Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1901-02-21
REPORT
READ AT MEETING OF
ASSOCIATED CHARITIES
Treasurer Carter Reports an Over
draft---Will be an Easy
Matter TO Collect
Money.

Governor Dole as chairman. presided
at the regular monthly meeting OF tho
Associated Charities in the headquar.
tiers of the society on oHtel street yes
tcrday afternoon. There were eleven
voting members present. J. Schultze
and J. f. Eckardt were present as del
egates from the German Benevolent So
ciety which expressed its desire to
affiliate with the Associated CharitieS
In a letter addressed to Governor Dole.
Mrs. Berger, manager Of the society
read the following report Of the
months work:
AT the last meeting in January the
report showed that very small num-
Der Of strangers had applied at this
Office for assistance in the quarter then
ending, and We predicted quiet time.
until a new wave OF travel struck our
shores. That this city is subject to
such invaslons Is true. Periodically
there arrive by the Incoming steamers
numbers OF men who appear to have
no money at all, and these become a
public charge. It is often very dscour-
aging and trying to interview them
and to get them work which they will
accept and do; but we are always will
Ing to meet these situations.
"Of the twenty-five new applications
racaiyaJ tbio month inst apdipy tbir
teen were strangers. eight OF them
being Americans. They are nearly all
unskilled. Another class Is the sick
coming here hoping to be benefited
by the change OF climate. These. Of
course, must be cared for, or sent to
their homes. This seems an appro-
pirate moment to mention these things,
hoping that the Legislature now in ses-
sion may take some action along these
lines. 1t Is not for the Associated
Charities to take up the fight. We must
not scare these people from our doors
because We must get such cases on rec
ord. It will be Of use to us in the fu-
ture. II they are recurrent cases, as they
are apt to be.
"On the other hand, we had mai,
living in positive squalor, refuse point
blank to receive any assistance from us.
And there Is lady, surely sufferer
from nervous prostration, trying to find
an asylum with some OF our good peo-
pie. These cases, with two men dis
charged from Oahu Jail, have taken
much more time and thought than the
sick and the worthy poor Of our city,
whose wants It is not hard to supply.
There have been 20 applications, 3
recurrent cases, 0 applications for
work. situation found, sent to the
Queens Hospital, AZ meals furnished
1879 Office interviews and the funds dis
bursed for the month has been $50
Food left over from the Mardi GraC
ball was given to the Associated Char
tiles this morning, and, as there was
large amount Of 1t, liberal distribu-
ton was made among the various char.
table institutions and the poor fami.
lies which are under the care Of tie so,
ciety, ten in number"
A general discussion OF matters sug
gested by the reading Of the report fol
lowed and then George r. Carter, treas
urer, reporting an over draft Of $S7.4I
from the society's treasury. He stated
that the collections were delpquen
because he had not had the time t
call upon the business men who con
tributed largely to the support OF thu
society. AS soon as he could find time
he would attend to this work. He fel
that he would have no difficulty II
making a collection OF funds.