The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1906-01-30
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10 see that a general plan wac fol-
lowed that would make ~ tho beauty
of Honolulu harmonious whole
President Grifiiths closed by Offering
the services ~ his committee TO the
local clubs whenever they might be
needed.
JUDGE DOLE.
Judge Dole the next speaker intro
duced. said that the Emma street Inn
provement club. for which he UNDER
stood he was to speak. had a different
and even perhaps a less difficult work
than some Of the other clubs. 1t was
In an old section OF the city, long lived
In. where The trees were old II might
be that this club would be called upon
10 cn; down trees instead of planting
them. He had come to this meeting
Indeed. sent by his club. to find out
what to de-.
"Take Emma street. for instance"
san the Judge. turning to Supervisor
Lucas. and you walk along there and
you will find a fine sidewalk for a lit
tie distance-and then. all at once. you
VIII step into the mud. Now. Il oc-
ours to me that 1t would be better TO
have IT all sidewalk-or all mud"
II Is a fine art, this landscape gar
dening, went on Judge Dole. 1t is
indeed a liberal education, creating in
the minds Of the people love of the
beautiful, and civic spirit that will
make us OIL proud of our city. What
We want to do is to make our imme-
date surroundings accord with the
beautiful mountains behind us and the
beautiful sea at our feet.
BISHOP LIBERT.
Bishop Libert, being the next speak
er. said that i'm order to go about maxi
Ing the city beautiful the first consd-
Grafton was to make II comfortable
Beauty would come in second. Sup
pose that we had beautiful trees and
tcnutiful surroundings. and our streets
were mud holes? That would not make
Honolulu a desirable place to live in
Let each resident attend to making
his own place beautiful. and let us all
unite TO see that we have good streets
l. war important to the comfort of all
IN" people to have good streets, to the
poor people as well as to the rich, and
that Improvement should not be con-
fined to any one quarter of the city.
The poor were the best taxpayers, and
street improvement in their sections
would increase property values and so
increase taxes.
I:r' we can not do all this at once.
said the Bishop. 1t will take time,
and the work must be systematic We
in Eonolulu are not systematic. We
have a way of starting things. and
never finishing them. Let us map out
a good plan of work, and adhere to
that. Then the man buying property
could look at this plan and know what
In the future. would almost certainly
be done for the Improvement of his
place. wA
MR.. HARRINGTON.
Mr.. w. r. Harrington began his talk
with the story of the man who said
that his mother-in-law was dead, and
that there was no complaint. There
was no complaint, he said, of the i'm
provement clubs and the movement Cor
the Improvement of Honolulu. What
was especially needed was organized
work. The members of the improve
ment clubs should get together and
IL.
and the newspapers would be glad to
carry these ideas on to the other clubs
And he gave his endorsement to the
sentiment of Judge Dole that one of
the most important results of this
movement would be the creation of a
proper civic spirit. Let us all pull to-
gether for the good OF Honolulu.
MR.. RHODES.
THE Improvement Club" said Mr.. |
Charles Rhodes OF Palolo, has touch
ed into life and activity the thought
and impulse of cooperation in neigh
borhood and community. There is no
limit to what may be hoped for IL
that thought and impulse can be
developed into habit-if II can be made
permanent
How to make 1t permanent, Is, I
believe, the principal theme of this
Improvement clubs have
been and are being organized in every
part of the city. Each is in the first
Hush nascent enthusiasm. How can
that enthusiasm be wrought into con-
Iinuing good works?
The suggestion comes to me that
nothing is as good an augury of per-
as the effort I'm each neigh
club to do something itself:
% get its members and it's committees
TO do something. The habit of work.
ing rather than of resolving and petit
tioning is the best guarantee of per-
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SUPERVISOR LUCAS.
1T must be amusing to you to think