Evening star., 1933-04-22
StimuIant Not Felt Since Pre-
Depression Days, Despite
Weather.
TOTAL OF $4,000 PERSONS
BELIEVED, IN CITY TODAY
Scheduled Conventions Seen as Ex-
ceeding Numbers Reported
Here Over Easter.

The seasonal influx Of visitors to the
Capital has given to Washington busi-
ness stimulant not felt since pre-
depression days. u.favorable weather
conditions Notwithstanding.
Beginning with the cherry blossom
crowds two weeks ago, conservative
estimates place the number of visitors
to the city over the Easter period in
excess of $4,000, and today, according
to the Greater National Capital Com
mittee of the Washington Board OF
Trade, $4,000 visitors crowd Washing
ton hotels and lodging houses.
The D. A. R. Congress, in session
all this week, has contributed no little
to the Easter tourist trade, observers
declare, and with the American Red
Cross convention scheduled to begin
carly next week, the number OF visitors
in the Capital over this week END
probably will exceed the total for
Easter Sunday
Augustus Gumpert, secretary OF the
Washington Hotel Association and at
tached to the Greater National Capital
Committee, declared it has been esti-
mated that Babe Ruth, playing here
with the New York Yankees Sunday.
will draw another 1000 to the throng
of Washington visitors.
Increase in Business.
A city-wide survey of business
houses, hotels, sightseeing concerns,
restaurants, automobile equipment firms
and many other lines of business serv-
ing the tourist trade, reveals a decided
increase in business as compared with
last year.
Edward D. Shaw, secretary Of the
citation, commenting on the Easter
trade situation, said there is always
a seasonal increase in local business at
this time incident to Easter arrivals
here. While the time is early to meas
ure the effect of this trade this year,
he said he believed the increased num-
Der of visitors would reveal jump in
business all down the line.
There is psychological effect grow
ing out of the sale of beer which
is difficult to gauge" he said. but its
vorable effect on all forms OF restau-
rant trade, and this is bound to be
felt in many other fields"
Tourists On Increase.
Figures at the tourist camp are def
mite indication that the number of mo-
florists this year is well above last. For
instance, the tourist camp population
last night was $685. against only 284
for the same night last year. The in
crease is shown consistently in the
tourist camp figures since Easter, which
reveal that on Easter Sunday night $40
persons were accommodated, against
464 the year before On April 18 there
were 573, against 292 the previous year;
on April II, this year, there were $40,
against only 3O4 the year before.
There has been an overflow OF the
tourist camp over the Easter week end,
when persons were referred to private
homes
During the Easter week end the in
dividual reservations at hotels were so
great that they exceeded all past rec
ords, according to Mr.. Gumpert.
Many visitors are in the city for the
National Capital Kennel Club dog show
and also for the mid-year meeting OF
the United Typothetae of America;
The guides of the city have been
buster than at any time since before
the depression. according to Sig Helm
itch, secretary and treasurer OF the
Uniformed National City Guides. He
estimated today that there were more
people in the city than there had been
sine 1928, for the Easter week. Every
day, he said, tourists appeal to guides
to help them find lodging. and In many
instances, with virtually all Of the no
tells and tourist homes in the city
proper filled, it has been necessary to
refer them back to tourist homes III
nearby Maryland and Virginia.