Evening star., 1940-11-10
By JACQUES FUTRELLE, Jr.,
Travel Editor.

ny JhCQOkS r UIhELLE, Jrp
Travel Editor.
Thanksgiving, the honey holiday
that has inspired travel through the
days of the stage coach, the iron
horse and today's streamliners and
feet planes, became confused feast
last year with the issuance of the
Presidents proclamation designat-
ing the next-to-the-last Thursday
of November for appreciation of the
bounty bestowed on the Nation.
Taken by surprise, many States
clung to the old date, the last
Thursday of the month; some
hastily switched to abide by the
wishes of the President and two
Texas and Colorado-observed both
Thursdays.
Twenty-Five States, besides Texas
and Colorado, jumped from the
calendars red letter day to pioneer
new date with the President in
1899. They were Washington,
Oregon, California, Utah, Wyoming
Montana, North Dakota, Missouri,
Louisiana, Illinois, Michigan, In
diana, Ohio. Pennsylvania. New
York, New Jersey, Delaware, Mary
land, Virginia, West Virginia, South
Carolina and Georgia.
New England, the home Of
Thanksgiving. presented a solid
front against the change in 1899
and after many months in which to
think it over, clings to the last
Thursday again this year. But the
Rooseveltian date is gaining
Governors of 80 States this year
having proclaimed November 81 as
day of thanksgiving, according to
survey compiled by the American
Automobile Association as a guide
to travellers. The National Capital
and Alaska naturally have fallen
in line with the Presidents prefer
ence.
Ten States have elected to stand
with New England this year in OBJ
serving November %, the roster
reading: Arkansas Connecticut
Florida, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Mas
sachusetts. Nevada. New Hamp-
shire, North Carolina, Oklahoma
Pennsylvania (which last year OBJ
served the next -to-the-last Thurs
day., Rhode Island, South Dakota
Tennessee and Vermont.
The Pennsylvania and the Balti-
more e. Ohio Railroads have given
no excursion recognition to the No
vember 2S observances. but each is
offering special fares to New York
City for the 0flClal Federal date,
leaving Washington November 20.
The New York Fairs world of
Tomorrow" having become on its
shutdown last month the World
of Yesterday" finishing touches are
being put on statistics showing how
widely the spectacle on Flushing
Meadows drew patronage from the
geographical divisions of the United
States in 1910. And if the sampling
of 5,335,912 persons proved to be
a true cross-section, 317 900 Wash
ingtonians-nearly half of the cap
itals population-paid to see it.
OF the more than 1915 900 who dug
into their pockets for the entry fee
in 1910, Maryland shared with Ohio
the sixth place in attendance, 510.-
900 visitors being recorded from each
of these two States. Virginia sup
piled 286,700. AS suspected, New
Workers were first. After them came
residents of New Jersey, Pennsyl-
vania, Connecticut and Massa-
chusetts. The District of Columbia
was seventh, according to the survey
These figures, said to tally closely
with the estimates compiled by mo-
tor clubs and travel agencies, were
based on applications for miniature
license plates put out at the B. r
Goodrich Co.'S arena.
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Out-of -towners, not residents OF
New Orleans, have taken the leader
ship in restoring the famed French
quarter, according to two New Or
leans realtors who specialize in
buildings and apartments in the
historic section of the city.
While aware of the French quar-
ter's nationwide appeal to tourists
native Orleanians generally fail to
see in it anything unique or worthy
of investment, report Paul Carusc
and Leonard N. Coll, who add that
fully IS per cent of the rehabilita-