Transcriber’s Note:
The cover image was created by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain.
| Vol. I. | Industrial Condition of Women and Girls | Frances Blascoer |
| Vol. II. | Dependent Children | Frances Blascoer |
| Vol. III. | The Social Evil | James A. Rath |
| Vol. IV. | Housing Conditions | James A. Rath |
| Vol. V. | Family Budgets | James A. Rath |
| Executive Committee. | |
| Mrs. Frances M. Swanzey | Chairman Committee on Industrial Conditions |
| Mrs. Walter F. Dillingham | Committee on Dependent Children |
| Mr. John R. Galt | The Social Evil |
| Mr. George R. Carter | Housing Conditions |
| Miss Louise Gulick | Family Budgets |
Note:—Volumes Nos. I. and II. now ready. Nos. III., IV.,and V. will appear later.
In preparing to submit the results of the five-months’ surveyof Honolulu’s industrial conditions as they affect womenand girls, the definition of a pessimist:—one who has just metan optimist,—has more than once floated warningly throughmy mind.
In the face of such a warning it is perhaps with mixed feelingsone confesses to a conviction that much may be done tosolve the problems of the c