The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-07-01

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II was a great and eosmopoli.
tan day.
why. there's Hiram'" exclaim.
ed little girl eNcitedly. mir GIN.
mean" she amended hastily. as
Seattles mayor appeared on the
grandstand with Judge Burke and
Vice Admiral Tciiiro kuroi.
An answering shout went up as
the crowd recognized him. He
winkcd slyly at friends In the
crowd. crossed his feet and leaned
against post until time TO sit
down.
when he talked he hit straight
from the shoulder OF his well arm
He told the people Just what Seat.
ties friendship with Japan means
glad we are 20 have them with us
anyhow.
After the speechmaking was
over III broke away from the
crowd. sat down on bench under
the trees and listened 20 the won.
derful ships band with such abb
sorption that he forgot TO attend
the barbecue and they had To come
back and get him.
The band was the main hit OF the
DAY with many. OF course, II
wasn't any BETTER than wag.
ner's. but II was as good AS Seat.
tie has heard for long time. Only
once did II venture into Japanese
airs when. with great feeling. II
played the Japanese anthem. Spicy
ragtime. operate selections and
patriotic airs followed rapidly.
when Il played Get Out and Get
Under" the marines jigEled their
feet. Then Il swung into "Nella.
from the Merry Widow" and the
marines doEed Back TO the waltz
from the same piece. and they sat
up again II Trovator." Faust. .
Chocolate Soldier" and lot Of
others were pounccd upon and
eaten alive by the greedy band.
And my. but they're proud OF
that band, from the admiral down
10 the most obscure cadet They
watched every movement OF the
leader. and drank in every tone.
But II was forgotten when n
bugie called the marines 20 the bar.
becue. They leaped TO their feet
and disappeared under the trees on
tho run.
The feed was spread under a
canopy. over which hung Japanese
and American flags.
And hero was the most cosno-
pollian sight Of all. Japanese and
American soldiers eating Boston
beans prepared By an African chef.
while Indian maiiens tried TO sell
them potiatch bugsl
The visitors were fed in relays.
Their plates stacked high. they
we're shooed away in the Sign Ian.
guage by q. ]. Zinn. 10 the shade
OF distant trees. where al they ate.
sitting crosslegEed on tho lawn,
movie cameras clicked nj their
grinning faces. and white folks
stared with polite curiosity at
them.
The s-year-old son OF c. n. Yam.
dell, secretary OF the Chamber OF
Commerce, sat for a long time on
the knee OF tho vice admiral and
gravely discussed affairs OF state.
A Japanese sailor and n Seattle
school boy got tennis ball and
played catch"
Every time the sailor caught the
ball he said: Huh! UGH" or
words 10 that effect.
And the small boy said: "Geel-
Neither understood the other. but
they sure had some time.
The poor umpires for the ball
game between the Nippons and
the navy yard team were cussed in
japanese. United States and Pot
latch Chinook.
The game was n puzzler for most
OF the sailors. who watched IL with
| furrowed brows and open mouths
but they liked II we'll enough 10
demand. in japanese. down In
front"
But there was nothing puxzlins
about the centipede races, the 20
tato races, the l0o-yard dash. and
all the other events, terminating in
a savage fencing match between
teams OF 20 from the two ships
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