The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-04-02
IS ENCOURAGING
Good Report From the Free Kin
dGrgaGtGnS Of Their Work..
HIGH AVERAGE FOR PORTUGUESE
Supervisors Hold Meeting Several
Changes Made In Com
nitteeS.

Yesterday morning at the meeting OF
women who have Free Kindergarten
matters in charge, all business was
most expeditiously transacted, and in
less than an hour from the time Of call
ing to order, the meeting was dis
missed
| Encouraging reports were received
from all the kindergartens, except that
in the Foreign Kindergarten, many
of the children had been absent be-
cause of illness. There was cause for
congratulation in the persistency with
which the Portuguese children main
tanned the high average of 62, and in
the remarkable increase of attendance
of the little Japanese.
Mrs. Thompson has so far recovered
from her recent illness as to visit
the kindergartens, and all who know Of
her and her work hope for her speedy.
and complete recovery.
Some new committee appointments
were made. Mrs. F. J. Lowrey resign
ing from the Palama committee was
made chairman of the committee in
charge of the kindergarten on Eva
Plantation. Mrs. T. D. Garvin was
chosen to succeed Mrs. LOWrey on the
Palama committee, and Mrs. E. a.
Jones was also put upon that COM
mittee in place of Miss Young.
Every member of the Board of Super
visors felt the undercurrent of sadness
throughout the meeting in facing the
reality that Mrs. Schmidt, one Of their
number, had gone out from their midst.
She was at the head OF the Foreign
committee at the time of her death, and
furthermore had been from the very
beginning of this philanthropy a most
faithful and interested worker. Re-
solutions Will be sent to the members
of her family expressing appreciation
of her unobtrusive and unfailing CO.
operation in Free kindergarten work,
and the sorrow that is felt in her death.
The joy Of the last day of term was
added to the anticipated gladness of
Easter in several of the kindergartens
yesterday morning. In all of them the
teachers have been developing by
means of stories and songs and plays
the Easter thought of the awakening
Of sleeping things-butterfies birds
3nG flowers. Yesterday the celebrations
dealt with Easter emblems, eggs and
flowers
In Miss Shows room the little
Chinese children hunted for eggs that
had been hidden away, and as they
found the gaily colored eggs, they
placed them in a large nest in the mid
die of the room. Then after the bliss
full indulgence in orange-water and
bananas, came the ceremony Of the
goodbye, hand-shaking, which left an
egg in each child's hand. It must be
added that out on the playground
some of the children enjoyed hard
boiled duck-eggs as a later course Oh
the repast. Every face was radiant
with joy and the twelve visitors found
the occasion most enjoyable.
In the Japanese kindergarten mat
ters were arranged somewhat differ
emily. The eggs were of sugar, and
each child had a nest all it's own. In
the Hawaiian room a characteristic
touch was added to the hunt for candy
eggs by each chiId's making for him
self a lei of marigOlds. In the Palama
kindergarten not eggs but bags of
candy rewarded the hunters, and tiny
bouquets of carnations or roses decor
ated each plate-for all sat down at
long tables for their Easter cake.
Miss Alexander had no festivity for
the Foreign kindergarten, since many
of them had been i'll and the Portu-
guese kindergarten will celebrate
Easter next week.
All the kindergartens closed fer the
Easter recess of one week