Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-10-11
WALTER E. smith
LECTURES TO
CROWDS
Writes Promotion Committee
That Many Were Turned
Away in Seattle

The regular weekly meeting Of the
promotion commit = i> held at three
II irty O'Clock this afternoon in the
rooms OF the mere hants association,
{. which H. NJ Heiturn, one Of the
new members OF the committee, will
give a special talk on his observations
O: promotion work in the East during
his rec ent trip to the mainland. A. W.
Van NalkenEurg. OF the Oahu Railroad
who has just returned from a trip to
Canada, took with him a large number
OF photographs and Q1antity of pro
notion literature which hedistributed
throughout the Canadian Northwest.
and he has been asked to appear be-
fore the committee to give it the bene
fiji of any observations he may have
TO offer as a result of hi trip.
The posters for the 1913 Carnival
and Floral Parade have been practic-
ally all distributed. The have been
sent to every railroad bureau, steam
ship office. and excursion agent
throughout the world, and the commit
tee is now busy sending out the small
lev reproductions of the large poster
tC the different railroad offices in the
states.
H. P. Wood. secretary Of the promo
ton committee, received several let
ters on the last boat from the coast
from Walter G. Smith, who is in tie
states lecturing on the Hwaaiian Is
lands for the committee. Mr. Smith
states that everywhere his lectures
have been pronounced success and
that at some of them the people have
been turned away. This statement is
also voiced in the newspaper clippings
that accompany his letters.
The first of the Seattle lectures
took place last night" says Mr.. Smith,
writing from that city on September
%, "at the Chamber of Commerce.
The hall is not large. but it was
packed, as was the hall beyond. The
only table in the room held four peo-
pie standing. | am told that over 100
people were turned aWay-simply
couldn't get in. After the lecture at
least twenty-five people came forward
and asked questions, and two of them
called at the hotel this morning. To-
| morrow night | expect big crowd at
the First Unitarian church, and on
Wednesday afternoon | shall address
the Rotary Club, and on the evening
, of the same day church address at
Tacoma. think that if Seattle could
O., be thoroughly canvassed it would
mean great results for Hawaii
! Growing Interest in Hawaii
Much of my time at the hotel since
the lectures has been given up to
answering the questions of interested
people. There is surely a growing in
terest here in Hawaii Professor
, Richardson of the University of
! Washington wants a lecture on the
/ Wednesday following my return from
! Spokane, but | am afraid that shall
be unable to give it. The papers say
that as many people are turned away
from my lectures as attend them.
heard the remark made that the rep
resentation of people at them was
from the best business element, and
| have also heard that several will
visit Hawaii. My next lectures will
be given in Spokane, and then | will
return to Seattle to fill a few other
dates that | have made"
Now at Vancouver.
The press of Seattle has given
much attention to Mr.. Smiths lee
lures. Following his lectures in Spo-
kane and his return engagements in
, Seattle, Mr.. Smith went to Vancou-
yer, B. c., where he is delivering a
series of lectures now
Another letter Of Importance that
has lately been received by Secre-
tary Wood is the one from the gen
eral manager of the great exhibition
+ to be held in Client next year, regard
! ing Hawaiian site at this fair. The
| letter states that this fair will be the
most important, as regards area and
foreign participations, on record on
that part of the continent Nearly
every nation in the world will be rep
. resented, and the fact that all these
! nations have taken their sites prom
! lscs to make the exhibition one of
, the most striking displays ever wit
/ messed.