The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-03-23
.'HAWAHBR|NGS.
BIT OF TROPICS
TOExpOST|0N'
Under This Head San Francisco
Paper Praises Simple But
Effective Exhibit
BUILDING IS THR0NGED s. d
BY VISITORS TO FAIR
Mr.. Potter Says That Aquarium
Is Great Attraction For
\ Sightseeing Crowds

A letter from f. A. Potter. in charge
OF the aquarium in the Hawaii pavilion
at the Panama. Pacific exposition, in.
closed a clipping from the San Fran.
cisco Bulletin, of which Mr.. Potter
says: ." -.e.
81 think this little. story gives a
very accurate idea of the way the Ha.
waii building is regarded here. j have
heard the same sentiments expressed
several times. There is such
"a bewildering array Of products
and produce in all the build.
ings that it Is with feeling
Of genuine relief that the average. per,
son comes into onr little cosy corner
and. listens to the Hawaiian, music,
wandors into the moving picture room,
and takes q look at the fishes In the
aquarium. NJ, y ~
Building Very Popular .....s. ,..-
"The Hawaii building is very popu.
lar with the crowds and on mora than
one occasion l have seen the place
thronged and with string or persons
standing in line reaching out the
front door, down the steps and into the
street, waiting for a chance to get a
look at the aquarium. |@Et,
If we could induce a very small
part of the, visitors to make the trip
to Honolulu, il would necessitate n,
very large addition to the hotel accom-
modations of the Islands,"
Tropics At Exposition ~.
Following is the article which APP
pared in the San Francisco Bulletin,
to which Mr.. Potter refers in his letter:
!. "They hesitated midway between
the Palace of Fine Arts and the Food
Products building, undecided whether
TO feed the appetite or the estheticy
taste, when, the strains of soft a1lurI
ing music arrested their attention,
Turning their footsteps in the dirsA:
ton Of Che .entraneing melody, they
found themselves in a bright, comfort
ably heated room, in the CENTER Of
which was an abundant growth of trop-
ieal ferns and palms, half conc6aling
a whitehall orchestra of Hawaiian.
musicians. -. ~" y
"Was this the building Of the Terri
tory of Hawaii, or q haven of refuge,
from the night air, where they were
welcomed TO the soft tinkle Of the Hku-
lele and the sweet tones of the native
voices grooming melodies of welcome in
true Hawaiian fashionf X r
Just Like Tropics E......r.s. 4
'They had strolled from the, cold
OF the tropics. And there Instead of,
the usual set exhibit, thoy found real
i've sea jewellers, in brilliant scales and
auted fms, disporting themselves In
glass aquariums, like dazzling mani.
kins at a fashion show
"Sandfsh, white as milk, with dotted
stripes Of irridescent blue, firt and dip
IN the Hawaiian building, and dig thtir
heads in the sand, Tor all the world
like spangled aerobats making a bow
to the ladies in the theater. Cleaning
red amphibians, brilliant as FIRE, duck
and swerve and rub their backs against
the coral reefs as il they were doing
an imitation, Of Mr.. Thomas Cat rub
hing his back against wall. Surg
con fish, as yellow as paint, swim up.
and down among the fancy blue and
green black specified HOLSTERS.
PiscatoTfal oneStep -.
"Flat black fish with pink tails and
accordion-pleated chiffon fms disport
themselves like festive dowagers gath
ered for afternoon tea. Little pink
fish do a one:step up and down their
ease. and tan, adorned Ash with fat eat
faces and bhght blue pop-oyes, lie in
well fed elegance while the other am-
phibiaus cavort in their aquatic stunts,
and the orchestra keeps playing until
the last person leaves regretfully for
home. ,.,..,
"In the Hawaiian building, IL you
don't get 'home products, you get
what is offered nowhere else on the
Exposition groundsthe real atmos.
phere of the tropics. transplanted from
mid Pacific to the Panama Exposition.
Contained of in one corner is a
moving picture show that viii from
today show remarkable colored mo.
ton films of the vocanol Kilauea. "