New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 14, 1930, Page 11

——— T0 EXPLORE ASIA INVOTOR CARAVAN Haardt Plans to Take “Talkigs”, and Sead Radios | Washington, D. C.. March 14— Georges-Marie Haardt. the “motor | car Livitgstons of France,” who led &n amazing expedition of cight au tcmobiles through 15,000 miles d and jungles of darkest| Atrica, while in Washington this| week made the first announcement | that he plans a similar expedition, | probably with ten cars, across Asia. ! He will follow to some extent in au- | temobiles route that Marco Polo | when he brought to Burope its | first news of Cathay's coal. pap neney, and the incredible pomp a power of Kublai Khan Will Take “Talkies™ and Send Radiv The Asiatic expedition will have in its equipment one car which will | he a, powerful short wave radio sta. tion on wheels, to keep in daily | touch wit ance. Two other cars | vill be equipped with sound record- | ing motion picture cameras. “Mr. Haardt’s motor car expedi-| tion crossed the heart of .\!r\m‘ from Algeria to Mozambique, and ircluded a trip through the little known interior 1and of Madag; tin from Readquarter graphic Socic I teok Washington, D. €. the National Geo- | “Untamed Taurcg tribesmen hal| to be bribed to pilot the automotive caravan across vast stretc uncharted rhara. More 000 natives were put to work ing a trail through erw bla:- 5 miles of otli- impenetrable jungles of the e ot ¢ dition wa to trice a route which 1'rai may project a railroad to link vast provineial holdings It had o official « fiom th Air Min the Frenc iphic Society. entailed and engineers who made iheir respective fields, hers and sketch art- | records of inestima- | value to scientist and ltlnmn‘ ob-| rs Had Caterpillar Systems | 1 expedition had 19- | power Citroen cars, cquipp-d | caterpillar systems in addition to regular front wheels Lach r had and both cars trailers had to ca ind oil tanks. initial Burein, the arca of this pa ed the a con wood, hors witl stage of the at Sa Niger River. tof t e almost unkno czrou’t, | ry devoid was on One | r liv- | previous travelers ai- s of th area. edition et red the | wsterious and marauding | vt tribes. The men ve which cover the t nd | th Crusaders. Alon the outheast of Burem, th } | ar veils su helmets of the Niger party a hunter dis- | of wood he hal head and neck. and supplied eves and | an open beak,’ Mr. Haardt said. ‘He | placed this de around his for.-| head and went into the bush on ali| fours. Moving slowly and stopping | at times to peck at the ground or l.cu; examine bis surroundings. just as a | réal bird might ha he wis| able to approach close cnough to birds and hares to kill them with a| stic | The Man with 100 Wives | vwa, in the s 5,000 of Barmou's | 1sa viders escorted the motor the town amid the din of tom- | and trumpets. The Sulta tems it off | ed for. NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, MARCH 14, modern Soloman who is one of the few wives. He permitted the expedition’s| photographer to visit the harem an4 |silk or cotton, make a point of cape extensise | collars which replace cap sleeves or | have rudimentary bell slecve the |are flared to give jsland - studded [line. take snapshots household. “The expedition swamp-bordered, Lake Chad. Many of the islands ara| floating, ma 1ls0 for boat building. The “Ugliest Beautics” In the Worid The Peuhl tribe, who flagellation of :ouths as a manhood before a youth is tribal privileges. was studied, Bo- vond Lake Chad were found the Mazzas, who mutilate the lips cf their women by piercing holes i them and inserting wooden disks. “Another curious people were the Yondos, who sit in motionless dlgnity on thronelike stools and | bhave a strange languagze that l“»'} sembles a guttural cough. | Toward the Conzo the vxpedition turned its major attention to obtain. | ing zoological specimens. They ma Je a side trip from Yalinga to the Am Iatok s 1p. jungle haunt of a lope. lions and clephants, Then, re- turning to Yalinga. the explorers tound a snamp where 40 hippopoti- mi were playing and a halt was made to photograph and them. of lis explored A Primitive “Wireless” “In the Belgian Congo the explorers pierced the Equatorial Forest, where they came upon tribes practicing a primitive ‘wireless' communication of surprising ingenuity, It is effeat- lowed out on the early ‘loud spea er’ principle, and struck with han- nie cncased in rubber. Various made according to th: and strength of the strokes. his ‘sending station’ is placel the middle of the village, M. Haardt explained. just in front of the chie hut. When a message is to be sent the native operator strikes nd the sounds can be heard ix miles away. et ency of til we ther doubted this strange tele were forced to be personal experience,’ Haardt the raph ove : coutinued N T | ze living men with a hundred |ends midway of shoulder and elbow. e of a light wood used|, | |afternoon style. | ar practice | gipe test of |y.ve Jong sleeves, sranted forate, study | \ | of the mammoth is. | e¢ by drum-like instruments calle] | a bullz. | goudougoudous, made of wood, hoi- | | “"When passing through a certain | village chi we asked its chicf for foar s to be brought to us a short distance ahead on the road we were to follow g the struck goudougoudou player the message off on his instru- ment, we drove rapidly away, =o that the chief could not cheat Ly sending runners off ahead of us. Three miles bevond the village a na- tive stood waiting by the roadside vith the four chickens we had ask- We were convinced.’ “When the cxpedition reached split into four mec- ading for the Indian a different route, [ cxpedition spent nonths upon its jour trave 15,000 miles, crossed 12 | ccurses, and brought back museu:n specimens and data which yielded a book, numerous scientific reports, sixteen miles of motion picture films nd ¢ than §,000 still phota- grap LENGTH OF SLEEVE HIGHLY UNCERTAIN Varies From Hour to Hour in Parisian Styles Paris, March 14 (A—Unhappy the gal who uses a tape measure to the bottom of her skirt and for- gets the importance of lengths, Sleeves also have their ups and downs in the spring scheme. There is more up than down to morning and noontime eves. The down oceurs, is sleeve noon dresses. in REE EXAMINATION GLASSES 50c WEEK If your vision is misty — don’t say, “Someday I'm going to get glasses.” That someday may be too late. 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