The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-05-27
TALKS ABOUT
ISLAND AFFAIRS
She Deplores the Sensual Exhi-
bition in the Midway and Will
Counterfeit its influence.

SoFueO cordial welcome, and at once
ped enroute. At Buffalo she was &C
corded a cordial welcome, and at once
looked up the space set aside for the
Hawaiian educational exhibit. Miss
Dawson considers the apportionment
ample for the needs of the 1000 pound
exhibit, which has undoubtedly arrived
in Buffalo and been installed.
The following interview with Miss
Dawson in the Buffalo Sunday Morning
News of May 10th is evidence that Miss
Dawson intends to display the educa-
hula dancers exhibition on the Mid
way
Miss Rose c. Kahaipule Dawson a
special commissioner to the Pan-Am-
erican from Hawaii, arrived in Buff
faIo yesterday. and is stopping at the
Iroquois. Miss Dawson holds COM
mission from the Department of Public
Instruction, has sole charge of the de-
partment exhibit, and was sent to Buff
falos to secure more suitable space and
TO install it 1t is an unusual and sig
nal honor to be bestowed upon a wo-
man, but her personality shows that
the confidence was not misplaced
Moreover, the appointment had the in
dorsement of the Hawaiian Legisla-
ture and the Honolulu press.
Miss Dawson is a native of the ISL
ands. and was educated in the schools
of Hawaii. She has been a teacher by
profession and holds life certificate.
For the past three years she has held
the position of assistant secretary OF
the Board of Education of Honolulu.
Miss Dawson is accompanied by Miss
n. NJ. Smith, an attractive young Ha-
waiian woman of wealth and position,
whose father has held the position OF
clerk Of the Hawaiian Supreme Court
for nearly twenty years. Both Miss
Dawson and Miss Smith have English
ucated. This is their initial visit To
enthusiasm of the courtesy and hospi-
tally of their countrymen in the
United States
1T thought" said Miss Dawson, "tha,
the Hawaiians could not be outdone
anywhere in the world in warmhearted-
ness and hospitality, but your people
are more than our equal. On our way
across from San Francisco we stopped
for several hours at Salt Lake City
and were fairly overwhelmed witt
kindness by the Governor and Other
State officials there
HOW EXHIBIT ORIGINATED.
Hawaii's representation at the Expo
sition is described by Miss Dawson a.
purely accidental No one had heard o,
the Pan-American until the subjec
was brought to the attention of some
Hawaiian officials by a tourist. From
this incident the idea was conceived o
exhibiting the work of the public
schools of Hawaii It met with instan
favor. and a bill was promptly intro
duced In the Legislature and passed
appropriatine So, 500 to make an ex
hibit. Superintendent of Public In
structioD Atkinson thereupon desig
mated Miss Dawson to represent th'
DEPARTING and Install the display, al
appointment which was commended II
fiattering language by the Honolulu
newspapers.
Through correspondence with tn
COMMISSIONS of Education at Wash
ington, the EXPOSITION allotted space o
ks feet for tre Hawaiian exhibit
Nothing daurtad however. Mis-
Dawson collected her exhibit on repre-
sentative lines. relying upon her owl
visit here to secure the space the ex
hibit merits. Within three hours afte
the arrival of these energetic womel
they went out to the grounds an
sought out Director-General Buchanan
Miss Dawson told Mr.. Buchanan abou
the exhibit, and asked for space a
least 3ox4o, which he assured her sh
should have, and more If needed.
Where to get the space proved to b
perplexing problem. Superintendent
Peabody of the Department of Liberia
Arts. on being applied to, declared h
had no room for it. The Colonial build
ing in the United States group was ran
sacked for space, and that, too. wa
found overcrowded. AS a last resort
the Department of the Interior was ap
pealed to, and promised to make room
for the exhibit.
CHARACTER OF THE EXHIBIT
S"our exhibit illustrates not only III
scholastic side of our system, but man
ual training as wel.' Miss Dawson ex
planned. I'VE teach children darnfns
weaving, sewing. embroidering, cary
ing. carpenter work and other usefu
occupations, beginning in a small wa
| in the lower grades and carrying th
work throughout to the highest. Tn
boys are made to learn sewing, too, t
enable them to put a patch on thei
clothes and sew a button on. and tn
girls at the Normal School learn 70 d
Icarpentering, which is illustrated in
well built, large sewing chest made b
a 16-year old pupil
THE Unborn artistic taste of the Ha
waiians.'' Miss Dawson continued, i
shown in the weaving of picture frame
from lauhala leaves and bamboo, c
baskets, fans and other useful article:
while the making of straws for hats
illustrated by several beautiful sam
pies"