The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-11-10
WORK FOR
LITTLE FOLKS
Continued from Page 3D.

$6.75, SIG. 35, and $40. Many presents
of food were given by parents such as
rice, condensed milk, bread, cakes and
fruit. One Japanese father brought a
box of crackers on the anniversary of
his fathers death; n on the festival
of his favorite god, gave a large box
of sembi, ito thank the teachers for
their kindness to his children
Mothers meetings have not been held
as often as formerly the teachers feel
ing that the house to house visits really
accomplished better results. The par
ents often come to the kindergartener
with troubles of all sorts, and it is her
blessed privilege to give them assist
ance. They are so eager, most of them,
to do the right thing for their children,
to please the teacher, if they only know
how. To teach them how, is one of
our great problems considering the linn
tied time and strength of the kinder
gartner, and the difficulties the foreign
language presents. If each teacher had
two or three selves to direct, she could
not even then do all the work she finds
to do.
Many riends have been kind to the
kindergartens this year, and given
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presents of toys, books, cake for moth
ers' meetings and parties, pictures,
money for excursions and other
things. Our supplies have been greatly
helped by donations of empty spocls,
match boxes, paste board boxes, string,
scraps of wall paper and pieces of
cloth, old towels, sheets, mosquito nets
and many other things that are usually
Grnu 4xrra h,y+ -Is4l 49, 49,. $3.50
to good effect. In fact, the kindergar-
tener has the reputation of being able
to use in n way or another anything
she can lay her hands on. If the giver
of some shredded wheat biscuit boxes
could have seen the delightful little
cradles they made by pasting a half
circle of stiff cardboard at each end,
she would have felt fully repaid for her
trouble in saving them and taking them
to the kindergarten.
Mr.. Atherton furnished a much-need-
ed lawn mower for the Miller street
kindergarten, and Mr.. Carter gave them
a dozen new chairs.
At Xmas time we were we'll renem-
bered by Mrs. S. N. Castle, Mrs. Cole
a Miss Castle, Mrs. Jones, Mrs.
Soares, Mrs. Warehouse, Mrs. Shaw,
Mrs. c. Bishop, Mrs. Hebron and
others. Mrs. Shaw supervised and
helped make 2 rag doll for every girl
in the kindergarten. 1t is doubted if
any gifts were appreciated as thesei
Many friends gave cloth and helped
make the dresses. The boys hadnnice
reins mad of denim given Bys Mr..
Marshall of Hopp & Co. To Hustaee &
Co. we are indebted for many loads Of
sand. ~
In June Mrs. Walter Hoffman enter
tanned some of the children at the love-
" home in which she is living, giving
them such a good time that after their
two months vacation they still talk of
it and of the most interesting monkey
they saw there.
Captain Berger gave us two band
concerts which were greatly apprecia-
ted. One of them was in the Kawaia-
hao church yard, and the other on May
day at the executive grounds. On this
latter occasion the primary schools met
with the kindergarten children and all
had a happy time. Through the kind
ness of Minister Cooper the green on
which they played was enclosed by a
temporary fence well guarded. To this
f~orethought was U largely the sue
cess of the morning.
For all these and the many other ia
vors and gifts received we extend our
heartiest thanks. We also wish to
show our appreciation of those who
have helped not only with gifts, but
with their ready sympathy and interest.
May the coming year bring as many
blessings to the little mes and as many
opportunities TO the teachers for allie
| WAITING the miseries of childhood; may
we receive much new inspiration and
| new insight into the needs of the work
is our earnest prayer
FRANCES LAWRENCE,
Director of K~indergartens.