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 Wch
started-with tomorrow the Dig
day-with other Washingtonians
scampering to sporty. snappy, ex-
pensiye bathing beaches and noun
tain resorts-folks mp the Potomac.
formed now into colony which
includes tens Of thousands, remain
Good, have 3. 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
ordeys 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 |
Cross, Roy Foster, who plays the /
steel guitar), 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 q part OF |
the camps fame "Cootie," the /
mascot, shares 1t in a slighter de-
gree. Cootie is a war hero, having |
enlisted in the 104th 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-
eellent. The concluding sentence of
his inscribed silver collar states:
.-. Tea and Cakes, Too.
Anchor Inn, directed by Mr.. Fos-
ter. entertains each weekend, and |
every evening before retiring tea |
and cakes appear. Eighteen dinner
guests composed last Sundays gath
ering.
From Venice to New Mexico was
a long way in the days of the trou-
badours, but today II is only 500 /
yards For just that distance below
Anchor i'm may be found the cave
dwellers-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 jewellers 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; ]. Phillip Mon,
secretary and treasurer. and Eugene II
AeGuigsn, assistant. II
Built on . Rock.
For the last two seasons thew oe
cUpled a 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
sers-
Slisht inconveniences, such as
building their tents and PLACING
sneir modern caves on the sides Of
this prominence were experienced
at nrst, but now they are comfort
ante and IN a short while they ex- 4
pect 70 nave the cleyerest and most
unusual dwelling OF thescolony. All J,
tne lads are Washingtonians. They
VIII have a closed regatta and ID
winning meet tomorrow, the Il
Fourth.
AdJotnG all this gayety and friv-
olty OF youth is Idea, Camp. the
rendezvous of the married fo,tr
asong the river. M. and Mrs M
Dyer and Mr.. and Mrs. p. Ryan are {
the hosts at this settlement and
their fun Is the fun OF all the non
eenedicts gathered in the section.
Big Day Tenorrew.
Last Sunday all the married folk I
along the river were their guests 1
md plans for a big day tomorrow 4
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