Evening star., 1907-08-10

ExCURsIoNs

A long cool ride on the Potomac in the
evening 10 very attractive proposition
these hot days. and tomorrow evening the
steamer Harry Randall will leave her
wharf here at $50 o'clock and will sail
down the Potomac and back again on q
run of about forty miles. and will reach
home about 1890 o'clock. fine orchestra
under the leadership Of Prof Chris Arth,
will render concert music on this trip. and
the outing promises to be a most attractive
one
Monday evening the big and fast steamer
ST. Johns will make a forty-mile run down
the Potomac. She viii leave her dock at
640 O'Clock. and will return so as to arrive
home again about IL o'clock. special
feature of this trip will be music and
dancing. These Monday evening dancing
trips will be repeated each Monday during
the season. and will prove very attractive.
especially to the young people. stops Will
be made at Alexandria on these trips.
The usual week k-end trips Of the popular
excursion steamer st. Johns will be made to
Colonial Beach this afternoon and tomor-
row morning, the steamer leaving her
wharf, foot of 7th street. at b:4S this after
noon and again tomorrow morning, at $40
o'clock. Those who go on the trip tomor-
row will have several hours at the neach
to enjoy the grabbing and fishing, or to
Potomac before starting for home at .
pm. The steamer will arrive here to-
morrow night about 1890 pm. after cool
and pleasant sail up the river.
Washington. is delightful place at which
to spend an August vacation. You go there
tired and worn out from the hot days and
hotter nights spent amid the brick walls
Of the city, and almost as soon as you ar
rive you feel refreshed by the salt air
and saltwater baths. The bathing at the
Beach is fine, and the grabbing and nshlng
are unsurpassed anywhere. The new bath
Washington and Potomac Steamboat Com
pany is a handsome building, and is as oon-
plete In all its details as are the bathing
houses at any of the big resorts in the
north.
Marshall Hall is q resort where Sunday
may be delightfully."- spent All kinds of
harmless amusements may be indulged In.
boating, bathing, fishing, &C., and Prot.
Schroeder's Band plays sacred concerts that
prove enjoyable Table d'hote dinner and
meals la carte are served in the well-ap-
pointed dining hall all day and evening.
The dairy lunch will serve those who only
care for light lunch. AS tomorrow no
who want to escape the heat can spend the
day at Marshall Hall, where 1t is always
cool. Steamer Charles Manchester will make
three trips tomorrow, leaving at IL am,
2:30 and $50 Pm
A trip to Chevy Chase Lake Is always
thoroughly enjoyed by those to whom the
better class of amusements appeal. The ex-
cellent concerts given by the Marine Band
musicians are a notable. feature at this
popular pleasure resort. These concerts are
rendered every evening, irrespective Of
weather conditions. The musical programs
are SO arranged as to prove equally en-
joyable to lovers Of the popular well as
the classical airs. Motion pictures in the
ing are among other forms of diversion
which may be enjoyed Visitors to THE
Lake find the car service source Of great
satisfaction.
OF all routes leading to the jamestown
exposition 1t Is doubtful If there is one
more delightful than that offered by the
Norfolk and Washington Steamboat Com
pany. The excellently constructed and mag
pany leave Washington daily arriving at
the fair before nightfall By this means
the tourist is afforded an opportunity to
View the scenic beauties Of the Potomac
and Chesapeake bay under ideal conditions.
II desired, the night boats, which leave this
city at $50 pm, may be utilized
On the southbound trips passengers are
landed directly at the exposition pier. thus
obviat1ng the inconvenience and delay ex-
perienced in reaching the exposition via
trolley or ferry. Boats stop at Old Point
trips. Commodious and well-ventiated state
rooms, unsurpassed dining service and other
modern conven!ences contribute to the en-
jOyment of these trips. Convenient connec-
tions are made at Norfolk with steamers
for New York and Boston.