Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1896-10-26
MISSION CHILDREN's SOCIETY.
Interesting Gathering at the old
Cooke Mission House.

dence at Kawaiahao on Saturday
evening, the public having been
invited by Mr.. and Mrs. A. L,
Cooke to attend the monthly meet
ing ofthe Mission Children's Socie
Society. This,as is wellknown local
ly, is an organization of descend.
ants Of the American missionaries
to Hawaii. Among those present,
with wives and children in many
cases, were:
President Dole, Hon. s. M. Da
mon, Revs, Bingham, DIR. Bishop,
Gulick, Brine, and +. W. Damon,
Prof. W. d. Alexander, Messrs. G..
M. Cooke, A. +. Cooke, j. b.
Anterior, W. II. Castle, W. W.
Hall, Chief Justice Judd, DIR. r.
w. Andrews and DIR. Emers n,
w. j. Forbes, Chamberlain, Dick
ey, etc. Captain Appleton of
Massachusetts and several travel
ing missionaries were among the
visitors.
Rev. y. III. Gulick presided and,
after the singing OF "Blest be the
tie that binds" as an opening
hymn, offered prayer. The report
of the board of managers was
adopted. 1t named as the COM
mittee to conduct the Male
Wreath paper for the ensuing four
months: Rev. s. Il. Bishop, d.
d., chairman; Rev. o. p. Emer-
son, Mrs. j. NJ. Whitney and Miss
Brooke of Kawaiahao Seminary.
The collection amounted to $27 10.
Mrs. Montague Turner, a mem.
Der of the Cooke family who was
born in the building, sang "Home
sweet home" and the society sang
loft in the Silly night" taking
the key notes from the ancient
family piano manipulated by Miss
Nellie Judd.
Rev. Hiram Bingham, d. D.,
the venerable translator Of the
Bible into the Gilbert Island
tongue, gave the principal address
of the evening. He told the story
of the old house, framed in Bos-
ton and shipped round the Horn.
Its erection was the occasion of
superstitious fears to the natives
which in time became allayed.
For many years it was the joint
home of the Honolulu mission.
aries. Among many born in the
house were several Binghams,
Judds, Chamberlains, Cookies,
Halls and others. An Armstrong
and a Bingham were born the
same day. DIR. Bingham gave
other "reminiscences of the dwell
ing, and exhibited a wooden doll
his father made for him, as a
relief to his lonesomeness, the
children of the mission not being
allowed to play with the native
children. A friend in the States
sent him box Of tools, most Of
which were presented, at the in
stance of his father, to Liholiho
afterward king.
DIR. Bishop, the Chief Justice,
Messrs. Hall, Gulick, the Cooke
brothers, W. r. Castle and Miss
Chamberlain all contributed re-
collections, both amusing and Sc
rious, to the reminiscent feast.
81 liked Gerritt Judd but had
frequent quarrels with him." was
one of DIR. Bishops remarks.
Mrs. Judd was always kind and
watchful."
Reference WAS made to the gar
ret where the youngsters used to
see lots of idols and other heather
relics.
Mrs. l.. B. Coan read letter
from her mother, Mrs. Bingham,
referring to the life at the old
mission house.
"The old house at home" and
Heber's missionary hymn were
sung and the exercises thus
closed.
Members and visitors were
shown through the quaint old
house. Part Of the basement be-
ing of coral masonry is still in
good condition, but the rest of the
house is advanced in decay. Be-
sides the old piano there was on
view a sewing machine ofan early
if not the earliest pattern, and the
wall paper of the cloud" designs
once in vogue was highly relish
ing to the sight. Mr.. A. +. Cooke
showed a family group photo
graph, in which he is I enfant
terrible.