The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-08-09
DELIGHTS Of
SURF-RIDING
Jack London Describes Sport
for Magazine of Large
Circulation.
Honolulu, August 8, 1907.

Promotion Committee.
Gentlemen: Among other letters re
ceived by the China was one from tn
Crowen Publishing Company, statin
that Jack London's article on surf
bathing in Hawaii would probably ap
pear in the October number of tn
Woman's Home Companion. The cir
culation of this monthly is consider
ably in excess of half a million copies
which means that the article viii b.
seen by at least three millions of PEG
pie. who will thus have their atten
ton drawn to this great sport and the
delights of sea-bathing in Hawaiian
waters, which, I feel assured, Mr.. Lon
don viii say can not be duplicated
the world over. Surf-riding in Ha
wall is apparently attracting great
deal of attention. A letter just re
eeived from prominent English mag,
azine writer, to whom we recently
sent a number of photographs, asks
for additional data and offers to pay
for some special pictures for an arti-
Gle he is now working up. We are
still running the cuts of eanoe-surfing
in our advertisements in Cooks and
RAYMOND and Whitcomb s travel mag
azines.
Mr.. Rufus P. Jennings, of the Cali
fornia Promotion Committee, writes
that his organization may be relied
upon to do what it can to assist Mr..
Higgins, of the Hawaii Agricultural
Station, in giving publicity to his
efforts to introduce our mangoes, ALI
gator pears, papayas, ETC., into the
California market.
Rev. Henry I. Stark writes that he
is in receipt of additional lantern
slides. This eloquent speaker is now
in Southern California. He had ar
ranged to deliver his illustrated lee
ture on Hawaii at Los Angeles August
and afterwards at San Diego. The
reverend gentleman writes that he
finds everywhere great interest in
the islands.
A prominent hotel manager of Bos-
ton, who spent couple of months here
last winter, states that it was the
most unfortunate trip he ever made;
he can no longer content himself in
New England and breads the prospect
of another winter He says further:
81 never tire of praising the at
fractions of Hawaii even at the risk
of being a little tedious and | would
like to be with you once more and en-
joy the most delightful, Ito me),
climate in the world"
This gentleman is so situated as to
do us lot of good and will undoubt-
edIy be instrumental in turning many
people this way
The advertising manager of the Santa
Fe Railway Company writes that their
new wall map will soon be out and
win contain the corrected data sent
by us.
Our agent at Los Angeles writes that
his lectures on Hawaii have an aver
age, daily attendance, of from 75 to
100, which is very good for the sum-
mer months. Mr.. Childs is kept busy
answering questions after each talk.
He also finds that the demand for our
folders is growing and says that the
relief maps of Hawaii and Oahu prove
of great interest. The principal at
traction, however, is our enlarged
photographs, which are displayed on
easels and are the best thing of the
kind in the Los Angeles Chamber of
Commerce exhibit rooms.
Mr.. Z. j. Coyle, General Passenger
Agent Of the Canadian Pacific Rail
way, writes that they hope to do con-
siderable passenger business with Ha-
waii the coming winter.
That the members of the Southern
California Editorial Association still |
retain a pleasant remembrance of their |
visit to Hawaii is evidenced by friend |
ly letters which are coming to hand
No4AoIaRi4bAS. Inc 4aSk ICCCIFGu Is I1OHl
Mrs. Helen G. Tinsley of Pomona, who
gives her impressions of Hawaii in the
following words:
MY IMPRESSIONS OF HAWAII.
THE subject demands a poets ge-
MUS and that 1 do not possess. The
peculiar charm of life on the islands,
the languorous, idylIic ways of the
people, the wonderful vegetation, the
marvellous colorings in the scenery ey-
erywhere, and those stupendous vol
canoes, the buoyancy of the natives,
tire subtle allurements of the music
all require a romantic pen to describe
to one who has never seen it the love
liness of Hawaii. As well try to make
4 mute know the glorious harmonies
Of a grand opera, or a blind man feel
the radiant beauty of a tropical sun
rise as to tell the stay-at-home Amer
can how Hawaii impresses one.
How can I best tell of the dreamy
ma alluring feeling that steals over
ne when I think of the days and
nights 1 spent in Honolulu.
There may be many fair ports IN
Ter the sun. bTr of %bav7, |