Evening star., 1914-11-25
FAIR WEATHERFOR
THANKSGIVING DAY
Official Forecasters Say To-
morrow Will Be Much
Like Today.

The weather outlook for Thanksglv-
| ing is good. according to a special
forecast obtained by The Star today
from the weather bureau.
Fair weather" the forecasters say,
will continue in this locality, with
moderate temperature, and about as
much sunshine as there is today. To-
morrow, in other words. Is expected,
so far as the weather is concerned. TO
| be day much like today.
This holds good practically all over
the east, with the exception of on the
great lakes. where there are expected
to be disturbances
With this good promise, Washington
may safely settle down tonight to u
prospect of enjoying a quiet and pleas
ant Thanksgiving day. Many celebra-
tions have been planned for this even
ing, especially in the hotels and res
| taurants. where gay crowds will make
merry, and the markets and stores are
being crowded today with shoppers,
making ready for the celebrations at
home tomorrow.
President in Massachusetts,.
President Wilson will spend Thanks
giving day at Williamstown, Mass. Sew
eral members of his cabinet will also be
out of town for the day. Secretary
Garrison. accompanied by Mrs. Garri-
son, is at Atlantic City for the holiday
and will go to Philadelphia Saturday
for the Army and Navy foot bail game.
Secretary Daniels will be in Rich
mond. Va. to see the foot ball game
between the University of Virginia and
the University of North Carolina. Sec
retary McAdoo will be at Jekyll Island,
Ga. over Thanksgiving. The other
members of the cabinet and their
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holiday.
Several of the cabinet officers who re-
main in Washington, headed by Secre-
tary Bryan, will Join the Latin Ameri-
can diplomatic corps in the annual
Pan-American Thanksgiving mass to
be held tomorrow morning at st. Pat
rick's Church. The Secretary of State
also expects to attend services at his
own church later in the day.
Special programs of music and spe-
cial sermons have been arranged for
in almost all the churches of the city.
Four Departments Closed Early.
Secretaries of four departments of
the government gave their employees
something to be thankful for today
when they ordered the departments
closed at 1 o'clock. The six other de-
partments plugged away until 4:30.
thankful to get whole holiday to-
morrow.
At l O'Clock today the employees in
the Commerce, Labor, War and State
departments were dismissed until Fri
day morning. The Treasury, Justice,
Agriculture. Navy, Post Office and In
terror are to remain open until 4:3O
this afternoon.
The closing of the departments was
left to the discretion of the secretaries
Divisions of the Library of Congress
composing the Sunday and holiday serv-
ice are to be open tomorrow from
until 10 pm. Other divisions, includ-
ing the copyright office, are to be
closed. The building is to be open to
visitors between the hours stated
Schools Close for Thanksgiving Day.
Public schools of the District closed
this afternoon for the Thanksgiving
holidays. Night schools are to be in
session this evening, however. Exer-
cises appropriate to the day were held
by a number Of classes. although no
general observance of the holidays was
ordered by the officials.
Students Thanksgiving Holiday.
A Thanksgiving season recess Of four
days has been granted the students in
the various departments of the George
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