Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-10-18
FURTHER CHILD
WELFARE WORK
is URGED HERE
Humane Society Takes Stand
for Girls Home and Home
for Feeble Minded

a renewed plea LOT QeJcnllisE
home for girls in Honolulu was voiced
at the annual meeting of the Humane
Society today in a report read by
Mrs. Lincoln L, McCandiess. preSi-
dent Mrs. McCandless, basing a
large part of her report on petsouai
investigations, also called attention to
the urgent need of home for the
feeble-minded.
After visiting the girls industrial
school, Mrs. McCandless reports that
about Is little girls are confined
there, some of whom have only slight
charges against them which "a deten,
ton home might have. easily cor.
reeted, and others with no charge
against them other than that Of be.
ing homeless and friendless. =. -.
LET me again appeal to you TO
work increasingly that detention
home be established" says the re-
port. 1T is now six years since Mrs.
Dole appealed to the legislature OF
with united effort and in name of
innocent children, make that appeal
effectual during our next fiscal year.
At the boys Industrial school, girls
industrial school and the Salvation
Army Home, the report continues, 1t
was found that feeble-minded inmates
were mingling with the other chill
dren-three in the army home, two
extreme cases at the girls school and
two cases at Waialee. Therefore,
the report urges, for the welfare Of
the children with whom they are
forced to mingle, and that our feeble
minded unfortunates may receive spe-
cial treatment, we earnestly recon-.
mend that a means be established
whereby they may be properly cared
for"
Mrs. McCandless was reelected
president for the coming fiscal year
and Mrs. Sanford Ballard Dole, for
merly head of the society, was elect
ed honorary president Others Off.
GERS were elected as follows:
Vice-presidents-M S. M. Damon,
Mrs. r. d. Mead, Mrs. Bernice Wal
bridge. Mrs. E. P. Low, Mrs. w. r.
Castle, Mrs. Carl Holloway; direc-
tors-Miss Lusy K. Ward, Mrs. r. G.
Brown. Mrs Edward Dekum, Mrs.
IT. j. King, Mrs. w. w. Thayer, Mrs.
A. Haneberg; secretary, Mrs. M. F,
Prosser; treasurer, Mrs. w. J. Mac
Neil; auditor, Herbert Dowsett; nomi-
mating committee, Mrs. w R. Castle,
Mrs. w. o. Smith, Mrs. c. w. Ash.
ford: agent, Mrs. Irmgafd Elgin-
Committees were appointed as fol-
lows:
Child welfare-Mrs. A. Haneberg,
Mrs. r., ID. Walbridge, Mrs. A. G. M,
Robertson, Mrs. r. F LANCE, Mrs. w.
r. Harrington, Mrs. A. Horner.
Animal welfare--Mrs. E. Dek'im,
! Mrs. F. B. Smith, Mrs. Frank Arm
strong. Miss v. K. Ward, Mrs. A. T.
Taylor. DR.. L. E. Case.
Educational--Mrs W. w. Thayer,
Mrs. r. O. Matheson, Mrs. S, c. HUI
Der, Mrs. Clifford Kimball, Mrs. A. G.
Halves, Mrs. Carl Holloway.
Finance-Mrs. r. ID. Mead, Mrs. X.
C. Brown, Miss Harriet Hatch, Miss
Alice Cooke, Mrs. w. W.. Thayer, Mrs.
r. Buchly.
The report of the humane officer
shows that during the fiscal year 18o
cases of children and 2438 cases OF
animals were investigated. The po-
lice department, Miss Lucy K. Ward
and the Palama nurses were thanked
for assistance rendered the agent.
It was unanimously voted that the
local organization become member
of the American Humane Association
The finances of the society were re
ported to be- in excellent condition
Mrs Samuel M. Damon sent to the
meeting huge box of purple orchids
end each member was presented with
| a bloom.