Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-11-09
LOCAL JAPANESE
LEAST in need
OF CHARITY AID.
Most Calls for Assistance Come
From Portuguese, Says
New Charity Head

Miss Lena r. Waters, who assumed
her duties in October as the new man
ager of Associated Charities, is an
enthusiast in her work, and very hope
full about conditions here.
Everybody helps said Miss Wa
tiers. Our work is greatly facilitated
by the assistance we get, not only
from organized charities, but from
other organizations and from individ-
uals
Naturally, much of our help comes
from Palama Settlement. Both Mr..
and Mrs. Rath, as we'll as their many
helpers, are untiring in their work.
Every nationality helps, too. The
Chinese committee. which began last
January to look after the increasing
number of impecunious poor among
the aged Chinese by providing them
shelter and clothing while the Associ-
ated Charities raised money to pur-
chase food, continues its work with
gratifying success. There are many
beggars among the Chinese and the
majority of them are really unable to
work. Since we have undertaken
their care, wit hthe help of the Chi
nese committee, enough money has
been raised to send several of them
to the hospital for treatment, and
they have So far regained their health
as to be able now to help look out for
themselves. Yard work has been
found for a number of them, and they
have all proved satisfactory. We have
now ten Chinese men on the waiting
list, and we should be very glad to
see them secure places where they
could no enough work to pay for their
food and shelter. We ask no wages
for them and they expect none They
are not gardeners. Very few Of them
are trained to do any sort of work, but
they can act as watchmen, water
lawns, do a little wedding, and, some
of them would be good dish washers
and kitchen helpers for light work.
with the Japanese population three
times that of any other people here,
there are fewer calls for charity for
Japanese than for any other nationals
ity.
Our heaviest calls come from the
Portuguese" said Miss Waters. Next
in the order come the Hawaiians, but
here we are greatly assisted by Mrs.
| Walter Macfarlane, president of the
Sons and Daughters of Hawaii, which
organization is now looking after all
INDECENT Hawaiians brought to its at
| tention
Next in the order demanding char
ity are the Filipinos, whose needs are
constantly increasing, and next, am
sorry to say, are the Americans them
selves, who will let anybody take care
iof their poor. Porto Ricans are fol-
i lowed by Koreans, with the Japanese
last of all, only two calls being made
last month for help for Japanese
i Hiss Waters is pupil of Miss Mar
gsfet Bergen, who reorganized the
charities in Honolulu about two years
ago. In addition to her studies with
Miss Bergen Miss Waters had two
years with the Russell Sage charities,
and just before coming here was doing
social work in connection with Johns
| Hopkins University. In spite OF her
eight years as social worker she is
quite a young girl, if appearances
count for anything.
My work is almost wholly confined
to family rehabilitation, which means
Miss Waters explained, providing. as
| far as possible, family care for those
in need. Wherever 1t can be arranged
the relatives of the needy one are EN-.
Icouraged to provide for him until such
time as he may be able to provide for
himself -