The Hawaiian gazette., 1914-05-01
Mourning Period Ends and En-
tertaininents Are Becoming
More Frequent.

completed a short tour Of the northefn
end Of Hondo, the Hawaiian excursion
Ipafty is back in Toxic for week s
stay before leaving for the western
end Of the island and Hiroshima. The
past few days have been eventfnl ones
for the cxcursionists, the period Of spe-
eiaT mourning for the death Of the
Dowager Empress having ended, allow
ing the various officials Of the districts
visited TO extend semi.oficial welcomes
to the strangers from Hawaii.
An especially warm welcome was ex-
tended by the officials and residents Of
Sehdai, the main city Of Northern
Japan, the more pleasing because en-
tifely unexpected by the visitors.
Sendai is manufacturing center and
also a great military post, the Second
Division, twenty -four thousand strong,
Of Infantry and cavalry, beng sta,
toned there. The plans OF the party
had not included a stop at Scndaf, but
a delegation representing the chant er
of commerce and the press met the Ha,
waiians as they passed through from
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seshlna Day SCENIC spot
Accordingly, the following day, Fri.
day, the party returned from Maisu.
shima to Shiogawa by water, passing
through the beautiful Matsushima Bay,
Known as one of the three great scenic
spots of Japan, and recalling in its
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speeches OF welcome.
I During the receptions addresses were
uiutla III yeo.non,a 81 Az .,i,,. n -. !. q
welcome by Messrs. Mott-Smith, Scott
and iWesteryelt, with Mr.. Shebs as in,
terpreter. References were made to the
fact that some thousands of the Japa
nese in Hawaii were from the Senaai
district, while the man the district has
Just elected to parliament received his
early education in Honolulu. The SEN
dai series Of receptions was most sin
eere and thoroughly enjoyed by the
visitors, although the day was a bit
teriy cold one and the various rick sha
drives were long. tt,.l.
a signal honor was paid the visitors
BY the commanding officer Of the SeDdai
garrison, who entertained the party at
the ofheers club and who threw open
FOR the tca-drinklng ceremony the build.
ing erected in the club grounds a few
years ago for the housing of the Mikado
wnen ne VISITED Sends 4 house or
I deen 80 nsiity in ns lass r
n 5eceiying H. fI; awwssian InSart ,, 4,
these anarters tho sandai anna, Az
naid M v;sitors tba kiahost nassihIa
eourtasv n w. P"''iY'V
INC naptv bsd q, onnorturi,v 90 .ao
ING a humber Of Jananese infantrymon
on the hike in Sendai. The men
wall and annearai anc ,,.aII,
set.nn bodv az vontb r tsest, r;aoS :.
seen from 4 rieEisha a,,nearsd 10 Ia
old.styIe SNYDER En8elds ~ S;mi.
lar nattern NJ closar ;nsnoct;on -
tyoops Vas .ilowsd no. ,yere p ~
tbe yiaitoys sIlowed iw;thin tbo 1890 ~
tion lines whiIe 4 st,iet n i.nct;on ,Sas
given M The gnid 4 esinst Z botngror,b
mo eithcr tbe u ;I;tarS w e. Nv
man IN uniform Fro3m tbe nn5l;e ga,
deps wheTe M Anal yeeont;op s,as Ma
tho onestS Hooked ant oyar M oa,risnn
riae Iap1e ANA wstcbaJ som ar;0a
~ six bnndred yayds ~ ,bo Iananoss
for III, \; ~ ~ a TLaraa 800 oSo
Few ,I;sses n tbe rcS,larlv dissnn ~e,.
inc targets waya ~ u Sndics, iaa ~ tho
accnracv ~ NE a;,1;aa +, ~ " W
go. ,,,.
"si Seiuonl Eisiteu
Sendal is city Of over one hundred
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