Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-20
CONGRESS TO HEAR
PRESIDENT SPEAK
Ceremonies at Capitol to
Crown Washington's Birth
cay Celebration.


200th anniversary of the national
hero's birth in 1892.
Millions of persons in practically
every large city and town Will be
waiting to receive this message from
the President, whose address Will be
broadcast from the chamber of tn
House of Representatives.
The ceremonies Tuesday. being ar
ranged In celebration of the 195th an
niversay of Washington's birth, viii
call to the Capitol members of the
Supreme Court, the cabinet, the
diplomatic corps. besides high officer:
of the Army. Navy and others in Of
fetal life. In this manner the City
Of Washington will be the center OF
the Nations observance of the day.
Admission by Card.
Admission to the exercises at the
Capitol will be by card only. and the
building will be closed Tuesday morn
ing to all except members and officers
of Congress and those who have spe
cial invitations emitting them to ad
mission. Vice President Dawes will
call the Senate in session at II o'clock
as usual, and Immediately after
prayer its members will proceed TO the
hall of the House of Representatives.
There the distinguished visitors will
assemble in order of precedence. and
the President will make his address
shortly after the noon hour.
Aside from the exercises at the
Capitol, the citizens of Washington
will join in paying tribute to the
Father of His Country at-a number
of public meetings and celebrations.
The wheels of Government will be
at a standstill. downtown business
houses are to close at noon, and the
public schools, which observe the an.
niversary informally tomorrow, will
be closed.
Polls Theater Celebration.
The Districts official celebration
will be held at Polls Theater Tuesday
morning, at II o'clock, under the
auspices of the committee of rs of the
Federation for Patriotic Observance
of Washington's birthday, appointed
by the commissioners. Representa-
tive Theodore Burton, Republican.
Ohio, will be the speaker on this oc-
casion. Special invitations have been
extended to officials of the Federal
and District Governments, the diplo-
matte corps and prominent Washing
tonians. The general public also has
been invited. David Jayne Hill, for
mer United States Ambassador to
Germany, VIII preside.
Sir Esme Howard, the British Am
bassador, will present a gold medal at
the exercises to Miss Adelaide Finley,
student at Gunston Hall School. who
received the award of the Sons of the
Revolution for the best essay on the
subject: William Pitt, Lord Chatham:
His Services for American Welfare"
Preceding these ceremonies there
will be a. musical program by the
United States Navy Band, and the
committee of rs will place floral
George Washington in Washington
Circle.
Society To Meet.
The Washington National Monu-
ment Society will hold it's ninety
fourth annual meeting at 1890
o'clock Tuesday at the Metropolitan
Club. President Coolidge is ex-
offlcio president Of the society. Other
officers are Justice Willis Van De-
vanter of the Supreme Court, first vice
president, who will preside: Charles
c. Glover. second vice president:
William r. Harr, secretary.
This society is the honor guard of
the Washington Monument, which
owes its existence largely to it's eff.
forts. 1t was organized in 1888 by
leading citizens of this city to erect
"a great national monument to the
memory of Washington at the seat of
the Federal Government" Chief Jus
tice John Marshall was the first pres
ident of the society and many dis
tinguished men have been on its
rolls.
Following the brief business meet
lea ~ xxy1,f
probably will be reelected. Mr.. Glover
will entertain the members at a
luncheon at the Metropolitan Club.
President Coolidge will be unable to
attend the business meeting. owing to
the exercises at the Capitol.
Burton to Speak
Representative Burton also will ad-
dress the meeting of the Association
of Oldest Inhabitants of the District
of Columbia, whose members will hold
patriotic exercises in honor of Wash
ington's birthday in the new assembly
hall of St. Marks Episcopal Church,
Third and A streets southeast. There
will be the monthly business meeting
at IL O'Clock. followed by the patriotic
program at noon.
District of Columbia Society of the
Sons of the American Revolution will
noon at the La Fayette Hotel, and will
elect officers for the ensuing year.
Prior to the meeting the society will
participate in the thirteenth Joint
celebration of Washington's birthday
at Continental Memorial Hall, which
will be held at 1890 o'clock.
This meeting will be under the joint
auspices of the Daughters of the
American Revolution, the Sons of the
fy1
of the American Revolution.
Maj. Gen. Charles p. Summerall,
chief Of staff of the Army, will deliver
the address.
Exercises i'm Schools.
AS all the public schools in the Dis
trict will be closed Tuesday, the in
formal exercises will be held in the
classes tomorrow. AT some of the
high schools there will be more elab-
crate programs. For the pupils Of
Central High School there will be ex-
hibited at O'Clock the Yale educa-
tional photoplay, Yorktown"
4 At the L. V. Brown School there
will be a special showing of the photo.
play based on the life of Alexander
Hamilton for grade pupils who wish
to attend. while az Western High
School THE Gates OF the West" will
be shown.
"A Birthday Party at Mount Yer
non," given by Gen. and Mrs. Wash
ington in honor OF their Scotch neigh
bors from Alexandria and Dumfries,
will be the interesting program that
has been arranged for Tuesday evening
at 8:15 O'Clock under the auspices of
George Washington University. The
proceeds from this affair will be used
FOR the George Washington Univer.
sity Hospital.
Free Is Speaker.
Mrs. Frederick True is president OF