The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-01-08
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ence passed on q dozen small scamps
who have been caught shooting craps
and hailed before the juyenile court. H
What Three Women Did n, s.
Three young women fmy acquain-
lance gathered in the home or one Of
them q dozen or more little girls from
the neighborhood and offered to teach
them sewing, 5 Now, I have always
understood that learning tol sew was
about as enjoyable to the Average kirl
as feeding the chickens used tolbe To
me. But sewing diminutive uhdefshifts
for dolls they none Of them owned was
sufficient TO keep these children ~
gether for two years and over. + No,
that was not what kept them together,
II was the human heart that went with
IT. II was the soft speech, the gentle
manner and the true courtesy. But nj
In any Twelve Of the nearly 1000 boys
and girls that have passed through tne
Juvenile court 4 had seen 50 great q
change as In those twelve little girls
| should consider ten years mighty; wen
spent. They came. q dirty, smelly,
thieying, crafty little band Of ragamuf.
inns. To see, them now fill" one with
awe to think of the scrubhing, the hair.
washingI the cleaning Of ciotaes, the
softening of voice that that one little
chss hes called forth That 3 what 4
called real child welfare work. "A achatice
like that hes at the door iof each one
Of You. :,t XIX ta@ u r.'N
Chtldren Must Dance; Always DID q
~ Not long ago couple of young
women started q dancing class at tho
IN.
all agree on dancing. Some think 1t
Is an agency of the devil. + Personally,
| adore IL. But, however, we view the
subject, boys and girls are going to
dance; they, have for at least the last
5000 years. And where. are they going
to leafnS Unless you, or some other de,
cent person teaches them, they are 90.
ing 70 learn in places where the t,ean-
of:worms,' the kitchen sink and the
dogs tail wiggle, are the only known
methods Of enjoying the art. Now lin.
ing up in n long line while some one
claps his hands and intones that welt
known refrain one, two, three, ono,
two, three, Is not the most enthusiastic
work imaginable, but It crowded the
ball, II gave TO lot of boys and girls
new and . better chance at enjoying
life. 1t was real child welfare work,
a. and il was the heart ID II that raas
Judge Nearly swocnsd NJ n,
"Some two years ago q young woman
rang up the juvenile court and reported
q sad case of child who appeared
homeless. The judge told her to let us
know the child q wheFeabouts and we
would endeayor to find the necessary
home. But, the woman said, fcan Z
find a home for herf, The Judge
nearly swooned. The receiver nearly
fell from his neverless grasp. Such an
offer had never before been made. II
has never been reported. It was not
the being relieved of the work of find
ing the necessary home. We could
have done the work, hut it was the
heart in the offer. i call that real
child welfare work. s. ~. ,.,
The Heart Of The Eiks " b,
Last Christmas the fraternity of
the Elks sent to the boys industrial
school whole outfit for the national
game. They have done IL before. Now
It WASH 4 the value of the articles that
were sent,it ism y the fun the boys will
get out of the bats, balls, masks and
mitts that will make for the good of
those boys; 1t was the heart the mcn
put into tho gift. That, say, was
real piece of child welfare work.
Last Christmas young woman of
my acquaintance sent to the boys NOV.
ing picture outfit that her own boy had
outgTOwn, She might have given il to
the sons Of her friends, or have kept
1t for her growing small boy, but it
in ~ khA L. - -
will get out Of IT, II wasn't the money
value Of 1t, but the heart behind It
that made the gift real piece of child
welfare work.