Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1906-03-20
HELPING ALONG PUBLIC SPIRIT

c. NJ. Cookies response to the call for
improved and special equipment at the
Leahi Home for Incurables is one of
the items of public spirited contrihu-
ton that from time to time remind the
people that those who have prospered
in this worlds goods have not forgot
ten the unfortunate and needy. Such
incidents serve to soothe the feelings
of the impatient who see about the
Territory so many institutions deserv-
ing special endowment but still hanli-
capped for want of -notwith-
standing the rumOred increase in the
number of millionaires.
Honolulu public spirit is often put
down as minus quantity, especially
when reference is made to the libraries
and hospitals and various other regu-
lation objects of wealth's patron.
i age. which have been well started but
\ have grown beyond their original en-.
Gowment
1t is highly probable. however, thai
4 Hawaii's public spirit, like many othel
things II produces, is peculiar. Ger
tainly there is great amount o
money expended by the men of mean
of which nothing is heard There Il
lalso much done as a detail OF every
day life. which the people do not ap
preciate till they stop to consider HOY
many causes there are for complaint
4, It is not probable that Mr.. Cook
| consented to foot an item Of eXpens
\ at Leahi Home In order that his nam
, might be hung on the outer wall as
/. philanthropst. He had the money, tn
: Home needed It. and he gave it, woul
probably sum up the whole story.
D One OF the most public-spirited inst
S tutions in the Hawaiian Islands Is tn
Moanalua estate. How much none
4 has been spent there to make the mo;
5 OF the magnificent opportunities 10
3 landscape gardening and a pOdel parl
6 only 5. VI. Damon knows, and he won
tell. All he asks Is that the peopI
o shall enjoy II, appreciate II, patroniz
the golf links. use the polo field, an
4 get as much good nature into the
souls as can be obtained from associi
r ton with the best that Nature. wit
J., mans assistance, can produce. Moani
ua is u perfect outing park and couI
not be more free to the public II
were created by public funds. II re
o reserts public spirit.
Of When Alexander Young built h
million-dollar hotel, a good share
our people credited him with having
white elephant on his hands. Cor
paratively few stopped to think tn
= public spirit prompted the enterpris
g. and Honolulu would not be half q
= town 1t is without this tourist home
10 today. which was the white elepha
re- OF yesterday. Mr.. Young made
wealth in Hawaii and he considered
no more than fair to spend some OF
to here in helping the town. That is q
I'd way Young figured IL. and II we HI
an more such men there would be IL
complaint against the lack OF liberi
ity among those able to give. You
,e. was also the power behind the Lea
Dis Home, at its inception. He took 1t
he because the plague roundup broue
to notice so many sufferers and he "
others thought something should
pal done for them. In other places, II
Ter call this public spirit.
,aI So one might go down the list. I
Castles were public spirited In estf
fishing a modern Rapid Transit S,
en- TEN until they began to make nor
dN bhl VI IT, Nh'h oehiN s''hiShe W
an public decided they were octopus
Yet the city is thousand times mt
attractive In consequence Of this ent
IN prise, and the changing sentiment N
le- be put down as among Hawaiis pee
nut iarities.
Baldwin is building a town at Kal
lui, besides doing a multitude Of g
ac- works. some OF which bear his ma
de- and others in which he Is silent q
ent tributing partner. Some claim
moi town building IL a selfish corpor
scheme. But II promises to be a mo
town with comfortable homes OF s.
tho respecting and frugal citizens. 7
Of will be all the reward Baldwin and
ave associates seek, and II the work is
lis- philanthropic Il is at least public 81
tied.
IL is true that enterprises for pr
cal should not always be put in the 50
'est class with creating parks and the
me sistance given homes, hospitals
ed educational institutions. II is also
Ill n