Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-18
EXCURSION.

Sundays at Marshall Hall are two features
that make Washington life in midsummer
attractive Tomorrow the steamer Charles
Manchester will make three trips to Mar
shall Hall. There will be music both on the
boat and grounds by Schroeder's Band, and
numerous other attractions to please both
the OLD and young. Table note dinner Is
served in the handsome dining hall on the
arrival of the boat. The steamer Charles
Manchester will leave tomorrow at IL a. M,
2:3O and $50 pm; returning, leave the Hail
at 1, and Q o'clock pm. Indian Head trip
this evening at 8:45 o'clock.
While quite an innovation. the all-day
trips Sundays via the jamestown are al
ready very popular excursions. There are
many residents Of this city who have never
seen the beautiful lower Potomac by day.
and these outings present long-looked-for
opportunity. This splendid new steamers
equipment provides everything the passen-
are served a la carte In the spacious dining
room. There Is buffet. orchestra, etc.
Sailing Sundays at 10 In the morning, the
boat returns to town at In the evening,
leaving again at Tor the regular evening
SAIL given nightly, to II o'clock. Chill
dren are carried for half fare on both the
evening and Sunday excursions.
Every one apparently finds opportunity to
enjoy his favorite pastime at Chevy Chase
Lake Nowhere can one enjoy better music;
the Marine Band Orchestra may be heard
every evening and one may dance to the
same strains, while, in addition, there are
shooting galleries, boats for rowing on the
picturesque lake, bowling alleys, moving
picture, theater and other amusement pro-
moters At night the illumina tons add
much to the attractiveness of the rezort, but
the grounds possess such great natural
beauty that the resort is a popular picnic
place by day. Car service is all that could
be desired.
This season the weekend trips Of the
Norfolk and Washington Steamboat Com
pany have enjoyed unprecedented popular
ity, the steamers sailing Saturday evenings
carrying the large crowds away to pass
Sunday amid the cool winds from the At
lantc which blow continually at Old Point
Comfort Virginia Beach, Ocean View and
the other points reached via these outings.
These trips offer no interruption to bus1-
ness, the steamer carrying passengers back
to town early Monday mornings. Reduced
rate round trip tickets are on sale. At
Norfolk the liners of this company make
daily connections with steamers for New
York and Boston.
There is no more enjoyable way of max
ing the acquaintance of the beauties of the
city's suburbs than to take ride via the
cars of the Kensington railway. Rock
Creek valley, which this route traverses,
is in the judgment Of many the most
From the terminal Wheaton. College and
Garrett Park and other rural residential
places are conveniently reached. The cars
run half hourly from Chevy Chase Lake.
Coal dust, cinders and smoke are the I'M
pleasant part of travel by rail as rule
There is no criticism from such sources via
the Washington-Sunset route excursions
for the locomotives burn oil. There are
many other features that make these trips
to California attractive for the tourist. At
present special rate round trip ticket is
obtainable, which offers stopovers and
pipc On n.
ally conducted trips are made three times
weekly from this city. Particulars will be
furnished by A. ]. Poston, general agent,
511 Pennsylvania avenue, on application
The we, lend trips of the big and fast
steamer st. Johns offer a splendid opportu-
nifty to spend Saturday night and Sunday
on the Potomac, at the prettiest resort on
the river The steamer ST. Johns will leave
here this evening at 5:45 o'clock, make a
flying trip to the resort, and after landing
her passengers will return to make another
trip Sunday morning, leaving here at $40
O'Clock The steamer with the steamer T..
". Arrowsmith, will leave Colonial Beach
tomorrow afternoon at o'clock, and Will
reach home at 1870 o'clock. Meals will be
served on the steamer on all trips, and the
big Colonial Beach Hotel is open for the
reception Of guests. Several hundred per-
sons took advantage of the early afternoon
trip Of the Arrowsmith and went to the
Beach this afternoon.
The summer excursion season on the Po-
tomac Is now in its closing week. The Sun
day outings at River View with the seeing
the Potomac trips by 'searchlight in the
evening have proven very popular this sea-
son, and throngs large enough to comfort
ably fill the big steamer Queen Anne have
been taking advantage of them these hot
days The steamer leaves here tomorrow
at IL am. and 2:3O pm. and goes to River
View. Several pleasant hours can be spent
by the visitor at the resort, and on the
evening trip of the steamer from this city
at 80 o'clock the visitor can go aboard the
steamer and enjoy the cool ride down the
river. On the return trip the steamer will
stop at the View again to take aboard those
who wished to remain there, and will reach
home about 10 pm These Sunday outings
are the most pleasant out of Washington.