Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-06-22
MOUNTAINS AND SEASIDE.
Resorts Where One Can Find Comfort
md Pleasure.

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| md Pleasure.
At this season of the year. when the
mercury in the thermometer tries to
| stand on its head and kick its heels high
up in the bulb, and when all the weather
| bureau can promise is slight changes in
| temperature" it is pleasant task to read
| over the advertisements of summer resorts
| and to plan for ones summer vacation.
| One thinks at once Of cool waters and
waving trees, good country board and dips
| in the bracing surf 1t is pleasant to think
| of places remote from asphalt, where low
| ing herds wind slowly DER the lea or where
| the breaking waves dash high on a stern
and rock-bound coast. 1t is said that a
| leIger proportion Of people in Washington
go away for a summer outing than is true
of any other city. For such as these the
summer resort columns in .The Star are
| invaluable for they are full of suggestions
| for those who are in doubt as to just where
| to go. A few hints of the sort follow:
On the Potomac and comparatively near
the city is the Potomac Hotel ST. Georges
Island, Nd, which opens next Tuesday.
phe terms are reasonable enough, the ac-
commodationS excellent, while the place
offers all the attractions of an outing on
the water, and there is music and dancing
of evenings, The island is easily reached
by means OF the river steamers Potomac,
Sue or Arrowsmith.
Less than two hours by rail- from Wash
ington, surrounded by green trees and
shaded lawns. stands the Glencoe Springs
Hotel. Glencoe. Nd. which ought to be
particularly attractive to Washington peo-
pie. The house Is lighted with gas and
fitted with all modern improvements and
supplied with pure mountain spring water.
l. F. Graham is the proprietor.
A good wine needs no bush, and so At
lantic City has charms so well known to
Washingtonians that it is not necessary to
refer to them at length. The Metropolitan
kept by NJ c. Andrews, at Massachusetts
and Atlantic avenues, offers excellent ac-
commodations, with complete sanitary ar
engagements and proximity to warm baths
and inlet.
Paul Steinhagen, the proprietor of the
Columbia Hotel, Missouri avenue and the
beach, Atlantic City, is running a strictly
first-class hostelry at Reasonable rates and
would be glad to hear from Washington
people as to terms and quarters.
Bew's Hotel, Illinois avenue and the
beach, occupies one of the finest locations
at Atlantic City, with modern appoint
ments, including an elevator, with hot and
cold sea water baths in the house Richard
Bew, proprietor, offers perfect service for
the summer.
One of the leading hotels of Ocean Grove
N. J., is the Majestic. The house has just
been finished. and is complete in every par
ticular. 1t is most advantageously situated
on the beach. The hotel opens June %
Ocean City. Md. 1t is so easy of access
that 1t is especially to be desired by resi-
dents hereabouts. The Atlantic Hotel there
is one of the best appointed hotels in the
country, and now enters upon its fourth
season. If you contemplate a trip COM
municate with the Hotel Page, this city, or
T. L. Page, Ocean City.
Leonardtown, with its saltwater bathing,
fishing and grabbing Is only q short dis
lance from this city, and the hotel there.
under the proprietorship of Herbert F.
Moore Is noted for it's fine table, The
hotel Is situated near the beach, and offers
many inducements to those who are in
search of rest.
The Kee Mar summer resort, situated at
Hagerstown, Nd, opened its doors June
house Is we'll appointed throughout, and
everything is frst-class Address Charles
Webb for terms.
The fifteenth season of the Victoria Hotel
at Asbury Park has commenced Mrs. s
Kemper the proprietress, offers reduced
rates until July l. This hotel has many
friends in Washington, and no doubt they
Will be seen there this summer.
Among the well-kept houses at Atlantic
City is the Fortesque House, delightfully."-
situated at the corner of Arkansas avenue
houses to the beach, and offers special in
Sretor for terms.
Messrs. Chambers & Hooper announce
the opening of the Irvington Hotel, at At