Salt Lake Telegram | 1913-10-31 | Page 24 | Japanese Celebrate Mikado's Birthday at Meeting Tonight

I JAPANS JAPANESE CElEBRATE MIKADO'S AT MEETING Ordinarily when Jam James Sakai head at the Hotel Utah reports for dut duty he enters the hotel through an employees' employees entrance But not so to this morning Jam James s was lUJ a a. little late when he came cameon cameon on the job this mom morning I n- n but as ho is hi a n. good worker and rarely misses misses' a day nothing was WIlS thought of it It St was wag seen seem this morning coming up p Main street by one of his follow fellow workmen He was immaculately dressed He carried a n cane and when he reached the corner of or Main In and South Temple streets he turned and walking up to the revolving doors at the main en entrance entrance en- en trance strutted Into the lobb lobby hobby II I Pon my word looK at James Jame he looks like ready money remarked a bellboy bellboy bell bell- boy who Is trying to break brenk himself of or his English accent James Jame paid th bell bells belie no mind whatsoever whatsoever what hat but continued acro across s the lobby an and entered hi his department Why all the doll clothes asked the department lH head ad as an he sUr o surveyed James Jamea cutaway coat his hi neatly creased trousers and other details which go o to tomake tomake make malte up a well dressed Individual Today the mikado Is celebrating his birthday answered James Jamee as ho he started peeling off ort his coat and getting read ready for tor the days day's work You see when the emperor celebrates his birthday It Is a aday aday day dav of ot rejoicing for or his Ills people In Japan today all the schools and the business hou houses M are arc closed In honor of the oc oc- oc casion Elaborate celebrations are be beIn being being be- be In ing held throughout the empire and In every even country where there Is a 3 Japanese e settlement The Japanese of or Salt Lake will hoM heM a a. celebration te at fit tho the Garrick theatre theatre the the- atre tonight It Is tR I said ald that th there are arc several thousand Japanese in this city and suburbs