The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-04-09
RECEPTION ON
THE wARShIpS

ihe honrhts n % will live long 10 ihs
mcmoty oi those who attended
American ani lapanese hae. were
vfossed over me enhance No ihe naval
wharf. where the warships DE. aud ~
during ibe reception The greatest abs.
play ~ friendship between The renrc.
seniaiives of The two nations wus IN
evidence. The deck 81 the Aso was
/ gay with the beautiful gowns NJ The
ladies present The ladies were taken
over the warship ~ the polite officers
and were shown many Of the distinctive
features Of life on a japanese cruiser.
The following Is the toast to Admiral
jiehi which was proposed 10y Repre-.
sentative Concy.
Gentlemen. wish TO propose a
toast which am sure voices the hearty
sentiment Of every representative Of
Hawaii gathered here and Of every
thinking citizen of the nation of which
we are the Pacific outpost. Long before
the United States of America gathered
in this string of pearls in the Western
Seas to add them to her jewels of States
and Territories, the little Kingdom of
Hawaii and the great Empire of Japan
were as a little and big brother to
| each other. Great men of Japan have
rested in this mid-Pacific Paradise en-
route around the world, adding to the
respect the tiny monarchy bore the big
Empire of the Rising Sun and assisting
to full growth that feeling of friendship
and brotherhood which should always
prevail. And now that we are part
of the United States-Japan IS good
friend across the sea-we feel dOubly
the honor in thus being able to wei.
come to America IS newest Territory so
famous representative of Japan; a
man, who, in that terrible war with
Russia, was the right hand of the great
Togo himself, and whose visit TO this
port is welcomed by Americans and
japanese alike with enthusiasm, and
whose fortunate journeyings and safe
return home when the cruise of his
squadron is over, is earnestly wished for
by his friends in Hawaii and elsewhere.
Gentlemen, j propose we drink to
the health and long life of Admiral
Ijichi."
The toast was drunk standing, there
being many high officials present at the
time.
After being presented to Admiral
Ijichi, the guests were shown to room
downstairs where elegant refreshments
were served, consisting of japanese
dishes and drinks. The most of those
present were more than interested III
the athletic games among the sailors
, and midshipmen, which were played on
the wharf. Unique these undoubtedly
, were and of a decidedly strenuous ma
) ture, though there was no rough feat
ure to any of them.
) Governor and Mrs. Frear, accom-
: panied by other Territorial officials and
: their wives, arrived early at the recep
, ton and paid their respects to the com
l mander of the squadron. Captain e. p
, Rees, u. S. N, commandant of the oca
, naval station, as well as many othe
, Navy and Army people called and wer'
" Eentertained. Colonel Schuyler, in com
mand of the Fifth CavalryNat Leilehua
was, unfortunately, not able to come
|, being detained at his post. He regret
ted very much that he could not b'
present
On board the cruiser Soya ther'
, were many Japanese who had come II
, from the country districts to be in at
tendance at the function. The leading
/ japanese residing in this city were als'
!, present, and all took an intense interes
in the games and athletic contest
i which were held on the open wharf
These also attracted a good deal of thu
4 attention of the visitors on the Aso, t.
whom jiujitsu, fencing, and sword dis
play were something new.
d wrestling contest was first on tn
program, and this was gone through
with the usual interesting features at
tending. Next came fencing contests
and these drew the attention of all, 70
/. they were almost wonderful in the eX
, hibition of skill and strength that wa
|. shown. The jiuiitsu fights, battles o
cleverness and muscle, were on hig
II order, tending to show, as they did, HOY
marvelously agile the japanese athlet
must be. The games We're contested i
teams, IA fresh man taking the place o
his fallen comrade after each clash.
japanese sword display came next
and, although the better part of thi
show was incomprehensibl to many o
| the OnlOOkers on account OF tHciI nv
understanding the japanese Language
e it was very pretty. The officer
e. charge of the program announced atte
}, the sword display that the next even
n. would serve to show how the Japanes
is fought in the olden days, in the tim
n. of the ancient samurai.
n. Twenty husky fencers, ten on sid
" We're then lined up about fifty fee
apart. At "A given signal they rushe
each other, and there ensued such
A. terrific whacking of heads and bodi'
with the foils that many ladies on III
70 Aso were afraid lest there should |
II bloodshed The men were well protec
Is ed, however, with headgear and bod.
~ guards, and beyond a few hard bumI
,e were not injured in the slightest, The
I. were given hearty round of applau:
Ia when the bugle blew and their encoul
I'd ter was over,
e. Following the fighting of the mi
nj shipmen came the burlesque dance {
he seamen, masqueraded in almost ever
of popular conception. The sailors we
dressed as fair American damsels,
w clowns, as tough Bowery girls, as Oh