The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1914-02-20
DIXON weanesday Aavertiaor.l

Relics Of priceless value, most Of
them donated by present-day families
who hail back in relationship to the
early missionaries Of 1920 and the
successive parties which followed the
first New England evangelists, who
came here from Boston on the brig
Thaddeus, were placed yesterday on
exhibition for the first time at. tho
Missionary Museum which has been
made part Of the Mid Pacific Carnival
program this week.
The exhibition opened yesterday az
tcrnoon at two o. clock. both IN the old
printing house and the first frame
building erected in the Hawaiian
Islands, on the old mission grounds
, WAIKIKI of Kawaiahao Church. IL was
visited by steady throngs of people
from the opening hour until Ave
o o'clock. The attendance surpassed all
expectations and It is likely to be even
greater daily until Friday afternoon
when missionary play will be given
in the rear Of these buildings by de-
scendants Of the early missionaries.
Yesterday afternoon the review was
in charge of Miss Agnes Judd and
Mrs. ]. =. Doyle. During the remain.
der of the week those in charge will
be as follows: Today, from ten 0 clock
until noon, Mrs May Wilcox; from
two o'clock to five this afternoon,
Z Mrs. Ranney Scott. Tomorrow, from
ten o'clock until noon, Mrs. w. ID.
Westervelt and Mrs. Jonathan Shaw
from two to FIVE o'clock in the after
noon, Theodore Richards and Rev.
Frank Seudder. Friday, from ten
o'clock until noon, Mrs. A. G. Alex.
>ander; from two to FIVE in the after.
noon, Miss Charlotte Hall, Mrs. Theo-
dore Richards, Miss Maria Forbes and
Miss Snow. @@ ..i
Old Printing House.
The old printing house and the
frame building are relies in them
selves, linking the present TO the early
days of missionary activity in Homo.
lalu,s Tho frame house was built in
1890 under the supervision Of Capt.
Daniel Chamberlain who came 10 Ha,
waii with the first party Of missionar-
les. The lumber, which is New Eng
land white pine, was cut to thoDproper
sizes and brought here from Boston
around the. Horn. This house is in a
remarkable fine state of preservation.
The old printing house was built
shortly afterward, Of adobe and coral
blocks, under the supervision of f. o..
Han, the founder of the present Hon.
olulu firm of f. o. Hall & Son, corner
of Fort and King streets. f. O. Halls
first job in Honolulu was that Of
printer and under his supervision tho
early missionary press which did yeo-
man service for the cause Of religion
and education, was put into operation.
This building is now the headquarters
of the Hawaiian Mission Children 3
Society of which Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
w. Andrews are in charge.
The relics now on exhibition have
been loaned to the, museum by the
lineal descendants Of the early mis-
sionaries whose names are household
words today in Hawaii and whose lives
are linked with the history of Hawaii
from the first days Of civilization to
the present time. A partial list of
these names, as shown in frame now
on exhibition, is as follows:
Alexander Andrews, Armstrong; |
Bailey, Baldwin, Bingham, Bishop, |
Bond, Castle, Chamberlain, Chaplin,
Dill Bile, Dimond Dole, Emerson, Forbes,
Green, Gnliek, Hall, Hitchcock, johnson,
Judd, Kinney, Lyman, Lyons, Paris,
Parker, Rice, Richards Rogers, Rowell,
Ruggle, Shipman, Smith, Stewart,
Thurston, Tinker, Wetmore, Whitney.
and Wilcox.
The original families Of these names
at one time OF another occupied the
old mission honse which, although
small, wss made to provide room for
three families at one time. A little
window, two by two and half feet
just at tho head Of the narrow little
winding stairway which gives access
from the ground floor to the upper one,
is- historical in that through il many
of the elder members today of the
first families used in childhood, to
make 1t "a practice in, jumping through,
of the fact that slip would
mean a brcken neck or limb below on
the narrow stairs
Articles Of furniture Of rare Newd
England wood, as well as Of koa and
other Hawaiian woods of rich value
which at one time were extremely
plentiful here in the Islands, are on
exhibition. There is rocker which
iates back to the early days. A wo.
nan missionary, then between seventy
and eighty years of age brought II
along with her and used it on deck Of
The little sailing vessel during the
ong and tedious voyage from Boston,.
Many Interesting Relics.
The Judds, Thurstons, Coans, Lyons,
Doles, Chamterlains, IIitchcocks, West.
'ryelts, Castles, Cookies, and many other
# the present day have contributed
hundreds of exhibits including clocks,
'rgaps, trunks, bedsteads, secretaries, \
'lcsets, silver ware and China of rare
lesiRrs, wearing apparel and multi.
pde Of other relies which go far to
make the museum ms Il stands today a
llaec OF highly scientific and eduea,
ional valne.
Two silk banners, one labelled cha