The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-07-06
HAWAIHS HIT
IN SEATTLE

we have on exhibition. great py-
ramid of cocoanuts standing fifteen feet
or more in height, attracts a great deal
of attention, although until yesterday
not more than one person in ten knew
what the nuts in the husks are. Now
we have fastened a number of the
nuts upon the pile, which have half of
the covering removed and several
which have been sawn in half. Now
these people recognize the nuts as
they have been used to seeing them
in the markets. and our force of at
PENDANTS do not have so much eX-
planning to do. A large framed proto-
graph of a cocoanut grove we have
also fastened to one side of our cocoa
nut heap to show visitors what the
trees look like on which the nuts grow,
and half a dozen of the sprouted nuts
half buried in tubs, and a number OF
cocoanut palms ten or fifteen feet high,
completes our NUT display and af-
fords much interest If we wanted to
| think we could close out our entire
cocoanut stock in half day at a
good profit for it keeps us all busy tell
ing would-be purchasers that they are
not for sale.
The pineapple exhibit and demon
stration section is one of the greatest
attractions on the grounds. 1t is won
derful how people will go after that
oil
that it is good, and that most persons
like it, but it is a revelation to find that
not one person in a hundred really
knows what real pineapple tastes
like, and how they invariable enthuse
after eating two or three slices. The
other day one man sat down and ate six
dishes of it before he left the table, or
considerably more than the contents
of a can. A great many others have
several helpings, and at times our girls
have to call for help in serving the
fruit. We employ regularly three or
four young women from the university
in order to take care of the business
which has developed almost in day.
Kaai's boys have been here for over
a week. They have a palm bedecked
stand elevated above the pineapple
tabl s, and when they are playing
(Which is at half hour intervals
throughout the day. the crowd in that
part of the building becomes so com
pact that it is difficult to move about
at all. The Federal governments bio
I, 60 in, - hi1i n
ing with a thin partition between, and
it has been necessary to alternate the
muisc with the lectures, else the lee
turers would talk to empty benches,
and the moving picture operator show
his views to a deserted house. Our
music beats every other attraction
within hearing distance, and we have
really aroused some envy, L think, on
the part of less patronized exhibitors
elsewhere
Persons in Honolulu who viewed the
school work exhibited in the rifle range
building before 4, was packed to send
to the exposition, will be scarcely sur
prised to learn that Hawaii has one of
the very best, if not the best, school
exhibits at the exposition. 1t is
more extensive than almost any other,
and in character of work is much SUI
perior to much that is to be seen IN
the buildings at California's and Wash
ington's Teachers and educators have
been very generous in their praise, and
there is no doubt that this one part of
our display will go a long ways to-
wards placing Hawaii in the proper
light to the mainland people. Mr..
Charles E. King, who installed the ex-
hibit for the school department, de-
serves much credit for the effective
manner in with he did it.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES