The Washington herald., 1921-07-03
MODERN LORELE
LURE CANOElSTS
TO SUDDEN VOWS
Padding Couples Choke
River When Music
Breaks Forth.
NOT BOURGEOIS NOW
Pleasures of Capitals Water
way Appeal These Days to
High and Not-So-High.
NOT BOURGEOIS NOW

With the summer season wen
started-with tomorrow the Dig
day-vith other washingtonians
seampering to sporty. snappy. ex-
pensiye bathing beaches and noun
tain resorts-folks mp the Potomac
formed now into a colony which
includes tens of thousands. remain
Good. have B. day-in-day-out good
time, and laugh up their sleeves at
their less fortunate friends.
The greatest year in the history
Of the river colony" Is already a
justifiable boast Mr.. Farley. Of the
Dempsey boat landing. who has
tutored Washington canoeists fol
the past decade, believes that the
once common idea that the river
is bourgeois has been entirely
forgotten
watch Your Daughter!
In place of this there has arisen
a fondness for all that pertains to
the Upper Potomac and this liking
embraces all stations and circles of
Washington life and society.
But mothers, have you ever heard
OF romance. Venice, the troubadours.
the power of music? II your
prettiest daughter appalls you some
morning with the declaration that
she has found the supreme JOY, and
ordeSs the wedding feast to be in
course of preparation Immediately,
do not be alarmed-just realize that
she has been canoeing on the Po-
tomac the night before, which was
probably moonlight, and that she
rested her paddle opposite Anchor
Inn and heard the Hallroom Boys
with their guitars and mandolins.
Let the music critics carve with
the trenchant blade of satire the
melodies of today What they need
is a canoe and a girl in midstream,
opposite this inn, to hear with their
own ears the majestic harmonies
of the octette who label themselves
the Hallroom Boys.
Applause L. Aesthetic.
When Hawaiian guitars whine
their prettiest music across a moon
lit water. with heavily treed banks
throwing the finest shadow over a
soft stream which ripples in the
daintiest sort of a way, the aes-
thetic is satisfied.
Every night since Anchor Inn was
established, the misty region op-
posite has harbored myriad canoes.
Saturday night the stream was we'll
nigh impossible. After each num-
ber-and the boys are in nowise
stingy-applause that would cheer
the heart of the worlds prima DON
mas and symphony orchestras form
ed the climax to the melodies.
The members of the octette are
Clifford Cox. Arch Levy. Monte
Gross. Roy Foster, who plays the
steel Kuitar), Charles Conrad. Flick
Franklin. Burnie Heidenreichm,
Rand Saunders and Ray Taylor. The
first four are original members of
the camp. In all there are sixteen
members.
But the music is only a part OF
the camps fame. "Cootie," the
mascot. shares it in a slighter de-
gree. Cootie is a war hero, having
enlisted in the 1o4th Motor Mobile
Ordnance September 4, 1918, when
three months old, and having par
ticipated in the battle at Verdun
from October IS to 90. A service
chevron was authorized for him on
March 4, 1919. and a wound stripe
was also authorized for a broken
jaw he received in the engagement.
HIS character is declared to be ex-
cellent. The concluding sentence of
his inscribed silver collar states:
IF A W. o. l., Notify Arthur Levy"
Tea and Cakes, Too.
Anchor Inn, directed by Mr. Fos-
every evening before retiring tea
and cakes appear. Eighteen dinner
guests composed last Sundays gath
ering.
From Venice to New Mexico was
long way in the days of the trou-
hadours, but today 1t is only 500
yards. For just that distance below
Anchor I'm may be found the cave
dvellers-not necessarily cave men,
although no doubt they have been
called that.
The name of the camp Is Yapo,
also a stirring reminder of the days
when red men, seeking the high life
OF the times, withdrew themselves
and their homes far up into the sides
of mighty cliffs, dug themselves into
the rocks, and became known to
posterity as the cliff-dwellers of the
Southwest.
There are fifteen boys in Yapo
camp. and they have been prominent
IN Potomac River life for the last
three years. The officers are E. F.
Sweeney, president; Elmer McGui-
gan, vice president; J. Phillip Mon,
secretary and treasurer. and Eugene
AeGuigsn, assistant.
Built on . Rock.
For the last two seasons they oc-
cUpied camp above their present
site, but due to exigencies of this
season they were compelled to move
south Their place Is the only one
OF It's kind on the river. 1t is CREST
ed high upon solid masses of rocks,
ana directly opposite the Three Sis
tera
SiiSht Inconvenience, such as
building their tents and placing
their modern caves on the sides of
this prominence were experienced
at first, but now they are comfort-
able and in a short while thew az
pect TO have the cleverest and most
unusual dwelling Of the'colony. All
tne lads are Washingtonians. They
VIII nave a closed regatta and
swimming meet tomorrow, the
Fourth.
: Adjoing all this gayety and friv.
olty of youth is Idea, Camp, the
rendezvous of the married folk
asons the river. M. and Mrs. M
Dyer and Mr.. and Mrs. p. Ryan are
the hosts at this settlement ana
their fun Is the fun OF all the non
eenedicts gathered in the section.
Big Day Teaorrew.
Last Sunday all the married folk
along the river were their guests
and plans for a big day tomorrow