The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-10-08
PRICE FIVE CENYa.

realize the full meaning OF the inspired
words There j. that scattere;h ind
lncreaseth yet more: there IS that
withholdeth more than is meet but AZ
tendeth only to- want we shall have
money enough for all the ever increas-
ing calls To- labor in a harvest that fs
more than ripe. Remember good
friends OF this great work that The
Hope OF the World - in the Children
Respectfully submitted.
HARRIET CASTLE COLEMAN"
Miss Frances Lawrence. supervisor
OF the City kindergarten read the fol-
lowing interesting report:
What is the kindergarten and what
Is the duty OF the kindergartnerg" is
question which confronts me con-
stantly. IL may be that some one has
visited one OF the kindergarrens and
found the children and teachers gone
for a walk. or a visit TO a neighboring
rice field or taro patch. or she may find
the teacher with her sleeves rolled up.
giving a child "A bath. and TO one not
familiar with the kindergarten prin-
ciples the question naturally arises.
What i the kindergarten? or In some
amazement. Is this the duty OF the
kindergartner? Again. the teachers
have felt that visitors were often sur
prised to see certain things being done
in the kindergarten, but as they were
too busy 20 explain the wherefore OF
them. the visitors departed with n pos
sible doubt in their minds. So today.
at the risk OF repeating things many
OF You have heard before. with the
hope. perhaps OF presenting the subject
in "A different light. I will undertake
to answer the question briefly.
Thn L L. -
the immediate physical. mental and
spiritual needs OF the little child are
supplied for his harmonious develop
ment, which expression Is full OF mean
ing. though IL has almost grown to be
cant
The quality. then. of the the kinder
garten depends largely upon the in
sight OF the teacher as TO what the i'm
mediate needs OF the child are. for you
will readily see that IL would be use
less to try TO give a child a lesson in
honesty or politeness while his body is
craving food.
II is sad TO relate that in our kind
ergartens the most pressing need Is
physical Too often do the children
come to- school dirty. hungry, dressed
in filthy clothes and covered with
sores or vermin. IL Is. however. en-
couraging TO note that after the kind
ergarten has been in running order for
some time. the children come to school
IN better condition. Last year In the
japanese kindergarten there were
many children TO he bathed every day.
This year. SO far, only two have been
found who needed a bath. and they
were from the same family.
Through the kindness and loving
services OF Miss Thompson. of Kane
hameha Boys School, and Miss John
son, OF the Sanitarium. with the help
OF four Hawaiian girls from Kawaia-
hao and Kamehameha Girls Schools.
we have been enabled TO establish a
sanitary department in the most needy
hndergartens. The nurses come twice
week, give the children baths when
needed, wash their sores and dress
them with healing salves that they
may soon get well. DR. Day, DIR. Gar
win and DIR. Howard have been most
kind In giving medical advice in the
several cases where IL was needed. and
the Government has given us a liberal
supply OF medicines.
But the work has grown so We find
IL necessary 10 put IL into the hands OF
some one who can give her whole time
to it The teachers are earnest and
faithful, work early and late. taking
part OF nurse. mother and kindergar-
tDer. which is their blessed privilege,
but there is so much To- be done they
cannot possibly attend to IL all.
There was the case OF little Kakaia,
last year, who was treated for one
thing or another from September until
spring. Many a time / have gone into
the kindergarten and found her a
bundle OF bandages from head to foot
No sooner was she cured Of one thing
than another ailment presented itself.
until she was finally taken to the hos
pital- Here she remained several
months, until she was quite well She
had only been back in her home a few
weeks before she was coming to have
her fingers bandaged again Some one
IL needed to look up just such cases.
go TO the homes. show the parents how
to care for their children. This Is a
most important field OF work and a
tactful worker could do more good