Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-09-29
5000 ENROLLED
in RED CROSS
At noon TODAY
CONTINUED from ,Iage IL

STOOD. In TACT, u Is SAID al neal
quarters that the electric company
had to send relief firemen down into
the boiler room TO relieve the poor
fellow who was trying 40 keen dp
enugh steam.
At s o'clock, Mr.. Rath was running
in and out OF headquarters raising The
mercury in the thermometer, md Just
as the Hawaiian band assembled in
front of the building ami started up
with Thereby Be Hot Time IN the
Old Town Tonight" the thermometer
hit the 1000 mark. Before 10 O'Clock
there were 1900 memberships report.
ed to the staff.
At exactly $40 O'CLOCK this norm
ing, Mr.. Beardman, at Daialua tele-
phoned to A. L. Castle that he had re
ceiVed $40 applications for member
ship in the Red Cross. IN the subuT-
ban districts, No. q, Manoa Valley,
led the rest of the city a. 10 O'Clock
with 374 subscriptions. Mrs. F. h.
Blake is captain. District No. Z, West
Punahou, under the leadership uf Mrs.
c. II. Cooke, had signed up 2l3 men,
bers.
Al Club Aids Work
The AID Club. whose headquarters
are located at the information booth
in the lobby of the Alexander Young
hotel, had charge of the downtown
business districts, and early this
morning, huge corps of busy men
were out on the streets signing up the
passersby. At 10 o'clock the Ad Club.
bers had turned in 647 application,
and their total had reached 1000 by
IL o'clock. These businessmen had
complete charge OF the business dis
tricts, and are expected to turn IN sew
eral thousand applications before the
drive closes tonight. 4
The Hawaiian band stated from
the corner of Fort and Beretania at
Sis o'clock this morning, and board.
ed q special street car. They were
taken around town to all the differ
ent districts where they sereraued
the workers and the people who were
subscribing to the Red Cross init.
There was to have been e. arade
OF 100 soldiers OF the hospital corps
/. with several Red Cross ambulances
this morning, but up until noon no
sign of the demonstration was seen.
The parade was to have formed at
Aala park at 1880 and headed by the
Hawaiian band, proceed through the
central city districts. The soldiers
with their equipment may possibly
arrive in the city sometime us af.
ternoon and parade as per planned
although late.
Boy Scouts DO Bit
Several hundred Boy Scouts. under
the capable handling Of r. N. Burn.
ham, chief scout master, are al ling
the Red Cross workers. A large
corps o. the lads in khaki we're sta.
toned at Palama settlement early
this morning and are escorting lady
workers who are canvasing in that
district. Several detachments Of The
scouts were on hand at the Irwin site
70 keep the crowds back from the bal
loon.
Balloon collapses
Although the big aerial stunt Of
the day collapsed under the strain
of the excitement, the air was filled
with other evidences Of the cam
paign. A number of boys from Mills
school are flying a huge box kite,
accompanied by five smaller ones
Each kite carries a Red Cross ban
ner, and can be seen from nearly all
parts of Honolulu.
There were few people at noon
who appeared down town without
their Red Cross tag. When the
sleepy-eyed resident awoke this morn
ing his paper reminded him of the
fact that this was the day he should
subscribe to the noble cause. When
he walked to his car. automobiles
flew by bearing Red Cross banners
The tenders of the Rapid Transit
street cars bore signs urging peo-
pie to join the Red Cross. Down
town, huge banners were strung
across the streets, blazing forth the
news that this was the day for the
big drive. And in Red Cross head
quarters, silent tableaux drove home
the story of suffering on the battle
field.
In one window was a figure of a
stricken soldier, lying on a clean
white cot, attended by a uniformed
nurse. and treated with sanitary med
icines. Signs in the window in
formed the public that this soldier
was receiving Red Cross treatment.
in the next window was the wax
figure of a wounded fighter, rolling
on a heap Of dirty straw, his blood
soaked wounds bound up in soiled
wrappings. The picture told the
story. and no one who realized what
It meant passed headquarters with
out signing an application for mem
bership.
The staff at headquarters is under
the direction of James A. Rath, whose
telephone number is 6162. He is as
sisted by ]. N. waldron and Ben
Clark, who are totaling up the fig
ures as soon as they are reported
over the wire. Mrs. Gerrit p. vii.
der, captain Of District /, is also
- headquarters, assisted by Mrs.
James Judd, Mrs. Richard Ivers. Mrs.
John Walker and Mrs. George Potter.
The other division at headquarters
is being directed by Mrs. H. R. Mac.
farlane, assisted by Mrs. Andrew Full.
Ter, Mrs. Henry Waterhouse, Mrs
Richard Cooke and Mrs. Vivian Dyer.
Mrs. Robert Elgin is in charge of
the Information desk and the mes.
sengers are being directed by E. T..
Chase. The japanese committee is
being represented by T. Kawasaki,
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