The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-25

! Feature of the Pau-American En-
position the Result of His Efforts
Tine Big show TO Open on SEIZED
uIe TIme-Some Of the Attractions
BUFFALO April 25.-The mana cement
of the Exposition mas had erected a con
servatory which is TO contain j fine col
lection Of growing exhibits Prominent
among these viii be one of growing tea
from South Carolina. This exhibit excites
great deal of interest here. The tea
plants were grown by DIT Charles NJ.
Shepard. of Summervii1e- S c. They are
fifteen in number and are classified as
Assam hybrid, CeylOn. Dragons Pool
| tChina). Kangra British India, Annoy
| Chinese, japanese, DarjheIing British
India). Assam british India. Formosa-
Extraordinary efforts had TO be made
| to get this exhibit the officials having
| been in correspondence with Dr.. Shepard
since last August. Every provision has
/ been made To keep these plants il fine
| condition and their culture has been made
a matter of great care
! Many Americans who have not followed
this experiment in tea culture in this
| country will be surprised at the success
! that has attended it. 4 number of years
ago the Government began few expert
I coming Of different Administrations the
experiments suffered and did not give
| satisfactory results Finally. several
! Years ago. DR. Shepard who is q sCien-
tiiic man. fully informed in the province
| Ia which he is experimenting, took up the
| work on his own responsibility and has
obtained very good results One OF the
! main difficulties he had TO deal with at
first was in picking the tea the hands of
the grown persons Of this country being
not sufficiently delicate for the purpose
/ as are those OF adults in the native tea
countries
| In order TO overcome this difficulty Dr.
| Shepard utilized what he chooses to term
/ 'pickaninny labor His philanthropy
| was shown in his treatment Of the prob
| lem He secured q large number of young
negroes, giving them schooling during the
year in order TO have them in good shape
for the picking season. which is only a
few months. For this work the regroe
children were also paid good wages. The
| object of the experiment was to ascertain
the practicabiIity Of tea growing in this
| country and results seem to indicate that
| a good grade Of tea can be produced. On
! the average a crop of 900 pounds to the
/ acre can be realized
| A company has recently been organic
/ ed, capitalized at $50, ESQ. for the purpose
OF growing tea in the tea belt of the
/ United States. The Pan-American Expo
/ sitiOn will GILL the attention Of thousands
Of people to this industry Perhaps the
time will COME when in certain sections
! of the South the family tea tree viii be
as common as the grape vine and fig
tree and even in the more Indictment
North, hot house tea may become a lux
ury of the rich
4 E
culture Of Alabama. has secured space
Tor an agricultural. horticultural. mining.
! and forestry exhibit from that State
The flexible sandstone IL The exhibit
from North Carolina excites much inter
est The local papers are publishing ar
ticIes on II. and il is regarded as q great
curiosity by those who have examined It
An agent of the Pan-American ExpOsi-
ton is now in the South making = large
collection Of the fruits peculiar to the
| Gulf States.
Georgia occupies 500 feet Of space in the
Mines Building The exhibit has been in
stalled by Mr. Yeates, State Geologist
| with great taste
The gates Of the Paa-Arnerican Exposi-
ton xiii be opened May ] according tC
/ the original programme. but the magnif-
/ cent parade planned for that day viii bE
deferred on account of the severity 81
! the recent storm 1t viii start from the
[ business centre Of Buffalo at 1890 on tbs
morning of May - instead, and viii form
/ at the city hall The pageant viii be leat
by the Fourth brigade OF the NatiOna
Guard. consisting of more than 900 Off
GERS and men under the command Of Gen
eTaf Samuel L Welsh The officers Of IN
exposition and their official guests vii
follow in carriages Next viii come tn
) cOnCessiOuaireS division. forming a piCtuT
esque line Of savage and civilized PEG
; pies from ali parts OF the world and Cla'
, in their native holiday costumes. TnClUd
| ed III this fantastic medley will be repre-
I | tails F'ilipinos. Hawaiians. Africans. Es
/ kiInos. and floats typifying novel feat
/ | Ures of the extensive Midway.
/ A unique and interesting musical feat
4 IIre of the exposition VIII be q series O
/ free organ recitais to be given daily i
| the Temple of Music. In connection wit
/ / the stately structure devoted to the divin
! art, the idea early suggested itself 10 az
1 | range for the erection Of great Orga
] and 10 secure the services Of diStin
/ guished OTganists who would effectiyel
1 Interpret the standard works compose
/ for this instrument for the edifcation O
/ the visitors to the exposition In arrang
I ing these recitals. Il has been the aim t
. | have as many sections and important cit
= les in the United States and Canada reT
! resented by their leading organiSts a
| possible. The success attained in secuE
. | ing such artists has been extremely graf
flying They have shown a most encOUI
| aging spirit Of good viii toward the en-
| teTpTise- and the only regret felt by tn
! exposition is that all who We're willing [
| contribute their services in this caUs
| could not lac given engagements As