The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1885-05-18
THE QUEENS HOSPITAL.

enlightened civilization that provi-
sion is made for the mitigation of
suffering. Among savage and bar
barous peoples, the sick and suffer
ing are allowed to die with as little
trouble as possible to the survivors,
or to bear their ills as best they
can. But q civilization established
on the basis of the religion Of the
Great Healer who went about con-
tinually doing good, can not look
with Indifferent eyes on the various
forms of pain and distress which
beset human life without making
some effort to afford relief. Our
late lamented Queen, whose decease
we all mourn to-day, was
A NOBLE INSTANCE
of that charity which is kind. With
a strong affection for the Hawaiian,
acknowledged by all ethnologists to
be the noblest of the Polynesian
races, her practical mind was ready
to grasp an excellent scheme, by
which in sickness they might al
ways have place of resort, and
where they might be sure of all the
care and treatment that the science
and skill of more advanced civiliza-
tions had been able to. discover.
Nor was the stranger or the foreigner
forgotten in the founding of the in
/ stitution that bears her name. Pro-
vision has been made for their
wants, the only difference between
them and the Hawaiian race being
in the terms of admission. In the
management and arrangement of the
institution, due respect is had to
THE SOCIAL TASTES
of the varied nationalities of the
patients. In community like this,
composed of portions of every race
of mankind under the sun, it would
be very disagreeable phase of hos
pital life if the sick were brought
together Unfortunately, although
the treatment might be the best in
the world. AS will be seen below,
there is no heterogeneous comming-
ing of races in the Queen Emma hos
pital. For a quarter Of century
this has been one of the institutions
OF Honolulu. 1t is supported partly
by legislative appropriations, partly
by fees, and partly by tax levied on
passengers per steamers and ships
from foreign ports. At it's biennial
session, the Legislature places the
sum of SIS, 900, that is, at the rate
of 81 800 per annum, to the credit
of the institution. OF the two dollars
per head levied on foreign passen-
gers coming here, part goes to the
Benevolent Societies, and part to
the Hospital. Hawaiians are
ADMITTED FREE,
also are foreigners who have acquir-
ed citizenship by taking the oath of
allegiance. The fees payable by
foreigners vary from so cents to
$3.50 per day. The Benevolent
Societies have the privilege of
sending patients to Hospital at half
price. Under the head of Societies
Benevolent and Social" there
are in Honolulu, according to
McKinney's Directory, no less than
fourteen.separate organizations-the
Board of Hawaiian Evangelical
Association the British Club; the
German Club; the Sailors Home
Society; the Mechanics Benefit
Union; the Woman's Board of Mis-
sions, with its branches, the Mis-
sionary Cleaners and the Helping
Hand Society; the Strangers Friend
Society; the American Relief Fund
the German Benevolent Society; the
British Benevolent Society; the
Ladies' Benevolent Society of For,
Street Church; the San Antonio
Benevolent Society; the Mission
Children's Society; and the Deut
scher Verein. The
MANAGEMENT OF THE HOSPITAL
is underneath the directions of /,
Board, the President of which il
His Majesty the King, the othel
officers being Vice-President, Sc
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