The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-06-04
ALICE MACINTOSH
MEMORIAL TOWER

was dedicated with interesting ccre.
monies There was procession Of
the bishop clergy and choir, and de-
votions including the reading Of the
thirty-hrst chapter of Proverbs and
the singing of the hymn Magnus Do.
minis. The key Of the tower was pre-
scented to Bishop Restarick by e. A..
Mott-Smith.
Judge Sanford b. Dole delivered the
Gadress. He spoke of the significance
of monuments raised by communities
to their dead worthless. and uttered
the following eulogy of the lady whose
memory is perpetuated in this tower:
There are those here who remem
Ler Alice Macintosh as a girl in her
first Hawaiian home at Wailua on the
Island of Kauai wild and romantic
place between the branches of the
Wailua river and near the enchanting
waterfall and gorge of that name
Coming here as a young girl, she was
in a way, a product of Hawaii and
Became in a pronounced degree a part
Of its life. Active i'm the social life
of the place and eager in the study Of
its public questions, her paramount
interests, outside of her happy family
responsibilities, came to be service in
behalf of those in need, sometimes rs
the almoner of others and often out
of her own means. Her heart was in
this work and with unstinted devo-
ton she held herself at the call of the
needy and disconsolate for sympathy
and counsel as well as for material
aid. Deeply devoted to her own
church, her largess OF succOr and
good cheer knew no limitations: and
so, uncOnsciously perhaps, she came
into the fellowship of that larger com.
munion which numbers all consecrat.
cd souls of every church and Of no
church the wide world around
rs it not meet that Honolulu which
has been so favored in her life,
SHOULD raise permanent monument
to her memory and to its own appre.
citation Of the imperishabIe ideals
that We're personified in her-a tower
like this-chaste and beautiful in de.
sign, an adjunct to the cathedral
where she worshipped, and the home
of the bells that shall from time t.
time sound forth to the homes of the
city the music of the sacred hymns
she loved?"
Acting Governor Mott-Smith also
spcke, in part as follows: But the
uplift of this occasion is found in
this scommemoratiOn of the life of a
good woman, Alice Macintosh.
Noble in every impulse. unselfsn
in every action, devoted to good wcrl,
a dear wife and above all a mother in
every sense, her memory to those NJ
us who knew her personally is tender
and beautiful. Deep down in our
hearts this treasure is securely kept
end cherished 1t is an underlying
and potent impulse for good among
all of us. 1t belongs to all Of us col.
lectively; it belongs to each of Us
Individually.
This lofty tower with its column
on column, its graceful and stately
outlines and imposing architecture is
the material symbol of her life. The
everlasting symbol is to be found in
the hearts of those who come to its
base or within its confines to learn
of the good works. the devoted life
and noble character of a good wo.
man"
II. NJ. Won Holt, the eldest son Of
Mrs Macintosh, was prevented by
illness from reading a paper Ills
place was taken by Arthur Mackin.
tosh, who said:
81 wish to voice my appreciation
of the opportunity thus afforded tho
family Of my mother of blessed mem
DRY, to express their qualification at
the completion of this magnificent
memorial, which, 7 can assure you, is
a most satisfactory one.
81 wish to emphasize the latter
part of my remark because it mas
some time been said that our family
would rather have had a different
subject for the memorial than this
beautiful tower
Nothing could have pleased us
more than the choice of this form OF
memorial, and I again must reiterate
the appreciation and qualification, not
only to the donors who, by their gen
olous gifts made it possible, but es-
pecially to the committee who have
so well carried out the trust reposed
in them, and to our biShOD who has