The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-07-02
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the pineapple business. They occupy
stand elevated above the corner where
the pineapple is served, and when they
play the only difficulty is to keep the
tables cleared for all who want them.
The sales have averaged about 200 tins
per day, and the receipts nearly 800.
although our building cannot begin
| to compare in many ways with some
of the others, with their elaborate and
costly displays, still there is no ques-
| ton that we are attracting more atten-
| tion than most of these others. A num-
| Der of persons have explained to me
that in the California building, the
main government building, the Wash
ington state building etc, they see
| things that are more or less familiar,
but that in Hawaii IS they find things
| that are entirely new. Yesterday it
rained for the first time since we have
! been here. The crowd was pretty slim
in general, but we scarcely noticed any
difference, and it is good thing that
we are not making much of a CONNER
! cial thing out of our exhibit, still there
| is no question in my mind that we
| could have made good thing out of
it had we prepared to sell about every
thing that we have on display. People
want to buy the little table mats, the
cocoanuts, leis, an practically every
thing else. ! can see still more clearly
how your Atlantic city scheme would
work, and l was thinking just last
night that if some one could have had
a concession on the paystreak, with
Bonine IS films, or something else as a
central feature, and then sell pineap.
pies, in various shapes, and everything
else that could be brought from Hawaii,
we would have made big hit. Think
/ will bear it in mind on occasion of
another exposition. There is an Eski-
mo village in the paystreak, which has
colony of ill-smelling savages living
in their own fashion. This is inter
esting and draws crowd which pays
for the privilege of getting in, and
more often than not pay more before
/; they get out, for there is a perfect
bazaar in connection with the place, into
which the people are turned after they
have visited the village, and in which
everything imaginable from Alaska and
! the arctic region are on sale.
Gin the matter of our literature de
partment, / think it is working very
| well, but we are running low in some
, Of our matter, particularly Primers
and DIR. Wilcox's booklet. We have q
fair supply of Hawaii folders, temper
ature folders, and the several islands
! folders.
"We have just received our Aloha
buttons, but | understand that it il
= the intention to hold most of them
, back until Hawaii day, sometime in
; August.
, "The girls are getting along all
. right, and l think are enjoying them
selves. They have begun to get used
, to being on their feet, and are not
i tired at the end of the day as they
were at first. Besides they are get
ting a good deal of attention, as you
! may judge from some of the clipping
/ which i have mailed you. Yesterday
they all attended reception for Gov
ernor Gillett, in the California build
3 ing, where they were fiatteringly en-
tertained. Later the Governor Is daugh
ter, and later the Governor himself
came over to our building, and at,
3 / pineapple, and were decorated will
$ leis by the girls, appearing to enjo!
themselves very much. However WI
/ are beginning to get used to this kline
I of thing for the gentlemen and ladie
from all the other buildings seem Il
find great deal of pleasure in on
building, and for the time being, a
least we are very much in the fore
. ground Childs has employed three
J. or four girls from the University t.
s serve pineapples in the afternoons s.
that although the pineapple business i
booming, it is possible TO let our girl
d get away to the many receptions, etc
for short times, in relays.
"While / think Of IL, would y0l
. mind sending us few Of the A. & II
calendars. We have some trouble j.
( keeping track Of the steamer sailings
n ar, perhaps few OF the Advertiser
n time cards would answer Just as well
a "The California Promotion Commit
tee has been here most of the week
a coming up in an elaborate speeia
g train, and doing the town in grea
n style.
q "There Is one thing that has bee
n ~ "a " ~ " " " ~ ~ " y - " ~ ~ "
y witness had gone over bis evidence Il
a kmneys Office with the other wit
J. nessea present,
D Onieer Wills was tho next witnes
!, called 20 the stand aud was still un
T. der examlnaiion when the court ad
q j0uTnod,