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I TUB GARDEN ISLAND, TUESDAY, OCT. 12, 1920 What We Are Doing on Kauai By J. M. Lyrigate (Continued from last week) Malnutrition Service: Another lino of work conducted by the ladies has been thp maliui'.rition campaign under the conduct of the local Federal Child Welfare commit tees. Thought it was Bunkum. When they first began to talk of malnutrition In Hawaii, we said it was "all bunkum". "In this land of prosperity there Is no such thins as poverty or huimer. There m:iy be children who eat the wrong things but there can hardly be any who don't get enough". Let's test it out. "Well", the ladies replied, "let us make proper tests and find o.if what the facts are!" So they started n campaign of weighing and measuring in several of the larger schools, with the standard charts, and the results confirmed their suspicions far beyond their expectations. In one or two of the lavge.it schools where it was generally supposed things were all right, the percentage of pronounced malnutrition ran over fo per cent and in some cases the malnutrition de ficiency ran to 20 lbs. or over. School fed up. There was one school wlivre the malnutrition conditions were so evi dent, that without waiting for any weighing diagnosis, a campaign of feeding was undertaken and about a hundred children were lined up about the middle of the forenoon, and treated to a simple but nutritious lunch of milk and crackers. Jlilk in such quantities is very hard to get in the rural communities, and is expensive. Mrs. Dora Isenberg was the kindly Providence who made this enterprise possible. This was continued for two years, of course with the most bene ficial results. As a result of the weighing cam paign these simple makeshift school lunches have been very generally pro vided for the more needy cases in nearly all the schools, -malted milk being substituted for cows' milk where the latter was not available. School Kitchens the thing. It was soon recognized however, that this sort of invalid lunch was only a makeshift, and that the proper solution' of the problem was a school kitchen run on a business basis, and avail able for all the children. ' There was danger of pauperizing the children and iheir parents by this free lunch. Cer tain of the hard-fisted parents, when they heard about the free lunch, choked off the childern accordingly at breakfast. Some children would huve none of this charity lunch, it was an invidious distinction, which they resented. Tho ' only way to meet these two objections was to have a school kitchen which would furnish a lunch for all who wanted It, ind would pay for it. Accordingly ih.:t is the direction in which wo are no: iiing now. The perfect feasibility , nd success of the school kitchen was demonstrated by Mrs. Burke at Kapaa L'nder the most discouraging dis advantages she installed a kitchen that roso to the demands as they in creased and increased in popularity as it grew, until the overwhelming major ity of the children gladly availed themselves of the lunches. These school kitchens are now being estab lished in most of tho large schools. Play and Playground A good deal has been accomplished in the way of playground development. playground apparatus, and supervised play. Larger and better grounds have been provided; some schools have an elaborate, modern, imported play ground equipment, and there has been a great deal of interest taken of late in athletic and recreational games for both boy? and girls, under the supervision of the Y. M. C. A., the Y. W. C. A., the plantation Welfare Directors, as well as private indi viduals. Tuberculosis Nurses There are two trained nurses on the Island, under the Board of Health, particularly dealing with the Tuber culosis problem. Stationed on oppo site sides of the Island, and with good road3 they are able to cover the Island very thoroughly, and to render much other service of a more general character as well. The Mahelona Hospital for the ex clusive treatment of this disease has a capacity of about 35. It Is difficult to get the patients to go there, es pecially the Hawaiians, but when once there It is hard to get them to leave, even when cured. The beneficial effects of the treatment there have been remarkable In a great many i cases. Child Wel'are Board The Child Welfare Board operates on Kauai, m on the other Islands, but tiiu? far finds less to do than on Maul, at any rate, for the reason that with us the plantations generally provide for their own needy cases, which re lieves the Board. We have a budget of about one- tenth that of Maui, where the whole burden falls on the Board. Wanted A Milk Supply One urgent need that has long been felt Is that of an adequate and satis factory milk supply for our rural communities. Private enterprise has failed to meet the, requirements and the plantations have not seen their way to meet the demand. Now, however, they are moving in that direction, and the Lihue Plantation is installing a dairy that will be a model of Excellence and efficiency, with Im ported fine live stock and modern, up-to- date appliances throughout. The milk will be furnished at or about cost price. In conclusion I would say that D 3. Bowman has covered the plantation welfare work so comprehensively that t t'o not more than thus casually ivfer to it. Ordinary Agencies: In addition to these activities, which I have outlined, we have the usual ugencies that every community has, the Y. M. C. A., the Y. W. C. A., Boy Scouts, churches, kindergartens, hos pitals, doctors, free libraries, creches, missions, etc. We do not hope to stand anywhere in the van of the procession alongside of Maui, but we trust that we are not too far in the rear at tho other end. i : o: Promotion Bureau Report 4 - - ... NEW WORK .An Innovation was started by the Bureau last month in mailing stamp ed return post cards to tourists at the hotelsr inviting them to fill out blank spaces provided on the return card with names and addresses of friends and relatives to whom they wished Hawaiian literature mailed. Several of these cards have returned and the literature has already gone forth. The plan has occasioned favorable com ment from many of the visitors and (also from the management of several hotels who have offered their co-operation in delivering the cards prompt ly. 51 rs. Mary Wilder Gunn of New York City who visited here recently was named as representative without pay of the Bureau. Her Hawaiian tea shop In New York has already done much good publicity for the Islands. The Bureau presented Mrs. Qunn with five colored panarama scenes, repres enting all the Islands, which she has taken with her and which will be framed at the expense of the Bureau and hung in prominent places In her New York establishment. Mrs. Gunn will be supplied with a regular month ly allottment of literature for which she has a great demand at all times. The new sample photograph album for the Bureau has been completed by the Acting Secretary and already has been useful in the selection of pict ures, The practice of preparing a monthly report by the secretary and printing it for distribution to the subscribers to the Bureau and members of the Chamber of Commerce was inaugurat ed last month. LITERATURE During August, 21.885 pieces of lit erature were sent out by the Bureau as follows: Mainland and miscellan eous, 13,941: counter distribution, 133fi, Island distribution, 2G83; placed on ater.mers to Orient, 750; to the Coast. 2, 645, to Australia, COO. The Bureau has written for and received names and addresses of all branch offices of the most Important tourist an3 travel agencies throughout the wo-id and plans are being perfected by the Bureau whereby all these places shall receive a regular supply of literature. Another return post card has been prepared which is sent out simultan eously with the literature and which may be returned as a receipt therefor, with the least possible trouble to the recipient. One difficulty in the past about literature has been that the Bureau was unable to learn whether some of its literature sent out ever reached the desired destination. LETTERS There were H04 signed letters sent out from the Bureau last month . Many were form letters accompanying literature. Several were answers to inquiries not only to the Bureau direct but also ones which had been referred to the Bureau by many local institut ions, and a number were of a purely business nature. The Bureau still continues to hear from all over the world. One letter written in French came from Rou mania; another from Norway and still another from Denmark. The office (Continued on Page 8) Choosing Your Bank Five questions tin; I slionM be answered satisfactorily when you choose a hanking connection. 7s the bank eon serva (ire, yet liberal? Is the bank growing f 3. Is the baqk ready ti help my Hound plans for business ex pansion? !t. Arc the of fivers ready at all times to listen to and advise ' with tnc on my business af fairs? .1. Is the bank of real help to the community? This Bank can answer Yes To every question. ' Start your account Today. THE BANK OF BISHOP & CO., LTD. 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