Evening Star Newspaper, April 16, 1930, Page 6

HISTORIAN REVIEWS - MOUNT PLEASANT Story of ‘Area, Including Me- ridian Hill, Traced From Indian Days: THE EVENING LEARN TO SWIM FOR SPORT AND SAFETY 8 RED CROSS T0 AID Y.M. of Mount Pleasant and | from the time the In. dians camped on the heights down to | the present time, was told to the Co- | Jumbia Historical Society and its guests | fl the Cosmos Club Iast night by Freq | Emery, president of the Soclely or “% ing with theories of sa 0! { of savanis | m: man may have existed 300,000 on & planet two billion years ola. the speaker said that irrespective of whether Washington hills were up- | Reaved in gigantic tumbles in the | world's beginning and whether they | mm in & glacial field, the per- ' t fact was that Mount Pleasant, | Hill and Columbia Helshu\ "h-ve loomed conspicuously in the Na- tional Capital's development.” “Time and modern trends.” he con- cluded, “have swept the old hill and the v-lle s _beside it. The little quict Mount Pleasant has faded away, bul only to rise, merged into the | '.lrobb\ng life and fuli-fiedged glory of & great American metropolis.” Inquiries Into Past. Mr. Emery said that inquiries of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Bu- | reau of American Ethnology had failed | to reveal the exact tribe of Indians who lived on these heights, but the Powhatan confederacy of the Algon- | quins may have roamed the hills. He referred to an old tribe culled the Ma- nacans, who were constantly at war with the Powhlun confederation. “The aceording to Capt. amm hz said, “inhabited this section of the country, were decimated by war and smallpox, and after 1669 went ;ue and the Powhatans moved in re.” ‘Telling of the intimate association of Creek and Piney Branch with munt Pleasant and the “hill,” he re- to the old mills, lncludirs‘ "h!ul mill seat” of 1634, afterwar ‘The s Meridian “Peter's mill seat,” far up-stream in | g ledges and gleams in the lights and shadows that plerce i.he forest coverings of_its gravéled banks.” l.n the white man’s occupation pm through the uxmry north of Columbis road and on to Oreek Church road mnorthward 'n the Maryland line, Cites Promise of Park. property of Henry White, was removed down in the valley in Rock Creek Park. Tavern Days Recalled. Another old landmark referred to was the Eslin farm, last of the farms on the hill, and once a tavern patron- ized hr'ely by dmmwvn folks, com- line was extended up on the hill to old Oflumnml:hg:l ol(dh home O‘Po the Logans, bian e on Four- teenth street hill that ll;‘eelm. the ‘Washington University down- town, and to the pioneer developers of Mount Pleasant, conspicuous among whom at the beginning of the village's history were 8. P. Brown, first presi- dent of '-ht Metropolitan Street mll- way, and Gen. Hiram Walbridge, whose Ingleside i# today a Prubyufl‘ln home &t 1818 Newton street. Mony other John | Spes PARENT'S SIGNATURE . (Required) Under Auspices of The Star and Boys’ Boys 10 to I8 years old offered free lessons daily April 2126 Send this application to the Y. M. C. A, Boys’ Building 1732 G Street i SWIMMING GOURSE Will Provide Expert Instruc- tors for Free Lessons Offered to Boys. Department of the C.A. Co-operation of & unit of the Ameri- can Red Cross devoted to life-savin r! training and which encourages expel swimming instruction has been extended to officials of the Young Men's Chris- tian Association, which week will conduct a “learn-to-swim” cam paign for non-swimmers, under auspices of features of early Mount Pleasant and the hill were described in the course of the address. Allen C. Clark, president of the Co- lumbia Historical Society, paid high tribute to the memory of Willlam F. Roberts, member of the board of man- agement of the soclety, who had pub- lished the records of the