Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-07-07

, do in erecting the largest office build.
| ing in the world in the greatest city
in the world, trust We shall have
no more croaking from the "I-dare-
nots." II ! hear any OF il, shall at
| cnce place them in nomination for
membership in the Better-dead club. .
II is pleasant TO relate that the
editor of the Mid Pacific Magazine and
his secretary were the guests of honor
at lunch given them by the direct
| ors OF the American News Company,
and the personal touch" Hawaii has
now secured with these delightful, en-
lergetic gentlemen, believe will mean
much in the future advertising of Ha-
wall to the world. | was astonished
to learn that they had all personally
made the acquaintance with the Mid
Pacific Magazine, and were delighted
with its pictures, and the kindly ad-
vice they gave, and offers of coopera-
ton in the matter of distributing this
magazine and pushing it made me feel
good all over ] found it on the news
stands at the railway stations and
about the city, and If all that the
Inewsdealers say is true. | believe that
by getting out handsome new color
cover every month that / can soon
have a circulation that will bankrupt
ne, for in common with every other
magazine published, get less for my
product than the cost of the output;
The poor dear advertiser-God bless
nim-being the real promotionist be-
hind 1t ALL
] called on my old magazine friends,
and promised numerous articles on
Hawaii and the Pacific. but then that
Is an old story. However, on my return
to Hawaii. am going to earnestly en-
deavor to get together those who can
really write and explain to them Just
the kind of articles the magazines
wish. You can always sell a maya
zine an article If you will give it what
it wishes: but the young writer fond
ly imagines that the magazine is go
ing to take an article because he has
written II irresistibly. Now maya
zine wants what it wants when it
wants it" For instance, one maya
zine wished me to write an article on
Pearl Harbor with Illustrations and
from which the cannon would thunder
down death and destruction to the
enemys vessels below | explained
that would gladly give them such an
article with illustrations on condition
that they would LET me put in an au:,
thor's note to the effect that there
wasn't anything higher than a mole.
hill within ten miles of Pearl Harbor.
] did not get an order for that article
but sold another on the strength OF
a photograph | had of camel har-
far-off foreign land. Now that maya
zine wouldn't have taken anything
else on Hawaii but dramatic Glib
raltar of the Pacific story of Pearl
Harbor. Later on ] diS land them on
a surfing story, shut made them be.
lieye that 1t was their suggestion and
not mine. The writing of a magazine
article is the small end of It First
YOU have to find out the kind of ma.
terial the magazine wishes. For In.
stance. | took joseph Stickney with
me to est Nicholas" He had just
received check from another maya.
zine for one Of his. articles, so | intro.
duced him as a successful writer. For
an hour the editress and Joe discuss.
ed Pacific topics. and when they part.
ed 1t was understood that Joe was to
send several articles on topics which
! will not discuss at present. for these
articles for "St, Nicholas" ! consider
Joe's meat
We had day in Washington as
the guests of the Psn-American Union
and a luncheon Of the 'Hands-around
the Pacific club. with its President,
Frear, at the head of the
table. But that is another story