The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-04-04

reira. aged 10. were met by their father
at the wharf and taken to his hNme.
In fact he had been in correspondence
with Miss Beard in regard to taking
them home before, and the present
troubles of the Orphanage had acceI-
Grated his plans for taking his chill
dren home They have been in the
Orphanage because their father and
mother are divorced and have been
living separate for a considerable time.
in fact, the mother came shortly after
the arrival of the Mauna Loa to calm
her children, but the father had already
taken them.
Marion kanakamakai, aged sixteen,
and her sister Rose went from the
steamer to Mrs Reist, who is their
aunt.
Catherine Taylor, aged ten, and her
sister Amy, aged eight, are the chill
dren of a woman who now lives in
Seattle. She was a widow at the time
they were sent to the Orphanage. But
she has married since, and is now able
| to take care OF them, and has sent
money to pay their fares to Seattle.
They will be sent by the first oppor-
tunity.
The four little Halverson children,
Mary. Jennie, Katie and Ti1Iie, ranging
from twelve years old down to four,
are half orphans whose mother has
married again and lives in Oakland,
and has asked to have the children
sent TO her, but has not been able to
send the money for their fares. Some
way viii doubtless be found to get them
To their mother
In addition to these Rev. D. S. Crane
of the Methodist church has agreed to
care for two of the boys until homes
can be provided for them. Two or
three will be sent to the Susannah Wes-
. ley Home until they can be otherwise
provided for. Two or three others it
is believed have been provided with
homes. though the formalities are not
completed.
There are a number of the children
who are old enough to be of much SER
vice in a household, and as they have
all been trained to work and to be use
full. it is believed that there will be no
difficulty in finding households that
will take them and give them a home
and send them to school, in exchange
for the service they can render.
Yes, 1 suppose the determination TO
bring the children here was formed
suddenly said Miss Beard yesterday
afternoon. II had thought about the
matter and thought about it. l did not
know what to do. These people who
wanted to have me removed as guard
ian had said. to me that if I submitted.
and did not make trouble and fight
the case they would not push matters
to extremities, and they would let me
down easy. But I met the matter in
spirit different from. what they ex-
pected. l told them I would not fight
the matter in the courts But after
thinking it over. I decided that it would
be better for the children to bring them
here to Honolulu, and place them in
families whore they would be taken
care Of than 10 let them fall into the
hands of the men who .are trying to
get control of them.
II don't have to remain in a COM
munity that has treated me as that
community has been treating me. There
are other places where orphanages are
needed. 1 have given my time and
my n1oney for ten years for the or
phanage in kona. I have attended to
my own business. I have found enough
TO DO in caring for the children. Part
Of the community seems never to have
taken kindly to the institution in it's
midst. VI. F. Scott never visited the
institution so far as I know, until the
present matters came up. Now he is
the one who is proceeding against me
to have me removed as guardian of the
children and to have Mr.. Overend put
in my place. I am Christian, and
have taught these children Christian
ity. Mr.. Overend is a man of the
world. Therefore it seems better to
me that the children should be put in
families to be cared for than to be
put under his care and CONTROL
Was that the only alternatives" was
asked. They could not secure your
removal as guardian without showing
to the court that it was for the best
interests of the children that you
should be removed. Suppose you had
defended the proceeding in court and
the court should have refused to re-
move you, would not that have ended |
1t 81 'nvswa
Miss Beard admitted that she had |
not considered that view Of the matter /
fully. but replying she said: "T don't |
know what kind Of a Judge there is. |
But anyhow with the sentiment of the |
community as il is il would have been t
hopeless. People. since this matter be-
came public. have seemed to think /
they had q right TO come to the Or |
Dhanage to criticize. and to ask the +
children if they We're getting enough to t
eat. and if they would like something |
different: people many of them who |
never visited the Orphange before. Peo- |
pie met the children on the road and /!
stopped 10 question them The seeds of /
unrest had been sowed among the chill +
Iren. Mr.. Ovarend the other day came /
over TO the institution when 7 did not /
happen 70 be there, and told the boys /
10 go over 70 his eaneffeld and drive t
he cows out OF it-not the cows be- I
onging to the Orphanage, but some 1
lther cows. such interference as that /
was making it impossible to carry on /
he work successfully. That is why 7 /
determined not 10 fight it in the courts .
here but to bring the children here"