The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-04-23
| To HELP
The BOYS
Business Men Back
the Brigade
Tourney.
HUGE SUCCESS
IS ANTICIPATED.
Practical Work in Manual Train.
ing Department Commands
Attention and Respect.

ing mold of the Boys Brigade tourney
To De held on May 25 at the drill shed
with a heartiness which will SURELY score
a hit not only for the merchants in an
au'ertlslhg way, but for the Boys Bri-
gade treasury.
"hen 1t is understood that the tourney
Is to be given almost entirely by the
business firms of the City, whereby each
house can display some novelty In the
way OF tableaux, charades and unique
methods of making known the particular
line OF goods carried, there Is certainly a
treat in store for those who attend. Not
only will money be obtained from those
VINO take part in the stunts" upon the
| stage, but the admission fees Will add
not little to the fund.
representative business men and we'll
known society ladies are backing the
! tourney ana intend to make it one of the
! most successtul financial, social and phil
enthropic affairs yet given In Honolulu
The Boys Brigade is deserving Of all the
support the people of this City can give
| II. Inc younger element which has
hitherto been allowed to roam almost at
Will upon the streets day and night with
out any special object in view except to
learn evll things such as playing Craps
| paying truant. smoking in side streets
ana becoming generany incorrigible. now
| has an opportunity to be trained to some
trade and enjoy simple but wholesome
| club life such as is offered at the Bows
Brigade headquarters on King street
! Palama
| Phoenix-like, the Boys Brigade head
| quarters arose over the ashes of the fine
little club house which was destroyed in
the confiagration of January % 1900 1t
is proposed to make it larger. add addi
uonal manual training machinery, put in
library and furnish a general gathering
room. Branches may be established in
those parts of the City in which the
small street boys have little else to at
tract them except the vices by which
they are surrounded.
This admirable institution has for its
officers and instructors men who have
put their shoulders to the wheel and
mean to make the movement succeed
theodore Richards has been the prime
mover in all things pertaining to the
club since its inception and has inter-
ested large number Of men and wom-
en- of philanthropic turn of mind John
ID. Waldron is the foreman of the ma
chine shop and is assisted by ]. S. Bal
ley, volunteer who instructs in turn
Ing, and by c. S. Waldron. The DAYS and
hours when the building is open are:
Monday, Wednesday and Friday, from
2:ao to 40 and $50 to $50 D. M
The present equipment consists of
2la-horsepower electric motor; two r.
inch swing turning lathes, gig saw 30
benches and full sets of the best make
of modern tools for the same. The
course of instruction is divided generally
into three parts. the first course being
instruction in the names Of tools, parts
of same, use Of jack and smooth plane;
rip saw and cross-cut, getting out stock,
brace, bits, chisels and matchmaking
mortises, compass saw, spoke-shave,
wood-file, scraper and sandpaper, making
handles, compass and level-making
round and level chamfers. With this
work the boys have each lined his case,
made saw bench finished a good NAL
let, set his oilstone in block, put on
bevelled cover, and become famnar with
the names and uses of ordinary tools.
The lad has worked mostly on soft wood,
sharpened his own chisels and kept his
planes In order
The second course consists of work at
the turning lathe, grinding tools and
more practice on the oilstone using rip
saw to get square edge as well as fol-
low line. laying floor and use of ham
mer so as not to mar. block plane, cut
ting with fine saw, assembling mailing
ing sketches and plans studying build
ing plans, making tables for club and
trimming windows and doors.
The third course is in drawing plans for
work, use of bead and combination plane,
making moulding, smoothing and finish
ing hard wood, mortising and tenoning
with other forms of Joinery, filing saws
and practice in putting and keeping tools
in good condition. e.
Part of this course has been worked
during five years or more by John D.
Waldron, the foreman, who was in
charge of the shop at D. L. Moody's
school at Dalton. Mass. Much of the
work is experimental, but If boy in
the Brigade shops wishes to make any
particular article. and if his skill is suf-
fcieut, he is allowed to substitute.
There is now as large an attendance as
can be profitably cared for. but as the
boys progress in their work, they need |
less oversight. The shops and the club
are open to any boy and all he has to
do is to report to the nearest club en- !
roll, then hand his name to the foreman,
taken on. No one is allowed to use the
machinery without going
through the various courses prescribed. |
At 2 p. m. Tuesdays and Fridays private
instruction is given for those who wish
to pay. There is not a better equipped /
or better sustained shop in a city OF
equal size which is open nights and free I
TO all.
The committee which went out among /
the business houses yesterday was head |
ed by j. p Cooke and Theodore Rich |
ards, and the signatures of many of the |
most prominent firms in the City were /
secured for financial assistance Among !
these were Levers & Cooke, E. O. Han & /
Son, Metropolitan Meat Company, Fred. !
T. P waterhouse, Pacinc Hardware |
Company, wiIder's Steamship Company, |
Union Feed Company, Hawaiian Electric /
Company. Washington Mercantile Com
pany California Feed Company, H.
Hackfeld & Co, Hebron Drug Company
CAITGHT A DREADFUL COLD