The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-03-20
CARE Of
THE POOR
at Meeting
of Associated
Charities.

| Month by month the value to the
| community of the Associated Charities
is becoming more and more recognize
| ed by the charitably inclined residents,
who now answer appeals made to them
for aid by referring people to the man
ager of that institution. This fact was
| brought out at the regular monthly
meeting held yesterday afternoon in the
| office of Mrs. Berger, the manager.
| Especially is this true of the foreigners
who have been brought here at great
expense to the planters. Mrs. Berger
| treats all applicants who have been
| brought to Hawaii to work on the plan
tations in the light that if the Associ-
ated Charities assists them here, the
| burden again falls upon the planters,
| for many of these are amongst the
prominent supporters of the institution.
| This being the case. such applicants
are told to return to the plantations.
most of them being able-bodied men
! and not fit objects of charity
Yesterdays meeting was attended by
Mrs. Berger. Mrs. ]. NJ. Whitney, the
secretary; Theodore Richards, Rev. A.
| j. Soares. Mrs. II. C. Brown, II. c.
Brown. Mrs. j. b. Atherton. Miss n.
L
zius. Governor Dole and Rev. Alexan-
der Macintosh We're unable TO be pres
ent and George Carter is absent on the
mainland. Mrs. Berger presented her
report covering the months of Janu-
airy. February and of March up to and
including yesterday. The report was
as follows:
Since our last meeting in January
there have bpeu Al new anDlica tiOnS for
relief. is applying for work, 6 for en-
trance to the Queens Hospital, and %
for other relief There have been 2SS
office interviews. and We have received
a working fund amounting to $179.
OF the Al applicants. s were family
cases. were applications from single |
women, and 81 from single men, who
were nearly all strangers in the city.
Five being sick were sent to the
Queens Hospital; some were given
meals or clothing; others were advised
to go to the plantations or leave the .
country. Some very intelligent and ca
pable men apply for work. They leave
the States with the impression that
good positions and fair wages await
them here, and failing to find either.
with their money soon exhausted. they
are to be pitied. These Al applications
really represent S5 people
BY nationality. were American, 10
British, 3 Germans, Scandnavians,
/ Spaniard. Portuguese, l Porto Ri
can . Hawaiians ] American negresS.
l Italian. and Chinese.
They ask for money, rent, food, fur
niture. clothing, fuel. tools, medicines,
hospital treatment. meals and work. 1
have given out 100 meal tickets since
January 1. We constantly receive
bundles of good clothing which
quickly distribute; also. quantities of
excellent reading matter, some of the
latter going to private homes, and
some to hospitals and reading rooms.
The Kona Orphanage is a great boon
to the poor children of this community.
Letters coming from the nine children
recently sent to this excellent insti-
tuition show them to be a happy CRATE
full. comfortable and healthy lot Since
the majority of the inmates are from
Honolulu the benevolent people of
this city will doubtless feel willing to
do their part to assist in maintaining
the orphanage. No child whom we have
has been refused admit
lance, and we are now considering four
more cases.
Altogether. the work of the Associat-
I'd Charities and the results are encour-
aging. We have some very distressing
eases, but the promptness with which
The majority of the affiliated societies
TO appeals for help, makes the
work of caring for the poor compare
lively easy. / believe that no case OF
restitution need continue in this city
f the facts are known.
Idlers and tramps are given short ra-
lions. and are advised to move on.
The case of two Italians who had APP
Piled TO Theodore Richards for relief
was presented 10 the meeting. Mr..
Richards stated that one had asked to
De given work on a steamer that he
might go back to the mainland. He
had been unable to find employment.
Mrs. Berger stated. however, that this
was one of the Italians who had been
brought at great cost to the planters
md given work at Spreckelsville. After
working there for about 80 days he
anne TO Honolulu. throwing himself on
he charity of the community.
Mr.. Richards then asked permission
o speak upon case which he said he
lad investigated fully. in which he be-
ieved that the individual in question