The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-03-28
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Committee, With the names of the
writer's in separate envelopes, together
with the key-word to their Identity
copies made of the manuscripts and
forwarded to the judges.
The members of the committee look
ed with favor upon the proposition and
it is quite possible the suggestion may
be adopted
Just htink,' said the Secretary, 1--WE
will have all the railway men in the
United States and Canada boosting
Hawaii for US, and that will be quite
an ad. for u.s.
The question of souvenir postal cards
was discussed at some length, it being
the general opinion that the examples
of postal art displayed on cards
representing Hawaiian scenes were of
inferior grades beside those from other
countries. Mr.. Spalding showed an al :
hum of postal cards prepared by Mr..
Kishi, manager of the Yokohama
Specie Bank here, in which We're cards
from Hawaii California and Japan. BY
comparison those representing Hawaii
We're mere daubs beside the artistic
cards from Japan. In fact, those from
Japan represented about the highest
percentage in postal cards. The blend
ing of colors is about perfect. The
coloring in the Hawaiian postal cards
is described as atrocious and there is
much room for Improvement in the
subjects.
Two cards showing photographs of
LEGAL scenes taken by Mr.. Gartley were
shown to the committee. These had
been made IN Japan and were excellent
types. delicate tints, even in photo
graphs. were shown to advanta<:e The
cost of pictures made in Japan is very
small, and with added freight and duty
the cards are still very cheap.
Secretary Wood stated that he had
obtained permission from the Bureau
of Labor and Commerce to use the plates
of Hawaiian fishes printed in govern
ment publication on fishes in Hawaiian
waters. 1t was found that several of
these can be used to advantage on pos
tai cards.
The committee has decided to make
tabulated lists of people arriving here
and stopping at the hotels, so that an
estimate of the number of people ar
irving can be made. The length of
their stay will also be noted.
The New York Central and the Penn
sylvania lines are giving considerable
space u hawaii III tntlF 'lIeW 1otlSI
issues
Frank Seamans, of the big a1vertis-
ing firm of New York, in a letter to
Secretary Wood states that his firm
had sent a special writer from New
York to Washington, a very competent
man who was formerly editor Of one
of the leading papers in New York, tn
get in touch with the Hawaiian refund
ing bill delegation. He stated there
was an excellent opportunity to get
out great deal of news matter PhDut
the islands, but the memrets of the
CT mInittee did not feel Inclined - have
such work done. $50 we only got ont
40 articles on Hawaii, writes c.ir
Seaman, zone being the story of the
volcano which appeared in all the lead
ing papers here
Rufus j. Jennings, director of the
California Promotion Committee. writes
that the idea of holding a Pacific
Coast Hotel Mems Convention in Ho-
nolulu this summer is a good one. and
would not only do Hawaii good but
the hotel men as we'll
On the Kinau there arrived FRI
Hawaii fine large piece of koa wood
directed to Robert Single aud ir-
tended to be cut and used as the base
for the cup~offered for the winner in
the transpacific yacht race from san
Francisco TO Honolulu in May. It will
be sent TO Shreve &, Co. San Fran
cisco. today on the Alameda.
1t was suggested that on the night
of the water carnival there be an eiec-
trio parade on the water, in which the
japanese sampans could be utilized to
advantage, these. however. bearing
Oriental lanterns. It was suggested
that on that night trolley cars, espe-
cially wired to use electric lights,
would be feature worth while.