The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-11-12
FORD WILL BUILD
Hawaii BUILDING:
..'HRESMUS|CIANS
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Structure TO Be Located At De.
troll And 4 Duplicate Of One !,
,H@ At Exposition
MAY SEND FOR HUNDRED ~.
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Henry Ford, the northumberland au
tomobile manufacturer, win erect
building in q prominent part Of Detroit
that Is a duplicate of the Hawaiian
Building at the Panama Pacific Inter
national Exposition, hire all the Hawai-
ian mnsicians at the San Francisco ex
hibit and possibly send here for 1Ol
Hiore--hll to satisfy multimillionaire 1
within and permit Detroit TO share ii
the enjoyment Of Hawaiian music with
him.
Ed Toyse, vice chairman of the Ha
wan Promotion Committee, who receiy
es II In letters from, H. p. Wood, Ha
waii fair commissioner, and Carl II
Nieper of the Hawaiian Building staff
Mr.. Wood also sends a, copy of letter
making the offer and containing detail,
OF the scheme from Mr.. Ford. -, ,-5..
Makes Liberal Offer = r... =. r.
Mr.. Wood s letter, written under date
Of October 20, is as follows:
Among other happenings within
the last day or so was a special visit
to our building on the part OF Henry
Ford who was so taken with the music
with the building and with the display
generally, that he, on the spot, made
an offer for the services of the Hawai-
Exposition Glee Club; also for Mr.. Me
per as manager of the same, for al
indefinite period from the close of tht
exposition. l. am sending You a copy
Of his letter, which goes into the mat
ter fully.
He wanted to move our building
to Detroit. ], told him, however, thai
while we. would like to sell the building
to him, ] questioned very much his abii
ity to take down and move the build
ing in satisfactory manner. He
however, stated that he would put NJ
n bailding on some, property he owned
in Detroit, and would see that the boys
had p nice studio and that everything
was done that possibly could be done
to call attention to Hawaii's sweet
music TO the people In Detroit.i 49,
6SBefOre' leaving the building, Mr.
Ford promised me that he would try
and arrange his plans so as to take
in the carnival. In February. We Ger.
tainly have made friend Of this mui.
timilliOnaire and are going to get an
immense amount of advertising out of
e. mr: Foru ietL4 that evening for
s nan pfego' Aloer ms departure the
lDea occurred 70 me that It would be
an excellent plan TO try and induce a
number Oh the ieadlng Ford agents
throughout the y ited states to make
tue trlP wltn MI Ford and l accord
Iheiy sent MN o telegram to that EFF
ieSl' 49,. %
AT MI: Ford 8 request ] am sending
nun complete plans or the Hawaiian
h1llaing as 1t y his intention to erect
oulidlhg IN every respect the same in
DeIr0it 70 q permanent place in that
cltS
NJ ESIG 5lpetu oner
mr' rora tettert which Is address
Ell P Mf' Wood, ~ as follows:
NListenlng 70 your boys sing and
pay me sweet Hawaiian music has
maze me desirous OF enabling our peO.
PIE h Detroit 20 enJoy the same pleas
ure ana would, therefore, through
YOU IKE 10 make the Following oher TO
your singing boys whose names are as
lono"s; henry mamma, W illiam Lin
- - "aealo' uoruoh FHana'
IN ana FRANK kema : also to Carl H.
NlePeri that Is, for all Of them and
t .nel[ IhnlAes 20 go to Detroit and
thefe, under my auspices, to engage in
s 81 morN as ,tney nave been doing in
S Sne t rSIli nui,aing ana elsewhere in
oHn ItanciSeo curing the term OF the
ga PoSniop unu any otner ilne OF effort
'na ~, 'pey may Dc inehnsd to take up.
suAranteS tnat the boys shall
',o,t yea. = minimum OF hys dollars a
.ay WINE IN Dstroit and also guaran;
!ee 70 Heet az tnelr 1raVeling expenses,
i,ic,us sheH lainiiies 70 and from
naWall and return to Hawaii IL ahalI