Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1906-01-25
CHINESE KON|H|
GREAT SUCCESS

81 attended my first Chinese New |
Year celebration last night" said
visiting haole this morning who has |
always lived in the middle west in the
States, where Chinese are scarce,
land certainly enjoyed II. The stran.
gest thing of all, and something that
TO me Is not the least bit fascinating,
is the music. But I'll wager that a
Chinese orchestra does not sound near
as bad to an American as an American
band does to Chinaman.
81 visited all the different clubs last
night and what mixture OF drinks |
had! That same shoe was great and
everything else that went with tex.
cept the music. drank nothing but
Chinese mixtures yesterday, but right
now me for an American bromo.
81 am very fond of music and nat.
urally took great deal of interest in
the Chinese musicians. But I'll be
hanged II could figure out which one
was the leader. The fellow with the
big brass cymbals seemed TO be one OF
the main guys, but II any of the other
players wanted to quit for a few min.
utes they didn't pay any attention TO
him or anybody else. | understand
that the musicians are paid according
TO the amount of noise they make. In
that case that fellow with the cymbals
ought to be rich.
Understand me, I am not criticizing
the Chinese. This New Year they tell
me is the 5000 one, and hope they
! have as many more of them. The
Chinese have the Americans skinned
, to pulp when Il comes to celebrating.
A Chinaman never swears off nor does
he go on protracted sprees and he is
so wise that he can stay up all night
and be at work the next morning. And.
above all, he doesn't complain of his
headache. although one, a waiter, ad.
mltted to me over at the Hawaiian Ho.
tel this morning that his head was
pretty big. He had not been to bed
for two nights. Since starting in on
the celebration this fellow has had his
queue cut off.
THE Chinese fed thousands OF
whites and natives yesterday, | UNI
derstand. II cost them a small for.
tune, but they all seem glad of II.
And the booZe-.why, they distributed
, enough to float Hill liner. Enough
cigars were distributed-all good ones
, to keep a regiment smoking a year.
Every white person seemed to be
, embarrassed when they first entered
, the club rooms. Other people were
sitting around and about all the white
, did was to look at, each take what was
= offered them, and finally get up awk
J wardly and leave. Nobody seemed to
, know whether they should shake
. hands with the Chinaman receiving OF
: simply bow. To make sure, ! made q
A big bow and shook hands in addition
4 | tried to say 'Konohi' but my tongue
j, got twisted-with Chinese drinks and
n the language-and made a failure.
IF anybody got full last night In
Chinatown IL was the white people
and other natlonalities-but not the
Chinaman-he Is too wise for that. He
might have got small toot on, but
nobody knew It, az he said nothing
end minded his own business.
u Think OF 1.-THE Chinese are ex
cluded from American shores and In
: China American goods are being boy
cotted, but here in Honolulu and In
, other Chinatowns In the States thou
: sands Of whites fiocked to the club
!. rooms of the Celestialsand partook OF
= all they could get their hands and lips
on.
. Altogether, the Chinese New Year
Is a great success. II beats ours all
hollow. About all the Americans do
, on a New Years is to make resolu
lions, yell themselves hoaTse and take
: three or four dozen of the last drink
of the old year And then get up the
, next morning-the first day of the
! year-feeling worse than a sick rat
looks.
I "Me for Chrinese New Year every
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