The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-02-03
TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS
ASKED OF PEOPLE HERE
An Eastern Request for Large Contribution
for Guck Memorial Presented Yester-
day to the Woman's Board.

The meeting of the Woman's Board
of Missions yesterday afternoon at Cen
| trail Union church was unusually in
teresting by reason of reports on Jap
apese mission work in Honolulu pre-
scented by several English-speaking
Japanese ladies. A paper on 1.-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 mem
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
memorial structure to the memory of
Alice Gordon Gulick at the Gulick
school in Spain.
Miss Castle stated that in letter
Miss Katheryn Conan, 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 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-
islands, Mr.. Gulick being the son of a
missionary to Hawaii.
resume OF the work of the Gulicks
in Spain showed that 5000 pupils are
Gulick school. Having been engaged
in educational work in Spain for nearly
thirty years, the Gulicks have achieved
much prominence, and for such a
States Miss Castle thought would be
almost national gift from this coun-
try to Spain.
No action was taken in the premises.
Mrs. Selma Kinneys 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
treatment of the Jews within it's Dor
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 5000, 900 Jews scatter |
ed all over the world and of these sew
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 |
er 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 a spe- |
cial tax. If he is unable to pay the |
taxes imposed he is inhumanIy 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 a very hard life, often working
from a. IN. to 10 .. 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 gen
orally slovenly. The Jewesses are al