The St. Louis Republic., 1904-11-04
Impressive Ceremony Took Place
at Early Celebration of
Mikado's Birthday.
EMPEROR is CONGRATULATED.
Cablegram Sent by the Country's
Commission-Many Prominent
Persons Attended the After
noon Reception.

More than 400 members OF the Japanese
colony in St. Louis and 1000 invited guests
| celebrated the fifty-t:iird birthday OF his
Imperial Majesty. Mutsuhito, Emperor OF
Japan. at the Worlds Fair yesterday.
The celebration began with the early
morning ceremonies in the Japanese gar
dens. which were exclusively for the Jap
anese people. and closed with dinner
given at the West Pavilion last evening
by T. Tcgima. Commissioner General. to
fourteen of his assistants.
The morning exercises were most i'm.
pressive, f. Tegima addressed the gath
ering of Japanese people, and closed his
remarks by asking them to pray for the
long life of the Emperor and the success
of the army. In response to his request.
they all knelt and prayed silently for
several minutes.
A cablegram Offering congratulations to
the Emperor from the japanese Commis-
sion was dispatched yesterday morning by
Mr.. Tegima, representing the commission.
The social feature of the day was the
big reception rendered yesterday afternoon
in the japanese gardens, to which 1000
invitations were issued. Despite the cool
weather, the reception. which was held
out-of-doors. was one of the largest at
tended and most successful OF the many
garden parties given at the Worlds Fair
during the summer months.
BUILDINGS DECORATED.
The gardens and pavilions were hand
someiy decorated for the occasion with
hundreds Of Japanese and American hags
and chrysan.hemums which have been
raised in the Japanese conservatory at the
Worlds Fair. and were on display for the
first time.
japanese fireworks. or fire flowers" as
they are called by the japanese. were sent
up from the east end Of the Transporta-
ton building, where the guests might have
opportunity to witness them from the
Jaranese gardens.
Wells Band furnished music throughout
the day and among the several numbers
rendered was the Japanese National An
them. "Kimygayo." To every guest was
presented souvenir by means OF ''Fuku-
biki,'' lottery.
Each guest received card on entering
the grounds and these were exchanged
later for presents: Many beautiful pieces
Of art, china and Japanese ornaments
were included in the collection. which
were donated by the Japarese exhibitors
of the various buildings at the Worlds
Fair. The special committee who had
charge Of this particular feature Of the
day was composed OF H. shugio. T. Fulxu-
shinaa, S. Imura, T. Takayanasf. A. Aria,
T. Murakami. AZ r 't.-..' a
Elaborate refreshments were served to
to the guests in the afternoon hours.
In the receiving line were Commission
er Tegima, R. Diax Albertini. Mr.. and
Mrs F. D. Hirschberg, Mr.. and Mrs.
James E. Smith, Mr.. and Mrs Daniel
Nugent, Mr.. and Mrs John schroers. N.
Kanzaki.
AMONG THE GUESTa
Included In the guests present were the
following: President D. r. Francis and
Mrs. Francis, General Bates, Colonel
Fountain, Captain Howe. the Duke of
Newcastle. London; Mayor Rona Wells
and Mrs. Wells. Postmaster Frank Wy
man. Miss Florence Hayward, Judge VIII
Dur F. Boyle and Mrs. Boyle. Doctor Theo-
dor Lewald. Georges Gerald, E. I. Mas
queray, Miss Loos, Chicago; Governor
Brady Of Alaska and Mrs. Brady, Mrs. C.
Ia Hilleary. Judge Franklin Ferris, Pri-
vate John Allen. Mrs. Washington F1scdel,
Mrs. Paul Brown, Mrs. N. J. F1emming,
Doctor William P. Wilson, Edmund A.
Fielder, Major and Mrs. Hammond, Major
William H Johnston and Mrs. Johnston,
Erneste Nelson. Mrs. Walter Nelson, Chi
cago; Mrs. Nicholas Tall, Colonel Charles
NJ. Watson and Mrs. Watson. Francis
IN Ga
Helen stcehr, E. Ruecktng. Mr.. and Mrs.
stoehr, and Messrs and Mines. Frederick
Belts. Thomas N. McKittrick. Frederick
Taylor, Lawrence Grahame. Philip D.
Scott. John A ockerson. Frederick J. v.
Skin. Stanley Bots, Estenan Duque Es-
trada W. E. Kelsoe. Albino Nuncio. James
M. Gore. George N. Kingsbury.
The Board Of Lady Managers was rep
resented by Mrs. Daniel Manning. Mrs.
Edward Buchwalter. Mrs william Cole
man. Mrs. Finis P. Ernest. Mrs Mary
Phelps Montgomery, Mrs. Frederick Han.
ger. and among the other guests were
Misses Minnie Bronson, Miss Price. Miss
Nell Austin. Miss Jane Winn. Miss Bour-
rasa, Miss Dorothy Belts, Miss Fountain.
Miss Rose Marion and Miss Kate Carl.
Among the prominent Japanese ytzitors
were the following: Commissioner, Hiro-
michi shugio. Ushitaro Beppu, Naozo
NJ. Isobo. Y. Okamoto and
Masanao Hanihara; Director Of Works |
keisuka Niwa. Landscape Architect Yulsio |
Itchikawa, Mr.. saizo Tajima, Professor
Yoshitabo Watanabe. Mr.. Harukazu |
Miyabe. Mr.. Michio Hattori. Mr.. Tuyozo |
Kobayashi, Mr.. Shun Suzuki, Mr.. Jiro |
Harada. Mr.. Teiichiro Gojyo and Mr.. |
Hisaburo Ota.