The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1927-08-11

orthopedic hospital that has already
accomplished wonders.
The Shriners are as active in Ha-
wall as anywhere on the Continent.
Besides the hospitals in Honolulu
and on every sugar and pinapple
plantation, there is the Children's
Hospital, the building itself being the
municifent gift of one of Hawaii's cit
liens, the orthopedic hospital previ-
ously mentioned and several large
and effective tuberculosis hospitals in
elevated sections of the larger islands.
We have homes for aged men on the
island of Maui. The Lunalilo Home
for Aged Hawaiians, both men and
Women, the bequest of Lunalilo, the
last of the Kamehamehas, and the
Queens Daughter for aged white wo-
men along the same lines and as well
cared for as the usual church homes
for women in the States.
Our Y. NJ. C. A. and the Army
and Navy Y. NJ. C. A. have very fine
and commodious buildings and are
doing a wonderful work. The Orien-
tails also have a Christian Y. M.
The Y. w. C. AS new buildings,
which cost us over half million, has
just been dedicated, and has many
branches on the other islands.
Then there is the Y. NJ. B. A., doing
it's own good work among the ORR
entails who cling to the Buddhist faith,
although regardless of faith our own
Y. M. and Y. W. work just as dill
gently for the Buddhists as those of
any other belief.
The same earnest work is being
carried on for the Boy and Girl
Scouts as here in the States, though,
of course, the preponderent races IRE
the Orientals. You should see these
young Oriental Scouts lending a
hand", especially on Easter morn,
when hundreds of cars drive up and
hundreds of pedestrians climb to the
summit of Punchbowl, an old extinct
crater overlooking the City of Homo
lulu, and embracing within its view
, the vast outstretching ocean. Here
on this summit as many as five thous-
and gather in the vicinity of the i'm
mense cross erected for the occasion,
electrically lighted every night for a
week and visible from nearly all parts
, of the city, the searchlights playing
, upon it, adding to its beauty. Here
, Sunrise Easter services" are held in
, which ministers of all denominations
! participate.
| A Chinese-Hawaiian minister OF
| very fine presence generally delivers
the prayer, and his gifts are such
that he holds his audience spell-bound
} as he pours forth his thank offering
, for all of US, and this just as the sur
rises flecked by roseate hues over Di.
, almond Head, another extinct crater
jutting out into the ocean.
, Our annual Welfare Drive for not
! less than 100000 goes over the tor
. every time, and well that it does as
there are twenty-three charities each
awaiting their pro rata.
, Then there are our libraries. One
4 Saturday morning l CHANGED to arrive
e at the large and beautiful Public Ii
brary few minutes before the door;
S were opened, and there l counted six
: ty-one little japanese and Chinese
a children waiting to exchange thei
S books. If you could have seen thei,
h interest and delight as they secured
: the books they asked for. The librar.
d has children's department and
: trained teacher who tells stories, etc
e to these little folk, but the patronag
] of these happy little children has out
e grown the department, so a new chill
: dren's library situated on the SAM
e grounds is now under construction.
J, Then there is the Cooke Library, TO
4 which $4,000 was contributed by tn
Y family whose name it bears. To
f fine collection of books, some of whic
=; are rare, there has been added an ar
: department, which includes some orig
+ inal medieval masterpieces and ais
h replicas of Greek satuary. This Ii
7, brary was given to Punahou, the larg
+ est privte school in the city, the stu
i dent body of which for many years
y has numbered not less than 3 thous
y and.
It Besides these there is our Univer
s sity Library. This beautiful buildin
f is stocked with books for research
n books on art, etc.
c. Let me also tell you about our Al
a Museum, recently opened, occupying
II whole block, the gift of one woma
a whose sons and daughters are a
honor to Hawaii. We already have TO
# it a rare Chinese collection datin
l. back to the Ming dynasty, etc, Jap
e anese and East Iidian works of ART
l. and over so wood prints Of the ever
# day life of the Koreans, the gift 0
= an English woman who went to Kore
IS to visit cousin, intending to renal
k but two months, but became so inter
d ested in the life about her that sh