The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-05-08

and 10 candidates. The meetings have
been held semi-monthly, but are now
I being held weekly, as we believe that
! insures greater interest and better at
| tendance. A large number of the girls
are taking lessons in embroidery, some
| are outlining blocks for patch work,
and all are greatly interested in music,
| as is evidenced not only by their quick
response to any movement towards the
singing of songs or hymns, and their
eager delight in instrumental of music
given them as a treat toward the close
of the sewing time, but by the fact
; that almost "a of the money paid for
the piano recently placed in st. E. H.
was raised by the G. F. S. of st. An
drew'S, ST. Peters, and st. EliZabeth's.
We have the nucleus of a Chinese
branch. here that we hope will take
shape in the near future. On Thurs
days, the cooking school meets. This
is taught by Miss Reed of the Kane
hameha School. Miss Reed has TWEEN
ty-eight names enrolled, but feels her
self well repaid if a much smaller num-
Der than that responds weekly. 1t GER
tainly is a pleasing sight to see these
lassies dabbling in all sorts of raw
material, from which they evolve
toothSome dishes, and great treat to
sample them; or to watch the setting
of the table. and make, believe feast
ing with lessons in waiting on table,
makes one want to play, too. And
when, a sometimes, the busy little
hands really get dinner. and really set
table, and we sit down with three or
four eager-faced guests, or rather
hostesses, and two deft mattresses at
tend to our wants with such good
things as you can't ina CINE, while,
later, other as deft fingers clear away
and wash up dishes. 1t all makes you
think of all that it means to the homes
of the present and will mean to the
homes of the future. On Friday aft
ernoons the Hawaiian Sewing School
meets. This society shows an enroll
ment of more than eighty names, and
while many of these are the names of
more or less infrequent attendants, the
average attendance is very good in
deed. The mention of samplers takes
US back to the days of our grandmoth-
ers and to some of us brings delightful
memories. 1t is on samplers, of a more
prosaic type. that our girls learn their
stitches. Later they apply what they
learn on garments for themselves, on
orders, on things for the household of
St Elizabeth's, or on garments for
some one in need. On Saturday morn
ing the Chinese Sewing School meets
Forty-one names make up their roll
and very faithful they are in attend
ance and attention. The garments
made by these young girls are heauti-
fully done. One set of older girls is
completing an infants wardrobe and
very dainty are the tiny garments
their deft fingers have cut and put to-
gether. Mrs Aseu. Miss Vandeerlin,
and now and then a volunteer worker,
are the helpers in this work. We aim
to make each society self-supporting,
thro small fees and in other ways. and
hope this may be brought about in the
not distant future. Each of our So
cieties closes it's meetings with a brief
but hearty service in the church. an
act of worship which means more than
we can measure. to the young worship
pers. Twice each week, the girls go