The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-08-24
Promotion Committee Finds
Spirit Of Event Is Spread
ing Over Country
RAILROADS AND HOTELS
TO PUT FRUIT ON MENUS
Packers Of Other Products From
Maine To Oregon Offer
Services

pineapple Day at the exposition is
going to be more Than a little line of
red ink on the menu cards of San Fran.
cisco, valuable as that publicity is. IL.
Y. Wood, resident commissioner of the
Hawaii exposition committee, has ap.
pointed committee Of FIVE to take
charge and make it an event to be re.
membered
Lloyd Childs is chairman and the
others are A. G. Baumgartner, Willard
Fay, p. L. King and 4. L. Goldstein.
"You are acquainted with Mr.
Childs,' writes II. p Wood to A. p.
Taylor, acting secretary of the promo.
tion committee, "and doubtless are
aware that he made a splendid success
of Evenings in Hawaii at the Seattle
exposition.
"TEe committee has signifed its in
teHtion Of going ahead with the matter,
arranging at once, upon recommended
tion of Mr.. Childs, for a Might in
Pineapple Land on the fine arts lagoon,
the evening Of November 10.
childs Given Entire Charge
"The entire charge Of this matter
has been placed in the hands Of Mr.
Childs, who can be depended on to
make a success of it, and have no
hesitation in saying that the promotion
committee is going to get some good
results.
1.-The committee is composed of men
representing all the large packing com
panies interested in Hawaii, the active
men of the firms, all of whom are in
terested in the project and who can be
depended on to work up a big day
They are also planning to give a bal
masque that might and to have various
stunts throughout the day. Special ar.
rangements will be made for seating
and the event will be largely adver.
tised.''
Offers of assistance in making Ha.
waiian Pineapple Day a success keep
coming in. Governor Hunt of Arizona
writes second letter, in which, after
noting the change of date, he says:
| s"As the time for this anBGal observs
ance in furtherance of one of Hawaii s
greatest industries draws near, / hope
to assist, so far as possible, in securing
favorable publicity in this state"
Governor Hunt Invited
Secretary Taylor wrote back he
hoped the Governor might take it into
his head to relax from the cares of
office here, when next he needed a vaca-
tion, and that, if he should happen to
long for a sight of the cowboys and the
cattle ranches, 1--WE can take you right
over to the big Parker ranch and show
you cowboys who are the best in the
business, for one of them took the
championship at the Cheyenne meet a
few years ago.
James T., Clyde, manager of the lat
ter, writes that eff you can give us
any suggestions to further the mat
ter, it will be a pleasure to receive
them
Fred Harvey, who runs the restaur-
ant service and dining cars of the
Santa Fe system, will display Hawa.
iian' pineapples on his menu cards
from San Francisco to San Diego and
from San Diego to Chicago.
Others Offers Services
The passenger department of the
Chicago Il Northwestern Railway, not
only is glad to help, but asks for
photographs showing fields of grow,
ing pineapples for illustrating pur,
poses.
Many packers of other products
from Maine to Oregon offer their ser.
vices. The Fernald, Keene b True Co.
of Pc tland, Maine, twill be glad to
aid in every way possible. -
German and Company or Seattle
salmon packers and distributors, think
that POSSIBLY some permanent and
satisfactory arrangement might be
made for the handling of canned pine.
apples through this port" and ask 10
be put in touch with some responsible
packer.
w. r. Roach of w. r. Roach & Co.
Hart, Michigan, packers of almost ev.
erything but tropical fruits, promise.
to edo anything can to further your
interests, and makes it more empha.
ic by adding remember, am with
vou.h
Names Are Furnished
W. o. Hoffecker, agent Of the Roya
Insurance Co., Ltd, at Smyrna, Della
ware, sends nine names of persons
with whom it would be we'll for the
promotion committee to get in touch
for their pineapple day campaign.
The Waterloo Canning Corporation
of Waterloo, Iowa, sends the names OF
the five biggest hotels and restaurants
in the city.
Twenty-four colored steropticon slides
depicting the lovely Hawaiian maiden
with the hibiscus blossom in her hair
made famous by Libby, Mcneil and
Libby, went to the mainland yester
dav by the Makma.
Fourteen of these went to as many
congressman who had asked for them
| and the others will he distributed
among publicity lecturers on both
coasts.
The advertising trade mark of Lib
by, Mcneil h Libby does not appear
on these publicity slides. Each OF
those that went to a congressman wal
accompanied by letter telling the
recipient that he now had picture OF
the three sweetest things the Island,
had to show-an Hawaiian maiden, Al
hibiscus bloom, and an Hawaiian pine