The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-05-16

them aa wards ~ thflaiIHu 900 niu
nity ls unfsssonabl, aud 'a.al % ihs
character oi tho girls
Tho truth IL that the ox client
wofaon who are educating .hsae cir.
] fail 10 $40 che nov lirh' NJ Industrial
educator which IL beginning 10 glow
over 10 much ~ the Mainland. Are
these good Womsn not aware that
they take a grave responsible : IN re-
fusing to see this light
Tho author Of the paper -uggesn
that the native girls should be- employ
ed as domes,ics These good women
do not employ them as such. because
exp rienca shows that thIy are not
desirable. Charity In the cooling de-
partment Is out OF place. The natiy"
girl is Inferior 10 the Aslauc dJmcs-
tics. and there l. no rule that imposes
on any one the duty to Jake IN infe-
rior article for a good one Time and
again the native girls have been trlel
in this relation, and. Nth icT excep-
tons, have failed.
Moreover. domestic service is
Stunned by intelligent. though poor,
girls in America, because 1t IL he
meanest of all services as now on
Quoted in Anglo-Saxon countries.
There might lie some force In The
suggestion as a charitable aci II there
were no other occupations which can
be carried on in the homes Of the peo-
pie, and in which these girls could
make comfortable wages, live ut lone.
and be, IL they chose 20 he, in meas
ure independent.
The Advertiser has from time TO
time described small industries when
may be carried on with reasonable
profit, and with hardly any outlay OF
capital, II the girls wee properly "ld-
Gated to follow these induSrrits. such
as the raising Of flowers Cor perfumes,
the cultivation OF the vanilla bean, and
many other email industries But
there seems to be lacking the energy.
the study and the faith. on the part 81
those who have regard :yr the Ha-
wailan girls, which alone can secure
success There are today negro women
at the Hampton and Tuskegee schools
who can wisely instruct these excel
lent friends OF the native girls in the
needs OF the hour.
The friends of these girls must un-
derstand the conditions Of the times.
There Is surplus of native men over
native women in these Islands. TO the
number OF over 5000. There is sur
plus, also, OF about 10000 Chinese and
over 10000 japanese males in the coun-
try. Besides, and 1t is serious ma
ter. there Is a large number of white
men here, whom the native girls prefer
TO the men Of their own race. Can it
be expected that these girls will ac-
cept domestic servitude under these
conditions? or become poor seam
str sses?
The problem Is a parplexing one, and
must be solved on new lines. All that
can be done by the wisest philanthro-
Ply is to give these girls the best in
dustrial chances. and then II they re-
fuse to accept them. 1t Is the decree
of Providence that they and their race
must pass away.
IL may be said that this il cold.
heartless view OF the case. 1t is not
more so than the view which Christian
philanthropists take OF the destruction
by shot and shell OF Filipino women
and children, or OF the lives OF mill
ions Of toiling, half starved women and
childrSn in Christian lands. When
that Is done which, not a merely reli-
gious sentiment dictates, but that
which the largest knowledge OF the
secular education of the weaker races,
and OF ignorant people, directs, then
the obligations are discharged. Has
that knowledge been obtained? Are
these native girls educated as they
should be educated? OF the four thou.
sand ways of making a living in civil
lied lands, how many have been opened
TO these girls? II they have not, why
have they not?