Evening star., 1919-08-31
LABOR DAY EVENTS
MANY AND VARIED
Workers to Drop Tasks and,
With Everybody Else, Will
Celebrate Tomorrow.

Labor day this year bids fair to
rank among the most significant of
labor's holidays in years.
Thousands of Washingtonians are
leaving the city on week end vaca-
tions of the day and tens of thou
sands are preparing for celebrations
with varied programs tomorrow.
Strikes of all sorts through the
country, threatened strikes innumer-
able, and increasing recognition Of
the worker of today, are paramount
among the things marking the day.
This Labor day will find the nation
in a maelstrom of industrial uncer-
tainty While world issues are being
decided in other countries by labor
parties, Washington will celebrate to-
morrow with festive gatherings and
outings overshadowed by the high
cost of living crisis and reconstructive
postwar measures which in large
degree involve organized labor.
Throngs Leave the City.
Last night more than sixty addi-
tional Pullrians left Washington for
nearby seaside resorts and other cities
bearing the Labor day excursionists.
During yesterday and tomorrow 110
additional day coaches have been re-
Questioned 10 handle the excess
crowds.
In the city the greatest celebration
of Labor day will be the excursion
of Central Labor Union to Marshall
Hall. Athletic events, including
races for boys and girls and fat men
and fat women, will be on the list Of
leave the 7th street wharf at o'clock
am, the second at 10 o'clock and the
next at 6 pm. Two of the largest
union orchestras will furnish the
music during the day.
Boats Garry Capacity Crowds.
Steamers pulled out Of their wharves
last night with capacity Labor day
crowds for Colonial Beach and Old
Point Comfort. Many went to Balti-
more to secure steamers for a trip
down the bay on finding that the tick
cts on Washington boats had been
sold out weeks previous to the ex-
cursion.
Another big feature of the celebra-
tions of the day will be a base ball
game between the police department
and the Home Defense League at the
American League Park. More than
Is 900 tickets already have been sold
for this event, and President Wilson
has signified his intention of at
tending.
All government departments will
be closed all day. The majority of
the stores of Washington. also will
be closed.
Reed Hospital Program.
At Walter Reed Hospita! the day
will be one of special interest. A
program of athletic sports and other
amusements has been arranged that
will consume every minute of the
day. The program will be somewhat
similar in it's variety to that of the
Fourth of July, which was a red letter
day in the history of sports at the
hospital
The morning will be taken up with
athletic sports covering every phase
of amusement and physical culture.
The afternoon will see "a base ball
game.
In the late afternoon and possibly
during some of the hours of the
morning, there are to be a number
of aquatic sports in the Rea SWIM
ming pool, in which fancy swimming
by men Of the hospital and some of
the expert swimmers from the nurses
corps and the Red Cross will take
part. AS is always the case on holi-
days, the number of visitors who will
be on the hospital grounds with
dainties for the sick and wounded
will be large.