Evening star., 1926-03-28

| Neritable armies of tourists, con
| venticn delegates and local residents
! returning from Ninte' homes in the
! South will flock into Washington dur
! ing April and Ma, opening a busy
| season of activities here this Spring.
/ A check-up of railroad and automo-
| bile tourists and of convention
! sche dulles reveals that the Capital
! City will be the mecca within the
next two months of an unprecedented
number of visitors. One travel au-
/ thority declared that 100000 tourists
! stopped here l3st wear and estimated
: conservativeiy kat the number would
! reach l50 SOC - wear.
! The popuIarlrS < Washington as
! a convention CITY Las been growing
| by leaps ard hc1Ela. Scores of con
ventions, bringiGs Thousands of dele,
( gates and visitors here, have been
! held in the last feW months, and 1G
! mere are scheduled for the next GO
! days. with several more yet to be de-
! cided upon These 16 alone will bring
! a total of q .aa' $4,000 persons here.
Gomp Being Doubled
| Hotel pyopz.etors are making prepa-
| ration5 for grac.ouS reception of the
| visitors. The Washington tourist
| doubled IL ctoacity and better quar-
| ters. lavatoc&4s and shower rooms are
! being installed for the accommodation
| of dusty travellers who even now are
! arriving. These accommodations are
Necessary now and are not expected
| to influence in any way the efforts
! being made to have the site of this
caHir changed. so that its permanent
| location may be elsewhere.
Eastern visitors already are begin
ming to arrive. and will reach their
maximum number Saturday. Rail
road hotel and A. A. A. officials con
cur in expecting about $4,000 Easter
touriStS this year, as conservative
= estirnate High school parties, MAX
fng educational pilgrimages to the
Nations Capital at this season are
coming from as far as Detroit and
Buffalo. with the majority from near
by cities and communities. ReserVa-
tions have been made at the tourists,
camp for Boy Scouts, high school an"
Y. NJ. c. A. groups to come by auto
mobile.
Stop-over privileges at Washington
and special excursions here on the
Pennsylvania, Baltimore and Ohio, At
lantic Coast Line, Southern and other
railroads each year bring increasing
numbers. The tremendous growth OF
the automobile industry is responsible
for perhaps the greatest amount.
10000 Camped Here in 19"5.
Last wear the tourist camp accom-
modated with it's then limited raciii-
ties. a total of 10000 adults, from
March ! to December, the majority of
whom arrived from April to October.
During last Easter week $40 ma
chimes bearing $50 persons arrived
there. according to Edward SieGel,
manager of the camp. The preceding
week $50 cars carrying !, lao persons
were checked.
In the 2S hotels affiliated with the
Washington Hotel Mems Association,
comprising virtually all the local
hostelries, a total of 1S,600 guests
were registered last Easter week.
Lawrence Mills, secretary of the asso-
citation, said. He placed the expected
maximum this year at 20 900.
Washington's % associated hotels
have a total maximum capacity OF
10000 persons daily. In commenting
Yesterday on the increased travel TO
Washington during the Spring and
Summer months, Mr.. Mills said that
| the hotels were rs per cent occupied
! daily from May Is to July last year.
| That means an average total OF
| 1900 visitors lodged at the notes
| each day. From July to October l.
| the hotels reported so per cent or
! their rooms taken, making an aver
! ape dailv total of more than 5000.
! Snring and Fall tourists stay for an
! average of Az days, Mr. Mills said
and Summer tourists. an average OF
! two days.
Conventions Are Announced.
c. f. LaVigne, executive director oi
the Washington Convention Bureau
| has announced the following CON
yentions TO be held here during Apr1
| and May, and the remaining three
davs this month
The Mid-Atlantic States Photog
raphers' Association, 1000 strong
which will meet at the Washington
Hotel tomorrow, Tuesday and wed
nesday.
| Rexall Druggists, with $50 delegates
to meet at the Washington Hotel or
Tuesday and Wednesday.
Good Fellowship Through Music
Society, which is expected to bring
/ 900 representatives Of music cen
ters. choirs and religious leaders from
over the entire Nation, to meet at the
Washington Auditorium on April 8.
Pan-American Congress of journal
lists and the American Congress o
Journalists. to meet at the Pan-Amer
lean Building, under the auspices o
4 the Pan-American Union, April 7-l5
One hundred editors and publisher
from 81 Latin American countries ant
$50 from the United States are to at
tend
1000 Women to Meet.
Wolnan's National Committee TO
Law Enforcement. bringing LOCO de-
egates, to meet at the Washington
Hotel April 11-13. Mrs. w. l.: Darb,
is chairman of the local committee.
Daughters Of the American Revolu
jtion. bringing 5000 members here. t
hold its sessions in both the Washing
ton Auditorium and the Memorial Cor
tinental Hall. April 1925.
National Society of the Daughter
OF 1912, which will meet at the Wi
lard Hotel for its annual session
April 1928, bringing about 20
members.
American Law Institute, with 80
delegates, to meet at the Mayfiowe
Hotel April % to May 1.
National Boy Scout Executives, t
meet at the Willard IAtel April 3