ON as they desire and be fairly
amfortable, and they usually do 1t
no.
From this porch your bedroom is
inferred which is also equipped with
oas or two Of these large ceiling fans
and to the rear Of bed room is the
18th room usually ten to twelve feet
deep and entire width Of bedroom,
and on a lower level, usually entered
13T descending one or two steps, and
u r corner Of this room there is a
urge cement tank sometimes round,
suuefimes square holding about 50
4slIbu of water, and near it Is an
immense shower bath arrangement In
sszue Of the rooms, but most of the
hssels only have the tanks and a
galvanized iron pail with a handle
extending across the center which
SaIds about one gallon Of water and