The Washington times., 1925-06-27
Outdoor Resorts

WASHINGTON ROOF-The Ho-
tel Washington roof garden for
the third week Of its reopening
continues to feature Brooke Johns
and his Oklahoma collegians.
Many speciality numbers by
Brooke Johns win be included in
the nightly entertainment
The roof presents a distinct in
noVation. in that on rainy nights
the entertainment and supper
dancing is held under the in
closed roof OF the hotel. The
lighting and decorations of the
garden have been pronounced
most beautiful.
For the Fourth of July, q
special program will be presented
by Johns and his entertainers.
All during the week the roof will
open at $3.50 p. m. and the enter
tainment will continue on through
until 1890.
GLEN ECHO-G Glen Echo,
Washington's famous free ad-
mission amusement resort, is said
TO compare most favorably with
any of Americas leading amuse-
ment parks. Glen Echo being
located in a beautiful wooded
section of Maryland it is natur-
ally shady and cool practically
all the time. On week nights
from $50 to 11:30 the beautiful
hall room is the mecca for
dancers, who sway to the jazz
tunes of Happy" Walker, him
self playing with and directing
his star band, 1.-THE Golden
Pheasants.' The ballroom is
cooled by natural breezes with
the addition Of electric fans.
Glen Echo offers a score of
diversified ADJUSTMENTS, thrilling
and entertaining features. Fore
most among these and one of the
most popular. being new this
season, is the ''Frolic." Then
the old favorites: the big dips,
derby racer, ginger snap whip,
old mill, big midway and carous-
sci, continue to attract.
COLONIAL BEACH Colonial
Beach, reached by a delightful
seventy mile daylight sail aboard
the Steamer st. Johns, which
leaves the Seventh street wharf
every Saturday at 2:30 p. m, and
Sunday at 9 a. m, offers prac-
tdcally everything found at an
a1p-to-date resort. There is salt
water bathing, fishing, grabbing,
dancing in the large pavilion,
built out over the water, and
other boardwalk attractions.
Free dancing aboard the st.
Johns is popular feature OF
every trip to and from the beach.
At Colonial Beach ample hotel
and cottage accommodations are
available for the day, over the
weekend or vacation period.
Nightly at 7:15 except Satur-
DAYS and Sundays the st. johns
carries pleasure seekers on the
Sorty-mile moonlight trips.
CHESAPEAKE BEACH-Gov-
eminent employees and others
puzzled by the annual question,
SWhere shall we spend OUR va
cation?" are finding solution
in the allurements OF Chesapeake
Beach, on the bay, merely an
hour away.
There are hotels, offering rea-
sonable rates and cottages may
be rented for any period ranging
from a week to the entire season.
Excellent train service makes
committing entirely feasible. Many
persons are renting cottages for
Week-ends all summer long. ,,
Those who seek just a single
days outing, desiring a change
= scenery, recreation, and relief
from summer heat, find the beach
a delightful retreat. Breeze-swept,
the resort offers GOODNESS and
quietude.
Ceilings Dagmoir Orchestra en-
Iivens the boardwalk with daily
dance music. Other attractions
are fishing, boating, picnictdng
in shady groves overlooking the
bay, bathing on sandy bottom in
screened area, and amusements
truly without end, including the
Giant derby racer. the dodgem,