The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-09-22

Sunshine fAat fhs Sisters bare hrozght
iEt0 TIE LIVES pf the stricken cness. The
suttzxes azsazazEns7ase SIX girls each ard
tie girls AZ zlin~ed q greup themselves
a. sleT choese II this WY eaeh c8staze
u Ia rs var houae where the girls can
he Eish tsese EAe are nest eunsenizz 10
tiaens- Ssase oE she girls have saken Up
mssse. and one Eouug Hawaiian wcGan
~ VERY euze3y appearance 1nd No riSitie
Signs q aeEEusy entertainesI the Visitors
uish several skilfully ezecHsed piano -
IevtionS- The inmates of The Girls Home
range IN az frpm woaanke0d 70 tsny IN
fanss and one beausffal little girl with
big hTowu eyes and pretty caris was
dancing about The gardens. mqvrily. on
her Temple sfzre xas little. deadly Dis
eosorSfisn % the skin This vas the Only
irasii.afi0EE- Of the dread si1sease bat L vas
the doom of the little On. who. when
called by the Sister. came laughingiy 10
meet the risitars
At the Boys Hone things are eoudnct-
81 IN much the sane way. under the
management % the Brothers A really
ereslitaaIe band has been organized One
Of the Host pathetic experiences OF the
day 10 the visitors was the PLAYING Of
/ welcoming seiections BY this hand az the
noon hour.
1 The family homes and cottages we're
also visited. and the pretty residences.
/ surrounded with fiourishing flower gar
deus and shrubbery. told OF consolation
left IN those whose doomed lives seemed
shut out from hope.
Whatever can he done for the unfortu-
mates imprisoned within the circle Of the
towering mountain walls has been or Is
being DONE and absolutely no criticism
can be made Of the work Of the authori-
ties in this matter. All OF the lepers are
supplied with advantages thar people OF
| the same class could never hope 10 have
ON the outside and aside from the horror
/ of the dread disease and the sense of i'm
/ prisonment. the situation is a happy one
At ! o'clock there was mass meeting
of the Iepers in front of the Superintend
/ ent's home Each time the Board OF
/ Health visits the settlement an oppOr-
tunity IS given the lepers to name their
grievances. and it WIS for this purpose
that the population. nearly thousand
IN ali. gathered in front of Mr.. Reynolds
gate The spokesman for the lepers was
] 4 lt1i-Nhfie WHO Wis AuEHlcffl tltIh II
one OF the local courts, and who is ex.
| tremely bright and well educated He
voiced the complaints of the lepers. which
were minor ones in themselves, and made
a plea 70 the Board for more regular
supply OF paiai. from which their poi is
made Ii has. been impossible TO supply
this paiai regularly on account of the lack
of aro. and some discomfort has arisen
among the lepers on account of fancied
abuse. which is most natural The spokes
man was mounted on platform. and sur
rounding him were the people of the set
Element. who regard him in manner a:
leader.
Such n scene cannot fail to haunt tht
memory of any who have ever seen it
\ sea of hideous. distorted faces some OF
them twisted into inhuman grins, Soms
drawn and panied. others mass of tbs
horrible blisters of tubercular leprosy
hands from which fingers have been eater
away. waving in the air. and cries OF
Hear Hear coming from the strick
on crowd as the speaker voiced some sen
timent universally approved. The speak
or himself. tail, lean and wasted. stood il
the midst of the crowd. talking in high
pitched. broken voice. and uttering tn,