The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-11-05
DR.. VILE
On MOLOKAI
interesting Address at
thu Pacific
Club.

An elaborate luncheon was given yes
aerday at the Pacific Club by DR.. Chas
B. Cooper in honor of DR.. w. C. VILE
of Danbury, Conn, one of Hawaiis
most ardent friends. after which the
visitor gave an interesting talk on the
impressions he had formed during his
recent visit with his host to the Leper
Settlement on Molokai.
The invited guests, all of whom were
present except Mr.. Irwin, were Gov
~ernor George r. Carter, Judge San
ford 3. Dole. Hon. Alex. Young, Hon.
w. o. smith. Dr. George Herbert, DR..
E. Cofer, u. S. NJ. H. s., Hon. A. S.
Cleghorn, Hon. Samuel Parker. Mr. L.
E. Pinkham. Mr. Mark Robinson, Hon.
w. G. Irwin.
The luncheon was designed to bring
DIR. Vile into closer social contact with
leading men of the islands. The doctor
is an after dinner speaker of ability,
and in his talk yesterday he gave his
auditors some word-paintings of scenes
on Molokai that were most impressive.
His description Of the portion of the
island on which the Settlement stands
and the possibilities for turning 1t into
AN arboreal Garden of Eden by making
more use of the fertile soil, was OF
particular interest.
DIR. Vile said he had been amazed
as well as instructed by what he mad
seen, first because of the malady OF
which no one really knows anything
until he has had personal observation,
and second because of the rugged beau
7tv of MoIokai DR.. Vile had examined
the. condition of the people as thor
.oughly as the limited time of his stay
.7,errnitted. He said he had found
colony on the island which was well
cared for, and he did not believe there
was such another place in the world |
where inmates were so well looked
after. He found them cherished wards
of the Territory. not outcasts.
But with all this Dr.. Vile had found
some things lacking. He had found
a community living without employ
ment. The Settlement was located on
a beautiful peninsula covered with fer
tile soil. place which he believed
could be eventually converted into
=. vernal paradise. He thought that
81 tte people had something to occupy
themselves with. work for two or three
hours a day, with care in the seiec-
,4ion of a diet. something which would
take their minds off their malady' the
doctors would obtain better results in
treatment. Some stimulant in the way
of prizes for keeping up their grounds
and some real good labor, which in
little time would make the place
bloom like rose. would do good.
The doctor spoke in the highest
terms of superintendent McVeigh'
man of fine qualities, with way down
in his hearI an affection for the people
under his charge which makes him one
IN a thousand. Mr.. Mcveigh had the
strength of character 10 gwen
and DIR. Vile believed that, because OF
his kindly. though firm relations with
.tt,a neopIe in the conduct of the affairs
of the settlement. the most cordial re-
Iatinns existed between superintendent
ana people. Everything there seemed
IN Do;nt "a humane and benefcent con-
troll
-rhe feature which had struck the
visitor particularly was the brave doc
tor-eoodhue-who has nearly thous-
and patients to attend to all the time.
what could a man do in scientific work
With sucb a burden resting on his
shoulders day and Light2
There was the opportunity for the
Territory of Hawaii to make a reputa-
sion which would resound from one end
Of the world to the other. and TINS
vas IN find a treatment or cure for
1eprosy. The opportunity was exeep-
4ionaI If leprosy were disease that
swept of 10000 people at stroke, all
nations would be up in arms to put 1t
down. In the entire world there are
not many lepers. and the world gener-
ally looks upon the disease with hor-
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