The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-12-13

good quality of goods. The twenty dol
lar suits being sold at the Clarion are
SAID to be so good that the stock NAV
| not hold cut until Christmas. This i
| one of the best illustrations OF tb.,
value of publicity. For long time
| before the place changed hands its
wares We're advertised in one news,
paper. With the change the space WAS
| trebled and two newspapers used with
| the result stated. The Clarion keeps
everything for men, and the men are
fast finding it out
Another firm believer in printer :
| ink is l.. B. Kerr and the business
| done IN that big store proves his judg
ment. The sales there have been made
successful through the advertising. The
| ladies have gone again and again be-
| cause the quality is invariably salts
| factory. small advertising space
order from Mr.. Kerr is as unusual as
| a day of small transaction are to him.
| Some time ago he decided to give up
| ladies wear but the ladies would not
/ agree to it and il took several pages
! of print 10 advise them the idea had
been abandoned Since then he has
been playing fair to both sexes by
| adding an unusually good line of men =
clothing, the Adler Rochester, which is
| being sold as rapidly as the customers
are fitted and the clerks can wait on
/ them. He is making a great showing
of toys this year and Santa Claus is
on hand every night to greet the chill
dren. As usual there is good music
al Kerr's and this draws the crowds.
The Christmas goods are rapidly go
ing.
''Blom the Bargain Maker cut his
space below normal yesterday because
| it took all of his time TO mark the
goods for big sale he will hold next
week He reports his sales during De-
tober and November to have been
larger than the business done just prior
| to Christmas last year. He has a large
stock of goods for ladies in addition
to toys for the million. 1t is special
ty with Blom to give about three times
the value in goods for the dollars that
| drift over the counter and to that is
due much of his success.
"For smokes go to Fitzpatrieks, is
| the advice given to men who use the
weed because the quality and assert
mept of cigars there is unsurpassed.
The best grades of Manila smokes are
sold at the stores owned by this firm
and they have the agency for the ex-
| elusive sale of two of the most popular
| of the Walter E. Olsen s make. A
| speciality of smokers articles is made of
pipes in these establishments. Calabash
pipes are something beyond the ordi-
nary, and he has a stock that is large
enough to supply the entire Territory.
| They are pronounced by smokers to be
superior to any make of pipe because
| they draw absolutely free. The assert
ment of accessories is unlimited. There
| is to be found pouches of every deserip-
| ton, tobacco Jars, match boxes, thermi-
doris, cigar and cigarette holders, and
thousand other things in which smok-
ers delight. The Fitzpatrick brothers
will tell you that they hit the nail on
the head by using liberal space in The
| Advertiser, that they have done more
| business than ever and are constantly
adding new customers to their list.
Whitney & Marsh are doing a fine
| business in high grade materials for
| ladies' wear and made up garments.
| Manager Brasch of this firm makes an
nual trips to Europe and gets on the
| inside of the market in the principal
/ cities. His stock is always fresh and
| includes the latest Partisan novelties
in trimmings as well as materials for
| dresses. This year the firm has con.
test in which handsome Victor Talk.
| ing Machine is the prize.
One of the regular advertisers TAX
ing the same space year after year
| is Sachs. He advertises his wares reg
ularly and has the best possible results
from printers ink. His usual voting
contest is now on and the sales are
large in consequence. He has large
| stock of holiday goods including dolls
and the prices are moderate IN the ex-
IRENE Mr.. Sachs makes annual trips
| to the mainland and has the advantages
the markets offer, and, being careful
buyer, gets what the people here want.
| Reliable goods for Christmas are to
| be had at Hackfelds. There is every
| thing to make the table groan and
much to make the man or woman Of the
house happy during the holiday season.
| The advertisement on the back page of
one section of yesterdays issue told
| in few words some of the goods to be
| had there.
Gunst is household word on the
Pacific Coast and during the past few
wears the interchangeable "Mose" has
| broken through the Gordon in New York
and established himself in a part of
| the city where his firm gets the best
paving business of the metropolis. Here
| in Honolulu the house is well patroniz-
| ed because the brands of cigars are
standard and the quality, consequently,
good. There is goodly supply of smok-
| ers' articles in the store at the corner
of Fort and King street where the
| wants of those who use the weed will
| be attended TO.
TOYS of a dependable sort are offered
| by Wall, Nichols Co., Ltd. in their
Fort street establishment. The selec-
ton was personally made by Mr.. Wall
and includes about everything needed
to make the heart of the small boy
glad. There are books, too, that viii
please persons of all ages and any
taste. Christmas notices, calendars and
what not for every one.
Activity in real estate usually means
activity with the builders and those
who deal in builders material. Roof
ing is an article to be selected with
unusual care. because the safety Of the
furniture and decorations during
storm depends upon the omission of
openings through which the rain may
come by way Of the roof. Malthoid,