Evening star., 1897-07-31
At POINT LOOKOUT.
Enjoying Life tu Cottage aud im
Tent.

Correspordcnce Of The Evening Star.
POINT LOOKOUT. Nd. July -. 1877.
No more picturesque place could lac i'm
asined for camping or cottagng than Point
Lookout. the farthest extremity Of Mary
land. where the Potomac river joins chesa-
pcake bay. There is no hotel here, nor
arc the means OF getting TO the Point the
test. hut In spite of this fact the place is
always favcrite summering spot for
Washingtonians. and to less exieEt for
Baltimore people There is the splendid
view. Chesapeake bay reaches its widest
point here, and the opposite shore is not
visible, while the southern edge of tho
Potomac is but a faint blre line. Then
there is the bathing. The beach here IL
admitted to be the best i'm this neigh hbor-
hood. and the large eNpanse of open water
makes it the toughest point on the hay. so
rough. indeed. that al times there is a
genuine surf.
Thor are a number of Washington peo-
pie occupying cottages here. Mrs. Carrie
Phelps is located about quarter of a
mile from the lighthouse. Louis IL. Phelps
and Miss Clara Phelps are with her.
Mrs. :. w. Snow has opened her cottage
for the summer. and Is here together with
Miss May Snow, Miss Matte Snow, Ros-
well Snow and Miss Margaret wasn-y Of
Capitol Hil They plan TO toe here for the
greater part OF the warm weather.
John ID. Leonard and Miss Elizabeth
Leonard are here for the summer IA their
cottage on the bay front.
s. NJ: Ryder and family are located in
their place near the lighthouse. q. = Lin
denkohl Of the Columbia Athletic club is
visiting with them for a few weeks.
One of the interesting things at Point
Lookout is the Lighthouse. There Is a gov
ernment wharf here. ard number OF
storage houses which are used In the buoy
service. All buoys in the lighthouse ser
Al ica ara fnk Ion 1aaSf
repainted. AZ this is quite q central point,
large numbers of buoys are brought here
through the summer to be painted and
repaired. Owing to the frequent heavy
water IL is difficult 10 Keep small sailing
craft at Point Lookout. Their. is no ha--
bor. and all the boats har. to be beach..d
on the sand when not i'm use.
Although there are but few scattered
trees nearer than half a mile from the
Point this place has nevertheless always
been a popular one for campers. There is
daily mail. and although communication
with the city is somewhat difficult. pro-
duce Is brought in from the surrounding
country by the ft rners. and camping Is
Tade both easy and pleasant. Carl &.
Mueller and A. B. Parson wer. the first
to take possession OF the place with their
tents this summer. Their camp * within
a stones throw of the lighthouse. and they
have since been Joined 10y Harry j. Brown.
Roy Burnham and James :. Iilssett. or
ton Meigs viii also be down a little later.
The boys are having first class time.
They are as brown as Sandwich Islanders.
equally hungry, and equally indifferent as
to what they eat. No time is wasted and
while they not swimming grabbing
they ere busy fishing and hunting.
Camp Strout, which went IL ny
magic the first of this week is compoScd
! cf DIR. Clarke. J. Morrison. Robert McPher-
| sen, X. III. Oleson. W. q. Stuart and J.
William Beatty. Tie boys already seem
like old settlers.
A party of nail carriers and policen, an
who invariably camp out here during the
summer are expected to make their an
nual visit next month. Fifteen students
from Columbian University are also plan
| ming to go into camp at Point Lookout. and
| ii is possible that scme of tho Morton
Cadets may b. down for a short stay later
On.
A very enjoyable dance was given I'm one
OF the vacant cottages On the beach last
Friday night. at which number of people
10th from Point Lookout and the surround
ing places in ST. Mary's county were gath
cred.