Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1906-02-13
WAS THE HANDSOAEST YET.
CLASS of 1907 GIVES BALL TO
CLASS OF 1000.
Brilliant Affair, Elaborate Decor
ations, Dainty Details, And
Many Dancers.
NEXT YEARS CLASS DOES
ITSELF PROUD.

The Glass of 1907 United States Ma
val Academy, has every reason to pat
itself on the back this morning and to
shake hands with itself in congratula.
tion for the grand success of last
nights ball Nothing has ever been
seen at the Naval Academy armory
half so elaborate as the farewell ball
given by next years class to that
which graduated yesterday.
The ball is said to have cost $4, 600,
an certain it is that there was an evil
dence everywhere of that expenditure,
if not more In past years the ar
mory, beautiful in itself, has been con.
sidered quite attractive enough with.
ont decorations. Last night the Glass
of 1907 decided to enhance the ordi-
nary attractiveness of the spacious
hall by a touch of color every
where and more lights.
From the girders were suspended
faus of green and white, the class
colors of 1906 The galleries were fes-
tooned with the same color, and trim
med with Scotch broom. Cedar trees
decorated each pillar and were banked
in the corners on the dance floor The
receiving stand represented q sea shell
of white, tipped with green. Mrs
Sands, wife Of the uperintendent, re
oeived with Midshipmap Churchill
Humphrey, of Louisville. Ky. presi-
dent of the Glass Of 1907 She
wore an exquisite gown of lavender
crepe de chine with duchess lace gar.
niture and carried Marehal Neil
roses.
The band played opposite the receiv-
ing stand in bandstand representing
fort, complete with miniature port.
holes and cannons. Around the room
were large potted plants made attrac.
tive with hundreds of red carnations
placed in them. In magnificence of
decoration, general brilliancy of ap-
pointments and perfection of detail.
far outshone any event of similar
character ever held at the Naval Acati.
emy, while the number in attendance
was never exceeded at a social func.
tion in Annapolis and is said to have
been over 1000. The lights of 1000
j ncandescent globes illumined every
corner of the great main floor of tile
armory AMI the decorations of bunt-
ing and evergreen were upon a scale
never before attempted here.
Lines of evergreen were arched
across the hall at intervals and en-.
twined in these were incandescent
bulbs. Glass shields of 1907 and
1906 in green and white lights were
suspended from the gallery above the
entrance of the dance floor and over
the receiving stand. An effective ar
rangement was the division of the
room in sections above which were
the letters of the alphabet in red
lights. 1t was intended for dancers
and their chaperones to locate under
the initial of their names but some
did not understand this and there was
mixing mp, but the arrangement IA
cilitated matters in helping dancers
locate their partners.
A unique decoration was the eight
cared she'll which was suspended from
the roof. This is the boat in which
the Academy crew won four straight
races last season. It was the little de-
tails that added to the effectiveness of
stupendous whole. A silken flag
floated above theafort at the bandstand
fan placed effectively beneath ii. The
member of the committee which had
the affir in charge were Midshipman
Arthur w. Frank. chairman; Albert
NJ. Cohen, Charles w. Crosse, Edgar
A. Ewing, Robert A. Crosse, Samuel
l.. Henderson, Churchill Humphrey,
Earle 4. Johnson, Newton l.. Nichols,
Calvin p Page, Herbert L. Spencer.
Almost the entire Naval Academy
contingent was present. Besides these
some from Annapolis were: Miss Isa-
blele McGunnigle, Miss Evelyn Worth
ington, Miss Charlotte Steele. Miss
Florence Clayton. Miss Catherine
Clay ton, Miss Lizzie Brady, Miss
Nancy Brady, Mrs Downs, Miss
Louise Downs, Miss Maude Feldmey-
er, Miss Edna Feldmeyer, Miss Helen
Feldmeyer Miss Laura Steele, Miss
Burton Starr, Miss Anita Stein, Miss
Jeanette Bonney, Mr. William l..
Marcy and Mrs Marcy, Miss Beatrice
Armstrong, Miss Ethel Feldmeyer,
Miss Augusta Burwell. Miss Edith
Cutler, Miss Elsie Seligman, Miss
Claude, Miss Lila Claude, Miss Ra
chel Claude, Miss Mary Magruder,
Miss Eliza Magruder, Miss Nancy
Walton, Miss Eloise Spencer, Mrs.
Emma Abbott Gage. Lieut.. J. Edward
Abbott, U. s. A., Miss Flora Duval,
Miss Karmany, Mr. and Mrs Brooke
Sewell, Mr.. and Mrs. K. s. ZeIl, Mr..
and Mrs. H. B. Gautier. Misses Louise
and Helen Gautier DR.. James ID.
Feldmeyer, the Misses Goodwin,
Miss Blanche Martin, Miss Geneva
hdfEer. lIle miehcH DhIlOu, MISSES
Helen and Janet Hunter, Mr.. Malcolm
Hunter, Miss Helen Thompson, Miss
Frances Hopkins, Miss Florence
Childs, Miss Ethel Vansant, Miss
jamie Feldmeyer and others.
Governor and Mrs Warfield aud
Secretary of State and Mrs Tilghmar,
Mayor and Mrs. Douw, President Fell,
of st. Johns College and Mrs. Fell
were also present Mr.. and Mrs.
James M. Munroe, Misses Golda and
Louise Munroe, Mrs. Brainard, Major
and Mrs Thompson, Misses Thomp-
son, Dr. George 7. and Mrs. Field