The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-09-22
Al WAYS
WITH us
Mrs. Whitney Writes
Of the Poor of
Hawaii.

The address Of Mrs. ]. N. Whitney,
secretary, read at the annual meeting
Of the Associated Charities of Hawaii
on Wednesday, was an interesting
paper, dealing with a number of i'm
portant questions of the day, with es-
pecial reference to subjects pertinent
to the work of the Associated Char
tiles. The paper was as follows:
The Manager and Secretary of the
Associated Charities of Hawaii felt
that it was rare privilege to sit as
official delegates from this Territory to
the 32nd National Conference of Char
tiles and Correction, held in Portland,
Oregon, July Is to %, 1905. The Sec
rotary feels that no subject she can
present for her annual report will be
more interesting than to bring before
you briefly a few of the topics which
occupied our time and absorbed our
interest during those pleasant days
The convention was held in the beauti-
full auditorium of the first Presbyteri-
an Church of Portland and was well
attended throughout it's sessions. The
President. Samuel G.. Smith, Ph.D.,
LID, of ST. Paul, Mimi, was a model
presiding officer. and the meetings
were well differed in all respects.
Thirty states and territories were rep
resented, many by large delegations,
in each of which it may be supposed,
some form of charitable organization,
local or general, exists. There We're
some 500 delega ties present, many of
them of nationa1 reputation, reorgan-
lied leaders in various forms of char
liable work, discoveries, 1T may be
said, of new schemes to benefit human
ity. Many more are experts in their
special fields, and all were enthusiast
tic in the belief that the greatest of
all human endeavor is Charity; to give
meat to the hungry, water to the thirs-
ty, to clothe the naked, visit the sick
and prisoner, the widowed and father
less. So broadly was this true, that it
was suggested that the Conference
might we'll be called the National Con-
ference of Social Workers, because it
includes representatives of every form
of philanthropy"
1t is a long reach from the days
when to give money to the poor, regard
less of their real needs or the likeli-
hood of it's proper disposal, was the
only and satisfying bestowal of char
ity, to the present systematic, intelli-
gent application of social science to
the wants of the needy and the un-
fortunate. To quote from the opening
address of the President of the Con-
ference, 'Philanthropies have now
become a real part of the orderly
study of human life with a definite
scientific side, instead of scattered
treasure upon wild shore where
there are tears to shed and burdens
to break human hearts. but where
there is no kingdom of order and reign
of law
JUVENILE COURTS.
So in all modern reforms, the Con-
ference seemed to take for granted
that while all that is possible must be
done to relieve existing evils, the real
hope of successful effort must be
through, the children. "It is wise and
less expensive to save children than
to punish criminals might be called
their working motto. 1t was very
noticeable that whenever work for
children was mentioned, there was a
expressed, hardly to be
seen in reports of other work. The
climax of interest was shown in re-
ports of recent progress of the Juvenile
Court movement Indeed this was said |
to be the fad of the present conference, |
ana several sessions We're devoted 10
it's consideration. At the National |
of 1904, Judge Ben B. Lind |
sey of the Juvenile Court of Denver, |
Colo, was appointed chairman of a I!
Committee on Juvenile Court and Pro- |
baton, and gave an interesting and |
lengthy report of the result |
of his Investigations.
Following are some of the main /
features of the report:
Among the important purposes of |