Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-17
EXCURSIONS.

Inc attractions at Marshall Hall tomor.
row will be varied and numerous Besides
the natural attractiveness of the place, the
green lawns and fine old shade trees and
numerous diversions of an innocent char
acter, there will be concerts, both On the
BOAT and grounds, by Schroeders Band all
day and evening. The steamer Charles
Manchester will run the regular Sunday
schedule, leaving at II am, 2:3O and $50
pm. Those who go tomorrow are assured
of cool trip, both going and returning.
The sunsets on the water at this season are
especially beautiful and passengers can en-
JOY them to the full
A delightful prelude to stay at the
jamestown fair is the sail down the beau
tiful Potomac and broad Chesapeake via the
folk and Washington line. These vessels
are masterpieces of ship construction and
their comfortable cabins, cool staterooms
and excellent dining room appointments
combine to make every moment spent
aboard delightful and restful. On the day
service steamers sail at S am, giving pas
sengers an excellent opportunity to see all
the points of historic interest along the
river. Night liners leave It'll street wharf
at $50 pm.
On the southwark trip both day and night
boats land at the Exposition pier. Con-
venient connections with steamers for Bos-
ton and New York are made daily at Nor
folk Travellers can obtain tickets and all
information at the wharf, or at 7O5 18th
street
Sunday evenings find music lovers out in
full force at Chevy Chase Lake. There is
no dancing. and the entire evening is de-
voted to music, the large section Of the
Marine Band rendering programs of excep-
uonal attractiveness. On week day nights
the concerts are terminated early enough to
permit several hours of dancing in the great
pavilion. The moving picture theater at
the Lake is a popular spot the fire.
Quent change Of pictures causing the rustic
building to be crowded every evening
Bowling. shooting and rowing are also we'll
satisfactory at all times under all circum-
stances.
The usual weekend trips of the big ex-
cursion 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 5:45 this after
noon and again tomorrow morning at S:45
o'clock. Those who go on the trip tomor-
row will have several hours at the Beach
to enjoy the grabbing and fishing, or to
take a cool saltwater bath in the briny
Potomac before starting for home at p. M
The steamer will arrive here tomorrow
night about 1870 pm, after cool and
pleasant sail up the river
Colonial Beach. the Atlantic City of
Washington, is delightful place at which
tired and worn out. and almost as soon as
you arrive you feel refreshed by the salt
air and saltwater baths. The new bathing
pavilion erected this summer by the Wash
ington and Potomac Steamboat Company
is a handsome building, and is complete
in all Its details are the bathing houses
at any of the big resorts in the north The
St. Johns stops at Alexandria on all trips.
A long ride by moonlight on the Potomac
In the evening Is very attractive PROPOSE
ton these hot days, and the steamers Harry
Randall and ST. Johns are making just such
trips. Tomorrow evening the steamer Har
ry Randall will leave her wharf here at
$50 o'clock and will sail down the Potomac
and back again on run to about Indian
Head and will reach home about 1890
o'clock. fine orchestra, under the leader
ship Of Prof Chris Arth. will render con-
cert music on this trip, and the outing
promises to be most attractive one.
Monday evening the big and fast steamer
st. Johns will make a forty-mile run down
the Potomac. She will leave her dock at
6:45 o'clock and will return so as to arrive
home again about II o'clock special
feature of this trip will be music and dane
ing. These Monday evening dancing trips
will be repeated each Monday during the
season and will prove very attractive, espe-
cially to the young people. Stops will be
made at Alexandria on the trips of the
Harry Randall and the st. Johns.
At Chesapeake Beach the bathing con-
tinues to attract hundreds daily. while the
grabbing and fishing afford ample variety
for those who care to spend several days
or weeks recuperating after having spent
the great portion of the heated season in
the city. The excellent passenger service
that is maintained both daily and Sunday
offers inducements to fraternal. religious
and social organizations to select Chesa-
peake Beach for their outings. All of the
outings that have been scheduled thus
far this season have been largely attended
and have been great financial successes.
The amUSementS at the beach have been
especially popular this season, and when
all the advertisements are in full swing the
resort resembles a miniature Coney Island