Evening Star Newspaper, November 7, 1923, Page 21

37,568 VIEW “MUM""- EXHIBITION THIS. YEAR Qe of Finest Blo%an Di-phy'e_d,.onv Closing Day ‘in Honor of Late James R. Mann. The twenty-second annual’ “mum” show of the Department.of Agricul- tyre closed last night with a total of 31,568 persons attending. While this dees not reach the récord established last year, it is considered by depart- ment officlals to be a. remarkakle demonstration of the Interest which the public and commerclal growers from all over the country take in efforts to produce new and better types of this queen among. fall flowers. A surprise which will meet with general commendation was sprung at the close of the show. One of the finest Japanese blooms ever propa- gated by the federal department had been held in reserve and was named by Dr. W. A. Taylor, chief of the bureau of plant industry, in honor of the late Representative James R. Mann of Illinol the national House nn was one-of the greatest lovers in the country and himself o gardener of unusual abllity. It was in his garden that he found his best recreation, :and there he recuperated fom . his arduous duties legislative leader. For many years he had been a de- voted friend of the bureau-of plant industry, under whose auspices the chrysanthemum shows have been held and for more than twenty years Mr. Mann attended the annual shows. A conference of officials of the bu- reau I being held in the chrysanthe- mum show house today deciding on which of the new lings shall be for next ‘vear's sHow, and in which a better show gorgeous blooms then will be cut and distributed to the hospitals and to shut-ins by the Junior Leagu of ‘Washington younger soclal set . long-time leadér of AMUSEME‘\ITS NATIONAL — Philadelphia* Syn- " phony Orchestra. Leopold. Stokowskl - directed _the Philadeiphta Symphony Orclestra-in a program, of Impressive Wagnerian music at the Natfonal Theater yester- day' afternoon before a-capacity audi- ence, and everybody, from Mrs. Cool- tdge, in the presidential box, to_those in “standing room only,” settled down after the fnitial number, the pompous “Huldigungsmarsch,” to -a receptive mood of anticipation of the wonder- ful music scheduled to follow. The soft, mournful ‘atralns of ' the lovely prelude to the .third act of “Tristan und Isolde” sounded and pro- ceeded againat a rising tide of cough- Ing scattered through the audience, and by the time the long and intricate passage by the wood-wind solo was half-way through a veritable chorus of coughs competed with the orches- tra in its plaintiveness. The first half of the program was concluded with the brilliant “Wotan's Farewell to Brunnhilde and the Magle Fire Music,” one of the most beautiful: numbers on the program, in which the varlous reed instruments and brasses, with the stringed instru- ments, coZordinated and blended Into fine accord. The second half of the program was | devoted o the music of “Slegfried” land the! “Gotterdammeruni” “Yinale. | An auspicious start was made with | the first. selection, =Siegfried in the Forest,” in which-the woodland music is a dellghtfuli feature and Wwj well presented, ' Then followed. | fried Mounting the Rock ! hilde,” I ‘which the motit and the fire spell fought for | supremacy above the other themes. The fateful sad strains left by this | selection were taken up in introduc- {ing “Sicgfried’s Rhine Journey,” { which proceeded with majesty and beauty, when suddenly- without warn- in, \lo;.,m thumpings were heard | from_th: o1 _the theater, due to the fascinating “fire spell” muslc in | THE EVENING | STAR, .. WASHINGTON, D. [the steam 'in the radiators. Mr. Stokowskl ‘silenced the musiclans and_ spent & full ‘minute, apparertly trying to. remedy the annoyance. But the thumpings . contipued and Mr. Stokowskl announced that, owing’ to Ihe competition of the sieam heat, the delicate “sonoritles” of ‘the next two selections might be rulned and %0 both were omitted. The conductor. however, explained that he would endeavor to combat the alieh sonori- ties with® those of the “End of the Gotterdammerung,”. which .was play- ed brilllantly and with splendid ef- fects throughout, thus concluding a concert of exceptional excellence and musical grandeur, which, unfortu- nately, had been marred by an ap- parently unavoidable evil, for the afternoon_was cold and raw and heat was Very necessary to physical comfort Do 'Heal Skin Diseases' A;MEHICAN IMPORTS ; Over Same Period - - +Last Year. ‘BY JUNIUS B. WOOD. ’ Copyright, 1923. SHANGHAT, fep's imports frem China of this;y 3 FROM -CHINA INCREASE i R SR 'A‘ude ‘Shows Jump of 23 Per Cent By Cable to The Star and’ Chiicago Daily News. November 7.—Amer- in 1923 | pmis} to-increase 23 per cent over th® imports of 22, according to the | esfimate compiled by Consul General Ceénningham for he first nine months | report shows that ' chiefly weasel skins; 1,200 Oy 80 far this yeas totaled $47,600,000 gold, campared with $38,700,000 for the corresponding period- of ‘the previous year. lbout 40 pér_cent.of China’s exports to_the United States. Silk, which totaled in value more | than half of the exports, increased 43 per cent over the same period of 1922, Its total value was more than $4,000,- 100 gold.- The next largest items in the exports were sausage casings and human hair, each valued at more than $1,000,000. ‘The former incteased 130 per cent over the same period last year. Mah jong sets valued at $850,- 000 ‘were fent to the United States, This is fourteen tlmes the value of the sets exported in 192: More than 1,000,000 Nefl'.‘l ot fur, tons of we eat to live or live to eat Shanghal nermally furnishes [, HbSE who live to eat usualy have a short life, and nct always a merry one. Those who eat fo live know that it is not how much they eat, tut rather the food they properly digest that makes for health and long life. Thae crisp, delicious wheat-and-barley food, Grape-Nuts, is nof only good to eat, but it digests easily, and supplies life essential vitamin and mineral elements from the grain, with- out which health and strength cannot be maintained. ape-Nuts with milk or crzam is completely nourishing —a deligktful, well-balanced food for those who eat to live long and happily. lhlnmen(s to Ameriéa from Shanghal | shelled : peanuts, - 1,700 “tons of «deer; goat -of_dried frozen eggs were ameng the items exported. Tea and cotton valued each at:$3,- 000,000 gold were .. exported, camphor, vegetable - olls, led From tried falled.” -the bulky articles of smaller |} value. ‘the Kansas City Journal. “The new industrious. to_las “Maybe not. ‘WEDNESDAY, I\OVE\IBFR 7, 1923 — and sheep skins, and 3,600 tons while - buffalo hides, wool and- antimony feathers, Had Her Lesson. housemaid seems very 1 fear she is too good She tells me she has into the movles and to get Attorney Cross the gre on your way to Sparkling sunshine and cloudless skies, boundless plain and frowning mesa, gaunt cactus and feathery cot- tonwood—this is Texas. Here lies the heart of the old West,'the land of the spur and lariat, the land of cow- boy and rodeo. Every mile is rich BRANCH BANK RIGHTS UP TO SUPREME. 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