Columbia His- torieal Society. Mr. Roberts died in February, 1929, CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. TODAY. Meeting, Dahlgren Terrace Citizens’ Association, Social Oyster Club, Twelfth street and Rhode Island avenue north- east, 8 p.m. Philosophy class, Rosicrucian Fellow- :;h;no Study Class, 907 Fifteenth street, :30 p.m. Meeting, Washington Society of En- gineers, Cosmos Club, 8:15 p.m. Meeting, Washington Academy of Sciences, auditorfum of the National Museum, Tenth and B streets, 8:15 p.m. Speaker, Dr. Charles B. Davenport. Subject, “The Mechanism of Organic Evolution.” Meeting, Chevy Chase, E. p.m. Meeting, MacFarland Junior High School Parent-Teacher Association, school auditorium, Thirteenth street and Iowa avenue, 8 p.m. Speaker, Dr. Frank . Ballou, superintendent of schools. FUTURE. ‘Tea in honor of Tri-Deltas lttendlnl the D. A. R. Congress, Wi ance of Delta Delta Delta, club houu Association Brown School, of 8 Citizens’ V. of the American Association of Univer- || sity Women, 1634 I street, tomorrow, || , | 4:30 p.m. I Meeting, Kit Carson Woman’s Relief || tomorrow, || Corps, 7 pm. Luncheon, National Review Woman's Benefit Association, club house, 1750 Muuchuntu avenue, Grand Army Hall, Luncluon meeting, Kiwanis Club, Washington Hotel, tomorrow, 12:30 p.m. — Straus, merchant and philan r in “recognition of his dis Straus Receives Award. NEW YORK, April 16 (#).—Nathan has been awarded the ',ha National mmuu of social service nndzred in ?el:n of humanit announced a8 Pat them to Sleep Instantly, then Lift them Off! Drop a little “Freezone” on an aching com 1nat|m,1y that corn stops hurt llft it flght ofl with fingers. Your druggist sells a_ tiny bottle of “Freezone” for a few cents, sufficient to re- move every hard corn, soft corn, and the foot callouses, without soreness or irritation. WORKMEN OF WELDIT CO. 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Chester Kent, Dept PPEI‘lTflJ SLEEP tomorrow, 12 ||| then shortly you | The Star. The Red Cross will assist the Y. M. C. A. again this year in providing expert instructors who will conduct classes for non-swimmers between the ages of 10 and 18, to be given Week MRS. RINEHART PRAISES WORK OF TRAINING CAMPS Author Says They Build Character, Promoting Clear Thinking and Clean Living. 2 s EXCURSION Praising the Citizens’ Military Train- | te | ing Camps as creafed in the interest of NEW YORK boys, as well as to meet a nluflflllj and return emergency, Mrs. Mary Roberts Rhine- hnt. famous novelist, today gave them SUNDAY, APRIL 20 Stmiler Bxrersions May 4, 10 and 53 her “hearty indorsement.” ‘The camps, she said in a letter to the C. M. T. C. procurement committee for the District of Columbia, “are render- ing a distinct service to the youth of America. Not only are they training our citizens to meet a national emer- gency, but they are invaluable as char- acter builders, promoting clear thinking and clean living.” Maj. Charles Demonet, chairman of the procurement committee, today pre- dicted that after the first of next week the District's quota will be filled. Ap- plications may be flled at headquarters of the Organized Reserves, Oxford Ho- tel, PFifteenth street and Pennsylvania avenue, SPECIAL TRAIN leaves Washington 12 midnight Satur- day. Returaning Sunday, leaves New Yeork, West 234 St., 5:47 p. m.—Liberty ” St., 600 p. m. Asks Democrats Be Punished. KANSAS CITY, April 16 (#).—Former Senator Jim Reed expressed hope Demo- crats who voted for tariff bill will be disciplined by voters in next election. S’ MODERN WARE- HOUSES ABSOLUTELY FIREPROOF SEPARATE ROOMS FOR PIANOS AND WORKS OF ART i OPEN STORAGE REASONABLE RATES PHONE. NAT. 6900 FOR ESTIMATES PRIVATE LOCKED ROOMS Merchants Transfer &'Storage Co. E Street N.W. 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