The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1912-06-14
MILITARY BALL.
Brilliant Function Given By wit. N. O..
In Westminster ArmOry.

The most brilliant social event OF
| the season was held in Company H.
Armory, on Main street, Wednesday
night when the officers in Camp Phil
| lips Lee Goldsborough gave a ball
Invitations were issued to over 100 OF
the leading residents of the town and
county, and number OF people came
from Baltimore to attend the function.
Music was furnished by n OrcheS-
ira of members or the First Regiment
Band. During the evening claret
punch and lemonade we're served to
the guests, and at eleven o'clock in-
dividual ices and fancy cakes were
served, the ices being decorated with
little silk flags. Dancing continued
until midnight The patronesses
were: Mrs. w. Frank Thomas, Mrs.
Charles E. Stewart, Mrs. Guy w.
Steele, Mrs. William III. Thomas and
Mrs. John H. Cunningham.
Officers from the camp danced in
service uniforms, with yellow shoes
and puttees. This was the dress pre-
scribed in an order issued by General
Macklin because so few of the men
brought blue uniforms to camp. Some
beautiful gowns were worn by the
ladies.
The committee in charge OF the ball
included Capt John Dep. DouW, OF
General Macklin's staff; Major Milton
A. Eckhart, Capt. I'D. u. Marley and
Capt. Carroll Edgar, of the First Reg
iment; Capt. Paul M. Burnette, Capt
,. Frank Ryley and Capt Charles X.
Duce, OF the Fourth Regiment; Capt.
Francis Whitman, Lieut.. James w.
Lyon and Lieut. Arthur L. Amoss, Of
the Fifth Regiment; Capt. Howard E.
Ashbury, of Company A, Hospital
Corps.
Among those who arrived OIL the
afternoon train from Baltimore to at
tend the ball were: Major Philip
Hill, Mrs. Ridgely Gather and Miss
Catherine Knox. Mrs. Gather Is the
wife Of Captain Gather, paymaster Of
the Fifth Infantry. Other Balti-
moreans present were: Mrs. Charles
~. Macklin, wife Of Adiutant- General
Macklin; Mrs. IT. @. Jones, wife OF
Colonel Jones, Of the Fourth Infantry,
and Miss Marion Jones, Mrs. Paul M
Burnett, who is spending the summer
at Winchester Place; and who was
accompanied by Mrs. Knox and Miss
Knox, Of Admission, Ala; Mrs. Thorn
ton Rogers, Mrs. Henry s. Barrett,
Mrs. John E. Rittenhouse, Mr.. and
Mrs. Murdoch Norris, and Mrs. Henry
e. Brennick.
The Carroll county guests
included: Messrs- and Mes
Steele, w. Frank Thomas, e. O..
Grimes, Jr., J. Pearre Wantz, w. T..
Seabrook, J. TT. Cunningham, Lynn
Coane, Jos. Shriver, Ralph Reifsnid-
er, wv. TT. Buchanan, Brooke Ffnk,J. T..
Reifsnider, Jr,D.E. Walsh; brand Mrs.
H. WI. Fitzhugh; Mesdames-Wm.H .
Thomas, William p. Thomas, IT. ID.
Larrimore, J. T.. Reifsnider, ST., Rich
ard B. Creecy, Stanley Clarke; Mis-
ses-Dorothy Albaugh, Margaret Ben
net, Stella and Bette Knapp, Agnes
Fink, Isabelle and Henrietta Roop,
Mary and Anna Gehr, Marian Shriver,
Alice and Harriet Miller, Frances Sea-
brook, Eleanor Reifsnider, Helen Lar
rimore, Elizabeth SlagIe, Ruth Rich
ardson, Dorothy Buchanan, Jessie
Shaw; Messrs.-J. Milton Reifsnider,
Charles 0. Clemson, IT. Wallace War
field, Howard r.. Benson, Smith Bill
ingslea, Thomas Englar, Russell
Schaeffer, Roberts Thomas, Edward
Brundige, Maynard Bacon, Charles
Richardson, Chester Bale, John Ed
wards, Bernard Shriver, and Dr. Eu-
gene M. Sullivan.
There were also present: Misses
Katherine Preston, Leesburg, Va; f..
Lillian Hammond, Ellicott City; Rita
Anderson, Deals Islend; Ann Donnel-
ly, Detroit, Mich; and Mr.. Clark Ceul-
bourn of Walkers Ford, Va.
General Macklin, commander of the
camp, headed the list of officers pres
ent. There were more than 100 in
the officers party.