The Hawaiian gazette., 1914-07-10
W|L[sF|NANCE
TWO NEW
!. NJ. Gas
Japanese and Korean Institutions
to Be Aided Through Central Y.
M. O. A. Committee Needs Bal
ance Of 100000 and Is Going
Out After 1t This Morning.
(From Thursday Advertiser !

tfrOH ihurddal AdNerfi8er.
Honolulu il going to subscribe $1,000 <
today, Honolulu does not laIDMthssef.r
any more than II knew yesterday az
noon that IL would subscribe $iOil be-
fore the sun had set, but the money il
going to be subscribed all the same.
II is already as good as IN the bank
with receipt therefore in Paul super 4
vest pocket.
Aud thereby hangs tale. The rea.
son The Advertiser speaks OF what a
10 happen 10 the future, without claim.
ing credit as sprophet, is that AIR.
Super, with twenty other lye-wire Y.
NJ q. A. men, ramped on the trail OF
that money yesterday, and like Daty
Crockett 8 coon this particular sum Las
given up the fight and decided to
leone down. Z,
All of which, duly translated, means
that the central Y. M. G. A. OF Homo.
lulu has undertaken TO collect and-ae.
liver, before night 5000, with which
to assist in the better housing and care
Of the Honolulu Japanese Y. NJ. G. A.
and the Honolulu Korean Y. NJ. G. A.
Crystailized Yesterday
The matter has been under eons'd
GRAFTON for some weeks past, and crye
tallized into action yesterday at a Y.
M. 9. A. luncheon, at which the status
Of the Y. NJ G. A. work, more par
ticularly in relation to the Chinese and
Japanese branches, was presented Tor
the consideration Of q number Of men
who had met to give the matter special
attention.
4 Those who spoke particularly on the
/ n fnok -
Castle and Paul Super
Value to Association.
Mr.. Atherton spoke upon the value
to the association and its members Of
engaging in the proposed work. Or
ganizations retain their vitality and
life only il they have something vital
to live for and then do II. An organ.
izati0n which ceases to live and work
for others becomes moriEund, whereas
the organizations which do the most
for others thereby put life into thcm.
selves. The missionary spirit--that Il
the spirit of doing for othcrs--fnds
expression IN most communities in do
ing something for those In other lands.
We Of Hawaii, said Mr. Athert0n.
have the advantage Of having the PEG.
pie Of other lands come 10 as, 80 that
while we are doing orr missionary work
we are able, not only 70 stay at home,
but TO see for ourselves just what II
being accomplished, and have the pleas
IRE Of being able 10 help in the accom-
plishment.
i Inter-racial Friendship.
II Mr.. Castle spoke on The value Of as-
! sisting those two kindred organizations,
in that it would be evidence Of inter.
racial friendship In Honolulu.
The speaker said that he had been
! called upon not long since to sp ak on
= the racial question in Hawaii, 10 which
he had replied, "There is no race ques-
tion in Hawaii
The speaker enlarged upon the propo-
: sition that the different races 10 Hawaii
I live together in friendliness and with
q mutual helpfulness aud cooperative
0 spirit fonnd nowhere else in the world.
The Chinese, Japanese and Korean
races have done much TO enrich Ila-
! wall and its citizens, and this conf
J. immunity should look upon II as privi-
: lege to assist members Of those ma
tionalities, especially in matters which
d would help TO Americanizs them pn9
\ make them more in spirit, as they are
in fact, one with us
q Great Possibility.
y Mr.. Super, speaking upon the "im
mediate opportunity which the prof
a eet presented, stated that during tho
4 eight years while he had been secretary
n of the Honolulu Y. NJ G. A., he had
teen so busy with the affairs OF his
o own organization that he did not give
much attention to kindred organiza-
Is tiOns until few months ago, when Do
had occasion 70 observe the work beng
n done by the Japanese and Korean a.
ID M. O. AS. The speaker said that sci
e dom in his experience had an opportu-
4, nifty so gripped him as being one &C
s. great and immediate possibilities as did
the present one.
The Christian Japanese of Honolulu
are not a wealthy or numerous body,
hut they are In. earnest, Earnestness
@ that opens the pocketbook is the real
thing. His information was that the
Japanese Christians Of Honolulu, ware
@ annually contributing not less than
u twenty per cent of their entire Income
Il towards carrying on their churches aud
!, welfare work incidental thereto, They
~ have been almost exclusively the ones
ie TO support the Japanese Y. M. 6. A.,
a with little help from the outside.
v He said that most of the Leading ="
better educated Japanese Of Honolulu
: had been but little affected by dirert
~ appeals of the church, as they seemed
~ TO believe that by going 10 church.
d. even II the purpose was simple study
he and inquiry, there was an implication
n that the. inquirer was thinking OF be
ct coming a Christian On the other hand,
IS. the Y. M. G. A. is looked upon as
neutral ground II Is place where
FALL kinds of subjects are considered aud
studied, and the leading and more in'
telligent members Of the Japanese conl'
~ munity do not hesitate TO attend the
* " M. G. A. meetings and classes with
he entire freedom This Is very sigiiid.
III can't We should not, and DO not, pro-
~ pose TO embarrass any one by ppduly'
~ pressing religious questions upon them
n but il is a rare opportunity 70 meet
n these men at a place aud IN A manner
ii. Continued on page eightl