The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1906-03-09

who read those letters will believe the
children. for they know they are not
backing some real estate or other
scheme. Laughter).
ADVERTISE FLORAL PARADE.
Il never saw a prettier celebration
than your floral parade on Washing
tons birthday. Let alone the feature
Of my ten Oregon girls-and ] think
they are an attractive lot of girls too
lit was a beautiful parade. or course,
have seen larger ones, but the eff
feet of the pau riders was certainly
something to appeal to strangers. Ad-
vertise this parade, begin now to pre-
pare for the next one, advertise all
the year and you will have 100 people,
then to every ten you had this year.
Make II as important to the people OF
the mainland as the mardi-gras or
the flower festivals of Southern CALI
fornia"
Mrs. weatherred said that Hawaii
should establish a headquarters in san
Francisco while the National Educa-
tional Association is in convention
there this summer. where literature
could be widely distributed. Letters
Dy SCHOOL COuiu NC
distributed there and from these she
believed excellent results would OBJ
tain, as teachers would naturally take
interest in student-written letters and
they would take them home and even
tually to their classrooms to read to
their own pupils
Mrs. Weatherred was thanked by the
members of the committee for her
valuable suggestions.
DINNER FOR OREGON GIRLS.
After the departure of Mrs. Weather
red the rommittee decided to tender a
complimentary dinner to the oregon
Journal party of young ladies at the
Moana Hotel on Thursday evening.
Outside the members of the Journal
party eleven in number. the members
of the Promotion Committee will be
present.
TELEPHONE BOOKS WANTED.
Secretary Wood said IL was his in
tention to secure large number Of
new telephone directory booklets to
send TO various organizations in the
East, in return for books received by
him from various cities. These were
extremely valuable to him in sending
out literature.
ROCK ISLAND HELPS.
The new edition of the Rock Island
folder contains half a page of matter
devoted to Hawaii the Island Para
disc" This is the result of the prom
Use of Mr.. Sebastian that he would
do all he could to divert travel ia
California and to Hawaii and he has
! kept his word. The matter is conspi-
cuously displayed.
Mr. Day, editor of THE Rudder."
advises Mr.. Wood that he will be glad
to advertise the coming ocean yacht
race from San Francisco to Honolu-
lu in May.
> Letters from San Francisco indicate
/ that the growing pineapples in sake
tubs, which have been placed in rail-
I road and hotel offices there. have at
tracted much attention, as few people
/ have ever seen pineapples growing.
! Adjutant Allison Coe of the Saliva
tlon Army. who was formerly station
ed in Honolulu, sent sample of post
ers which he issued in Frankfort, Ky.
announcing n lecture on Hawaii, the
( Beautiful" The poster was fine
advertisement for Hawaii as it was
| llluSlrdteu WIN numerous cuts OF Ha-
| waiian scenes, and replete with de.
scriptive matter concerning the islands
| AMATEURS, ATTENTION
I The Promotion Committee is still
after amateur photographers who were
out with cameras on Washington
: birthday and took pictures OF the
! Floral Parade. The Promotion Com
mittee recently offered substantial
! prizes for pictures of the parade, TAX
en- by amateur photographers. The
prizes are $40, $3.50 IS and $3.50. The
photographs for which prizes may be
awarded will in time adorn the pages
of booklet to be issued by the com.
mittee.
Mr.. Gartley was appointed a com
mittee to supervise the selection o
stereopticon slides, which from tim,
to time. are issued by the committee
HAD IT'S "PICTUR TOOK"
During the course of the meeting tn
members of the committee posed 70
their joint photograph. taken by Mr.
Perkins. The members assumed dig
nified positions and looked well.
A letter from the Merchants Asso
citation indicated that directors of tina
organization heartily approve of tn,
progress made by the committee.