Evening star., 1935-04-21
|EASTER ATTRACTS.
THOUSANDS TOD.C.:
Sunrise Services to Mark
Joyful Festival of
Resurrection.
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by the Cathedral Choir Of men and
boys at both services.
tuberculosis Hospital patients will
have their first sunrise service at 6
o'clock, the public being invited. The
services will be conducted by Rev.
A. Viebon, rector of the Sulpician
Seminary, and a special musical pro-
gram will be sung by the seminarists.
The Ladies Of Charity Of Sacred Heart
Parish will assist in transporting bed
ridden patients to the service.
Should the weather hold fair,
Washington's famous Easter parade"
will be held along Connecticut ave-
nue.. with a description for the first
time over q radio hook-up OF the Ma
tional Broadcasting Co. The descrip-
ton will be broadcast for half an
hour, starting at l O'Clock, from
microphone in front Of the Mayfiower
Hotel. The broadcast was arranged by
the Connecticut Avenue Association.
All indications last night pointed
to an army of visitors greatly ex-
ceeding last years Easter throngs.
The lure of the double blossom Japa-
nese cherry blooms is believed to have
brought many here, although the
blossoms are not expected to be at
their best before the middle Of the
week.
The usual influx of school children,
a tradition of Washington Easter
week. a rear guard of the Forty-fourth
Continental Congress of the Daughters
Of the 9merican Revolution. and dele
gates to q number of smaller con-
ventions swelled the number Of
visitors.
Hotels Filled.
Throughout the week hotels have
been full to capacity and thousands
Of Washington homes have housed out
of-town guests. Agencies which have
undertaken the difficult task Of direct
ting tourists to accommodations
worked at top speed yesterday and
last night before announcing they
believed every one had been cared
for.
The Tourist Bureau OF the Greater
National Capital Committee of the
Washington Board Of Trade was open
for business at 7:30 am. yesterday,
and each Of its battery Of telephones
was in almost constant operation un-
til midnight.
Yesterday morning the Tourist Bu-
reau Of the American Automobile As
sociation exhausted its list of avail
able rooms in private homes, where.
for the most part, visitors without
hotel reservations are being sent, and
broadcast a radio appeal for more.
c. B. Bishop, bureau manager, said
he thought the response was adequate.
Speedway Phones Installed.
As a service to Easter visitors, to
whom the Speedway is a mecca, the
automobile association has installed
emergency Use by motorists, who may
have breakdowns or run out Of gas.
The increase in the number of per-
sons coming to Washington by air has
been particularly noticeable. Officials
of the automobile association, who
make air travel arrangements for as
sociation members, estimated the VOL
ume has doubled, compared with last
year.
Bus companies for several days have
run extra coaches. and the railroads
have attached extra cars to almost
every train entering the city.
Easter egg rolling is expected to
begin today in the Capitol Grounds
and at Geological Park. reaching its
climax tomorrow at the annual cele-
bration in the south grounds of the
White House
Children will be admitted to the
grounds from 8 to $50 o'clock. Adults
will be admitted during these hours
only when accompanying children.
From $3.50 to 5 pm. there will be
concert by the Marine Band. to which
the general public is invited.
The White House Grounds have
been prepared for the annual chill
dren's invasion by the National Capt.
tai Park Service, under direction Of
Albert Clyde Burton. assistant super
intendent in charge Of recreation.
Temporary comfort stations and
drinking fountains have been installed.
Some IS Girl Scouts will be on hand
at the White House grounds tomor-
row to assist in caring for lost children
and in arranging games during the
egg-rolling festivities. They are to be
in charge of Miss Alethea T. Hanson
and Mrs. Henry Robb. One group will
report at $50 am, while the other
will be on duty beginning at pm