Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-04-04
EASTER HOLIDAY TRIPS
Largest Crowd of Visitors Except at
Ceremonial Occasions.
HOTELS ARE ALL CROWDED
Many Special Trains Unload Human
Freight Into National Capital
All Yesterday.

Begging your indulgence for the nonce.
would you enlighten me as to the identity
Of yonder gigantic architectural struc-
ture?"
II YOU are suddenly stopped on the
street during the next few days and hear
something like that from feminine lips
below a nose that is bridged with black
trimmed spectacles, try to understand.
One of the 1000 or more school teachers
from New England-which is the hub of
learning. you know-who have come to
spend their Easter vacation in the Ma
tional capital. will merely wish to know
what notable building she is gazing upon.
Washington was invaded yesterday aft
ernoon and evening by the largest crowd
OF school teachers and their friends that
| has ever visited our fair city at a time
when no special ceremonies were sched-
uled.
Shortly before G o'clock yesterday after
noon trains from New York and New
England began to roll into the Union sta
ton over the Baltimore and Ohio rail-
road in a procession. Between the regular
trains came the special trains. every one
of the putting engines pulling ten to fif-
teen cars.
In an hour and half about forty extra
carloads of people were brought into the
big terminal Hundreds Of people were
soon lost in the immensely of the struc-
ture.
Distributed Among Hotels.
All the sightseeing automobiles and
taxicabs in the city were around the sta
| ton exits to handle the crowds. The ma
chimes were kept busy for several hours
distributing the many parties to the sew
eral hotels Hotel Hobbies took on the
appearance of Inauguration time.
The large majority Of the excursionists
| are school teachers in the New England
states and in New York city. Yesterday
| the public schools closed for the annual
| Easter vacation. Many OF the wielders
OF the pointer and the rod were up early
yesterday morning and aboard trains.
The excursionists come from far-off
Maine, from cities Of the Bay state, from
Yankee Connecticut and from cosmopOli-
tan New York. Putting aside all thoughts
of learning the young how to shoot; they
are here, bent on a lark they are to re-
member with pleasure In years to come.
On the first special train, which pulled
| into the station at O'clock was party
| of schoOlboys, schoolgirls and teachers
| of the N. b. Borden School and the High
their friends from Boston. Brookline and
Taunton. In charge of the party was
o. A. Gardner of the Borden School. who
is making his eighth pilgrimage to the
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| students and teachers.
New York Taken In.
The party had stopped in the metropolis
on it's way to the National capital and
rode around New York. taking In the
sights. On the return trip there will be
a stop at iladelphia.
Chaperoning the party were Miss Emma
Haywood. Miss Gertrude Gardner. VIII
| liam Gardner. William Hart, Chester
Stacy. Miss Minnie Foles and Miss Alice
| Damon. Putting up at the Hotel Ban
croft. at 18th and III streets, they will
remain here until Thursday.
| Many parties Of 100 more were in
| charge of special tourist agents, who
| looked after the transfer of the visitors
| from the station to their hotels and who
will suggest trips for them during their
weeks stay in this city.
| Frank w. Lund one of the tourist
| agents, had 425 excursionists on his hands
in the Union station. He successfully
kept the party together, answered ques-
! tionS of half the members of the party
arranged for large automobiles to carry
them to several hotels and gave informa-
| ton to newspaper reporters all at the
| same time.
And the excursionists have not all ar
rived yet. Although 1000 are already In
the city. the railroads have made ar
rangements to bring several other large
| parties here Monday.