The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-03-15

Ing made by her mai5sty's own milli-
L5rs. and a great par OF the trOds5eau
will be OF Jdpauese materials. a. the
same time many things are being i'm
ported from Paris. London and Berlin.
so that altogether the brides outfit Will
be something wonderful. even for these
times.
As 20 its cost TO one can tell. Prince
KujO himself is not very rich, but be
has given his daughter 100 900 yen, or
$50. goo. for the purpose. and 20 this the
emperor has added $3.50 900 IN gold. and
10 certainly should be enough 20 cover
the expenses OF the imperial orange
blossoms IL IL should not the princess
can draw further on his majesty, for
ne has just directed that a present OF
100000 yen, equal 10 S3JO,OOO. in gold,
be given to her out OF the estate Of
the late empress dOwager, who was
her aunt. This makes her allowance
for trOusseau, pin money, etc, cOnsId-
erably more than half a million in
gold, and she certainly should be able
TO buy some pretty things for that
As 70 presents, starting out with
these from his majesty, the imperial
bridal couple will have no end OF them.
They will come in every shape and
form from all parts OF the empire and
from high and low. There will be
cranes and turtles OF solid gold and
solid silver without number. These
things are emblematic OF longevity and
are very common as wedding gifts in
Japan. The poor VIII give as well as
the rich, and IL the prince and princess
are anything like the emperor and en-
press they will be delighted to receive
| any expression from even the poorest
/ Of their subjects.
The New Palace Of the Prince.
In the meantime a brand new house
is being erected for his imperial high
| ness and the two can begin their house
Keeping with everything spick and span
at the start. The ground has already
| been broken and the materials are be-
| ing prepared. The new home will, how
/ ever, be something more than the dove
/ cote Of the average newly married pair.
! It will be three stories high, and Will
/ cover three acres, or almost as much
/ ground as our capitol at Washington.
/ II will cost about a million and a half
| dollars in gold. The architects and de-
/ signers have been working on 1t for
/ some time. and they have made the
plans Of a palace which is like no other
/ in the world.
II is a combination OF foreign and
! japanese architecture. constructed with
a view OF withstanding the earthquakes
which are so common in Japan. It's
| framework Is to be OF steel and iron,
so fitted together that 1t cannot break.
/ The steel and iTonwOrk is now being
made at Pittsburg. the architect hay-
ing recently returned from the United
States. where he went TO place the or
ders for its construction. i am told
that about 1000 tons of steel and iron
work have been ordered and that Il Is
almost ready for shipment IL will be
transported by rail to the Pacific and
thence by steamer to Japan.
The prince imperial has for several
years had his own establishment en-
tirely separate and apart from that OF
the emperor. He has his own servants
and secretaries and holds, in fact, a
hItle court of his own. He will prob
ably take his bride to his present
palaces and live there until the new
palace is completed.
, FRANK G.. CARPENTER.