The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-07-23

and men We're fine lot Of men. They
made you proud Of being an American
So far as business is concerned,
there was good deal Of money spent
here. The lines of business which prof
tied most, / thinR, were places that
sold eurios, food, drinks, personal COM
forts and convenienees, photographs
supplies, and things of that sort F"
POSTALs, CURIOs AND SHOWS.
An enormous number of postal cards
were sold during fleet week, - the
bulk of the sales, of course, being made
to the men of the Atlantic fleet One
dealer gave it as his opinion that over
100000 souvenir postals of Honolulu,
We're disposed of. while another Thoughts
it would 90 close to the half million
mark. Certain it is that officers and
men alike went in for the souvenir
postal card with enthusiasm.
Postals as a general rule are sold in
lots of half dozen 10 a dozen and
sometimes up to two dozen TO one pur-
chaser, and this. accounts for the ex-
tensive sale of this commodity As
there were about $4,000 men in the feet
this would be an average of about thin
ty postals to a man. This large aver
age, however, may be accounted for ny
some very large sales at wholesale
prices to certain men aboard the war
ships who speculate on Just such best
sellers. They took thousands aboard
which viii probably be disposed of be-
tween Honolulu and Sydney. If the
figures are exact and each card was
4 = a.. a
mean take in of about $1,000.
These figures give an idea of how
business was transacted in other diree-
tons. The eurio stores did well, al
though many say that the business was
about one-third less than they antici~
pated. The sailors went in for shells. ,
beads, postals. views and oddities, while
considerable iewelry including souvenir
spoons and Hawaiian eoat-of-arms found
purchasers.
II. Culman, manufacturer and retailer
of eurios and iewelry, reports his buSS4
curios Everything was wanted and
sold well. Even in the ease Of jewelry
the sales were above the usual run
John Eifinger. the eurior dealer, re-
ports a rousing trade, but only aboss
two thirds of what he expected. How
ever. as to postal cards. Mr.. Efhngsr
believes that 100000 were sold in towR
during the week.
Mr.. Efinger hopes that the committee
which will have the entertaining IN
hand of the cruiser fleet in September,
will take steps to see that the men are
given nights ashore, in order that those
who carry on the hotel and lodging
house business may get some of the
cake. Those IN the business were pre-
pared to meet extra demands for ar
eommOdation. but owing 10 the Ad-
mira 5 order for the men to be aboard
BY ] a. IN this trade was lost
Mr. Efinger also states that business
people found that when the men came
ashore at | clock afternoons. they
took in the sports and amusementS-
which kept them until late in the after
noon. The men then dined and took
in other amusements and found littis
time to do shopping. And even then
most Of the business houses closed dur
ing the evening and trade was thereby
lost. He thinks that the stores should
remain open longer during the evenings
as then is the only real shopping time
Jack has.
George W. Smith of Benson. Smith
& Co 3 drug store. and president Of the
Merchants Association. saiaz bat bust
ness was excellent throughout the city
and that il reached almost the expeeta-
{ tions Of those concerned. AS TO soda
water, the checks at his store gave 1900
visitors 10 the soda fountain for 'hees
week. - up 10 yesterday. This was
large increase over the usual business
- %ba uof+ dF1nk limo
As to amusements. the moving picture
shows held the center Of the stage, AZ
tha AT Theater on Hotel street. Mrs
Bailey and Mr.. Lawson. rne propri etorc,
! report a very noticeable increase in the
1 receipts in fact every evening 5 per
I Torrance. in receipts and attendance,
doomed M like p rush Saturday night
during ordinary times. In other words
+ the rietures took with the blue
I jackets aud they patronized them lii'-
eraIlv. OF course. the presence of the
sailors in town caused great crowd
IF townsfolk to mingle with them and
thus sweIled the customary returns
from home trade
messrs. Werner and TAFT Of the I'm
pire Theater report . heavy run for
tickets throughout the entire week. AT
times there was crush for admission
( They. too. say that every night : per
fornanre was Ike a Saturday night 9
:. o. business. The Orpheum found
much favor with the sailors and the
+ receipts rose accordingly.