Evening Star Newspaper, September 7, 1928, Page 20

Will Open for Supper Dances i Commencing MONDAY .SEPTEMBER 10 Special Supper, includ- ing cover charge, $2.00; also a la carte service, Glasses Fitted re Eyes Examined DR. CLAUDE S. SEMONES Eyesight Specialist Phone Main 721 409-410 McLachlen Bid 10th and G Sts. N.W. MeCoriy "Gotle Low Excursion Rates Florida and Havana, Cuba Tickets on sale Septem- ber 15th. Good for 15 days. Stopovers at any point in: Florida. Both Coasts of Florida can be visited for one fare. George W. Vierbuchen, D. P. A, Seaboard Air Line Railway 714 14th St. N.W. 'Phone Main 637. FLOWERS GASSED YIELD TWO CROPS ichientist Tells of Forcing | Growth of Plants by Chem- ical Treatment. | By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, September 7.—Having gassed lilacs into blooming before their |time, Dr. F. E. Denny, research di- rector of the Boyce Thompson Insti- tute at Yonkers, believes it possible to produce two crops a season. Dr. Denny told members of the So- ciety of Chemical Industry that chem- ical treatment of certain plants during the annual dormancy, or “rest period,” hal almost the effect of an alarm clock upon a sleeping person. The plants, [he said, were thus awakened almost immediately to vigorous growth during the several months nature had set aside as time for their complete re- laxation. By placing lilacs in a room filled with chemical vapors for 24 to 48 caused {nem to bloom be- tmas, he said, something they had never done before in this part of the country. He expects this season to produce a second crop of Irish potatoes from the seed potatoes of the first crop. Dr. Denny asserted that if these methods proved worthy of general adoption it would mean material gain for the farmer through two crops a season, would enable the horticulturist to meet the Christmas demand for cer- tain flowers not now obtainable at that | season _and provide more liberal sur- plies of food and flowers for the public. Potatoes, he said, couldy be treated for 5 to 10 cents a bushel and plants for 1 to 5 cents a plant. GIVE—HOOVER DINNER. 1,000 Expected to Attend Banquet to Former Secretary. Herbert Hoover is to be tendered a banquet by the employes of the Depart- ment,of Commerce, of which he was ' _THE EVENING {Miss Quincy Smith and Friend Will Study Ancient Civilizations. IWill Photograph Ruins of Cirenaica, Long Buried Under Sand. Miss Quincy Smith, daring young Washingion explorer, who was the first white- woman to penetrate into the desert fastnesses of Italian North Africa, is headed ‘back toward the Sahara to resume her photographic study of an ancient civilization long buried beneath shifting sands. Accompanied by her traveling com- panion, Miss Lloyd-Preston, and armed with six still and motion picture cam- eras and a special permit issued by the Itallan government, Miss Smith will part of Cirenaica. There the two girls will mingle with the strange undercurrent of desert life as the guests of modern Rome, in an attempt to trace the vanishing foot- prints left in the literal sands of time by an earlier empire. Begins Preparatlons. Miss Smith, the daughter of E. Quincy Smith, residing at 3110 Woodland drive, began hasty preparations for the five. month sojourn in the Sahara upon re- ceipt recently of a note from Ambassa- dor de Martino of Italy conveying the official sanction of the Italian minister of colonies for the trip. With barely two weeks in which to prepare for the expedition, Miss Smith and Miss Lloyd-Preston had a busy time of it getting together their clothes, medicines, photographic equipment an other paraphernalia, to say nothing of arranging for their letters of credit, passports, visas and permits from three countries The greatest problem was cramming the entire wardrobe into three suit cases. The wardrobe includes knickers for camel riding, Arab burnouses or “sheik robes,” cool dresses for the long days-in camp beneath a blazing desert until recently Secretary, at the Willard Hotel tomorrow night. Almost 1,000 will attehd. Music will be by the Marine Band and the only address of the evening will be that of Mr. Hoover. The toastmaster has not been announced so far, but it will be one of the Assistant Secretaries, Walter F. Brown or William P. Mc- Cracken. : Despite the fact that many employes of the Commerce