The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1904-11-04
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asked for information concerning Ua
wall. After some consultation IL wal
decided that Mr.. G. Shjozawa, pro
prietor Of the Hawaii ShHpo. was wei
fitted to reply. Mr.. Shiozawa was ad
mitted to the presence of His Highnes.
| and had an informal talk with him or
! Hawaiian matters for some time in pri
| vate. The Prince was unaware that tn,
Japanese laborers in Hawaii were NJ
longer engaged under the contract labol
law.
During this time Mr.. Shiozawa pre-.
sented the Prince with his especially
prepared number of the Hawaii Shinpc
souvenir edition concerning Prince Flu
! shimi This was adorned with gilt let.
tering stating 1t was presented by Mr.
Shiozawa on behalf of the Japa nese
people OF Hawaii. The Prince express
ed his thanks for the gift
LUNCH AT THE YOUNG.
Luncheon was served in the Waikiki
dining room. The oval table was beau
tifully decorated with red carnations
and MALE. strings of the latter gridir-
oning the table and converging at the
two end plates. The center of the table
was sprayed with maiden hair ferns
and carnations. The centerpiece was
huge cut glass bowl of red and white
carnations among which japanese and
American flags were inserted. Small
flags also adorned the chandeliers. A
red carnation lei was at each guests
plate. At the luncheon were H. l. H.
Prince Fushimi, Gov. Carter, Secre-
tary Atkinson, Aimaro Sato, Grand
Master of the Household of the Prince;
Count Terashima, Major Mihara, DIR.
Rokkaku, Mr.. N. Watanabe, Consul
General Saito. Capt. Johnson. Lieut..
Cummins, Major Wall, Capt. Saunders,
and the members of the japanese COM
mittees.
IN AN AUTOMOBILE.
At 2 o'clock the Prince, attended by
Secretary Atkinson and Major Mihara,
entered the big White steam motor car
of Alexander Young. Capt. Jargstroff,
who is a subject of the Gar
was the chauffeur. Carriages contain
ing other members of the party came
behind The ride was taken through
all parts of the city where the Japanese
reside and conduct their business. The
subjects of the Emperor were out in
force. The automobile finally left the
party in carriages and sped to Waikiki
to the Aquarium, where the Prince en-
joyed the view of the painted fish.
The party returned to the Hotel, the
Prince resting until evening, when he
was driven to the Consul Generals Of
fetal residence on Nuuanu street,
where he was entertained at dinner.
LANTERN PROCESSION.
A glittering something wound its way
through Honolulu streets last night, a
something serpent-like whose luminous
scales flashed out the colors of the rain
bow and whose sinuous coils We're in
never ceasing motion, a something that
suddenly appeared out of the night
passed in a bewildering riot of color and
light aud was swallowed up in the
darkness again before one had compre-
hended its significance and it's beauty
1t was that sight of sights, that Won
der of wonders-a Japanese parade.
And 1t was a parade such as Honolulu
never saw before and it is doubtful
whether 1t has been rivaled in any city
outside of the Land of the Rising sun.
The japanese have been characterized
as an initiative people but last nights
parade was an example of japanese
originality. An American parade is a
stiff affair at most with it's mounted |
escort at the head and the rear guard |
at the end, with its machine-like reg
ularity and monotonous uniformity. |
Not so with the Japanese parade. 1t |
has no well defined head or rear. no
stiff, regular ranks, no forest of bayo- |
nets. each held at uniform angle with |
the rest. Each individual seems to be |
in his own way yet the whole /
body moves on as If impelled by some |
unseen, yet irresistible force. a forest |
of lanterns of "A thousand different pat
terms, of banners with a hundred devices,
moves along, each pole of a different
height and held at a different angle |
yet the whole blends into pageant of
unsurpassed beauty-a symphony of
color ana light. its very unconvention-
nlity being It's chief charm.
For hours before the time set for the
parade to move japanese were assem-
bling at Aala Park and at a few minutes
after seven the order to march was
given. The procession was led by the
Portuguese band which was followed by I
the Japanese Veterans Association ana \
the Young Mems buddhist Association,
AN In uniform ana carrying torches.
Then followed the lantern parade prop
rr For three blocks the glittering line
stretched out, each man carrying "a lan-
tern on a pole ana a japanese dag I
There were poles that lifted clusters of
paper lanterns twenty feet ln the air
while others aera Ices than two feet
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