The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1886-12-08

WEDNESDAY. DEC. 8. 1886.
W. c. T. U.
THE sECRETARY's REPORT.
Continued from yesterday.)

Continued from yestcrday)
Miss A. +. Johnson, Superintend-
ent of work among sailors, has most
faithfully performed her duties.
Every week, nearly, she has visited
the wharves and carried papers,
magazines, temperance literature and
other good reading matter furnished
by the ladies of the Union. She
has been treated kindly in almost
every instance and the sailors seem
grateful for the interest manifested
in them. She says: "They are
rough set of men as a class, but
there is many noble heart beats
under the sailors garb."
Temperance literature has been
distributed by our superintendent of
that department, Mrs. VIM. Bowen,
at the Y. NJ. c. A. reading room,
Library, Prison, Police Station and
many other places.
Mrs. L. McCully, our Superintend-
ent of the press, contributed an
article every week for the Gazette,
until the opening of the Legislature,
but during the session of that body,
she discontinued them, the paper
being filed with Legislative reports.
Thanking the publishers of the
Gazette for their kind courtesy in
the past, we ask that we may still
have place in their columns in the
future. The editors of the dailies
have also been very courteous in
giving notice of our meetings, pub
fishing our reports, and so forth,
all of which we gratefully acknow-
ledge.
We have two auxiliary societies,
one at Hilo and another at Waiuku.
Miss M. A. Chamberlain, the Re-
cording Secretary of the Hilo Union,
sends lis very interesting report of
the past years work, the substance
of which l will give: This Society
is composed of foreign and native
women and all its proceedings are
carried on in both languages. There
has been steady growth in the
attendance on the part of the Ha-
waiian sisters, while there has been
a decrease in the attendance of
foreign ladies', on account of the
absence of several from Hilo. But,
on the whole the average attendance
has been larger than the preceding
year. A prominent feature of the
work in Hilo is public union tenn
perance meeting, held on the third
Sabbath of every month. The pro-
gramme is continually varied, en-
listing old and young in the exer-
cises. This is one of the most sue
cessful efforts of the Union in
awakening public interest and in
tluencing public sentiment. In the
month of May and June, special
effort was made for the young
Temperance literature and badges
were sent for to aid in forming
"Bands of Hope" and in June a
very successful celebration was held
in connection with the exercises of
the Hilo Boarding School. Many of
the children of the foreign schools
and all of the members of the
Boys school signed the pledge of a
simple organization called the "I'll
Try Band" and some children of
other schools as well as number of
adults enlisted. In conclusion, she
says, "While all these things are
matters of thankfulness, it is evident
that unremitting activity is the only
ground of hope.'
The Wailuku Union has kept up
its meetings regularly through the
year; but its numbers are small.
Mrs. Widdifield, the Secretary, says:
sour prayers have been offered in
harmony with those of kindred asso-
Citations, for the success of the w.
c. Il. U. work. We miss, at our
meetings, the inspiration and i'm
petus given to temperance endeavor
by larger numbers in other places.
Yet our aim has been to cooperate
in our sphere and to the extent of
our ability, with the general move
ment."
In addition to these, Mrs. Hitch
cock, of Lahainaluna, is making an
effort to organize w. G. +. U.
among the English-speaking ladies
of Lahaina. We most heartily bid
her God speed in so worthy an
undertaking.
In summing up the work of the
past year, l find we have been SOW
ing by all waters. We must not
expect n harvest, until time and
patient care develope the seed sown.
Our work is just begun. "Let us
not be weary in well-doing for in
due time we shall reap, if we faint
not" Our president is an efficient
leader. Doubtless, she is the right
women in the right place. Most of
our members are earnest, Christian
woman, ready for any good word
and work, and with ready SYM
patty and confidence in our standard
bearer, we hope to achieve grand