The Daytona daily news., 1921-02-15
Known Head
OF Cut Glass Co
Is at the Beah

tiawkes OF Corning, \. Y. whois in
lteinationally known as the mst ex
tensive manufacturer OF an eyiusiv
line Of cur glass in the wort His
product took the grand prize at the
Worlds Fair in Paris in 1S9 when
the greatest cut glass eonest ever
known was staged.
Mr.. Fla .skes is accompanied By Mrs
Hawkes. and their interesti,g daughter
Miss Kathryn. They steprad here for
couple of weeks earle, in the sea
son, but went on to Mani for more
extensive fishing as N. Hawkes. is
perhaps more ntcreste, IN hat than
any other sport in the 'orld. although
he Is also a fine shot ind $ interest
ed in trap shooting While IN Miami
party OF eleven. including Mr..
Hawkes. flew over the island o.
Bimini in a seaplane making the dis
tance oil 45 miles in37la minutes and
the return trip, in minntes even.
Mr.. Hawkes. while own that way met
Charles Thompsonof Miami and Van
Campen Heilner Il New York. editor
of Field ana STRAIN, The two cham
Dion fishermen this continent. Mr.
Thompson Of Ata1tic waters and Mr..
Heilner og Pacfic waters. There is
a great conteS en- between them
now of the Binini waters and which
viii he seUlei within a few weeks
Mr. Hawkes. ) much pleased that nc
had the privilege OF fishing in the
same boat With Mr. Heilner for sew
eral days ard says he learned a great
deal abou the game from this great
expert. rs party caught many tons
OF fsh ami some OF all varieties com
mon TO nose waters He is not
through 'shing by any means and as
he expeds to remain in Daytona
Beach atil about May lst he hopes
to knoy something about what is in
the deths Of the Atlantic before he
return. To his enormous business
cares the North Both MIR and
Mrs. Iawkes are delighted with en-
tertahmalt at tie Seaside Inn This
is tnir fourth season here and they
say hey prefer 10 stop with Mr.. and
Mrs Glenn To any other place be.
cause it IS Just like being at home
to ,e here MIR Hawkes. said; 1T is
50 restful and homelike here and
everything possible IS done for our
cdnfort. Mr.. and Mrs. Glenn are
jlst the kind OF folks to run large
iotel ana make their guests satisfied.
Ne always regret 10 leave them.
Some years ago, said Mr. Hawkes.,
v hen asked by a News representa-
i've regarding the coalition Of the cut
glass trade we were told that cut
glass had about run its race and was
fast going out We did NOT know but
il might be true. and we set out 70
our factory and 2et ready
10 produce other lines As a result
We begun to produce various designs
IN crystal ornamented ware IN cut
glass beautifully trimmed IN the finest
Of gold leaf and other designs orna-
mented with silver trimmings. all OF
which. have proved very popular
last year was the npst
regular cut glass business
we have had since my father. Tho
mas Hawkes. founded our factory
more than 40 years ago. There have
bean changes ana new IDEAS incorpor-
ated in this enterprise during all
these years. We only make IN exelu-
sive line. confning our sales entirely
10 jewelers.. We never sell 20 depart
ment stores or others handling cheap
er goods
MIR. Hawkes. is not at ali encour
aged with regards to the business
4 fhc Eor H. tie lys.
From reports get every line q
is more or less at q
standstnl and doubt If things get
ba~k 10 normal until tie laoor siiua
tlcn Is nallv adjusted L seems e
me that labor must come down II
proportion 10 the drop IN materials
and commodities generally Tha'
cannot he the one thing that ear
maintain war cost in time of peace
Workmen must be reasonable in thei'
demands il they expect capital 10 rui
their plants and furnish them witl
steady employment am lookns
and hoping for a speedy adjudication
OF this matter
Although one Of the big captains Q
American industry Mr. HawAes has
most pleasing and democratic manne
and always has time to be a gentle
man He is delighted with the Beacl
as winter home ana says he prefer
the climate here to any other ot III
many resorts he has visited