The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1914-02-20
RELICS PROVE
INSTRUCTIVE FEATURE TO
CARNIVAL ATTRACTIONS


! waiian Mission childrenis Society,
1 1899, and another ffJnbilee,v have
an extremely interesting history. They
were loaned many years ago to d Nj
cronesian Girls School, for religious
4 celebration IN the far South Pacific
Islands, Tut when they were returned
to Honolulu the rare lace ffihges wore
missing. The lace had been taken CT
and went 10 decorate The wedding
gown Of some South Pacific belle.
Among the relics are many valuable
old portraits OF early missionaries. etch-
ings, steel and copper plates and mini
aturc oil paintings, depicting mission
asy life and subjects In the islands Of
Hawaii. One portrait is OF great in.
terest. This shows The family Of
George II. Dole, who died few years
ago in California. IN the portrait thore
arc Mr.. Dole, Mrs. Dole, ten sons, three
daughters, two dauehtcrsin.law and
five grandchildren. or the children an
but one were born in Honolulu.
Two old flags. one an American and
the other Hawaiian, were given by Mrs.
Elizabeth Lyons Hay. These flags were
hoated to the breeze at Waimea, Ha-
waii, the original Lyons homo, during
the Civil War in the United States, on
the occasion Of the receipt here Of
news of Northern victories over the
boys in gray who fought for the now
vanished Confedcraey.
One leg Of the Grst grand piano
drought to the Islands In occupying n
corner in the old frame house. IL s.
now only flower stand, but IL has a
history, for with its mates IL once up.
held the instrument which taught the
Hawaiian people one Of their greatest
assets Of civilization--music, tn
Astea eaddy, made of metal which
seems to be lead, and which was given
by Mrs. b. w Parker, is more than two
hundred years old. A well known local
japanese, resident, when he first saw
this article, affirmed that Il was un-
doubtedly Of Japanese manufacture.
Ancient Sewing Machine.
Among relics loaned. by Amos f.
Cooke are a sandstone filter. crude and
massive, but still useful in its day
when water was none too pure in. the
lowlands Of old Honolulu, and sew
ing machine which was a Mines day won
dertwhen il first made its appearance
in Honolulu. II looks now more like
a canetQp cutter; its massive cogwheels
reminding one also of an oidfashioned
miniature cane roller mill The sewing
machine was first brought to Hawaii in
1896. II did lot of sowing for the
early missionary families. What its
make is no one can tell now, for rust
has done It's worst and the name, IL at
ever boosted Of one, has vanished.
"When was little boy, !, said
Amos F. Cooke yesterday, 81 remem.
Der hearing the rumble il made when
mother was doing some house sewing.
One Of our present-day sugar mills
makes less noise thaa this good old
machine used to make when twas the
fashion. .}tfE y,3.t
a medicine chest, probably the first
Hawaii saw, loaned by Mrs, Agnes II.
y. Judd, is rare exhibit. The chirurgi.
cal tools, which .still remain and which
formed part of the chest, would drive
a prcscnt-day patient to ask for i'm
mediate death in preference 70 being
operated upon with any of the ugly
Instruments Of torture, but these tools
did their work in the old days and they
were then probably the last word in
this line. s,.sf. H.
MANY worthy chiefs tooth did
those old forceps extract in their
day. observed Mrs. Agnes IL, b. Judd
to Tho Advertiser yesterday, "and out
IF this medicine chest many were the
bodily pains assuaged by Doctor Judd.
Raro articles Of furniture, mahogany
rosewood and other woods, which once
were articles of comfort in the old Judd
home, "S'weot Home, are displayed. |
A medium sized bell, which in the |
forties called school together at Kane
1he, has sstill its sweet tone. Then
here Is alittle green trunk, which old, |
Time Punahou students will remember |
well, for on its harS lid many an hour |
some of them had to sit and mediate
on their sins. = sifi MI
SO many and interesting are the1
relics, that to give proper account
and mention of each would require vol.
umes, but which a newspaper article
cannot do Justice TO- Those mentioned |
here specifically were picked by the re-
porter at random and With no thought
Of giving any one preference over an
other. 4 s. ~, II
A q
First Rocking Chair.
One Of the most interesting relies of
the early days to be seen at the old /
Mission House is the first rocking chair
ever seen in the Hawaiian Islands, "a
chair fashioned by the hands of Hiram
bingham, the pioneer missionary, for
his wife. Regarding this historic chair
and the sensation sight of it created
in royal circles in Honolulu, Mrs. Lydia
Bingham Coan,i daughter of Hiram
writesi
Editor, AdYertiseT;T-A few items
with reference to chair that. will be
on exhibition at the old Mission House,
during the present week. may be'of in.
terest to your readers. The Brig Thad;
tens that Brought to these shores in
1920 the pioneer band of fourteen mis-
sionaries, had scant room for the trans,
portation of furniture, Chests and
boxes had TO serve as tables and. chairs.
/ On these arid plains there were no
warehouses of comfortable furnishings;I
40 lumber yards where material copld
% obtained for the manufacture Of
hem, But my father was not TO be
.hwarted in his purpose TO make a
rocking chair for my mother. Here