The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-02-06


standard OF admission would have to
be lowered somewhat for time at
least. We must 10 the best we can
and hope to work up to higher planes
gradually. This factor in our problem
we feel TO be serious one, and il Is
not yet clear how 1t may best be
solved, but something must be done .
and light will surely come.
The work of the Free Kindergarten .
Association must of necessity De a /
limited one in our small community. +
We have FIVE departments we'll /
established, the running expenses of
which, for this We n, are estimated at
about $500. The regular income for
tnis year, al the present showing, -
S3439 Three hundred dollars of the
= a pen>e this year il for pay of assist
ants and helpers. This work will
be dnn,. by lUpi'- in = c training class
when We have one again and that
amount can then go towards the sal
airy of the trainer, the balance of
which is yet to he raised from some
quarter lust where ~ is to come from
| is not yet apparent.
Since beginning this art'cls our
| thought has been turned Tor t"s first
| time towards this society OF cousins,
who are directly interested in the
work for Hawaiian girls aud VII"
have for many years been contrlout
| ing towards their support in tine
boarding schools of the land. Can 1t
enlarge these Contributions? If the
way is not clear to do this, will ii, be
! tween now and the close of the year
| in June, look over the ground and
consider whether il is putting It's fund
| for Hawaiian work where it will give
| the best returns
| A good business man considers most
| carefully the nature Of an enterprise
before he invests his money in it, rs
pecialIy does he do this il he Is hand
ling trust funds. This year the soci-
ETY. is paying out $500 for the support
of pupils in the different. Hawaiian
boarding schools This provides at
least sixteen individuals with educa-
tiOnal ad Vantages superior because OF
the home atmosphere to what they
can get in our Government com mon
schools which we know however are
generally excellent and increasing
ly so.
The question we would bring before
the society now is, "Will this fuod be
better invested in branch of work
which may reach fewer individuals,
on the whole, in our generation, but
cannot fail to multiply results IN the
next in a far larger ratio than any
thing we are doing now
Ii Is so natural To measure our SUE
cess by the uum bers We reach.
There il tendency in our human
make no to be Satisfied that we are
doing a great work if our churches are
full 10 overfiowiug, if our boarding
schools are crowded, if we are cover
, ing a great deal Of ground in any line
of effort. Quantity appeals more To
tue general mind than quality. VIII
not our society take up this matter
; and consider carefully whether that
$500 we now pay Oub for the direct
: benefit of sixteen individuals will not
be better invested by endowlng a
training class department at Hawai-
ahaO?
We know that this suggestion is
open TO the ready objection that ii IL
contrary to the policy of the society,
which seeks to divide its funds as
much as possible amongst the various
branches of work on the different
islands and that such concentration of
funds on work in Honolulu will not
, meet the approval of the Contributors
, to the society on the other islands
who are interested in work in their
special localities. We cannOt believe,
however, that there is anything in
this objection. Does Honolulu belong
to the people who live in it? No, in
deed! Every inhabitant of this group
owns a share in its capital city.
Every cousin by birth or by affiilia-
ton who is really interested In this
Hawaiian people, and contributes to
the support of work for them, desir- s
frat and most that their money shall
be invested where it will do the most
for the people they love and wish to
help; it matters not to them whether
the work Is done in their especial
district or some other, they only
care that it shall be done in the
best place and in the best way,
ami we call upon all OF them from
Hawaii to Niihau, from California to
Boston, (for many have gone back to
the fatherland, yet have not forgot
ten the dear land of their birth.) We
call u pon all of them TO consider this
question, for it is vital one, one for
which we shall be held responsible by
our Lord when he shall call upon us,
his stewards OF the talents he has
entrusted to US for investment, not
for ourselves but for all Of his child
rem whom we can reach in this ami
the generations TO come-for human :
ity! Whether our portion be the two
talents or the ten, one responsibility
to Him, whose they are, IL the same
Let us put our best thought, one
most careful judgment into the inves-
ti2atiOn of this question now, and
be ready when We come to lay out the
work for the new year to do it in -
way that will ensure The most far
rea hing and permanent Results for
2 the race.
Let us consider sg>in and we'll the
inspired needs which we have quoted.
1.-The destiny OF nations lies In the
hands OF women" and remember also
that "The hope OF the world is in
: the children"
HARRIET CASTLE COLEMAN.