Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-07-30

The Citizens meeting in the makai
pavilion at the Young Hotel last even
ing to hear the reports Of the leaders
of the crusade against mosquitoes was
not well attended owing to the heavy
rain at the hour. But the work done
during the past year and the magniI-
icent results were discussed In num-
Der of addresses which were heard by
small but applauding audience.
The report of A. l.. Larnach, the
Anti Mosquito Leagues agent, was
most encouraging The addresses of
President Pinkham. DR.. G. b. Cooper,
DR.. +. r. Day and the lantern lecture
by Entomologist Van Dine, were in
structive and those present, II called
on to vote would have given unanimous
instructions for the good work to go
on.
President Pinkham's address was as
follows:
1T is a privilege to preside at a gath
ering of citizens who are voluntarily
intrusted in work for public improve
ment.
1T is the every day petty annoyance
that wears, and II there was ever an
annoyance that not only destroyed good
nature, wore on patience and deprived
one of the mental equilibrium neces-
sary to the peaceful pursuit of knowl-
edge and happiness, 1t Is the operations
of the mosquito and its untamed blood
thirsty disposition.
Mosquito Abated.
THE past year has given some hope
OF deliverance. II is generally conced-
ed that the mosquito nuisance has
abated very materially. Certainly the
freedom from these pests has been very
marked in some localities.
This campaign tends greatly toward
the preservation of public health. All
authorities agree that the pernicious
activity Of the mosquito is a means Of
widely spreading certain diseases.
I'm order to be fully informed as to
those localities where the annoyance is
specially prevalent, the Board Of Health
q n0,Ice requesting information be
sent.
IF the citizens will kindly comply
with our request they will increase
g,s-atly tne efficiency and amount Of
work your agents can accomplish.
"The success of this campaign will
serve as an example of what combined
action can produce at little cost In the
way of city Improvement.
while any reference to the wonder
full climate of the hawaiian Islands is
trute and rather tiresome, 1t Is never
theless, a most potent fact, and when
we leave this home for a time, the real
ization comes back, and the longing
for the charm of the beautiful outdoor
| life nowhere else equalled or possible.
THE one marring circumstance that
detracts from the ideal of comfort and
restfulness, your Citizens Mosquito
Campaign has undertaken to prac-
tically remove.
Worth the Money.
| 1T Is worth the money 1t has cost
and what II may cost.
1T is sincerely hoped the year on
which we have entered will find your
support as equal to the past year
| I'VE are busy, based on our own in
formation. but we will get busy up to
the limit II you will point out the spots
needing attention"
Mosquito and Disease.
| DR.. f. r. Day gave an address on the
mosquito and disease as follows:
| ~ 10 Ntii lol uo W pduot
ly in our busy lives and by looking
backward get more comprehensive
idea OF the progress that is being made
in human affairs. II gives us better
appreciation what is actually being
done-a perspective view as II were. II
we do this In relation to the subject
under discussion this evening We vii
not have to go back very far before
coming to time when the mosquito
was considered merely q nuisance
pest TO be suppressed for comforts
sake. We did not like to have ouI
evenings disturbed by its nerve irritat'
ing song or our skins pierced by its
bill, now, thanks to the careful in
vestigatiOns of painstaking scientists
we know that she is more than nuts
ance and disturber Of the peace. She
is menace to health and danger Il
life. use the pronoun she advisedly
because the female Is the voraciou,
member Of the mosquito family. In
those days. We looked upon malaria a,
la miasmatic disease. Experienc,
taught that II was prevalent In swampy
regions where humid vapors arose af
ter shutdown and he who went out a
night was in danger OF inhaling tn,
miasm OF malaria. But In 1884 Mr.
Laveran, French physician, stationed
in Algeria. discovered an organism II
the blood Of malarial patients which
he called the plasmodium malariar
II is Unnecessary to relate the labor
GUS researches that followed the an
nouncement of this discovery bu
which have established beyond cavai
that this protozoa is the actual caus
OF malaria until mo plasmodium, M
malaria" is nov medical axiom. Thei
came the question how the plasmodiun
gained an entrance into the human
body and this was solved in time jus
as positively by the brainy men VIII
were devoting their energies to tn
problem. 1t was found that the anopf
les mosquito was the particeps erin
inis. The protozoa was traced with tn
most minute precision through the bod
OF this mosquito from one human hos
to another.
Anophles Not Here.
"The proof was SO convincing tina
no one could doubt II. Fortunately 10
us Mr.. Van Dine has not discovere
this specips I'm these islands which M