The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-06-24
PROMOTION
NOVELTIES
SECRETARY WOOD PROPOSES A
PINEAPPLE DAY AND A TENT
CITY HERE

In his weekly letter Secretary H.
p. Wood of the Hawaii Promotion
Committee, puts forth the following
novel ideas;
Believing that our glorious sum-
mer weather should be advertised as
well as our peerless winter weather,
have suggested to the pineapple peo-
pie that arrangements be made to
celebrate some day during the height
of the pineapple season by special do
ings at Wahiawa, Sports of all kinds
could be arranged for and I feel as
sured that the officers and men at
tached to Schofied Barracks would
enter into the spirit of the occasion
and do their best to assist in making
Pineapple Day in Hawaii notable
event. August % would be just six
months after our winter festival and
an appropriate time for the mid
summer celebration which could be
advertised by poster, postal card and
sticker just as we advertise the 22nd
of February and could be developed
into a most interesting event prov
ing of the greatest value in adver-
Using our pineapple industry.
"1'he success attending the sale OF
canned pineapple at Seattle encour-
ages me to, hope that we may be
able to enlist the Pineapple Growers
Association in our plans to establish
sales exhibit at Atlantic City which
can readily be made to pay it's own
way and at the same time prove one
of the very best means for advertis-
ing, not simply our pineapples, but
Hawaii generally.
CAS- the summer season approaches,
it occurs to me to suggest that tent
city, of course on small scale, wouIu
prove even more profitable in Hawaii
than on Coronado Beach in Southern
California; a place where tents, sin
gle and double, with boarded floors,
lighted, if possible, by electricity,
simply furnished, could be hired by
the day, week or month, at reason
able prices. The tent city should be
located near some good bathing
beach, those that wished could en-
gage in light house keeping, a good
restaurant service however being pro-
vided Such an enterprise could be
advertised on the mainland and would
be the means of bringing many hun
dreds of tired teachers to our shores
! for their long summer vacation.
There is no place on the globe where
such life would prove more enjoy
able and it's inexDensiveness would
attract many people of moderate
means other than teachers
Mr. Wood relates continued acti-
witty in advertising arrangements with
transportation concerns and hotels.
! together with the following informa-
ton regarding regular and tourist
steamers:
''The Mat on Navigation Company
write from their San Francisco office,
stating that they expect their new
steamer Wilhelmina to be on the Ho-
nolulu run carry in March and that
she will have accommodations for 40
first cabin passengers
THE statement has also been
Haue, unofhcially, that as soon as
business Stacks up a bit, the Lurline
Will have a number of cabins added,
bringing her passenger accommoda-
ton up to 100
MI Frank G. Clark writes that the
new Hamburg-American steamship
Cleveland has been substituted by
him for the Arabic The Cleveland
Mr.. Clark writes, is the finest ship
afioat for cruise; is of $4,000 gross
tons, has a passenger elevator, gym
nasium, is well ventilated and has all
modern improvements. The Cleveland
has been chartered by Mr.. Clark for
the coming year also for the follow
ing year, thus ensuring four round
the world cruises in that magniti-
cent vessel and having received a
$500 rate to the coast from Homo
lulu, Mr.. Clark believes that a large