Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-11-28

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| On its social side this spirit of max
Ing Honolulu attractive has found fun
and effective expression II has an
abundance Of fraternal organizations;
the Masons, Odd Fellows, Elks, Pythi-
ans. Foresters, Moose, Eagles and
other fraternities have large numbers
and much prosperity. There are the
usual exclusive private clubs; college
men and women have their own or
CARNATIONS: there is a music club and
an art club. Nearly every other phys
icaI, intellectual or artistic interest
from social science to baseball finds
expression 2s. ID
Someone has remarked that one OF
the surest ways Of Judging people
IFS by knowing how they spend their
leisure. For me most part Honolulu's
leisure is spent in wholesome out-of-
door recreation and in social amrse-
ments in which ostentation finds little
part. II finds pleasure IN home din
ners and home produced musical and
dramatic entertainments. Its apprecia-
|tion Of the best in art and music is
shown by its lavish support of the
artists who by chance stop over on
our shores. An open-handed hospital.
ity, necessarily somewhat restricted
in recent years by changed conditions,
abonnds The stranger is truly vel
come within our gates. s-.,,'s Z
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Conditions of health, comfort and
ease Of course do not exist in all
parts OF the city The strange thing
is not so much that the poor need
help as it is that so much help is
given. Honolulu is one of the mos.
generous cities In the world. Its re-
cent gift OF $4,000 to the war relief
fund is an indication of how full is its
response to q sudden great need. A
better test, however, is the support
that it gives year in and year out to
the work OF ameliorating the condi-
tions of the poor and sick. This sup
port comes not merely from sympathy
but also from an intelligent belief that
the health OF one part of the city is
the happiness of every other part
It is impossible to give complete
list Of the private :philanthropies OF the
city. The city itself doesn't know how
much is being DONE, Enumeration OF
some of these will indicate the char
acter and extent Of this work a free
kindergarten association, maintaining
several free kindergartens in various
parts of the city for the benefits OF
the children OF the poor; Fairgrounds,
which take the children from the,
streets, protect their lives, direct their
activities and give them health; set.
Elements. which through their numer-
Gus home and community activities are
heaven In the life OF the people
among whom they are placed, one set.
Element alone, with its settlement
house, gymnasium. dispensary, free
milk depots, tuberculosis camps,
nurses in the public schools, fresh
air camp. cottages to replace tene-
ments, has a budget of $4,000; hos.
pitfalls, including a general hospital, a
children's hospital, tuberculosis hos
pital and other homes for the care
|of special diseases; homes for the aged
and the fatheriess; associated charI-
ties and other public and private or.
ganizations for the relief OF poverty;
juvenile courts and other modern gov
ornamental agencies for caring for and
curing the delinquent and the defici.
ent; growing Y. NJ. C. A. in a $780,
900 building with an annual expendi.
ture Of $4,000: a prosperous Y. W. C.
A.; missions which in every part OF
the town offer religious training, edu-
lcational advantages, civic instruction
and everything that is good in connec-
ton with modern mission work and
which are generously supported, finan-
cially and spiritually. by Roman Cath
olics, Protestant Episcopaiians and
evangelical denominations; the Ha,
waiian board, the oldest of these.
whose organization spending SOS Geo
annually, carries on mission work,
maintains churches and pastors amcng
the Hawaiisns and the other races in
the islands. and continues with. un-
abated zeal the missionary spirit OF
the fatners. e
Honolulu stands for more than