Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1905-02-25
ACADEMY FANCY DRESS BALL
HELD IN THE SAIL LOFT OF
THE BOAT HOUSE.
Beautiful And Grotesquc Costumes
We're Feature of Last
Nights Dance at
Academy.

A most unique event of the social
season at the Naval Academy occurred
last night and there was fun and
jollity for alIespecially for those ina
grotesque costumes. The occasion was
fancy dress ball given by the bache
lor officers attached 70 the Naval
Academy It was held in the sail loft
of the seamanship building and
was most beautiful and elegant
affair.
similar masque ball was held last
year, bat the one last night was even
more successful than its Predecessor
The sail loft had the usual decorations
OF flags, pennants and bunting. aud
naval paraphernalia. The Academy
band furnished music. Shortly before
3 O'Clock the maskers began TO arrive
and the fun began. Everybody was
guessing who everybody else was. and
il kept them guessing until the cos
tuners unmasked Every conceivable
character was impersonated. Mother
Goose and her entire family were
there in costume as though they had
stepped directly from the pages of the
nursery books.
There were old men and maidens.
young men and children impersonated
and in fancy dress. There were lords,
ladies, Sir Knights and courtiers,
kings, fools, court testers, and doctors
of law and judges in robes of ermine.
The ballet girl was there along with
the dignified quakers and trained
hospital nurse. Historic characters
we're represented and even Death was
there-cross bones and skeleton.
PEASANTS, serfs and Highland lads and
lassies hobnobbed with Filipino and
Spanish girls, sailor boys and Lady
Gainsborough and Uncle Sam presided
over the whole bunch, while Hawaiian
men and maidens, Indians and Cubans
looked on. 1t is impossible to enum.
crate all those present, and their cos
tunes. Some characters taken were:
Captain Brownson, uperintendent
of the Naval Academy. dressed in
white impersonating a skeleton, skull
and cross bones, gruesome spec
tacle. I; Mrs. Brownson, Night; Sec
retary of State, Col. Oswald Thigh
man, the Gentleman of the Stock. old
fashioned costume; Mrs. Tflghman,
Lady Gamesborough, handsome black
velvet gown decollete, with Gambor-
ough hat, white plume; Lieutenant
johnson, ballet girl; Mrs. Medium,
Night; Mrs. w. o. Stevens, Black
Mamma; Passed Midshipman Smith,
little girl; Miss Evelyn Green, Doro.
thy Manners; Lieutenant Wells, In
dian; Mr.. Well, Hawaiian girl; Mrs.
Fred Morrison, Filipino girl; later
Spanish girl 1.-TWO costhmes); Lieuten-
ant Morrison, Highland laddie; Mrs
Middleton, Mrs. Morrison's guest). /.
Dutch Peasant; Miss Medium, Ameri
can Flag; Mrs. Fred Horn, Peasant
girl; Lieutenant Horn, Uncle Sam
Mrs. Fenner, Peasant, girl Lieuten.
ant Fenner, OhinamaD; Miss Ellen
Metre. emigTant; Miss Todd, Peasant
girl; Professor Voinot, drum major
Mrs. Voinot, Red Riding Hood, beau
tiful character); Mr. Trench. Mary
Quite Contrary; Mrs Kencil, Janice
Meredith; Mr.. Kencil, courtier; Mrs
Sydney Merriam, Spanish dancing girl
Lieutenant Merriam, u. S. NJ. o.,
Colonial gentleman.
The dance continued until 2.45.
Supper was served during the evening
and the affair was one of the most
successful social events given at the
Academy