The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-12-17
ALL FOR MOTHER
Exercises BY the Little
Ones of Kindergartens.
Christmas Trees Laden with Pres
ents from the Chiidren-Gave
Songs and Pretty Drills.

The recognition by kindergarten
teachers of the fact that the hearty
cooperation of the parents and parti-
cularly of the mothers, in the work
for which they have prepared them
selves, in order to get the best results,
seems TO be very we'll marked in the
city of Honolulu. The little tots who
journey from day to day to their re-
spective kindergartens have no more
sacred thought in their breasts than
that of the mother at home where they
have learned their first little lessons.
What is more natural to them than to
feel that their mothers must needs be
interested in their work in the kinder
gartens when they themselves are in
terested parties.
Yesterday was set aside for the
children of the kindergartens of the
city as one day upon which they could
invite their parents to their various
rooms and there give them fresh from
a Christmas tree, gifts made by their
own hands. The result was an entire
success and awakened in the mothers
a keener interest in the formation OF
the nucleus of the future education of
their children than they had been pos
SCISSORS of before. Congratulations and
hope for abundant future success were
| offered the women who are toling from
day to day in the welfare of the little
ones.
The little Chinese tots had Christ
L g.. Los,. al In, LSYVoYr q
Hall yesterday morning. A tree from
Tantalus, obtained through the kind
ness of Mr. Marsden, was laden with
the presents made by the children.
This, however, was not uncovered until
song of Christmas bells was sung
and the children had performed the
very important duty of washing and
hanging out to dry before the very
eyes of their mothers, their dolls
clothes.
When the tree was uncovered it was
found to be laden with candles, stars
worsted balls, pen wipers, pin balls
oranges, Christmas cards, etc. TIL
children running and dancing abou
the tree in their brightly colored cos
tunes and calling out to their mother
lin the native tongue, was most attrac
tive to watch. There seemed to be
simple happiness about the whole tina
| was pleasing. The children perfOrme
their parts without flaw. Particular
noticeable was The correct and swee
singing of the little songs. There wer
aside from the fathers and mothers
the following present: Mrs. Coleman
Mrs Kitchell of Minneapolis, Mrs
Mabel Wing Castle, Miss Lawrence
Miss Montague, and Mr.. Leonard
Mr.. Damon who is so we'll known b
his work among the Chinese, was a
!: interested spectator.
Miss Seon interpreted for the benz
fit of the Chinese mothers present
. very interesting story which was a
tentively listened to and much enjoye'
The ladies who have charge of tn
Chinese kindergarten are: Miss Snoy
director and Misses Violet Lima an
Mary Seong, assistants
At o'clock in the afternoon tt
D children of the Kapalama chapel xii
!, dergarten gave their Christmas TIRE
for the parents and made out of tt
occasion, very great success. A be
ter behaved set of children would
very hard to find no matter where OF
= might search. The main room of tt
chapel was filled with people and eve
at the doors stood children who we
anxious to get glimpse of the pr
q ceedings.
After a few songs and Christmas ca
OILS. the Christmas tree, lehua take
= from the mountains by some of Il
Kamehameha boys, was uncovered, al
it's mass of shining stars and presen
, revealed. Hanging there was presel
for every mother in the room, mae
by the little ones themselves. Eat
n was carefully prepared and might ha'
done credit to more mature hand
Perhaps the best were the Christm;
cards enclosed in Undergraduate
frames.
} The Christmas tree revealed, tt
- little ones went through a drill Wi
S. chairs which they carried and place
. about tables. Here they were seat'
until their parents had been serv'
to refreshments kindly furnished
Mrs. P. G.. Jones and Miss Pope al
served by young ladies from Kameh
meha School. 1t was noticed that u
on each of the tables was a lar
frosted cake in the center of WIFI
were several candles of various colol
burning 1t was learned that the Dirt
day of two of the children happen
to fall on the 10th so the cakes we
sent in by the mothers to be a part
the good time.
The women in charge of the Kap
lama kindergarten are: Miss An
Pope, director and Miss Jessie Ne
assistant Miss Pope is just the pr
a son to build up the kindergarten
she is most enthusiastic in the wo
and believes in going into the HON
of the children and there CONSULT
with the mothers.
. At o'clock, the Hawaiian childr
had their entertainment in Emf
! Hall. There was a liberal attendar
- of the parents and the exercises to
the same form as those at the KaI
lama chapel Miss Bray is director
this kindergarten and Miss Hattie
au, assistant.
A string of Japanese lanterns har
ing outside Emma Hall last night,
sufficient to show that something ia
L anese was going on inside. 1t was
the basement of this building that
little japanese tots were holding tn
| EXERCISES for the hpnpfit Of their D: