The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-11-04

The regular monthly meeting Of the
Mission ChildTrn's Society was hello
at the house Of G.. n Atherton, K Dg
street, last Saturday night; thirty
members We're p esent. Professor
Richards, of Kamehameha, hat charge
of the discussion on the subject of the
evening.
The treasurer's report from July Isl
showed receipts of S26S. aud expendi-
lures of S2O6, leaving balance of So
in the tTeasury-a sum Inadequate to
supply ali the needs of the various
edu -atiOnal Institutions applying to
the society for help. The apparent
smallness of receipts was due to the
fact that two of the regular mo THY
meetings were not held on account of
the cholera epidemic.
Rev. o. F. Emerson made a few ap-
prOpTiate remarks on the death of
Mrs A V. SOares, II faithful, active
member of the society and member
OF the Male Wreath committee. She
had worked most assiduously in the
Interests of the society during her con
nectiOu with it. AT Mr.. Guiick's sug-
gestiOn "A committee, consisting of
Ms A. B. COan, the corresponding
SECRETARY, aud ) Emerson, the vice.
pre-ideut, We're appointed TO express
the sympathy of the society to- Rev
SoaTes IN his bereavement, aud to
represent that body at the funeral.
The following per-Ons We're elected
actIvr members in the society: Mr..
and Mrs. w. Warmer, Miss Jessie
l. Brooke, Miss Harriet Levers and
Miss GILLIAN
While the collection was being
taken, the president ANNOUNCED that
w /. Warmer would act IA commit
tee on music for the next three
months.
In introducing the subject Of the
evening, Early Education of Hawai-
ian YOUTH" Professor Richards re
marked upon the interest which had
been taken in the subject both at
home aud abroad. He called upon
Rev. o. II. GuIi-k, who Introduce
the subject of Japan as he found il
twenty -four years ago, and cOmpareI
IL with japan of to-day, showing the
result of missionary enterprise, the
IL
Mrs a. b. COan presented some
"reminiscences of early Hawaiian
work. She came to- Honolulu a. "A
teacher ia KtNaiahaO Seminary. The
pre- misses were most uniuviting aud
the work quite hardship.
DIR. j. X. Smith said that a great
many had claimed too much had been
done for the Hawaiians. There were
still hers who claimed that TOO little
bad been done. Have they reall, had
too much done for them? Tuis could
he answered in the following manner:
Firstly, HawaIians had been given
plenty of advi'e; secondly, examples,
both good and bad, hal been set them;
thirdly, th-y had been given In-truc-
tiOu ia church and school; fOurihly,
laws had been made, the effects of
which hal worked for their general
cool filthy, charity had been shown.
True, this had at times been mis-
plsc-d, but It'll the good sense of the
givrrs in many INSTANCES hat Deen
amply rewarded. Scamps had been
hel ped, a. Il Away the case. Ia cpm
pairing the dealings of Foreigners with .
the natives, the -p-akrr thought that
a faIrer dealing had Ueeu shown than
in any other country, ami the growth I.
OF Hawaiiaus in praceful evolution .
from an existence of barbarian fifty .
years ago was due to- the faithful work .
which had been done. The question .
bad been asked why 20 many Hawai- .
iaus have not announced to- much .
They had not lived up to- their opuOr .
tui,ities. Thi- was sufficient an -wer.
This was largely because there was
only one chance in ten OF their being .
able To live up To- their opportunities,
since only Ou- in ten attended board
ing schools, thus leaving in the una
jOTity the uueducated aud Older ones
with habit fixed. The question had
been a~ked, could we not put our
money to better use than spending IL
for hose purpose. The answer was
to be found in the fact that we ar re-
spunsIbie for examples set thu natives
bS ourselves ami the people who came
To the islands first. l. il not better To-
educate our own children? What
better heritage could we leave our
children than the example of using
money for those who need : most?
Professor Richards, by way OF INTRO
duciug fuTt eT discussion, a-ked for
fruits of past work. Il was not suffi
cieut JO SAY that these could be- found
in the whole body polite of the Ha-
waiian people. Details We're required .
by Thinking peupl
TINS q u~ed a ply from Miss Mat
tie Chamberlain, VINO stated that she
Away felt very Indignant when any