The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-01-07
CALL OF ROMANCE
TO Be ADDED TO
ISLANDS CHARMS
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Promotion Committee Plans New
Feature In Its Campaign
For Tourists
WILL ALSO SEND LARGE
EXHIBIT TO SAN DIEGO
AppropriateS Money For Shipping
and Installing Hawaiian
Feature At Fair

E. Romance is to be caught and
harnessed and made to pull for Hawaii,
il the plans of the promotion com
riittee, adopted at the weekly meeting
yesterday afternoon, are finally carried
out. A leaf is to be taken from the
volume contributed TO the history Of
international publicity by California
boosters, and the quaint and the pie
turesque, the weird and the grotesque,
as they exist in Hawaii will be pre-
sented in attractive ways to the sensa
tion-hungry tourist of the mainland.
All the literature issued by the pro
motion vvmmIttee is to be revised i'm
proved and brought up-to-date in
every respect, and always with an eye
out for the possibilities Of romance, -
as the business men of the promotion
committee realize the pulling power
that stromance has for all.
Appeal to Romance Lovers
Z. The ancient legends of Hawaii, re
pIete as they are with romance, are
TO be spread abroad, together with in
formation on the modern beauties Of
Hawaii.nei. The doings of the whalers,
and all the glamor Of the tabled South
Seas, is to be made to aid in bringing
TO Hawaii man and woman in whom
was born the restlessness of the "Wan
derlust, ~ and the promotion committee
believes that there are few born with
out some Of it.
AS California capitalized her Argo-
nauts, and the romance of the wild
days of forty nine, the gold. fever and
the Bret Harte stories, so will the pro
motion committee seek to take ad-
vantage of all the thrilling tales of the
Pacific.
OF course, this campaign, as was the
ease with that conducted by California,
is to be accompanied by a campaign
Of information regarding modern con
ditions here. Part of this last will be
the circulation Of pictures Of the Is
lands. The secretary Of the committee,
A. p. Taylor urged that the committee
make collection of cuts which can
be sent to magazines on the mainland,
and kept circulating where they win
do the most good. The collection would
also permit requests for cuts and arti-
eles, which are frequently received by
the committee, to be filed at once, said
Mr.. Taylor
May Send Out Slides Also
The question of magic lantern slides
also was taken up by the committee.
Many requests for slides with which
to illustrate lectures on Hawaii, have
been received by the committee recent
ly, and arrangements have already
been made to send some out. The idea
now advanced is to secure a collection
of different sets, numbering about fifty
each, which can be loaned to those re
questing such aids. The secretary wa,
instructed to obtain bids from the max
ers of slides and to submit them at some
future meeting.
b, The matter of exhibiting at the con
tinued exposition in San Diego also
came up for discussion Alexander
Hume Ford, representing the Pan
Pacific movement, spoke, outlining the
Z plans for the cooperation of all the
countries bordering on the Pacific at the
San Diego fair, and announced that
the authorities at San Diego have al
ready allotted the Home Economy
Building. which faces the lagoon, and
is regarded as the best in the grounds,
for the use of the Pacific exhibits.
Many Exhibits Pledged
FlcdgeS have been received from q
large number of Pacific countries to
place the EXHIBIT used ut the San Fran
cisco fair in the San Diego exposi
ton, and tile work is well under way
An appropriation of $3.50, Mr.. Ford
said. would be needed to sh p the cx-
hibit from San Francisco 70 San Diego
and to install it in place. This was ap
proved by the committee. The exhibit
consists Of KiOsks ra sod maps, paint
ihgs and other things illustrating LA
wall
II was reported that H. W. Kinney.
superintendent Of schools, is planning
to have a school EXHIBIT at the fair
and is now at work on the details. Scv
Grad sectional models Of school buildings
here may be used. as well as manikins, ;,
showing the different nationalities
tsugbt in the class rooms
lloyd Child is planning to open up
tie same pineapple exhibit with which
ho made such an impression on the
crowds that attended the San Francisco
fair.
Secretary Taylor said; 81 feel so
much good was done at the San Fran
cisco fair. and the approximation 70"
~ project is comparatively so small,
TINT we can not afford to ignore the
opportunity afforded US to get some
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