The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-01-04
= Large Throng Attends Opening
Exercises Of Dedication Of
Associations Quarters -
HOME OF ERlENDLlNESs'
FOR WOMEN OF HONOLULU
Place Where All May Be Sure of
Welcome and Aid Declares
-" Speaker

As the 'Home of Friendliness, -
the renovated building at Hotel and
Alakea streets, was formally opened
Sunday afternoon by the Young
Women's Christian Association. The
dedication service, which was led by
Mrs. Walter +. Frear, president of the
association and Mrs. b. F. Dillingham;,
honorary president, brought together a
crowd of prominent workers in the re.
ligious and mission fields of Honolulu.
and proved most impressive.
Long before the hour set for the
opaIng of the service, half past three
o 'clocky the new home of the Y. w. G.
A., was comfortably filed with people
who came early to see what alterations
had been made in the building, and to
get some idea of the work that Il be.
ing planned by the association leaders.
Dainty as Boudoir IL. .,
They found everything in the old
court building as clean as a new pin
and as dainty as boudoir. The deco.
ration is in perfect taste, particularly
in the rest room ON the top floor and
in the reading room and library. which
adjoins the lavatory on the entrance
floor. The big assembly room, where
the dedication service was held, and in
which the meals will be served when
the association gets down to hard work,
was finished in a pleasing shade of
gray, against which the white of the
wood work, and the long serving table
and the green Of POtted plants show
most effectively.
The gym is well equipped for its
work, the lighting being good and the
ventilation, done by means of base
opening, excellent. In convenient
nearness to the gym" are the show.
ers and dressing rooms.
Thankfulness Keynote
The service, which was the first of
series that is to last all week, began
with words of Thanksgiving read by
Mrs. Frear. Well printed leaflets Were
distributed so that all could take part
in the exeIcises. aNae program was ar
ranged by Miss Carolyn b. Chandler,
general secretary of the Honolulu. Y.
W., &. A., after models obtained from
the mainlanI especially for VhiJ Occa.
sion.
Following the opening sentences of
thanks, came hymn, 1.-The Church 3
One FoundatiOn,' in which all Joined.
Canon Ault of st. Andrew s Cathedral,
then read the One Hundred and Third
psalm, and the people sang Lord Of
All Being, ThrOned Affair."
In the prayer that followed this
hymn, the Rev. David Carey Peters,
gave thanks for the good things which
the Lord had given, and outlined the
object of the work that is being done
by the Y. W. c. A., as ."the bringing
of the blessings of the Christ life ant
teaching to the workaday lives of the
women and girls, members of the asso-
ciation.'
Address Of Dedication
In n pleasant, low voice Miss Taylor
sketrhed the growth of temples of wor.
ship from the first tabernacle, built by
the migrating Jews during their iourn-
ey across the desert after leaving
Egypt for the Holy Land, to the great
cathedrals in Europe and this country.
1t is not alone in such buildings that
God is worshipped, said the speaker.
That idea has been outgrown, and now
Christians are worshiping Him where
ever they may find themselves. This,
Miss Taylor continued, is particularly
true of the home, where the sense Of
service has grown strongest.
Graphing With Problems
Continuing, the speaker pointed out
that in the Y. W. c. A., one of these
problems is being grappled, with. The
Y. w. &. A. building in Honolulu,
where east and west meet so nearly, is
to be the "home of that friendliness
which is to he learned from the most
friendly of all Leaders, that greatest
of all Friends. :" .,..' .t....
''It is designed to be a home for
friendless, lonely girls and women, add.
cd Miss Taylor, "the place of all places
in the city where it win Ne possible
for the stranger to feel at home, the
resort of unhappy and happy, of the
over ambitious and of those lacking
in ambitioH, of those whom disapPoints
ment has made bitter, of the selfish,
and self conferred, in short of all who
are in need Of the healthy, normal
teachings of Christianity.
Haven For Women
"This house." the speaker proceed,
ed, "is to be the place where young
women and old women and girls can
come to share their joys, to ease the
weight of their responsibilities and bur.
dens, where those who would serve
and those who need service can meet
and give each to the other what that
other needs. 1t. is here, | hope that
the women of this city may learn that
they may walk in the sunshine of His
Presence, doing their work in the name
of Almighty God. -
As Miss Taylor finished and sat down
Mrs. Dillingham; began the reading of
the responsive service of dedication,
and the people chimed in with their
voices. .rr.
Rev. Doremus Seudder,, D. D., then
offered the "prayer of dedication, 1"
and hymn, "Lead On o King Eter,
nal, " aud the benediction by Rev. l..