The Hawaiian gazette., 1903-10-23
TEMPERANCE WORKERS
REPORT A GOOD YEAR
Annual Meeting Held Yesterday for Election.
tiiIo Workers Are Somewhat Discouraged.
The School Savings Bank Success.

the "women's Christian Temperance
Union of Hawaii" at the annual meet
ing held yesterday at the residence OF
Mrs. ]. NJ. Whitney, the president, on
Punahou street. The meeting Of the
society was attended by about fifty
ladies, the largest meeting held In
years, as well as the most interesting,
Mrs. Whitney opened the meeting
with Scripture reading, and Miss Ada
Whitney sang a solo.
SECRETARY'S REPORT.
The report of the secretary, Mrs. c.
Fl. Austin, for the year just closed,
showed the w. C. T. U. to have been
unusually busy in their work of re-
form. The report was as follows:
That time flies" is true saying
which we all appreciate most fully
when we come to the end of our year,
and feel that another year has passed
away Again we ask ourselves 'What
have we accomplished during the year
that has passed." 1t is a hard ques-
tion to answer Only eternity can un-
fold the good that has been done, but
we can take heart with the feeling
that we have tried to do what we could
though it is not what we would like
to have done. We have many things
to be thankful for and many things
to regret.
We regret that we have been power
less to :ssen the number Of saloons in
our midst or in any way to stem the
tide of intemperance. There seems
now. to be an apathy on the subject
that 1t is hard to work against.
The different branches of the Society
have been at work, and considerable
success has crowned the efforts of the
branch of Savings Banks in the
Schools" Our president has given
good deal of time and thought to that
subject as well as the committee who
have charge of that branch. One af-
ternoon Mr.. Macintosh who has had
several years experience in that line
very kindly came in and gave us MS
experience in the matter, and his talk
quite cheered and encouraged us in
our efforts. Miss Felker, principal OF
the Kaahumanu school, has given us
very cheering accounts of her expert
ments the results of which we shall
probably hear from the committee.
The Anti Cigarette committee have
met with good success though our
chairman has not been able to follow
the work up as she would like to have |
done.
The Literature committee has been
busy distributing literature on tenn
perance I am sorry to report that the
chairman Mrs WesterVelt, mas peeh III
and quite unable to do any work for a |
number of months so that the WORK
has devolved upon Miss Johnson, the
other member of the committee. Inc
progress of temperance education III |
the schools has been reported from
time to time and discussed in the meet
ings. The teachers have taken hold OF
the work with good deal of interest
and much has been done IN that hhe'
The Flower Mission was given up IN
January. The work is still carried on
though it is not under the auspices OF
the w. c. 7. L.
The April meeting was given up to
the discussion of 'Women's work ana
what women can o to raise the stand
ard of morality and to ameliorate the
evils of mankind 1t was thousht AT
one time that women were not Fapaoie
OF organizing ana CARRYING On chaii-
table work successfully put they nave
shown themselves equal 10 the tash'
and are conducting many associations
with success. The w. C. /. u. outrahks
all others in numbers and scope as
it reaches out to all parts of the world
and turns its attention to every phase
of work that has for its object the up
lifting of humanity.
The meetings have been held every |
month, and have been full of interest !
and cooperation of all the women or |
the community OF Whatever creed OF
denomination. Ihe work belongs 10
all women who desire a country that
is desirable to live In ana safe 10 orihs
up children in.
Let us look around and see what Is
being done in other places In the
fields OF legislation by means OF
bureau, liquor selling at the immigra-
uoh stations mas peeH p,on'ol..N'
Hrst the olhcial9 oPPoS'u ~ put slhNS