The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-07-06
IWnl j. COOPER


SEATTLE, Wn., June 23--lf the first
three weeks can give any indication
Seattles big show will certainly be
fully up to all the expectations of it's
promoters. The attendance thus far
has exceeded expectations, and the
statement is now made that there is no
doubt that the enterprise will not only
prove a success artistically, but that
| it will break even financially; a thing
which most similar enterprises in re-
cent years have not done. Starting
in on June LIST, with an attendance of
over $1,000 the daily attendance has
averaged nearly $4,000 since, with a
grand total OF 52S,315 up to last night.
! And the best is believed to be yet to
come Travel from the East has not
fyet begun to any extent, and the rail-
roads are all preparing for a heavy
traffic beginning next month and con-
tinuing through the summer.
| have seen the Pan-American EX-
position at Buffalo, and also the big
St Louis fair, and | cannot see that
| the Alaska-Yukon-P Pacific Exposition is
eclipsed by either of these in attractive
ness The grounds here are most
beautifully laid out, and the natural
| topography and beauty of the Puget
Sound country has rendered possible
features of beauty that no previous eX-
position had to work with, Everybody
with whom have talked has been i'm
pressed the same as l have been with
the imposing attractiveness of every
thing and surprised with the preten-
tious character of the exposition.
Hawaii's exhibit has certainly made
good We were a week late in getting
opened, and there is a lot of detail
work to be done yet, but in spite of
| the fact that carpenters are still at
work in the building, and that things
look rather mixed up to us, we are
drawing larger crowGs daily than al
most any other building in the grounds,
the main government building possibly
excepted. Not only do people come
in crowds, but they go away only to
come back again. They say that the
Hawaiian building is something diff
ferent.' Now California, for instance,
has a beautiful building and magn1-
ficent display splendidly arranged. Cal
| ifornia is an old hand at exposition
business and knows exactly how to do
things, but by this same token people
know good deal about California and
/ California products and I don't know
how many persons have said to me in
substance-"Yes CALIFORNIA; building
is Just beautiful, but you know I've
seen all that kind of thing before. But
here everything is SO new and inter-
esting."
There is scarcely anything in Ha-
waits building that does not attract
attention. Hundreds of persons daily
| stop to examine and enquire about the
magnificent kukui nut portiere made
| by the Industrial School boys, which
hangs at the entrance, with it's greet
In the design. Then our koa wood fur
niture and fittings come in for much
admiration and comment, especially
the great family sized four-poster
bed furnished by Lucas Bros, and the
hall clock and desks built by James,
of Hilo. The tables and chairs used
in the pineapple section, which were
made by the Hawaiian Mahogany Co.
are the cause of endless envy on the
part of visitors, and if we had a build
ing full of such stuff, and selling con-
cession l think we could make a good
thing in the furniture bisiness alone.
In the matter of selling things, peo-
pie want to buy practically everything