Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-12-21
COAST VISITOR
iSSUPPORTEROF
PREPAREDNESS
Business Triples as Result oil
United States Efforts to
Improve on Army r.

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! Out at the Meana Hotel is d man
/ who knows more about preparedness
] from business standpoint than many
! who have read large books on the
ethics OF defensive and offensive lore.
This man is not fighting man. but
/ he has been working for years 10
make his business one of the largest
! in the United States and has been emf
! nently successiu:. ..-r....:
! He is peculiarly we'll situated and
; informed. to tell just what.the mobiii-
zati0n on the Mexican border means
| 10 the United States government from
monetary standpoint and he does so
with CLEAN of satisfaction.
! Ed v, Pasquale of San Francisco
! is the man and as head of l.. Pas
| quale Company Of Post street, San
Francisco, outfitters in uniforms aRd
equipment for United States army and
navy officers, he is wen known in
/ Hawaii and all over America.
The San Francisco man owns what
is known as the largest concern of its
kind outside of Philadelphia, which
boasts the largest He is busy man,
but finds time 20 travel, speaks four
languages well and makes a stab:
at others, has crossed the English
Channel about a hundred times, was
in Honolulu five years ago with the
Shriners, viii be- here about three
weeks and is coming back again
Business Has Tripled
Il suppose you are in a position to
know just what preparedness has
meant to the United States@,, an inter-
VI sEad tho onffitfoy
Pasquale smiled knowingly and his
eyes twinkled merrily.
And | suppose you have no particu
lar grievance against preparedness"
his interviewer went on.
Not at all, not at all; we'll. should |
say not" Pasquale interrupted hast |
fly, ''in. fact, like it. Why, do you |
know that all the excitement in the !
United States has just tripled my bust |
ness in officers uniforms and equip. |
ment in the last year.
Yes, sir. With all this officers re- |
serve and the National Guard increase
and additions in the regular army
have been selling caps and swords and |
insignia and uniforms until our fac
tories are running to capacity"
He said his business had not yet !
been ''swamped," however, for the
chief reason that a lot of the army
officers who were detailed on the I
Mexican border did not take time to /
think or to bury fancy frills.
THAT cuts into my business con.
siderably," he added, and then con-
cluded with a sly grin, "but the Euro I
pean. war has not hurt me a bit In |
fact, have turned out thousands OF
dollars, worth of supplies for the bel |
ligerents."
May Put Branch Here
The San Francisco man is truly |
surprised at tae progress or Honolult
In the last five years and says sincere-
ly that if the government puts q full /
brigade of about $4,000 men here
he will undoubtedly place branch t
of his great business here.
Pasquale's business was originated
in California by his father in 1854
and it began to supply fancy dress
uniforms and officers equipment to
Hawaii when King Kalakaua made his
visit to San Francisco and has en-
joyed gooG trade here ever since.
For no other reason than to give
his daughters, Miss Yvonne and Miss I
NdufuS dSqudic, NdCdlloH III lHo
nature of an education, in company Il
with the wife and mother, is he here.
The party of four go to the Volcano
today on the Wilhelmina, on which
they came to Hawaii.
81 asked the high school authorities
in San Francisco if a month away
from. school would seriously retard my
daughters studies" laughs Pasquale
''and they said, Certainly not A trip
to Hawaii is valuable education in
itself Besides, am brushing up on
languages myself, for when Manager
Moroni of the Moana unwinds on me
in Spanish or French or Italian it
limbers me up in the Latin tongues.