The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-12-04
A Street IN |
OLD CANTON

A very interesting fete is promised
for Friday evening, Saturday afternoon
and evening of next week at the Chi
nese church on Fort street. 1t is called
ga Street in Old Canton.' 1t is in
effect bazar, for the benefit of the
repair fund of the church, the Kinder
garten rooms and the Chinese Y. NJ
G. A. which is to be entirely Chinese
in its setting, in its decoration, and
in much that will be offered in ex-
change for the gold and silver that is
needed for the repair fund.
The affair is to be very extensive
one with a great number of features.
The entire school yard surrounding the
church, the school rooms occupying the
lower floor of the church building, the
Chinese Y. M. c. A. building, which by
the way is the first Chinese Y. M. q. A.
building ever built, and the new gymna-
SUM in connection with the Y. NJ. G.
A. are all to be occupied with some
feature of the affair, and most of them
will have the quality of novelty, and
the genuine Chinese spirit in arrange
ment, conduct and decoration.
The dominating feature of the affair
is to be "The Street in Old Canton"
This will occupy the whole of the
school rooms on the lower floor of the
church. These open into one another,
so that the street is designed to ex-
tend from one end of the building to
the other. On each side are being built
small booths or stores arranged prac-
tically as such street is in Canton or
almost any other Chinese City. These
booths or stores are to be decorated
precisely as such places are in Canton,
AID TO have the signs such as would be
found there. Each booth will vend a
| different kind of article. In one n
Chinese goldsmith will be at work max
ing jewelry. In another Chinese arti-
san will be at work decorating the huge
Chinese lanterns. In other there will
be dolls dressed to represent every class
in China.
In the decoration of these booths
much artistic taste will be shown. The
patterns of the decoration of every
booth will be different.
During the affair there will be en-
acted street scenes Just as would be
in Canton. There viii be a bridal par
| ty with the bride carried in n palan-
quin. Then the police will clear the
way for the passage of the magistrate.
And there will be other street scenes
enacted.
On the mauka side of the church,
the grounds will be handsomely decor
ated with large Chinese lanterns, and
here ice cream and other refreshments
will be served. There will be Chi
nese luncheon served there also. In
the rear of the church there win be
a Chinese tea garden in which the
different kinds of fine Chinese teas will
be served according TO Chinese cere-
monial.
In the gymnasium sort of masque
will be presented. In this a Chinese
Emperor in his robes with his daugh-
tiers, the princesses. will appear, 1t
will be thoroughly Chinese.
In the assembly hall of the Chinese
Y. M. G. A. which is on adjoining
grounds stereoptieon views of Chinese
scenes will be presented. On the lower
floor of this building genuine Chinese
dinner will be served.
/ In everything that pretends TO be
Chinese, the real Chinese manner and
custom and spirit will be introduced.
| The affair will be real novelty and
will be well worth attending merely
for its true pictorial quality, aside from
the very worthy purpose for which it
is given.
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