The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-11-21
The Temperance
People Say
Yes.
MORE SALOONS
AND A BREWERY
An Interesting Meeting Of the
W. c. 7. U. Yesterday
Afternoon.

Afternoon.
~ HE annual meeting of the Wo-
mans Christian Temperance
- Union was held yesterday after
noon at the home of it's president, Mrs.
j. NJ. Whitney. 1t was large and I'M
usually interesting meeting and great
many subjects of Importance to me
society were discussed as fully as the
limited time would allow.
Mrs. ]. NJ. Whitney opened the meet
ing with a prayer, which was followed
by song from Mrs. G. Whitney, whose
rich contralto voice filled the two
drawing rooms with melody. Then
came the business program for which
these ladies had assembled.
Mrs r. J. Greene read for the last
time. the annual report of the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union, of which
she has been the recording secretary
for the past nineteen years. Great in
terest was centered in her, knowing
that at the next meeting another Sec
retary would arise and the tall figure
and kindly face of Mrs. Greene would
be missing from her accustomed duty.
Everyone bent eagerly forward and
listened intentlys to the following re-
port:
II is quite as difficult to make reports
without proper material as 20 make
bricks without straw. This has been an
off year On account of the plague epi-
demic there was no meeting in January,
nor were there any during the vacation
months-June. July and August-leaving
n,.lx, ,~iro the he
attendance has averaged about twenty.
A. our April meeting the president an
nounced her contemplated trip abroad to
visit the Paris Exposition, taking in the
Worlds W. G. T. u. convention Ct Glas-
gov, Scotland
delegate and also beautiful banner
about three feet in length by eighteen
inches In width. The motto of the w. e.
T. u. was at the top in letters of gold
and at the bottom was Our society name
1.-THE w. C. T. u. of the Hawaiian ISL
ards" a circle in the center about
twelve. inches in diameter represented
i within it's radius the five principa, ISL
anis of the group. y scene of Diamond
Head. with palms and other tropical
foliage decorated the map. The design
was Mrs Whitney's the painting was by
one of our best local artists, Miss Bessie
Wheeler. This is now the property OF
the Worlds Union. Mrs. Pearson, vice
president, filled the presidents chair dur
ing her absence of several months most
acceptably.
The reports of our treasurer through
out the year has shown that 1t has beer
difficult to meet the salary of Miss
Green, and only very small sums have
been paid in other directions. Indeed
without the bequest of dear friend Of
the work who. when passing from ths
earth-life to the higher life, thought oi
our needs. we should today be deeply II
debt.
We felt that this money should be ap
piled to some lasting monument tc hel
memory. but 1t seemed necessary to us'
1t for the monthly expenses. Let u:
hope that ii may yet be used for some
thing "in memoriam"-Mrs. GuIiek.
In November. 1899, Mrs. Corielia Da
mon sent in temperance sermon preach
ed by the Rev. Mr.. Austin of Kohala
She thought it too good to be lest ant
suggested that we have 1t printed ii
pamphlet and scattered broadcast owe
the Islands, leaving Ii entirely to th'
discretion of the society. After some dis
cussion as to what we should do with i
a vote was passed that the w. c. T. L
take charge of the next temperance rail-.
at the Central Union Church, AMI as on
feature of it have this sermon read bl
one of our members, subject of course t,
Mr.. Kincaid's approval. This was th
last heard of IL. The plague quarantine
put a check upon that and every othe
work. Miss Green reported at our Feb
riiary meeting the Band of Hope meet
; ings stopped by quarantine and she ha
reported nothing in relation to the Ban
: OF Hope since. 1t is my impression tha
only two meetings have been held sine
our annual meeting in October, 1899. Ou
Flower Mission department has bee
faithfully superintended by Miss Pindal
assisted by a score or more of ladies VIII
help few at time to make UP bou
quets and furnish flowers. Fruits an
literature, well as flowers, have bee
: taken to Buena Vista Hospital and tn
kapiolani Home.
The sick on every transport coming int
this port have been cheered and com
forted by the thoughtfulness OF wome
In bringing to them flowers, fruits an
literature. Flowers in abundance wer
sent to the Waikiki church to decorat
for the soldiers Christmas festival. Afte
. vain efforts to revive the Loyal Temper
; Yarrow's consent, to combine that wit
her weekly class of children, Mrs. Wi
2 liams to assist her. A temperance pape
Youths Temperance Banner-has bee
furnished by the w. G. T. u. for distr
button among the children under Mis-
Yarrow's care.
l At our April meeting the news of
, prohibition clause in the bill for Hawa
= came to US and we felt that even thoug
IL should be stricken out the fact RI
n mains that the people are becoming MOI
e awake to the need of prohibitory law