The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-02-27

take the cars. And hideOuS sight OF |
disease and misery breeding nurseries |
they made, both in shadow and sub
stance Mr. Carter's address was a
fine effort of plain talk in fluent |
phrase and held the close attention |
of the audience from first to last A
goodly number of settlement children,
quiet and well-mannered, attended the
lecture.
Public Welfare Exhibit.
Everything is well arranged for the
Public Welfare Exhibit on the ground
floor and in the galleries of the gym
nasium. On entering the visitor is
ushered into a cloak room, with flag
draped entrance, where outdoor I'M
pediments may be shed
One of the first exhibits is a mode
tenement room, in charge of Mrs Wat
erhOuse.
The table in this model room was
set for dinner for a large family and
contained a shining array of dishes:
the screened bed was as white and
cosy as one anywhere. Tables, cabi.
nets, pictures and mirrors and all the
dainty touches to a home were pres
emit Every article was labeled with
its price; a cabinet cost SLIP land
was good looking cabinet at that, a
washstand cost So cents and with the
exception of the bed and dishes every
thing else was in accordance.
At the end of this lanai was a diff
ferent room. prepared by Ae head
nurse of the Settlement in exact dup
LEGATION of a room from which a dying
tubercular patient had been taken not
long ago 1t measured not much more
than few feet by five; the floor W.
covered with dirty clothes just as in
the original; on box at the head OF
the broken bench which served as
bed was a squareface of gin and bot,
tie of dago red, Just SIS they were
found when the nurse of the Palama
Settlement entered his filthy den and
took him away.
Upstairs is a kindergarten booth
where playthings and books-includ
ing a library loaned by the Crossroads
Bookshop-su suitable for the children
are displayed, also a great variety OF
playthings and pictures made by the
children. Miss Sturgeon and Miss
Jones were in attendance to explain
things, and this booth was always the
center OF interested examination.
There are also manual training eX
hibits in three booths respectively o.
Kamehameha Schools, the Royal
School and other public schools; a
Board of Health booth, showing things
food crusade and the pure milk cam
paign-the aforementioned showing
[ germless slides from College of Ha-
wall milk and germ-laden slides from
/ milk casually obtained in the open
market. Miss Gulick had specimens
! of germ colonies caught directly after
a shower and at a dry time when
dust was flying both at Victoria ana
King streets, the difference being that
of a dozen to myriad
Another booth shows two GONZALES
cent little children with their nurse
amidst the comforts that the Settle
ment provides for suffering babies.
Mr.. Carter has graphic exhibit OF
the destructiveness of tuberculosis
which shows the many ways in which
the disease is spread. At the entrance
is an electric bulb flashing every ten
seconds to show how often a baby
dies, with the inscriptions beneath:
1860 babies die every hour.
$500 every day.
"3,153,6O0 every year"
And one-half of these deaths ar,
preventable."
The Public Welfare Exhibit is free
to all, an every intelligent either
ought to see it.
Tonight the children of the city kin
dergartens will given an entertain
ment, which is bound to be a treat 4
everybody who sees IT, Judge W. T.
Whitney will deal with the topic "Ih
Juvenile" at the conference for TIA