Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1906-11-26
TO Be A BRILLIANT EVENT.
GOVERNORS DAUGHTER TO
MAKE HER DEBUT.
Many Out Of Town Guests Expected
Special Trains From
Baltimore.
GOVERNMENT HOUSE BEING
DECORATED.

Waftield, the GoVernor's ) eldest daugh-
ter, will have her formal introduce
tion into Annapolis, Naval Academy
and Baltimore society.
The event will be dcbutante ball
and invitations have bscn extended
10 the debuiantees of this and last
year, men andsomc young married
people i'm Baltimore. Those asked in
Annapolis are limited strictly 10 girls
and young mon. The Government
House is an ideal spot for such n
social event.
There could be no better place for an
old-fashioned party" The rooms
are large and eommodious, and every
where are the touches of taste and cozi-
ness that Mrs. Warfeld knows so we'll
how 10 add.
Dancing will be in the drawing
room, reception room and big square
hall, which. combined, will give n
great deal of space. The Naval Acad-
emy band, the members in their bril-
liant uniforms, will supply the music
under the direction of Prof. Charles
A. Zimmerman. In addition 10 the
modern waltzes, there will be the old
fashioned quadrilles, schottishes and
lanciers, and the festivities Will close
with the Virginia reel. Governor
Warfield viii open the ball with his
daughters and then the young people
will take charge.
Dacning will begin at 81 o'clock.
and Will end at "A reasonable II
The keynote will be moderateness
and temperateness. An old Maryland
supper viii be served, and Oakdale.
the Warfield home in Howard county,
will contribute to the table, as well
as flowers from the greenhouses for
the decorations. Special trains from
Baltimore over the Short Zine will
bring the Baltimore guests This will
be the first coming-out dance or ball
that has been given in the Executive
Mansion since its occupancy. Cover
nor Warfield is the thirteenth Governor
to occupy the house. The Mansion
was begun under the administration of
Governor Swami, in 1868, and was
completed in 1870, under the admin
istration of Governor Bowie, who was
the first Governor to occupy IL.
Ills children at that time were all
very small, and there were no young
girls To dance.
Governor Bowie was succeeded by
william Pinkney Whyte in 1872. He
in delicate health. When he was
elected to the United States Senate
and resigned the Governorship, James
Black Groome was chosen TO succeed
him by the Legislature. He was
quite young man, and a bachelor.
Before the end of his elected term he
married. lie spent his honeymoon
at the Mansion, but did not live per-
manently in Annapolis. In 1876 Gov
ernor Groome was succeeded by Gov
ernor Carroll, who, at the time of his
election was widower. He married
his second ife during his administra-
tion, but his children by his first wife
were not grown.
Governor Carroll was succeeded by
Governor Hamilton, who had several
daughters just blooming into young
womanhood, and the Mansion was the
scene of number of small dances
and much gaiety and pleasure among
the younger set. Governor Warfield
at that time was n member of the
State Senate. Governor McIane, who
succeeded Governor Hamilton, had
one daughter, who presided over his
household. As he spent only one win
ter in Annapolis, there was not much
opportunity for gaiety. Miss McLane
is now living in Paris. During the
occupancy of the Mansion by her
father she mad with her the greater
portion of the time Miss Pendleton,
the daugher of George III. Pendleton,
distinguished Senator of the United
States from Ohio.
Governor McLane, when appointed
Ambassador to France, was succeeded
by Henry Lloyd, now Judge Lloyd.
who at first acted as Governor ex-
oflicio. and in 1856 was elected by the
Legislature. lie was then a bachelor,
but was married toward the close of
his term, living in the Mansion only
one winter after his wedding. Gov
ernor Lloyd was succeeded by Gov
ernor jackson, whose daughters were
not grown when he was first elected.
Then came Governor Brown, whose
children were also small. The late
Mrs. Brown, however, entertained ex-
tensively.
Next came Governor Lowndes. No
Governor before or since has enter
tanned SO lavisbly, so elaborately as
Governor Lowndes. Besides the reg
ular receptions on Thursdays given by
Mrs. Lowndes, there were dinner par
ties, musieales, teas, luncheons and
at least two large receptions every
winter to the townspeople, who had
called at the Government House. The
Lowndes' hospitality was unstinted,
the latch sring was always on the out
side and the people of Annapolis were
royalty entertained by Governor and
Mrs. Lowndes, who were a most
charming host and hostess. Miss Eliz-
abeth L0wndes was then in her teens,
and did not make her formal debut
until after her fathers term had ex-
pired.
Governor John Walter Smith, who
succeeded GovemorIowndes, lived here
only during the sessions OF the Legis-
laturc. His wife and himself did
little entertaining owing TO the loss Of
daughter shortly previous to Cover
nor Smiths election. Their married
daughter and her husband, Col. and
Mrs. Arthur j.. Foster, lived with
them.
Governor and Mrs. Warfield enter
actively into the social life Of the
town and Naval Academy and spend
the entire year at the Executive Man
sion, with the exception of the sum-
mer months, when they are at Oak
dale. There have been several enter
tainments at the Mansion during the
present administration, but the one 10