The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-01-09
ALL FOR Hawaii
Showing Of the Islands at
Omaha Exposition.
GETTING A CHOICE SPACE
Popularity of Coffee-InQuiries-I
tereSting Railway Companies
Educational Display.

| Robert w. Single, who represented
Hawaii at the Trans-mississippi Expo
sition II Omaha this summer, will re-
turn &c Honolulu on the China, due TO
arrive on January IA. Mr. Single left
en- MS mission TO the States in the lat
| Ter part Of June.
Tie Hawaiian exhibit was installed
in the Agricultural building, which was
| the larges+ structure on the grounds
Mr.. Single reached Omaha with his
exhibit on the day the Senate passed
| The Newlands resolution annexing the
Islands. Hawaii had been assigned
! space in the International hall. This
building was not popular building
and Mr.. Single Immediately raised
objection on the ground that Hawaii
was not a fore gn nation but part and
parcel OF the United States. The point
was referred TO a committee of lawyers
and Mr. Single was upheld in his po-
s;ticE
| The Exposition authorities then gave
Hawaii the choicest space in the Ag-
| ricultGral building. Here the exhibit
was speedily installed, being in run
ming order by the middle of July.
One of the spaces was devoted en-
tirely TO coffee. A dozen large coffee
trees, which were secured on the Wal
amaze plantation; these ranging from a
| nursery plant to a tree in bearing
made very interesting display. The
coffee served was very carefully pre-
using the drip process. This booth was
thronged constantly with people, and
many hundreds left behind orders for
the coffee tC be sent to their homes
On another large space adjoining the
coffee booth, was displayed all the 9TH
CT exhibits. The space was dotted
with palms, orange trees, small cocoa
nut trees and other tropical plants, |
which gave the entire exhibit, a trop-
zeal appearance. The school exhibit
the walls. Nothing interested the Wis
itors to the exhibit so much as this
wonderful work. Many fine compli-
ments were paid the Hawaiian School
children by competent judges.
The Photographic display was I'M
questionably the finest and most COM
plete that has ever been seen outside
of the Islands. The bulk of these pic
lures were by Williams. The colored
photos turned out by Davey We're very
interesting and attractive.
Besides an immense bulk of Iitera-
ture distributed at the booth, Mr..
Single gave away to representative
people visiting the booths. paintings
on small bamboo cards These cards
were artistically executed by Mr.. Phil
ip H. Dodge, of Honolulu. who took
for his subjects typical scenes in the
Islands
In the matter of jury awards Hawaii
was strictly in it, Hawaiian coffee
was awarded the gold medal after two
juries considered the merits of all
competing coffees The first of these
juries consisted of Mr. Peck, a big cot
fee broker of New York; Mr. Brown,
VI Jolu '" bOdHS q Soll-
pany, of Chicago; and Mr. J. w. Mich
olson a prominent coffee expert of ON
aha. This jury sent in a unanimous
verdict for Hawaiian coffee. But the
exposition authorities were not fully
satisfied, and constituted another jury,
the personnel of which included food
experts in the United States Army.
Uncle Sans officers were in the same
way of thinking that the coffee experts
were, and the exposition officials very
promptly turned over the award.
Other diplomas and gold medals were
received for the general exhibit, school
work native handiwork, photograph
display, Hebron Drug Co. tarOena, etc.
There was a demand for parts Of the
exhibit from institutions all over the
country. Those of the exhibits that
were not to be returned to Hawaii have
all been judiciously distributed, where
they will do the most good to advertise
Hawaii. These include such institu-
tons as the public schools of Omaha,
the University of Nebraska, the Univer
sfty of Bellevue, the Chicago Univer-
sity, some Wisconsin, Ohio and Iowa
schools. McClymond's Library of Mas
| silon. Ohio, and ransmississippi EX-
position Historical Society, and the
Smithsonian Institute.
From the date of his arrival in On
aha. Mr.. Single began TO receive
large mail from all parts Of the coun-
try. \ goodly number of these We're
from people seeking investment and
pleasure. Others came from men and
,,-nr,non looking for nOSifiOnS. To these