The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-09-05

EST, ELIzABETH'S HOUSE s:


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there was a desire to avoid being toe
near any religious work of the charac-
ter contemplated. A house was rented
and classes of various kinds We're soon
organized. There was a sewing school
for Hawaiian girls and another for
| Chinese girls, and later class for the
teaching of lace making. In the even
/ ing there was night school which has
been attended chiefly by Chinese. There
are at present 10 names on the roll
and an average attendance of 60. Every
night there is a brief religious service
| ct which the men are not obliged to at
tend, but as a matter of fact they all
do 50.
BESIDES the classes. there are rooms
for gSsnes of various kinds, and as the
house Is open all day long there are
always children or men who take adj
Vantage of its open doors. On Sunday
there is a sunday school and an even
ing service both of which are well at
+ tended. Deaconess Drant has made st.
Elizabeth's House center of attraction
and those who take advantage of it
look upon it as kind of home.
| The work outgrew the first house
! rented. and now has outgrown the sec
ond house. There is not room for the
classes nor is the room fitted up as a
! Chapel nearly large enough. 1t was
because of this that instead Of rent.
ing another house the generous sup
porter of the work decided to build.
On consultation by letter with Dea-
coness Drant and the Bishop, the friend
of st. Elizabeth's House made an offer
| to purchase land and erect buildings.
After considering the location from
every standpoint both as to the work
as it was, and in relation to proximity
| to others, it was decided to purchase
of the Bishop estate piece of land on
King street on the mauka side and OPP
posite the present house. This land 220
feet by $50 was purchased for $4,000.
At the time of the purchase Deacon
ess Drant had an attack of illness and
was advised to take trip to the main
J land She left Honolulu in May taking
with her sketch of the proposed build
ings as suited to the needs of the work.
| These drawings were made by Mr.. E.
A P. Newcomb of Dickey & Newcomb.
When the Deaconess reached Cincin-
natl a cable message was received or
dering the preparation of the plans. 1t
was most fortunate that the Rev. w
E. Potwine had come from Oregon to
work under Bishop Restarick and haG
been at St. Elizabeth's some weeks be-
fore Deaeoness Drant left. He has car
ried on the work on the lines laid out,
the classes of girls being cared for by
! Mrs L. F. Folsom another worker I'M
der Bishop Restarick. Under Mr.. Pot
wine there has been the same contin-
ued progress as before. Mr.. Potwine
soon said that he should be near
the work and spoke about building a
house. The Cincinnati friend, however,
! not wishing any one but himself to
build on the land, sent a cable message
that he would provide the money. This
/ house is now in process of erection and
will be ready for occupancy within a
few weeks.
A week ago the plans were ready for
the chapel and the house. which latter
will include rooms for classes which can
be thrown into one large assembly
/. ROOM. Up Suits VIII De TOOfnS IOr the
Deaconess and two other helpers, with
dining room, kitchen, etc.
The chapel will hold $50 people and
! will be a simple but neat structure and
when completed will have a pleasing
interior.
When completed the land and build
ing will represent a gift of fourteen
thousand dollars. Two years work at
ST. Elizabeth's has shown that it is
situated in the right place. There has
been from the first every discourage
ment given to any men who might
come from any other mission and all
who are connected with st. Elizabeths
are new material. The 10 men on the
roll with the exception of three are
not Christians though very few can
any longer be called heathens. AS to
the privilege of using the house by
adults or children no question is raised
nor is any one obliged to attend any
services There are classes for the
study of religious subjects. but those
who come to them 90 so at their own
choice. If any question as to definite
instruction looking to union with the
church has come up it has come from
the students themselves. All connected
with ST. Elizabeth's House have
strong love for the institution and a
pride in it and they have shown this in
every possible way.
The generous donor who has been
kept informed of every aspect of the
work and knows exactly the numbers
and the race of those who use ST. Eliza
beth's House expressly stipulated that
Chinese must be allowed TO bid for the
construction of the buildings. White,
Hawaiian and Chinese contractors bid
and the donor was notified that the
City Mills was the lowest. He sent
back a cable message that the contract
was to be made with them.
1t has always been the hope of the
supporter of this work that Hawaiians
as well as others would use the house
but it has been difficult to reach them.
He has always set his face q eai11st the