Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1912-02-10

| old-fashioned 5rocade silk. with ele-
/ giant old lace deep collar, black silb
mits, carried reticule and hand
some old silk shawl and her head
dress consisted of numerous black
curls characteristic of fashionable old
ladies Of those days. Mrs. Munroe 5
entire costume was a part Of her moth
err 5 wedding trousseau. Mr. Munroe
was costumed as clown.
Mrs. Nelson wore white domino
Lieutenant Fisher was a Doctor of
Laws in cap and gown. Prof. F. W.
Morrison wore cap and gown. Mrs
| Morrison was a Spanish peasant girl
| Miss Robb was a French maid. Miss
Dorothy Hutchinson vas Il aIPunchinello-
in pink satin.
Perhaps the handsoest military cos
tune was that of Napoleon Bona
| parte, impersonated by Lieut.. Com
mander F. d. Hines, U. S. N. who
| made an ideal Napoleon. while Mrs.
! Hines was a beautiful water lilv.
| Miss Mary r. Magruder was handsome
as a red poppy. Miss Rosalie Magru-
| der as a colonial maiden. Mrs. Soule
| was the prettiest of Dutch "kiddies"
4 NdTldncDe
Chief. Mr.. Lawrence Bailliere wore
a yellow domino in Greek design.
One young lady wore a novel costume
| of a cigarette book with cover,
| most unique design. There were sail
/ ors and bOatswain's mates, cOxswain
and stokers; there were admiras and
vice-admirals Gf there are any) ::
there were Russian women, Egyptian
and Turkish women, japanese girls,
cowboys and cowboy girls, Indian
| maidens, Mother Goose. Mother Hub
| bard and even Death" was there, a
gruesome spectre that had no place in
such gay throng of happy maskers.
Mrs. Drum was the prettiest of
japanese maidens, and her sister was a
handsome and seductive Turkish maid
en-. The prettiest of lace valentines,
the rare, rich and old d-fashioned kind
of valentine when the missive one
sent his sweetheart was dainty and
lacey, was there, too. She was charm
ing Mrs. Goodhue. mother of Midship-
man Goodhue. From her girdIe dan
gled many beautiful valentines, which
she later distributed to her friends.
Mrs. Goodhue chaperoned Miss Ander-
son, daughter of United States Sena-
tor Anderson. Miss Anderson was
gowned as Queen of Night. She is a
handsome, queenly girl and her beau
tiful costume of black tulle over
satin, yelled in golden stars, half
moons and crescents made her one of
the most attractive Young girls on the
dance floor. Mrs. Mutton was dain-
ty Swiss peasant girl, while Com
mander Mutton was costumed as a ter
rible Turk.
Every conceivable character was
represented except the irrepre ssible
| Mephistopheles, the omnipresent bal
let girls, and pony ballet, the sweet,
sentimental Marguerite. Chantecer
was not there, but Joan dare was, if
not Maude Adams. Joan of Arc was
| impersonated by Miss Marie Blanden,
of Baltimore, and her costume of the
martial maiden was striking and pic
turesque. Mr.. Eugene Iglehart was
a colonial gentleman. There was a
market woman, Dutch peasants, Anti.
Drudge, Quaker Oats, William Penn,
but no Gold Dust Twins.
Buster Brown was there in the pre-
sence of Mr.. H. Sturdy. Dr. Parker,
| Surgeon, u. S. N, was the fussiest
| of middleaged women. "She" wore
a white gown, and trimmings and
| her" wig and tiny fan were worth
| coming miles to see Mrs. Hood was
a summer girl in Alsatian costume.
Lieutenant Brown was fat negro
nanny of the befo' de wah type.
| A pretty young girl was a butterfly
and had actually sprouted wings.
| Many girls and men, too, were there
| with 1.-THE bells on" for there Folly
and the Court Jester. Mr.. Nat. NJ.
| Terry was colonial gentleman in
| handsome costume of brocade satin.
| silk stockings and slippers with silver
| buckles. Miss Louise Terry was cos
tuned as a Dutch maiden.
One of the most up-to-date costumes
was that of the Daffodyls. imperso-
mated by Mrs. Atkins. The costume
was identical to the pictured daffodyls
in the Baltimore Evening Star. Miss
Isabelle Claude was handsome Iy
gowned as a Japanese lady, and there
were number in Oriental dress.
The costumes were elegant and
handsome in many instances, while
grotesQue and ludicrous in others.
Everybody bad a good time, and for
mality was thrown to the four winds.
1t was an evening of rollicking fun.
At intervals there was a suspicion
of the Turkey Trot" dance, and z
few couples, en- masque, dared thi:
much criticised dance out in the corri
dors, and in one instance on the dance
floor. but not after masks were re
moved.
At 1I30 the bugle call announced
the time for unmasking, and there wa
great revelation. Wives who had beer
making desperate love to husbands
! and vice versa, under pretext of som,
: body else, revealed their identity, ant
J there was great fun. At mIdnigh
: supper was served, and at ! a. m
good nights were said and there cam,
J to an end one of the most successful
: and altogether delightful maske
balls given by the naval officers at tn
: Naval Academy.