Austin's Hawaiian weekly. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1899-190?, 1899-09-23
AUSTIN'S HAWAIIAN WEEKLY.

passes the OatlOllC CnurCn, whose walls O1lCe re-
echoed the pater-nosters of the famed apostle of
the unclean,' Father ]. Damien. Further along is
seen the spire of Protestant church, whose
changing bell bids welcome. To the left is Bere
tania Hail. a large roon1y building, seini-library,
whose construction was paid for by big-hearted
IInglishnen; a little farther back is building
bearing the easily definable letters "Y M. c. A."
The guests are led to the spacious verandahs of
the guest house and from there view may be
had at leisure of the interest the visit has already
created in the wards" Over the rising ground
in the distance and towards kaawao may be
troops of mounted people, all Fastening to-
wards the general gathering-place at Kalaupapa.
The bicyclists, and there are many of them, ply
their silent steeds hither and thither, ring their
bells and speed away on messages of love to some
distant sick ones to announce the presence of "a
friend. Recognition soon ensues between those
within and without the enclosed space and words
of cheer and aloha are voiced back and forth. The
manned musicians strike up lively air, probably
"'Iherc Will BE Hot Time, or All Coons Look
Mike to Me- or maybe the favorte hula air,
"Wailuku it is sl,re to be lively air and up to
date: Gas Captain Henri Berger of the Govern
ment Band keeps the boys supplied and the
strangcr-visitor looks on and wonders. How
ever the visitor is only at the "ouer door" of the
reservation, which holds within its confines much
that is beautiful and grand in Nature where
only man alone is vile. After look at the neat
cottages. churches and school houses and at the
well-kept seaside cemetery. Sheriff Rex
Hitchcock draws attention to the fact that the
wrong doerS turbulent have places prepared for
even them in the large, well ventilated and en-
closed Jail buildings. En- PEASANT it must be said
that the wards" are most law-abiding and, even
under punishment acknowledge that the powers
that be. are simply cruel only to be kind The
bishop Home is now the point of destination
This institution devoted to the housing and care
# girls and helpless women, is the result of one
OF many philanthropc acts of Hon. Charles r.
Bishop Ca longtime resident of Hawaii. for sew
eral years past of San Francisco) the husband of
Princess Pauah. who endowed the noble irstit,l-
ton for llawaiians. in Honolulu. known as the
Kamehameha schools. AS one nears the prem
Uses they find that the arid grounds are verdure-
clad that honevsuckle vines trail over and about
the porches of the buildings that bananas and
papaas are growing and that this Home, peopled
by the "unclean. wears no air of desoation or
despair The leader of the expedition and all the
visitors meet the cheerful greeting of the Mother
Superior. Sister Marianne who came to Homo
lulu on this lifelong mission of mercy in Novem-
Der 1888, from the Franciscan convent of st. An
came others and as the Executive Officer of the
Board of Health, Mr.. Charles B. Reynolds. has
often stated. in the presence of the writer 'Words
cannot express the respect and veneration due
these devoted women who labor ever. "uil-
known, unlonored and unsung." The establish
mcnt contains Sisters residence and chapel
fourteen dormitories. large hall or schooroon
hospital ward. bath house and about twenty-one
outhouses assigned for various objects The poor
inmates are presented and their faces. lit up by
smiles, show that kindness is the standard metli-
cine administered They sing and their voices
mingle sweetly and we'll Captain Berger gives
them pleasant half hour with piano recital of