The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-03-16
LAND WHERE
EVERYONE BOOSTS
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handle promotion work there took me
off my feet. Everybody helps. It is
a great, big, general movement-enlist-,
ing the energies of big and little, rich
and poor alike. For instance, they are
preparing for the Elks rally there in
June. Business men have taken it
up enthusiastically. and advertise that
on certain day all of their receipts
will go to the Elks' carnival. Even
down to the barber shops they have
done that, the men who cut hair and
shave the gentry of the Southern me-
tropolis giving a days earnings to the
promotion of the big event still sew
eral months OFF.
Those people owe their business
and financial success to their own eff
forts. They get in and work for
tourists, work for the upbuilding of
business in all lines. They pull to-
gether The city administration works
with the merchant to this end, and
vice versa. They have one aim and
they follow that out steadfastly, per-
sistently and with certain success, now
and in the future. They take a
stranger by the hand and make him
| feel welcome from the moment he sets
foot upon their streets. They fur
nish him sights worth seeing and en-
! joyment worth taking in, and he leaves
there a friend of Los Angeles forever,
determined to return there again at
! the first opportunity.
THE Chamber of Commerce is un-
| firing in its efforts to boost. Secre-
tary Frank Virgins, of that body, is
a genius in this line. The Chamber
and everybody else works together for
the common purpose. There is no
Knocking Everything is done in a
smooth, nice way, and the results are
pouring in. This kind of work has
made, is making and will continue to
make Los Angeles.
Zone thing that pleased me beyond
expression was the friendliness of Los
Angeles to Hawaii There is no sham
about it. The people feel it, and
when they bubble over with their own
enthusiasm they invariably try to give
Hawaii a boost
Mrs. Frances Headlee who has
charge of our promotion quarters
there, is meeting with great success
She is a tireless worker and is putting
in some excellent ticks. Every day be-
tween the hours of $3.50 and p. m.
she lectures on Hawaii in the Chamber
Of Commerce rooms; and l was proud
to note that she had the largest crowds
of all at her lectures. She has some
splendid films and shows them up to
immense advantage. ] was there three
times and noticed that on each occa-
sion Mrs. Headlea was detained out
side for more than a half hour to an
swer questions in regard to Hawai-.
Il attended a stereopticon lecture by
the same lady on Yosemite Falls, given
at the annual mid-Winter reception OF
Woodbury. College, at which some 1,5OC
people were present. BY previous ar
rangement Hawaiian orchestra open
= ed the program and delighted every
, one with Hawaiian airs and during the
z evening Mrs. Headlee succeeded IN DIS
playing her Hawaiian views Wh'ch
made a great hit.
THE people of Los Angeles are IL
beraI on everything that looks ike
promotion. They know its value IRON
carefully worked out experience and &c
not hesitate to work for it. Some
such spirit as that is what is needed
here
Mr.. Hogs was in San Francisco aho
was impressed with the progress being
made there. Rebuilding IS sun 20,
ing on and the people seems conhdeh'
of a prosperous future.