Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-11-02
CABLES NEWSO
BROTHERS DEATH
At Los ANGELES

| z O'ci&ck, according to q cable re
eeived in Honolulu this morning from
Mrs. Kennedy, who departed hurriedl,
for the mainland about a month age
on receiving word Of her brothers
serious illness.
ID. w. Kirkland, who had paid sew
eraI visits to Hawaii, and had a wide
erie Of friends here, was a little more
than so years OF age, having been
born June 4, 1855. Besides his sister
Mrs. Kennedy, the deceased is sur
vfved by three brothers, J. N. Kirk
land of Los Angeles, and A. W. Kirk
land and James Kirkland OF Oakland
California.
In all probability Mrs. Kennedy will
return to Honolulu at an early date.
have merely had experience in OBJ,
serving the trend OF events.
Pioneers Of Progress.
Captain Matson and Jim Hill are
entitled to the everlasting gratitude
of Hawaii for graspiug opportunities
in this section Of the world and max.
ing the most Of them according to In.
diyidual ideas Of what spells opportu,
nifty and success.
Back Up Tourist Work.
Fourth Hawaii must back up
these tourist enterprises with service.
Service, courteous service, ought
to be branded IN every buslnessman's
soul from now on. II Il has not been
already.
That is what will absolutely guar
antee well-fiIled passenger lists the
year around.
Give the tourist and the stranger
within our gates special luaus II you
have the money. but always, inces-
sanity and forever give them courte-
Gus, prompt and uniformly consistent
service. Do that and there is nothing
more to 1t.
Preach courtesy to the motor boat
men. the chauffeurs, the hotel clerks,
the hotel boys. to everyone IN fart
People seldom complain OF prices.
when travelling. II they are given conr-
teous service. They are willing to
pay for what they get but they want
and they are entitled to have all they
pay for The little courteous atten-
tons not only by the head of the
house, but by the boys and men on
the job. all along the line That's
what counts. We cannot make too
much of II. We cannot say It too
often.
Southern California is a living SER
mon ii service and courtesy. Travel
on the popular routes Of the main
land and It doesn't take you is min-
utes to learn why they are popular.
You get service, and through the
warp and wool Of this service runs
the courteous attention of every en-
ploye you come in contact with. The
day Of the half-baked hoodlum is past
And there are some growing young
men Of Hawaii who win do well ~
take this to heart. The courteous man
WIN run out the Smart Aleck In short
meter.
Show Confidence in Hawaii.
FIFTH am more deeply convinced
that the business leaders Of Hawaii
ought to show more confidence In Ha-
wall. Invest their money In Hawaii.
Back the local enterprises and develop
new ones. While In San Francisco
| was told that q well known Homo
lulu man was busy looking for good
place to put about quarter OF a
million dollars. The biggest end Of
that quarter Of million was, in my
opinion, made IN Hawaii. It is q safe,
bet that 1t win find its way into an
enterprise or enterprises FAR more
than, say, the effort OF the
Great Northern or the Matson Naviga-
ton Company to build up our tourist
business. or even q distinctive hotel
built to 1T the climate.
I'VE need more builders and fewer
brokers.
5 Il see city planning commission
has been appointed. That's fine
idea. But what's the matter with go
Ing out once in a while and actually
doing something. II Is all right to
plan, but why not build a real road
No, not occasionally.
Why not give a demonstration that as
D community we can actually accom-
plish big. progressive results, and
present tangible, practical, easily OBJ
served, seen, felt, handled results.
Do Our Work-or Have II Done
For Us.
Finally, l was never better salts
led of the fact that II We do not prove
our competence to- take advantage OF
our opportunities. and perform our
obvious civic duties, it will be done
by others.
Little children can wrangle and
sQuabble and call names and retard
he wheels OF progress about so long.
Then the parental patience, finally ex-
takes things IN hand vigor-
ously and runs things II. the people
If Hawaii want to act like petty, lazy
children, they will inevitably get the
treatment handed out to children.
Some one may say, What the
ieuce does Harrington know about it?'
my response is that Harrington
doesn't know single thing more
about it than Smith or Jones, or any
,ther plain citizen The handwriting
IN the wall is so plain that all Far
.ington or any man with horse sense
has to do is copy it of"
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