The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-12-02
TOUR OF INSPECTION.
Board of Health Makes Its Tour
to KaIaupapa.
PEOPLE HAPPY AND C0NTENTED.

/
Worll-ThoughtfuI Care Of the Tn
fortunates-In~pccting Party surf
Bound-ObIiged to CIimbl the Pail.
For events extraordinary, combined
with experiences of decidedly un-
usual character, the semi annual in
! spectiOn of the leper settlement by the
/ Board of Health on Saturday takes
the palm from any previous eXpedi-
tiOn of a similar character. Whether
there was a Jonah on board or the
elements cOnspired to give Miss Field
and other members of the newspaper
! fraternity something out of the usual
! line had not been decided when the
Ke Au Hou reached port with all
hands well and happy at little after
O'Clock last evening.
The trip up to the settlement on
Saturday evening was very quiet
one so far as the action of the steamer
was concerned, and if it had not been
for the shark stories of Senator Wa
| terhouse and Judge Wilcox there
would have been very little of partic-
ular interest to mark the first part of
| the journey. 1t is stated on good au-
thOrity that Prof. Musick is seriously
considering abandoning his book on
! the islands and taking up the subject
of sharks. The steamer proceeded
slowly and arrived off Kalaupapa
about O'Clock in the morning. a
shower sent below those who had
| been making a desperate attempt to
sleep on deck, and all bands turned out
to tell stories and drink coffee. Long
! before sunrise lights began to
make their appearance about the
settlement, giving evidence that
the people were up and about to pre-
pare for their guests.
After breakfast on board, the party
set off for the landing, which was
made with cOmpaI ative ease. The
! band, with the new instruments sup
piled by Captain Cochrane and the
| ADVERTISER, was on hand, and
gathering of some two hundred people,
We're clustered about the arch at the.
head of the landing bearing the words
Welcome to MOlokai." AS Kate
Field went up the walk she was greeted
with patriotic American airs. The
! Bishop, with the Catholic Brothers
who had come to minister to the poor
| unfOrtunates of the settlement, went
! Immediately to the church, where a
! large congregation was gathered for
! the early morning service. The Ie-
| mainder of the party proceeded to
/ Agent Reynolds house, where they
| deposited their goods and chattels and
! prepared for the work of the day. The
/ KaIaupapa band was stationed in the
| enclosure, while the Kalawao band
remained at the church. There was
music galore, and all hands appeared
in good spirits. If appearances were
deceitful il was not the fault Of Senator
/ Henry WateThOuse, who was here,
there and everywhere with cheering
word for every body. He was by all
odds the " biggest man in town.
By 9 o'clock the usual cavalcade
was formed for the trip to KalawaO.
This was the occasion for Miss Fields
first attempt at horseback riding in
divided skirts. She decided that the
Old style is good enough for her. Ar
irving at the Baldwin Home in Kala-
wac, the visitors found the boys
lined up in true military style to re-
ceive them and after passing in re-
view the boys marched away to Ka-
Iaupapa to escort the BishGp and the
Brothers, who had remained behind
At the Baldwin Home, Brother Dut-
ton was found with his little medicine
box making hi morning rounds
among the sick. He greeted his visit
Ors cordially but could not give them
his time and attention until he had
visited all the suffering ones of his
little community. With Brother
DuttOn as with all those religious
workers at the settlement the comfort
of the unfortunate under their care
stands first in their thought. Bald
win Home is one OF the most attrac-
tive spots in the settlement. The
dormitOries, hospital ami school ar
ranged ia hollow square enclose a
pretty grass plot dotted here and there
with shrUbbeTy aud flowers The
grounds have been converted from a
rocky waste by the work of the boys,
one hour each day uuter the direction
Of Brother Dutton. Tue party went
through all the buildings which were
found as clean and comfortable as
constant and careful care can make
them. Brother DuttOn'- workshop,
dispensaTy and his little cottage home
"a well as the home of Sisters Cres-
centia and Nincemtia Were 10y no
means least in the points of interest.
These little homes furnished with
what seems to an outsider hardly the
necessities of life seem, by virtue of
the loving, and self-sacrificing
labOrs of the occupants almost like
sacred ground. And all about the
Home is so scrupulously clean and