The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-04-24


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COLLEGE WOMEN's CLUB.
i Mrs. Frear, the wife of a prominent
Honolulu lawyer, is president Of the
College Woman's Club, made up OF
n-English college women
Many Los Angeles club women will re-
call Mrs. Frear, who attended the BIZ
ennial when it was held here and who
came as chaperon for the native Ha-
Waiian representative. The particular
work of this club is fighting tubercu-
/ losis. AS yet, the great white plague
| has not secured a firm foothold on the
| islands and these educated, energetic
women are determined to stamp it out
| as fast as it appears. Toward this end
| the club has raised, during the past
year, a fund of $4,000 to be used in
Ianti-tuberculosis league work. The
| members of the club, many of them,
are descendants of the early mission
aries to the islands and are most
charming and gracious women.
The morning before sailing for
home, Mrs. Cowles, in company with
Mrs. F'rear, drove out TO Waikiki, the
beautiful beach resort of Honolulu, to
visit a club meeting of Honolulu wo-
men who had met at the home of
teacher there to sew for a family Of
poor children of whom they had heard,
who were being cared for by an old
man.
LIQUID SUNSHINE.
I'VE drove out through the LIQUID
sunshine of a typical Hawaiian morn
ing" said Mrs. Cowles. THE raindrops
fall through the brilliant sunlight in
the most wonderful way. No one
thinks of carrying an umbrella, or even
a parasol, to protect them from the
mist, as the bright sunshine dries it al
most while it is falling. We found the
club women busily at work, running
sewing machines and fitting out ward
robes for these poor children. The wo-
men themselves, clad in their grace
full 'holokus, looked very charming
and picturesque. These garments are
fashioned after modified style of the
Mother Hubbard gown. They are fitted
more closely to the figure and are made
with slight train.
No one over there wears kid gloves,
leather shoes or silk gowns. The con-
slant moisture of the climate rots the
silk and molds the kid and leather, !
hence white linen or wash fabrics and
canvas shoes are the prevailing style |
and you have no idea how pretty and
tropical it all is. The native women |
are extremely diffident and reticent in |
their manner, but so generous as to be !
almost embarrassing If you admire a /
lei or fan, or any little ornament
they have on, they take it off and give
it to you
EDUCATIONAL. A EFAJRS
Mrs. Cowies, during her short stay on I
the islands, took time to look INTO edu-
;ational affairs over there The Puma Il
1ou College. originally designed for the
sons and daughters of missionaries and II
heavily endowed for that purpose. is
low thrown open to the native sons
IND daughters. 1t is at this college
hat Gen. Samuel Armstrong, himself II
he son of a missionary, and born on
he island of Maui, received his educa-
ion. Two large dormitories have lust
been added to the college buildings. +
One of the Oldest schools in Honolulu 7,
S the Priory,7 established years ago by Fl
wo English ladies-sisters, who are II
till living, now aged women, in a quiet
home on the grounds of the institu-
ion. The present principal of the
'riory is a Los Angeles woman who
viii be well remembered by hundreds
# citizens as Miss Abbie Marsh, for
ears preceptress of the Marsh School
or Young Ladies on Olive street.
"On the morning we left Hilo,'' said
drs. Cowles, I'VE had the pleasure of
'feakfasting at the Lyman Industrial
school for boys, with the president
nd his family who are our old-time
rlends-of the Lyman family in Chi
ago. 1t is from this school that Gen.
received his idea for the
normal and Industrial Institute which
e founded at Hampton, Va. Gradu-
ties of the Lyman School are scat
cred all over the islands now and it's |
fleet in refinement and practical ed
cation are noticeably far-reaching
nd splendidly beneficial
The Lunalilo Home for aged Hawai-
ans, endowed with the fortune left by |
ling Lunalilo, is the great charitable
Institution of the islands, Situated in
ne midst of acres and acres of beau
lful grounds in the heart of Honolulu.
is one of the show places of the city.
he matron, Mrs. Weaver, is a sister 4
Gen. Armstrong. Unlike our Amer
an institutions of a similar nature. l
his home demands no entrance fee and
) absolutely free. 1t is ample enough
, accommodate more inmates than
re now quartered there.
In speaking of the many social L
vents given for the visiting Angelo
os, Mrs. Cowles was especially en-
over the delightful features
the lawn fete given by former Gov,
leghorn on the beautiful grounds sur
the official mansion This
rllliant affair was especially in COM
llment to the ladies of the visiting
arty.
L cannot begin to describe to you
lie tropical beauty of that scene,' said
rs. Cowles, the charming Hawaiian
usie, the beautiful costumes of the
Ldles, especially of the receiving par
z, the flowers and foliage, the over