Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1905-01-26
| BRILLIANT RECEPTION.
GOVERNOR AND MRS. Ed
WIN WAKEFIELD
Give Reception to The Gaduatinp
Class of The United States
Naval Academy.

The nrst reception given by the Gov.
ernor OF Maryland TO the graduating
class of midshipmen at the Naval Acad.
emy was that given by Governor and
Mrs. Edwin WarfieId at the Executive
Manison last night. The affair was
one of the most unique and brilliant
that has taken place at the Executive
Mansion for many years.
The scene was an uncommonlv at
tractive one, says the Suns staff cor.
respondent. The midshipmen in their
trig uniforms, the host of lovely voupg
girls whom the hostess had invited 10
assist her in dispensing the hospitality
of the household, the frank. manly
bearing of the midshipmen, the flower
like beauty and the vivacity of the
girls in their dainty evening gowns.
the sincere eordiality of the Governor
and of the First Lady of the State
and of their aides, Secretary of State
and Mrs. Tilghman. Mrs. Hopes and
Colonel Woodside, combined TO make
the entertainment particularly pleasant
Though the function was an official
recognition of the position of the
young men in whose honor it was
given, as future officers of the Ameri.
can navy and future makers of Ameri-
can history, the entertainment was
pleasantly informal The welcome
given to each was perosnal aud indi.
vidual, warm and cordial. 1t was a
welcome. too, to the Governors home.
not TO his official residence merely, and
when toward the close of the evening,
somebody expressed a desire for a
waltz, the rugs were out of the way
in flash, and it was Mrs. Warfield
who sat down TO the piano and PLAYED
rythmic measures for the impromptu
dance with which the evening closed.
AGLoRE WITH LIGHTS.
The Government House was aglow
with lights and was fragrant with
flowers sent down from Oakdale, the
Howard county home of Governor and
Mrs. Warfield. His Excelleney and
Mrs. Warfield welcomed the midship-
men in the reception room, which was
simply but beautifully decorated with
palms and Gala lilies. In the receiv-
ing line with the Governor and Mrs.
Wariield were Mrs. Oswald Tilghman.
the wife of the Secretary of State !,
Mrs. Herman Hopes, of Philadelphia,
sister of the Governor. who is visit
ing at the Executive Mansion; Mrs.
Leonard lowering, of Baltimore; Sec
retary of State TIlghman and Colonel
Woodside, of the Governor staff.
Mrs. Warfield was also assisted in
her duties as hostess by large con-
tingent of young girls from Baltimore
and Annapolis, the majority of them
debutantes of this or of last year, who
had been invited especially to help in
giving the future .admirals and high
officials OF the navy an enjoyable even
ing.
ENTERTAINED AT HOUSE PARTY.
In spite of the blizzard-like weather
outside, nearly all the girls who had
been asked to assist were present, the
majority of the Baltimore girls and
those from other out.of town places
coming down in the house party, which
the Governor and Mrs. Warfield will
have with them until the commence
ment festivities are ended. Those in
vited to receive included Miss Marion
Hopes, of Philadelphia, the Cover
nor's niece; Miss Margaret Warfield
and Miss Mildred Gill, of Baltimore,
nieces of the Governor; Miss Nico-
demus, of Baltimore, a niece of Mrs.
Warfield; Miss Louise Symington,
Miss Elizabeth Cromwell, Miss Ellen
Shoemaker, Miss Sallie Bird, Miss
Mary Hikok. Miss Mildred Gill, Miss
Eliza Whyte, Miss Mary Stuart Patti
son, Miss Mary Nelson, all of BaIti-
more, and Miss Pauline Magruder.
Those in the Annapolis contingent
included Miss Carolyn Brownson,
daughter Of Superintendent Brownson,
of the Naval Academy; Miss Mary
Randall, Miss Elizabeth Randall, Miss
Bessie Badger, the daughter of Com
mander Badger; Miss Edith Cutler,
the daughter Of Commander Cutler
Miss Flora Duval, Miss Louisa Terry,
daughter of Professor Terry. Miss
Miller, Miss Seligman. Miss Halsey,
daughter of Commander Halsey; Miss
Grace Howard, daughter of CAPTAIN
Howard; Miss Augusta Burwell, Miss
CorBelia Baird, Miss Hodges, Miss
Mamie Owen. Miss Marguerite Ames,
daughter of Lieutenant Ames; Miss
Daisy Woodward, Miss Marion,
daughter of Professor Marion; Miss
Wilcox, Miss Charlotte Steele. Miss
Golda and Miss Louise Munroe, Miss
Frances Terry, Miss Nancy Walton,
Miss Louise Terry, Miss Elizabeth Bell,
daughter of Rev. George S. Bell, of
the Presbyterian Church; Miss Eliza
Hodges. Miss Clarice Brooke, with
Miss Katherine and Miss Virginia
Whiting. Of New York, the sisters of