The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-10-02

NCu NIOSS CldplSl w Wy lSiS VI
and breadth of America. Over
fifteen thousand members were
enrolled and the money taken in
at headquarters was over $4,000
with the money from the country
districts still to come in on Mon
day. E.. r.. .
Every hour up TO six o'clock
last evening reports came pour
ing into the headquarters at Fort
and Beretania Streets OF more and
more new members. The drive
started at seven O'Clock in the
morning with 500 members, and
tho big whistle blared out at that
hour to tell all and sundry that the
drive was begun in earnest
After that the additions came in SO
rapidly that no one thought Of keep
ing an hourly count until ten o clock,
when ]. n. Waldron totalled up 1850
members.
Nearly One Second ....
Almost forty-seyen members min
ute were enrolled in the next hour,
which was the largest in number OF
members throughout the day. The hour
after that saw few more than a
thousand added, making the total s579
at twelve noon. They came in steadily
but little more slowly until the hour
between two and three O'Clock, when
1853 were added During the last
hour, from FIVE to six, last reports be.
gan to come in every few moments.
Everyone at headquarters was tense
with expectation that the $4,000 mark
would be reached, but though the total
crept slowly up the last addition be.
fore six o'clock brought II just to H.
SsS. There were still few more com
ing from the Ad Club, and sixty.seveu
memberships which had not been in.
cluded from Haekfeld & Co., but even
that only made 1895. Later in the
evening A. l.. Castle announced that
l5,0s9 memberships had been taken.
Average Two Dollars Zach
Up 70 six O'Clock approximately
$4,000 had been taken in the head
quarters as membership fees. This
docs not include any of the fees from
the country districts, which had 4,575
members at the latest count. Many OF
these are subscribing sustaining, OF
constituting members, so their total in
money will be greater than the total
.l.... - L., -. Ill
probably over $4,000 rs the financial
result. .rE"... .
The most remarkable work Of the
campaign was done at waialua planta
ton, where the canvass was organized
by Il. III, Beardmore. From that one
plantation alone 1928 members were
gained. Eva was second with 1919
George r. Renton was chairman of the
Eva campaign. These two plantations
rolled up total which kept the head
quarters workers enthusiastically in
terested at each fresh report during
the day -... =
Well Organised Work y.
Splendid organization was noticeable
all down the line. The way the can
yass was handled by the women Of the
city under Mrs. Gerrit Wilder and Mrs
H., n. Macfarlane came in for the warm
est praise from everyone connected
with the drive.
Beats any election day ever saw
one man was heard to remark. 1.-THE
way the reports come in and the way
they are handled here has election day
beat mile"
lin other words, il 3 just like cleo
tion day would be IL we had woman
suffrage an ardent suffragist near by
took pains to inform him.
Races Joined Hands
Numberless incidents of interest
came up in the work Of the eanvasserl
throughout the city. Mrs. Alexander
IIawes and Mrs. l.. NJ. Watson, in so
letting japanese camp, had the as
sistanee of hOwer-faccd Japanese
schoolgirl, who donned her pretties'
obi and .kimOno to 70 from house II
house with the two workers as theil
/. translator. An old japanese by tn.
name of II. Iwakaki, a painter, CAV,
fvc dollars as his bit.
Out in Kipahulu an aged Hawaiian
woman who ekes out a slender hrinj
by doing washing gave twenty-fv,
cents as all she could do. "My poke
twenty five CENTS she said, "but m,
heart plainly money for Red Cross"
Many automobiles were given up TO
Red Gross use during the day by tn,
women workers at Headquarters, VIII,
lent their machines and chauffeurs /,
aid in the bringing in of reports.
The average contribution per membe