Department are now away on vacations, there has been a heavy demand for tickets for the dinner owing to the popularity of Mr. Hoover among the personnel of the department. Sl e e bl atir e Dry weather conditions are threaten- ing to cause a shortage of corn and beans in Mexico. sun and fluffy attire for Sahara nights, some of which will be spent in dancing on the sand to American jazz tunes ground out on a talking machine, The young women are en route to Naples on the S. S. Colombo. They will travel by motor to the edge of the Sahara, crossing the 3,500-foot spur of the Tripoll Atlas. Leaving the automo- biles to become guests of the Meharisti, the tall, bronzed men of the camel corps, the pair will progress to oases whose Arabian names suggest their quaintness and isolatlon—Nalut, the Troglodyt city which is a strange survivor of caveman_times; Gardames, stronghold of the Touareg, that peculiar desert people whose men go veiled and whose women, unveiled, rule their polyandrous tribes with an iron hand; Murzuk, in guide her caravah into the remotest |- STAR, WASHINGTON. WASHINGTON GIRL EXPLORER LEAVES ON NEW SAHARA TRIP MISS QUINCY SMITH. the Red Desert, peopled by a shy, gentle race of fierce-looking ebony glants, 1iv- ing in adobe towns sheltered from the sun by arched lanes of streets. Will Write of Ruins. All this and more Miss Smith and Miss Lloyd Preston will see, write of and photograph before returning to the Tri- "politan and Cirenaican coasts for a study of the ancient ruins of vast cities now being hollowed out of the sand- stone cliffs or great dunes. Three definite expeditions are known to have preceded the girls into this section, but none of them reported much success. The last to attempt it were two Englishmen who equipped a caravan and set farth in 1816, but whose discoveries were just sufficient to whet the investigative appetites of Archeologists. ‘Their sketch. book abounds in descriptions of polychrome frescoes, classic porticos, delicate bits of architecture or sculpture. They told of depredations waged among the historic finds by ruthless natives. Today, a century later, under the rule of a beauty-loving nation, the Cirenaican ruins slowly are emerging Into the sunlight. Walls are being braced mosaics burnished carefully and sculp- tures preserved 1t will be the unusual privilege of the two American girls to inspect these guarded excavations and record on im- perishable photographic film the won- ders being wrested from the age-old sands. Mexico’s Planes Arrive. LAREDO, Tex., September 7 (#).— Mexico's first air mail planes, six-pas- senger Stinson-Detroiters, arrived at the military field here last night, and will cross the border and fly on to Mexico City today. The planes are expected to be put in air mair service between Mex- ico City and Laredo some time this month or next. D. ©. FRIDAY. SEP GEN. J. A. JOHNSTON IS UNHURT IN CRASH Retired Officer Escapes Injury in Auto Collision at Vine- land, N. J. Brig. Gen. John A. Johnston, retired, 70 years old, of 2111 Massachusetts avenue, whose car was in collision with another machine yesterday at Vineland, N. J, was not injured, it was learned today at Atlantic City. Although the other automobile was overturned and Gen. Johnston's car skidded into a tree, the occupants of both machines escaped injury. Police of Vineland reported that an R — e o s £ e = o e - TEMBER 7. 192 ston’s car. It wa viously reported that the general sustained cuts and bruises to his head and face and .an injury to his right thiah. As soon as possible after hearing of the accident Gen. Johnston's grandson, George T. Summerlin, jr., got in touch by long-distance telephone with Mrs. Johnston, who is in Atlantic City, and learned that Gen. Johnston, his chauf- feur, Thomas Bond, and his valet, Robert Keller, proceeded immediately to the seaside resort after the accident. Mr. Summerlin said today that Gen. and Mrs. Johnston had been spending | the Summer at Atlantic City and that the general had returned to his home | in Washington for a few days. He left | this city at 8:30 vesterday morning to return to Atlantic City, and the acci- dent occurred while he was en route. | Gen. Johnston commanded the 34th | Division while in training at Camp Dix during the World War. 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