Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-04-11

crowd to mind fast. Rain on
one side of the street, sun
shine on the other. Daily rain
bows, and occasional night rain
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~n bows. Blazing sun but fresh
IN breezes and often wild gales.
IN Sea and mast and husky steve
n 81 dores. Green trees and lawns
VoWGNV down to the oceans edge, on
KALI the brilliant water outrigger
canoes bobbing about, and surf-riders dashing
shoreward. An Arabian Nights wonder OF an
aquarium exhibiting great ugly shark and
hideous squid that offer strongest contrast to
graceful small fishes tinted like unto the rain
bow arch before the Koolau mountains. Val
ley after valley cutting the range that walls
Honolulu along the side opposite the sea-.
Cloud draped mountain peaks towering above
the town, ever inviting and challenging the be-
holder. Flowers abloom on numberless hedges
and various tall b%lossoming trees. Brown
skinned men wearing hats wreathed with fresh
posies and ferns. Old Hawaiian crones and
young Hawaiian women sitting on shaded side
walks weaving wreaths and exchanging
badinage with tourists and Jackies. Milling
tary," enlisted and commissioned. Representa-
tives Of races ranging from subjects of the
car, from the land Of the Great Bear, all the
way to folk from lower Polynesia. Between
these extremes the jostling of European and
Korean, New Highlander and Filipino, Porto
Rican and Chinese, with now and then a tall,
white robed Hindoo, and swarming everywhere
Japanese men, women and babies.
Children, children, children certainly are a
feature. The streets abound with them, the
tenements overflow, automobiles are crowded
to capacity with the rising generation. The
world hears repeated reference to the Ha-
waiians as a dying race, but the p~art-Hawaiians
are unquestionAbiy doing their duty toward
populating The Islands; large families are
the rule with the half-white Hawaiians, and
the Chinese-H awaiians all about the town, big
eyed, shy native klddies add to the tropic pic
ture. In the socalled Oriental quarter-al-
though now the Japanese are so numerous they
pop up in all portions of Honolulu-the new
conner is struck by the army of fond fathers,
the doting male parent, Chinese or Japanese,
tenderly toting offspring up and down in hours
of leisure, the hunched-up Oriental live doll
very fat and impassive and philosophical. Jap
women pass along continually with anywhere
from two to four chubby babies clinging to the
~mother-mayhap one tied to her back, one
carried before, two toddlers trying locomotion
for themselves.
The other day | heard a newcomer remark
as she surveyed a street in Chinatown: "A
never in my life have seen SO many men
nurses, and how fond the Chinese seem OF
JQG1F DdDleS. II is All very ulueI6HJ lIUm
the Sunday school tales we used to read about
the cruelty of the Chinese fathers, who were
painted as ogres forever devouring unwelcome
infants. ~Here-perhaps because so many OF
the men are kept by the laws of Uncle Sam
from having their wives and families join
them-the babies In the occasional Chinese
families appear to be household idols, objects
of worship and alteration. From the tenements
and novels these idols emerge decked out in
most remarkable hues and embroideries, borne
aloft in the proud daddy's arms. they look
down with condescension and hauteur upon the
world at large.
The street cars day after day offer some
thing novel and interesting. OF continued In
terest is the young Chinese girl standing with
hesitant feet between the new and the old
Her dress is that Of her people and class, lons
loose Jacket and wide trousers-a distinctly
feminine costume in spite of the bi-furcateC
garment. Her smooth-plastered hair with thu
pure gold band in the fiattened knob at thu
nape of the neck, her delicate complexion en-
HANGED by a bit of rouge, the bracelet OF golf
and jade, the slim beringed fingers, all bespeal
care with the toilet, care of appearances
About these girls there is an air Of reserve ant
self-respect; they do not suggest, are not, tn
painted ladies' of civilization.
Occasionally on the street may be seen
little-footed woman. not long ago | notice.
one that was fastening to catch our car, AM
as the conductor and motorman made unusual
ly long halt for her accommodation, they In
dulged in appraisal of her appearance, cor
cluded that she was real cute" She certainl
was gotten up regardless, bright blue silk, ricf
ly embroidered, and pearls for her jewels. !
passenger said that probably she was wifi
number one and that the plainly-dressed won
an with her, attired in what looked like 'cheal
black silesia, probably was wife number two
a sort of handmade for the former. Whateve
their relations, they consorted together YER
amiably on this occasion. appeared to b
enjoying their outing with zest. 1t is only {
late Chinese women have begun to appear Q
the streets Of Honolulu with anything lik
the frequency of women Of other races. An
this, / am told, Is significant of the increas
Of freedom Chinese women are enjoying in th
homeland, a freedom that has spread to th
colonists.
The Chinese in Hawaii have been from tn