The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-02-22
WI TING FANG IN
HONOLULU TO-DAY
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schools and to this WI Ting Fang said
that it would be well if more Chinese
could come here to enjoy the benefits
of the public school system. 1t was
also desired that Chinese children here
be not deprived of the advantage of
studying their own language.
The Rev. Thwing was an interested
listener to this conversation, himself
speaking Chinese fuently, and occa-
sionally he passed a remark in the
general conversation between WI Ting
Fang, Goo Kim, the press representa-
tives and others.
An amusing little incident occurred
in this connection, the Rev. Thwing
having brought along his little daugn
ter who will be able to tell how she
shook hands with the distinguished
Chinese diplomat.
why are we waiting here, papa"
asked she, apparently ignorant Of the
honor of the occasion. The innocent
remark was by no means lost on the
always wide-awake WI Ting Fang.
The Honorable editor of the Hawaii
Shinpo was introduced to His Excel
lency and the Japanese newspaperman
and the Chinese statesman cordially
shook hands.
Is yours daily paper?' asked WI.
yes. Every day."
Have you great circulation?"
Through all the islands"
How many Japanese papers are
there here?"
Three"
The Star representative was intro
duced
Evening newspaper" asked WI.
How long have you been here anu do
you like it?' was the next question,
and the next: How many English
dailies in Honolulu" and when he was
informed there were three, he said:
well, well, that is indeed a good sign,
a good sign indeed"
The Advertiser representative was
introduced.
How old is your paper? Is it the
only morning paper? How long have
you been on this paper? Is there
much doing here? What is the latest
news?"
And so on along a line of Homo
lulu folks.
His Excellency was glad to be asked
concerning his health and gave infor-
nation to the effect that he was well
and had enjoyed the trip; no, he had
not been seasick; he was too old a
sailor for that; China was awakening
and moving rapidly and the twenty
four students who had the honor OF
accompanying the minister across the
Pacific constituted a great sign of the
energy and ambition of the rising gem
Grafton of Chinese; perhaps the gem
tlemen of the press would take notice
of the fact that most of these two
dozen Chinese, going to the United
some of especially tender years. These,
too, were not being sent by the Chinese
government, but were self supporting
and were seeking opportunities of
familiarizing themselves with the most
enlightened civilization of the age, in
United States universities paying their
own way, but enjoying the advantage
| OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
tirely decorated with pink and white
| chrysanthemums.
The Merry Nat brothers in their
ancient Venetian Gondola with every
/ thing to match were one or the features
of the parade. The car looked the
part as did their owners. Old Vene-
tian shutters, wooden slaves where the
hood should have been, were only some
of the things that were on the car. A
chicken coop on the rear in case of a
break down was another feature OF
the made up of the car. The two nerve
brothers were at their best during the
entire parade.
Judge Kingsbury and Mrs. Kings
bury had their car decorated only with
the American colors. Mrs. Kingsbury
was entirely in white.
The three Mardi Gras cars entered
by the Kilohana Art League were
driven by Messrs. Schaefer, Brown anc
Hodgins each car being in a differen
color All the drivers as well as the
the passengers were masked.
Mrs. George Ross's car driven by
Donald Ross and Miss Creighton a.
passenger, was decorated with sugar
cane stalks and looked very pretty
Both of the occupants had sugar bags
as their Costumes.
The "Prosit" car owned by Edga
Henriques and decorated by represen
a huge cask was one of the best fea
lures in the parade. The members o
the Anti Drink Club Messrs. Hall
Martin, Bergstrom, Reinecke, O'Neil
and Doyle were dressed as they wer
at the time of the baseball carnival
During the entire parade they weru