The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1912-05-14
WOULD MARK NO
BILLBOARD SHOPS
WOMEN LEADERS TALK OVER
PLANS TO MAKE MORE
BEAUTIFUL CITY,
From snturday,s Ad- srtiserl

lFIOm SATURDAY NJ" ~ AANtlHl
At a meeting Of prominent women,
representing all the residence districts
Of Honololu, which was called yester
day afternoon by Mrs. L. j. Lowrey
to discuss the Improvement of the city
by removing unsightly fences, planting
trees and similar measures, the bill
board question was discussed and plan
for further combating the billboard
nuisance suggested, by which merchants
who do not use billboards will adver-
tise the fact upon cards placed conspic-
uously in their shop windows.
The meeting was called by the cen.
trail committee of the Outdoor Circle of
the Kilohana Art League and while
many of those who attended yesterday
were not members of the league they
were all women interested in the work
of identifying the city and were as
sembled as the leaders in prospective
group of neighborhood clubs, which
will use their influence in the various
districts to have fences removed, trees
planted and grounds improved.
Mrs. +. j. Eowrey addressed the
meeting, which was held in her resi-
dence on Lunalilo street, explaining the
need of local organizations to deal with
the diverse problems of the districts
and outlining the character of the work
which the central committee ha;
planned for these neighborhood clubs
After some discussion of the necessity
of taking down fences and at the samC
time devising a means of keeping out
predatory cows, Mrs. Lowrey launched
into the billboard question and the en-
tire gathering showed a vital interes
in the campaign against this insight,
means of advertising.
Beauty" for the Poor.
"a few days before Mr.. Frazier re
turned to the Coast said Mrs Low
rey, che called upon me. He expressed
willingness to do away with a few
boards in out of the way places il
which he was not particularly interest
ed. but he impressed upon me the fac
that King street was business stree
and that no efforts of ours would eve
remove the billboards from the bushes
section, including the whole length o
King street He cannot see any reasol
why we should object to his beautiful
billboards anyway. He says it is al
right for us, who live outside the cen
ter of town and have our trees an
shrubbery, to dispense with these work
of art, but that the poor people down
town must have their bits of color toe
and that the billboards supply these
In carrying on campaign [ do no
think we should inflct all these bit
of color upon the residents of the bus
ness section, but should combat thi
form of advertising in all sections Q
the city,
Men Must Help.
In the general discussion of the que:
tion, Mrs. George Sherman said sh
thought that the men should be enlist
ed in the movement because while til
women were the patrons of most of tn
merchants who use the billboards a
mediums of advertising, such commot
tiles as whisky, cigarettes and tobacc
Igenerally were consumed by the me
and while the dealers in more repu
able commodities might remove thei
advertisements from the board
through the influence of the women
would leave more space for more offer
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GA suggestion has been made" sal
Mrs. Lowrey at the close of an an
mated discussion in which the bill
boards received no sympathy, "that W
shonld encourage the merchants and in
porters who do not use the billboard
or who cancel their contracts for bill
board space, to advertise the fact b
placing cards in their windows, whic
would read, Eve do not. use billboard
for advertising purposes, and in tn
way attract the patronage of eyeryor
who is in sympathy with the campaig
and discourage the use of the boart
lby other Dealers
Down with Fences.
The primary object of the meetiT
yesterday viii be carried out by II
, appointment of district committees
organize the neighborhood clubs. ]
the general scheme stone walls will !
tolerated, old fences will be taken dow
and new ones when it is possible
show the property owner the error {
his ways, hedges will be trimmed an
trees planted. Aside from this gener
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