The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-08-08


dairy products and vegetables are con.
rerned. BY this means the cost Of up.
keep win be placed on the most eco.
nomical basis. Provision for the up.
keep Of the seven new buildings has
already been initiated. Mrs. Mary r.
Foster has started a bank account for
the boys home, by drp"siting $500,
which amount probably will be added
to quickly and willingly by others in
Ispired with tho realization of the great
good that Is being done in Mnnoa Val
ley for needy children.
AS funds are available the girls ;
home will underG, certain Ec0uired
changes. In what is at present the
headquarters or executive building, re
arrangement is to be made Of some Of
| the rooms, for the greater convenience
of the children and their guardians.
This will probably be done when the
new headquarters building is complet
ed.
Many willing to Help
Ensign Payne, who has charge Of
swelling the exchequer declares tina.
there are lots of sympathetic people in
honolulu-that is, people who are prac.
tically synpathetic-whO, when they
| are able, are glad to help along causes
which they know are worthy. No one
who visits the girls home can doubt
the wOrthiness of the cause. He goes
away with the conviction that there
could be no more practical goodness in
| all the world than helping chiIdfen tu
get right and n fair start in life.
Once in while an apparently incor.
riEible girl enters the home. II does
not take very long, however before
she is brought to an appreciation OF
her proper place in the little commu.
nifty. and her heart is softened and she
blends. There are few who are not
susceptible to persistent kindness and
understanding.
| AS an example of the pride the girls
take in their allotted tasks, Katherine,
a bright girl of ffteep, a regular right
hand to the management, has charge of
the Mrs. c. NJ Cooke building, to keep
il in order. The building is q model OF
heatness and order. White enamel and
paint work are spotless. Katherine
sees to it, rs monitor and little mother
that the girls whose dormitOry is in
this building make their own beds
! place their clothes in their individual
lockers, brush their teeth, and other.
wise grow up in the way they should
90. OF course Matron Adiutant ga
bine makes the rounds, or Ensign
Payne, but Katherine is thoroughly Ia
be depended on, and never needs to be-
shown
To Be Housekeepers
All the girls are taught whatever
they are old enough to learn in the way
Of housekeeping. They bake excellent
bread and Katherine, among others, is
II past hand at cakemaking
| One feature that is very evident, j.
the emphatic atmosphere of refinement
that Prrvudes the hOme--One hesitate,
to refer to it az an institution. In
stitution sounds too cold Furnishing,
are in plain but delightfully."- gentil,
taste. The psychology of it all. OF
course. lies in the fact that when tn,
girls leave the home they are not awk
ward or shy in the presence of gooG
things. Of good furniture, fine picture,
and nice surroundings. They drink il
this refinement in their present HON,
and will go out into the world with NJ
instinct Of polish that is not 0rdinaril,
supposed to be associated with az
orphan asylum. This is due, in tho
last analysis, naturally enough, to tn,
character Of the ladies' in charge
Music Plays Big Part
Music plays n large part in the en-
tertninmcnt OF the girls, from the totr
| to girls of sixteen or seventeen. Their,
re eighteen girls in the band, a bunC
'hpt is not only credit TO the home
Nut ~ Honolulu. 1t has been suggested
that this hand should appear in tn,
1917 Carnival parade, on float or il
t"llv no. and Adiutunt Sabine favor
the idea. 1t would certainly deligh
the Carnival crowds to see this EOS
n"p0litun aggl egaton Of welItrninr,
and enthusiastic Young musicians, unc
% hear them. too.
When the band plays in the after
H"on in the playhouse on the side o
he hill. Adiutunt Sabine and Ensigi
Payne also taking part led by one o
he children. the rest If the ninet,
children sit rntrHnced. A baby Of les
chan thrr" wears of age plays the tri
angle and Is just ms important AN,
careful about it ms can be.
If ANYBODY wants to see what goo
work il being done in ManOa. let hin
,isit the home. Then he will under
stand why q. \. Wilcox. proprietor o
the Grove Farm Plantation on Kuuu
gave $50 900