The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-01-12
KINDERGARTEN
Report Of a Meeting
Lately Held.
Suggestions for Maintenance and Con-
illusions Reached Summary of
Aims and End Of Society.

An open meeting of the Children's
Aid Association was held Wednesday.
January 10, 1900. After the president.
Mrs. Hyde. had stated the object of the
gathering, she asked the several gen.
tlemen present to give their views on
the subject.
Mr. William Castle spoke, he said.
for his mother, who consigned re en-
terprise to the Kindergarten {. Chill
dren's Aid Association, and the people
of Honolulu. She thought best to Of
FER T. e house and certain equipments.
and leave the rest to the executive
committee.
The Chair: "A large committee of
ladies and gentlemen will be appoint
ed. How shall the project become a
financial SUGGEST"
Mr.. A. b. Wood: Let us get fund,
an ample fund; money has been
thrown away through not knowing
how best to bestow il. 7 believe that
a systematic canvas should be made of
the business houses; an amount might
be pledged either annually or month
ly."
The Chair: 1T has been proposed to
provide scholarships of perhaps a
thousand dollars"
Mrs. Richards: who are eligible
% entrance-any who apply?"
Mrs. Hyde read from the code of
rules governing the acts of the society,
from which it appeared that while An
slo-Saxons have preference. others may
enter. at the discretion of the execu-
tive committee.
Mrs. Whitney: The Associated
Charities will assist as it can"
The Chair: ''Will it assist with
money!"
Mrs. Whitney: NO. but by way of
moral support and otherwise"
Rev. Mr.. Mackintosh: Don't hide
your light under a bushell Have re-
unions like the Strangers Friend So
ciety. Let the churches devote a Sun
day to the cause: acquire life-mem-
bers; have public reception days. the
newspapers calling attention to them:
have name, and have it known. Our
country is enlarging, our means in
creasing. The Associated Charities
does its own work; let this new mis-
sion do its own work. Have a system
attic business collector. a paid Official"
The Chair: Il would say in regard
to the double name of the society. that
when it began its existence it was so
wOrded. The Sunday suggestion is
good, allowing everybody to share in
this loving work. AS to an official col
lectOr, we. as women, have been gem
erOusly supported hitherto. and en-
couraged to go on"
Mr.. Wood: This should be a pub
lie institution. Let the business men
ard public support It. As needs null
tiDly, new methods of supplying them
will arise"
The Chair: The American States
find that their civil homes fer children
are not for their well-being. They oft
en- now cOnfide these little ones to the /.
more quiet, well-regulated private T.
hOmes-the real hOmes-and pay for /.
their existence there"
Mr.. Castle: Our State is not highly
organized like those abroad. I would
suggest that the association maintain
itself for one year; at the end of that Z
time we can come together and plan 4
on an enlarged scale" .
Mrs. FTear: .'As we have no munic- .
inal government as yet. I would en-
dorse Mr.. Woods proposition that the .
business men be entrusted. I would I
move that the sense of the meeting is .
to call on business houses" Seconded .
and voted in the affirmative.
Mr.. osborne: 81 move that we open F.
a subscription here and now" This .
motion was also carried. and slips of 4
parer circulated for gifts.
The Chair: "The Home is itself an
invitation to every passer-by."
Mrs. Weaver. the newly-come ma
iron of the Home, being introduced.
said that the children should be made
to feel at home, and so their rooms
should have pictures on the walls. a
chair at the bedside. a container of
some sort for clothes, a Bible within
reach. One room, suitable for nurs-
cry, is mOsquitO-proOf. Here children
Of ; or under will sleep. Some small
chairs will be acceptable for this room.
A Summary.
This society. which owes its incep-
lion I'm part to a suggestion made by
The late DIR. Hyde as one of it's trus-
tees, has now as colleague of the kim
lergarten, been placed on a stable ba-
'ts.It remains to develop its work along
lines marked out by the executive
and the people at large, who
t is hoped will ever stand at it's right
hand in cooperation. as they have
stood beside the kindergarten move
nent.
Briefly, these are it's aims and de-
signs: Thirty or forty children are
o be accommodated, from the age of
to II years. Mrs. Castle undertakes
1t present the care of grounds and the
securing of the matron. Some furni-
ure is left in the homestead. and a
Inc cooking-range. A lady has con-
ributed kitchen utensils. The dining
Dom needs twelve chairs (high chairs
Will be gladly received), tableware and
table; mush bowls, knives. forks
md spoons; also napkins. Children ,
IRE expected to assist in the work. and :
20 prepare themselves to earn n living
when their life in the Home Is over.
Where children are entered who have 4
rlends or guardians. who can at least
'artly assist in their support, it is ex-
'ected that they will do so. Children
nder the care of societies in different
auonalities may be transferred TO the