Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-04
NAVAL BALL AT END
Gay Event Closes Festivities
at Annapolis.
IN HONOR OF GRADUATES
Decorations Most Elaborate Ever
Seen at Academy-Many Wash
ington Guests Present.

| ANNAPOLIS, June f-Under blaze
| of light and a wealth of color. several
| hundred couples slided about the dance
| floor of the big arrnory building last night
| 1t was the farewell ball, given In honor
of the graduating class by the class OF
1911, and, as usual, it was the biggest
social function of the year.
Frank Edwin Preston | ,C~roth Of Hi
nois was chairman of the committee that
arranged for the big affair, and the deco
rations of the mammoth building sur
passed anything ever before attempted
At either end Of the hall were large
placards representing sunbursts, done in
small electric bulbs, and at the southeast
end also beamed forth in electric lights
the inscription Farewell, 1870
Draped from the huge Orders were
large steamers OF cedar and other greens,
with red. white and blue electric bulbs
spaced about three feet apart The col
or scheme of the decorations was pink,
green and white, pink and green being
the colors of the graduating class, anu
pink and white the colors of the hosts.
All along the balconies these coIors in
bunting shone forth in streamers and
festoons, with here and there the class
crests.
Floral Chandeliers.
The big arc lights hanging from the
ceiling were incased in huge globes. COW
cred with green, and pink and white
flowers dangling from the sides. Down
on the dance floor there were small cam
opies here and there made of wood and
bedecked with green's and cut flowers.
But the most attractive bit of a., Grafton
Of all was in the center of the floor. This
was an electric fountain, surrounded by
bushes OF laurel and other wild plants.
also pink and white cut flowers the floor
covering beneath the whole being in
moss.
On the north side and to the center of
the hall was large raised stand bedeck-
ed in bunting and potted plants. Behind
this sat the members OF the Naval .Acad-
envy Band. which furnished the music
for dancing.
Immediately opposite the bandstani
was another great bower Of palms and
other potted plants and cut flowers, just
above which were short streamers OF
cedar and colored bulbs, arranged in
semi-circular effect. This WAS the re-
ceiving stand and it was great blaze
of light. Beneath the bower of green's
stood Mrs. Clark, wife of Capt. George
Il. Clark. cOmmandant of midShipmen,
and Midshipfnan r. Starr King I'd, of
California, president of the second class,
who received the guests. AS usual, the
four corners of the building were d
vided into sections as headquarters for
the four classes.
Pretty Dance Cards.
The dance cards were very attra ctiye.
The covers are Of blue gray leather that
can be used for card cases. The front
was embossed with a battleshp, with
military masts and wireless outfit, above
which is moon with cloud passing
over. The inside pages bear the crests
Of the classes of 1910 and 1911, the
in colors. There were twenty-eight
dances on the program, the initial num-
Der being Anchors Aweigh," the ia
nous two-step and march dedicated to
the class of 1907. Dancing began at D
o'clock ard continued until midnight.
A portion Of the southeast end Of the
hall was draped off, and here buffet
luncheon was served late in the night.
Among those present at the ball from
Washington were:
Commander and Mrs. Joseph Strauss,
Mrs. l.. Campbell Mrs r: S. Griffin and
Miss Helen Griffin, Mrs. Arthur w. Dunn.
Mrs r.. A. Marmion, Mrs. Il. +. Pilson,
Mrs Il. T. Mackall, Mrs. L. II. Masru
der. Gen. and Mrs. J. A. Johnson. Mrs.
E. l.. Munson, Mrs. II. Nickel, Mrs. The
odore Holbrook, Mrs. ". T. Sampson.
Representative and Mrs. George A. Loud,
Mrs. Archibald Oracle, Mrs: l.; NJ. Wood
the Misses Wallace and Bell, Miss
Thompson. Ethel 3. Crane, Lorraine Gra-
ham. Miss Baxter, Louise Dixon. Gather
inc l.. Holbrook, Dorothy II. Holbrook,
Marguerite Pilson, Maria C: Mackall,
Helen Dickie. Natalie Magruder, Misses
Nickel, Clarine Hunter. Ruth Charlton,
Edith T. Oracle, Maud Brown, Zelina
Prison. Miss Cannon Cornelia Borum, Miss
Memis. Miss Brown. Miss Hunter, Miss
Hayward. Miss Richardson, Miss Padel-
ford. Miss Conger, Miss Worthington,
Miss Brooks. Miss Ewing. Miss Bridley,
Miss Mary Dyson and Miss Dorothy Dy-
son