The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-10-31
Gbt Waits From Molokai Settle
nrent TenderIy Cared For BY
Sisters Of Assist aa
INSTITUTIONS BEAUTIFULLY
SITUATED ON HILL SLOPE
Inmates Taken AS Babies and
Tended Until Old Enough To
Go Into World y.

fhsEl go El1agt N~--~@- taft.- HE
sssisuffer little children to come unto
me--for Of such 10 the kingdom of
6sasen. = This could be appropriately,
but Il NOT, the notto Of the Kapiolani
tiifiBs Home. As matter Of fact, the
homo has no motto at all, but gets
along witbits humanitarian work with.
ont the help of any Inscription, either
From sacred OF profane writings. II is
. quite matter Of fact place, and save
FOR 4 number Of rather artistic pie.
tpfes Of sacfed subjects, that decorate
the Economically clean walls, the home
looks .strikingly like an upto-date
school. III p 4
HAnd indeed II Is school, but a
school whose principal aim is to make
hSkithy, cleansminded and self-reliant
women Of the little waits from Molo.
kRi. Founded and supported by the
T6fritary, the home Is conducted by q
number OF the Sisters Of ST. Francis Of
Assist. who receive the children after
ne are Of two yenrs from the settle.
HSnt at. Moloknf and keep them until
th6y are old enough to marry or TO 20
into the world and earn their own
6pirit sof Service Al Work M
n, IL long way from Assist, Italy,
to1Kalihi, Honolulu, and q great stretch
from the tweifth 70 the twentieth cen.
tufr, but the spirit Of service which
iitpirfd the gentle Saint Francis has
endured through the centuries and
plfys eyitai part in the work Of max
inc Fohanhood in the Kapiolani home.
But Il must mot be imagined that il Is
1 religious institution. From what
could b learned from Sister Helena,
rb6 d 10 charge OF the home, while re-
nfion, the practical and abiding re-
li1io1 Of Christ, u part of the work Of
The institutiop, II il not by any means
the inportaht part, n N a
AZ present there are Afty-Hve girls
in the home, ranging in age from one
and q half years to twenty-six years
The older girls, in, addition TO attending
sehool, take care of the younger chil,
dreR, sswsll - helping with the work
II Tie hone. ~ 4.
lfngktncsntiy situated
Probably no institption In Henolnlu
i Gs significantly situated as the
kapiolsni Home for Girls, On the
foothills Of the Koolau range, the home
Commands q splendid panorama Of seq
aud mountains., The broad Pacific il
visible from every point, and the city
81 the foot Of the road that winds down
the Kalihi valley. Diamond Head and
Punehbowl thrust up from the scene
and add o touch Of majesty to the 80.
perb aspect. n IN
The home itself is modern struc,
tpre built IN the Queen Ann style, and
occupies considerable space. II Il
raised. on q bluff and is well lighted
and ventilated. It Is impossible Il
gather any idea of the scope Of tn,
work accomplished without visiting tn,
home. All the rooms are large, will
highly polished floors and 80 clean Al
70 capse one to hesitate to place hi
fibt on the glistening wood
0chOol On Lower Floors F
THE entire lower floor is given owe
to5dh0ol work and the children ar
2fenQed ia three classes. Besides tn
rethlSr school work Of reading, writ
Ia, afithmetics and history, the chill
dr6n are taught sewing and music. 4
ndmber sof them have become skille'
pfrformeTs on the piano and the violin
II htths Intention Of the home TO in
ahRuFate courses In gardening and agri
culture. A laSge section of the ground
win be divided on into plots where tn
children viii have individual gardens
The second door Of the building
aBfanged for sleeping apartments. IN
smaller children occupy one large roor
with white metal cots. The next siz
girls have similar room and ser
9iAte room j. occupied by the large
Rirl5. ~ st'r ~. u. r. - m
TIf there l. any unhappiness anon
the parentless youngsters It was nc
apbATaDt during q recent visit of /,
representative Of The Advertiser. Th
ehildfen are given almost unlimite
freedom OF the grounds and enjoy then
selves AZ only children can. An effor
however, IL made TO keep them bus
most Of the time, the edueationi
scheme being that more can be a
cemplished II the children are keI
Never See Parents : +,
Moot Of the children at the hon
will never see their PARENTS. They 81
taken soon after birth and kept at Il
eettlement on Molokai until they al
two years old. Some Of them retail
the names Of the mother and some ,
me father. They are all Hawaiians q
though few of them speak the languat
for The reason that all the work of ii
home L carried on In the Engli'
tongue s-23... a..
sfit q lots OF caIe," said sist
Helena ehesFfully. Nobody e
realize how much il to be done. IT
smaller children have to be treated {
most like infants. They are bath
regularly and tput 70 bed Of q regul
hour. The larger girls help gre
deSi. But taking Il altogether 1t
Z not UNPLEASANT work. Besides we ha'
the satisfaction Of knowing that the
Nnift win never know any ehildho'
home but this. We try TO make the
feel Il Is home They learn readi
ana when they leave here are equipp'
foface the world or enter other instit
Inns ~ IearninR' - tr' <. '.... ."