The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1881-04-16
THE LUNALILo HOME.
CrnsxoxT OF LGTrSo THE FOUNDATION S,

The foundation stone of the Home for INDECENT
and Helpless Hawaiians. provided for by the
will Of the late King LunAlilo. was laid with
Masonic ceremonial and in the presence of a
large concourse Of people on Saturday last.
Half-past twelve was the time fixed for the
ceremony and shortly after that hour Her Royal
Highness the Princess Regent, arrived on the
ground in one of the Royal carriges. The carriage
was drawn by four horses, and the insubordina-
ton Of one of the team originally harnessed had
been the cause of the few minutes delay which
occurred. Her Royal Highness was accompanied
by Her Royal Highness the Princess Likelike,
and attended by two members of His Majesty's
staff, Coils. G. II. Iaukea and J. II. Boyd.
Preparations had been made for laying the
stone at the northwest corner of the building.
and a stand capable Of holding about $50 people
had been erected in a suitable position. Here
seats had been provided under an ample awning
for the accommodation Of Her Royal Highness the
Princess Regent and other ladies and gentlemen
Of rank and note in the city. Amongst these
may be noted II. H. Ruth Keelikolani, Hon.
Mrs. Bishop, their Excellencies Messrs. w. l..
Green, II. A. p. Carter and J. 5. Walker, His
Majesty's Ministers Mons. ]. Ratard, Gen.
Comfy Hon. Mr.. Justice Judd, Hon. Mr.. Justice
McCully, Hon. s. X. Kaai, Hon. J. NJ. Kapena,
Hon. c.. Rhodes, Hon. W. NJ. Gibson and
a number of our leading citizens; Mrs. H. A. p.
Carter, Mrs. A. F. Judd, Mrs. McCully, Mrs.
Col. Allen, Mrs. E. O.. Hall, Mrs. S. B.. Dole,
Mrs. HartweIl, Miss Jones, Mrs. landlord and
many other ladies. A number of ladies and
gentlemen preferred to remain in their carriages
during the ceremony, SO that the group around
the stone did not present so brilliant an appear
ance as it might have done.
When the members of the Royal Family had
taken their seats, the Grand Lodge of Free
masOns came forward in procession and took up
their positions under a large awning which had
been erected in front of the foundation stone.
The officers present were, Grand Master, Bro,
r. ". Allen; Deputy Grand Master, Bro. d. K
Fvfe; Grand Senior Warden, Bro, W. Wright {;
Grand Junior Warden, Bro. L. Way; Grand
Chaplain and Treasurer, Bro. the Rev. Alex
ander Macintosh Grand Secretary, Bro. P.
Jones. These brethren took up their positions
near the stone, which hung at the time swinging
from a suitable derrick, and the minor officers
and other members of the Grand Lodge formed
in two lines. Behind them was the Royal
Hawaiian Military Band, under the leadership
Of Prof. Berger, which now played a selection
from the ~oratOrio, The Day of Judgment, - by
schneider. Mr.. S. b. Dole. on behalf of his
colleagues, CMessrs. f. o. Hall and j. Mott
smith and himself, the Trustees under LUNA
mos will, then read the following address in
the English language;
Your Royal HighRcss. Ladies and Gentlemen =
The late Kin Lunalilo provided by his last
Will that after his aged fathers death, his estate
shotld be used to build and endow an institution
on tbs Island to be devoted to the care of such
aborAinal Hawaiians as should nfsd MAIN
teuance by reason of poverty. age or sickness
Various causes have delayed the beginning of
this work chief among which were doubts as to
the meaning of the will These were however at
length removed by Il decision of the Supreme
Court last year that the whole estate excepting
one bequest to a friend, was vested in his
trustees and their successors PerpetUally for
the purposes of this charity.
Ground being selected plans were prepared
for building. The instructions OF the will are
not to build n hospital but a home rather, where
those Hawaiians who might become, by their
heIpIessness. wards of the public, as it were,
should be comfortably sheltered and cared for
by loving hands in the spirit with which this
noble gift was made.
Perhaps few have realized the whole-souled
earnestness of the man in providing this charity.
Il was not the impulsive act Of q dying man who
gives at last what he can keep no longer, 1t was
the deliberate well-digested plan of years In his
davs of health he made this provision, and
adhered to it, as his chosen purpose, TO the last.
His broad lands, mountain and plain, lying on
almost every Island IN the group, n princely
estate which he had hardly begun to enjoy, he
gladly devoted to the people he loved and who
loved him so trustfully, to be held always for
their helpless ones
In the spirit of this bequest his trustees have
tried to carry out his purpose. An enterprise OF
this character is an experiment IN this country.
There is no exact precedent to follow. 1t seemed
- Us that a low building with broad verandas
would more nearly suit the Hawaiian traditional
manner of life than n high dormitory, story
upon story, and at the same time be favorable to
the development of the social and and family
life Of the inmates. The superintendent VIII
live in the central part and have easy access 20
the rooms of both wings. II the trustees find
that they have fitted the manner of the building
% the demand for assistance and care, there IS
more money with which to add new buildings
And 80 We have come, many of Us the friends
and associates of the late King, to assist IN
carrying out his philanthropic purposes by laying
the foundation stone to a building which shall
be, let Us hope, the happy home of many OF his
eountrymen and women and at the same time
his own most fitting monument.
A sacred auartette, ssGod is Our Hope and
Ntrsngth." By Weber, was now sung by four
members of the choir of Fort Street Church
| Mrs. Hartford, Miss Jones. Prof. Jones, and
Nr. W. W. Hall. This music was excellently
, rendered. Mr.. Justice Judd then delivered an
: address, in Hawaiian. of which the following is n
Translation !
J Nag a. plsase Your Rayh HyhassS. the Alis. and
hIcaibTH friends.
/ have the honorable part assigned to me of
delivering an address to-day
The chief who made this loving Gift to his
People made his will In wisdom IN the year 1871, 7
While he had no official station. On the death
1t Kamehameha ". the unanimous voice of
this people called Lunalilo to be our King, and
after he had reigned one year he died, but he
I'D not abandon his thought of love, and the
vii he had previously written remained.
Lunaliio was a chief Of high rank. His mother
! va kekauluohi, daughter of kalaimamahu and
Haheiheimalie. Kalaimamahu was a son of
he0ua aud Kamakeheikuli. This Keoua by