The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-08-13
CROWLEY'S SCHEME
He Has His Own Idea Of Adyer-
II tiSing the Islands

yesterday an ADVERTISER re
porter strolled into Robinson Hal
and found Mr.. D. NJ. Crowley busy
in the upholstery department
while in the large hall stood {
nearly finished scene IS #. by Il
of volcano picture intended fol-
the stage.
A cordial welcome from Mr.
Crowley emboldened the represen
tative to ask about the scenery
and it was ascertained that three
volcano pictures for the stage were
in process of preparation, which
would measure, with wings, "a #
by Is. Three other scenes as back.
grounds for Hawaiian drama,
which Mr.. Crowley has written, are
also planned for the artists brush.
81 understand that you have
been in the South Pacific, Mr..
Crowley" said the scribe, "and
what is your opinion in general
about the proposal to stimulate tour
ist travel from the Colonies, and
about inducing tourists to stay
over here ?"
81 think" replied Mr.. Crowley,
that / can venture an opinion,
and give few figures as to the di-
mansions of the passenger steam
ship traffic Of the port of Sydney
alone, which will show that there
is an abundant harvest from which
to CLEAN.
"Omitting sailing ships which
cater for passenger traffic, and also
tramp steamships, there are eleven
regular lines of steamships trading
between Europe and Sydney, sew
eral of these, such as the Orient,
Peninsular and Oriental, Union
and French and German lines, own
vessels up to 1000 tons, and the
aggregate monthly tonnage of these
lines amounts to about $1,000, of
which only 5000, or 1-22d comes
via Honolulu.
"The trade between the United
States and Australia has greatly
increased during the last fifteen
years, and with the Pacific ports it
has more than doubled yet the
passenger trade is about as it was
twelve years ago Why is it so !?
Well, the bureau of information
will probably discover. [ have my
own theory of the cause"
" Are you posted as to the in
terest which the Australian people
are likely to take in the Worlds
Fair ?"
eyes; / am able to say that all
the Governments there, excepting
Queensland, have made large ap-
for national represen-
tation, and [ estimate that at
least $4,000 wealthy colonists will
go to the Fair"
"What is your idea as to the
agency by which the islands could
best be advertised so to turn on
the stream of tourist travel?"
"Well, outside of the Volcano,
and in a mild degree, the climate,
we have not a vast deal that even
Horner could write an epic about.
We have curiosities here and there
of the salt water we'll sort, but
they wouldn't attract. Compared
with New Zealand our scenery is
tame, and even the hula girl and
the sickly youth with the taro-
patch fiddle is effeminate beside
the noble Maori, who may be seen
in his war paint a thousand strong,
with spear and buckler in a sham
fight at Auckland Bay. No sir |!
Our attractions require careful
spreading out and embellishing by
skillful hand in order to attract !;
this is of course between ourselves.
"The ideas of advertising the isl
ands put forward by some people
of a parapetetic philosopher armed
with printing matter, which he is
to sling round in hotels and ships
after the manner of a tract distrib-
utor, are to me very ridiculous.
He is to get off his poem on the
beauties of Hawaii generally out OF
season and where heis not wanted,
in country house and store, and
hotel and mansion. In fact, to
venture into impossible places and
be repulsed as q nuisance. But
come up in a few days and I'll
think over your question. Never
forget that the best way to handle
an audience on advertising the
sort of goods which our Bureau o.
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