OVERLAND MONTHLY A. Hall, and the Red Cross Society of Hawaii was formed. The following officers were appointed: President, Mrs. Harold M. Sewall; vice-presidents, Mrs. S. B. Dole and Princess Kaiulani; secretary, Mrs. F. R. Day; treasurer, Mrs. P. C. Jones; chairman of finance committee, Mrs. S. M. Damon; chairman of executive committee, Mrs. C. M. Hyde; chairman of visiting committee, Mrs. A. F Judd; clharman of sewing committee, Mrs. EJ. Wv. Jordan; chainrman of flower comriittee, Mrs. J. L. Walker; chairman of entertainment (co lnittee, Mrs. Sidney AI. Ballou; chairman of nurses, Mrs. C. 13B. Wood. In consequence of Mrs. Day's departure for the States, Mrs. C. B. Colper has been appointed secretary in her stead. The officers with the chairmen of committees constitute a board of managers. The advisory board consists of Mrs. W. G. Irwin, Dr. Clifford B. Wood, and Dr. Charles B. Cooper. Two pleasant rooms in the Masonic Temple were generously offered the Society, rent free; the offer was appreciated and would have been gratefully accepted, had not Mr. W. G. Irwin tendered the use of two larger rooms in his new building on Nuuanu Avenue on the same terms. The new rooms were, on the whole, more centrally located, and here the Red Cross Ileadquarters were finally established. A generous firm of lumber merchants presented a sign-board and an equally generous painter decorated it suitably, and there it hangs, a fine large sign. plainly visible to average eyes at least half a block off. The place chosen for the temporary hospital was the pretty cottage on Beretania street known as the"'ChildGardlen." Rent for one month was given us, and the work of fitting tip the place was at once commenced. The pretty schoolroom was transformed into a pleasant hospital wnard, and the large lanai, or wide veranda, made a convenient reception and dining-room. with space for safe, refrigerator, and oil stove. A trained nurse was engaged with two boys from the Kamehameha School for assist ants, beside a Chinese cook. Some furniture was given, some loaned, and some was purchased. The Princess Kaiulani gave a dozen beautifully made sheets. Drugs and many necessary hospital appliances were given by the firm of Benson, Smith & Co., who also made up prescriptions without charge. Grateful acknowledgment is also due the medical men of Honolulu who heartily gave their services, and whose helpful counsel was an essential element to the success of the work. Ladies met at headquarters and made three dozen sheets, as many pillow-cases and twenty-five night-shirts; and when the second lot of transports came, the little hospital was ready for occupancy. The community has well sustained its reputation for generosity. Headquarters have been furnished with chairs, tables, two sewing machines, and gifts of flannel, sheeting, cotton cloth, etc., have been sent in, while many are the acts of kindness which cannot be specified, though they are by no means forgotten. Among the entertainments given for the benefit of the Society were delightful illustrated lectures by Mr. Burton Holmes, a concert by the Honolulu High School, a meet of local wheelmen at Cyclomere Park, which was generously placed at our disposal for one evening free of charge. Nor would we forget the baseball game, though the gate receipts were seriously diminished by the arrival of some very attractive transports. The players did their part, it was the public who proved fickle, oi whose desire to give hearty welcome to the coming guests became, for the moment, uncontrollable. The Society has received from membership fees, $6oi; from cash donations, $I,348.7I; from monthly pledges, $33, and from entertainments $527.60, making the total cash receipts $2,5IO.3I. From materials given and purchased 450 flannel bandages have been made, which are distributed among the transports for hospital use as they are needed; I -50 denim pillows have been given to soldiers on different ships; I25 mosquito nets are waiting now for chance to send them to Manila to be added to the Red 464
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- A Japanese View of Certain Japanese-American Relations - Hirokichi Mutsu - pp. 406-414
- Evening at Sea After Storm - A. T. M. - pp. 414
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- The Whispering Gallery, Part IV - Rossiter Johnson - pp. 421-426
- Overland Prize Photgraphic Contest-XII - pp. 427-432
- American Hawaii - Alexander Allen - pp. 432-454
- Sugar Growing in Hawaii - Frank H. Seagrave - pp. 455-458
- Coffee Culture in our New Islands - George W. Caswell - pp. 459-462
- How Honolulu Cared for the American Troops - Elizabeth Van Clave Hall - pp. 463-466
- The Chinese in Honolulu - F. S. Rhodes - pp. 467-475
- The Difference - Rebecca Epping - pp. 475
- One Thanksgiving Day - Luita Booth - pp. 476-478
- The Song the Rain Doth Bring - Harriet Winthrop Waring - pp. 479
- Red Cross Department - pp. 480-487
- Etc. - pp. 487-492
- Book Reviews - pp. 492-495
- Chit Chat - pp. 495-496
- The Ferry (frontispiece) - pp. 497
- The Fasig River and Manila (frontispiece) - pp. 498
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