Evening Star Newspaper, October 30, 1927, Page 20

20 “MUN” SHOW HELD FINEST ON RECORD More Than 1,000 Attend.| Jardine Welcomes Vir- ginia Club Members. Jardine personally more than 500 garden nemib om Virginia at a reception and showing of nearly wvarieties of chrysanthemums in Departm of Agricultu Fourteenth and Secretary romed yesterday. At 4 o'clos the twenty: im” show of the depar vn open to the public, and at 9 last night, when the ere closed, more than 1,000 persons Bad inspected what experts declare to be the best exhibition of chrysanthe mums ever shown in the Btates. Arrangements have been made to| take of a_record-breaking attend- ence today The show from 9§ am. 9 pm. vrovided in ock Parki has been the de 1 to Dorsett. of one of I loved agricultural ment_of ned from Ch Iy valuabl who d pompons was named the . H. Dorset bloom of unusual ls—the “Keith Warner,” d pompens were d by Departn with a golden center. Two o ghaped_yellow flecked with re N Rowe W g ved and of beautiful cor uvin pompon plant red color and golden c Coolidge,” a sturdy ght, as did also < Japanese bloom named the Coolidge.” This 1s ordinaril of white Japs year have developed a pink cast. Among the old favorite Japanese mums in the show, which attracted r attention from the early were the Mrs. Charles H. is, white flecked with cerise; the Admiral Beatty, both pure white and With a pink and the Garden Club of America. cavalry yellow with & red ti Japanese Blooms Please. Ar new Japaneso blooms that arly pleased the visitors are the Seminole Chief, with tansly potals, brick red and yellow the Dr. J. M. In; Javender reverse, and the M Fox The collection on exhibition com- Prises 155 varieties of Japanese type and 400 varieties and seedlings of pompon and single chrysanthemums There is shown for the first time a collection of 16 standard Japanese va- Fieties and six seedlings and a collec- tion of three standard single varieties and 50 pompon seedlings. SHEDS JINX NAME. Lctress Adopts New “Monicker” in Quest of Success. [Correspondence of The Star, LOS ANGELES.—What's in a name, l’uu been answered by Marian Dou; las, screen actress, previously known @s Ena Gregory, who, acting on the expert advice of a Hollywood seer, has Challenged the jinx that has followed kher film career. Marian Douglas—then Eno Gregory s—has five times neared the heights ©f stardom, and five successive occa- sions has fallen just a trifle short, and all on account of the 1 Gregory momenclature—at least so said Dareos, Rme soothsayer. Consequently, when Charles R. Rogers, producer, offered her a role in " the di- e blond informed him that she might fit the part to per- levtion her name was off-color, as it were. The result was a cnnsullation concentration and determination to exit the jinx and choose a cognomen brimful of success—a composite of the Mame of two of filmdoms’ most popu- dar l(loh. Mary and Douglas. Dareos Barber & The Big Hardware and Housefurnishings Store 11th and Housefurnishing Specials, 2nd Floor Lawco Window Re- frigerator, galvanized fron, with side brack- et; can be used in iic any size window.... 52050 tnnc Thermos Electric Heater, with 12-inch copper reflector. Can i §475 mm ing socket. side Electric Nickel National W am» lru‘n, c nickel plated. . 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Not only does she check on the figures themselves, but also on the accuracy of the statements which ac- company them, for a Government tatement or publication, particularly those which affect agriculture and production, must be accurate to the nth degree. There is little or no ex- cuse for inaccuracies in a Govern- ment report, for a misplaced zero or other numeral in the estimated wheat crop of the West, for instance, may send wheat quotations tumbling and affect thousands of persons. Mrs. Orton sees drama in her work, for not only does she sit in the po: tlon of absolute supervisor over the analyses by figures of the men who compute crops, but a mistake on her | les shown e FIELBCROWR BLANEY @nd will bloom next Spring. PLANT NOW ORIENTAL POPPIE! Flowers meas- Last forevi $110 10 Scarlet, Qrange. Pink, ure 8 inches in diamefer 10 D Al"(l\ll s (LA UR) Be| ;[]l{‘v(\nh ‘le)fl. ]l‘ur IK:OKB!‘ 5 3 clamosun Do 10 DOUBLE oLLvHOCKS '] 10 2 Each of Pink, Yellow. 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