Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-06-29
ENJOYED THEMSELVES
Washington Correspondents as Guests Of the
Pennsylvania Railroad.
Several Days Spent Down by the Sea-
Without an Unpleasant
Feature.

The party of Washington correspondents.
with the ladies of their families. who took
part In the annual outing to Cape May
rendered by the Pennsylvania railroad, re-
turned to Washington yesterday afternoon
at 4:30 o'clock. Every one was well, all
were delighted with the trip and its pleas
ures, and it was a sunburned and jolly
crowd that filed into the 9Th street station.
The company left Washington last Fri
day morning on special train, in charge
of Mr.. c. Studs, passenger agent for the
sc utheastern district, whose presence dur
ing the entire trip added great deal to
the pleasure of the participants. At Balti-
more a delegation of newspaper people
from that city was taken aboard, and the
train stretched away for Phila delphia. On
this part of the road the train did some
fast running, making a large portion of
the distance at the rate of thirteen miles
in fifteen minutes. Lunch was served in
the Broad street station at Philadelphia
ard forty minutes were devoted to mani
! testing appreciation of the way the Penn
sylvana railroad can provide for its guests
The party received additions at Philadel-
phia, and several cars were added to the
II ain. Mr.. George W. Boyd. assistant gen.
eral passenger agent, and Mr.. Barksda,e
CT the literary bureau of the road also
Joined the company there. The run down
to Cape May was made in quick time and
by a little after 4 o'clock the majority Of
the visitors were in the surf. At Cape May
the excursionists were entertained at the
stockton Hotel They were guests of the
pennsylvania railroad in every sense of the
word and were made to feel very much at
home. For the time being they owned ev-
erythfng in sight of Cape May including
the bathing houses street car line and the
yachts at SewelIs Point
Their stay at the Stockton Hotel was
rendered pleasanter by the fact that the
house has just been painted and renovated
&c
span and bright as a new pin. Although it
required nine cars to transport the com
psny to Cape May, the people seemed, in
comparison, to appear as no more than a
corporals guard in the spacious halls and
VICE Hobbies of the great hotel
SATURDAY and Sunday were two ideal days
as lar as the weather was concerned hut
there were not enough hours in them to
enable the people to extract all the Meas.
IRE which the opportunities afforded. Sat
urday morning after breakfast the COM
pahy broke up into little groups Some
went yachting out to sea Others went fish
ing others bicycling along the firm sand of
the beach at the edge of the rolling break
ers All during the forenoon and after
noon the bathing beach was patronized.
If the beach at Cape May is not the finest
on the Atlantic coast 1t certainly cannot
De surpassed by any other, and the surf
bathlng was superb. The water was de-
Hghtful, Just cool enough to brace one and
make one feel like turning handsnr;nes on
the Deach The sands presented an ami
mated appearance during the day, with the
brlsnt-colored parasols and the light dress
es of the ladies dotting the beach in every
direction. and the pictuI esque costumes OF
the bathers who spent as much time frol-
licking on shore as they did in the water.
Saturday night hop was given In the ball
room, and Sunday night the orchestra rem
dered a sacred concert
Some practical jokers among the CORE
spondents who stayed at home came near
causing a stampede by firing a volley of
kilograms containing the startling informa-
ton that Consul General Lee had been as
saulted in Havana, the American flag tram
pied, and that trouble was imminent. The
wires were warm for a few minutes with
the exchange of kilograms until the fake
was exploded, and the railway time cards
which had been consulted with a view to
se-ting back to the capital in a hurry, were
dropped.
the company left Cape May yesterday
morning at 10 o'clock and made a quick
ana pleasant journey home. stopping at
the Broad street station for lunch There
was not an unpleasant incident to mar the
trip at any time. and the veterans said thai
this particular annual outing given by the
PENNSYLVANIA railroad was one of the most
delightful Of the series, stretching over a
number of years.