The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1904-02-05

OF Missions yesterday afternoon at Cen
trail Union church was unusually in
teresting by reason of reports on Jap
anese mission work in Honolulu pre-
Japanese ladies'. A paper on THE
Present Condition OF the Jews in Eu-
rope" was read by Mrs. Selma Kin
ney, and news Of missionaries in va
rious countries was given to the men,
bers
A principal topic was one presented
by Miss Carrie Castle, in which call
from the East was made on Hawaii
for $4,000 to aid in the building of a
memorial structure to the memory of
Alice Gordon Gulick at the Gulick
school in Spain.
Miss Castle stated that in letter
Miss Katheryn Conan, a professor at
Wellesley, who gave several lectures
in Honolulu about year ago, had call
ed her attention to the memorial
project 1t had been decided to let the
memorial take the form of a building
and equipment, both being much need
ed at the school.
Miss Castle also stated that a cable
gram had recently been received asking
If Hawaii could not furnish at least
$4,000 to the fund. Miss Castle in
terpreted this to mean that there was
some haste in getting the memorial
started, and not knowing just which
way to turn to obtain money, had hit
upon Hawaii, owing to the Gulicks be-
ing so well and favOrably known in the
islands, Mr.. Gulick being the son of
missionary to Hawaii.
A resume of the work of the Gulicks
in Spain showed that 5000 pupils are
practically under the direction of the
Gulick school. Having been engaged
in educational work in Spain for nearly
thirty years, the Gulicks have achieved
much prominence, and for such a
memorial to come from the United
States Miss Castle thought would be
almost national gift from this coun-
try to Spain.
No action was taken in the premises.
Mrs Selma kinney's paper on the
European Jews was a comprehensive
essay on the modern Jew especially
the types under the domination of the
Car. She said that if the civilization
of a country is to be judged by it's
treatment of the Jews within its bor-
ders, Russia had gone backward. The
treatment of the Jews in Russian terri
tory was barbaric and harked back to
the darkest periods of the Medieval
era.
There are about 100000 Jews scatter
ed all over the world and of these sew
en-eighths are in Europe. There are two
distinct types, the eastern and the
western Jews. In western Europe a
brighter day has dawned for them, but
in Russia, Hungary, Roumania and 9TH
err countries near by, the worst mediae-
val conditions obtain. In eastern Europe
distinct type of the Jew is the one with
the prominent hooked nose and cum
ming eyes. With many of the older gen.
GRAFTON the long-black coat is chung to
as a garb of responsibility and dignity
The eastern European Jew is burden
ed with special taxes. The skull cap
that he wears at religious ceremonies
is taxed; the candle that he burns on
Sabbath evenings is subject to spe-
cial tax. If he is unable to pay the
taxes imposed he is inhumanly treated.
Only few professions are open to the
Jews. They are mostly bootmakers,
painters, tailors and carpenters. They
are hard working, and the apprentices
have very hard life, often working
from a. m. to 10 p. IN.
The women lead an easy life. They
do not like work and have generally
but couple of rooms to look after. They
are fond of gaudy colors, but are gem
orally slovenly. The Jewesses are al
most totally illiterate. The Rabbi is
generally the only teacher and the Tai
mud the only study, and with these
two influences they are likely to be-
come bigoted and haters of Gentiles
with other peoples is do
nS much, however, to change their
deals.
The massacre at kishineff was only q
modern example of the persecution to
which they have been subjected
through the centuries They have in
lines past been pillaged, put on the
'ack, burned at the stake and dispers-
I'd over the face of the earth in the |
name of Jesus.
In the early centuries the hatred of |
he Jews was on religious grounds: lat
II it was for social reasons, and later
wa ~ was JNdipuSS, lpl lHt Jews ndu
lsen supreme in commerce and bank |
ng.
The Jews have always been exclu-
1--WE, because they believed they We're |
he elect of God. They began by being |
Exclusive and ended by being excluded. !
The Japanese work here was present.
ID to the Board under the direction of |
Mrs. Scudder, She introduced Mrs
)tobo, wife of the pastor of the jap
Inese church, who spoke in her native
ongue her remarks being quantity
nut intelligently interpreted by her
laughter, who is n graduate of the
Presbyterian school of Toxic.
Mrs Otobo said that the Japanese
'eople owed much to the American peo-
lie for having had Commodore Perry
o open the ports of Japan to the
world In Hawaii she felt that her
'eople should be grateful to the Chris
IAN workers for the help they had OBJ
aimed in Sunday school and night
ChOOl work She said their church had