Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-07-04
ON THE GREEN LAWNS.

Tho Great Gala Occasion Enjoyed by the
People Of Mount Pleasant.
Today will be q most memorable one in the
history Of the village Of Mt. Pleasant for the
good people Of that fiouishing suburb Of WASH
ington. and that, Of course, means all
Of them, celebrated Independence Day as
it was never before celebrated in that
locality. And the celebration was not a mere
momentary one. for the whole day, from early
morning to away in the evening, WAS COM
pletely occupied in doing honor to the day Of
all days in the American calendar. The day.
as respected the weather. could not well
only did the people Of Mt. Pleasant turn out
in full numbers. but their neighbors of Hol-
mead Manor and other near localities partici-
pated in the festivities aud exercises Of the
day. An elaborate program had been prepared
of games, sports, music and orations, and the.
program was not only carried out but what il
far more, it was heartily enjoyed. The scene
Of the celebration was the old InRleside man
sion and its beautiful grounds to the west Of
the village. There some two or three thousand
people gathered early in the morning and
enjoyed themselves.
MARRIED MEN NOT IN 1T.
The days pleasures were begun about 10
O'Clock with a game OF base ball between the
married and single men of the village. But
five innings were necessary to convince all
who witnessed the game that as ball PLAYERS
the married men Of Mt. Pleasant were not
in it with their otherwise less fortunate fellow
men. President mick" Young of the National
Base Ball League. a resident Of the village,
illustrated how easy it is to umpire q
ball game, but notwithstanding his promi-
nence as q base ball authority the crowd
were Of the opinion. now and then. that he was
"a little of" in his decisions. and more than
once it was suggested to take him out" The
score was as follows, the scorers kindly emitting
any mention Of errors:
Married Men .........-.....0 0 2 q 8
Single Men. .................8 6 S 8-36
The players were: Married Men-R b.
Brown, 3d.: C. ]. Young. c.; J. Newman. 2b.; A.
Adams, CT; R. Keyworth, h.; II. L. Childs,
T.; H. Keywortb. S., L. H. Meyers, r.f. E.
Single menrw. CroweIl, h.: O. saers, SIS. :;
F. Ogle, L.; o. Nixon, c.; r. Lewis, 3D.; W.
Hixson, RI; P. Crawford, 3D.; NJ. Appleby,
CT; NJ. Smith, p.
LUNCHEON AND MUSIC.
After the ball game all made their way to
Ingleside mansion, and after inspecting the
old house adjourned for lunch. Lunch was
served to the invited guests by Mrs. L. C.
Lapham and a score or more of pretty girls
After lunch the Mount Pleasant Drum and
Fife Corps composed Of the following boys OF
the village: Creighton Churchill. drum major;
Allen Walker David Hill. Jamie Churchill
Alvin Quinter, Neil Mcdonald, Elliot Brewer,
Henry Lehman. Willie Quinter. Laurie, HYDE.
George Zellers, Maurice Sturgeon. Perry Miller
Director J. C. Churchill sounded the assem-
bly,, and the following program was carried out:
Progressive quoits; invocation. Rev. c. H
Small: song, America" Mount Pleasant
Choral Society;" Introductory remarks, Mr.
James W. Somerville; selection. 'Auld
Lang Syne," drum and fife corps; read
ing, Declaration OF Independence, Mr. j. Mel
Lipscomb; song, The Red. White and Blue. :"
Choral Society original poem. DIR. Thomas
Calver; solo, Rocked in the Cradle Of the
Deep" Mr.. James Watson; Grafton, Mr.. Arthur
Hendricks; song. The Star Spangled Banner"
choral society; Grafton. Mr.. George W. Drew;
drill. company ID. second battalion, ID. C. N G. 4;
l0O-yard dash for boys under fourteen years,
1OO-yard dash for men, three-legged race. po-
tato race. carrying race, running broad jump,
tug of war; drill, the Anger Guards; quoits ;
8 pm, fireworks, $50 pieces.
THEY DID The WORK.
The celebration was the work Of the follow
ing committees:
Executive committee. ". Somerville,
chairman; J. Mel. Lpscomb, secretary;
DIR. A. H. Baker, treasurer; C. L. ricketts,,
Chas r. Wright, C. L Sears, ]. C. Churchill,
E. W. Woodruff, VIM. Holmead, James Watson
L. H. Meyers. J. B. Mclaughlin. Chas. j.
Young, st. George X. Rabey, 5. f. Thomson,
F. L. Campbell and Mrs. L. c. Lapham.
Committee On grounds and refreshments
Chas J. Young. chairman; r. B. Brown, ]. c.
Churchhill. Howell Stewart st. George r.
Raby. Robt H. Young and Mrs. L. C. Lapham
Committee on sports and gamss-St. George
R. Raby. chairman; j. W. Purman, James Wat
son. E. c. Campbell, Robert H. Young, l.. H.
Movers and W. II. Ronsaville
Committee on ireworks--J. c. Churchhill.
chairnlan G. H. Zellers and 8. W. Smith.
Committee on printing! W. Woodruff,
chairman James Watson and r. e. Brown.