The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1885-12-14

destitute Chinese who may be
otherwise unprovided for; one con-
tanning rooms for women, wives of
members a third is kitchen with
corrugated iron roof and q small
dining room and plate closet adjoin-
ing.
There are about 800 members in
Honolulu and the other islands, and
a few in China. The building cost
about $4,000. The Chinese sub
scriptions amounted to some $4,000.
Friends in this city have put mp
about $1,000 more. The society
has a lot of land at Palama, on
which it was proposed to place q
mortgage for 1000. However, on
the intention to mortgage becoming
known, two gentlemen who had
already given 500 each promised
to double their subscriptions if other
contributors would raise the re-
mainder of the sum required before
the first of April, without having
recourse to mortgage. The Chinese
themselves are doing all in their
power to pay everything off. The
probabilities are that the required
funds will be forthcoming before the
first of April Mr.. Damon, in re-
ferring to this matter, during an
interview by q representative of the
BULLETIN, expressed himself as fully
confident of success, for, to quote
his own words: "The people of
Honolulu are really the most gen.
erous in the world" In proof of
this bold assertion he states that
when raising the subscriptions
already taken, the sum of $500 was
booked in one day.
At the opening last evening the
approaches were brilliantly lighted
by strings of lanterns thrown over
the alley at intervals, and by several
big Chinese illuminators hung about
the arched gateway at the street.
Lanterns of all colors, shapes and
dimensions lit up the areas in the
front and rear as well as the rooms,
halls and corridors within. The
audience room was filled with chairs
to its full capacity and there were
very few chairs unoccupied. The
platform and walls were elaborately
decorated with bouquets, fan palms,
ferns, male, and other Hawaiian
flowers and plants. All the decora-
tions were the handiwork of Chi
nese volunteers, and the artistic
genius of the race showed itself with
very fine effect. The audience num-
bered probably about 800 persons,
and consisted of Chinese, Hawaiian,
American and English friends of the
institution. Mr.. Goo Kim, Presi-
dent of the Association, Mr.. To
Teng U, and Rev. G. M. Hyde, DID,
were on the platform with Mr.. f.
w. Damon, who conducted the pro-
ceedings. The boys of the Chinese
school were present wearing the star
and ribbon of their "order.' Some
are, as yet, very fragmentary speci-
mems of humanity, but even the
smallest midgets among them con-
Quoted themselves with q decorum
that seemed to indicate consciousness
of an event of great national import
ance being about to take place.
The boys share of the programme
was to open the proceedings by pro-
nouncing the Lords Prayer together,
in Chinese. The oath Psalm was
read by Mr.. Damon in English, and
by Mr.. TO Teng U in Chinese. Four
verses of hymn were sung stimuli
taneously in English, Chinese and
Hawaiian, Mr.. Damon giving the
piano accompaniment. Mr.. Damon
next read n paper on the origin,
aims and present position of the Chi
nese Y. M. G. A., and was followed
by Mr.. Goo Kim giving a similar
account in Chinese.