The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1914-04-24
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iTodayt the ] party visited Mississippi
Bay, where Commodore Perry landed
with hismen TO "open' Japa i a place
Of especial interest to Americans and a
very beautiful spot. In the afternoon
a trip was made to the largest of the
local hat braid weaving mills---that of
Kamataki & Co.--where 200 women and
girls work up Manila hemp into the
braid that is sent TO New York for the
Of women 3 hats. Japan
exports ten million yen worth Of this
braid and the Yokohama weavers sup
ply most Of this. The mannfactoryivis-
tied is model establishment, well
lighted, clean and sanitary. The women
operating the machines are paid by the
piece and the expert operators earn
from twenty-five to thirty cents day.
The management gave the visitors some
interesting souvenirs and served tea and
native confectionery.
/. Another iuteresting place visited was
the pottery works Of MakuZu Kozan,
where the artists deftly turned out cups
and saacers on their wheels and showed
the visitors how the delicate colors are
laid on, fred and mixed. The care with
which the materials for the art pottery
are prepared may be noted from the
fact that one lineeling girl was seen
mixing away on tea-cupful of paint
upon which she had been working stead
ily for two. weeks. The paint was in, a
fiat -bottomed saneer and she was grind.
ing the ingredients with q bamboo mix.
er, The product of this pottery is
famous in Japan and the showroom
walls are covered with the diplomas OF
international expositions, One pair Of
vases in this show room had taken two
years 10 complete for the Paris expo.
sition, where they won the Grand Prix
special Cars Provided,
Everywhere the Hawaiian party goes
IL is received with distinguished consid
GRAFTON. Special ears on the railroads
special ears on the tram Inca, the right
iof-way ut crowded stations, municipal
and government officials ON every hand
to help, special ,rickshas Cor short trips
gifts from the chamber of commerce, in
vitatiOns on ,oyery hand, plenty Of at
tention from the press On the street
everyone met with is courteous and
smiling. The children havo as much fut
watching the party go past as the mem
hers OF the party have watching the
children and responding to the chorus
of q Mister Foreigner constantly
shouted. The census men say there are
nearly half million people in Yoke
hama, but this number cannot includ.
the children. The streets swarm with
them and q poorlyinourished, unhappy
looking child is yet to be seen. A rid,
through Yokohama Is narrow street, too
shows why the Japanese Of Honolulu dc
not dodge autos. Here they dodg,
nothing because there is nothing to run
over them.
Yokohama harbor is said TO be strong
ly defended and the number Of fortif
cation zones about the city is large, but
there is no evident naval or military
strength. A few soldiers are TO be seer
on the streets of Yokohama, but they
are not as many as the police in MINI
Der There are no warships in evidene,
and no blueiackets. One small detaeb
.ment of infantry was noticed by tho
party al Kamakura, but that was all
SO far the least suggestion Of trouble
with America or anyone else has moi
been heard from anyone here-JapanesC