The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1911-08-22
DESIGNS DID nor
PLEASE CGNAITTEE
Parade Posters Submitted We're
Turned Down and Others
Are Wanted.

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Severely efiticiaing the dealgus sub.
mittcd BY local artists and others Tor
The prize Of tio0 offered BY the promo.
iiou committee for thc best design FOR
a poster for the Seventh Annual Floral
Parade, February %, 1919, the special
committee selected by d. p. r. Isen.
berg yesterday rejected ali Of tho thir.
teen designs presented for constellation
Tho criticisms were decidedly frank.
The promotion committee has now OK.
tended the time to September 1, In or.
der that other designs may be submit.
ted.
d. P. r. Isenberg Of the promotion
committee was appointed special com.
mittee on floral parade poster, and he
selected the following ladies TO form
the committee with him: Mrs. w. +.
Dillingham;, Mrs. A. Gartloy, Mrs. @. Il.
Holloway, Mrs. Richard Ivers, Mrs.
lsenberg, Mrs. w. A. Kinney and Mrs.
M. I McGawley.
After viewing all of the designs the
committee decided to reject all, al.
though they said that two or. three
were very, good, but the prize of 500
was q LOT of money and called for some
real high art.
This announcement and discussion
took up most of the time OF the meet
ing, and the only action taken was to
extend the time to September l.
Hawaii Invited to Paris.
In his regular weekly letter to the
promotion committee presented at yes.
terday's meeting, Secretary Wood
quotes from letter from Paul Chaus.
sin, New York City, to General Man.
ager Schwerin of the Pacific Mail com
pany, the latter sending the promotion
committee copy of the letter Mr..
Chaussin writes that the international
Exhibition of Agriculture, Piscieulture,
Fishing, and all industries related to
the exploitation Of water products, Of
which he has been appointed general
agent for the United States, is to take
place in Paris in November and Decem-
Der of this year, and win be the first
of its kind ever held, the purpose be-
ing to bring together a classified col.
lection of all industries and interests
which depend upon the water as a main
principle or element. The place select
cd for it is the Grand Palais, a beauti-
full building erected especially for such
purposes. The most important steam.
ship companies ape to be represented,
and the writer hoped that the Pacific
Mail company would give publicity TO
the matter. Mr.. Schwerin thinks, this
will be a splendid opportunity to ad.
vertise the Hawaiian Islands, aud the
promotion committee has a good topo.
graphical bas-relief of the Islands and
some good pictures and win send them
to him. He will do the rest in regard
to the exhibition.
Secretary Wood, with the commit.
tees approval, viii send enlarged maps
and photographs of all the Islands and
the splendid collection of Transparent.
cies which have just been returned
from "The World in Boston, exposi-
tion.
The Beardsley Tours Company in
forms the committee that it is plan
ming to transfer the activities of the
cmopany from Boston to Chicago and
proposes adding trips to Hawaii and
the volcano to its advertised tours.
DR.. Thomas II. Green, the lecturer,
writes that he and Mrs. Green will be
back here in April to remain several
weeks