A SON WRITES TO HIS MOTHER.
The picture above is of a Hawaiian boy who left Hawaii nei to join the armed forces in England, and he is currently a corporal in the cavalry for the British cavalry in Canada.
This is the son of Mrs. Kainana Hiram of Kapahulu, Waikiki, whose name is Peter Kalanikuhookahi Morse, and his letter was penned to his mother on the 24th of November. Continue reading
Just as has been the custom these past years, the day for mothers has been observed, and flowers were placed on the breasts of the mothers on this past Sunday. Gladdened were the mothers as well at the children. What really should be done is that the children should always do what makes their mothers happy, and so too should they always do what makes their fathers happy and everyone else.
(Alakai o Hawaii, 5/25/1933, p. 2)
Ke Alakai o Hawaii, Buke 6, Helu 4, Aoao 2. Mei 25, 1933.
It would appear that this is the third or second year perhaps here in Honolulu in which we have remembered mothers on this past Sunday; this is foreign to us, but it will maybe become something regular in the future, like the other foreign observances that have come amongst us.
While our mothers are still living is the time that they should be remembered, and not just for that day that was set aside, but we believe that we are indebted for all that our mother’s put up with for our sake, and we invite each and everyone to give in all manner their love to their mothers. Continue reading
Whenever i talk to people about doing research in the Hawaiian-Language Newspapers or in any historical material for that matter, i try to prepare them saying that you never know what you will find in its pages. History, after all, is not only made up of heroes and patriots, but it also inevitably includes thieves and charlatans as well.
Let us be brave and search out connections great and small. Granted, you may very well find that one of your ohana embezzled money from one of the king’s trusts or another actually signed the Provisional Government’s annexation petition. On the other hand, what if you found that one of your ohana saved another person’s life, or another was sent to jail for participating in the rebellion of 1895.
Regardless of what we may find, the past cannot be changed, but what we can do by better understanding history is to learn from its mistakes and to emulate its successes, and to use this knowledge to work towards making a better Hawaii, and a better world for the new generations to come.
Treatment of Ladies at Bishop Museum.
An Open Protest to the Trustees of the Kamehameha Schools.
MR. EDITOR:—The undersigned with three other ladies, Hawaiians of the highest respectabily, standing and position, with five little children, were sitting this morning in the shade of the Kamehameha Museum enjoying the fine showing made by the naval men drilling on the College campus. Chairs had been offered by a Kamehameha graduate, he placing them on the grass plot adjoining the Museum. After a little while, Mr. Brigham, the curator of the Museum, drove by within a few feet of us. He scowled most savagely at us. In a few minutes a Portuguese workman came to order us away from the place.
As it has invariably been the custom to throw the College grounds open to the public when any sort of a public or semi-public show is taking place within its precincts, we did not pay any attention to his orders, thinking it a piece of officiousness on the part of an ignorant person, and the man went away. After a while the man re-appeared and ordered us off again, saying he was acting by Brigham’s orders, and to use force if necessary. He took hold of the chair of the wife of a prominent official and tipped it partly over. She sprang up to avoid a fall, as did two other ladies. I, being at the very corner of the building and a little in advance of the others did not perceive the man until he had taken hold of my chair and had partly spilled me on my knee. I turned around to protest, when he grabbed my arm and pulled me out of my chair, saying “you get out of this, those are my orders from Mr. Brigham. If you don’t go yourself, I make you go. Mr. Brigham don’t allow any one to get on this grass.”
There were quite a number of carriages standing around, occupied by spectators of the drill.
The actions of the Portuguese were so rough and insulting that the attention of quite a number were attracted to our forcible ejectment. Continue reading
Being that the parading was being held in the uplands of the Kamehameha School for Boys, on the plains of Kaiwiula, Mrs. Emma Metcalf Nakuina went attended by Mrs. R. W. Maea [Mrs. Rudolph William Meyer] of Kalae, Molokai and two of her daughters, Mrs. Mutch and Mrs. Hitchcock. They went and sat in a calm and shady place at the Bishop Museum, atop a area covered with manienie grass, and the son of the one named first, F. W. Kahapula Beckley, brought them chairs. Continue reading
On the 2nd of October, 1911 and thereafter until a new announcement is made, the Bernice P. Bishop Museum will be opened to the public from 10 a. m. until the 4 p. m. EVERYDAY except Sundays, Wednesdays, and the four holidays of each year, they being Memorial Day [La Lupua], Independence Day [La Kuokoa], Thanksgiving [La Hoalohaloha], and Christmas [La Karisimaka]. Permits to visit the museum will not be issued to the passengers aboard the steamships on Wednesdays as previously was done.
BY ORDER OF THE TRUSTEES.
Sept. 1, 1911.
[These days, the Museum is open everyday from 9:00 a. m. to 5:00 p. m., except on Tuesdays and ka La Karisimaka.]
(Kuokoa, 9/8/1911, p. 8)
Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Buke XLVII, Helu 36, Aoao 8. Sepatemaba 8, 1911.
On the 2nd of October, the museum mauka of the Kamehameha School for Boys will be opened, and everyone will be able to tour it without payment during the time allowed.
In the museum there are many things that Hawaiians have not seen, and it is hoped that Hawaiians will see what is collected in this building.
From the time this was built at Kamehameha School until today, there have not been many Hawaiians who have come to tour, but it is important for the kamaaina to see these things before the malihini get a chance to see first of what they only have heard of before visiting Hawaii nei.
In this issue of the Kuokoa is an announcement by the trustees of the Kamehameha School explaining fully the days on which the museum will be opened to the public, along with the days that it is restricted and cannot be visited by all people.
(Kuokoa, 9/8/1911, p. 8)
Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Buke XLVII, Helu 36, Aoao 8. Sepatemaba 8, 1911.
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