The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-11-04

Down at Atkinson Park, the Banzai
kids of Kakaako were having the time
of their lives, celebrating the Mi
kado's birthday with a program of
sports, yesterday afternoon.
All the pupils, several hundred of
them, of the Kakaako japanese schools
Joined in the big doings, and from
nine o'clock in the morning until sun
set, the kids were doing something in
the open air and enjoying themselves
to the limit.
A large quadrangular enclosure was
made on the park by means Of ropes.
At each end was spread large avn
ing, under which were placed seats for
the honored visitors, and here also
were tables laden with lemonade and
cakes. and, at the other end, another
table piled high with delieiously mys-
FERROUS looking prizes for the winners
in each of the events.
Down each side of the enclosure
were lines of chairs, all occupied by
beaming friends and relatives of the
youngsters, while less fortunate spec
tators stood behind the chairs in quite
a dense mass and cheered loudly when
ever one of the many humorous incl
dents occurred.
Fifty-four Events.
Altogether, there were ffty-four
events on the program, and this in
.cluded every kind of race imaginable
both for boys and girls. The compel
itors ranged in size from six inches
high to about four feet six inches, and
in age from five to fifteen years.
In the making of games and differ
ent kinds of races no ingenuity was
spared. There were egg and spoon
races, flag races, lantern races, obsta-
Gle races, blindfold races, relay races,
every kind of race, in fact, that one
could possibly imagine; and then some.
The boys and girls alternated. First
the big boys had a race, then the big
girls. After that the middle-sized
bovs raced and then the same size of
girls. and so on until every little Ban
zai kidlet had had chance at prize.
The Judge stood at the finishing line
with three flags in his hand. The first
three arrivals were each given flag.
then they formed in line and trotted
up to the prize table, where, according
to the flag which each carried, he was
given one of the delightful-looking
packages. 1t was hard to say what
was inside them. Some bore the un-
nistakable earmarks of candy, some
looked like books, and others had the
general common or garden appearance
of any kind of a package that comes
from a Japanese store. Neither was
the mystery solved during the after
noon. Each little prizewinner carried
his trophy dutifully to smiling parents
who took charge of the winnings until
after the races were over.
One chubby little fellow who had
wings on his heels won so many prizes
that his beaming parents had two
extra chairs by them on which the fam
ilv trophies were erected in a gorgeous
pyramid.
Japanese Consul Arrives.
One of the prettiest sights of the af
ternoon was when the Japanese Consu
General. Mr.. Senichi UenO, arrived
After walking round the grounds sa
Iuting the crowds as they went, the
Consul and his companions took seats
at one end of the field under the avn
ing. Then the word was given and th'
children ali fell into line in order OF
size. Again the word was given anC
+hev marched two and two, boy ant
q girl, round the field and halted IL
front of the Consul.
When they had all assembled they
had the appearance of human grand
stand. so cleverly was each row ar
ranged that its members were Just
trifle shorter than those. directly be
hind them. The Consul stood up an'
everybody else on the field immediate
" arose. The master of ceremonle
gave the word and, like one man, thos'
cute little people bowed low, so low, II