Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-14

the ocean. where every phase of summer
enjoyment is to be had in unlimited
abundance. Bathing. sailing. fishing.
grabbing and watching the sea waves can
be INDUCED in to the hearts content.
Manhattan Beach. Rockaway Beach.
Far Rockaway: Long Beach. Montauk.
Sag Harbor. Shelter Island. Greenport
and a hundred other points offer their
varied attractions to the summer visitor.
The Long Island railroad threads every
nook and corner of the island with its
network of electric cars and furnishes
quick transportation to and from the
great city. One of the choicest bits of
water front on the American continent
is said to be that section of Long Island
known as the north shore. Here at
his tent when the days grow
long and sultry. and here. too, may
be found innumerable places where those
less lofty may do likewise. Whitestone,
Hampstead Harbor and Sea Cliff. Great
Neck, Port Washington. Roslyn and Glen
Cove are among the beauty spots of the
island. Blue Point and Patchogue are
also dear to the transient summer guest.
Westhampton. Quogue and tine fashion
able Shinnecock Hills are others. One
TO end, there are so many, each in its turn
possessing peculiar charms of its own
and all delightfully."- pleasant places to
spend the summer vacation.
More Water Trips.
No more delightful trip can be taken
than that by steamship from New York
down east to Maine. Especially enjoya-
bic is it in the summer, when a voyage
on the salt water affords a delightful re-
lief from city streets and the heat on
land. The route of the Maine Steamship
Company from New York to Portland
offers many especially attractive features
The scenery of the East river. Long Is
land sound. Vineyard sound. Cape Cod
and Portland harbOr can be enjoyed by
daylight. and embraces much that is of
especial interest to the traveller.
There Is no need to recount what may
be seen on the way up the East river. be-
meath the three great bridges spanning
1t. and between the towers of the fourth.
with all of the borough of Manhattan on
one side and the boroughs of Brooklyn
and Queens on the other. After passing
between Fort Schuyler, on Throgs Neck.
and Fort Totten, on Long Island the
sound is entered before nightfall. but
soon the flashing lights on many points
ger. and the night can be spent In sleep
in the full assurance that there is Sleep
less lookout guarding from peril.
When Vineyard Sound is reached day
has come again. and these interesting
points are quickly passed: East Chop.
Cape Poge. Cross Rip lightship. Sankaty |
Head, Handkerchief and Shovelful light |
ships and Monomoy Point. Then the |
"Slue of Pollock Rip" is entered. emerg- |
ing from which the vessel is off Cape Cod.
on the bosom of the broad Atlantic. 1t |
was on the wave was shed shore of Cape |
Cod that the Pilgrims landed from the |
Mayflower before they crossed over to |
Plymouth Rock to make their permanent |
home in its vicinity.
Cape Cod.
From Cape Cod northward the course |
of the vessel bound for Portland passes |
Chatham. Nauset and the famous High |
land Light. the most easteriy point of |
Massachusetts. and then stretches away |
to Thatcher's Island. Cape Ann and past |
the Isle of Shoals. which lies nine miles
from the New Hampshire coast, and past |
lonely Boon Island, and then the two
lights on Cape Elizabeth are seen and |