The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-11-14


girls. What OF the others. Ind gent.
helpless and friend.eSs men and wo-
men are received respectively at the
homes for boys and girls. The other
members Of the colony haze cottages
of their own. They are provided by
the Government with everything. The
illness Of ieprOsy receives not much
treatment outside the GOto baths. But
the people. are subject 10 the ordinary
illnesses and keep Dr. NGuritZ quite
busy. How do the people pass the
time. Many OF them who are able
bodied work for The Government on
roads and buildings and IN the forestry
department. so ably managed by an in
detat.gable worker Who takes a deep
interest ii his business. The peop'e
ar the homes are kept busy Interested
by the Brothers and Sisters. There
are churches. schools auF reading
rooms in the settlement. There is a
Y. NJ. c. A.. q PrO,astan- church.
Catholic church with cathedral build
ing. a public nall with R stage. There
IS good fishing There is always oppOr-
Juuity for gardening and work NJ
about the little homes. There .s the
wgrS OF issuing the rl-ilus helping
ia their handling. getting wood from
the settlement FOR those who Wish 20
occupy their time and are able 10 do
anything.
One OF the best things OF this trip
TO the writer was 10 hear the opinions
at close range of such men as DR.. Rug
giles, of Stockton. for many years Il
member of the State OF California
Board Of Health. and for number of
terms its president. as Well as preSi-
dent of the California Sanitary As>o-
citation. He had nothing but praise
for every feature of the affairs Of the
Settlement. It was the same with Dr..
Carmichael. the new United States
health officer at this port and a gentle
man whose experience has Included
four years as health officer for the
Government at the port OF San Fran
cisco. IL was the same with DR.. Ward.
surgeon from the u. =. gunboat Pen
ningtOn. 1t was the same with sur
seons from the First New York regi-
menJ and from the battalion OF United
States Volunteer Engineers. Not one
of these gentlemen, all capable OF
passing judgment. had any criticism
to make on isolation or on the manner
in which the people of the Settlement
are treated. Many favorable COM
ments were made by all Of these gen
tlemen.
Then this last expedition has given
a decided setback TO any proposal
there may have been 10 utilize Molo-
kai settlement as a home for lepers of
the whole United States. The first OBJ
lection is that il would be both i'm
practicable and expensive in the mat
ter of transportation. Again il is
urged. and strongly. that the Hawaii
ans should not have put upon them
people who would more than likely
'Overrule them. One gentleman who
went To- the Settlement last Friday
with the well formed purpose of ad-
vOcating the segregation OF all lepefs
at MOlokai, said on leaving the place.
that he had changed his mind COM
pleteiy and would light suCh q suSges-
ton ii for no other reason than that
it would be unjust and burdensome to
the native Hawaiians. And this visitor
had intended TO write on the matter
to one of the influential California
newspapers. Mr.. Kenny, the British
Commissioner. was one of the guests
of the Board OF Health and was a care
ful and impressed observer. The Com
missioner saw about everything and
made il his particular business TO visit
a place from which the Union Jack
was flying as we'll as the Father Da-
mien monument offered by the people
of England.
Mr.. w. o. Wood. Drs Wood and En-
erson and Messrs. Lansing and Kelii-
piO of the Health Board. were partic-
ularly attentive TO their guests. Chas.
Wilcox. secretary of the Board. anC
Mr.. Reynolds. executive officer. were
everywhere on business for the Board.
There is often error IL giving the
number of people at the settlement.
This is the census made on Saturday
by DR.. Alvarez:
Lepers-Males. 6S4; females. 1879.
Total lepers, 1913.
Here is some detail on the 1913:
\ Baldwin Home-l41 boys.
Bishop Home-l3O girls.
EOn-ieprous children OF leperS-
Male. 10; female. Is. Total. 81.
Helpers (non-leprCus persons es-
pecially permitted by the Board of
Health to live on Molokai and care for
relatives)-Males. 81; females. SO.
Total. 80.
Non-leprous priests. Sisters. Broth
ers. teachers. etc.-61.
Grand total OF all persons at Set
Element, Saturday, November u. 1898.
including 1913 lepers-l2O7.
The embarkation was made without
difficulty, though the swell did not
moderate much, and the MaZama head
ed for Honolulu at 8, making the re
turn in the good time Of less than four
and half hours. The published dis
lance across the channel is fifty miles.
BY chart it is iifty-Jhree.
The scenery about the Settlement is
glorious. The greatest charm is the
mountainous cliffs or pals.
So often has adverse weather been
encountered in the May and November
trips or visits Of the Board of Health
to the settlement that a change Will
be made. so Mr.. Smith and others be-
lieve. 10 the months OF October and