Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-12-17
ANT|-SALOON LEAGUE OUTLINES ITS
CAMPAIGN IN NEXT Legislature

; Central Union church. In part, Mrs.
Viewers paper was as follows:
Let us analyZe the situation. Put
aside for the moment the question OF
money obligation assumed in offering
home TO one thus seeking to earn
her living, what are the other essen
tials? First, bodily protection. at
least to the extent Of the oversight Of
responsible person. Second, mega
tive condition: the assumption OF this
new obligation must not put undue
strain upon ones power to discharge
earlier and more fundamental Obliga-
tiuns. undue strain. for any obligation
means strain. and the degree Of strain
allowable each must settle for himself.
An American community is a social
whole The civic institutions and the
body of citizens are two poles of the
same circuit The community, finding
il impossible to deal with individuals,
organizes certain institutions, the pO-
lice, the school many agencies Of
mercy and correction. Because the
pressure OF individual cases needing
these various sorts of help is painful
to the community, the methods Of-seg-
regation of such caseS1is fairly or
gained The institution does its
work, the individual, educated. healed,
reformed, must again become a part
of the mass, with all its mulitpleX
associations, its normal activities.
1T is right here our social maChin.
cry breaks down. The civic insti>u.
ton and the community are the two
poles of the same circuit, but to the
average man or woman, the wires arc
down. The institutions are short cir.
cuited There is a stoppage of circu.
lation, and such stoppage always
means pressure and danger. We have
made the return of the institutional
graduate unnecessarily hard. The
institutions, with all their faults, are
nevertheless going concerns; the gen.
eral good will Of the public is genuine.
The two are without effective connec-
ton. With the best heart in the
world, how is the average business
man or woman to pick up connections?
Here is plan suggested as ba-
sis of discussion.
Any already existing group, inter.
ested among its other. activities, in
any form of child welfare, is a posi-
BILE unit. Let this organization have
q child welfare committee. The Guild
at ST. Andrews, the societies at Cen
trail Union church and doubtless many
another Is already so organized; there
are many committees in deed, If not
in exact working, of this character.
''The group Of women backing the
public school at Kaimuki, the College
Club and many others are quickly
brought to mind Each is already
we'll defined social unit, able to or
ganize its affairs and handle its f.
nanccs. %.s.&... III.
Each such group sends its chair
man of the child welfare committee
to meet with similar officers from sim
liar groups This meeting OF chair
men forms the connective element On
the one side are the clubs, already
rooted in the common life. On the
other are the civic institutions, the
juvenile court, with its probation Of
ficer, the boys and girls industrial
schools, the public school, the district
nurse, medical inspector. market in
spector and many another. Then ex-i
perts. like Miss Sterritt or Judge Whit
ney, when they have work they need
help in, will have some definite place
to go, sure of a careful and earnest
hearing, willingness to watch over
the process of re-entering the insti.
tutional graduate into the common
life. l.-I
Such advisory committee is capa-