The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-01-19

people, for, many asked to let me have
''more time'' and before / had left
the platform, many came up to speak t.
me and several asked for my paper, anC
| promised to go that afternoon TO the
Jefferson to see Mrs. Cheney OF
Philadelphia, who also wanted me tC
bring my photos, so armed with that
huge group of the Chinese Woman Is
Auxiliary, and photos of the Cathedral
etc, / went to the Jefferson and found
four or five ladies invited to meet me.
Mrs. Cheney knows Mr.. Kong, and is
much interested in his mother and the
work at st. Peter s.
The next day / was also at the Ma
sonic temple, and sitting in the audi
ence was most unexpectedly called upon
again to mount the platform.
+ Mrs Alsop had just been speaking
about Honolulu and the need of new
| priory, and when she finished in her
sweet way she said, "that IS the first
speech l ever made in public And
| then | was called on. / was so excited
| / could not have read anything I had
written, Sc just had to talk as the
thoughts came, and I found I could do
| itN&and this time they did not stop me.
| They asked me to speak some Hawaiian,
so | gave them the motto on the coat of
arms and ended with "Aloha. The
next day more addresses were made,
and in the afternoon we went to a most
| delightful garden party given by Mrs.
| Stewart of Brook Hill where the Bishop
and Mrs. Restarick, Bishop Brent and
other missionaries were being enter
tanned. II was six miles out e& town,
and special cars took us, and then
motors and carriages met us and drove
us through fields and hedges and woods
to this exquisite home which was like
bit of England. Music and refresh
ments on the lawn, and the dear old
lady, over so years of age, in her white
cap, received the guests in a chair in
the drawing room, while the daughters
made every one feel at home Here /
met Mrs Folsom s friend. Miss Hart of
the "Baby Branch fame, also had
most interesting talk with Bishop Tut
tie IS sister-in-law. who was head of the
Annie Wright Seminary when both the
Misses Richard from Hawaii and Miss
Eva Bickerton of Honolulu, attended
school there. in Washington Then ]
met Mrs. Robert Gardiner, wife of the
President of the st. Andrew IS Brother
hood, who knew Mr. Charlie Hartwell;
Mrs. Isaiah Myers, who knew Mrs.
Charles Rhodes and remembered her af-
fectionately; Mrs. Louise Shines Jan
vier, who knew Miss Vile, and one lady,
Miss Brown | think, who knew Miss
Wills and Mr. Potwine and who had on
"Job s tear lei sent her by Miss
Wills.
That morning the men s thank offer
ing had been given at an early service,
but it was not till another great mass
meeting that evening in the Auditorium
the sum was made known. A separate
paper could be written on this subject,
but all hearts were gladdened when the
huge sum of over $760,000 was an
nounced, and now it has gone up till, in
Guiding the women s offerings, the
figures show one million dollars collect
ed this year for missions.
Some one said that the children of the
church gave to missions every year, the
women every three years, and the men
every three hundred years.
l must pass quickly over this week
of meetings, lunches, receptions, etc, to
the climax of the convention-an excur-
sion arranged for the Woman IS Auxili-
airy, by Miss L. L. Taylor, President of
South Virginia branch, when she found
that all the men of the General Conven-
tion were going on what she called
Pious Pilgrimage to jamestown
Island, where the early coIonists first
settled. -Four huge river boats were
ordered, and we all went as guests and
had two fine meals on board provided
for us. In one boat were all the Bishops
and their wives, in another the deputies
and their wives, and in the two others,
the women of the Auxiliary Of all
days it was one Of the loveliest | ever
spent, and now / shall have time to
speak of the exquisite Virginia weather.
country and woods-sailing sixty miles
down the James river with lovely
wooded banks; maple trees with the
autumn tints of golden browns and reds
just coming on; historical homes to be
seen; "Shirley' and "Westoner, !"
then the famous "Dutch Cap stories
of Chief Powhatan and Pocahontas and
John Smith, etc, all most fascinating, |
till we dropped anchor at the island
and landed, and there, under sails tied
to trees, as the Rev. Robert Hunt had
done three hundred years before, in
1907, most impressive service was
held. Bishop Lawrepce of Massachu-
setts, Bishop Nelson of Georgia, and Dr. |
McKim made the addresses, and as
many people as possible were seated on
benches. under the sails, while the rest |
stood on hillocks. and sat on the grass, |
participating in the service.
Near by stood the old tower of the |
first church, which was both for the |
church and a watch tower against the |
Indians, or rather a fortress, and | had |
the good fortune to have for my guide |
Miss Mary Garrett, who had personally |
helped with the excavations-ha dis |
covered some of the first wall founda-