Evening star., 1953-01-18
Cafes, Tourist Spots
And Night Clubs 10
Stay Open Tuesday
By WiIIiom A. MiIIen


and parking lots will be in opera
ton.
Sightseers will find a wide
variety Of attractions open Tues
day. apart from the Inauguration
itself. Many tourist spots will be
open.
E. A. Pritchard, executive
secretary of the Merchants and
Manufacturers Association, said
generally these business houses
will be open:
Drug stores, hotels, night
clubs, novelty and souvenir
stores theaters. parking lots,
florists, bakeries, restaurants,
transfer companies, wholesale
food supply companies, dairies
and ice cream supply houses.
Chain Groceries to Close.
Large chain groceries will be
closed, Mr.. Pritchard said.
Food and souvenir items will
be sold at approved concession
stands along the parade route,
he added.
But all the big department.
stores, including their suburban
branches, will be closed.
District brokerage houses will
be open inasmuch as the New
York Stock Exchange is open.
Some have installed television
sets so their employees can view
the parade. A few of the houses
are on the line of march.
District banks will be closed
because the day is a legal holi-
day here. Virginia banks will
be closed tomorrow in observance
of the birthday of Gen. Robert E.
Lee. but will be open Tuesday.
Maryland banks will be open to-
morrow and Tuesday.
On inauguration day, liquor
stores can remain open from 10
am. to 8 pm, the Alcoholic
Beverage Control Board said. To-
morrow. they can be open from
10 am. to midnight, three extra
hours because it is the eve of a
legal holiday, officials said.
Area SchOlS to Close.
In keeping with custom, public
and parochial schools will close
on inauguration day in the Dis
trict and nearby Maryland and
Virginia.
District and Federal Govern
ment Offices will be closed Tues
day as will practically all Offices
of State and county officials in
the area.
Public libraries in the District
also will be closed.
Mt. Vernon. George Washing
tons home. will be open today,
tomorrow and Inauguration day
from 8 am. to 4:3O pm.
The Washington Monument
will be open on these three days
from 8 am. to 4:3O pm. The
Lincoln Memorial, jefferson
Memorial and the Lincoln
Museum at 511 Tenth street
NV. will be open all three days
from 8 am. to 9 pm. '9'
The house where Lincoln died,
$40 Tenth street NV, will be
open a m. to pm. on each day. |
Arlington House (the Lee |
Mansion National Memorial in
Arlington Cemetery will be |
open all three days from $50
am. to pm.
Capitol to be Open.
The Capitol will be open to
the public today and tomorrow,
9 am. to 4::30 pm. On inaugu-
ration day, special passes will be
required to get in the building.
Security measures will prevail
and parking will be banned in
the Capitol area.
The Senate will not be in Ses-
sion tomorrow, but will convene
on Tuesday at 1880 am. The
House will meet at noon to-
morrow and be in session at
1880 pm. Inauguration day.
The Library OF Congress will
be open 2 to 6 pm. today and
9 am. to 1920 pm. tomorrow.
It will be closed Tuesday except |
for the congressional reading
room and exhibit halls, open
from 8 am. to 10 pm. The
annex will be closed, as will
offices, and there will be no
parking spaces available on in
auguration day.
The Supreme Court will be
closed today. 1t will be open to-
morrow from 9 am. to 4::30 pm. !
Tuesday it will convene at IL !
am, admit attorneys to practice |
before it and then recess to at |
tend the Inauguration in a body. |
After the Inauguration cere-
mony, the court will then be
adjourned by one or two justices.
officials said the Supreme
Court cafeteria will be open to
the public on inauguration day
from II am. until 2:30 pm, or
as long as there is business. Only
the bottom floor of the building
will be open to visitors at this
time.
The exhibits at the Smith
sonian Institution will be open
inauguration day, 9 am. to 4:30
pm, but offlcies will be closed.
Today and tomorrow, the ex-
hibits will be open from 9 am.
to 4::30 pm.
The National Gallery of Art
will be open today from 2 pm.
to 10 pm. Tomorrow and in
auguration day, it will be open
from 10 am. to 5 pm. The
cafeteria will be open tomorrow
and Tuesday. Usually it is closed
on Mondays, because it opens
Sunday. Today. the cafeteria
will be open from pm. to z pm.
Tomorrow, it will be open from
IL am. to 2 pm. and the snack
bar will be open, 2 to 4 pm. On
Tuesday, the cafeteria will be