The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-12-03
KATE AND
DUPLICATE
Odd Names Borne
By Hawaiian
Twins.
WOMAN'S BOARD
OF MISSIONS MEETS
Growth OF Hula Revival Deplored.
Mrs. Emerson Reads
a Paper.

At the meeting of the Woman's Board
of Missions yesterday afternoon at Cen
trail Union church two interesting
phases of the work among the Hawai-
ians were related by Mrs. o. P. Elmer
son and Miss Laura Green, the latter
being the missionary of the Board
Miss Green had discovered in her move
ments among the Hawaiians that hula
dancing is on the increase and her COM
ment was that it was assisting in the
breaking up of'homes. Little girls were
being taught the hula and it was all
being done as a means of supplying
amusement for foreigners and means
Of monetary gain for the dancers. Miss
Green deplored the revival of the an
cient savagery, and she hoped that
some means would be found to check
its growth. She had also learned and
has observed that the Hawaiians in
some places which she visits are prone
to cling to their inherited customs cas-
regards kahunas and aumakuas, despite
their professions of Christianity.
An amusing incident in her work was
the finding of twin baby girls in Ka-
lihi camp. When asked as to whether
names had yet been given them, the
mother replied: mo Christian names
have yet been given, but the doctor
called them Kate and Duplicate" Miss
Green made no comment on the selection
of names to which the simple mother
had given little thought.
Mrs. Emerson read a lengthy paper on
the Present Conditions and Needs of
Hawaiian Work. She dwelt upon her
observations of Christian work among
the natives on the various islands dur
ing her tours with Rev. o. P. Emerson
and of the inspirat ton for further work
which she found in many sacrificing ma
tive pastors. Mrs. Emerson said that
during the last few years political diff
ferences have been so deep and strong
that one church on Hawaii founded by
Father Bond, had been divided into fac
tons and there had been serious dis
affection and falling off in membership.
The valuable efforts of Rev. Mr. limo
teo had bridged the gulf and all fac
tons had been merged into a happy
community She valued the work OF
the training schools among the Ha-
waiians and advised their continuance.
At Hanalei, as in many of the outly
ing districts, the speaker said she found
evidence of the increase of drunkenness
and gambling among the Hawaiians
and Chinese coincident with the in
crease of saloon licenses and lack of
efficiency of the police force, but the
pastor, native, had greatly mitigated
the evils therefrom. She found it diff
ficult to procure young Hawaiians fitted
for the ministry, not that the life and
work of the minister is unattractive as
it contains features which the Hawai-
ian enjoys, but the educated Hawai-
ians, who alone are fitted for such
training, have other careers open to
them in these days that offer more GER
tain means of support" Mrs. Emerson
was glad to say that four judges and
three Republican candidates for the
Legislature had been called from the
ranks of the native ministers.
I'VE can hardly over-estimate the eff
feet that political differences and revo-
lutions have had on the life of the
churches" she said. with practically
all the white leaders and missionaries
annexationists the marvel to me is that
the relation has been sustained as it
has, that the churches founded by their
fathers have even survived the strain"
Work among the japanese was told
of by Mrs. Quick and Miss Talcott
The latter announced that she is soon to
leave to take up again her labors in
Japan. Mrs. Soares reported on work
among the Portuguese.