The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-06-19
GOOD WORK OF LOCAL
ASSOCIATED CHARITIES
Their Need of Legislative Aid and Favor-..Re.
ports of Officials GenteeI Poverty Hidden
Away in Honolulu.

have testified to a large saving of their
expenditures since joining the Asso-
ciated Charities.
House to house applications for as
sistance have been substantially brok-
en- up through the system OF reference
OF such cases to the central Office and
the investigation that Immediately fol-
| lows such reference.
The Associated Charities and the po-
| lice may be credited with the substan-
| tial extinction OF begging in the streets
OF Honolulu. Although there are oc-
casional cases of solicitatipon for as
sistance i am informed by the police
that there is not a single professional
beggar carrying on his profession in
the Honolulu streets.
To them may also be credited the i'm
portant service OF rescuing the city
from the danger of pauper element
| threatened from n portion of the Por-
to Rican immigrants.
The Governor expressed his thanks
! to Mrs. Berger. saying that all owed
great deal to her for the industry.
| tact and firmness which she has dis
played in managing the affairs of the
| institution and bringing IL TO the solid
business basis that IL is on today. He
believed thar more than the $500 used
for expenses was saved under the pres
emit administration.
Mrs. Berger's report, in part, was as
follows:
For the first time since the organiza-
ton OF this society, the Chinese have
applied for aid These applicants have
in all cases either been old men, or
widows with children, all suffering
from the great fire. who have been re-
duced to poverty by the delayed pay
ment OF the fire claims. Mr.. G. X. Al
has been OF the greatest assistance In
investigating and reporting on these
| cases. and all have been provided for.
We are greatly indebted to the Stran-
gers Friend Society for the use of free
beds in the Queens Hospital, where the
officials. physicians and nurses nave
been unfailing in their courtesy and
! kindness Thirty-siX cases nave Deen
| treated there.
The Castle Home and Day Nursery.
and the Salvation Army Rescue Home
solve many a problem for us. and what
should we have done without the kona
Orphanage. which cares for 40 children.
nearly all from this city?
But the care OF the aged is more dill
ficult The old. decrepit men are hous-
ed in different parts OF the city, either
I'm separate rooms or in small groups
at considerable expense. situated as
they are they must do their own COOK
ing. cleaning. washing and mending.
We are able TO keep them well clothed
from the quantities of clothing sent TO
this office. and books. papers and mag
/ azInes are furnished in the same way.
and they are made as comfortable as
possible under existing conditions. But
| YOU see the need there Is FOR real
home for these poor old dependents
Private donations have been OF the
greatest possible help in putting peo-
ple on their feet again, enabling-or
compelling them as the case may be
TO be self-supporting. We are averse
TO giving a man a dollar in money, Out
we gladly spend many dollars TO put
people in the way OF earning their own
living and while the means or equip
ment may seem extravagant at first
in the end IL is much cheaper. and Is
always better.
Each year we draw nearer and near
er to a real GENERALIZATION OF the char
ity work of the city. and get more In
touch with the affiliating societies and
their many beneficiarieS. There are
many people receiving continuous RELIEF
who have been receiving IL Tor years
and this years applicants only ada 10
the burden In some cases, however.
the children have grown large enough
10 take positions and so support the
families and this we urge and assist
them TO do.
Charity work is private or should pc
so we make no mention or specinC
cases. where ready help mas oeen siSen
| TO people suddenly, and sometimes
shockingly bereft. But we wish, In the
names OF these afflicted ones. to thank
the people OF these Islands Tor tneu
generous aid In times OF great trouble,
when we could not otherwise nave
| managed certain cases
THESE are strenuous times, when
many are unemployed. and the de-
mands made upon US are frequent atu
| pressing. But we have no rear LOT Ihe
future. Just working on day oy DAY,
hoping that none may suffer- out tha'
| all will strive.
Rev. Hiram Bingham spoke OF th'
Moor Gilbert Islanders in Honolulu, who
are now living in houses at the hahh
detention camp. He thanked the So
ciety for giving s. a month towarS
their funeral expenses
Rev. Alexander Macintosh called al
tention to another kind OF poor peopl'
IN Honolulu with whom he thousht th'
society did not often come IN contact
This was "genteel poverty concern
ing a class OF people who have gener
ally hAen used TO sthe luxuries OF life
but who through business reverses. pa'
/ Investments and other factors Tor re
ducinr their hold on money and prop
7 erty. have at times been in actual DIS
. tress for even the necessities or Ire
This ..genteel poverty" was Ero~lh'
and the present hard times were no
. making the condition any better. n
] suggested that there be tuhu ue
voted 10 this class OF unfortunates' n
: knew 81 many such cases in the CIT.
whose growing poverty was more plu
fui even than that OF many who "e'
, born and reared in II.
The meeting closed with the electro,
1f officers for the ensuing year. al
- he old board % officers was elected q
, . follows. President. Governor :.
: mole. first vice president. Rev Alex
= ,-la- Nackinto.h: second vice presi
= 6art Mrs. ]. Osborne: treasurer
! Gorge r. Carter: secretary. Mrs. J. D.
= whitney - -
] Delegates from all the charitable OF