Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-04-29

: yYUurtainS ~ moonlight seem as i'm
~ sshe, as breeding and as aiOO! as
! the tomb OF the mighty lI-yasu which
! they guard with austere watchfulness.
Up in the hills Bestle some pretty
! lakes which We may visit before I"aV-
! ing Nikko on "Wednesday morning.
April - But today We hear that 1t
- showing at the noted Lake Chu-
7euU. where W. had planned To go to-
morrow. Here at \ikko eight miles
end 24W feet below Chuzeuii chill
lain is falling and tonight all the Ha
vail party is staying pretty close to
| the fire
The town Of HaChi-Ichi. adjacent
, To the Nikko temples is an interest
, ing place 1t is as typical a tourist
town as | have ever seen. Probably
/ ree-fourths OF the hundreds Of shops
deal in the various CuriOs peculiar to
the region and TO Japan This town is
roted for woOd-Carving and a variety
! o. grOtesuue-and a few pretty-sou-
, venirs in carved wood may be seen.
the place nf honor being held by the
three monkeys before referred TO. The
picture postcard business. which flour
| ishes like the green bay tree in Japan.
! is apparently very lucrative. and the
dealers in ivory and lacquer are many
and persistent Yet every shopkeep-
or we have seen in Nippon is a gentle
! man and a diplomat. and the process
Of separating the tourist and his
money is so oDerated that the tourist
is made to feel both generous and ev-
allied in station. As a bower and
ScraDer, a rubber of hands, a past
master Of smiles. let me recommend
the japanese shODkeeper as he sees a
tourist approaching.
AS a matter of fact. most things
seem absurdly chean. even though the
visitor is expected in manv places to
paw twice as much as the "native
SON." Nikko is the center of thriv-
ing fur manufacturing industry and
thew tell us that fur-buyers from all
over the world come here. can
vcuch for the fact that several fur
buyers from Honolulu came here and
we have been shown sets of furs that
seemed so eheaD thew should be ia
ken even nv Honolulans who have no
more use for bearskins. lynx OF. mar
ten than a one-legged man has for
the tango.
(Society Note-There will be Mix
10 furs worn in Honolulu this fallD
Easter Sunday found all of the
party at the pagan temples. except
Mr.. Sheba, who stayed at the hotel
to translate into good Japanese all
the tributes written to the late EN-
press Dowager by members of the
party at the request of a Toxic news
paper.
To the church-goers it seemed
queer indeed to think of Easter with
all its rich significance of sacred
song and story-think of a Christian
holy day here in the midst of alien
shrines, temples and tombs. In Nikko
there was apparently no observance
of Sunday by the people generally.
Their shops kept open as usual to
gather in the coins of the unwary
tourist
Today, Monday, the party took rik.
sha and rode for two hours into the
real country. away from cities and
towns, touched by the Occident. Part
of the way led along the splendid
avenue of cryptomerias. Later the
road ran through obscure villages and
open farming country 1t was said
by the guides to be the first time such
a large party of foreigners had visit
ed this section. From the reception
accorded the visitors this statement
is quite believable Laborers in the
fields dropped their broad hoes and
long-bladed mattocks. to watch the
procession go past, (and it was quite
procession, more than 20 rikshas
were in line, each flying the special
little flag provided for the party, so
We can distinguish our own rikshas.)
The shopkeepers in their tiny way
side structures forsook their trade
and barter with their peasant patrons.
The women riding ponies to market
refined in and stared until we passed
and the men leading other ponies
hitched to stuffy tWo-wheeled drays
almost ran into the ditch so much did
they crane their necks to see the
foreigners in their strange clothes and
hats.
And the children! Open-mouthed
they would see the procession ap-
proach. Then like as not they would
turn and run into hiding. If they
didn't do this they would set up a
great chorus Of shouts and laughter,
and run alongside the rikshas exam
lining our party with the most extra
ordinary curiosity | ever saw on hu.
man countenances.
1t was soon noticed that most of
ALL the children seemed anxious to
see Miss Mildred Westervelt. They
ran along by her riksha looking at
her and making EXPLANATIONS of OBJ
vious wonder. The mystery was solv-
ed when it was discovered that they
were wonder, struck at her hair. She
has golden hair and did not wear
hat. To these black-haired children,
who probably had never before seen
golden tresses, Miss Westervelt was
someone to marvel at, and marvel
they did. Some of their expressions,
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