The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-12-11

such an extent that the trunks of these
immense trees meet
"The day after reaching Nikko,' con-
tnued Mrs. Howard. 1.-THE Crown |
Prince arrived with his household to
spend some time at their summer
home. I saw him passing along the |
street, accompanied by numerous Off
cials in gold lace, all of them riding
'rickshas.
The party then passed over the sa-
cred bridge which is passable only 10 |
members of the Imperial household. |
Once General Grant was asked by the !
Emperor to pass over it, graciously
refusing. The bridge is red and lac
quered
Another peculiar custom is the CIV
ing of bronze lanterns as pennance
for sins. There are hundreds of them
suspended along the vistas leading to
the temples in all shapes and design
I'm these temples which I mention
so much, and which are approached by
highly ornamented toriis or gateways,
are some invaluable relics of a by-gone
time, in hammered brass and silver and
gold.
And now you ask me about the
shops which you think will be of in
terest to the ladies. Well, they are
remarkably small, for one thing, and
the wonderful creations which one sees
are not displayed, with knowledge of
that art. The shops in each locality
represent the products of that district.
For instance, Nikko shops show furs,
wood carvings, and lacquer. In a shop
and this was remarkable to me, one
sees a whole family at work. The
goods are designed manufactured, re-
tailed and sold at wholesale in the
same small shop
Lake Cruzenii is a beautiful spot"
continued Mrs. Howard. "Of course
you know it is famous for its naples.
The scenery struck me as very close
ly resembling that of our Northwest.
Nearly everything is or has been Gull
tivated. The climate seems to be
very hot in summer, and very cold in
winter, that part of Japan could well
We HuCu Improved.
Courtesy, did you say? Why, it is
a part of their life. A cup of tea is
proffered on every occasion possible.
A most interesting part of my trip"
said Mrs. Howard, was my visit to
( Daibutsu, at Kamakura, which is the
largest idol in the world, a colossal
bronze image of Bhudda, rising about
forty-niDe feet into the air. And my
trip to Kyoto the ancient capital which
by special permission l was enabled tC
see 1t covers twenty-nine acres OF
ground, and is filed with priceless re-
bronze casts, and ancient paintings Of
marvellous interest to me. Again
visited the manufacturers and saw
cloisonne, lacquer, and satsuma ware
made, and few screens costing up
wards of fifteen thousand dollars
Needless to say 1 did not buy yer!
many of these"
"Oh 1t seems impossible to tell vol
all saw. At Manila we encounters
two typhoons which were tremendous
ly exciting, passing through the milan,
sea in which as you know are thou
sands of little islands, we reached Ma
gasaki where the most wonderful an
pitiful sight is the women with babe
on their backs loading coal into tn
steamers, working hand over hand an
receiving for this dreadful labor onl
&c per day. While cOaling there l say
the trunks of Mr. and Mrs. Fairbank
coming aboard, and | appointed my
self committee of one to meet theI
at the gangway and bid them Aloh
for Hawaii.
And last of all saw the crysantht
mum show on the occasion of the En-
peror's birthday 1t was almost tc
lovely for words. There l saw who
boats, women in 'richshas, interiC
= scenes in theaters, all made of re
: chrysanthemums. The object in raj
ing these blooms is not to produ
40 huge flowers as is ours, but to grow
many blooms on one stalk as possibl
mo The foreign minister's ball which
always given that same evening WI
omitted on account of the country
sorrow at the death of Prince Ito.
met while in Japan" added Mrs. H
- ward as an afterword, many missio
aries and had the pleasure of visitil
20 their missions, and l would say they d
~ serve all credit for the good that tn
have done. They are the real peop
'' and l cannot emphasize it too niue
Some there are l think who win
interested to know that | had Il
ltS pleasure of meeting few Honolulu pc
'an pie, among whom were Mr.. and MI
IS P. II. Dodge, now teaching in the II
~ perial University, Mr.. and Mrs. A.
lor Coleman and Bishop Harris"
les CHRISTMAS CUT GLASS.
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