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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-09-25

total enrolment being close on to three
hundred. Instruction is given in Eng
Hsh. grammar, geography, history and
arithmetic.
The girls have a sewing class, which
is well attended and which has been of
help to many who are now earning ar
honest livelihood with their needles
There are also dressmaking classes and
a model housekeeping class, where girls
learn practical housekeeping in q cot
tage, all the way from sweeping a floor
TO cooking a dinner.
There are also classes in music. and
the Settlement orchestra has Interested
many young people Of the NEG hborAod.
Body Buildings
The new gymnasium building has
I cen an added. attraction 10 the boys
and Young men of the neighborhoOd.
The recent enrolment was much larger
than heretofore. and the interest mani
Tested in the work of the clubs has
been very encouraging. The program
for the year includes indoor gymnasium
contests, swimming races, indoor base
ball series. track aud field events and
an outing to the Peninsula. The gym
naSlum is well equipped with modern
apparatus, including swimming tank.
bowling alley and indoor baseball dia-
moud.
Three gymnasium clubs among the
women and girls are maintained. and
all three show a steadily increasing en-
roimeut and interest.
The Social Side.
in part TO the social side Of Settlement
life. The library, which IS open but
one afternoon week, has been better
patronjzed of late than ever before.
The books are not, however, of very
extensive variety, and there IS need of
suitable additions to this part Of the
work. 4 variety Of games are played
in connection with the reading-room.
Entertainments are be]d regularly.
and the attendance tesrifes TO their
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-09-25

may be spirited away to the Isle of
sorrows should she reveal her affic-
tl"h. 1t Is simple aiIment that a
Ittie care and attention would quickly
cure. by and by a kind-faced woman
VIII seek her out and see that she re-
eelves proper attention until her trouble
is over
On a diIapidated mattress in another
room child turns from side to side
restlessly. His brow is fevered and a
glance at his body shows only too plain
~ that he is suffering from scarlet
FEVER. His mother watches by his side
and couple of other children play at
marbles on the floor. There is no medi-
cine IN the room, for the mother is verT
poor and the father is dead. To this
room also will come a sweet-faced lady
with healing in her touch and voice.
and the little sufferer will soon be re
2elvlng tie best Of medical attention.
While the mother will be supplied with
clean clothes and other necessaries
The tenement jewellers are. with one
exception, left severely alone. Theirs
are dreary days and lurid nights.
Drinking, cursing, gambling and fight
ing is the tale of the tenements. and
occasionally room is raided or the
police are called to arrest brutal wife
beater or some other breaker of the
law. And the children witness it all,
listen to the cursing, and stare at sights
which would make adults blush. IN
open mouthed wonderi
Those Who Care.
The one exception. mentioned above,
are the workers of the Palama Settle
ment who go about among the slums
and becoming aware of cases of unusual
misery and suffering extend what prac
teal help they are able to. That the
Settlement has been a godsend to the
district there is nc denying 1t has
been responsible for setting many a
young mans footsteps in the right path
and has made thousands of self-reliant,
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-09-25

vironment, almost as constantly 60.
Stops are dumped Unfortunately
around and under the houses, particu-
!. larry by the orientals, who know little
f. and care less about the laws of santa
ton, and the stencil resulting makes
one wonder why Honolulu doesn't have
an epidemic more frequently than she
does.
Many of the tenement awellers are
victims of hard circumstances and are
there because they are too poor to re-
side anywhere else. They keep their
poor rooms clean and tidy, and gem
orally have fern or ported plant or
two to remind them of the garden they
once owned, or, maybe, one day hope
to own when their fortunes mend. A
great many more, however, have sunk
so low in the social scale that they
don t care where they live or sleep.
Victims of drink or drugs, they drag
out their besotted lives in the tene-
ments-lives punctuated by occasional
periods spent in jail-and round them
live, sleep and play the children'
1t is in the tenements that the real
tragedy of life is written. There tho
unnamed babies see the light, and there
the erring mother views life stripped
of its giamor, music and light-pain-
ful and sordid-while in the street be
low the world of ''don t know and
don't care moves along III It's own
selfish way
The friendless. the forlorn and the
deserted seek refuge in the tenement;
likewise the criminal and the hider from
justice. They come and 60 fheir sepa-
rate ways, ard the story of many OF
them no man may know.
On a dirty lauhaIa mat lies an old
native woman, with running sores on
her feet. She is afraid to 90 to doc
tor. not 50 much on account of her being
poor as because She is afraid that she
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-09-25

