The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-10-29
TESTIFY APPRECIATION
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Coast just short time before. Mrs.
Green spoke of the work of the late
Mary Green, who was the W. c. 7. U. s
active missionary among the Hawaiians.
She told of her work not only in Homo
lulu but on the islands of Maui and
Hawaii, where she organized many
branches and worked until her health
failed. Her tribute to Mary Green was
touching one, and those who knew
the courageous little woman felt that
it was fitting testimonial to her work
to refer to it at length in the quarter
century meeting.
The report of Mrs. Coan, as treasurer,
forl the twenty-five years, showed that
the receipts in all that time had
amounted to a grand total of 5000 and
the disbursements 1898. For the an
nual report she announced balance
of So and this will be the nucleus of
the treasury for the first year of the
new quarter of century.
Mrs. o. H. Gulick read an interesting
statement of early work done by the
W. C. T. T., with reference to alcoholic
wine used in communion and the efforts
of the union to bring about its disuse
and the substitution of the unfermented
juice of the grape. Sweetened water
was used for a while, but native pastors
finally used stimuants. The matter was
brought forcibly to their attention and
they finally omitted the alcoholic bev-
erage.
Mrs. Rider, of the Kakaako Mission,
spoke earnestly of the need of constant
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prevent drunkenness in Kakaako. There
were so many drinking men in that
district and it was a pitiful sight to
see children growing up in the midst
of drunken environments and young
people reaching manhood, Indifferent to
its responsibilities.
At this juncture Mrs. Jordan arose
and said that the members of the w.
C. T. T., wishing to express their ap-
probation of Mrs. Whitney's constant
endeavors in the interest OF temperance
in the Islands, could think ofanothing
that they thought would please her bet
ter than procuring for her life mem
bership in the National W. c. T. u,
and she presented her with five golden
double eagles Mrs. Whitney was quite
overcome with the gift, and in answer
ing she reiterated her determination to
continue with the work to which she
had devoted her life. She spoke of the
temperance idea as "the child of her
life" stating that she hoped the work
would be perpetuated.
She then read reminiscent resume
of the career of the local W. c. 7. u,
in the quarter of a century just closing.
The Honolulu branch was organized
here in 1884 and was the first W. C. T.
e. organization Instituted by Mrs. Mary
Clement Leavitt during a wonderful
journey around the world extending
over eight years. All the officers dur
ing the first year entered upon their
work with mingled enthusiasm and
timidity for all were inexperienced in
temperance work. and there were
limited number of ladies upon whom to
depend, while they were face to face
with law just enacted, permitting for
the first time in sixty years, liquor to
be sold to native people, Saloons.
licensed and unlicensed. were filing the
land.
Mrs. Whitney spoke at length of the
work CT Mary Green, a work which
had a good effect among the Hawaiian
people. but work too soon cut off by
illness. The president spoke of the
achievements of the w. G. r. Z. in the
United States and the educational work
done in these Islands by the use of
literature translated into the Hawaiian
language. She said that it may not be
generally known that the Woman's Ex-
change was started here about fifteen
years ago by the w. c. 7. e., which
has paid to needy women, chiefly Ha-