The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-06-28
CITY POINT MECCA
!. OF BUSINESS men |
CLUB WILL END HOT, BUSY WEEK
WITH EXCURSION DOWN RIVER
THIS AFTERNOON.
MUCH FUN PLANNED
COMMITTEE IN CHARGE OF THE
GET-ToGETHER OUTING AR
RANGES PROGRAM VOID OF
DULL MOMENTS.
MUCH FUN PLANNED
All aboard for City Point!

All aboard for City Point!
With colors flying. music playing
and the jolliest crowd that ever trod
her decks the gallant steamer Berke-
ley will leave her wharf at 12:30
o. clock this afternoon conveying the
members of the Business Mems club
on their annual outing. The objective
point of the excursionists will be City
Point, where an hour or more VIII ne
spent as guests of that hospital town.
with the probability of stop at
Varina, the beautiful plantation home
of Mr.. Sydnor. The excursionists Will
be back in Richmond at o'clock.
A hard. hot weeks work over, the
business men will throw dignity to the
winds and propose TO enjoy their half
holiday to the limit, on this cooling
trip down the river. The committee in
charge of the outing guaranteed at the
outset that there would not be one
dull moment from the time the
steamer leaves the dock until she re-
turns to Richmond, and a peep at the
program prepared for the trip. much
of which Is being reserved as surprises
for the members. is evidence that the
committee will make good It's promise.
Music and Food.
To begin with there will be plenty
of music, both instrumental and vocal,
lunches will be served and the liquid
part of the luncheon Will be handed
out in glasses.
In the matter of entertainment the
committee has arranged among other
things guessing contests in which prizes
will be awarded: a fight between a
bulldog and whangdoodle. The
Church Hill tom cat engaged for this
scrap was taken i'll, but the dog Is as
fit as a fiddle and so is the whang-
doodle, which was captured Monday
in the Dismal Swamp. A mock trial
will be another feature, at which Judge
Thomas P. Bryan will preside and at
which President Alvin NJ. Smith will
be the defendant. The charge against
him is to be trumped up later. The
counsel will be selected from among
the members on the boat. The checker
and chess outfits of the club Will be
carried along in order that those who
like may indulge in these quiet games,
and others who are too dignified for
the spirited fun with which the pro-
gram is replete may indulge in game
OF setback. 1t would not be at all
surprising If the club finds a clambake
or something OF that sort awaiting II
at City Point, but II 1t doesn't there
will be entertainment and to spare on
the boat, and In the delightful sail
down the James the business men will
forget the cares and oppressive heat
of the week.
May Invite Friends.
Those members who have forgotten
to secure tickets may get them at the
Old Dominion wharf this afternoon
and the members are also at liberty
to take friends with them IL they de-
sire. The object of the trip Is purely
pleasure and cementing of the good
fellowship that exists in the organiza'
ton. Every member will be tagged
as he boards the steamer to carry out
the provisions of the guessing contest
and President Smith has announced
that every member who does not know
every other member of the boat by the
time Richmond Is reached at Might
will be fined. For the members who
knows the greatest number of mem
bers a handsome prize will be giver
and one also to the best known mem
Der
The boat leaves the Old Dominion
dock promptly at 1890. and thu
slogan Is:
1--WE shall know each other better
AS the James goes rolling by"