The Garden Island. [volume] (Lihue, Kauai, H.T.) 1902-current, 1919-06-10
HAWAIIAN HERO
HONORED At KAPPA

Sunday was great day at Kapaa.
the death of Kamehameha, one hun
dred years ago. The celebration was
arranged and conducted by the Ka-
umualii Chapter of the Kahehameha
| Society, which were the hosts on the
occasion. The special guests were the
! Kaahumanu and Hui Aloha Societies,
in addition to which there were many
prominent individuals present by in
vitation.
1t was mainly a religious service in
| it's character, with J. M. Kaneakua,
president of the Kaumualii chapter
| acting as chairman. The dramatic
moment of the service was when the
Kaumualiis marched over from Kanea-
Kuas in their splendid Aha-ula in
sigma, and filed into the church to the
places reserved for them. Instructive
ly everyone stood up to greet them
and murmur of applause ran through
the audience as the summer wind over
a field of ripened grain.
In addition to the usual devotional
exercises there was an uncommonly
fine sermon by Rev. ]. X. Kaauwai,
in which he reviewed the virtues and
wisdom Of the great king Of hun
dred years ago-great in spite of his
heather Gods and his benighted sur
roundings Considering our superior
enlightenment and advantages, what
then ought we to be!
1t goes without saying that the sing
ing of the occasion was Of superior
quality,-appropriate and effectively
rendered. A special Kaumualii hymn
composed for the occasion by s. w.
Meheula and ]. M. Kaneakua, and con-
Quoted by the former was most favor
ably received. Both the Kaahumanuus
and the Hui Alohas rendered special
hymns for the occasion.
After the close Of the service Mrs.
Dowsett made brief address in Eng
lish on woman's suffrage.
A grand aha-aina, after the best
style of Hawaiian culinary art, follow.
ed, which was most fitting wind-up
to the big affair and was most thor
oughly enjoyed by all. Far into the
afternoon the aftermath was evident
in some belated participant carrying
home leftover lau-lau or two.
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simply shameful scandalous. Now
that is the kind of lawmakers we
have to put up with.
"The men assume to themselves
the entire conduct of affairs, as though
they were the only ones that had any
brains, any sense, and any initiative.
l want to ask who saved the situa-
tion in the late war? Who ran the
munition factories; who plowed the
farms and gathered the crops; who
ministered to the wounded and the
4 needy at home and abroad; who kept
the home fires burning? Wasn't it
the women? And if they are fit to
do that in the time of war, surely they
can attend to the affairs of common
everyday life in the leisurely, inef.
fective way that men do.
Women, this is the critical moment
for us here in Hawaii! It is our duty,
in the interest of our own well-being,
and more especially in the interest
Of the well-being of our children, and
the coming generations, to stand to.
gether. Every woman, nay every girl
of the age of intelligence, should be
getting ready to take a hand in public
affairs, against the time that is surely
coming, and that is not far off, when
we shall share with the men the re-
sponsibilities and opportunities of Of
flee. AS you have a chance, familiar.
ize yourselves with public affairs. Go
and see the records; go and see what
the men are doing. Some of them
won't like it, and may try to head you
off. Don't let them bluff you out OF it,
it issyour right.
When they have Liberty Loans to
float and Red Cross campaigns to car.
ry on, they come to us for help-antl
they can't carry them without us. Now
surely if we are good for these ji:.
ficult tasks and these abstruse prob,
lens, we ought to be good for the
simple duties of ordinary public life
and the problems of ordinary muni
cipal affairs"
Mrs. Dowsett went into the matter
Of organization somewhat, recommend
ing central island organization, with
branch organizations or clubs in the
different districts. This plan had
worked out we'll on Oahu and was now
being adopted on Maui, where an Is.
land organization had just been eff.
ected with membership of 1O6. She
hoped Kauai would be the next to or.
Qani1a ahead ~ uomoi;