The Hawaiian gazette., 1902-06-13

men hired carriage. which unfortu-
nately they smashed, and having no
money to pay damages. they were In
carcerated In the Fort (the prison of
those days, situated at the foot OF Fort
street,. They applied to the Stran-
gers Friend Society TO get them out Of
durance vile by paying their fine, but
had to be told that the $. +. 5. was not
founded TO treat such wounds
As the years rolled on the work Of
the society Increased to such an extent
that besides the paying OF rents, milk
bills, hospital bills. and arranging for
the TRANSPORTATION Of some Of the bene-
fciaries TO their homes in different
parts of the outside world, IL took up
most of the time of one person TO at
tend to the investigating OF cases, TO
find out II the suppllants were sub
jects for relief, and often there would
be az many as 20 families who had to
have rations OF food given out weekly.
When the Hon. Chas. X. Bishop en-
dowed "A bed In the Queens Hospital
for the benefit OF the S. +. $. II was in
deed blessing, and year or two lat
er he endowed three more beds. for
which charitable action he has been
blessed by many poor soul who would
otherwise have fared badly. He has
also given government bonds and -
sIlhISH OI hlOth III w llutT -. =. 'o.t All
Of which adds to our income.
Mrs w. G. Irwin, the kind friend to
all in distress. has never been one of
the most generous donators to our
funds She also endowed bed in the
Queens Hospital and placed 1t at the
disposal OF the Strangers Friend SOci-
ETY.. so that for years the society has
had the use of five beds and they are
always occupied. The good that the
society accomplished was very great.
In the early days money came In slow
ly and with the many calls for assist
ance, the treasury was often nearly
depleted. The Hon. Elisha Allen
american Consul TO HawalD once do
mated an enormous fruit cake that was
sold at auction, the proceeds of the
sale amounting to 324O.5o. We are not
told. but suppose IL was sold by the
: slice.
BY degrees many generous friends
came to the fore. The largest donators
were the Hon. G. r. Bishop Hackfeld
q Co. Theo. II. Davies & Co. Mrs. w.
q. Irwin and Messrs. Gay and Robin
son. Our most frequent contributors
We're Mrs. s. y. Castle, Mrs Rice.
tSen). Mrs. w. T.. Allen. Mrs. Dole.
Mrs G. NJ Cooke. Mrs Knudsen. Mrs.
Grinbaum. Mrs. Hopper. Mrs. Louisson
and many more too numerous to men
'hpAhiilT hlcp 'DilAlib-
uted most literally. In 1878 when Dill
lingham 4 co. moved into their new
building. they made out their first
check in favor Of the Strangers Friend
Society. And in 1851 Levers e. Cooke
occupied their new building and made
out their first check also to the Stran-
gers Friend Society. In 1899 when the
firm OF Messrs. Hackfeld 4 co. cele-
brated it's jubilee. $1,000 was sent TO the
s. +. S. Ten dollars was once sent to
the society as conscience money"
from a man who had nursed "A friend
during his last illness and found the
money after his death and kept II,
thinking IL a just recompense for his
trouble. but his conscience pricking him
in the matter. he sent the money to
the society. Six or seven legacies We're
also left to the society. the largest be-
ing $4,000 from II. Hackfeld Esq, Mrs.
Hackfeld sending II after his death.
She was here when the society was
founded and has always taken deep
interest in it's welfare.
The first bazaar was held in 1853, in
the courthouse. which is now part Of
Mcssrs. II. Hackfeld & CO.'S ware
house. and the sum of $3.50 was real
lied. Tea parties and ice cream festi-
walls also helped To keep the society
going. Three years ago the Associated
Charities was organized. and the eff
Cient and energetic manager, Mrs. Ber-
ger. has done much to lessen the work
of the officers of the Strangers Friend
Society.
May the generous and loving people
of Hawaii nei continue TO bear in mind
the words Of our blessed Savior when
lie said; "Inasmuch as ye did 1t unto
tho least Of these, my brethren, ye did
IL unto me"
Two piano solos La Chasse" and
suite Morse" We're given by Mrs. IL.
Nj, Won Holt. and generous applause
followed her splendid playing. Mrs.
Montague Turner won much favor and
applause by her delightful singing OF
Listening" The ballad was so melo-
diously given that the audience called
Tor an encore. To which Mrs. Turner
responded after the regular program
was ended, when she sang Kathleen
Mavourneen' with so much feeling that
I the audience demanded another selec-
| tion The glee club concluded the pro-
gram with He That Hath a Pleasant
Face" Mrs. S, NJ. Damon read the roi,
OF the first meeting. although some Of
the names she was not sure OF owing
to the blurred records. The names
were as follows;
Mesdames Newell, Damon, Taylor,