Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-08-19
EXCURSIONS.

There can be no more delightful place
found the Potomac to spend a Sunday
than at River View. and many of the bust
ness men of Washington take advantage
of the holiday from business to spend the
day at this pretty resort, lying In the
shade of the trees, resting and getting
ready for the next weeks work. Tomor-
row the usual concerts of the View Orches-
ira will take place on the broad veranda
surrounding the dining room The program
arranged Will embrace all the more pop
ular airs of the day and will be a treat for
music lovers. All the attractions of the
View will be ready to give pleasure, and
the steamer will leave her wharf at IL
am, 2:i3 and 6:iJ pm, and the return
trips viii be made at l, >, 7:30 and $50
7. m. Those desiring a pleasant sail on the
river should take the Steamer Pentz at
G:13 ride down to River View and, without
landing. return on the trip leaving there at
- pm, and reaching home about $40
Z. m.
Chapel Point is one of the most delight
full summer resorts in the whole Of Mary
Lard. and each Sunday the handsome and
fast propeller steamer Estelle Randall takes
q large throng to visit it and the guests at
Hotel Belieview there. Tomorrow the
steamer VIII make another of these popular
trips, leaving her " harf here al a M, and
Alexandria at $50. Stops will be made both
SpitS anu tlut!ii!S at 'llltpi i''etNti ipi
the convenience of those who wish to stop
there. Ample time will be given at Chapel
Point to enjoy the bathing the grabbing
and the fishing and to get one of those old
fashioned Maryland dinners for which the
Hotel Belieview is famous. The moonlight
trip from the Point home tomorrow
night will be q delightful one, and the
steamer will reach here about 10 o'clock.
Colonial Beach has always been the most
popular summer resort on the river, and.
despite the threatening weather, large
throng made the trip to the Beach today
on the steamer Samuel j. Pentz. The
steamer Pentz will make several more trips
to the Beach this summer, the next one be-
ing made on Tuesday, August ~ The
Pentz will leave her wharf here at am
and will reach the Beach before o'clock.
Ample time will be given to enjoy the
bathing and to go grabbing or visit friends
who are spending the summer at the Beach,
and the return trip will be made so as to
reach home by 10 pm. The River View
Orchestra will be on the steamer and will
make sweet music both going and return
ing. This is the only steamer which makes
the trip to the Beach without stops, after
leaving Alexandria, and the return tickets
sold for the Sc trips are good until used to
return on the Steamer Harry Randall This
is Of considerable Importance to those who
wish to remain over day at the Beach.
The fifteenth annual tournament and
dress ban on the green lawns of Marshall
HAN Will take place on Wednesday. August
-. and viii be an event Of interest to
WashinstoniaHs. as we'll as the citizens Of
the ueighboring counties in Virginia and
Maryland. From these latter will come
most Of the bold riders who viii contest
for the cash prize. as well as the honor Of
browning the queen Of the tourney and
leading the grand march at the ball in the
evening. The fitting will commence prompt
II at noon. The officers of the DAY viii be
as follows: Chief marshal. Zen iamiu TUB
herald 70 HE NTG0tCelnprE. aids.
c. Reuben Ferguson and Geo. W. Ferguson;
ju1 ges H. Marshall Thomas. john i. Da-
Wis. DR.. Z. D. Hurti; orators Of the day,
Judge Edward Stake Of HagcrstOwn, Nd,
Judge u. w. Sloan of Cumberland, Nh.
Orators Of the evening. Adrian Poscy of La
Plata. Md. and GvuFge y Pearre nf Cum
brGiaud. Nd. steamer Charles Manchester
will leave for Marshall Hall on Wednesday
at 10 am. 80 ami G::;O pm. returning
leave the Hall at l2:&o 400, and 1918
pm.
August evenings on tho river and August
Sundays al Marshall Hall are two features
that make Washington life in midsummer
attractive. Tomorrow the steamer Charles
Manchester will make three trips to Mar
shall Han. There Will be music hoth on
the boat and grounds by Prof. Scaruelor's
Band and numerous other attractions 10
please both the old and young. Table uhnte
dinner is served in the handsome new din
ing hall ON the arrival of the boat. The
steamer Charles Manchester will leave to-
morrow at II q m. 80 and Csc = m. re-
turning leave the Hail at /, ) and $50 p m.
Indian Head trips are given every week
day at G:&o pm. and Marshall Hall trips
are made on week days at 10 a m. 30 and
$50 pm, and to Mount Vernon at 10 a
and 80 pm.
The mobiles Of Almas Temple have set
aside next Friday, August -. as Shrine day
at River View. The exclusive use of the
grounds and boats belongs to Almas Temple
that day and night. and no other than an
Almas ticket will be recognized boat
to or from River View. In the afternoon
and again in the evening band concerts
will be given, and all the amusements for
both big and little will be in operation. The
net proceeds Of the excursion will be trans
ferred to the Christmas charity fund of
Almas Temple. The afternoon band con-
cert will be by Prof. Chris Ath's organiza-
ton, while the evening concert will be by
Haley's Washington Concert Band. Other
features will comprise songs, dances and
the like by the Twentieth Century Theat-
rical Company: Prof. Peter Barnes and
Georgia Gaines, champion cake walkers; a
rag time cake walk, Prof. Johnston and
lady Of the Coon Hollow Club the West
End Cake Walking Club: twenty darkies in
old-time negro melodies; buck, wing and
grotesque dancing, and two rival cake
walking clubs in competition for a prize.
The river and grounds will be illuminate
at o'clock in the evening