The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1905-09-22
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MALTREATED
ervn wednysday,s Advertiser,

AT yesterdays meeting OF the w. c.
Il. U. Mrs. Ryder told a story OF de-
pravity In the slums of Kakaalxo which
fairly chilled her auditors. II was
the story OF a Hawaiian woman's
british Treatment OF a little child,
whose parents had died. The little one
had never been adopted. but was mere
ly added to the foster mothers family.
From the time It came into new hands,
the child suffered through lack of food,
beatings and generally cruel treatment.
On any occasion the woman would beat
the child and It seldom had anything
like square meal a day. Mrs. Ryder
sought out the little one and when Il
whimpered that 1t would go with her.
the woman deliberately gave It another
beating.
One day Mrs. Ryder found the child
weak and emaciated and in almost the
throes OF starvation. After many
pleadings with the woman, Mrs. Ryder
took the child to restaurant, but the
woman came in and SO terrified the
child, that It was barely able to guip
down the glass of milk that had been
provided. Mrs. Ryder sought the police,
Judge Whitney and others to learn
what might be done, but found there
was no law for the protection OF chill
dren. Soon after this the woman beat
the child so that It swooned. Mrs.
Ryder then took II out to the Hospital
for Incurables, where 1t died the same
night.
This was sample of the scenes
which Mrs. Ryder said she frequently
had to face
Mrs. Whitney announced that the
next meeting of the w. C. T. U. would
be held In October at her residence.
II being the annual meeting when re-
ports for the sfar would be read.
A letter from he national treasurer
was read announcing the national con-
vention to be held in Los Angeles from
October 81 to November /.
Mrs Terry of Hilo spoke interest
ingly of the union work in the Rainy
City.
One member said that the Civic Fed
GRAFTON would probably take up the
question of protection for children and
might introduce bin in the next leg
islature to that end.
Mrs Whitney said she had hopes of
the Juvenile Court being established
In Honolulu She said that there were
already probation officers who were
looking after children who had come
before the police judge and then were
given over to the surveillance Of such
officers, until time came when Il was
deemed proper to allow them to pur-
sue the even tenor of their way. Among
such officers were Lyle Dickey, Mr..
Turner, Mr. Ryder, Catholic priest
and lady prominent In benevolent
work
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so restoring its capacity OF growth. He
says. Our democracy seeks to en-
body itself. We are learning that the
human life itself is one of the most
plastic of materials 1t may be mould
ed by creative genius into forms of
! beauty and strength. We may take
the masses In our great cities and
develop them. We may remodel the
city itself and the nation. We must
go about It just as the great artist does.
First our own' minds must be filed
with an ideal of America, then we
must seek to realize this ideal" And
again: THE work that America most
needs is the lifting up OF the lowly
and touching them with those ideals
that are making the new American"
II is probable that both of these
methods will be found necessary be-
fore much progress can be attained
the application of such principles of
socialism as shall terminate or
neutralize the power of both capital
and labor to limit or interfere with
the freedom of working men to sell
their services for what they are worth.
wherever there is a demand for them.
and a campaign of education and sug-
gestion combined with judicious as
sistance.
The report of the Manager OF the
Associated Charities of Hawaii gives
an interesting Illustration of this lat
ter method, where she speaks of the
encouragement she has met with in
dealing with families.-how as the
years go by, her calls, which are
neighborly In character and which give
her the opportunity, after having won
confidence, Of giving advice, sympathy
and encouragement, combined. doubt
less. often with criticism and censure.
gradually result In the uplifting of the
family in those qualities that make for
self-respect, family spirit. independ-
ence and good citizenship.
1t is well for the public to know
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