The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-05-16

General relief ..........s 1856 O5
Emergency -. .................. % 90
ONCE expenses .................. Z 05
Printing and stationery : "a so
Rent Qncluding May ............ 240 90
Telephone Ito July u .............. As 90
Salary of manager Gncluding
Apr1D ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. !, 437 so
Total 81, s52 10
Cash on hand .................. 754 Ga
s2,7os IA
COMPARATIVE STATEMENT.
First Year. Second Year.
Receipts 49,. s2,s12 90 $2,036 so
Disbursements. 2,142 o6 1852 10
The third and last report read was
that of the manager, Mrs. E. F. Ber-
ger. which was as follows:
l herewith submit my report of work
done by the Associated Charities of Ha-
wall for the year ending May Is, 1901
There have been It's new applications
for relief and AZ recurrent cases, making
a total of PIT persons applying, and rep
resenting 319 people relieved; 113 of these
cases were single men; IL were single
women and 40 were family cases; rs per-
sons applied for work and Is reported
situations found; 500 meals have been
furnished. There have been 1,4s2 office
interviews and the manager has made
$50 visits; II patients have been sent to
the Queens Hospital and 20 to the Hos
pitai for Incurables. This office has dis
pensed for relief s., 1906. The association
numbers $50 members and is of the local
societies affiliate.
OF the 40 family cases about 20 are now
Salf-Sllnnnrtinp no pho ri
table organizations are caring for the
others. We occasionally find family
applying that is not nee.y or Is I'M
worthy but this occurs less frequently.
than formerly, when our system of in-
vestigation was not so well understood,
and one very hopeful sign-they now
apply for work, when it is possible for
them to do it.
One great problem that has faced US
has been the army of single men that
have come to these Islands during the
year. We probably have seen compare
lively few of them in this office, but
more than 100 have applied to us for
temporary relief. AS rule, these men
have no trades, and 1t has been difficult
to find occupation for them. Too often
they are not worthy. Some of them are
honest, and come here with the hope of
lettering their condition, requiring only
a little temporary relief until they find
employment either in Honolulu or on
the plantations. But some of them have
hard faces and defiant attitudes, de-
manding assistance. We try to be dis
eliminating, but no doubt make many
mistakes. Let us hope that We err on
the side of pity.
An important part Of our work Is fur
nishing clothing to those whose limited
Il, orlrr he Mi NO r d
robes. Children must attend school. and
should go to Sunday school, and the very
generous donations of clothing received
at this office and given out to the ue-
serving poor, has enabled many a child
to be regular at both cay and Sunday
scnool
Great quantities of reau,ng matter
are also received and distributed con-
stantly, to the hospitals. to families who
cannot buy it, to schools, to the PRISON
and to children.
The donations at Christmas time were
very generous, enabling US to provide
excellent dinners, clothing, toys, tools
and books to many who would otherwise
have had none. And the food sent to
this office after the charity ball and ,i4e
May Day festival found its way where
it was not only a treat, but in several
cases much needed. these occasional
unasked and unexpected attentions to
the poor make them very happy. They
like to be remembered, to be in our good
books, as it were.
We have had 81 applications for hos
pitaI treatment. The victoria Hospital,
receiving only incurables, las cared for
20 patients, and through the S. F. 8.
we have been able to send II patients to
free beds in the Queens Hospital.
The opening of the Castle Home for
Children has already proved a great
blessing and the 1u.ure good that in
sutution will work in lis City is meal
culable.
We still need place for convaiescents.
and home for aged foreigners who are
not invalids. When these institutions
are provided, there will be no trouble In
caring for ALL
We are deeply grateful for the support
in this work which we receive from this
community. the ready help of socieues
affiliating with u.s. and to those individ-
uals who respond SO generously when an
emergency arises, and to employers.
These conditions make charity work
easy in Honolulu, and not great bur-
den, borne by a few.
To all contributors, and for every
form of help and act of service, we re-
turn sincere thanks. E. F. BERGER.
The election of officers for the coming
year resulted as follows:
President, Hon. S. B. Dole: first vice
president, Rev. Alex Macintosh; sec
|ond vice-president, Mrs. John osborne;
secretary, Mrs. j. NJ. Whitney: treas
urer, George r. Carter.
The meeting closed with the follow
ing informal talk on charity by George
r. Carter:
It has always been to me matter of
interest to find out how a community,
or any particular sect, takes care of its
poor. and those made helpless from any
sudden catastrophe. This I believe to
be pretty good gauge as to the real
value of their religion, II it Is sect, or
the effectiveness of their organization If
1t Is community.
Now, In the study of these questions.
it Is not only the amount of relief nor
the promptness with which 1t is given,
but the methods used that prove the
value and throw light on the intelligence
of the community. From the fact that
have yet to hear of a beggar among
the Jews, I think this sect does notsen-