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Ida M. Pope,

President, Board of Trustees of Kaiulani Home.

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The Industrial Committee of the Social Survey is composed of the following members:—

 Bishop Restarick,

 Miss Ida M. Pope,

 Father Stephen,

 Dr. Doremus Scudder,

 Professor Edgar Wood,

 Mrs. May Wilcox,

 President A. F. Griffiths,

 Miss Kemp (who takes Miss Bosher’s place),

 Mrs. Walter F. Frear,

 Mrs. Frederick J. Lowrey,

 Miss Louise Gulick,

 Miss Nora Sturgeon,

 Mrs. Francis M. Swanzy, Chairman.

Its mission of inquiry into the condition of working girls and women in Honolulu has been conducted by three sub-committees, viz.—

(1) On Conditions in Homes.

(2) On Conditions of Work.

(3) On Conditions of Recreations and Amusements.

The first work done was in the way of inquiry into certain individual cases presented by Miss Blascoer; this brought helpful results. A seamstress inquiry was made by Mesdames Frear, Lowrey, Wilcox and Swanzy, in which 250 circulars were sent out. The various responses emphasize strongly the need of a training school for unskilled workers in this line. A stenographer and typewriter inquiry was conducted by Professor Wood, assisted by Messrs. George R. Carter, Walter Dillingham, A. F. Judd, G. P. Wilder and W. H. Baird, temporary members of the Sub-committee on Conditions of Work and constituting a representative group of business men especially interested. Perhaps the most interesting as well as most valuable inquiry was that into the social activities of the community, its Recreations and Amusements. President Griffiths prepared a list of the Public Amusements and, assisted by some twenty-six persons, undertook the investigation of the theatres, moving picture shows, dance halls, and parks. Mrs. Frear personally made a most exhaustive inquiry into the social activities of the many Churches of Honolulu, and Misses Bosher and Kemp did the same for the Schools; Miss Gulick did the work for the Missions and Settlements, Mrs. Lowrey for the several Miscellaneous Associations, while Mrs. Swanzy collected information regarding the fifty-odd Lodges and Fraternal Organizations.