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

this duty through the kindness Of Brig
adler General J. 7. Wiser and Col r.
| q. Ebert.
The boys Of Mills School kept six
large kites floating from the roof Of
the Alexander Young Hotel during the
day. One huge box kite and five small
er ones bore the mark of the Red
Cross high above the city as long as
the daylight lasted.
Few slackers Pound .
People and automobiles without
Red Cross tag were in the noticeable
minority by ten clock in the morn
ing Beginning with The Advertiser IS
Red Cross page at the breakfast table,
they met reminders at every turn that
now was the time TO join the Red
Cross, aud no one hung back in doing
so. some men were even known to
put their tags in their pockets and
cheerfully take out memberships one af-
ter another until the pocket was full.
Mrs. X. A. Cooke and Miss May
Biven, with a few other workers at
headquarters, collected niekels and
/ dimes from those who came in with
which TO take out several subscribing
memberships for the Molokai leper set
4 Element. Enough was taken during the
day to assure thirteen memberships for
Molokai, which means that thirteen
copies Of the Red Cross Magazine will
be sent there monthly for the perusal
of the inmates. n
Some Good Workers
i The Japanese workers table was not
the least busy one yesterday. Y. Ishi ono
Of their workers, spent the day on the
sidewalk in front of headquarters, and
every one whom he saw passing with
out a tag was hailed and invited to
come inside and Join. Ishi gained q
large number of members for the or.
1 eanization. "a - 8&, "A sI
\ A. A. Hartman of Watertown walked
into headquarters with forty weight new
members on his list. II was com
plete surprise TO the officials, for Hart
man had constituted himself q volun-
teer canvasser on his own responsible
ity, and nothing was known of his ac'
tiyity until he turned in his record.
His work was highly appreciated.
Chinese List Large IS. g..
The Chinese Of Honolulu took out
! SIS memberships in all, with a total Of
! 1851. They now have AS annual mem
bers, ninety three subscribing members,
twenty-One contributing members, one
sustaining member, and five life mem
| bers. The Chinese committee headed
by Consul. General Tszang Woohuau
included G. X. All, Tong Phong, Yap
Kwai Fong, and Lum Yih Keong.
Other separate organizations and dis
tricts which reported total Of mem
berships last night at six O'Clock in
cluded Waipahu, PIG members; Aiea,
$50; Kahuku, 1856; Waianae, 1876; Wal
manalo, 1874; Hauula, go; Libbyyille,
206; Kaneohe, ~; Laie, 225; Waialae,
32; Wahiawa, 1856; Haleiwa, 92, and
Peninsula, 81. The Japanese members
gained totaIed 1851, and the private
schools added $40 new names. Honolu'
lu 3 total was 1854 members.
Memberships taken in mt headquar-
tiers during the day numbered 46l. Mrs.
X. R. Elgin was kept busy all day by
those who wished to sign application
\ cards.
Ad Club Whirlwind
The AID Club members made a whiTl
wind campaign of the business section
of the city with the usual AID Club eli.
cheney employed at its highest point,
They also covered many of the larger
eanneries, factories, and business
houses outside Of the downtown dis
triet. Their latest total was 1874, and
ii is expected that they will have even
q few more to add when the final re
turns are computed on Monday. viii
liam +. Gaynor was the Ad Club chair
man at their headquarters at the Young
Hotel, and put in busy day with Q.
] IL. W. Norton as his right hand man and
Lee Newton and Mrs. w. n. Mayo to
assist both. &s..g
Sergeant First Glass Fred l.. Sherry
was detailed for duty at the Red Cross
headquarters for the day by the com
mandant of the department hospital,
and was tagged early in the game,
Later he assisted in tagging O num-
Der of fellow soldiers who dTifted in,
Chairman Castle Busy .'. .. 81.
A. J.. Castle, chairman of the Homo
lulu, Hawaii chapter, and executive
head Of the Red Cross organization 10
Hawaii, was about the busiest man at
headquarters all day, but the glorious
result of the weeks Of work in prepare
tion kept him from even knowing that
he had right to be tired at six O'Clock
when the rooms closed. '.. ..
! James A. Rath sat with telephone at
his elbow, all day, receiving reports in
steady stream. He was In charge at
headquarters.
Mrs. Gerrit Wilder. head Of Division
One, had table and telephone, and
her workers kept her occupied every
minute with new additions to the nun
her of totals. Her helpers. ut bead
quarters were Mrs. Richard Ivers, Mrs.
James Judd, Mrs. George Potter and
Mrs. John Waller. .......
Mrs ii. X. Macfurane, in charge o.
Division Two, had at her table Mrs.
Andrew Fuller, Mrs Philip Dodgers,