Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-07-24
New York, July Z, 1916.
Wallace R. Harrington,
President Honolulu AID Club,

New York, July Z, 1916.
Wallace r. Harrington,
President Honolulu Ad Club,
Honolulu, Hawaii ..
Dear w. R.-The strenuous life OF
q big city is not favorable to fire.
quent communications by mail - at
least / find IL so--and a week has
slipped by without any report from
me OF the activities of the Honolulu
AID Club delegation in the recent con-
vention at Philadelphia OF the Asso-
ciated Advertising Clubs of the World.
Perhaps you have already received a
complete report from some Of the
other Honolulu delegates, but ! will
briefly tell OF some OF our doings.
John Lennox and L made trip to
Philadelphia a week before the con-
yention and after some difficulty in
conveying our ideas to decorating
company and compromising on some
thing practicable and within our
means, we contracted for float for
the Monday night pageant. We also
located our box of leis and ether
paraphernalia which had been sent by
express. When we went to the Wells,
Fargo Office to get information about
our packages one of the clerks in.
formed US that the man who attend
ed that department had Just gone to
lunch and would be back in about an
hour. "Hoot, mon!" exclaimed Lennox,
'ye dinna ken if they are here your
sell" We were in hurry and Len
nox was getting annoyed. Isn't there
another man about the place who can
tell Us IL these packages have ar
rived" supplemented. I'VE want to
pay the express charges and get
away" He's the only one" was the
reply / felt facetious enough to ask
the color of his baby carriage so we
might recognize him If we met him
wheeling II along the street, but
refrained. We walked down the
street to Independence Hall and then
On farther 10 Benjamin Franklin's
grave, where we took of our hats
and reyerently gazed on the simple
burial 11fce OF one or this nations
one OF the worlds greatest men. When
we returned to Wells, Fargo we were
given most courteous consideration.
Get Hawaiian Orchestra.
After making arrangement for our
float we we're fortunate in getting the
services OF the Hawaiian orchestra
from the hotel Adelphia to ride in
the float and furnish music. Also;
another fortunate fhapp enstance was
that Tandy Mckenzie. who sang
aloha 0eR for Beadle and me at
the Toronto convention, is the leader
of the Adelphia Hawaiian orchestra,
and he consented to take care of the
details Of our float and see that the
work was performed properly. His
services were very valuable
1t took considerable correspond.
ence on my part to get our bunch to-
gether. wrote to everyone ! had
the address OF and received replies
from only two or three. In New
York we had together Tom and Ar
thur WaTl, Lennox, Brasch and my
self. just at the last moment both
the Wallis found it Impossible to go
TO the convention and ] felt somewhat
discouraged for / had engaged rooms
for about dozen at the Adelphia.
Delegation Gathers.
Lennox and Mrs. Frazier and went
to Philadelphia on the noon train Sun.
day and 4 arrived there about two.
After displaying our two banners in
the lobby and arranging with the man
agement TO display our Gurrey pic.
lures OF Hawaiian scenery We went
out to the big inspirational opening
of the convention in the Metropolitan
Opera House, where Franklin X. Lane
delivered splendid address and pa
triotic songs were sung. Also fine
orchestra played and a chorus of
couple Of hundred voices from the
employees OF Strawbridge & Clothier's
department store, trained and direct
ed by the general manager, was a
noteworthy feature. That evening our
delegation began to arrive and when
We got together we had the follow
ing. John Lennox, Maurice Brasch,
Prof. and Mrs. A. L. Andrews, II. f.
Wichman, DR.. r. w. Anderson, G. G..
Won Hamm. A. NJ. Webster, Jack De
sha, stephen Desha, Richard n.
Trent, j. d. Leyenson, Tandy McKen.
zie, Mr.. and Mrs. Chas r. Frazier and
Miss Mary Eynon Miss Eynon is a
sister-in-law Of =. J. Warren. She
visited the islands twice We regis
tered her as one Of our delegates
bat claimed nogmileage on her ac-
count.
am sending you a picture taken
Just before we started out to join
our float in the parade. The picture
shows our Hawaiian orchestra -bor-
rowed from the Hotel Adelphia and
our Hawaiian hula girls-hired for the
occasion. Oh, I tell you, We were
some pumpkins or should have said
papaias:
We all wore around our hats bands
on which we're printed the one word
Honolulu. About our hats and over
our shoulders we wore lima leis dur
ing the entire week, and there was
no mistake that Honolulu was well
represented at the convention. We
moved as one body and our progress
about the streets and convention
grounds was very slow, for We had