Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-12-04
FIRST MAUI FAIR
WARMLY PRAISED
BY HOMECOMERS
Financial Success Rewards the
Efficient Cooperation of
Valley Island Citizens

Maui's big SUCCESS. the first Maui
County Fair, came to its end shortly
after III o'clock Saturday night There
were few Honolulans there at the close
To hear the valedictory delivered by
ID. II. Case and to watch the light 20
out. A little earlier most OF the Ho-
nolulans had regretfully torn them
selves away from the gay scenes at
the dance platform and the seductive
/ strains of the dance music to take aa-
tomobiles to Kaihului and board the
! Manoa and the Claudine. Sunday
morning scores OF them wendell their
way homeward from the piers. tired
but with recollections OF happy days
on the Valley Isle.
The closing day OF the Maui County
Fair was not quite so large In total
attendance as was Friday. when the
school children filled the grounds, bu.
the adult attendance was somewhat
! larger. There were no scheduled spe-
! eial events of Importance during the
day but those who had looked over
the fair during the first two days
found that they had overlooked as
well and paid final visits to such dis
pay 10 tACg uod uOl- ocCl.
Closing Ball Brilliant
In the evening the Ball of All
Nations" was on and gay costumes
and the music of the dance formed
the center Of interest until IL o'clock
when ID. II. Case announced the close
of the fair. He spoke extemporan-
eously, thanked the public for its
PATRONAGE and congratulated the man.
agemelt on the success that had been
achieved Taking the same subject
that William F. Crockett had handled
on the opening day, The Spirit OF
Maui" Case went more fully into what
the Maui spirit was and what it had
done He told of the team work"
that had been done by the organiza-
ton that had been perfected and had
formed a perfect machine.
Efficient Organization Wins
To organization and efficiency, to
the sacrifices OF time made by the
individual workers and to the splendid
cooperation of exhibitors and the en-
thusiastic support OF the general pub
lie he attributed the success that had
been won, He thanked the people OF
| the other Hands. OAHU ESPECIALLY. for
the whole-hearted aid given.
II win be. several days before the
final results Of the fair are made d6fi.
nitely known. That the gate receipts
were well over 5000 was the state
ment Of members Of the executive
committee early Saturday evening.
Up to 8 o'clock admission was charged
but promptly at 8 the gates were
thrown open and the public was free
to enter at viii. II IL unofficIally es-
er than that OF the fair at Hilo, just
as there were more exhibits and these
in larger variety. This was especially
so in agriculture and less noticeable
in other classes.
Departure Hour Approaches
Saturday afternoon there were con-
certs py band and orchestra and Ha-
waiian songs were sung and soon after
dark the heavens were ablaze with
kissing rockets, exploding bombs and
other aerial fireworks and then, as on
the two preceding evenings, "the
dance was the thing" and all who
could and would lightly trip crowded
their ways to the dance platform,
where the Hawaiian band again dis
coursed melodies until the closing
hour But the crowd was steadily
drifting away, especially those from
other islands.
As early as o'clock cars began
to tour the Kahului road. It was
little alter 10 that the governor and
his party left There were cars In q
constant line from 8 o'clock on leav-
ing the fair grounds until the last cars
had to reach the speed limit to get
passengers aboard the waiting
steamers.
Honolulu Houses Help
1t was in manufactures and business
exhibits that Honolulu was prominent
at the fair. Fully half Of the exhib
its were from the capital city. The
largest individual exhibit was the T.
H. Davies & Company exhibit Of
farming utensils, especially plows and
cultivators. But other exhibits were
equally important though not cover
ing so much space. The Hawaiian
Electric Company had comprehen-
sive and interesting display Of elc-
trio appliances. At the Honolulu Mu-
sic Company exhibit there were VIC
trola or piano recitals going on nearly
all the time. The E. o. Hall exhibit
Of cutlery. tools. bicycles, motor cy-
cles and sporting goods drew large
crowds and required one Of the large
spaces. The engines in the Honolulu
Iron Works exhibit drew interested
crowds. H. Renton Hind had an ex-
hibit Of bagasse papers that was less
SNOWY than some other exhibits but
was of especial interest as could be
judged by tie careful study that some
devoted to it. Cnlman Company's big
caIabash. jewelry and souvenirs were
attractive. But there was no Honolu-
In booth that was more constantly oc-