Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-07-27
SONG and Pines
Turing CROWDS
Cooper Writes That Tn.
Hawaiian Build ng Is
Most Popular

htSOTulHG 10 letler just recelN-
ed by Secretary Wood of the Pro-
motion Committee from VIII j.
Cooper. the Hawaiian building at
the Alaska Yukon exposition is the
most popular on the grounds. The
| pineapple booth Is doing land
Office business, and he says when
ever the boys sing crowds surge into
/ that section and nearly swamp the
servers. The letter Is as follows:
We received an island mail yes
tcrday, the first in eight days, which
| has again put MS somewhat in touch
with things in the Territory. was
glad to learn that you had placed
the order for the next Floral Parade
poster. and would suggest that you
have slide made OF II as soon as
possible in order that we may show
II daily In the course of our lectures.
We should be able TO do some good
work with II in that form, in addi-
ton to the posters which you are to
have come direct.
Lloyd mentioned your request for
a weekly figure on pineapple sales
and the registration. In the matter
of the last | would like to say that
do not think that these figures show
over five per cent of the visitors to
our building. You cannot exagger-
ate In the matter of our popularity
here, for there is not building on
the grounds that Is attracting more
attention than Is ours. think the
Hawaii people who have been here
will bear me out In this. This fact
is the very brightest thing to us all,
and helps us to overlook many
things which otherwise might be
very discouraging.
| The general attendance at the
fair is increasing. and Is ahead of
expectations, the million mark hav-
Ing been passed at the end of the
first six weeks. Traffic men claim
that this month and August will see
the facilities of the railroads taxed
to carry the eastern visitors, who
are just beginning to come in num-
hers. Our pineapple business has
been increasing steadily, and l
think now averages nearly $3.50 per
day. The music helps this feature
of the work probably more than It
does any other, for whenever the
boys are singing the crowds surge
into the pineapple section so that 1,
Is difficult to serve all who are clam.
oring for seats.
note with much interest your
suggestion of n Tent city," It IL
certainly a great idea. And that OF
Pineapple Day." Your reference
to the matter of inducing the pine
apple men to help out the Atlantic
City proposition should also COM
mand attention, II our success Is any
criterion.
| think told you that ! furnished
a set Of pictures of the interior of
our building to the exposition pub
licity department. also accom-
panied each with a writeup, and
these will be used in the form of
sterotypes and distributed all over
the country. II should help some.
have been awfully busy. II seems
as though there is so much always
that | should see to In the building,
and ! am also kept awake meeting
the local reporters and other corre-
spondents. have written an arti-
Gle for the Coast Magazine, and sew
eral short ones on our exhibit for a
New Zealand correspondent. A rep
resentative of the Outlook spent
several hours with me. and l think
will give us good report. also
furnished some photographs and a
long line of talk to lady CORE
spondent of the New York Herald
Last week furnished great mass
of statistical and other information
to a. Chicago Record-Herald man
and think | told you of the visit o
MIR. Griswold, formerly of the Chica
so Record Herald, now of the Trib
une, who ! was able to help out /
little in the matter of data con
corning the islands.
was Interrupted Just at thi
stage of this writing by Post-In
telligencer man who wants write
up of our exhibit, as one of serie
, of such articles concerning the ex
position. shall try to get this on
tomorrow The newspaper men an
= the publicity men here are general
a very good bunch. They seem 4
/, like us,>and we get our share OF pub
a LEFTY through them without an
dimculty--possibly just a little NOR
!, than an even share.