The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-04
HYPHEN OBSCURED
AT JAPANESE PICNIC
Hon. President Wilson Was
Chccrcd at End Of every Nice
American Outing"
BASEBALL A FEATURE

Fast and West is West. and ncver the
twain shall meet shotsld hmwe rome UP
the Hudson . Point Pleasant yesterday
with 900 or moro members Of the Japa-
nese Association II might nave changed
HE mind.
Except for the brown faces and the
occasional lapses from rather slow, care
full English TO rapid fre Japanese II wa
an outing as American as any that ever
set out from the Battery. True a nag
bearing the red sun Of Japan fioated
beside the Stars and Stripes at the stern
OF the Sea Gate. but aboard her a emil-
ing young man offered for sale "Hom
sondwtch. nickel?' and others danced
with partners. both brown and white. to
the very American music Of a resplen-
dent brass hand. Then there WAS a
baseball game at Point Pleasant, which
moved the crowd to cry Kill the UNI
pre-" II there was a hyphen present
it as in ~parenheses for the day.
From the past experience tho Japa-
nese outing Is 80 unique in itself that II
gives special enjoyment to our American
friends ana also TO newspaper men,"
said the OF the excursion
not disappointed.
Perhaps 1t was old yesterday. per-
haps IL was especially cold on the Hud-
son. but the Japanese care nothing for
that. Nice day" they said. smiling
radiantly as their W. red sun, and
Immediately one forgot the cold wind
md n~SA.I AhAe a. .a- .l- -
day. Then. too. the cold only made
dancing more welcome.
One "a song.
quite American outing" explained
Or. Toyohiko Takami, who wore a badge
proclaiming him chairman of conn.,
mittee" Pretty late, maybe. but bet
ter late than not think no."
So did every one else. They danced
and played cards. "A game In which little
chips figured, and there was talk OF a
kitty" aud an ante; they drank a
little beer from bottles and they sang.
There WAS just one japanese song. Song
for Outing on a Boat" 1t was translated.
written by one of the bright young men
of the Japanese Times. To Western ears
II may have sounded doleful. but the
singers smiled all over as they sans II.
Ii was a cheerful song, explained NJ.
's'' VI N'h ~ II SAit
On to tell OF the troubles OF a Japanese
newspaper office.
Lots of crazy people come in to tell
US Japan will fight United States,' he
said. Bother us all the time-just
nuis. I chase EN- out Iu!ck-son-Of-a-
gun" Mr.. Senbongi laughed heartily.
And that was what every one did at
that Observation-Disclosures and chanSed
the subject. There was Consul-Ceneral
T. Nakamura gazing fascinated at the
young Japanesc executing complicated
steps OF the dancing floor OH the upper
deck.
Yes. the Consul had read some
invasions' Of the United States by
Japan. VERY funny" he said. his
e>cs twinkling behind his glasses
dream invaSions very funny. All,
You American newspapers have inn
aciuation."
II was hands across the sea at the
Japanese Association outing. he sea
being the Pacific. Everywhere one saw
that the young men in their we'll fitting
Western clothes and close cropped
hair thought these United States a
good place to be in and liked it's ways.
Baseball Enjo, d
Baseball, for instance. or course,
they said apologetically. they could not
play as well as Americans. but they
liked to try. Baseball very popular
game in Japan they said. Maybe
some day We learn to play like YOU"
So they played five ming on an
improvised diamond out at the very
tip of Point Pleasant. with the Hudson
almos marking the fol line. and they
didn't lose q ball in the river. The little
brown men and their wives crowded the
held as any American crowd would,
cheering and booing rather more
pleasantly than Americans would.
Perhaps there We're a few muffcd
balls. a few Wild throws. hut there
was plenty OF action. and that seemed
10 be what the spectators wanted. and
the players too. What with coaching.
roofing. jumping up and down and
Otherwise getting into the game,"I
every one was pretty well warmed up
by the time the business men," for
iner japanese university students, had
beaten the Young Mems Association,
II 30 I.
Then came more american games"
such as a three legged race. which two
Japanese. 4. Mori and y. Saegi. won
from two Americans, Ben Shelf and
Morris Felshmas. That three legged
race WAS perhaps the most successful
event of the day so far as amusement
was concerned, and 1t was scarcely
Oriental. Neither. for that matter,
we're the apple race. potato carrying
contest, 100 yard race and 600 ward
race. There were priZ,. for each event.
Then there were some speeches. Con-
sui Nakamura. hat in hand, thanked the
association for inviting him TO be pres
ent. Mr.. Reitaro ~Ichinomiya. agent of
the Yokohama Specie Bank. who has Just
arranged to take some of the $500, OOO.-
oo0 Anglo-Freuch loan, wanted TO con-
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