Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-26
Rf MARGARET n, DOWNING.

The Ambassador from Toxic, nj
EntSl,ti Debuchi who viii sail from III;
native mort the end Of September. vii
hsyr A commission 70 I'LL from his pred
SCISSOR. NJ MatSu0alr3, soon after
reaching Washington. The popular
Sin}amatiSt last mentioned WAS parua
"a nrdcstrlan excursions, and many are
.hs trims he took in The carly morninl
r,,,Uf Rock Creek Park and into the
open country which Joins The preserve
'Ts thus came % know the GogWooo
verv vel, and lie admired Il so muct
iNa; when he was about 10 Sali lol
japan he eNdcavorcd to obtain several
varieties 70 take 10 his home rs q
charming souvenir Of his happy thfee
.-ea~S IN WASHINGTON But he was AS
.,,re6 that ,rure was not the time Il
TRANSPLANT aogvood il successful re-
calls were Ia euSue-~ln fact, that no
,>srio6 was so certain Of failure as after
,,e bloSsoming time So reluctantly NJ
>sstSudaira gave up the project. but the
.,axt JansncSe Ambassador has been re-
rnestec Ia take up the matter WITH the
curator az the Arnold Ayboretunl. IN
r1st0n. who. it is claimed, knows more
aeout CioCwCod than any other man
= Matsudaira desires three or Tour
trees Of considerable age. say or Z
,eavs old. SO they will blossom next
Spring II planted N the late Autumn
and he wishes white. the pale PINK
md glowing red All to be planted
~5th ceremony IN the garden q MS
',@n7e IN Toxic as memory trees,
s.
Dr LYON Gardiner Tyler former
-,~os,dert al the William and Mary
f,7tjoce at WILLIAMSBURG, Va. has re-
r@ntIv taken I'D the CudgelS IN defense
:, his father. John Tyler. Vice PreSl-
tent under William Henry Harrison.
mi afterward tenth President 81 the
United States Recent historians have
handled President Tyler rather roughly
-hev have declared that he exceeded
nc pnwers Of his Office and that he was
not Of admirable character. But no
so,ibt these scribes have been nQcIl
aSfnnisf7ed TO find that Tyler had living
3 son who remembered this President
'enderlv as a small boy who hao oeeh
hereft 50 sadly Of his care ana pfoteC-
elon. Or, Tyler. who is an ackfloW,-
EDGED scholar, tears many OF tnese az
legged historical arguments 10 atoms
and gives chapter and. verse from
family papers TO prove MS accllI 80 /,
He was the son Of the second romantic
marriage which President Tyler COR
fracfed with Miss Julia Gardiner OF
New YORK as bride when ne was
IN the White House. and has turned
into his seventv-siXth year. IL IS an
ssvanced age 10 give battle in Such q
sincere and flial way, and the result
no doubt will be that persons VINO oi9
into history will ask for look INTO pr
ts.e papers and family records oeIoTe
sponsoring duematic statements ~ ~
r,rjr1t Il surprised many that son OF
+ne tenth President still lives ana can
bear testimony 70 events OF Such SUI
oreme Importance as the happenings %
The momentous nfties and SIXTIES o. ti,e
last century. He Is. according 10 1flefos
and foes alike, grand inquire o. iiiai'
worthy OF all admiration.
&*
The Assistant Secretary Of Com
r,rvce for Aeronautics. Mr. William r
xarCracken. jr. takes great PRIDE III
the st1,peud9us increase of privately,
owned aircraft all over the country, and
particularly Of the constantly multi
rIvfyg numbers OF owners in the DIS
trict of Columbia. in Maryland ano
II Virginia. For though the average
citizen barely realizes that pleasure
,lanes have arrived for Washington as
well as for other social centers, some
eight or ten denizens OF the Capltal
have licensed planes which. ulougIi
,Yeed often for commercial purposes
serve the same purpose as yacnt'
motor boat and motor car for tne
Measure Of their owners and thelE
friends. MI Basil Gordon from ms al
.ractive home on Gibson Island pilots
3 dapper Curtiss plane ano oIten
swo0os down on Hoover Field ana PlchH
I'D friends bound either his way OF 70
wakefield Manor on the Rappanannock
me home Of his mother, Mrs Ceofse
Barnett Mr. Gordon uses MS plane
commercially al times ana again eA.
rer.mentaIly Many also have accef3teo
Inc hospitalitv Of Mr. Afford L. VIII
'ianng rhan he tunes up his Curtiss
racing Dlane for a trip 10 New York
or scross the Chesapeake Bay. Mfr
Williams had his plane built especially
IN take part I'M the private races hello
IN Rome a year ago under the auspices
az the Italian government DR.. i. w
Prandes 81 this city is generous 10 MS
friends in regard 10 the Fairc1ild plane
which he uses more for pleasure eX-
clrsionS than for the purpose Tor Wnicf
Il was bought. Virginia and Maryland
have many recorded private planes
that o. Mr.. Hunter S. Boyd Of Balti'
more being well known TO those wht
ike 70 take the air rather than 10 spir
along the concrete roads or ploA
through water.
s4@
Washington friends Of Mrs. LouL
lombard naturally are very much IN
fcregte6 IN her camel caravan tour o
the Sahara Desert. which Is TO beglT
sbout the end Of october She VIII D
accompanied Dy her two unmarried
daughters Miss Lots and Miss Zuleiks
Lombard ard figures that about tou
months will b. consumed py IN
tourney. Mrs Lombard is an Incefalg
able Traveller and with her lanentet
husband. Louis Lombard, the musician
she nae planned this trip before IN
death Crossing the sands u The 2rea
wastes Of Northern and Central Africi
Is not such a hazardous undertaking
a. II sounds. and. IN fact, MI. and Mrs
Lombard made part ot the journe,
several years ago IN motor car 81
or this vorape u adventure on IN
traditi0na. ship o. ne desert the camel
Mrs Lombard and her daughters pro
ro.e r. sG Ike The travellers In Tn
Garden II Allah" making strides b,
Gay protected from The 8corching SUI
b. ne sheltef3ng hood Of the paIanquln
arc II nl2nt resting in comfort 81
blankets spread On the warm sand
win the s'ay spangled canopy o
heaven for q curtain Nights IN IN
desert are cD0l and quiet and will pos
fsBlV q" 1usf me tonic needed for tire
Ynlncs and bodies Mfe Lombard pro
passes - Keep an intimate diary an'
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