The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-08-08
Gift Made To Salvation Army
Workers Will Be Used For
Building Place For Homeless
Riddles In Beautiful Manoa
OTHER BIG HEARTED PEOPLE
GIVE LAND FOR FINE SITE
SeVenty-five FriendIeSS Lads Are
To Be Made Into Worth
While Citizens For Their
Country At Model Farm


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~ walton Army Boys Home in
ManoN valley. Mrs J. p. Athrrton
and Miss Kate Atherton hav" given
Sixtcen acres of land Immediately ad-
Joining the Salvation Army Girls
and Mrs. =. y. Wilcox and Misses
Elsie and Mabel Wilcox have donated
$4,000, and Mrs. Dora Isrnberg. $1,000.
for boys hospital for the institution.
and Mrs. Mary f. Foster has started
bank account for the home, by de.
posting $500-nearly 10000 in all.
Seventy five homeless kids are going
TO he made happy! going to be placed
amidst good, clean, healthful surround
ings, ana taught to be useful. indepen,
dent men and citizens.
For n long time Mr.. Wilcox has been
sending a monthly check. of substan,
tial proportions, to assist in the upkrep
Of the Salvation, Army School Tor
Girls. in beautiful Manoa. and he las
always been a good friend of the in,
Stitution. making large contributions
"ntside Of the monthly subscription.
Visit Proves Profitable
Not until very recently. however,
he'd he ever visited the institution
! When he did call at the girls home
the other day, he was very much inter.
estrd in the splendid work being ac.
"omPlishPd. Brigadier StillweIl, s. A.
was visiting here at the time. she. too
being interested in a home for bows
Adiutant Carrie Sabine. matron in
charge. and Ensign. Rachael PAYNE
'hOwed Mr. Wilcox over, the premises
through the fine dormitory and hospital
building presented by Mrs. G. VI. Cooke
AND th" rest of the buildings; aud the
really remarkable girls band PLAYED
bin his homer, using the instruments
| Tv"n hv John Waterhouse; and then
they told him what n need there was
Cor similar institution for boys.
What would an fnstitutign like
that cost?" inquired Mr.. Wilcox.
" about fifty thousand dollars" said
Ensign Payne "Wrn." said the
gentlemen from Kauai. "you needn 4
worry about that. IN attend to it.
And so he did.
Architects Already Busy
| Emory & Webb, architects, are al
ready busy with tn" plans, and work
will be started within very short
time. The seven buildings necessary
|
Immediately mauka Of the Girls Home
on land presented to the Salvation
Army month or so ago by Mrs. J. B
Ath"rton and Miss Kate Atherton. land
/ valued at about $l3.O0O. The deal for
he ACQUISITION of the land was ar
ranged by Mr.. Frank G.. Atherton.
This new holding comprises some six
teen acres, and, added to the present
twenty acres belonging to the Saliva
t"nISts, brings the estate up to quite
4 broad DOMAIN
Building Will Be Handsome
The main building Of the proposed
bows home will be three stories in
! height and l2O feet in length. II will
Ne built on the semi bungalow style
with two wings.
Here there will be accommodations
for seventy five boys Every modern
J convenience will be installed Three
separate dOrmitOries will divide the in
mnt"s according to their ages. small
hsp"nNnry will be included in the com
forts.
A playhouse will be numbered AMONG
n" structures, az well as laundry
with concrete floor, set tubs and cleo
tric equipment.
Since the boys are going to be in
structrd in the rudimPnts Of farm life
there will be sanitary COW barn
iairy and kitchen houses, all of the
best.
With the completion Of the establish
mrnt for which Mr.. Wilcox has pro
'id"d. tn" salvation Army's Mauof
valley institution will be second Il
'"ur Of the Army children's homes
M the United States. Later on Mr.
Wilcox will submit an appropriat.
lrmr for the bows home The girls
."mr bears the poetic title of Rainbow
Heights.
Among the buildings Of the newly
damned community for needy male
Youngsters there is 70 be a hospital
rms has been provided for by none,
'"nutrd hv Mr.. and Mrs. =. N. Wilcox
Miss Elsie Wilcox and Miss Mabel vii
! Y and Mrs. Dora IsrnbPrg The for
"rrr four hive given $500 aud 5000
hrs been given by Mrs. Isenherg.
Dispensary Assured
This will please DR.. II. V. Murray
~"'"u" "'h""S. f"r Doctor Murray il
the physician who regularly attend
the Salvation Riddles, freely giving hi
services for the good of the cause H,
| y" ~'" '.'''"""d"d Mort there should b,
"a dlsprnsury in connection with tn,
GnlN home and one is Forthcoming
there. In course Of erection is a bnild
Ing which is to become the eXecutiv,