The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-01-22
FOR REFUGEES
GENEROUS RESPONSE IN THE
EMERGENCY.
Hundreds of Holokus, Childrens Gar
ments and other Clothing Sent in Be
fore the Flames Were Extinguished.

The promptitude and llberality with
which the people of Honolulu met the
emergency of Saturdays fire, was in
nothing more strikingly illustrated than
the manner in which clothing was pro-
vided for the unfortunate refugees. The
need for clothing Immediately rsoe from
the fact that it was desired as quickly
as the refugees could be assigned to de-
tention camps to give each one a thor
ough disinfecting bath and put them In
clean, uncontaminated clothing. 1t was
impossible to purchase the clothing
needed because the stocks of suitable
clothing were practically depleted. Nor
could the work of making clothing to
meet the demand be set in motion from
the fact that so large a proportion of
the artisans in this kind of work were
already in quarantine, or among the re-
fugees.
In this emergency a call was made on
the generosity of the public. c. Bolte
and his associates in the house of NJ.
Grinbaum & Company took hold of this
work. At o'clock Mr.. Bolte telephoned
to as many ladies throughout the city
as it was possible to at the time briefly
explaining thes ituation, and asking
! them to spread the information of the
needs as far as possible, and get as
prompt and generous a response as
could be.
| The response was both prompt and
generous. Within an hour big bundles
of clothing began coming in. 1t seemed
as If people did not wait to pick out
cast-off clothing but gathered up the
first that came to hand and sent them
down. In some cases it seemed as If
they had gathered up their own bundles
of freshly returned laundry and sent
| them. In other cases it seemed as If
they had gone to their own wardrobes
and gathered UP everything not in use
and sent it. There certainly was much
of the twice giving" which comes of
giving quickly. Bundles came in con-
tanning half dozens of freshly laundered
white shirts. Other bundles contained
two and three freshly done up holokus,
and quantities of clean almost new, in
many cases actually new ladies under
wear. There were actually some new
silk underwear, costing several dollars
a suit sent in.
BY nightfall, Grinbaum's place OF
business, which had been given up en-.
tirely to this work was piled all ovei
counters and floors with bundles of al
sorts of wearing apparel brought from
every part of the city in carriages, ex
press wagons, on foot, by messengel
boys, and in every way the generou.
donors happened to think would mos
quickly get them to where they were
needed.
The force in the store was put tC
work sorting out the articles as they
came in, making up bundles each con.
tanning one kind of garment. In one
bundle were holokus, in another were
shirt waists, in another women's under
. wear, in another children's under gar
, ments, in another still trousers, and il
other mems shirts, and so on. In thi.
way the clothing was ready for distri
! button as fast as the people could b,
! got ready for it.
There is still need especially for mem
! truosers. The kind needed are cheap bu
| clean cast off ones, the sole need o
! them being to get the refugees into un
contaminated clothing as quickly a
possible. The question of fit is not con
sidered, because it will not be possibl
, totry and fit out the people The same
! true of holokus and all other garments
The need for this call on the generosit
of the community is not because ther
, is not money available to buy the thing
: needed, but because the things needle
= cannot be bought.
a To further meet the emergency
great many ladies set to work organic
ing sewing bees, especially to max
children's and infants garments. Hr.
Horace j. Craft organized such a move
ment, giving up her home to it. She wa
down at Grinbaum & Companys earl
yesterday morning to find out what wa
needed most, so as to direct her effort
the more efficiently. Another was organ
p lied at the home of Mrs. Corbett o
s Nuuanu street. More than $50 article
D were made yesterday at this gathering
f Among those who took part were, Mis-
,. Patty Mrs. Alexander and daughte
= Mrs. L. A. Thurston, Mrs. F. A. Potte
5 Mrs. ]. c. Sesser, Mrs. Wilcox, Misse
i Green, Mrs. Mist and Japanese, Mis-
e Mist, Mrs. Fuller, Mrs. p. C. Jones, Mr.
d Belle Jones, Mrs. Joseph Carter an
I three daughters, Miss Ladd, Miss Am
e Mossman, Mrs. Stangenwald, Miss Pa
l. ma Baker, Mrs. Hall and daughter, Mis-
:. Lapman, Miss Sexton. Miss Judd, Mr.
= A. B. Wood, Mrs. Waterhouse, Mr.
{ Harry Waterhouse, Mrs. Kincaid an
daughter, Miss Avery, Mrs. J.. SHAY
= Mrs. Angus, Miss Angus, Miss Grac
, Mrs. G. H. Brown, Mrs. Brown. Mr.
Lawrence, Mrs. Bowers. Mrs. Amble
. Miss Hitchcock, Mrs. Dole, Miss