The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-05-17

| ing being Handicapped in the Argentine
style.
The structure is two stories high.
The facade shows fine arcades on both
floors, behind which there is a corridor
ten feet wide. The central entrance is
a wide archway above which are
spandrel sculptures of winged figures.
In inches just above this arch are
allegoricaI sculptures of Liberty and
Industry. Inside the building, the low
er floor is divided into four rooms, each
20x14 feet, which are offices for the
Commission The second floor is in one
apartment and will serve as a state re-
ception hall.
GALVESTON AT THE FAIR.
The city and port of Galveston is on
exhibition at the Worlds Fair in a most
impressive and attractive form. They
are reproduced in miniature and st.
Louis visitors have an opportunity of
seeing the great Texas coast city as it
appeared before being swept by thel
death-dealing tidal wave, four years
ago, and as it appears now, protected
by a weighty sea wall The model of
the city and harbor enables the public
to study the situation before and at the
time of the terrible storm and picture
the course of the treacherouS sea that
destroyed so many lives.
The Galveston model was made under
the direct supervision of United States
engineer officers and is accurate in ev-
cry detail. 1t is an interesting piece
of wood carving. painted in natural
coIors.
MAxIMILIAN'S COACH.
The historical old state coach used by
the unfortunate Emperor Macmillan
during his reign in Mexico, is shown
at the Worlds Fair. The coach is liter
ally covered with gold, silver, pearls
and costly and gaudy trimmings and
decorations, arranged in artistic de-
signs. For, years it has been the most
famous of Mexican curios and occupied
a conspicuous place in the National
Museum at Mexico.
PRIMITIVE RACES ARE NEIGH
BORIS.
Latest to join the Worlds Fair An
thropological colony. which includes
| many queer species of the human race,
is group of little japanese Aborigilles
who arrived in st. Louis from their far
away home on the island of Hokkiaco
to- become the near neighbors of Fill
pinos, Esquimaux and American IN
dams.
These first known inhabitants of
Japan are the hairiest of all human
beings and they have many strange Gus
toms which distinguish them from the
| modern Japanese who succeeded them
in the land of the MfSado, just as the
Anglo-Saxon succeeded the Red Man in
America.
Apparently so proud is the race of its
abundant hair that the women, not en-
dowed with so much of it upon their
| faces, are tattooed about the lips and
given a masculine appearance. The
process of decoration is begun in child
hood and finished at the time of mar
riage. The three women who accom-
pany the party to the Worlds Fair are
all married as is indicated by their in
delible mustaches and goatees which no
toilet preparation would conceal
Infants are carried upon the backs of
I mothers just as the Indian squaw car
ries her papoose in this country. The
Ainu woman is industrious and devoted
to her domestic duties, a trait common
to the sex among all earlier tribes. The
kimono is worn by both men and svom-.
en- and the color taste is similar 10
that of all Orfentais.
The men differ from any other race.
~ covered with a phenomenal growth
of hair. Their small heads are almost
hidden by a bushy tuft and the eyes
peep from a thick. and stubby beard.
They are quick witted and active.
Little is known OF the origin of the
Ainu race to which these strange peo-
pie belong. When the Japanese first in
vaded their country they were the only
Inhabitants, and existed in great num-
bers. Now they number but a few
thousand and are confined to the is
land of Hokkfado where refuge was
taken from the advance of japanese
conquest.
Peaceable and thrifty has been their
character since they became known to
civilization, but the race has not pre-
served any record of its past and little
or nothing is known of its origin.
Driven from their homes in the most
favorable part of Japan they have.
steadily given way without protest un-
I'll now they are content to occupy their
homes in the far north where the Mika-
| do has allotted them immunity from
further molestation.