Show Iff HONOR MIKADO JAPS IE Feasting and Merrymaking ark Observance of Em EmI Emperors Emperors I Birthday ANTHEM NE WHEN PIG PIC TU RE N ED EDI I r Banzai Banzal banzai b Zai banzai banz 4 Health long life and happiness to Em Emperor perm mikado of apan One hundred and fifty loyal littlest of the mikado gathered at Har mania hall hail last night to celebrate the birthday of ot their th ir beloved em PIt It was a a strange mixture of the Orien Orlen Oriental Ori n tal and the American so blended as to tomake tomake make the Uw occasion a memorable one The rhe honorable slant eyed Japanese were garbed in honorable evening dress to do honor to their honorable and his venerable ancestors The Utah State band furnished music for the evenings entertainment ad addresses addresses addresses dresses were delivered by several prominent prominent nent members of the Salt Lake Japanese Japan e colony and refreshments were served in in Oriental l style Japanese stores were closed all day yesterday y In n honor of the day National Song Given The program of the evening was ws opened by an address of welcome by b Dr Dl S Suzuki who was chairman of the meet meeting meeting meetIng ing ing followed u by uy the mw sin singing ing 0 of the na national national song of Japan yo which j was repeated three times while the plc pic turc tur of the emperor was being unveiled j The little fellows sang the words of the song with a true patriotic ring as the likeness ss of their beloved ruler came caine j Into view In front of the picture the speakers speaker s stand was decked with flowers and sprigs of green while the hall hail was festooned with Japanese lanterns and multicolored hunting interspersed int with American and Japanese flags Over the door a Jap Japanese Japanese J p anese placard proclaimed the celebration in honor if the emperors birthday Imperial Edict Read After Alter the opening address had been spoken and the picture of the mikado un unveiled unveiled veiled the imperial edict was read with much ceremony by T Akutagawa The oration of the evening was delivered delivered ered by M Ohno dealer in Japanese merchandise whose place of business is at South Main rain street who spoke at length in English Mr lIr Ohno Olmo is a brilliant orator and his talk was a revelation to the few Ameri AmrI Americans Am ri ricans cans who were present at the meeting He opened his speech by saying that the Japanese are the happiest race in the world and gave as an indication of their happiness the marvelous progress made by that nation In the past forty years ears He said much of this progress was due to the Influence of The em emperor emperor emperor whose birthday they the were w re celebrating celebratIng ing lug and much to the patriotism and loyalty of his Japanese subjects V Victory Due to Loyalty He reviewed briefly the war and said the Japanese victory over Russia was due to the loyalty and cour courage courage courage age of the Japs and not to the rice and dried fish which they ate as has been told by some foreigners who did not give the Ule Japs proper credit for their individual individual ual bravery bra very and patriotism In a brilliant peroration the orator said that the United States was the best friend of Japan and that though no formal alliance existed between the two countries of American Am capital was loaned Japan during the war as a testimonial of the sympathy the Ameri Americans Americans Americans cans had for tor the cause of Japan as against the policy of aggrandizement fol lowed by Russia In closing he said We shall never forget America with her noble principles of liberty libert justice and peace Among the other speakers were S I a S K Itonaga A Kobayashi S Kobayashi and M Isaki Emperors Picture Veiled Following the speechmaking which was nearly all In the Japanese tongue the picture of the mikado was again veiled to the singing of the national song The Japs all stood up as they sang and then the emperor loudly Their banzai literally translated means a desire that the party cheered live to be a thousand years ears old The formal entertainment was then concluded and the remainder of the even ing mg was spent in feasting Several of the Japanese when called upon responded to impromptu toasts Dainty Japanese delicacies were served |