Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-02-26

" past six. ~
u Annual meeting of the Palama 81
q Settlement. 90
q Stereopticon lecture on tubcr- q,
u culosis by Ex-Governor George 90
{. r. Carter. q:
3: - 90
A small army of Kamehameha ca
diets have worked most Of the morn
ing In the arrangement OF the last of
the booths to be arranged at The Pub
lie Welfare Exhibits 49, the Kamcha-
moha Schools booth. This evening.
promptly at halr-past six. the big,
doors of the Palama gymnasium will
he opened, the electric illumination on
the grounds will he touched into life
and Honolulu will enter upon its first
great social exhibit
At the Palama Chapel will he held
the annual meeting of the Palama
Settlement, the reading of reports off
the officers, election of trustees and
the ordinary routine business, to he |
followed by a stcreopticon lecture on
tuberculosis by Ex-Governor George
r. Carter.
James A. Rath, head worker of the
Settlement and prime mover in the
Public Welfare Exhibits, was busy in
the gymnasium all day yesterday put
ting the finishing touches to the cX-
hibits being introduced by the Settle
mcnt itself. One mammoth map
which commands one wall Of the biz
structure and which Is drawn TO thcI
scale of fifty feet to the inch has been
painted In with all sociological" dataI
- the tenements and other buildings
the population and all other things
have been entered Before II thci
spectator can spend hours, and from
II draw complete knowledge oil
what is what in the district it pic
lures. which Is largely in Palama. The
preparation of this map has kept Mr.
Rath busy for the past three days
In most of the churches In the city
last night the exhibits were announc-
cd from the pulpits and 1t is more
than probable that some of them my
suspend the mid-weok services and
the congregation attend in body. In
the campaign to bring every human
being in Honolulu who can understand
to these exhibits every means possible
will be used. The schools will receive
special invitations and day set aside
for each. =.
Much Interest Shown.
The greatest interest possible has
already been manifested In the cXhib-
its. The initial attendance will he
swelicd both by the fact that the
highest In the city in social and bus
mess standing are connected with it,,
and from the fact that 1t appeals as
strongly TO the poor as II does TO the
rich. The exhibits of the same sort
on the Coast, and other branches of
the same work, are now one of the
biggest news features" of the day
with mainland papers. The intensely
popular appeal of the exhibitions has
not been lost sight of. Wherever they
occur they are the topic of the mo-
mcnt
The directors of the Palama cxhib-
It's are hoping that the same interest
viii attach To them here CORRESPOND
insly to the presence of an eauoI
cause for interest The exhibits and
conferences will change the entire
course of philanthropy In the city, in
iuse deeper spirit of helpfulness, In
culcate the wisdom of giving, and. ON
the whole, bring to Honolulu this great
new phase of the new Americanism. n
nationalism that Americans all over
the world are proud of.
Points Impressed.
summing up all that has been said
for the past several weeks, these OK.
hibits will impress the following
points
THE lack of organization and nm
lty In Honolulus social work Is a
slaring and expensive defect In It's
philanthrOpic system.
2-That before returns can DO Sc
cured from this work, the evils of the
tenement must be modified.
3-That Honolulu lies under the alb
Solute necessity of paying attention To
this work In selfish protection OF IT,
SELF aud the generous protection of the
less fortunate of her inhabitants
The display of these points is nor
Inc object of this affair. They will be
so glaringly apparent tonight merely
because they are facts. The public
may draw all its own conclusions and
| form all its own opinions. All that
the exhibition aims to do is to fur
hlsh the premises and the above con-
ciuSions are among those which can
not be escaped
The attendance at the Kirmess, an
incident Of pleasure. was fifteen thou
sand, Basing their expectations ON
ms the directors are hoping that
three-hfths of the city. or thirty thou-
sand, will pass through the gates NJ
the Public Welfare Exhibits between
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