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...Foremost of the Pear Orchard" was Mei Lan-fang of Peiping. Despite his titles, he was neither a monk nor a fruit-grower. Numerous Chinamen and Seattle dignitaries who met him at the boat welcomed him as China's greatest actor, come to introduce his art to the U. S. Mei Lan-fang and his company begin a U. S. tour in Manhattan...
...animals loved variously. With the emu, the Australian ostrich, it was the males who cared for the children, guarding them against their morose mothers. The leopardess flirted by flicking her tail in the face of her mate until he sprang with fang and claw, snarling, whirling. The giraffes, a bull and two cows loved daintily, with acute tremblings. Lions "laughed and kissed in their delight." Then "I heard the song of the ape-man . . . [it] resounded in powerful alternations, Aw-Aw-Aw-H-u-u-uh, as tremendous as the lions' roar. It was the song of primitive life...
Died. Strongheart, 13, German police dog, principal of many a cinema (Brawn of the North, White Fang, North Star, The Love Master); in Los Angeles...
...President Hoover his letter of credence as Chinese Minister (Nationalist Government). Dr. Wu expressed his pleasure at finding as President "a statesman who has intimate personal knowledge of China through long residence in the country and close contact with the people." The new Minister's father, Dr. Wu Ting-fang, represented China in Washington before the 1912 revolution...
...Fang Lai, Chinese research fellow at the University of Pittsburgh, last week reported that he had found a good use for beryllium, one of the rare earth metals. By substituting beryllium oxide for soda lime silicate he has produced a harder, more refractory, more transparent glass than the usual kind. It lets the sun's ultraviolet light pass through...