Evening star., 1914-05-29
H|KERS ALL ARE EAGER
FOR ANOTHER SUNDAY
Routes for Next "Wanderlust"
Lead Over Historic Vir-
ginia Ground.
Letters of Appreciation Indicate Both
Enjoyment and Benefits
From Outings.

Hikers of Washington. get ready to
hit the trail again Sunday afternoon
This is being urged by the Older
..wanderlusters" and in turn by the new
members of the band upon their friends
for those who have been on Washington 5
community hikes. started several weeks
ago. have become enthusiastic over these
outings.
Next Sunday the afternoon hike is to
hc led by Ewing Summers. known rs the
bird and plant man Starting at the
chain Bridge trolley station on the Cabin
Iohn line at 2.3" pm. Mr. Summers
plans 10 lead the hikers UP Pimmitt run
from the Virginia end of the bridge. ana
thence over hill and dale to Fort tthan
Allen. the largest civil war fortttcatlon
about Washington.
Picturesque and Historic.
This route. Mr. summers said today
leads through Il picturesque as wen as
historic bit of countryside. II Is es-
pecially well chosen. it is said. IN view
of the extremely warm weather as II
leads through very little open, sun-heateo
country. hut mainly through sltd"H
four miles being the total distance 10 ''
covered . f- ,,ood
Weather But said the bird ana plaill
man TODAY. IF shower comes up we
Will dodge it or get caught III IT, anu
have a lively time either way!
Mr. Summers expects to fhd many
Wants flowers and birds which VIII inter
est The nature lovers who make the nike
He knows much about these things as
he has been a ''hiker' for about thfee-
Quarters Of century. 4 Stafttn MN
ing when I was TWO years old' s'i'' ~
summers, and it has been my ch'et
pleasure ever since. lie was BORN III
the wilds of the west
Route for ''Sunrisers.
Gustave A. Gambs is to lead the sun
rise section of the mixers Sunday. THESE
e,rlv nature lovers are TO meet at South
worth Lodge. at Seth street and Prospect
.,,.,,,,a Georgetown. at 80 am. They
viii leave for Chain bridge. on the Cabin
John car line. and. walking over OEali
bridge Will reach the country road Leading
To- t'herrydaIe Va. This they Will leave
AMI heat the woods. following down one
Of the brooks there to the potomac ana
.'trailing'' up another glen to therrN GAZE
where the cars may be taken for the CITY.
tbs expected the return VIII pe Iiie'NS
between noon and l o'clock
Letters of Appreciation.
Many letters of appreciation OF the
hikes continue to arrive. The following
gives an idea of the pleasure received oH
one hiker:
Dear Chief of the Wanderlusters:
Those who had the misfortune to miss
asst SUNDAYS delightful hike" along the
picturesque old towpath of the canal pc
tween Cabin John and Georgetown nave
something 10 regret the rest OF their llVes-
Never did the canal appear to better ad-
vantage nor look more beautiful. dotted
far and thickIy along its gently winding
course with gauy colored canoes. swift
little motor boats, and other more SUD-
stantial-looking craft. each and all
freIshted with its cargo of happy souls
whose smiling faces and bright costumes
fiecked the green waters with many DIT
of color. Under the green willows the
homes of the iockkeeperS CLEANED a shin
ing white Here, likewise. was much evi-
dence of life. human and animal, of the
freside and farm.
Smiling good cheer greeted US from all
sides as passed. Indeed. no matter
where you looked there was life, life
everywhere. the whole place was teem-
ing with it. Sorolla. the Spanish painter
Of laughter and sunshine, would surely
have found an exquisite delight in depict
ing such a scene. In many of the
canoes the male occupants were doubt
less firm adherents of woman's rights,
for in the majority of cases the men lay
lazily basklng in the sun while the wom-
en- did all the padding. Here. also, one
gimpsed many winsome pictures. Per-
haps the most fascinating of all was a
beautiful girl in the lead in helping to
paddle a boat of happy canoeists through
one of the locks. She had fine strong
features and was dressed becomingIy and
simply in a white sailor suit. The brown
skin and severe arrangement of the hair
suggested an Indian and the sturdy
No'lnS arms and even stroke showed the
SRI was no novice at her labors
Further along the canal groups of
happy urchins swan like school of nor
polses or dived delightedly from the tow
path. springinS suddenly into life as il
seemed. from the tall grass fringing the
SIDE OF the canal This was the time
OF life to them and one might well envy
them their happy faces and carefree air.
IN less frequented spots the faithful de-
scendants of one IZaak Walton patiently
piled their tackle. Their persistence re-
calls the old rhyme:
] never DO git the bite wish,
But kin jes' SIT an fish. an fish,
An wish, an wish
However this was not true in every case
Tor there was one man who evidently did
get the bite he wished in the shane of
twelFe-pound carp which he was carry
ing nome to wife or mother.
A Bewitching Four Miles.