Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-06
Along the Water Front

By Carol Klotzbach-

A LONG the Waterfront! And out
~ past the point through Four
N Mile Run to Alexandria and
points onward-Point Maryland,
Lower Cedar. Piney and Lookout. Then
northward to solomons-but more OF
that later.
We have a friend recently moved to
what Is commonly known as "MaSsa-
chusetts Avenue Extended" We have
been investigating the Waterfront
Extended" Extended and expanded,
sailed and filled with fish and crabs
(though fortunately there are few of the
colloquial VARIETY. and covered with all
sorts OF boats, motor, sail and steam,
and all of them and it interesting.
Herewith our report.
IT'S a big place. Example: One eve
i ming we anchored for the night in
MattawomAn in company with Capt.
Taylor of the Sally Ruth. Now the
Sally Ruth and the Swan are of the
same speed. We sailed from Malta
woman within an hours time. We have
lost each other completely since, there
being not so much as a glimpse in the
broad reaches.
We are cut off from the great world.
No, our radio worketh not. We have
certain taboos. The radio switch must
not be pulled on. Check and double
check" are out. No one may mention
movies. Politics. Bridge. Golf. We
have severed our ties. We are on our
own. We are explorers, and who, ex-
cept Admiral Byrd, ever heard of a real
true explorer having these things? It
just isn't done. Not in the best ex-
ploring circles.
0NLY one thing mars our complete
~ happiness. We have plenty to ex-
plore, we have uninhabited and
desert places, we are out of communica-
ton, we have strange and ferocious
fighters to deal with (the crab Is a
1 fghnter,m VhS,s As said before, we
might. shop as we could, we found no
pemmican. So after all we may be
only second-rate explorers, for first
raters always manage to get down to
rationS Of pemmican. In times of dire
extremity, that Is Possibly in dire ex-
tremity, we, too. shall have pemmican-
q native will appear bearing a load Of
1t on tumpline or possible dragging it
on sledge. We hope for pemmican.
A MOTHER thing. We cannot freeze
"A our beans. Cannot boil them all
up, place them into a bag and
hang them outdoors to freeze into a
lump that at meal times is dragged out
and the necessary amount chopped OF
with the hand axe. This always Is
done in good exploring practice. Our
best In the line of chilled food is iced
tea when we have the ice.
TO return to our exploring. Near a
Il point called Piney, q point that
from out in the river appears posi-
lively tropical. we found the natives
gathered for an affair of racing their
sailing craft, of which there was q
great number. Their language was
quaint. but easily understandable, and
we found them friendly and hospitable,
being invited to come aboard one OF
the craft within q few minutes of OUT
arrival and In time to participate In
the race
There followed two hours of glorious
sailing In whopping breeze that car
ried us along, at great speed, and
though our ship came in third, we ali
felt that her gallant skipper, a Capt
Charley Chesser by name, had pulled
| his punch" in order that racing in.
| terest might not die on the great bay
his craft having been consistent win
ner In previous years. To attempt q
| description OF the races IL impossible
you were all warned in ample time tc
explore and see for yourselves.
During the evening following the
races all the clans furegathered anc
made fiesta. with the winning shippers
the objects Of great admiration, 81
much so that we envied them greatly
and wished for a work boat of our owr
and the skill with which to sail it.
| CONTINUING our excursions fur
~ ther, we veYltured into q quie
water BY name Of Smiths Greek
the name being given after an earle