Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-09-06
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PEOPLE lat FETE
Celebration of 5000th Issue OF
Japanese Daily. Furnishes
Unique Entertainment

All yesterday afternoon a steady
stream Of people poured up Nuuanu
street towards the big festival cele-
brating the 5e00th issue Of the Nippu
Jill. the LEGAL ,Ja9anese afternoon
daily newspaper. The festival took
pace in the grounds Of the Tokiwa
tea house and spacious as these are,
the crowd soon flied them from side
to side. There was just enough room
for movement, and there were plenty
Of objects 70 keep the curious walking
all afternoon. 49, r.. r. =. -....-....
The schedule called for the first
speech at 1880. but the guests were
so busy crowding about the side shows
that IL was not until 2 that a sufti-
cient number gathered in front Of the
platform to induce DR.. T., Katsunnma,
the grand officiary CT the day, to CON-
mence the exercises @.~ -. -...
The speeches were entertaining and
all complimentary 10 the Nippu Jill,
which has expanded from circula-
ton OF 900 twenty years ago to 5000
today. In response to these congra.
tulatory speeches, Y. Soga, the editor
OF the paper, made The last talk Of the
afternoon. - n D., ~ 49,, =. =
But the speeches were minor part
OF the entertainment. Who could lis
ten to a speech after seeing the gal
Iery of famous mementoes which dec
GRATED long table in the main house?
There lay q ragged, biackened broom
which must have once been the pos.
session OF IIooligan's wife, vet q large
sign informed the spectator that this
was the broom with which a certain
famous hero OF Japan had swept out
his cave when he was once in hiding
from oppressors, All afternoon men
and women thronged about this table.
But after the museum, after the
speeches, when the second ,partaof the
program began with the famous cherry
dance Of the Geisha girls, then the
crowd began To FAX truly enthusiastic.
Al comedy called ''Tsurigane," brought
roars Of laughter from the crowd.
Then followed a fantastic Japanese
war dance, wild comedy termed Ina
rimatsti,s another Geisha dance, a
strange sword dance; and all the
while the buzz and, chatter OF the
crowd humming away in unintelligible
Nipponese, and overhead lanterns vel.
low, red and white that swung and
danced along the strings, and an air
loaded with ten thousand strange
odors: and last of all and most beau
tiful Of all the costumes of the little
Japanese children, fraii gay coiored
silks that Nayered behind them as
they ram TIL thee looked Tor al the
world like great butterflies And here
they would pause round eyed to watch
two armored Warriors shifting each
other nightly WITH. enormous BAN
boo swords. Andathere were the great
wrestlers upon whom the crowd pour.
ed its undivided attention while hero
after hero was oyerthrown struggling
frantically, until at last the hero OF
heroes, the victor Of victors, the king
OF the day, stood forth as conquerer
and was greeted with such banzai
as must still be ringing in his heart
II seemed like a great fair given long
ago in some far away place where
the east and the west meet and min
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It was the greatest garden fete that
ever delighted Honolulu, the weirdest
and the most beautiful. and best of
all there were no fewer than fifteen
thousand to witness 1t. ~..~. ''>