The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-03-16

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Promotion Committee Does Not
81 Want To Interfere With
Its Present Cinch

without using the services or PAID
publicity writer on the mainland, the
Hawaiian Islands, in the opinion Of the
promotion committee as expressed Mt
the meeting Monday Of that body by
Secretary A. 2. Taylor, is the most
widely favored and popular theme
lmong editors of magazines and news;
papers md periodicals in general from
Maine to California.
AT the meeting Monday, Secretary
Taylor showed magazines and newspal
pers, as well as clippings from large
number of publications, as well ne let
tiers from prominent writers announc-
ing that additional publicity would
Don be given Hawaii. Among the clip
1ings was on entire page Of illustra-
ions in color from the New York Sun.
lay World, showing exceptional repro
luctiOns of pictures of Kilauea vol
;ano and surrounding country. The
promotion committee was indirectly, II
rot directly, responsible for this pub
lefty, as the committee aided f, M
Newman, the lecturer, and his photog
rapher, Charles D'Emery, in securing
these and other pictures of the Islands.
A few weeks ago Golfers Weekly
rave double page display Of Hawaiian
pictures, these also coming from Pho.
tographer ID Emery. Golfers has ar.
anged with the promotion committee
to give additional publicity during the
year and has asked for new photo.
graphs. The same is true of Leslie q
which now and then publishes photo
graphs forwarded by the promotion
committee and publishes much informa.
ton in the travel department Of Les
lies. Arrangements are also being
made in the same publication for q dis
play Of pictures of summer life in Ha'
waii.
Sigh Society Features
The 'tSpur, published in New York
and one of the leading publications de
voted to de luxe society life and the en-
| enlargement of horse shows, polo tour
naments, golf and society functions, re
emily published two pages Of picture:
'ent by the committee, and the editor
has requested the secretary to forwarc
i'm photographs of surf riding, becaus,
the committee 3 letterhead shows .
surfing scene. One Of Gurrey's specia
nrf-riding Photographic studies wa,
forwarded to the 'tiSpur" yesterday TO
gether with a number Of pictures .ot
oolo, as the Spur editor announces that
he win give a full page display for Ha
.Saiien polo pictures, to interest de
voices of the sport in the tournament
70 be held here this summer. This dis
,lay win also be followed by picture.
| IF golf. E
Frank G. Carpenter, the well.knowr
writer, recently requested the promo
ion committee to forward him a larg,
number of photographs from which I,
make selection for a two page displa,
to be published in the Ladies' HON
Journal under the title of 'fDo Yov
Know These Things About Hawaii"
! The Christian Science Monitor is de
voting many columns of its space ever,
month to Hawaii, the material bein,
forwarded by special correspondents Il
Honolulu, while its travel and informa
ion department is supplied with ma
serial constantly BY the promotion com
mittee. R&& 81. 4t.I' US VI. ...'
The Hearst publications were recent
| " supplied with pictures and data, a
their request, for articles on Hawaii t
be published this spring.
Want More Pictures
Browne & Dawson, of New England
| who, supply photographs to leadin
magazines are doing much to help Ha
waii by supplying photographs whic
were taken by Mr.. ID Emery. The pre-
notion committee has been asked t
snpply other photographs to assist i
this work.
1 Travel Magazine is also soon to Civ
more space TO Hawaii.
| All the bulletins and travel maya
zines issued by railroad and .steamshi
4 md travel companies contain articles
some short and some long, about tn
i Hawaiian Islands. Each one of Thoma
i Cook 4 Sons numerous publication
| ;arries a story about the "'Paradise o
the Pacific. - p.
In recent issues of leading New ,Yor
publications, a manufacturing compan
IS using an attractive colored DRAWN
OF scene in Hawaii merely to attraC
attention to their perfume ad.
The secretary also showed a numbe
II clippings from Los Angeles papers i
which whole double columns are show
carrying display ads relating to H,
waiian' phonograph records and ukt
J eles.
The seeretary's mail brings clipping
from two lending mainland clipping b.
reaus, so that the clipping books of tn
! promotion committee office fairly bule
with notices about the Islands.
The promotion committee feels tbs
, the moment il begins to have pal
writers on the mainland and uses AZ
yertisemen7s, its present inva1uab
foundation of free publicity will /
, shattered and fall to the ground.
, II the legislature voted want of col
fdence m the port by refusing to d
anything for it, the federal govern