| Independent men and women, who. had
they been left to themselves, would
Iprcbably, in the great majority OF eases,
have amounted to less than nothing
and who are today good citizens.
| can ounce of prevention is better
| than a pound of cure. is the motto of
1.-THE Palama Settlement and all its WORK
Is planned accordingly. Its policy Is
! nonreligious and nonsectarian and none
is too poor or too humble to be admit
ted to its clubs or to share its other
privileges. Nor does the Settlement
wait for the poor, needy, dispirited and
unfortunate TO come to its doors with
their tales of misery and woe. Its
workers 90 out into the highways and
hedges, as did One OF old, and bid them
come in. There are clothes for the
naked. food for the starving, clubs for
the Young men and women and classes
and kindergartens for the babies. and
everywhere moves the spirit OF broth
erlv love and Of true Christian helpful
ness
The work of the Settlement has grown
and grown until today it can, despite
CRYING need, grow no more. The build
'ings and accommodations are taxed to
the uttermost and still the cry goes up
from the hot, IIl-smelling tenements:
.'sHelp our babies. Help us And
the pififul thing Is that there can be
no more heip extended The work or
the Settlement up to date has increased
TO half as much AGAIN as was being
lone at the close of the last school
wear. This in itself IS eloquent tesrl-
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-09-25

T. g said that one-half of the world
,,osn,t know how the other half lives,
rouallv troe might it be said that the
thor half not only doesn t know, but
also doesn t care.
Where one owns a house and can
.sord some of the Injuries as well as
the necessities of life, the year rolls
along pleasantly enough in Honolulu.
Tenement life here, however, is sur
rounded by all the sorrow, hardship,
misery and sin which mark it in every
eitv of size the wide world over.
Palama is Honolulu s tenement dis
triet. and in hundreds of cubby-holes
Of stuffy, ill-smelIing rooms above the
noisv street a thousand children are
being dragged up in an atmosphere
reeking with filth and immortality, by
Parents who long ago were forced by
stress of circumstances to the lament
able conclusion that life is hardly worth
the candle.
In these tenement rooms all sorts and
conditions and nationalities of men,
women and children make their homes
There may be found the native steve
dore, with his wife and brown babies,
living cheek by jowl with a japanese
daughter of the town. There may be
seen a fiaXen haired couple. children of
the Little Father, sharing the floor with
Chinese opium smoker and a blear-
eyed American beachcomber. And in
and out of the rooms at all hours of
the day and night run and play score
Of children belonging to other jewellers
in that particular tenement.
In summer the air of the tenements
is unbearable for grownup persons, let
alone the babies, who constantly come
and who, thanks to their unhealthy en-
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-09-25
An Eleemosynary Corporation.

July last saw the Settlement incor-
porated as an eleemosynary association,
strictly unsectarian and independent of
any church. According to the laws Of
the Settlement, the objects toward
which the association intends to direct
its efforts are, in general, all and every
variety of eleemosynary work; in part,
but not exclusively instruction of the
poor and ignorant in sanitary living,
including the care of children: the
making and. using of wholesome food,
general rules of cleanliness. nursing
care of the sick and general dispensarv
work, maintenance, care and leasing out
of model dwellings and tenements;
night school, kindergarten. gymnasium
heaIthful athletics and every variety of
wholesome entertainment, with the end
in view of affording recreation to those
who may be more or less deprived
thereof
The officers for the present year are
as follows: President John r. Gait;
vice president, w. F. Dillingham;; sec
rotary, George P. Denison; treasurer,
James A. Rath; auditor, Richard Hvers.
The Work of Today.
he hIuueTSdIbtu, WHICH HAS bteA
maintained throughout the year by the
Free kindergarten and Children S Aid
Association of Hawaii. is more largely
attended than ever before, and one has
only to be present at one of the classes
to be convinced of the excellent work
being done among the tots. Here may
be seen japanese, Chinese, Korean,
Porto Rican, Russian, Hawaiian, Por-
tuguese and children of several other
nationaltes doing those wonderful ex-
ercises which delighted our childhood s
days.
The evening classes have reached
their high-water mark this month, the
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-09-25

and leave at five o clock in the after
noon. \ trained nurse IS in attendance
at the camp.
An employment bureau is maintained
in connection with the Settlement,
which found work for many during the
past year.
Cottages ana Dormitories.
Sixteen cottages adjoining the Set
Element and formerly tenanted by an
undesirable class of people have been
leased from the Hawaiian Land and
Improvement Company. These cottages
were al one time a menace to the health
and morals Of the community. They
We're taken over by the company men
toned above, and after being renovated
and made sanitary were leased to the
Settlement. There has never been any
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-09-25
THE PROPOSED PALAMA SETTLEMENT BUILDING

