The Washington times., 1911-05-09
Celebration Incident to lnau-
guration of Mayor Held
Last Night.
EVENING WINDS UP
WITH SQUARE DANCE
Watch Is Presented to Former Ex-
ecutive Bob" Joyce by
Admirers.

Mt. Rainier is 'fn wrong with Wash
ington. Most of the Inhabitants of that
thriving Maryland municipality labor
for their daily bread in the Capital City,
but they did not labor today. The
alarm clocks tangled at the usual hour
this morning, but in vain. The subur-
ban cars waited patiently at the drug
store corner for the usual quota OF
passengers. but there was nothing do
ing. Mt. Rainier feted its new mayor
last night, and the popuIace fingered
long at the festivities.
There was the new mayor of Mt.
Rainier for example-Joseph Theophilus
Kirk Plant. How many years he has
labored in the Government Printing
Office side by side. as it were, with the
words of the great leaders of our ma
ton, is not known offhand, but there
were looks that told much when he
failed to show up at the proper hour
this morning.
And the retiring mayor, too-Mayor
Bob, he who made Mt. Rainier the envy
of all Maryland and Hyattsville in par
State of the Union. He, too. fell by
the wayside, at least metaphorically
speaking. This morning he telephoned
that as a justice of the peace and con-
stable the former mayor was going to
raid blind tiger today and get re-
Venge for the votes that went the other
way.
Some Inauguration.
But It was sure some inauguration.
It was no halfway festivity, for when
Mt. Rainier straits out to do something,
or somebody, the job is finished up in
the way that delights the heart. Potts
Hall was the scene of the inauguration,
and they did not stop with using the
small room downstairs, but took the
whole second floor. where there is q
stage with a drop curtain.
1t was an impressive occasion The
few moments that were consumed in
old regime were fraught with dignity
and meaning. In calm, impassive
voice Mayor Joyce signed the order
which spent the last cent in the twon
treasury. In the same impressive man.
ner Town Clerk Stallings read his resig-
nation as town clerk.
Then Mayor Bob stepped to the front
like man and inducted the new mayor
into office. The round syllables of that
name Joseph Theophilus Kirk Plant
fell from his lips with proper impress
siveness as he pledged him to abide by
the Constitution of the United States,
the State Of Maryland, and several other
things. Mayor Bobb stepped down with
SallSned air OF man whose "OTh
has been well done.
Watch Presented.
And then the watch that Mt. Rainier
presented to the retiring mayor. That
was the crowning feature of the even
ing. 1t was gold, real gold, and on its
back was engraved the legend that it
was presented to the first mayor of Mt.
Rainier by the friends who now bade
him good-by as their executive.
There was only one other thing about
the evening that was better than the
presentation of the watch to Mayor
Bob. That was when the floor was
cleared, the music struck up and Mt.
Rainier swung the corners in a square
dance. 1t was some ball. By careful
management the pianist missed the two
out-of-tune keys on the piano most of
the time, and the music was delightful.
The nnal and crowning triumph of
the evening came in the supper served
by the Mt. Rainier ladies. There were
two or three people who called it a
collation., but II was really a supper |
Some time in the morning the ball end |
ed and Mt. Rainier went home.