The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1921-04-01
Congress to
Be Great Publicity
Source For Islands

One of the most momentous events
in the history of the Hawaiian Islands
is the Worlds Press Congress to be
held in October of this year, is the
view of l.. w. devils Norton, secretary
of the Islands committee in an int
view given to the Advertiser. He
points out that publicity on hundreds
of phases of Hawaii written by many
Of the most brilliant men of the world
and in the worlds best media will fol
low and result from the congress and
will be invaluable to the Islands. Not
yet is the true import known.
THE old provcrb says, It's an ill
wind that blows no one any good,
| think we may apply this to III owr
case because if l am not mistaken,
we have to thank the labor situation
in Australia with it's attendant un-
certainty of operation of steamers and
railroads for the circumstance that
New South Wales is unable to enter
tain the delegates to the Worlds Press
Congress this year" said Norton.
Value Inestimable
at would be difficult to form any
estimate of the tremendous value, from
the publicity standpoint, of having
three or four hundred of the leading
newspaper and magazine writer's, edi-
tors and publishers of the entire world
gathered for the first time TO expert
ence all the wonder, uneXpectedness,
and e~raciousness of true Hawaiian hos
pitality. 1t is rather interesting to
reflect that if we were to take the to-
tai income of the Hawaii Tourist Bur
eau and the Hawaii Publicity Commits
sion for the last five years and lay
it all out in n gorgeous carnival of
space buying in the United States a
lone, it would not purchase One-1iftieth
of the actual publicity Hawaii will de
rive from the presence of these lead
ers of the journalistic world right here
in these Islands for ten or more happy
days.
Think what it would cost to buy
the space to put Over one-tenth only
of the stories that will be written!
Think of the years of labor required
to gain the connection that would put
these stories over! And then try to
realize a little more of what this Press
Congress means!
Amusements are Endless
at is astonishing how much Homo.
VI oiOliV ltc w OIlCl III Tie way vi
entertainment. Here are a few of the
suggestions already brought forward:
surf riding and canoeing at the Out
Club with an informal tea party
in the afternoon; automobile rides
the city and suburbs with after
noon hospitality at the Country Club:
trip around the island with lunch
con at Haleiwa and possibly a review
Of the garrison at Schofield; a formal
banquet by the Chamber of Commerce
a lantern parade of all nations,
Chinese, Japanese, Filipinos and all
many nationalities that GO to
up the real melting pot; "a
in Hawaii" at which the old Gus.
and historical scenes shall be re-
vived in all their splendor; Chinese
and Japanese %banquets; special visits
to the schools, the Aquarium, Bishop
Museum and, if permitted, a demon
Stration of the mighty guns of u Is
forts. The list of amusements
could be almost indefinitely continued
md would be supplemented by cards
Of introduction to all the clubs. This
or Honolulu alone; and the other is
ands will want to have their share in
LONG honor to Our guests.
And all these things will be writ
en- about by those who participate in
hem and will be read with avid in
crested by hundreds of thousands of
people in every part of the world.
Already the committees are hard at
work perfectinS arrangements. They
want the interest of every citizen of
Hawaii Nei. l will most gladly wei
'ome any suggestions that may be
ient in and will put them before the
committees.