popularity. The Settlement has been
responsible for developing good deal
of musical talent among the youth OF
the district.
Nursing the Sick.
The records of the nursing depart
ment speak plainly Of the great benefit
which this department is to the poor of
the neighborhood Scarlet fever. in
fected eyes, liberated legs. tuberculosis
and the simpler pains and aches are all
cared for by the Settlement nurses, and
well and professionally cared for at
that
The work of supplying pure milk to
babies has been carried on throughout
the year. In spite of the good results,
however, it was felt unwiSe to continue
the supply of modified milk. 1t was
found that mothers We're coming to de-
pend on the depot, and in consequence
were not learning how to feed their
babies. 1t was decided to supply the
pure milk and teach home modification.
This system was introduced last April
and appears to be working we'll.
The White Plague.
Two phases of the antituberculosis
campaign are handled at the Settle
ment-the day camp and visiting nurs-
ing. The city has been divided into
seven districts and a nurse placed in
each district, the nurses working from
a dispensary center. In this way it is
hoped that not only tuberculosis, but
other diseases also. will be discovered
and effeetually eradicated.
The day camp is situated on a piece
of land between Asylum road and Ban
van street. 1t is near the tenement sec
ton of the city, where tuberculosis is
doing its dealiest work and where nelp
is needed most Patients arrive at the
camp at eight clock in the morning
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difficulty IN renting the cottages, ten of
which are used by families, while two
are used as dormitories for young men,
the SIX dormitory rooms previously hav-
ing proved insufficient to meet the de-
mard
Up Against It!
The Settlement is up against it for
space, and up against it badly. The
present buildings are old and rotten
and totally inadequate to meet existing
needs which are ever becoming more
lmpelous. The dispensary is a 10x12
room and the class rooms are nearly
always overcrowded.
When Superintendent Rath went to
the helm five years ago the mission
| cons ;sted of one building on King street
| and the work of the mission reached
! about 80 people Today about nine
hundred come into touch with the set
Element work every week most of them
| regularly. and the number is increas-
ng steadily.
The Future
In order that the good work NAV
go on and that no halt may have to
be called great things in equipment
and endowment are planned.
II is proposed to build general ad-
mlnlstratior hall which shall contain
the dispensary, and provide the class
and club rooms. library and Office 1t
is also planned to convert the present
chapel building into a reading and re-
creation room and to build a workers
cottage. An effort Will also be made
TO purchase the land adjoining the set
Element which will be used as a play
ground and for the erection of cottages
1t is estimated that $50 900 will be
needed to effect these things
The endowment scheme contemplates
the purchase of cottages leased at pres
emf, with additions, and the purchase
of tenement adjoining the settlement.
The rental from cottages and dormi-
tories thus obtained would give the
settlement an annual income of $4,000.
The cost is estimated at $4,000.
Ways and Means.
Seventy-fve thousand dollars are
therefore needed and of this amount
$500 has already been promisd by two
individuals
The Settlement has to rely on dona-
tions in large measure for its support,
for the membership fees have, of course.
to be kept very low Boys pay from
30 cents to $1.00 a yer and girls the
same. Educational classes are extra. No
one is too young or too old to become
member of the Settlement and neither
color. race nor creed are taken into ac-
: count
/ Las. year $4,000 were contributed to-
ward the support of the Settlement by
people living IN the Palama neighbor-
| hood.
So broad-minded a man is Mr.. Rath
that he encourages friendly bouts with
the gloves in the gymnasium and he in
tends, as soon as he can see his wav
clear to dc so, to install billiard and
pools tables in the game room.
eff you want to, keep fellow off
the streets and away from the
saloons" says Rath, 'tyou We got to
make it an object to him to come to
your place. And in this. as in a good
many other things connected with set
Element work Rath appears to be dead
right
In the near future a son of Hawaii.
in the person of Spencer ". Bowen,
an old Punahou boy. viii arrive from
pberlin University to become associate
head worker at the Settlement and to
take charge of the work among the men
and bows
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munity. The chapel was decided to Cen
trail Union Church, which assumed re-
sponsibility for the work. The social
conditions at the time the chapel was
built were far different from what they
are today There were then no frame
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-09-25

tenements, cottages standing where
those now are, the people occupying
them being Hawaiians, part Hawaiians
and a sprinkling of haoIes and Chinese.
The chapel was built for religious
worship. but from the first the social
side of the neighboIhood was recog-
nized and cared for The work steadily
grew until the epidemic of plague and
fire OF 1891 1900, when it was discon-
tinued entirely for while.
Upon the return of normal health
conditions, Palama became changed
neighborhOod. Tenements sprang up
like mushrooms. Homestead lots were
purchased or leased and frame tene-
ments erected, bringing with them new
problems. which the mission tried to
cope with.
In 1905 the supervision of the work
was transferred from the Central Union
Church to the board of the Hawaiian
Evangelical Association, the church
continuing to contribute toward the
pastor salary.
This was the year when J. A. Rath,
the present superintendent, arrived
from Springfield, Massachusetts, at the
instance of DR.. Doremus Scudder and
took charge of the work of the mission
Mr. Ratb Is = Britisher, having been
born in India. He has been engaged
in sIum work for nearly twertv wears
indeed. he has made it a life study.
Broad-minded to a degree and wonder
fully well versed in al! appertaining to
human nature. Mr.. Rath has achieved
remarkable results among the "sub-
MERGED tenth, wherever he has labored
among them.
When Ratb tool, hold, MANY of the
old clubs and classes were revived and
others organized. Gradually various
activities were introduced and main
tanned. and in order to meet the needs
Of the growing work additional build,
ines had to he leased.
rro,o.oz c,xo-.r
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-09-25

