Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1906-02-10
WAS IN ELABORATE GERMAN.
ACADEMY GRADUATES GIVE AN
ATTRACTITE DANCE.
Beautiful Figures of Shepherds
Crooks, Cross Sword Tips
Unique Shower of
Confetti.
ALL SOCIETY WAS PRESENT AT
FESTIVE OCCASION,

of the graduating class and their lady
j friends being on the floor. But two
gentlemen we're in citizens dress, and
these are now "cits" who had once
been members of the Glass 1905, u. 6.
N A.
The midshipmen were all in full
dress uniform and the ladies wore
evening gowns. Nearly every color
of the rainbow was represente in the
costumes, white dresses were too
few, an there was but one black dress.
The vari colored gowns worn by the
ladies and the uniforms of the mid.
sh hipmen madela beautiful showing in
the marches ard figures of the german.
There were about two hundred dan
GERS. The german was led by William
| A. Glassford, chairman of the commit
tee, and Miss Vivian Cameron, Of
Washington.
The figures were in some instances
unique, and some were very beautiful.
| The effect of the arches made by the
men with swords tipped with red
hearts, aud the shepherds crooks of
green and white, the class colois, car
| ried by the girls, was very pleasing.
| The figure representing horses iump.
ing hurdles, a satire on the fashion.
able horse show at New York and
| Baltimore was unique. and one of the
| most beautiful figures ever given here.
| Mrs Warfield, wife of the Governor,
| was one of the judges. In the horse
| show figure one of the girls harnessed
up four men and one of the men four
| girls. This scheme was followed to
include 200 dancers, and the drivers
die their best to put the "teams''
| through all sorts Of stunts as in real
animal show.
MRS Warfeld was chief Judge, and
Mira. Sands, wife Of Admiral Sands,
| the superintendent, and Mrs N.
| Brown the others. Another figure was
| called "scarfs, and each of the girls
who we're fortunate enough to be in.
| vited to the acme OF courtesy a MILDLY
can show a girl, carried OF wore a big
green and white scarf, which was one
of the favors. They were of green of
| liberty silk aud were made for the
class by ladies of the Academy set.
| The middies got along silk commission
pennants, also made for them by the
| ladies of the Academy. A maypole
| dance and a fete of lights, with Japa.
nese lanterns taking the place of elec.
trio lights, followed. In this figure
the armory was darkened and the dan
GERS with their lighted lanterns held
aloft formed the figure "1906, y extend
ing across the armory from side tc
side. 1t was beautiful.
Then came one of the cleverest of
all the clever arrangements Half of
| the girls were given little rubber balls
on strings and the midshipmen were
lined up by the fort. The girls thre W
the balls, and each man who was for
tunate enough to get one found his
partner at the end of the string. The
Others were made to stand by the
baud. which was silent for once, and
whistle the music. The rest of the
| girls did their best to make them laugh
and stop. After this the men were
| giyen big red hearts TO put on the tips
of their swords. Each girl got a
shepherdess crook, and as they walked
in and out in a serpentine dance the
| girls hooked hearts with the crooks of
| their wands. A military drill, which
took an air of burlesque in spite of
the fact that it was carefully lehears.
ed. ended the figures. The men and
girls marched back and forth by twos
and fours
The german ended with the lady
dancers wearing green aud white
| crepe kimonas and all carrying Japa-
nese umbrellas. Shortly after the
waltz began there was a shower of
confetti from the rafters above and
the beautiful colors dropped amidst
the dancers who were turning like
tops in a whirl of confetti as the band
played Hoome Sweet Home. =" Then
followed 1.-THE Star-SpangIed Ban
ner, and as the middies cams to sa.
Lutte their german, looked forward to
for four long years. was over.
For the horse drill the favoTs were
scarf pins, with horses and whips and
other THINGS including belt buckles
aud pins for the girls. Besides the
silk soarfs there were enameled buck
les with "I906" and Lucky Bags
for the good looking partners of the
msn who are almost through their
is the Lucky Bag a great
pleasure. The committee of middies
included Messrs. Glassford, of Seat
tie; L. Nj. Atkins, of Silver Bow.
Mont. r. W. Cabaniss. of Birming
ham, Ala. Isaac @. Kidd. of Cleve.
Iand; Harry Gard Knox, of Green.
vile, o.; Leigh Moves, of South
Johusbury, VT. and j. T. g Stapler,
of Pelham Manor. New York.
The armorY, with its hard floor and
big done, was never prettier. Green
and white, the class eolors, were
everywhere. The Academy band play
ed from foIt on the Bancroft Hall
side There were real guns protrud-
ing through the ramparts, an the fort
made q most appropriate background
wien half the class was made to
whistle dance number for their more
fortunate associates, About the bal
coay, where the guests of the class
sat. the green and white was made
mp of eyergreens and cedaTs Each
tiny pest Of the rail was marked with
bush Hanging down just opposite
the band stand was great shield
also a class emblem-in the form of a
great SAIL with "'O6" in green and
big eagle where the anchor showed
in the back. The figures and the
eagle were outlined in electric lights
The favor stand was in green and
white, and, like the ratfers Of the
building, was hung with ribbons.
The german was undeniably attrac-
tive and well worth seeing; further it
fully justified its having been given,
for the dancers apparently had very
| good time; also, it is little unkind