The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1860-02-16

did not know what to DO with them" This is 4 re.
suit We can Ill afford 70 arrive at in the present state
OF resources for female education. While we rejoice
IN the establishment Of Boarding Schools. We wish to
say. that = useful and economical education j. imme-
diately possible for a larger number Of girls than will
be admitted TO these schools :r some years TO come.
This may be found in a system of domestic training.
embracing some of the features q apprenticeship.
far n II goes, it will relieve a great Hawaiian want.
the want # motLers.
hands, anI o young gil would fad constant -mII-ya-nt iu
home-ise ~"rs. such a. cooking. Eashus, ironing. cleaning
nous selling gardens, tending children Sc al ~ which ar
akin . tie dul-- q her prospective fltur-- 10 q large coIec-
i"n u girls there j. often . necessity O. put them % such EOrk
nseat.l .gI 60 xar. - g., a. -eIIlr.J :, - -
but II usually Is paid for - patrons and friends q = an act Of
te products COMPETE @tt the rrvisn. BE i 80. HHaTaHan
nun r. ~ o-r. D. = al slppy us I'm chap eiAhro!1-
HaEaHan ETs hE The some~ha' rough hat urgent duties o.: the
training ia a boarding school than in a family, bec-1,- in the
former there j. too E-tc household labor FOR the many hands.
peal earnestly 10 civilized ladies, in literally appointed homes.
door. and bid one " two uuraned Hawaiian girls % come IN
and share ~ith y.g tue bie-sing- and The laaors % i civilized,
plentiful home Tie ease might ~ somewhat onerous for a
~hl-r ani the outlay inaoney ~ouii exceed the receipts. butas
give adiE=rent result
access o the native mind from iguor-se q thu Hawaiian Ian
guage5 but j. The proposed system Of domestic training, the edu-
cation ofcJ1se CREATION and instruction IN English, would be oneof
IL strongest r-coin mendatipu- % native The prospect oflearn-
ins the English language ~Il reconcile a bright Hawaiian girlt0
a -ystem q TholesaInr checks and restraints, when all other
m,.iyes fail. VIII not ladies both married aui unmarried.
whose hherahiy = known and read Of all, add this also % their
eharIles-th- training Of Hawaiian girls , The work i brought
gage in it-onIy a reasonable degree Of love and patience.
= Peradyenture there may b. hny righteous women within the
city who will Engage IN this noble work" - Persdventure the
city may he spared for their sakes" But II not. they can stI
have the blessed satisfaction Of leading twice any young girls
out ~ burning, sinking S,Iom-
VIII cur raiders hear With u while We add a few words in
Ielation 70 'h- out-~oFks = Hawaiian fminine civilization ,
There j. someihinE in II which Il irusr % nature than the i'm
genius o. invent and adapt a system 70 their necessities, then let
u. MT crush our what i true and Of natural growth, and thrust
dictate q the Grsnanier the amount Of b-ays grease necessary
70 IRE him up for existence through an Arctic winter. or graveIy
assure him BE- can never eiviize On seal blubber. Men must
live before they can eiyiize, therefore whatever else We Do for
Hawaiian f~naies, Jet rs not NEEDLE With the human form
divine For the SAKE Of humanity present and prospective pre-
serve to them the Integrity Of their physical organization. What
~ - - .nsn pm ar 'Iai-L Nv gI
have s1aIeent tulx ami bearing to dispense With hoops. But
thy offend our taste. undoubtedly. Then what right have We 10
such a taste , l. our taste oEenied because hena-cuInef form
remains a. I'd made Il, Bring out these dehcatr but untrue
Ia 49, ans h@T them 70 pieces before our eyes, rather than
--lSes ln-y on NJ ~ tts'e. AMI W glsnd their-' With rea-
son When foreign ladies first came % these Islands they were
"a. m Ia dr. 10 .tan nj ~ aT ~ nom ~ !. nesr xhrTr : S .sDr
anatomy.
In personal decoration, Hawaiian women possess the elements
q true taste They take IN bright eolors ard bright flowers a.
Hover wr-ath- danish the f-auers) harmonic infinitely better
with their style Il dress AMI complexion than the impracticable
E"NAA| fNhHHT NNA fHNA H' Is" INV N'AA Af - lNAA .
sphinx book decorated in gauz- and blond lace, Some % rs did
believe ia Hawaiian bDuu'ts just a little. whsu women and
horses were iu the SANE category, both being supposed u need
bluier- o. aid their prOpT"ty. But more liberal ideas de-
mand-i emancipation. Now "A civilized wonau'= face l. neither
cooler or warmer. neither more c1ver-i or lees. from the simple
accident q her wearing q bonnet. A wreath q flowers would
DO just a. well. and IL will oUue Ia that, when Paus, and not
H. TaiL. -sys the E0ui.
Hawaiian women were a long time in succumhing to the rule
boHnets- Even now many q the ampiest means. and most
inis pendent tastes. would willingly gather up all the delicate
laces and gauges and toss them hack o. d" the pale. unripeuei
beauucs q the North" With tirm they originated, and to
them they properly bI,n=- But where there ia hearty alrgi-
O. h1uusts, they become the ietted article % the Hawaiian
TOILET on" u their d-yoteeS recently performed a pilgrimage Of
four hundred miles % suit her taste with a 81 cJbw-b bOHutt.
when she wear- il. one cannot help thinking % tie white vapor
surrounding a Lava cone. >ruL. there are ou;-crupIiugs 4 a true
civilization, which, in century ortwo, would develop
into a beautiful but unique result, as surely as a vine planted in
darkness stretches it, SICILY and tortuous length along, till it
reache- the open light % day
To rcapitIia;r. 1T Us rectify our educational systems by the
81 GIsgfGfiOn, rather than by older civilizations. Let in-
iustriai boarding schools BE- established as soon a. possible.
Let Christian hearts and homes be opened 10 Hawaiian girls for
domestic training LIT u cultivate a true native growth of civ
instead u wasting ourselves on an expensive. i'll adapted,
and impossible exotic.
II these things were done. this generation would not pass
away before " should see many healthy and vigorous ohshoots
that root out Of dry ~ground-HGuaiian female character.
F. &.