Evening star., 1898-06-18
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Of tho week At Marshall Hall, II one may
Judge by the increased numbers who spend
ths day there. Both the morning and af-
ternoon trips are well patronixed. many 60
Ing to spend the entire day there, while .
goodly number take the 2:30 pm. boat for
the sail on the river and an excellent din
nsr at Marshall Hall. Everybody spends q
pleasant day at Marshall Hall. for there Ii
something to please all in the way OF
amusements. while many find that spend
ing the day on the green lawns under the
fine old shade trees Is all the enjoyment
they wish for. Another attraction that has
given Marshall Hall more than a local
reputation is the planked shad dinners that
are served in the big dining hall These
clam chowder. ara enjoyed yearly by thou
sands, who do not care to be troubled with
providing luncheon when they go for an
outing. Prof. Schroeder's band will be on
hand to add to the pleasure of the day by
giving the sacred concerts on both the
steamer and at Marshall Hall. Steamer
Charles Manchester leaves 7th street wharf
at IL am. and 2:30 pm
There will be an excursion to Ocean City,
Nd, the queen Of seaside resorts, from
Washington and Baltimore. next Friday,
June "A. under the auspices and for the
benefit Of the st. Rose Industrial School OF
this city. A special train will leave the B.
and Q. depot at 4:3O o'clock, going via Bay
Ridge and connecting with boat for Clai-
borne. and then by special train for Ocean
CITY. The excursion will be limited to 100
from Washington. Returning, the train
will reach Washington about 10 o'clock
Sunday night. Those desiring to take ad-
vantage Of this specially cheap trip will
be required to register at the office Of John
Thursday. Juns %. The bathing and fish
ing at Ocean City. Nd. is said to be the
finest on the Atlantic coast. Everybody is
assured a pleasant time.
The nineteenth annual excursion of the
Caledonia Club will take place next Friday.
River View will be the objective point and
the Pentz will make three trips. There will
be the usual games and cash prizes for
dancing the highland fling by children. 1t
Is expected that the coming event will sur
pass in interest all previous occasions Of
the kind.
The River View line of steamers will to-
morrow make tho first OF this seasons
series of personally conducted trips under
the personal direction of Capt. E. 8. Ran
dali and his corps of assistants. Up to this
time the pressure for charter days has been
SO great that the View management has
been compelled to give up the Sundays and
Wednesdays to charter parties, but from
now on thu trips these days will be
under the direction of the View manage
ment. Sunday trips are particularly popu-
lar with the business men of Washington,
who take advantage of the holiday to spend
a day at the pretty resort resting and get
ting ready for the next weeks work. Tos
morrow the steamers will make four trips
the Pentz at IL am, 2:45 and 6:15 pm, and
the Estelle Randall at 3:45 pm
Today Calvary Baptist Church Sunday
School is having its annual picnic at River
View, and on the 10 am. and 2:15 pm trips
Of the steamer Saml. J. Pentz nearly 2,5OO
children, their parents, aunts and uncles,
have gone to the resort. The children are
having particularly good time, playing
about the broad grounds and shouting and
Laughing to their hearts content
The Saturday night trips to Colonial and
Somerset Beach will be inaugurated by the
opening of the regular season tonight the
steamer Jane Moseley leaving her wharf
at N street at $50 sharp, returning in time
to make her regular Sunday trip at $50
am From that date the boat will
make daily trips to the beach, excepting
Monday. A good feature of this season is
that tickets sold by the boat are good until
day and night at the beach these trips are
a boon in this hot, sultry weather. Splen-
did hotel accommodations can be found at
the beach, and the pure salt water bath
ing is too we'll known to need any praise
on our part. The meals on the boat are
of by all excursionfsts. AS the manage
ment desires to cater only to the best ele-
ment of the excursion going public all OBJ
jectionable characters will be excluded A
good orchestra has been engaged under
the leaderership of Prof Neckar, and up-to-
date selections will be rendered by them
as only musicians under such splendid
rooms can be had at reasonable rates for
those who desire to make the night trip
only. The boat passes the mines at Z: :So
and reaches Washington about O'Clock,
giving nearly three hours at Colonial
Beach and five hours at Somerset Beacn.