Evening star., 1925-09-06

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| rated in the English Speaking Union
with appropriate exercises, and COM
! mittee has been appointed to visit the
only existing memorial of this gentle
American author, '"The Geoffrey
Crayon" room, in the Red Lion Inn
at Warwick. Though this remem-.
brance of the author of the Sketch
commercial affair, since the Red Lion
profits substantially by the exhibit.
nevertheless 1t recalls the fact very
eloquently that though perfect del
uge of books on America has de-
seended from British scribes, not one
has attained the rank of high litera-
ture as did Irvings sketches of Eng
lish country nor gained such a vogue
in the whole English-speaking world.
A bust of Irving Is to be presented TO
the new American embassy, not that
the sage of Sunnyside was ever an
attache, but because for years he was
constant visitor. Irving In Spain
will next engage the attention of his
admirers, after his every association
IN Great Britain has been perpetuated.
Thackeray expressed the hope that a
suitable memorial would be reared in
Great Britain ito dear good Irving.
the pioneer If not the creator of
American literature"
III NlIlan AIanSon Bryan, director
OF the Los Angeles Museum of Art.
ana Mr. William Preston Harrison,
curator of the same institution, are
completing the arrangements for a
unique and the most important eX.
hioition OF art ever held in the New
World.
This exposition will for the first time
gather in one place the best offerings
OF an the Americas, including the Do
minion of Canada and other British
possessions not usually included in the
term Pan-America November 8 has
been named as the date of the opening
OF this display of canyases which has
received the official title of the Pan
American exposition of oil paintings.
and 1t will remain in place all Winter
1t is estimated that about Ave number
units Will be entered, about ene-half of
which will come from this country and
the British possessions and the other
half from Latin America DIR. Bryan
has been making tour of the coun-
tries where art shows the highest de-
velopment and he has received a cor
dial welcome and the promise of sub
stantial support. Mexico, Cuba, Ar
gentina, Brazil, Chile and perhaps the
group of Central American states have
promised to offer generous prizes in
their national sections The Los An
of $500, $1,000 and $500 each for the
best three pictures in the exhibit, and
this Is of international significance.
There Will be many prizes pertaining
to the American exhibit alone and
there are purses TO be placed at the
disposition of the jury of awards en-
ahling II to offer a good price for such
canYases as the Los Angeles Museum
might desire TO retain permanently.
N lnt ,,tV .y,I I-NA
charming time to visit southern Cali.
fornia, and this art exhibit will draw
visitors in large numbers from the
diplomatic circle in this city.
The Minister of Panama and Sonora
de Alfaro soon will have the new flag
Of their republic on exhibition, and
when they entertain their friends at
musicals their new national anthem
adopted by law just before the last
session of the Congress closed will be
displayed. The music is by an author
often heard on Pan-American nights
on the radio, Jorge A. Santos, and the
words are by a poet much esteemed In
the isthmus country, Jeronimo Ossa.
Panama performed her whole duty in
regard to national symbols, and this
session of the National Legislature like
wise provided a new shield which the
Minister and Sonora de Alfaro intend
to reproduce in flowers at their first
formal dinner this coming season. The
most conspicuous change in the Pana-
man shield as lately adopted by law
Is that the number of stars over the
eagle corresponds to the number of
provinces. The national flag also
shows this change, and, like the great
shield of the United States and the
ma ational flag. both are adaptations of
the other. Panama is the youngest
members of the group of Latin Ameri-
can republics, and so pressing have
been other considerations that for the
first time the flag, the shield and the
national emblem have received official
attention.
Mrs. Adrian II. Larkin, who enter
tanned the officers and board Of man
agement of the August flower show
held in Southampton last week at
luncheon. inspired the admiration of
her guests by the rare combination
of flowers and porcelain on her table.
Mrs. Larkin, who was Miss Katherine
Satterthwaite and a member of a fam
lily noted for artistic proclivities and
an eye to gathering rare and beauti-
full objects. had during a lengthy visit
to China, purchased a genuine set of
royal Canton china, with ancient
glassware to match and some realistic
essentials like salts and smaller
dishes. A splendid old Spanish table
of light walnut with touches of black
and gold was laid with dainty stripes
of Chinese embroidery in the shades
of the cantonware and there were
vases of various sizes Of the same,
gracefully filled with giant snapdragon
and spikes of mignonette. The ex-
quisite blending of colors in the can
tcy, nd In f-Ily
ing. Few Midsummer blooms can
show the color variety of the snap
dragon, every hue of which mingles