Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-01-15


, tEat it is largely d question OF un
:, doing rather than doing The polka
8. EdCtted lawns, the tumble-doWn fences
: dead palms standing on the lawns
scattered servants houses in every
:, corner of he grounds not hidden ava
in SON unobtrusiYe spot When viii
!; we mend orr ways? A beautiful city
ldemaTIs nerfect gardens, no matter
how small, absolute cleanliness. and
fewer trees IN the gardens II Is upon
these tiny gardens that our city OF
today depends fer its beauty and char
dcter More ard more the small cot
tage is being hurt to take the place
i IF the hideous tenement This is rs
IT should be. We must go to these
I small gardens with palms and vines.
With a loving spirit Of helpfulness. if
Honolulu is ever to no really beaut ful.
Let US work with infinite tact to help
these small gardens One poor gar
den in the handsompst square mars
The whole general effect. - 49,.
Educational Work. i. ...~.=..
Our educational work in, the kin
Ifergartens and schools will prove of
immense value to the city when the
| children learn to love trees and plants,
as they will, very young. Then the.
foundation of the work Of the Outdoor
Circle viii have been founded on a
rock. ......
There are so many first things to
! be done in our work: OF greatest
help will be decision as to what
| one thing is to be M ertaken and
i pushed to comnletion this year. To
my mind it is tire civic center. Bring
this one splendid scheme to its fulfil
ment and 1916 will have been worth
while. - - *.... r. .:
This does not mean that we shall
| give up any of our neighborhood ac'
tivities in the care of parks, play
| grounds and street planting We hope
| to christen Kanlamalu park in the near
| future as the playground equipment
IS already here and is to be installed
at once. This park so ecclesiastical,
Iy undertaken by Mrs. Albert Along
and carried to completion by Mrs: j.
| ]. Garden, will be a joy to the children
on and about Fort and School streets.
| Six hundred children pass along the
boundaries of this park every day to
school and / believe the playground
work will become one of our most I'M.
portant lines in the years to come.
Many Features. :-.-- .
I'VE are busy with many interesting
| features of cur work at present: The
puunui roadway that is to give an
outlet to residents of Puunui to upper
| Nuuanu valley: the restoration OF the
lawns about the Central Grammar
| School on Emma street; planting OF
shades trees in Auwaiolimu district,
| held up by the heavy rains. This sec
ton is to be in time a veritable bou.
auet of wonderful colors as each street
IS to be planted with Towering tree
70 shade the sidewalks and the streets.
The possibilities are very great Tor
this section. -. ~. -.
'Since the appointment of Mr. Nier.
"a as park Superintendent notable
| improvement has been made in the
general upkeep Of all the parks. AT
last, Dole park has had a thorough
cleaning up. We are trying to get the
old red house vacant house, on ka-
lakaua avenue removed or at leas'
cleaned up. 1t is disgrace to the
avenue and to the city. l.-.= -: Il.
The tree trimmer. Miliano Oliviera,
has finished trimming the trees on
Pensacola and Piikoi streets. He now
goes to Makiki park. Later to the
executive and judiciary grounds. One
of the city's great needs is an official
tree trimmer Mrs. Thurston is work
ing with that end in view and she
already has the support of the tele'
phone company and the Hawaiian
Electric Company. Mr.. Higgins
of the federal experiment station
will train such a man for us. The
monkeyDods at Aala park are suffer.
ing from a peculiar trouble and we
may lose three trees Mr.. Vierra has
had the guards enlarged as the mon.
kevpcd trees have entirely outgroWn
the guards placed there four years ago.
Kalakaua Avenue. -.. 4
Kalakaua avenue has been much i'm
proved since the paid worker OF the
circle began his work. He has trim.
med the oleanders and coconuts OF
all dead branches and after Carnival
week the oleanders will be further
trimmed. We need still three dozen
large coconuts in tubs to drop down
into the swamps. Members please see
to il that these are furnished us. The
central parking of this avenue will
be pushed again as soon as the coun'
ty prisoners are available. 49,. =. -.
Another step forward. The circle
has a paid executive officer in Mrs.
A. Z. Murphy and already we feel
her steady hand and executive ability.
Members Of the Outdoor Circle:
Today We have 400 members. We
want 500 Honolulu members when we
meet next February 4. 1t is up to you
to bring them ... ...I
The Circle is very grateful to Gov.
ernor Pinkham for his interest in our
work and his help. Also to Mr.. Charles
r. Forbes and his assistant. Mr.. A {.
Wheeler Also to the gentlemen or
the federal experiment station and
the territorial experimental station.
To High Sheriff Jarrett and Jailer
Fern for courtesies extended to the
circle. To Mayor Lane and the super
visors. especially to Mr. Holfinger, for
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