Part 19

═════════════╤════════╤══════╤═════╤════════════════════════╤═══════════════ OCCUPATION │ Number │Season│Hours│ WAGES │QUALIFICATIONS: │Employed│ │ Per │ │ │ │ │ Day │ │ ─────────────┼────────┼──────┼─────┼────┬─────┬──────┬──────┼─────────────── 〃 │ 〃 │ 〃 │ 〃 │Hour│ Day │ Week │Month │ 〃 ─────────────┼────────┼──────┼─────┼────┼─────┼──────┼──────┼─────────────── Teachers │ 163│ All│ 5½│ │ │ │ │ Public │ 40│ year│ │ │ │ │$50.00│Teachers School │ │ 10│ │ │ │ │ to│Certificate. Private │ │ mos.│ │ │ │ │$83.33│ School │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 37.50│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ to│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │125.00│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ Nurses │ 75│ All│ │ │ │$25.00│ │Hospital │ │ year│ │ │ │ to│ │Diploma. │ │ │ │ │ │$30.00│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ Stenographers│ 100│ All│ 7-8│ │ │ │ 35.00│English, │ │ year│ │ │ │ │ to│Stenography and │ │ │ │ │ │ │150.00│Typewriting. │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ Saleswomen │ 175│ All│ 8-14│ │ │ $2.50│ │English, good and │ │yr│ │ │ │ to│ │appearance, Clerks │ │ │ │ │ │$45.00│ │good manners. │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ Seamstresses │ 100│ All│ 8½-9│ │$1.00│ │ │ and Needle │ │ year│ │ │ to│ │ │ Women │ │ │ │ │ 2.50│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ .30│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ to│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 1.00│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ Laundry │ 150│ All│10-13│ │$3.50│ │ │ Employees │ │yr│ │ │ to│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │$6.00│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ Cannery │ 651│4 mos.│ 10½│ .05│ │ │ │ Employees │ 142│ All│to 14│ to│ │ │ │ │ │ year│ │ .15│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ Coffee │ 70│8 mos.│ 9│ │ │ $3.00│ │ Sorting and│ │ │ │ │ │ to│ │ Packing │ │ │ │ │ │ $7.00│ │ ═════════════╧════════╧══════╧═════╧════╧═════╧══════╧══════╧═══════════════

Footnote 11:

Clerks in the Chinese and Japanese small shops.

Footnote 12:

Home employment.

Footnote 13:

Largest number employed in winter season.

Footnote 14:

Maximum number.

(Note)—It was not possible to give seasonal or even weekly earnings in the canneries, because of the irregularity both of the hours during which the canneries were open, and the variation in the hours worked by different employees.

GLOSSARY OF HAWAIIAN TERMS

ALOHA—Good will; friendship.

KONA—South; hot.

KAMAAINA—Old settlers; long time residents.

POPOLA—Wild spinach, valued as a food for its medicinal properties.

LEI—A garland for the neck or hat made of flowers, shells, seeds, etc.

POI—Pounded root of the Taro plant—the staple native food.

TAPA—A stencilled material made by the pounded fibre of a native tree; and formerly used for making the chief article of dress by the natives.

LAUHALA—A native shrub, growing ten to fifteen feet in height, with lance-like leaves which when dried are used for mats, baskets, etc.

PAPAIA—A native fruit, somewhat like a muskmelon.

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TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES

1. Silently corrected typographical errors and variations in spelling. 2. Anachronistic, non-standard, and uncertain spellings retained as printed. 3. Enclosed italics font in underscores.