Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-02-02
BEACH HOME IS
ASSURED TO Y. v.

The beach home for the Y. w. C. A.
10 assured. A. the meeting this noon
u was stated that in any event use
OF the premises would be given for
the first year. This Is equal 20 q gift
Of $500, the rental value Of the
premises.
Total amount raised in the Y. W..
G. A. budget campaign up TO noon to-
day was $4,000.
Mrs. s. NJ. Damon notified the
treasurer Of the v. w. c. A. this aft
ernoon that the rent for the club
house site az the beach would be do
mated for the first year. Mrs. Da-
mon has taken an active interest in
the plan for a beach clubhouse, and
with q number Of contributions al
ready received u is expected that the
work on the building will begin IN the
very near future.
Mrs. Walter ?. Frear, president Of
". w. C.. A., announced today that
the campaign office would be open
until noon tomorrow, as IL was i'm
possible for the workers TO visit every
one on the list. She hsn requested
that all those who have not been call
ed upon viii confer great favor by
calling az the association office be-
fore noon tomorrow.
More than $4,000 was subscribed
70 the Y. w. c. A. campaign fund in
two days, and but $1,000 remains be-
fore the association can realize q suf-
ficient sum to take care Of its budget
for 1917. More than 100 campaign
workers have been actively engaged
today in calling upon prospective sub
seribers.
Yesterday number Of subscrip-
tions came In for small amounts and
these have been welcomed. 1t is the
desire Of the association TO have as
many contributors as possible and
amounts OF 81 have been added to the
already growing fund To date 252
contributions have been received,
which makes the average donation
about $40.
The association has acknowledged
the receipt Of $500 from the Hawaiian
Electric Company. Levers & Cooke
gave $3.50 and the Bank of Hawaii
contributed slo0. There were three
Individual subscriptions OF 800 each
yesterday afternoon.
Japanese Prove Liberal
Campaign workers were unusually
busy this morning checking up the
names that were listed and calls were
made on more than 200 this morning
AS q rule the Japanese have been re-
spending with enthusiasm and the
workers have yet to receive an answer
In the negative. The Japanese people
OF the city have evidently realized
the great work that is being done for
the picture brides" who come to Ha.
wall.
Despite the fact that the workers
have been unusually busy soliciting
funds for the budget, the work OF the
association has been going along m
an excellent manner. Last evening
Prof. Vaughan MacCaughey talked to
= large gathering on "The Mountains
of Oahu"
Cooking Glass Advances
- Last evening the Beginners cook
ing class Of the Y w. c. A. invited
about IA frfehds to dinner. One young
four roast beef sandwiches with him.
He didn't use them, as the dinner was
ell and more than he expected. The
young ladies who prepared the dain-
ties were all graduated into the adj
vance class, and one young man who
was especially pleased with the even
Ing repast said that he was looking
for q good cook, and friends believe
that about the time the young lady
graduates from the advanced class
there win be q Mendelssohn tune rem
dered in certain section Of the city
This evening Ernest Kaai will hold
the last session of his ukulele class at
the association. He has promised to
bring his quintet to play some OF the
selections that he has been teaching
the members of the class. The Y. w. |
G. "A. members have been particularly
interested In this class and Il Is ex-
pected that when the new term
begins there VIII be large enrolment. !
eRhD.Dlaf A GFrn ffuga N0ll