Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-12-21
COAST VISITOR
ISSUPPORTEROF
PAREDNESS'
Business Triples as Result OF
United States Efforts to
Improve on Army.

q.
Out at the Moana Hotel is a man
who knows more about preparedness
from a business standpoint than many
who have read large books on the
ethics or defensive and offensive lore
This man is not a fighting nan, but
he has been working for years 10
make his business one of the largest
in the United States and has been emf
bently successful. -
He is peculiarly well situated ard
informed TO tell just what the mobili-
Zation on the Mexican border means
to the Cnited States government from.
inCnctary standpoint and he does 50
with a Elcam of satisfaction.
I'D V Pasaifale Of San Fran tSco
Ii the man and as head Of =. Pas
Gtfale Company OF Post street, San
Francisco, outfitters in uniforms ana
equipment for United States army and
navy officers, he is well 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
beasts the largest. He is a busy man.
but finds time % travel, speaks four
ldU2udStS we'll d otoO
at others, has crossed the English
Channel about hundred times, was
in Honolulu five years ago with the
Shriners, will be here about three
weeks and is coming back again.
Business Has TripIed
Il suppose you are in a position to
know just what preparedness has
meant to the United States?' an inter-
viewer asked the outfitter.
Pasquale smiled knowingly and his
eyes twinkled merrily.
And suppose you have no particu-
lar grievance against preparedness?
his interviewer went on.
mot at all, not at all; well, should
say not" Pasquale interrupted hast
| lily, "in fact, | like it. Why, do you
! know that all the excitement in the
United States has just tripled my BUSH
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
Mexican border did not take time to
! think or to buy fancy frills.
That cuts into my business con.
siderably," he added, and then con-
cluded with sly grin, "but the Euro
pean war has not hurt me 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 the progress OF HonolulI
I'm the last five years and says sincere
| ly that if the government puts full
| brigade of about $4,000 men here
he will undoubtedly place a branch
of his great business here.
Pasquales 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
Nadine Pasquale, vacation in the
nature of an education, in company
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.
| Il asked the high school authorities
in San Francisco if a month away
from school would seriously retard my
daughters studies" laughs Pasquale,
land they said, Certainly not. A trip
to Hawaii is a valuable education III
! 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. :.