Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1897-05-31

to hear, that many of the inmates
appeared to be in better health
than they were two years ago.
The last apartment visited was the
dining room, where everything
evinced the same regard for clean.
Illness, order and comfort that
characterized the rest of the insti
tuition.
THE DAMIEN MONUMENT.
From the Bishop Home the
party went a little way to see the
monument to Father Damien,
erected by the people of England
at the instance of the Prince of
Wales. 1t is a beautiful red
granite obelisk, surmounted with
a cross and bearing medallion
portrait of the Martyr of Molo-
kai" in white marble, together
with the following inscription:
"Joseph Damien de Veuster.
Born Bird January, 1910. Died
18th April, 1889. Greater love
hath no man than this, that man
lay down his life for his friends
John 1913. This monument is
raised to his memory by the Peo-
pie of England" The inscription
is in four languages English,
Hawaiian, French and German.
OFF FOR KALAwAo.
While the party were viewing
the monument their ears were
greeted with loud pesls of girlish
laughter from the Bishop Home.
1t sounded so strangely in those
scenes that great curiosity was
svinced as to the cause. This
was revealed on returning to the
lawn in front of the Home school.
house. G. A. Brown had brought
his bicycle along and was giving
an exhibition of his skill on the
wiry steed. As he cavorted
around on the smooth turf, the
girls fairly screamed with merri
ment. they laughed still more
when Thos. X. Nathaniel, who
was we'll known as a Hawaiian
editor in Honolulu, mounted the
bike and, being out of practise,
did a little better in the webbing
act than the owner of the ma
chine. Horses we're in waiting
for the party to ride two miles to
Kalawao for visit to the Bald.
win Home. A breeze blowing
across the peninsula from the
ocean tempered the great heat of
the sun on that arid plain and
made the ride pleasant.
THE BALDWIN HOME.
Arrived at Kalawao the visitors
ride into the compound of the
Baldwin Home for Boys, directly
across the road from Father Da-
mien's chapel. The entrance is
by wide gate in a fence of
dazzling wilderness, and the horses
are tied to rails provided for the
purpose. This institution is the
gift of Hon. H. p. Baldwin. Being
later in erection than the Bishop
Home, certain defective arrange
ments in the latter are avoided.
The cottages, of which there are
fifteen, are arranged in perfect
alingment on three sides of large
square. As rule, there are ten
beds in each cottage, and the furn
ishings are like those described
in the Bishop Home. One
ward ia devoted to cases
in the dying stages. Three un-
foltunstes went thence to happy
surcease from suffering the week
before this visit. Only two were
in the ward at this visit, and
these were the only ones seen con-
fined to bed. A social hall, neat
chapel, a dispensary, tailor shop,
q storehouse, and a dwelling for
the Christian Brothers in charge,
are other adjuncts of the Home.
As in the case of the Bishop
Home, the shelter of the Baldwin
lis available for helpless old peo-
pie, besides the boys for whom il
was chiefly designed. There are
ut present 125 inmates, great
majority of them young.
The superintendent is Bro
Joseph Dutton, a lay brother,
whose benefcent services to the
iepers long sntedates the founda-
sion of the Home. He is assisted
by Mr.. Van Lii, man of giant
frame, who conducts a large gar
den and nursery with great sue
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