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Eve Drewelowe travel correspondence, 1928-1929

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of more time than we were able to give it.
We went out to the English Navel base here this afternoon.  Usually it is rather difficult to secure a permit to go but we met an artist from there who invited us to come out.  Both he and his wife were very cordial and hospitable, I took my sketches along and showed them and they were kind enough to say they liked them.  An immense floating dock located there.
Singapore is much more interesting than we had thought.  We are just putting in time until we get our boats but we find the rubber plantations, rubber factories etc very worth while.  Rubber trees are grown by acres and acres.  When they are old enough they are tapped - that is the bark is cut in a V shape.  The white fluid, (very like a heavy white milk) oozes down this groove and into a cup which is hung at the bottom.  This is the rubber in its raw state.  It is them taken to the factory where it is made into sheets and shipped.  Most of the rubber comes from the Singapore Island - almost a world monopoly I suppose.  
This seems to be quite an evening at the hotel here - a fancy costume ball.  It promises to be quite an evening since many couples are already in the garden consuming cocktails.  It seems that all that most of the white people out here jazz, jazz and think of nothing but drinking and jazz.  It is positively

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of more time than we were able to give it. We went out to the English Navel base here this afternoon. Usually it is rather difficult to secure a permit to go but we met an artist from there who invited us to come out. Both he and his wife were very cordial and hospitable, I took my sketches along and showed them and they were kind enough to say they liked them. An immense floating dock located there. Singapore is much more interesting than we had thought. We are just putting in time until we get our boats but we find the rubber plantations, rubber factories etc very worth while. Rubber trees are grown by acres and acres. When they are old enough they are tapped - that is the bark is cut in a V shape. The white fluid, (very like a heavy white milk) oozes down this groove and into a cup which is hung at the bottom. This is the rubber in its raw state. It is them taken to the factory where it is made into sheets and shipped. Most of the rubber comes from the Singapore Island - almost a world monopoly I suppose. This seems to be quite an evening at the hotel here - a fancy costume ball. It promises to be quite an evening since many couples are already in the garden consuming cocktails. It seems that all that most of the white people out here jazz, jazz and think of nothing but drinking and jazz. It is positively