The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1869-05-19

enter persons house without taking Of
the long swori-yet but a few do il when
they ask permission 10 look over foreiyn-
ers demicile. They are rarely more than
civil and sometimes rude. They have no
thing 10 offer in return for foreigners
friendship, As to Princes. there are few
gentlemen who have seen daimio's castle /;
hnt they who have seen them =, fisssile
May all be summoned up in great round
.. The karoos or other officers Of dai-
mics have occasionally con6escended to
spend an hour OF two az a foreigners house
more particularly in NasaSSki. But. how
ever free and pleasant may be the inter
ooGTse an such occasions. the caution. ha-
hitual to the race. Is ever present with
them, and they either Saew reserve or lead
astray, whenever politics OF business be-
come tie topics Of conversation. Surely
then, We may say that the japanese are a
mystery, But may they not return the
compliment We make more show opea-
" but practically we are just as difficult
10 comprehend. As rule. We do not
turn good servants away without mo-
meatS notice ;-if We wished to entertain
japanese merchant, we should not orii-
naTily take him 10 4 restaurant or else
where. but We should do what we could 10
entertain him AZ home. But still we are
not very familiar with them. We are
quite satisfied that sometime must elapSe.
before there can be any coniiality Of in
tercoarSe; but il would be very gratifying
20 US all il the japanese would only get
nd Of the notion that nothing but what is
lewd or coarse is approved Of hy Us. Then
We might have some chance Of becoming
better acquainted with them. and We might
gradually cease 70 be mutual mystery.
We think that the greatest hope Of our
becoming better acquainted, is, that there
are 4 number Of Young men, who have Ia
ken 70 wearing foreign habits, and are fast
imhihing them. These are sometimes
welcomed to the house Of gentlemen. and
ii i; be that We do not vet see any great
effects produced. still, as time rolls on. we
Shaa perceive them more and uore-the
corners viii be worn down. aud sooner or
later, big step viii De made.
Among the upper crust Of Japan, pre-
JUDGES are 50 strong. that it is almost ab-
Suni TO speak Of the ice being broken with
them. But greater changes than that
have already taken place, and we have on
IL 70 wait Sc 10 see what we shall see.
something ike wedge has been inserted
by the admission Of certain of our medicos
into psimio's hoases and one, in partie-
ular is, We know, an immense favourite,
anu his name a kind OF household wori in
every house he has entered.
As for ourselves. with all the peculiar
itieS and ineomprehenSibility. we ike the
JapaDeSe and if ever the Gay comes when
they shall be as straightforward in fact as
they appear TO be on the surface, We know
no race that have finer qualities. Prob
sbly that day might be FASTENED if they
saw that the light of foreigners so shown
before them. as to set them a good exam
pie. As it is. we fear that the daily in
eonsistencies exhibited before them, must
give them but poor opinion of our sin
cerity and integrity; and may lead them
to retort in similar language to ours
- These foreigners are perfect mystery
TO Us. japan Gazette.