popularity. The Settlement has been
responsible for developing a good deal
of musical talent among the youth Of
the district.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-09-25
The Earlier Work.

The Palama Settlement was founded
n 1896, Palama Chapel being the gift
f Mr.. and Mrs +. {. Jones to the com
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-07
P0STOFFICE DEPARTMENT,
Postal Savings Banks-Questicn of
 Defcit-Franking Abuses.

At it's last session congress made pro vision for the establishment of savings banks by the postoffice department of this government. by which, under the general control of trustees consisting Of the postmaster general, the secre- tary of the treasury and the attorney general, the system could be begun ill q few cities and towns and enlarged to cover within its operations as many cities and towns and as large part of the country as seemed wise.
 The initiation and establishment of such system have required 8 great deal of study on the part of the experts in the postoffice and treasury depart ments, but system has now been de
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-07
Another important reason why these

Another important reason why these ancillary duties may well be under taken by the government is the oppor- tunity for discrimination between pa- irons of the canal that is offered where private concessions are granted for the furnishing of these facilities Nothing would create greater prejudice against the canal than the suspicion that cer- tain lines of traffic were favored in the furnishing of supplies or that the sup plies were controlled by any large in terest that might have a motive for increasing the cost of the use of the canal.
 I cannot close this reference to the canal without suggesting as wise amendment to the interstate commerce law a provision prohibiting interstate commerce railroads from owning or controlling ships engaged in the trade through the Panama canal I believe such a provision may be needed to save to the people of the United States the benefits of the competition in trade between the eastern and western sea- boards which this canal was construct ed to secure.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-07
TIE NAVY DEPARTMENT.
Wants Naval Station at Guantana- mo-Honors For Peary.

In the last annual report Of the sec- retary of the navy and in my annual message attention was called to the new detail of officers in the navy de- partment by which officers of flag rank were assigned to duty as aids to the secretary in respect to naval opera tins, personnel, inspection and mate rial. This change was 8 substantial compliance wah the recommendation of the commission on naval reorgan- ization. headed by Mr. Justice Moody, and submitted to President Roosevelt on Feb. 26, 1909.
 Through the advice of this commit tee of line officers the secretary is able to bring about proper coordination of all the branches of the naval de partment with greater military eff ciency. The secretary of the navy rec onmends that this new organization be recognized by legislation and thus made permanent. I concur in the rec ommendation.
 The secretary, in view of the conclu- sions of a recent court of inquiry on certain phases of marine corps admin istration, recommends that the major general commandant of the marine corps be appointed for four year term and that officers of the adjutant and inspectors department be detailed from the line
 He also asks for legislation to im- prove the conditions now existing in the personnel of officers of the navy, particularly with regard 10 the age and experience of flag officers and cap- tains, and points out that it is essen tial to the highest efficiency of the navy that the age of our officers be re- duced and that flag officers particular ly should gain proper experience as flag officers in order to enable them to properly command fleets. l concur In the secretary's recommendations.
 Covering of Naval Supply Fund Into
 Treasury.
 I commend to your attention the re port of the secretary on the change in the system of cost accounting in navy yards and also to the history or the naval supply fund and the pres ent conditions existing in regard to that matter. Under previous practice and what now seems to have been an erroneous construction of the law the supply fund of the navy was increased from g, TOO, GOO to something over S14.- 600, 1000, and 8 system of accounting was introduced which prevented the striking of proper balance and knowledge of the exact cost of main taining the naval establishment.
 The system has now been abandoned and a naval supply account establish ed by law July 1, 1910. The naval supply fund of $2,7oO 900 is now on de- posit fin the treasury to the credit Of the department. The secretary recom- mends that the naval supply account be made permanent by law and that the $2,700,000 of the naval supply fund be covered into the treasury as annec- essary, and l ask for legislative eu- thority to do this. This sum when covered into the treasury will be real ly reduction in recorded naval cost for this year
 The estimates of the navy depart ment arc $5,OOo.O0o less than the Ap- lropristio1s for the fame pHEposf last