The Hawaiian gazette., 1893-09-05
SCENES FROM The FAR EAST

the guards closed the gates on july
3lst one half Of the Worlds Fsir
passed into history. only three
months more and the exhibitors viii
commence to move their wares, and
psck up While It Is to be regretted
that the attendance has not been as
large IS wss anticipated, yet the out
look for the future IS brighter, the
crowds are increasing and better
facilities are offered bY way OF
cheaper fsres,one OF the essentials Of
travel. The exhibits Of the different
nations are elaborate, sud are life
lessons 10 the masses.
Take. for instance, the Java village
in the Midway Plaissnee. where
aside from the peculiar qusintness
OF the different dwellings, all indus
tries and customs are shown at the
various booths, cotton and textile
looms distinctly primeysl in their
working parts and the different de-
signs are unique and original The
natives are Is g rule quite small in
stature, especially the women but are
possessed gilmore thsnordiusry intel
Iigence.not addicted to the use OF IL
toIicating liquors, and are very
courteous and obliging. In one part
OF their space you notice an enor-
nous fish made from wood. which
represents & huge gold fish and is
used as call TO quarter or 70 make
them assemble IN q body. when
needed. by simply being tapped on
with 8 wooden msllet- 1t Is made Of
wood and partly hsllowed out and
when tapped resembles q bell and
can be heard quite distance They
have q large thestre constructed
chiefly Of bamboo and the perform
auce Is very creditsble to them
The street scenes OF Cairo also IL
the plaissnee are q source Of great
amusement as well as attraction
The booths and buildings are exact
reproductions Of the originals in
Cairo; but as to the contents Of the
booths, the articles or edrios exposed
for sale, that's little different For
instance, perfume purportiBg to
come from Arsbig-well, 1t might
have come from there-no need TO
give It's exact history or analysis
But If 1t did. Why then it got over
heated and tired on the way, and
lost all It's remarkable fragrance with
the exception Of that absorbed by
by the cork Then again the picture
OF Oriental scenes, groups Of donkey
boys and eamels, Arab riders and
dancing girls etc.
In this instance distance lends en-
chsutment to the view. Not bat that
the views are very pretty-sOme Of
them are gems, but remember al a
distance. For this simple reason
II you 90 TO g booth and price one
you viii find that you can have your
choice Of any from IS to SIS, but if
they were what they represent or
purport TO be, oil paintings, they
would be not only remarkably
cheap but remarkable souTeniers of
the fair. These articles IN their in
fancy were photographs, but as they |
proved to be g glut II the market,
and some ingenious artist. with oil /
colors on hand that he could not /
use in any other way, has lightly |
touched up the figures, at the same
time making It represent an oil /
painting. At the end Of the street g
temple Is erected, supposed to repre-
sent the temple Of Rsmes as 1000
years old, containing the sacred
Egyptian mummies, but IS to their
sseredness little can be said, except
that they may have been made BY
some Egyptian or Nubisn now de-
tanct- 1 said made for the simple
reason that although they are very
correctly and neatly tagged, pspier
nsche or ssEdust and glue are
what they are chiefly or conformity
composed Of
In some Of the booths are what are
supposed 10 be beads Of sandal wood.
These you are assured last q long
time; but then l presume that to be
the case if you pack them away IL
csmphor so that the moths can not
get at them for if you examine
closely they are not exactly wooden
nutmegs shrunk to order, like
coffee beans, but Just simply
q compound Of sandal OF boxEood
mixed with glue and favored
with little mahogany or sandal
wood oil not, of course, TO make them
paIstsble- but to give them aroma.
But enough OF Cairo and its
wares. Aside from al these,
the street scenes are very humOr-
1us and amusing there are
five OF si1 camels and donksys,
md donkey boys seem to be without
md The attitude that the riders
assume Is far more amusing than
hat Of the csmels, who let themselves
down IN sections, on their knees first,
md then allow the hind legs to fol
oE at their leisure; the csmels seem
- zrio-- The fuu h1Oelv BE the waV.