The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1903-08-21
CURRENT TOPICS As THEY
IMPRESS LOCAL WRITERS
Mrs. Eames Discusses Public Health and Clean
illness as a Tourist Attraction Some Re-
Elections on the Late Disbarment Cases.

a clear practical OF the tourist question:
recapulate briefly he owe have adequate steamship SER
vice. hotel accommodations representing the investment of several
millions of dollars superb drives and beaches, magnificent bathing
atce climate and scenery unsurpassed for its kind in the world
We and exceptional attractions for the sportsman romantic
and picturesque history stir the blood of the cvarouS man and
woany woman In concusion he No other available source
income money evenly the community, leads
materially the development of other resources han the
tourist business).
mature geographical position and political events have done
great 1t that it whether VIII
sleep the sleep of death forge ahead In the light OF Mr. Does
coauenc Hawaii does not lack attractions and yet he does
plastic the feature which Americans strongest card The
Americans are strenuous overweight people nation, and for
nerve and brain disorders California offers panacea
Through incident of geographical position Hawaii charm
ing sailing distance from the mainland and offers what scores OF
Americans yearly in quest Of ocean voyage absolute change OF
should This is his year, American tourist towns
pehorc of him and London Overlooking In the St james
day received for American visitors London Is
packed Hotel that the present exceptional state has
had parallel in years, at the time OF the coronation
And the majority of the visitors Americans
that the American tourist does not know about Homo
lulu has heard of the Paradise of the Paeel Must we
expend thousands of dollars announcing that we are still doing bust
ness at the old stand'
Candid persons travelled through America know and
can tell they WILL that way and another the Hawaiian Isl
been conpcuousy advertised That most desirable sort
advertising which Charles Dudley Warner has done for Southern
California book Italy, has been done in way for Hawaii
The charm of the South Pacific the
Poyne, the waiting aoved breeze has been writ into
the hearts of the world by that beloved author There no
effective than the returning and it
business prudence to make enchanted
Facts about climate insects scenery missionaries natives hotels
Schools and health, commonly among the Amer
travelling public. Indeed, Dr. McCrew relates notions of
the and prevalence of loasome diseases wildly
exaggerated many And just here the last analysis the
nrmomtabe obstacle realizing goody of natural
attractions People travelling in search of rest and recupeation as
the large body the American travelling public going
to rush to town whose staple advertisement is roaring epidemic
We in Honolulu ontrve keep ourselves constantly in the worlds
by such a agtaons about epemcs that the od
methods of advertising pursued by other tourist towns are super
huous.
The American tourist knows lis a-he knows-he knows
1t is business prudence for have
aon for immaculate cleanliness and freedom from contagious disease
Natural attractions Notwithstanding the travelling public will
flock town whose sanitary conditions reputed be such
invite edemc This is demonstrated in certainly
and elsewhere 1t is long since Los Angeles lost her tourists
for years through ncpent smallpox The
N arguing that there might be revival of the scouge the following
sto away that year we'll The loss the railroads and
entire community learendng. Many recoec year
prior last epidemic aomishing year tourists
Havana affords in point of the of advertising effective
occupancy yellow fever cholera and peslence claimed Havana
There tourists in those days and it related that mpov
eshd Havana expended any MONEY in advertising literature
Under responsible authority Havana has been transformed into
sanitary with resulting freedom from yellow fever for the
first time in its history The intrinsic and typical beauty the old
Spanish city sacrificed in the Improvement of the wy
should they be0 and Havana has emerged deservcdly popular
list Its precisely this advertisement thorough regeneration
scientific principles under responsible authority which will travel
in twelve minutes around the world, that Honolulu needs
The American tourist is restless, eager and Unsuitable He de-
lights fesas, celebrations and conventions All things
equal when arranging his line of travel he will include the pro-
grnmed for stirring celebrations He will tell You with pride that
he New the the of
Dewey; Chicago during the Worlds FAIR in New Orleans for the
Mar Gra and in Los Angeles at the time of the Roosevelt Fiesta
which last he will proceed politely convince you rather
most splendid achieved He likes go crowd and
follows peacefully in the wake of conventions.
California therefore commcnabe thrift Systematically works
for conventions with the resulting this year
tons and Sls0oooOO expended in Southern California alone
1t PAYS -lr--
Conventions and festas properly furnish inducements for
steamship lines and railroads to make special rates
An annual festival demonstration Honolulu which would
draw the unique and picturesque afforded our
civilizations for its realization might become Justly celebrated as
beautiful and splendid spectacle effectively advertising at the same
time the thrift enterprise and cultivation community Where
lis our genius
ANNA AWARD EAMES.