Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1912-02-10
PINAFORE UP TO DATE
Grand Bal Masque at Naval
Academy Auditorium Every
body in Costume.
IN GUISE AND DISGUISE.
Annual Fancy Dress Ball and Domino
Dance Given BY Officers Of Naval
Academy-A Suspicion of the
Turkey Trot."

Academy-A Suspicion of the
Turkey Trot."
Pinafore was revived last night in
the fancy dress ball and domino dance
given at the Naval Academy, when the
bachelor officers at 0gle Hall. costumed
as Her Majesty's officers and crew.
featured the occasion and in their sew
eral characteristic costumes from the
Admiral prof. Carlos v Cusachs. to
the most humble officer of the
queens nayee, " sang several songs
Of the opera so popular many years
ago.
The "Pinafore east" was composed
of the following in English naval cos
tune of officer and sailors:
! Lieut.. Commander Bullard. Lieuten.
| ant McClintic, Lieutenant Farley,
| Lieutenant Wilcox. Lieutenant Ras-
sett and others.
Last nights social event at the
Naval Academy was the annual bal
masque given by the Superintendent
and officers attached to duty at this
station. Admission was by card onlg,
| and everyone was required to be
| masked. There were many surprises
and great number of guses and
| DISCUSSES. Dancing began at O'Clock,
| the Naval Academy band playing
lively airs and popular melodies The
band occupied the stage of the au-
ditorium at che Academy, where the
| ball was held
Long before the hour for dancing
| queer, quaint apd questionable t?l
| characters appeared on the scene.
There was the butcher, the baker and
| the candlestick maker, with little Boy
Blue and Mary Quite Contrary. BY
the way, Medical Inspector A. NJ d.
Mccormick, u. S. N, made the best
| baker you ever saw. Besides being
an A No. 'sawbones, - DR.. Me Cor
mick is the best looking baker and
dough pill roller, up-to-date. lin cos
| tune, of course.) Mrs. Mccormick
was queenly as an Indian Princess in
costume of the real Arapahoe type.
wearing about her shoulders a gor-
! geous Navajo blanket. And Little
| Boy Blue, Lieut. Abraham Claude
was the cutest and best, while his
| wife was dream of flower girl. 4
Later in the evening as the motley
crowd assemled, there came into its
| grand presence with queenly air
| Queen Elizabeth, (Mrs. J. H. Glib
bons. wife of the Superintendent J
| She was accompanied by royal Man
/ DARN in magnificent costume of the
| Orient, and the commanding presence
| of the handsome Superintendent of
| the Naval Academy was easily discern
ibIe through the disguise. Mrs. Glib
bons' costume was work of art, and
a striking replica of the Queens royal
costume, whose stately mien the
| superintendent wife graced and dig
nifed.
The scene on the main floor Of the
| Auditorium, as presented from the
| gallery, was kaleidoscope. There
was an ever-changing, always vary
| ing motley crowd, cosmopolitan in
| the fullest and broadest sense. A
| prisoner Of the chain gang. with ball
and chain, which he dropped occasion
ally,probably for the noise he created.
danced with a dainty French peasant
| girl, or an Indian Maiden or with the
pretty quakeress, Miss Mary Alger.
And the police officer, (Mr. Ridgely
| F. Melvin) in full costume of an
Annapolis police officer went to the
arrest of the escaped convict" F." The
Dutch dude in his neat-ftting evening
| clothes was Impersonated by Mr..
| Eunalls Waggaman, and Mrs. Ennalls
Waggaman was the daintiest of
| Punchanello girls whose disguise com
pletely baffled her husband 1-'1
Postmaster Daniel r. Randall was a
/ gentleman of the Court. with his deco
ration of royalty and the insignia or
his shirt front of the Legion Of Honor.
| Mrs. Theodoric Porter was costumeC
as a Spanish lady, and Mrs. H. H.
Christy was in red domino, while Mrs
! Samuel Bryan, wife of the Paymas
ter, wore a handsome costume oi
Dresden silk of Colonial days, with
white pompadour. Miss Margaret
Bryan was a handsome Queen Of
Hearts and her tray of Tarts was il
great demand. Miss Frlnees Brval
was a French peasant maid. Mis-
Bonny Todd was a French nurse maid.
A costume of more than usual at
tractiveness was that worn hv Mrs
Wallace, of Washington, an aunt o
Mrs. F. D. Karns. Mrs. Wallace wa
gowned in a striking costume made o
copies of the Army and Navy Register
the headlines being conspicuous in tn
construction of the gown. Mrs. Karn
was snow and ice maiden, and he
costume of white tulle over satin
with crystals, was very striking,
black curly wig entirely deceived he
friends as to her identity. Mis-
Nancy Dashiel was also a winte
maid. Mrs. Weems Ridout was Ouee
of the Night, in black covered wit
silver stars, and the crescent of tn
| moon for a head ornament. Mrs
| Oliver Zell Howard was costumed a
| Queen of Hearts. Mrs. Rittenour wa
the Atlantic City Bathing Girl i
black satin bathing suit. Mrs. w. Z
| Kemp. of Baltimore, was a fetchin
| Queen of Hearts, and Miss Katherir