The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-05-22

! Mrs. Ellen Weaver was the first
matron. but receiving a call to take
charge of the LQnalflo Home she re-
signed to take UP work among the Ha-
waiians, her first love. Her place was
taken by Miss Belle Johnson. the pres
ent efficient manager
/ Beginning with three children in
/ April, 1900, the close OF the fourth year
found twenty-one inmates Of several
nationalities With the true defnoc-
racy of childhood their diverse parent
age, does not prevent them from max
| ing a very harmonious household. I'm
der the motherly care and guidance OF
Miss johnson all are doing well. Many
of the children on coming into the
| home have seemed most unpromising
subjects: but all have responded hope
! fully to constant watchfulness and
strict instruction. The grounds do not
/ afford room for much out-of-door
work, but all are trained in work of
some kind. Glasses in sewing and
| weaving have accomplished good re-
suits. Each child is allotted a certain
| portion of the daily house-work They
are taught TO cook as well as to sew
and do other things. At the same
! time school education is not neglected.
| The little ones go TO the kindergar-
tens, the others attend various gov
eminent schools. AS set forth in the
last report OF the matron, THE Home
| is Industrial. each child having some
| work to do. .
DR.. Waterhouse. the surgeon. keeps a
constant watch on the health of the lit
| tie ones. His reports bear testimony
| to the quality of care given to them.
| into the Home were in an almost hope
! lessly diseased condition. Today they
are WE'LL hearty, and so far as can be
seen, perfectly healthy. Sanitary 1iv-
| ing has as much to do with it as medi-
cine. There have been nc, deaths,
though one case of pneumonia was
| serious. Measles, dengue, whoopfng
cough and colds have all had their day.
/ but care and attention have succeeded
and a happier, heartier, more robust
set of children it would be hard to find
in Honolulu or elsewhere.
| But this all costs money, and it has
become a matter of grave and increas-
| ing soficitude how the Home is to be
| sustained. Mrs. Castle gives the rent,
keeps the place in repair and now pays
| the matron. Surely the general COM
munity ought to do the rest. Last
years financial statement shows.
among other items, the following ex-
penditures.
| Salaries and wages ..-.....a...... s1706. 90
| Milk, groceries. butcher, etc.. 10343
Doctor. medicines, firewood, etc. 214.30
| Water, electricity, telephone..... 1855
Horse and carriage, plumbing,
etc. .......---..-....-.. $500
Incidentals of all kinds. $4,000
ssssO. 40
This is not a very heavy bill for the
support and maintenance of twenty
four to twenty-six persons for year,
and it ought not to tax the public to
any very appreciable extent to foot the
bill. To maintain this charity part of
the funds have been derived from the
following sources:
Business men and others. s1825. 65
Monthly envelopes ............-.. 194.05
Paid for support of several chill
dreli =. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES $1,000
Strangers Friend Society ..-... $500
s262s. 70
Mrs. Day, head of the committee, and
other ladies associated with her, find
it increasingly difficult to raise funds,
An erroneous idea seems to exist that
instead of belonging to the community,
this noble charity is a sort Of per
sor.aI affair of Mrs. Castle. This is not
correct. AS the name may have been
to some extent misleading. it has been
changed, at Mrs. Castles request, to
mission Home for Children. !" 1t refers
to the locality, not to any quality or
characteristic; of the Home.
If the public. which after all is most
interested will visit the Home they
will find it most worthy of their aid.
and all will be surely satisfied that so
far their benefactions have borne good
and abundant fruit.