Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-06-28
George B. Curtis Home with
Details of Advertising
Mems Convention

Mems Convention
Erin full of enthusiasm and a new
supply Of energy, George b. Curtis
arrived home by the steamer China
yesterday, fresh from the great con
yention of advertising men of Amer
lea which met in Baltimore this year.
Mr.. Curtis also brought with HIM
a great amount of new and up-tO-date
merchandise for the people of Homo
lulu. But that's another story.
The convention in Baltimore of the
Associated Advertising Clubs OF
America was quite the biggest thing
in the convention line during the
month OF June. 1t filled the famous
armory of Baltimore, where Wilson
was nominated last summer, full to
Overlooking. And Honolulu was right
up in the front rank all the time.
Mr.. Curtis was the delegate to the
convention of the Honolulu Ad. Club.
"They put me right up in the front
Of things" said MIR. Curtis, When
the Honolulu delegate was called to
a position close to the presiding Of
ficer's stand, there was general ap-
plause through THE great convention
that was at least a recognition that
they were glad to have Honolulu with
them.
Mrs. Curtis and / reached Balti-
more Sunday night. And can tel
you there was something doing all
the time. Every delegate was looked
after by some representative citizen
of Baltimore. There were special
programs for the delegates. special
programs for the ladies and special
programs for the various delegations.
Had Distance Record.
81 went Immediately to headquar-
tiers and was most cordially greeted
as the man from Honolulu. You see
/ had the record for having come the
longest distance of any delegate OF
America. / even beat the delegate
from London, but / had to give way
to the delegate from South Africa.
81 tell you they were mighty glae
to see a man from Honolulu. / had
big badge with Honolulu Ad Club,
Aloha on it and even the newsy on
the street picked me out and wanted
to hear me talk, to see, what language
they used in Honolulu didn't like
it at first as am not used to being
in the limelight and on display, but
there was such a spirit of hearty good
nature about It all that | had to swing
in with the spirit of Baltimore.
after registering mind you there
were over seven thousand ad club
men from outside Baltimore-my wife
and were handed our suit cases. J.
don't wonder that you are surprised.
Well, each delegate and delegates,
and there were lot Of women ad
club delegates, was given a miniature
suit ease that was filled with adver-
.tising literature, advertising Balti.
more and most everything else. ]
haven't had time to open mine, but
1T was a good stunt.
Honolulu in Front Row.
well, the first day was taken up
with meetings. At noon there was a
grand luncheon given at which Gov
ernor Warfield presided and they put
Honolulu right up in the front row.
My big badge and in the. convention
hall the big Honolulu banner seemed
to attract lot of attention. was
asked all sorts of questions about Iio-
nclulu. could have disposed of tons
of literature / talked as fast as |
could to make up for what / could not
hand out in printed form. \ Hundreds
ii almost seems like thousands, of
people said they hoped to come to
Honolulu some day.
ION Monday night was the great
parade, the advertising pageant. The
floats and the stunts done by the diff
rerent delegations were magnificent.
The merchants and big business men
of Baltimore must have put thousands
of dollars into that display.
81 rode in a special carriage along
with the foreign delegates up near
the head of the procession some
where. They acknowledged that j
was not foreign but was the only man
from Honolulu and had come the
longest distance Of any except that
South African.
Pageant Wonder.
THAT pageant was a wonder. The
Dallas, Texas, boys hat: 4 splendid
band. A number of delegations had
lands. The CalifoFnians carried two
bears and oranges and raisins by the
carload, it seemed. ] tell you the
Loo Angeles people know how to do
things. Chicago was also much in
evidence, as it is scheming to take
the 1915 convention away from San
Francisco if it can. The Toronto,
Canada, boys had a big crowd and a
splendid showing. in the parade.
well, Tuesday was also big day.
attended the meetings and at noon
went TO a luncheon given BIZ the Cal
ifOrnia delegation. The ad clubs of
California combined and ell worked
together. That was the only time |
was called on for a speech and Gid
the best could ! TOLD them of the
Honolulu Ad Club and of. i1enofulG.
and got a nice reception not only
from the Californians but also from