Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-11-18

fare committee prosecutes only on
three grounds, first, gross cruelty TO
children, second. continued neglect
after warnings have been given. third
where children have been living in
homes amid immoral environment
I'VE have recently visited the Wal
alec school and We are pleased to re-
port conditions vastly improved, the
boys well cared for, happy and inter
ested in their WORK The Girls In
eustrial school was also visited and
general conditions reported TO be
ideal Upon investigating the indiyi-
dual cases, il was learned that of the
81 inmates of the institution Is little
girls were confined there, some of
whom had only slight charges against
them, charges that a detention home
might easily have corrected, and 9TH
ers with no charge against them other
than that of being homeless and friend
less-the appropriation made by the
government long since having been al
most entirely exhausted. Think of it
Ito suffer the stigma all their lives
because no other place was provided
for them. Ladies OF the society, let
me again appeal to you TO work un-
ceasingly that detention home be.
established. 'Tis now six years since
our Mrs. Dole appealed to the legfsla-
ture of Hawaii for detention home.
Let US with united effort and in the
name of innocent children make that
appeal effectual during cur next fiscal
year ~.~..E&
I'VE recently visited also the Sal
walton Army Home. where 81 children
are so comfortably domiciled. The
good work done in this home has es
tablished the confidence of the pub
lie to the extent that means have been
supplied for the erection Of a home
that can shelter 80 boys and also a
baby cottage that will accommodate
80 girls under years of age. We are
more than ordinarily interested in the
Salvation Army Home, for of the 81
happy, healthy children cared for there,
so OF them are ours--50 of them be-
long to the Hawaiian Humane So
ciety. .3#. .--s- H..
In the three institutions just men
toned, we found feeble-minded in
mates mingling with the other chill
dren, three in the Salvation Army
Home, two extreme cases in the Girls
Industrial school and two also in Wal
alec No provision is made by the
authorities. for these and other such
poor unfortunates. Therefore, for the
welfare of the children with whom
they are forced to mingle and that our
feeble-minded unfortunates may re-
ceive special treatment, we earnestly
ed whereby they may be properly
cared for.
An institution little known to the
general public is the Kalihi Orphan
age. There we found the children,
Al girls and boys, happy, well cared
for, and enjoying an environment
which tends to make of them good,
Industrious citizens. Bishop Libert,
who established this home, informed
the committee that they are now in
need OF cottage for the larger boys.
We hope that such assistance will be
forthcoming that this good work may
be continued.
Time forbids our reviewing the nu-
merous other children's homes but we
report as a whole a marked increase
OF public interest in child welfare.
The education committee succeed
ed in establishing with humane work
ers throughout the United States rec
ognition of humane work at special
service in the churches and definite
Pre- gram in the public schools.
THE number of animal cases re-
ceiying the attention of the society
was 243s. This greatly increased
number is due largely to the society's
having an assistant agent, whose du-
ties have been almost entirely confined
to this division OF the work. The
policy of warning when people are
reglectful of the welfare of either chill
dren or animals and the giving of help
full and corrective advice has only in
part been effective We would res.
peCtfully urge the managers of public
stables, the draying firms and all 9TH
ers directly interested in work ami
mails to kindly cooperate with the So
c1ety in animal welfare activity, not
only in respect to stable conditions
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the animals by their drivers. 1t is
the intention of the Animal Welfare
committee to Immediately have tran
slated and printed in several langu-
ages the laws pertaining to the pre-
vention of cruelty to animals and to
have such laws distributed and posted.
"On the last of May petition sign
ed by a large number of Hilo citi-
Eens was received, asking that branch
Humane Society be organized on the
island of Hawaii. One of our vice
presidents, Mrs. E. P. Low, proceeded
to Hilo and organized such branch,
whose last report indicates excellent
work being done. Approaching how
difficult ii is to establish and finance
such an undertaking, we recommend
that We render our child much needed
material assistance and encourage
ment. at least until it can walk
alone. ~ -. II
1T is our ambition this year to fur
Tier extend the work throughout the
islands by means of definite organiza-