Evening star., 1896-07-04
EXCURSIONS.

The employees of the Capital Traction
Company will give their first annual ex-
cursion to Marshall Hall next Tuesday.
This is the same organization that gave
excursions under the name of the Wash
ington and Georgetown Company Employees
Relief Association, and the outings in the
past have been highly successful and en-
1cyable. The committee in charge of Tues
days trip consists of members of the board
of directors and is composed of D. p
Moore, PRESIDENT: George Downing, John
Schofield. w. Baden, E. NARROW and w.
Jones. Three regular trips of the Macal-
ester will be made.
The usual Sunday trips to picturesque
River View will be run tomorrow and the
usual large Sunday crowd is expected to
visit the View. These Sunday trips are very
popular and hundreds of clubs and business
men who during the week do not have an
opportunity to get out of town take ad-
vantage of the Sunday holiday to spend
the day away from the heat of the city on
the cool and grassy lawns of the View. On
the evening trip numbers go down for the
pleasant ride the Potomac. The new
water chute and other attractions on the
grounds will afford amusement to all. The
Steamer Pentz will leave her wharf at II
IN, 2:4o ard . pm. and will return at l.
8. 7:3O and $50. The best dinner on the
Potomac river can be had in the cafe.
There are few spots around Washington
as favored by nature for a pleasure resort
as Marshall Hall. The Hall forms an ideal
spot to spend a warm Sunday, and its
quiet GOODNESS proves q wonderful attrac-
tion for tired. hot and dusty city folks.
Music is rendered throughout the afternoon
by Prof Schroeder's Orchestra on the band
pavilion. The green lawns and shady cor
rers in and around the Hall are especially
beautiful at this time Of year and there is
always a breeze to be found somewhere
around the place. The Manchester and
River Queen will make the usual trips to-
morrow.
The second annual excursion of the s.
D. M U. is announced for tomorrow at
Colonial Beach. The steamer Jane Moseley
Will be used, and the start will be made at
"a m from Barber & Ross pier, at the
made at the beach, and excursionists will
find all the attractions of the place. in
Guiding the salt water bathing, in full run
ming order.
The John Sylvester will leave tomorrow
morning for Colonial Beach at o'clock
Trips on the Sylvester are enjoyable on
account of the comfort and ease to be
found on board of the craft. There are
no state rooms. and every inch of avail
able space is given up to the use of ex-
cursionists.
The steamer Jane Moseley will make her
regular Sunday trip to Colonial Beach to-
morrow morning at o'clock. The MoseIey
Is fast, commodious and comfortable, and
the cuisine on board the boat is excellent
Pistorio's band furnishes music on the
trips and the full allowance Of time is al
lowed at the beach.
For the benefit of Christian Endeayorers
who desire to visit Fortress Monroe, Nor
folk. Portsmouth, Newport News, Ocean
View. Virginia Beach and the Atlantic
ocean. the Norfolk and Washington Steam
boat Company will run day boat between
washington and these points from July
to II, inclusive. The fast sailing and mod
ernly equipped Newport News will leave
7th street wharf July Z. o. II, IS, Is and
days at 7:15 pm. During the Christian En-
deavor convention the reduced rates will
prevail on the regular night boats Also or
passengers can go by day and return by
night, and vice versa