The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-08-27
OF
PROMOTION

tary Woods report for the current
week:
Chairman and Members of the Hawaii
Promotion Committee.
Gentlemen-We have Just concluded
mailing copies of our folders to all of
the parties throughout the Old World
to whom we purpose sending copies
of the 1910 Floral Parade Poster A
letter from Mr.. Harry Mist, dated Au-
gust End, acknowledges receipt of
package of signed letters and address,
ed envelopes which we forwarded him
to be sent out with the mailing tubes
containing Posters when he is fully
ready, which he expects to be by the
end of this month.
Mr.. Mist writes, 81 am doing all the
drawing on the photographic stones az
the publishing house myself and there
are six stones to make. 1t takes me
from one to two days to finish stone.
AS soon as a proof has been made of
the Poster, will begin at once on the
post cards and stickers"
We are now preparing for mailing
copies of our latest folders to the eight
hundred odd addresses throughout the
United States and Canada to which
copies of the Floral Parade Poster will
be sent by our Agent at San Francis
co. Mr. Scott, upon receipt OF the same
from Mr. Mist Special letter. in ad-
dressed and stamped envelopes were
forwarded to Mr.. Scott by the Man
churia" to be sent out by him when
he mails the Posters. I believe we
have arranged for some very effective
advertising along these lines, adver-
Using that should secure early and
good results.
Mr.. J. A. McCandless, who has al
ways taken a keen interest in promo
ton work, writes under date of Au-
gust 18th, from Ellensburg, Washing
ton. that he had visited the Hawaii
Building a number of times and said
it gave him pleasure to state that Mr..
Childs, Mr.. Cooper and the young la
dies were doing splendid work for
Hawaii
A prominent grower of Pineapples
in Florida writes that "The Pineapple
business in Florida being in danger of
becoming abandoned, I want to know
something of Hawaii as a possible flu
ture residence and what the chances
are of continuing pineapple growing
there, asking for all information avail
able"
From a friend travelling in Switzer-
,Icn mi
of the Hawaii Promotion Committee,
we are in receipt of a large number
of addresses of prominent people
throughout Europe who are likely to
come this way and to whom we are
asked to send our printed matter
l am pleased to be able to report
that our folders may now be had at
Brentanosm Fifth Avenue and 9th
Street, New York, also at their Wash
ington, D. c., house and their Euro
pean establishments as well.
The following extracts from a let
ter just received from our Agent at
Los Angeles, Mrs. Headlee, are of gem
eral interest.
ct now have six Of the separate lee
lures arranged as follows:
Monday-"Hawaii, Old and New"
Tuesday-"Honolulu and Oahu by
Automobile
Wednesdays Hawaii, it's Resources
and Opportunities"
Thursday-"The Volcanoes of Ha-
wall"
Friday-"Touring the Hawaiian ISL
ands."
Saturday-"Life in Hawaii"
I am very much pleased with the
appreciation shown.
I am so hopeful of results for this
seasons work. I shall make special
effort with the public school teachers
this winter and have already asked a
place on the program of the Teachers
Institute to be held here during the
holidays am planning to fill the as
sembly hall every day if persistent eff
fort will do it. We have had good
audiences all the time thus far.
find from the local Office of the
Pacific Coast S. S. Company that nego-
tiations are still under way for Salt
Lake Elks excursion but that the diff
ficulty lies in securing sufficient cash
guarantee"
The Excursion outlook seems to DC
Frightening right along.
Mrs. c. r. Hamlin writes from Santa
Barbara, Cal, under date of August
9th as follows:
81 am preparing to take party Of
California and Pacific coast people tC
the islands early in January. If this
trip is successful, intend to take sew
eral parties each year.
I was advised to write to the Peck
Judah Company of San Francisco TO
rates of hotels, cost of touring tn
islands, trip to Hilo and Kilauea, etc
=" and they referred me to you.
If you will advise me as soon a
possible what rates I can make at tn
best hotel 1--WE expect to be there abou