The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-12-26
FRIENDS INNEED
| RESPOND QUICKLY
TO WOMAN'S CALL
Voice From Outer Darkness
Brings Forth Offers Of Help
and Friendly Sympathy
COMMITTEE READY TO
ASSIST DoWNFALLEN
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No 0utcast Of Society Need Go
IL. Back II She Desires To
4.ef Go Forward

"If there is any woman from the
now closed red light district or of a
like profession from any other part of
the city, who is in need because of
ting anti-vice crusade and who desires
help that she may start now on the road
to reform, have funds to give her
and friends to help ner."
So says William F. Pietsch, manager
Of the book rooms of the Hawaiian
BoBfd, who is the chairman of o spe.
eiRl committee formed a few days ago
TO come to the rescue of women de-
prived of their means of livelihood by
the recently reawakened public con
science.
So, in effect, says Rev. Charles Me.
Vey, of the Kalihi Mission.
So, in effect, says Brigadier General
Dublin of the Salvation Army.
An editorial in The Advertiser yes
terday aroused those who are in the
anti.vice crusade TO declaration as
above, and advertisements in yester.
days Star-Bulletin and The Advertiser
this morning call upon those who may
be in need Of friendship, advice and
money TO make their wants known to
those who stand ready to help.
Many Interested
There were many callers at The Ad-
pertiser Office yesterday regarding the
call made by this paper for some mes
sage of hope to the hopeless, some sub
stantial encouragement to the discour-
aged, some of the real spirit of Christ.
mas for the dispirited, the down.and-
out, the hunted. 1t was made plain
that there is plenty of real sympathy
for those women in misfortune whose
transgressions have carried them be.
yOnd the pale and for whom, of their
own accord and unassisted, there exists
only bare possibility of return.
Any woman, sincerely DESTROYS of
abandoning the path that leads through
misery and degradation to moral deitth,
who desires help, may have it.
No Sermons
Word sent to any member of the citi.
zcns' committee. which includes James
A. Rath, LOrrin Andrews and the
editors, of the two daily papers, will be
treated as confidential and passed on
to the proper persons. There will be
no sermons and no recrimination, no
attempts to parade any charity that
may be given. None need hesitate to
let the committee, or any of the three
named in the opening paragraphs of
this statement, know OF her need.
Communications Plenty
number of communications on the
subject reached The Advertiser during
the day, many of the writer's deploring
the lack of a fund for the women in
need. 1t will be gratifying to these to
know now to whom to send their con-
tnhutions.
Brigndier Dubbins, from the local
salvation Army headquarters, writes
as follows:
Honolulu, T. H., Dee. %, 1916.
Editor Advertiser: With regard
to your editorial in this morn.
ings issue of The Advertiser and
the letter sent by an unfortunate
Of the RED Ii ght District"
desire to say that The Salvation
Army IS prepared to do all in its
power to help the girls who sin.
cerely desire to live better lives,
providing the other friends who
are interested in the welfare of
these poor creatures, will obtain,
and furnish a home. and arrange
for the support of the same.
The capacity of our Children
Home in Manoa Valley is taxed to
its utmost as is the strength of
the officers in charge, so that what
ever other work is undertaken,
would have TO he arranged for in
different place and Differed by
new officers l will endeavor to
obtain experienced officers from
the mainland to take charge of
such home, if the where -with.au
to support one can be found.
The Army" experience in deal
ing with this class of women has
been very gratifying; about seven
thousand of these pass through our
various homes annually and the
percentage of these girls that are
permanently restored to lives of
virtue is eighty-fve (S5R). Re
speetfuIly,
ROBERT DUBLIN,
Brigadier, Commanding Hawa-
iian Territory.
Another writer, who prefers to re-
main anonymous, says:
Legend Of Jesus
Editor Advertiser-Yo editorial
this morning and the pitiful letter
called to my memory a legend of Jesus.
Walking in the streets of Jerusalem
| and coming to crowd around a dead
dog, who were calling It oil the vile
names they could think Of, the Master
strobe into the thick of them, and look
ing down on that Eastern abomi ion,
a dog, dead and rotten, He said:
/ d.. II. -
| its teeth.'
And this tale is the essence of His
neutrality-suspicious. and beauty in all
Gods creatures; something lacking
causes our downfall.
In removing from Iwilei a quantity
of goods, a woman there remarked to
the luna experimenting: "What shall
do with my puppyi' referring to
one that was protesting at the removal
in its little way. "Give it to me, "
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