Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-03-23
COUSINS TO Hold
THEIR JUBILEE.
Committees Appointed at
Monthly Meeting
Last Night.
LITERARY EXERCISES AND
LAWN SOCIAL ARE EVENTS
Address By Dr.. Alexander of Japan
Junior Branch Of Hawaiian Mission
Children'S Society
Projected.

| Hawaiian Mission Children'S Society
yesterday evening, that he did not re-
member session when more business
was dispatched The Cousins" gath
cred at the home of Professor and Mrs
Theo. Richards, Kapiolani street, ara
besides the host and hostess there were
present.
Rev. o. II. Gulick, president, and
| Mrs. Gulick ;Lorrin Andrews, record
| ing secretary; Rev. and Mrs. o. p
! Emerson, Rev and Mrs. j. Leading
ham, Rev 7. r. Alexander, ID. d.. Rev.
| w ID. Westeryelt, Prof. w. d. AleXan-
der, Dr. Clark, Prof. c. J. Lyons, JOS
eph b. Atherton. Mrs. J. II. Richards,
Robert W. Andrews, A. +. Cooke and
Misses Cooke C2), w. c. Weldon. Mrs.
Weaver, Miss Flaxman, Miss Hyde,
Miss Barlow, Miss TalcOtt, Miss Stokes
and MIR. Stokes assistant curator of
Bishop Museum.)
Arrangements were made at the
meeting for celebrating the jubilee of
the society in May. The annual busi-
ness meeting on Saturday the 18th is
first in the order of events. Nomina-
ton Of officers to be then elected was
left with the board OF managers.
Literary exercises coming next are
fixed for the following Thursday, the
committee ON such being Miss Hyde,
Mr. Westervelt and Mrs. J. 3. Ather.
ton.
On the day following n lawn social
will be held on the grounds of Prof.
and Mrs. Richards, who with Mr.. and
Mrs. d. +. Dillingham; and Mrs Gulick
are the committee in charge Of the
, event.
An amended draft of constitution
and bylaws was carefully reviewed by
the meeting, some verbal changes be-
: ing made. 1t stands for final adop.
+ ton at next meeting. One alteration
{ was the substitution of Roberts
e Rules Of Order" for the time-honored
I "Cushing's Manual as the guiding au-
thOrity In business proceedings
Mrs. Emerson, in response to call
for suggestions, mooted the organiza.
ton of a junior branch. It should be
! managed by the young people them.
l. selves. The author believed that such
i an organization would. besides confer.
il ring immediate benefit upon its mem
n berS. be training school to prepare
them for entering the parent society
when they grew up and worthily took
the places Of their elders. Exciting
z the interest OF its members in the
c cause OF the society, a junior branch
q would tend to ensure the perpetuation
n of the senior institution.
, The proposition was received with
h, general favor Mr.. Cooke having re-
marked that the young folks used to
=" hang around the outskirts of meetings,
q DR.. Clark commented. THE verenda
@ brigade was very large in those days"
r II was mentioned that the oldtime
n auxiliary societies had been discarded
In the body of laws Just considered.
Mrs. Emerson. Mrs. Richards and
Mrs. Weaver were appointed commit
n tee on organization OF the proposed
Ia juvenile society.
. Miss Stokes was conducted to the
70 piano and pleasingly sang a beautiful
n selection appropriate to the occasion.
q At the conclusion of business the
"a president stated that an address from
DIR. Alexander was to have been the
a principal matter of edification. but as
/, the hour was late the meeting would
Il have to be satisfied with a few remarks
:, of greeting from the guest Of the even
ing.
80 DIR. Alexander has been missionary
n In Japan for twenty-five years and Is
=, spending three months here to recuper-
ate his health, being the guest Of A
=. Frank Cooke. When called upon he
n responded substantially as follows:
90 Il have been requested today to
"a speak to the children. had a suspi.
- cion who the children would be. Ger.
= tainly have great pleasure in address
:, ing the children. and especially tbs
children of the distinguished men anC
:, women upon whom the """' OF the
world have been fixed for the past
:, sixty or seventy years. do not know
:, just how long.
"One of the first books ever read OF
foreign missions, which awakened IN.
interest In missionary effort, was {
book about missions in India. nc
a not remember thing that was In Ih'
!, book, but II was one OF the first in
IS fluences to direct me to missionary
life. Afterward read Of the work IL
the Sandwich Islands. This has beer
@ one OF the most interesting ot all for
e, eign mission fields. fancy there rs NJ
other country in the world whore sucl
- society rs this could exist. We can
not have II in Japan. because there tn
work Is too young. Not in China, he
cause the missionaries there are spreaC
over so vast a country. And 10 no
think the circumstances In India favo
such a society.
II take this opportunity OF express
;. ing my great pleasure in being preGen
this evening and in offering you n.
= concentrations on your fiourishing ap
IL pearance and the grand work you ar,
Is doing. ! congratulate you upon you
history and upon your prospects in tn
future"
DR., Alexander was heartily applaud
VI ed as he sat down,