Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-01-20

stocks, but on the whole the country
is poorly represented in the iewelry
line The production of jewelry and
silverware is limited in character and
in the class of goods produced. their
diamonds and gem set articles are
mostly copies of Partisan and Con-
tinental productions The shop VIM
dows and shop interiors present a
meager soulless expression, and re-
veal an entire absence of any artistic
ability in displaying their wares
No Evidence Of Enthusiasm
In the planning and setting out OF
the jewelry shops referred to, there
is no visible evidence of proprietary
enthusiasm Even the best shops are
all fitted up in the so much per yard
style of abiding dreary sameness.
There is entirely absent everywhere
the inspiring tone of originality. and
although | have spent the major pOr
ton of my business life designing.
planning. improving and rebuilding
time after time. my eight stores in
Australasia and two in London, ad
NIT there is no special reason why
OfCly OlHSi Jc"elSI ouOulu Dc uOlIS
likewise.
Youth. and City Distractions
The modern distractions of big
cities like New York, Chicago and
London in my way of thinking de-
stroy the concerted purpose and con-
tinuity of youth, no getting along in
an original way, | therefore admit |
had a great natural advantage The
invigcrating, peaceful bracing air of
the heather hills of Scotland en-
forced me with that kind of vigor,
and enthusiasm that make study and
work a recreation, and lift man
lightly over many everyday diff
culties. Life on farm lays a founda-
ton entirely different to that over
Swallowed 0y the glare and hustle of
electrically lighted big city streets,
but at IA the farm could not hold me
longer. so at that age ventured into
the outer world, determined to sue
coed.
Capital vs.. Brain Service
| am fully convinced that neither
iron chains nor lack of capital will
hold back the man who has got the !:
DO or Die" in him. | might add that
the financial aspect (CapitaD in my
own early beginning had to fill a very
small role, but beginners should re-
member that capital stands subservi- !
ent to brain service, yet it is really !
wonderful what even a small capital /
can do in the hands Of the man who |
knows how to relay it out quickly to |
advantage, and when he joins this !
method up to a 16-hour work day,
which in my case meant 1G hours of !
pleasure. his course IS resolute, and
he is then probably partner, buyer
and salesman by day. and after busi-
ness hours he may elect to find
amusement, in the way that formed |
my own paStime. and become student, !
artist and architect and even carry |
his imaginative faculties into the |
dreams of night: no copy or cringing !
imitation will satisfy the ambition or I
fill the dignity OF such a mans mind !;
Mentality the Alpha and Omega
The material well-being and pros |
perity of nations are invariably forged !
in their workshops and factories. but |
the priceless gems of Imagination and I
originality that precede manufacture
and which have fathered and created !
in the world its present advanced
state of discovery and industrial de- |
velopment were all forged in that +,
region of higher mentality, through |
centuries of individual insistent in !
vestigation. and completed achieve
ment. filling their sphere Of every
stage in the great scheme Of civiliza-
tion and world wide possibilities.