The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-14

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lie schools named in honor OF the beau.
tiful Princess kniulani. who was heir
apparent to the Hawaiian throne when
Queen Liliuokalanl was dethroned. The
kaiulani School Is attended each day
by about COO embryo American citi-
2ens. There arc sos OF these 500 who
are Of non-Amnrican parcntagc. JUS.
two of the 500 are Americans. 1t Is
n significant fact that these two Amer
lean children are dominant In their re-
spective grades, and are the leaders
in the games and embryo organizations
which the children have.
There Is no attempt at uniformity OF
costumng in the American fashion.
There are Japanese boys in skirts and
Chinese girls in trousers. There are
as many styles OF hair dressing In
kaiulan School as there wcrc in tho
undulation Marcel--.Iapanesc girls with
hair on paper trusses; Japanese girls
with pompadours la illinois,: Ko-
rean boys with topknots. and Korean
boys with hair parted in the middle;
Chinese girls with bangs and bow tows;
and Chinese girls with kid roller
curls.
In the morning the children in the
receiving ROOM" where Hawaiian
Girlsis giving the infant class its first
homeopathic dose OF English. have
song, the burden ;rs, Of which is Good
sung first in English. then in Ha-
waiian. Japanese, Chinese. Portuguese
and sometimes In German, Swedish.
Spanish or French for the sake of va
riety. After the days work in this
school is done. the Japanese and Chi
nese children scamper off for another
set-to in the schools OF their own peo-
pie. while all the Occidentals go to
play. The old adage that al! work and
no play makes Jack a dull boy is a
bit OF Occidental wisdom which can
not be stretched to apply to the ORR
entail.
notwithstanding the American APP
pearance of that part of Honolulu
which is blessed with modern office
buildings and towering hotels. which
makes this truly American city. one
has to wander blu. few squares away
sense OF smell Is the first OF his five
sentinels which warns him that he
Is approaching the Oriental quarter. 1t
Is not dlsagreeable after one IS used
to 1t. but 1t Is certainly distinctive
and 1t is certainly Oriental. 1t is a
Asia. Prominent in the Oriental quar-
tiers of Honolulu is Newspaper Row.
Here in buildings side by side are pub
lished three Japanese dailies. one Chi
nese daily. a Hawaiian daily and a
Korean newspaper. Honolulu has more
more Oriental newspapers than Eng
lish, Hawaiianand Portuguese combined.
1t has a greater number of periodicals
printed in different languages than any
citysof its size In the United States.
The Japanese element is the most
aggressive of any Of the European
peoples in the city The Chinese were
content for years to remain within that
quarter OF the town set apart for them.
but the Japanese have Resented such a
distinction and have overlooked with
both shops and homes into all parts OF
Honolulu. One of the tourist enter
tanning schemes now exciting the minds
of Honolulu promoters is the utiliza-
ton OF the artistic temperament of the
Japanese colony. The beautiful and
romantic Nnuanu is a little stream
flowing through a picturesque valley
to which 1t gives its name.
Nnuanu Valley was a battle ground
in the glorious days Of the ancient
Hawaiian war gods. 1t was sacred as
the site OF native temples long before
the missionaries came, and now 1t is
mostly given over to beautiful villas.
In this picturesque and romantic valley
1T is proposed to transplant bit of old
Nippon. The stream looks as II 1t were
fed from the SHOWS OF the sacred
Fujiyama, and the rocks through which
LIT scurries might be In Nikko. There
will be Japanese tea house, tenn
pie, an avenue of sacred lanterns, and
a bevy Of geisha girls. It will no long
er be necessary for the tourist to go
further than Honolulu to have his
fling at Japan. -
The common, ordinary American from
Iowa is apt to make many mistakes IN
sizing UP nationalities when he is new
to Honolulu. The Chinese waiter
minus their cues. he thinks are Japa-
nese; the Japanese newsboy. from
rean: tho half Hawaiian woman he sees
| on the street is a Spaniard: and the
Hawaiian bellboy, who is we'll educated
| and polite. is Samoan. 1t Is pcr-
picking mixup of race and color,
The color line has not been obliter-
lated but it Is drawn In a very, very
soft gray. There are people who are
Immensely proud OF the fact that they
belong to an old family--that is, a
family which has been in Honolulu Tor
two or three generations, and whose
blood is still oil white. But they dc
with a brass band, for they have some
estimable neighbors in the highest cir
| Giles OF society whose blood is mixed
Let 1t be said to the everlasting credit
OF Honolulu that It has kept natural
| and Unborn race preJudices we'll curh-
ed. So far as color Is concerned, there
| is almost no manifestation of prejudice
as against the yellow, the bronze OF
the brown. But the black-that is an.
other story.
A teacher In the Honolulu public
School who has had charge Of hun-
dreds of pupils Of all races for many
years, admitted that the only time
there has ever been any trouble amona
the children on account of race preju.
\ dice was when some American negro
| children came to school, A distinguish.
cd negro lawyer, now Attorney Gen
eral of Liberia, made a great Onslaught
on Honolulu politics and society a few
years ago. Good New England senti.
ment opposed him and stern New Eng.
/ land steel put him to flight
lcosmopolitanism Of Honolulu which is
quite different from anything that Il
i known in any of our cities on the
mainland. not even excepting New