The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-12-28
MAL|R|N| TREE
GREAT SUCCESS
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Korean boys and girls by the scores;
they all flowed toward the beautiful
Capitol grounds in miniature flood.
Good as Gold
The square Just in front Of the steps
was roped of on the Waikiki side be
ing gate arehed with palm leaves at
the entrance for the Nalihini tree
benefciaries In perfect order and as
"pood as gold the children took
their places in a long double line along
the ropes and waited patiently for
their turn.
Carefully the tree was dressed by
Edward Dekum. Charles W. Renear
and their assistants, who did so much
to make the occasion success. As
its glittering decorations flashed to the
waiting children the message OF good
cheer their interest increased.
While this process of decoration was
under way Judge Sanford b. Dole was
introduced 10 the waiting Youngsters
bv r. O. Matheson and made them a
short talk which reached their hearts
and the speaker was greeted by spon-
taneous cheers at its end. He spoke
as follows:
Judge DOI6 5 AuulcSS.
HChildren:-I am to speak to You
for Santa Claus and for all those who
are helping him today, and for them
| wish YOU all Merry Christmas.
Il must lie very short III my talk
for know YOU are all III great hurry
TO get at the Christmas tree and Its
great crop Of fruit; it bears great
crop such as no sugar plantation. nor
even all of the Hawaiian sugar plan
tations together have ever produced or
ever can produce, for it Is the fruit
of the good viii of many persons
toward YOU all But Santa Claus IS III
even a greater hurry than YOU are to
get at the tree and begin to pick OF ITS
fruits and divide them among you; ana
this is because. as the Bible says, 1t Is
great deal more fun to give presents
than it is to get them, and Santa Clans
is Just aching to start in. II you 90
not believe this just look al SANTA
Claus face when he begins his work
and the faces of MS helpers.
Perhaps | can make it clear to yeu
by a little story. Two years ago AT
the Malihini Christmas Tree, among tie
hundreds of children who crowded to
Bishop Park, there was little girl
who was SO lame she had to 60 with
two crutches-one under each arm
and she could not come alone and get
in and out of the street ears and so
would have had to stay at home il a
little playmate of hers had not ar
ranged to come with her and Took out
for her; and she had her hands full not
only in the street ears but III helping
her along in the long line of girls and
boys and keeping her from beng
jostled and pressed aside, and when
they reached the Malihini tree she had
to hold many of the presents that were
showered on the lame girl, and so 1t
was not noticed that she WASH t get
ting any herself. She did. however,
manage to get an orange, but when
she was helping her friend into the
street car as they started home she
dropped that and it rolled away out Of
sight.
''Then out Kalihi way, in their long
slow walk from the car line, she had
to carry most all of her friend S pres
ents and to carefully help her over the
bad places in the road until they
reached the little lame girls house.
There she waited and enjoyed the
toys and dolls and ribbons while and
C0en started 10 90 10 ltT OWN nome.
Her friend wanted to divide her pres
ents with her but she said: No, you
have your baby brother to share them
with, and besides they are yours and
not mine But at last, she thought
of her little sister at home, and con
sented to take a little doll, and she
ran home hugging this little doll baby
to her breast Her day looked like a
failure TO her family, but somehow or
other she was happier than she could
remember ever to have felt before
she didn T know exactly why. but she
was dimly conscious that the happy
day that she had helped her playmate
TO have had something 10 do with her
own JOY.
1.-The MaIihini Christmas Tree came
about in this way; several visitors
were staying here two years ago, and
because they were strangers and were
far away from home they looked for
ward to the coming of Christmas time
with homesicll feeling. They talked
with each other and decided that any
way. they would make lot of Homo
lulu children have a good time on
Chr stmas Day; and many Of You re
member how they did it. putting their
hands in their pockets. these half a
dozen men and women, and providing