The Hawaiian gazette., 1902-03-21
CARE Of
THE POOR
Report at Meeting
of Associated
Charities.

1. 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
Aver 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 IL 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. ]. M. Whitney, the
secretary; Theodore Richards, Rev. A.
j. Soares, Mrs. II. c. Brown, II. C.
Brown, Mrs. j. b. Atherton, Miss N.
Toyoda. Miss Marques and +. Fran
zius. Governor Dole and Rev. Alexan-
der Macintosh were 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 been Al new applications for
relief, IS applying for work. for en-
trance to the Queens Hospital. and 30
for other relief. There have been 2SS
office interviews, and we have received
working fund amounting to s179.
OF the Al applicants, s were fam y
cases. were applications from single
women, and p from single men, who
were nearly all strangers in the city.
Five being sick were sent 20 the
Queens Hospital; some weIe siven
meals or clothing; thers We're advised
to go to the plantations or leave the
country. Some very intelligent and ca
pable men apply for work. They leaN e
The .tatCs with the impression that
good positions and fair wages await
them here, and failing to find either.
With tleir money soon exhausted, they
sre to be pitied. These Al applications
really represent So people.
BY nationality, 9 were American, 10
British, Germans, 3 Scandinavians,
/ Spaniard. Portuguese, Porto Ri
L
] Italian, and Chinese.
They ask for money, rent, food, fun .
niture. clothing, fuel. tools, medicines,
hospital treatment, meals and work.
have given out 100 meal tickets since
January T. We constantly leceive
bundles of good clothing which we
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
recommended has been refused admit
tance, and we are now considering four
more cases
Altogether, the work Of the Associat-
ed Charities and the results are encour-
aging. We have some very distressing
cases, but the promptness with which
the majority OF the affiliated societies
respond to appeals for help, makes the
work of caring for the poor compare
lively easy. I believe that no case of
destitution need continue in this city
IL the facts are known.
Idlers and tramps are given short ra-
tons, and are advised to move on.
The case OF two Italians who had ap-
piled to Theodore Richards for relief
was presented to the meeting. Mr.
Richards stated that one had asked tc
be given work on a steamer that he
might go back to the mainland. He
had n
Mrs. Berger stated, however. that this
was one Of the Italians who had beer
brought at great cost to the planters
and given work at Spreckelsville. After
working there for about 30 days hi
came to Honolulu, throwing himself or
the charity OF the community.
Mr.. Richards then asked permission
to speak upon a case which he said hi
lieved that the individual in question
had not been given a fair show, bu
had been grossly misrepresented. HI
referred to Col" Lake, now in OAHU
prison serving out sentence for gros'
cheat. While not matter for the AS
ISOLATED Charities to properly consider
yet he desired to present the result o.
his Investigations, inasmuch as hrs
LAKE was DelnS iooheu diter ny mis-
Berger, the former being in destitute
circumstances. Mr.. Richards said thu
community was kindly hearted and i
was not often that it's good will was il
treated. He had looked through thu
"Coloneps" papers and found that h
had been commissioned during tn
Spanish war to raise a regiment. HI
also came across recommendations from
known men on the mainland, one be
ing a United States Senator. He saiC
that col" Lake had been sent t.
prison on the supposition that ne ha'
committed a fraud, and he was nov
working out a fine of $50 at the rate o
SO cents a day, which was equal to 10
days Imprisonment. When the man
case first came up much had been sail
connecting him with fraud here ant