Honolulu Republican, Volume IV, Number 494, 11 January 1902 — MOTHERS AND TEACHERS MEET [ARTICLE]

MOTHERS AND TEACHERS MEET

iContinued from Page Five i changed mv mind. Not all boys are mechanclAity inclined, an! of those § who are so inclined, net ail will care to express themselves through the, cabinet maker's tools. My own ch 1dren have not done so. though I have done mv best to influence them along this line.” , Th" discussion after the r-a-s ; ng of t this paper brought out the convic- , tion that a girl should learn rarpen- , trv if she has a taste for it. What- j ‘ ever a child is interested in should : be developed, but a*, the same time al. -hould be trained to know good arch- ' , itecture. Discussion of Sewing. Mrs. Isabella Creighton, of the Kaa--1 humana School, read a paper on s-*- ‘ jug. which, in part, was as follows. S, wing is no new thing, it is old ’ as the creation of man. We read in ' the Sew Testament of Dorcas who 1 made the wonderful coats an 1 gar- ' ments that the women of Joppa showed Peter. In nature we see the interr esting work done by birds. ? This branch of manual training is 1 done in most of the common schools 1 of America, and 1 am told there is a movement to establish departments K of sewing in connection with univer--1 sities. ? For a great many years sewing has been taught in the school of England where the women excel in needlework. Before the Hawaiians had become civilized they sewed their kapa 5 together using a needle made of bamboo. and thread made of wauke. or olona fiber. % First Sewing in Hawaii. Queen Kaahumanu visited the missionaries and brought with her a piece of silk, w hich she asked Mrs. Bingham to make into a garment. This was probably the first sewing done by women on these Islands. Mrs. Bingham opened a school on the site where the Postoffice, now stands and her first pupils were the chiefs, their attendants, and the wives and chil dren of early settlers. It was probably in this school that the Hawaiians were first taught to sew. Sewing was begun in our government schools in the country districts, but not by order of the Beard. The school agents began to send chests i and outfits around to the schools about 1893 or 1894. and at the present 1 time a majority of our government schools are supplied with these by order of the Department. An Educational Subject. Experience has shown that careful preparatl in can make sewing as edu- ■ cationr.i as any other subject of school instruction, and it is just as necessary to have a competent teach er in this branch as it is in any other. Sewing has many educational advan tages; It makes a child observant 1 and. accurate. Boys up to twelve years of age should be taught to sew. They should s k*- w how to do a certain amount and its adaptability to their needs. Some points to be considered are: The work should be of such a nature as to interest the children, aiming at practical usefulness. It should be such as can be accomplished without too extended or tiresome application. For beginn-irs select such work as can be accomplished at one or two sittings. Adapt the work to the child's power to understand requirements, to accomplish the needed mechanical means, and to grow in ability or progress from simple to complex. Let the lessons be more than mere sewing; they should encourage discovery and investigation of every day facts and principles; in other words, observation of nature all a)>out them. The Horror of Debt. Miss Felker. principal of Kaahnmann. said her boys were anxious to begin their gymnasium although they did not have the ready money. They urged that business men got credit and thought they might do the same. The music for this meeting was furnished by* Mrs. Atherton, who sang "Little Boy Blue," and Mrs. Boy- I 1 *'»■ who sang “Be My Dearest.” The next meeting will be held February • when Mrs. Arthur Maxsun . Smith will Sp» ak on “S- if-Relianoe . . and Self Control.” Circuit Court Notes. In the matter of the guardianship cf May and Edward Kaaloa petition in re disposition of the minors' mon eys. in probate. Judge Humphreys has taken the care under a-ivisem**nt. Defendant's attorney's bill of costs ■ has be*»n filed in the assumpsit case of J J. Byrne against the Orpheum Company. Limited, amounting to $53.27. Petition for letters of administration and order of notice of hearing in the matter of the estate of Hugh Macmillan deceased, have been file-1 It is prayed that letters of administration issue to David Dayton. Friday. February 14th. has been appointed for the hearing. In the matter of the application of Georgy R. Carter, trustee, for permission to mortgage certain property held in trust, it has been ordered that the trustee be authorized to execute tee mortgage. «