Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-01-17
PROMOTIONISTS'
WORK OF UNTOLD
VALUE TO HAWAII
Real Results of Committees
Efforts to Be Shown, Thinks
John K. Allen


That the work OF Hawaii's Promo
ton Committee is Of inestima Bile
value to the islands, that the real
results OF its efforts will be forcibly
shown in the years TO come, and that
the time Is now opportune for q more
thorough and comprehensive educa-
ton OF the American travelling public
as TO Just what this territory has to
offer the tourist, are among opinions
formed by John K. Allen, advertising
manager of the Christian Science
Monitor Of Boston, Mass, who, with
Mrs. Allen, 10 visiting In Honolulu.
Il have Travelled extensively" says
Allen in an interview given the Star:
Bulletin, land ] do not hesitate to
say that Hawaii IL the garden spot OF
the world: The work your Promotion
Committee Is doing Is of inestimable
value to these islands. Hawaii car
be made a summer as well as a wiz
ter resort, and as a summer resort
believe It would far surpass Atlantic
City, the famous mecca for tourists"
Literature Decides Course
When Mr.. Allen was accorded a va
cation OF two months after a season
OF strenuous work, he looked about for
a new land to visit In the travel
bureau of the Monitor he found some
of the literature that Is distributed
by the Hawaii Promotion Committee.
After had read the literature my
mind was made up" Allen explains,
Il would visit Hawaii. OF all the
literature looked over, none i'm.
pressed me to the extent as did that
about Hawaii Friends Of mine in
Boston who had been. to the islands
asserted that q trip TO the islands
was well worth while. But what i'm
pressed me the most az that time was
the romantic story told by the litera-.
ture I found at the Monitor bureau.
II was interesting and well written.
IL Impressed me Immediately"
Travelling Public 10 Larger
Mr.. Allen, who unstintedly praises
the work of the Promotion Committee,
explains that during the last year
there has been vast amount OF
money made by Individual persons in
the United States. These persons, he
adds, are now In O position to travel,
and they are eager to travel. =.-.~,
Ifs because Of this new class of
moneySos tpeople thGts Allea' Nsirges o.
more comprehensive education OF
them as 10 Just what Hawaii has TO
offer the tourist. They cannot 60 20
Europe, he says. But II the same ro-
mantle story Of Hawaii Is placed be-
fore them as Il was placed before
him In the Monitor bureau, he thinks
that the tide OF tourist travel might
4. "A a. Nhoan Solnndo
Real Results Come Later
Allen thinks that the work OF the
Promotion Committee has not yet be-
gun to show its real results. These
results may come in o year or they
may come IN five years. he says. But
the big results are bound to come
finally, he asserts, and Hawaii will
become as well known as an all-the-
year-round resort as the largest re-
sorts in the United States and
Europe. g :
There are certain things in; Hawaii,
says Allen, that should be preserved
for tourist benefit Among these he
mentions the music, the fishing and
the water sports. He firmly believes
that Hawaii possesses romance
more beautiful and impressive than
any other land in the world. But
this romance Is yet to be told, he
says. & g.,
Honolulu itself has impressed Allen
very fayorably, although he has been
here but few days. =. "
ct would be hard to thank my
friends and acQuaintances here for
the generous hospitality they have be-
slowed" he says. II think that since
coming to the islands have
learned the real meaning Of hospf
tally" F .......
Allen spoke today at the Ad Club
luncheon. He and Mrs. Allen intend
20 remain In Honolulu until the early
part OF February.