The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-03-11

| Suzuki (entering from r. |. E., salaam-
| ins)-Madame Butterfiy's wish?
Madame B. Hneeling)-Suzuki, inform
me, if it pleases you, how much more
| day?
! Suzuki-Aye. Getting coins from
small box in her sleeve laying them in
three piles her palm touching them
as she speaks.) Rim, yen, sen
. Madame B. rovingly)-SuZuki-how
many times / tellin you-no one shall
! speak anythin, but those Unite States
! language in these Lieutenant Picker
( tons house? (She speaks his name with
much difficulty) Once more-an' 1 put
you outside. pointing, still kneeling)
Shoji Tha's one hin'-aeverybody got
recomlec'-account it's Merican's house
his wife-his maid.
Suzuki (mouthing to herself, making no
sound, counting on her fingers)-Two dol
lar. quitting it in box, giving it to Ma
Game 3D.
Madame Bob! How we waste my
husbands beautiful moneys. Tha's
shame, Mos gone.
Suzuki-This money hav' KEEP two year
What's happen if he don come
back?
Madame b. (scoffing, putting money in
her sleeve. )-Oh--if he don come back!
Course he come back! He's gone so long
accoun' he's got business in those his
large country. If he's not come back to
|
for nine hundred and niety-nine year for
me to live-why he put American lock
to bolt it door to shut it window? An
swer me those question.
Suzuki (doubtfully)-I don know.
Madame Boz course you don know!
You dom know whichever. Wael-I 60
in tell you-to keep out those who are
out and in those who are in. Thas me-
Suzuki-But he don writin' letter.
Madame b. trises and goes up L, to
window L. U. E.)-American men dom
never write letter. No time.
Suzuki (cynically)-Aye, MADAME b.
| looks uneasily over her shoulder, then
peers out again) | don never know
America navy-man with japanese wife
come back.
Madame b. Gmpassive, her eyes mar
rowing)-Speak concerning marriage.
once more, you die! (Claps hands. Fans
herself Suzuki salaams, backs quickly
toward door and is about to exit. Ma
dame B. claps hands. Suzuki stops.) Don
come back Lieutenant B. F. Picker
ton don come back Mel know Wen
The comes back. He toll me Wen he 60
in wayne say in tha's doors: Madame
Buttefly, | have had YER nice times with
Imy Japanese sweets heart pointing to
HERSELF: so now l gon' back to my own
country, an here's monaghan don wor-
ry about mel come back Wen robins
nes' again! Ha-ha! Tha's Wen he come
back-w en- robins mes again. (Standing
still, she sways her head triumphantly
from side to side, tanning herself)
Suzuki mot Representatives, / didn
like way he say it-like those Gestures
Initiating f1ippant goodbye with finger
tips).
. Madame Bah, tha's American way
sayin' goodbye to girl! CWaves hand
llaughing) Yaes he come Wen robins
nes' again. Shuh! shuh (Claps hands
with delight Suzuki with look of I'M
belief. starts to go. Madame B. (claps
hands angrily-motions with fan for SUI
zuki TO come nearer) Sa-ey! Why no,
shu'h" on you face for? Such a fools!
Going toward window. Oh look! Suzu-
<i-a robins-the frs these spring.
Suzuki-It is a ROBINSON Cho-cho-san!
| (Embrace)
Madame B.-Go! See if he's stay for
nes' OH oh!
Suzuki-But he's fly away
Madame Bob! How they are slow
this year! Sa-ey. see if you don fin
one tha's more Industrial an domestics
Suzuki-There are none yet,
Madame B.-But soon they mes now.
| Suzuki, Wen we see that ship gettin
comm in-sa-ey-then Yves goin put
flowers aeverywhere-an' if it's night we
goin' hang up mos thousand lanterns
leh-ha?
suzuki-No got moaney for thousan.
Madame B.-Wael-twenty mebby, an
saey. wen him comm quick w
Dragging Suzuki down RI So-and-sc
Gifts Nkmono and strides in masculine
way) to look for fiddle wife-me-me jus
goin hide behind shoji Goes to screen
an watch an make b'lieve mes gone
'way-leave fiddle note sayin' Goodbye
-sayonara-Butterfy." Now he come il
read it note G1ildes) All, An then M
gets anjery! An he say all kinds Meri
can guage-debbels-hen! But befor,
he gets too aniery runs out an flew
aroun his neck! illustrates with Suzuki
who is carried away and embraces he
with fervor). Sa-ey You no flew roun
his neck-jus' me! Then he sit dowr
(Sits on cehions) an sing tha's liddl
American song-oh, how he laugh (Sing
as though not understanding word o
iD:1\
Il cali her the Belle of Japan-of Japan
Her name it is o ho-cho-san-Cho-cho
san!
Such tenderness lies in her soft almon
tell you she's just 'ichi ban'Ht
Gaughs) Then I'll dance like when
was Geisha girl. Oances)
tSharpless, the American Consul, ap
pears in doorway followed by the Noka
doD
Nokado-This is the house your Excel
lency
Sharpiess- Removing his clogs outside
You may wait (Nokado salaams Exit
Sharpless ENTERS knocks)-I beg pal
don. (They don't see him. Madame
begins song again He goes to door an
raps).
Madame B. Gearing)-Ah! (salaams
Sharpless-This is Madame Cho-chC
san?
Madame BIO (grandly), I am Mr.
Lieutenant b. F. Pik-ker-ton.
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