Evening capital., 1907-02-14
THE CANDIDATES DANCE
Hop Al car,eI Hall Closes The Social Sea.
son Before Lent.

one OF the most beautiful hops given
in Annapolis this season was that at
which the candidates. who are here
preparing for the Naval Academy.
The dance was held in the large as
sembly hall at Carvel Hall on Tues
day evening and was fitting de-
nouement of the social season before
Lent.
rhe management of Carvel Hail
had taken especial painsto prepare the
rooms for the occasion, and the hop
committee were untiring in their
efforts TO decorate and make more at
tractive the large dancing hall, re-.
ception room and supper room. The
hop committfe wore blue ribbons
across their shirt front, and a single
strip of gold braid on their sleeves.
to designate them from the guests.
The programs were very pretty and
attractive souvenirs of the dance.
The outer cover was embellished
with a marine view and anchor in
navy blue. and the date OF the dance,
place. etc. embossed ir silver. The
programs are unique and handsome.
Another pretty little souvenir is tiny
yellow pennant with blue navy goat
"Buck." worn ny the candidates of
the Wilmer and Chew Preparatory
School.
Mesdames George Piclerell, J. r..
Wilmer and j. 5. Chew receive Il W it'll
Candidate Elmer Ninslow. at the
foot of the broad staircase. The pa
tronesses received in the room To the
right of the assembly room which
was fitted up as a rest room. The or
der OF dances consisted OF twenty num-
bers and three extras, among which
was the new piece just introduced by
Professor Zimmerman, Paddy
Wack.'
Supper was served after the sixteenth
dance in the dining room. Dancing
ceased at midnight and an informal re-
ception was held.
Among the out of town guests were {:
Mesdames Yell and Berry, Misses
Sadie Ray, Anna Guest, Elizabeth
Allen, Gertrude Zell, Woodward.
Hopper. Rhinehart, Margarete Berry
and Bessie Lee Dickey, Mrs. Marshall,
Misses Richards, Reed and Hepburn,
of Washington; Mrs. and Miss Doro-
thy, Of Detroit; Mich. Miss Ether
edge, of Charlotte, y. c.. Miss Hughes,
of Toledo; Miss Mary Patterson, Of
Virginia; Mrs. George Buckley, of
Columbus, @.
Some of those present from town
were: Misses Margeret Hall, Maud
King, Elizabeth Randall, ,Worthington,
Gautier, Gussie Burwell, Jean IIuse,
Louisa Terry, Margaret Bran, Emile
Munroe, Hettie Walker, Burton Starr,
Annie Wilmer, Marjorie Bartlett,
Steele. Rosalie Walk, Marguerite
Ames, Mary Welsh, Hope, Jarman,
Candidates Anderson, Buckley, Davis,
Diego, Forster, Hayes, King, Sterne,
Skinner, st. ClaiI, Taussig, Winslow,
Bennett, X. L.. Ford, Smith, Byrd,
Craven, oowles, w. -. Ford. Green,
Loder, Mason, Parapcrin, Spencer,
Stone, Prince, Hunt, II. w. Wilson,
j. v. Wilson, Harrison, Bailey,
O'Drien, Richards, sample; st. John S
Cadets Magruder, Austin, llardings,
Harold, Thompson, Captain Alfred
Reynolds, Lieutenant Paul Foley,
Passed Midshipman Walker, Prof.
HOPKINS, Prof. III. Il. Smith, Prof. Il.
w. Johnson. Prof. J. X. Wilmer,
Prof. j. l.. Chew, Instructor +. w.
Rittpour, Mr.. James Munroe, Mr.
Armine Smith.
The committee under whose charge
the hop was given was Walter Wins
low, Massachusetts chairman John
o. X. Taussig, Missouri; Harold -.
Spencer, Wisconsin John V. Wilson,
Washington Nelson Il. Harrison,
Washington Ralph st. Clair, Mime
sofa Ellis ;. Stone, Arkansas George
l.. Smith, Connecticut; William
O'Brien, Jr., Indiana; John Bailey,
New York; Lucien B. Green, Illi
nois Frank s. Craven, Pennsylvania.
The patronesses were Mrs. James IL.
Sands, wife of Rear Admiral San Dis,
superintendent of the Naval Academy {;
Mrs. +. w. Bartlett, Mrs. J. $.
Chew, Mrs. Paul Foley, Mrs. Il. w.
johnson, Mrs. ID. X. Magruder, Mrs.
George Pickerell, Mrs. Alfred Rey-
nolds, Mrs. =. $. Rossiter, Mrs. +. II.
Rittenhour, Mrs. II. E. Smith, Mrs.
W..O. stevens, Mrs. Harry Sturdy,
Mrs. j. II. Wilmer, Madame de Isoul-
osky.