Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-09-09

Chlldren's Hospital, and for
romance 1t has Peter Pan
and Maeterlinck's Blue Bird beaten II
mile.
II is story of the commonplace,
and has to do with cat and dog (wool-
ly and painteD, light. sugar, Ton
thick slices of bread and butter), and
all the rest. 1t has a moral too, but
the trouble Is that its a story that
one can feel ever SO much better
than one can write. II grips the heart
when the curtain is up and the lights
are on, but when the performance Is
over and one has gone home, 1t leaves
a depressed sort of feeling, like u
story in which the heroine doesn't
live happy ever after"
To continue with the metaphore,
and to use press-agents phrase. sis
has to be seen to be appreciated,
Doubtless many of you In the course
of your charitable work have been to
this very place, and have helped to
make an hour bright for the sickly
little inmates. II you still have the
visit In anticipation. you will be en-
tertained even beyond your expecta-
tions. For to every lover Of child
life-and what woman Is not-the
perfect abandon which comes of de-
voting oneself to an hour OF play time
with the crippled little inmates, may
be counted an experience really worth
while.
Funny. isn't It, how one person viii
appeal especially to one. and another
to another? When we went into the
children's play ward. the nurse under
whose generous chaperonage | was to
see the building. pointed to bright
eyed little Hawaiian girl and said
You'll be most Interested In her
She's the favorite with us all"
But II was another. Portuguese
girl Of nine, whose personality Al
tracted me most. Rachael Is hel
name, and It Is generally understood
at the hospital that she has no par
,ents. a circumstance that portends .
continuation of the tragedies begun
so early In life.
Rachael IL affected with u tuber
cular ankle and Is hampered In get
ting around by the fact that Is done
up In q plaster cast. She has
crutch of course. aud manages t'
sometimes enter into the less bolster
GUS games, but her time Is spen
largely in sitting cross-legsed ON
pillow on the floor.
Wondc rfuily Gifted.
The child Is wonderfully gifted will
the needle. and upon this great boon
hinges her possibilities for happiness
In life. Even now, as n little cir
with an inherent desire for physica
activities. she loses herself In tn
destinations OF her work. and doubt
less when maturity comes-if 1t eve
does-sRe will be quite contente'
with her lot
Eyelet embroidery is her specia
forte, although she is really remark
ably versatile with her needle. an
does a number OF different kinds
work, and does them well too. AmonI
other things, there were shown m
an deliberately embroidered corset
cover edged with lace and made en-
tirely by hand, and a dainty hand
kerchlef scolloped on all four side
and with corner insets of islet worl
Both of these articles were gifts I
the nurses.
Wants to be pressmaker.
Rachael wants to be dressmake
when she grows up according to ne
own admission. She stood the strai
OF her first interview with remark
able fortitude and cheerfully filed
embarrassing lapses In the conversi
ton. She says she'is longing for tn
day when she will be allowed pa
terms and regular work outfit. Sh
makes all of Ter dolls clothes bl
considers this In the light OF a yer
mean accomplishment.
Rachael really looks more like
boy than girl. Her hair Is croppe
short, and because she can MOI
easily get about In them, rompers al
her every day garb. She Is not viii
you would call pretty child and II
spite of large brown eyes fun
dancing lights. she has a pltiab
look of suffering and maturity b
You'd her years. She has been In u
hospital for five months and u
nurses say that she is getting bette
That is good, you will say. Perhal
so, and then again perhaps 1t won
be more merciful II her life we
shortened. It's as one looks at 1t.
However, she Is cheerful lit
mink. and that is why she unco
sciously pulls at ones heart strin
and makes one mediate on the new
to be settled question of the justi