The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1886-04-30
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Mr.. w. A. Bowen read tho report
of the committee on devotional meet
ings, showing that two public preach
ing services, 1874 MONDAY meetings
and so Sunday evening meetings
had been held since last annual
meeting, and that decided impetus
had been given to the work of the
Association by the visit of Mr.. Nc
Coy and the arrival of Mr.. S. ID.
Fuller, General Secretary, in the
early part of the year.
The temperance committees re-
port was read by Mr.. p. &. Jones.
From April 18th, 1885, to March
goth, 1886, 40 meetings had been
held, the smallest attendance being
eight, the largest forty-eight, and
the average twenty-one.
The report of the committee on
entertainments, by Mr.. Theo. II.
Davies, enumerated nine entertain
ments, and made cordial acknow-
ledgment of the valuable assistance
rendered by the ladies and other
friends in making the entertainments
occasions of great interest to the
public rs well as to the Association.
The report. stated that, "It is pro-
bable that this Association may vie
with any other in the city in the
record of its production of music,
the consumption of ice cream and
the development Of that genial glow
which warns mems hearts and makes
them feel their brotherhood.
The Reading Room committees
report, in the absence of the chair
man, Rev. G. M. Hyde, ID. d., was
read by Mr.. w. w. Hall. The
attendance at the reading room,
during the year, aggregated IA, 24S.
The tables have been supplied with
two dailies, thirty-seven weeklies
and twelve monthlies. of which six
are local, two each. OF the month
lies, two are literary, three religious,
one art, one juvenile, one CONNER
cial and one German. The weeklies
are classed: fifteen secular, eleven
religious, four illustrated, one scien-
titic, one literary, one reform, one
juvenile, one Portuguese and two
German. Contributions of seven
teen weeklies have been made by
Hon. A. +. Judd, Messrs. Theo. ii.
Davies, p. c. Jones, 7. r. Walker
and A. Sheppard. The room is
open from 8 A. NJ. to 10P. NJ. daily,
except on public holidays.
The General Secretary's report
gave resume of the years doipgs,
accounts of which appeared, in due
course, in the columns of this paper,
and, on behalf of the Association,
rendered grateful acknowledgements
to the gentleman who generously
donated the oil paintings adjoining
the walls of the hall the Govern
ment officials for two fine maps for
the reading room; the donors of
1876 cane seat chairs; the young
men who paid for the royal palms
ornamenting the grounds in front of
the building; the contributors of
papers and magazines; the ladies
who presented n handsome covering
for the hall-table and book-rest; the
members of the Woman's Christian
Temperance Union and all other
friends ''who have made us so
deliciously cool with ice cream; :"
the gentleman who purchased the
dishes in which to receive the ice
cream, and who stands with open
purse to meet deficits in the finance
department; the gentleman who
paid the bill for parlor games; the
merchant who, in the early part of
the year, donated lot of crockery !;
that large circle of pleasant friends
who, by musical and literary genius,
kindly helped at entertainments
making every one of them grand
success; the ladies who have beauti-
fed the hall this evening with taste
full floral and other decorations the
press of the city, and the DAILY
BULLETIN in particular, for the help
full notices of the associations work,
and the full and accurate reports of
meetings and lectures; and, on his
own behalf, personally, to the mem
bers and friends of the association
for the warm hearted welcome ac-
corded the General Secretary in
their homes and elsewhere.
An address was delivered by Mr..
j. b. Anterior, retiring president,
in which was an ably presented
demonstration, from commercial
as well as moral standpoint, of the
Importance of a due observance OF
the Sabbath or Rest-day, with quo
tations from the Hon. w. Gladstone,
Lord Macaulay, and other eminent
persons of both Europe and America
bearing upon the subject.
A motion was adopted that the
directors make arrangements tc
have the retiring presidents adj.
dress, together with all the reports
of the evening, published i'm one