But the Singapore wives—they are forgotten, Almost every day a_Tiner™ slips into port and disgorges several hundred perspiring travellers. They flock to the hotels—most of them thrilled with mythical glamour—and fill the halls with the buzz of their talk.
Tu the background, in. wicker chairs, just Tooling om, are ithe Singapore wives. Here at Raffles in the Europe or the Adelphi, they of dress are the season's most popular versions for ten-time. find an "atmosphere," real or unreal, that they breathe into their suf-located souls.
It is easy to distinguish Just a trace of shadow beneath the eyes, a mouth a trifle hardened, those tiny tired wrinkles that the sun soon brings, and a dull tan pallor.
Young "first contract" men, "griffins" they are called, are their prey. A synthetic return to the "old life," funny stories, interested conversation, attention—the Singapore wives find these in the companionship of young uneasternized this too, is another tragedy—for the young men. Annual. Jy a regular quota are "sent homo" for living beyond their means, Singapore ina Chinese puzzle of marital tangles famed throughout other cities in the East, On the other hand, it is a city of beautiful homes, great broad boule-yards, exquisite gardens—an chitectural model of domestic peace.
The town is scattered alonz the Jow sandy shores of the island, and from the sea can he soon the amoke clouds of rabber mills at work night and day.
Banks, shipping, buildings, hotels and the magnificent new post office tower along the seashore. Inside the breakwater that stretches alan: the front are hundreds of sina ships.
The first thing you will notice on arrival at, Singapore, and the last you will forget, are' the haunting, eyes_of Singapore wives—w.s.1 in "Daily Express."
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