The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1903-06-26
YEARS WORK
WELL DONE
Governor Dole on
Right Kind Of
Charity.
(From Thursdays daily.)

the association rooms on Alakea
street. officers for the new year were
elected, and there were interesting re-
ports from those that served during
the past year.
Mrs. G. M. Whitney read her report
as secretary detailing the work of the
society for the year. She expressed
regret at the resignation Of Geo. r.
Carter as Treasurer, but was pleased
that the society had obtained such a
capable successor in Clarence H. Cooke.
Mrs. Whitney also said that the sue
cess of the organization was due in a
larger measure to the efforts of Gov
ernor Dole, the president. Mrs. Ber-
ger was also complimented and the
suggestion made that she be permitted
a vacation with the hope that she at
tend the National Conference of Char
tiles and Corrections at Portland.
Mrs. Whitney spoke also Of the
with the expression: I'VE hope and be-
lieve that the Association has shown
itself to be SO helpful and needful
factor in our varied life here-that it
will not fail to receive the moral and
financial support it deserves from all
charitable and philanthropic men and
women upon these islands,"
TREASURER'S REPORT.
The treasurer's report showed re-
ceipts from members dues s342, dona-
lions s117S42, from DR.. Wiles enter
tainment $3OO10 making total of
S1S20.52. There was a balance remain
ing from last year s133.O3 and the dis
bursements the past year were $1S4125
leaving a balance on hand of S112.55.
REPORT OF MANAGER.
The report Of Mrs. Berger as manager
of the Associated Charities was as fol-
Lows:
Charities for the year ending June II,
1903.
We have added 12S new names to
our records this year. 73 of these APP
plications were from single men, II
from single women, and A were family
cases. Besides these, there were the
many recurrent cases. bringing the
total number of persons relieved up to
423 100 people have received clothing,
and S43 meals were furnished. "a cases
were sent to the Queens Hospital, and
S to the Home for Incurables. 10 We're
sent to Kona Orphanage, to the Cas-
tie Home for Children, to the Saliva
ton Army Rescue Home, and 1 to the
Girls Industrial School.
One thousand one hundred and sew
enty-four dollars and fifty-five cents
dispensed for the affiliating societies,
and $2SS35 for private and specific
cases, make a total of Sl462.S5 dispensed
from this office. There We're 1907 office
interviews, and the Manager has made
80 visits. 20 societies now affiliate
with the Associated Charities, and our
relations with them and with the in
situations furnishing indoor relief have
centralized the work and simplified 1t
greatly.
In comparing these figures with pre-
yious reports, we find falling off in
the number of new applications, which
is easily accounted for. Several thous-
and people belonging to the working
classes have left this country in the
last two years, and fewer sailors now
come to this port. The Police Depart
ment have helped us in the Porto Ri
can cases by compelling the men either
to work or go to prison. And too, four
years work in this office has made us
pretty well acquainted with the poor
who are always with us. Their cases
have been investigated, and the proper
societies are giving them regular re-
lief,
The number of institutions giving in
door relief is constantly increasing, the
most of them receiving Government aid,
making the burden of caring for spe-
cial cases much lighter for the benevo-
lent few who heretofore have borne 1t
almost alone. Aged foreigners and
conyalescents still need domiciles, and
when these are provided by the Gov
eminent or otherwise, the care of the
dependent in this Territory will be
comparatively easy.
Several decrept old men have come
to this city in the past year, and In
some cases have demanded support.
When possible we have promptly sent
them back to the country from which
they came. asking them to discourage
others from leaving their homes for
such a purpose.
There are two or three men begging In
this city for money to bury their dead
Three have applied to this office at
different times for money for that pur-
pose, but we have never yet been able
TO locate the body. Neither has the
undertaken. We have no means OF
knowing how much money these men
collect, because those who give do not
report to this office; but they must re-
ceive some announcement, or they
would cease begging, They apply here
only once, always asking for money.
and / send them to the undertaken
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