Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-07

Brooks, F. o. Lewis and E. P. Corbett.
Their camp is to be known as Camp Ubi-
dam, ard they will stay two weeks.
The Lost Angels are not worrying very
much about their straits, and seem quite
satisfied TO remain unbound for the>pres-
emit Their members are the following: w.
z. Stearns, ST.; w. E. Stearns, jr.: Thomas
w. Jones and Robert Mahoney. They will
be here until September.
w. H. Lipscomb and son are camping
here and erecting cottage meanwhile,
which they will occupy with the rest of the
family later in the summer.
Harmony Tent down the beach from DIR.
Easton's, consists of three parties Mr.. w.
D. Helen and family. Mr.. and Mrs. A F.
They have been here a week, and expect to
stay a couple of weeks longer.
Charles Mccarthy and family will take
charge of Camp Mt. Vernon on Wednes-
day. THE Misses Lizzie and Jennie Mo
han will be with them.
Among the Campers.
Camp Abbott has lively crowd of fell
lows. who will be in their camp down the
beach for the rest of the season. Among
the party are George W. Moore. Wilbur
Keefer, Henry Conradis. w. ]. Ham
maeker and Walter Hammacker
Mrs. NJ. Magruder, Mr.. and Mrs T. H.
Sturgess, Miss Eva Magruder, Miss Ella
Gallagher, Miss Lottie Thomas and Miss
Hazel Sanford are camping down toward
the point.
Camp l. o. L. 1, consisting of William
Mueller, Irving Suater, Morgan Sherwood,
Morton Mueller and George P. Lowe, will
be at the Beach until September g.
Arthur Coe. F.. Jones and Philip Chapman
have beer tenting here since last Friday,
and will stay two or three weeks more
Camp Caloyo is situated near the Bell
cottage, and is made up of Takoma people.
Mr.. and Mrs. Morris Bien and Mr.. and Mrs
Richard Barnitz and their families will be
here until the LIST of next month.
Camp One Among Many has returned to
Washington, but will probably be back
again late in August. The camp comprised
Mr.. 3. l.. Bowen, wife and daughter, Mrs.
b. o. White and son, Mrs. r. w. Talks and
son, Mrs. William Hooper and Miss Jennie
White.
Camp LIE Droit feeds from its mess box
Harry Heath, Thomas Heath and Dean
Corsa, who will do their own cooking,
washing and ironing throughout the sea-
son.
Camp Greenleaf, over on Monroe bay,
numbers among its members Edward Shea,
Arthur Mulloy, Edward Pyle Frank p.
Crovo James McCauly, David Woods, Jo-
seph Sullivan, Mike Sexton, William Grams
ton and Edward McGraw. All are from
South Washington.
Among those who are enjoying themselves
| at Camp Tramp are Joseph Darneille, Geo.
; Alsted. Joseph Murray. Morris Cunning
ham. Charles Sisson and Jack Walsh.
Colonial Beach has always pridcd itself on
its fast sailboats. A number of the best
sn all craft on the river are to be found
here, and each one is of course the fastest
IL their owners are to be believed. For a
long time ALEC" Curly's American Eagle
which bore a large sign, Bate for Sale" on
Gle side. was the boat which people swore
by. She is now resting in Monroe creek
however. and her former captain is sailing
the Beach people in his new boat, the Min
ME May. "Cap'n Johnson" and his boat,
the Fish Hawk. are known to all VINO
know Colonial Beach. The "cap'n" Is an
old colcred nan, who knows the river bet
ter than he does the alphabet, and is sell
dom TO be seen without his cap on, which L.
embroidered in large letters with the word
Captain" tipped at an angle of 10 degrees
across his forehead. The Edna Earl, Fly
ing Scud, Starlight and Startle are also
warm favorites at Colonial Beach.
Monroe creek, just below the beach, af-
cursions by sailboat to the Wicomico river,
Hog Island light, Blackstone Island and
Colton's Beach are very popular. Wake
field, about three miles below On the Vir-
ginia side. Is also a great spot for visitors.
There Is q new iron screw pile wharf, half
mile long, here, recently built by the
government, with the idea Of establishing a
regular steamboat landing. A mile or %
back from the wharf Is the birthplace of
Washington. where a pile Of old bricks Is
still left from the chimney Of the house
where the father of his country first saw
the light. Then there are fishing excursions
to the Nomini Bluffs. and other choice fish