The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-11-03

paper and pounds of paint have been
| worked up into hundreds of small paper
flags of all nations.
The large par1or at the left of the hall
will be used by Consul General and Mrs.
Shimamura in the reception of the call
ers who wish to pay their respects to the
| Emperor through this medium. The dec
orations in this room are not elaborate,
being confined principally to punches of
chrysanthemums and vines. At one end
of the room hang the portraits of the
Emperor and Empress, and around these
are festooned evergreens, in the center
of which is a golden sixteen-leaf chrys-
anthemum, the ensigna of the Emperor.
Beneath the portraits are three large
green leaves, placed cone shaped against
the wall. From the apex of the one at
the top there are three small branches
of the Pailownia Imperialis, the center
one bearing seven lavender colored bios
SONS, and each of the others five. The
two lower leaves have similar branches,
the center ones having five blossoms and
the others three This is known as the
Kiri, and is a special mark of the i'm
perial. family and no person of ordinary
rank is allowed to use it.
Standing on the floor and just below
the portraits is a box containing specf-
mems of the seven famous autumn plants
of Japan. Five of these were, per force
of circumstances, made of paper the
other two are natural. On the veranda to
the left of the reception room flags of
Japan are festooned and hundreds of pots
of paper flowers in imitation of those
which have done much to attract visitors
to the Orient are placed so as to be
most effective. These are ingeniously ar
ranged from colored paper and are exact
limitations of the natural flowers.
To the right the hall is a room which
will be given up to the ladies as a refresh
ment room. This represents the world
famous Sumida gardens of Toxic, where,
during the spring months, thousands of
persons are attracted by the glorious dis
play of cherry blossoms. A tree has
been placed in the room, and from the
branches thousands of beautiful bios
SONS hang in most delicate tints and
shapes in paper. Festooned from the
chandelier in the center of the room to
the four corners are delicate vines, from
which hang clusters of wisteria, inter
spersed with paper flags of the different
nations. In this room the ices and cakes
will be served in abundance.
The room back of the reception parlor
will be given up to the gentlemen call
ers, and is a representation of the cele-
brated Oil gardens near Toxic, during
the autumn, when the leaves on the ma
pie trees have taken on their beautiful
variagated colors. At this same garden
is a beautiful waterfall, and this, too, has
its representation in paper. Tt requires
something of the vivid in imag ination to
grasp the idea, but it is an instance of
initiative genius of the Japanese. The
same scheme of color and decorations
prevails in this room as in the one for
the convenience of the lady guests.
But for realistic effect and reproduc-
ton of Japan's browning glory the guest
must visit the lawn at the rear of the
house, where mighty snow-capped Flu
giiami looms up in all it's majestic grand
eur. This is another instance where the
imagination is necessary to make one
feel that the painted canvas is something
else. But it conveys the idea and that,
in imitation, is everything.
Outside the Consu1's office is a booth
filed with plants trained by Iuuashita'
of the Yen Shin College, into all sorts
of shapes representing birds, animals and
what not. Mr.. Iuuashita is the only per-
son in Honolulu who understands TINS
work, and On this occasion he has out
done himself The Consul's office is also
decorated with flowers and will be used
by gentlemen as a lounging room.
Several places in the lawn have been