Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-10-05
big BILL HELPS LII1lEBILL
...' NBIGBRO1HER MOVEMENT
Work Which Judge Whitney Originated in Honolulu Is Having
Great Results for Boys Who Are ....
Aided 49, '''"'

islands.
All this wes some time ago. Bill
went to night school and learned TO
speak correct English. He read
nearly all the. books in Big Brothers
iibrary-hfst0ry. fiction and philos,
ophy. The business man got. him q
Few job with a real estate firm.
where they gave him bigger wages.
They liked him and raised his sal
Any. Then raised it again. Bill took
pride in his clothes--he wanted to
look like Big Brother Now there is
no better dressed young business man
in town. a .-.,. -.... .
Paid Big Brother. ,s.a.. 49,. ~. ls..,
OF course, Big Brother had given
HIM little money when he was first
starting, 10 piece out his wages, but
Eli kept track of every cent and paid
it all back. Bill lives at good adj
dress, where. he has q clean room of
his own, and the use of a, shower
bath. He is ambitious and works
hard. His Big Brother predicts that
some day he will be one of the big
business men of Honolulu Bill. was
saved with just little effort at the
right Tune g.. Iza.aBl3t,. - ssaI
This is only one of the hundreds
of4instances N which unfortunate
boys have been made laW-abidiRg and
happy, by means of the Big Brother.
Moyenaent. The idea originated with
Ernest K, Coulter, Of New York City;
who, from, its. beginning in 1902 un-
TIL January OF, this year was clerk of
the GhiATen's Court in that city. Dur
ing that time 100.000. hildren came
under his observation. 49,
The; movement was introduced into
Honolulu year and a half ago by
Judge Whitney of the Juvenile court.
The ElkS, st. Andrews Brotherhood
and Mems League at once became in
terested in it. Each of these organi.i
cations had committees of men who!
had expressed desire to act as Bigi
Brothers; John Hughes being chair
man of the Eiks' committee, George
Davies of the St Andrews commit
tee, and Spencer Bowen of the Men IS |
League. The plan was to have the
Judge appoint Big Brothers for any
boys who came before his court whom
he deemed worthy of the help.
Eighteen Big Brothers. .. |
The movement started with a bigl
rush in this city as today there are
about eighteen men acting as Bigl
Brothers. Nevertheless, even if the
has a. out somewhat,
there were at Yeast eighteen boys
looked out for and put ON the right
track. H..
> Take the case of a young fellow
here not long ago who had a good
position. He was under the watchfulf
eye of a Big Brother, but one day he |
had some trouble with his boss, and !
his boss kicked him out of the posi-
ton. The Big Brother went at once
and had long&ak with the boy and
also with his BOSS, and in the end
the boy got his job back and is in the
same place today making good.
Made Him Work. d.
Then there was a boy who was not
yet fourteen years old. He was the
leader, Of @. gang of toughs at Kalihi. |
His family was in poor financial
condition and needed the boys earn.
ings to go toward the support of the
family. But he would not go to work.
This boy also had Big Brother, and
as soon as he heard of this he went
out, looked the boy up, got him a
job and literally forced him to go to
work.
A young Portuguese boy, apparent
ly~ good for nothing, was up before
the Juvenile Court one day for some
minor offense. The Judge, thinking
that there was some good in the lad,
had a big brother appointed for him.
The big brother secured position for
the boy, and today he is employed by
one of the larger island firms and is
making good in every way.
All of these instances go to show
the purpose of the movement and the
real good it does. If a man believes
that boy in the open is better than
3 boy in jail, he is in sympathy with
The Big Brothers. If he believes that
a boy unaided cannot overcome the
tendency of unfortunate environment,
Or be happy and good without any of
he things that make happiness and
goodness, he concurs in the Big
Brother Platform.
700 in New York.
Today there are over 700 Big Broth
ers in the city of New York. Mr..
Coulter once said:
II have seen twenty Big Brothers,
busy New York merchants, in a gym
1asium at one time, boxing with
heir little brothers, so busy lodging
lpper-cuts and solar plexus blows that
hey didn't have time to think Of
heir business.
Little money is required to be the
Big Brother of some little chap who
has no show in life, but no
in the world results in
80 much good with so small an eX-
Denditure of money.
THE Big Brother Movement has
become so popular that LOG cities
lave corresponded with headquarters
it, and it is in working
order in thirty of them, including
honolulu The ElkS too have taken