Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1913-01-18
WHO WAS WHO2
MASKED MYSTERY
Many Surprises at Bal Masque
Given by Naval Officers.
CURIOUS cOSTUMERS CUT CAPERS
COnvic, and Caanibal Dauce With
Pickauhnies apd Pesssnls-AI
Nstons Represented.

/ NAN 'hASs @uo sasaHte al
NatiOns Represented.
Mirth and music were the keynote
of the bal Mosque given last night al
the Naval Academy Auditorium by
the Superintendent and officers at
tached to duty at this station.
While there was no semblance of
any dance quite so undignified as the
turkey trot, there was fun a-plenty
and joIlity galore Such a cosmopol-
itan crowd was never seen o. any
floor before.
The gay crowd Of maskers began to
arrive shortly before 8 O'Clock, and
from that hour until midnight quaint.
queer figures in comical costume
wended their way through the Audi
torium at the fancy dress ball, or
from the Auditorium to the Officers
Mess, where a delicious buffet supper
was served.
The signal for unmasking was
given about midnight, and after that
it was easy to see who was who and
the masked mystery of the early
evening was readily solved. Such
heterogeneous mass as did appear on
that dance floorl There were con-
victs and cannibals dancing with pick
ahinnies and peasants; Dutch girls
two-stepping with cavaliers and Ro-
man soldiers brewers with Grecian
maidens; peasants with Turks; farm
ers with ladies of the harem, workmen
with colonial danes, and swch a mix
ture of natiohalities that it did ap-
pear the world was turned upside
down and all sections Of it dumped
into the Naval Academy Auditorium,
the erstwhile international congress
of nations
Not even a middies dance, cen
s0red as it is, could have been more
decorous than the fancy dress ball
given by the )ficers last night. Dane
ing was dignified, and there was no
suspicion of the bunny hug, turkey
trot or any of the so-called, up-to-
date dances, but the usual form of
dance was edjoyed to beautiful music
by the Naval Academy orchestra.
The costumes, in some instances,
were dig 7ified, ana elegant, or co mical
and humorous, as we'll as gfotesuue.
Superintende at Gibbons and Mrs. Glib
bons were eostumed as General and
Mrs. George Washington, and pre-
sented handsome and imposing pres
ence. Mrs. Roscoe c. Bulmer was
beautiful Grecian maiden; Lieutenant
Berry, a German brewer; Mrs. Berry,
Dolly arden; Lieutenant Treadwell
an artist; Mrs. Waggaman Dutch
peasant girl mir. Wag yaman Heathen
Chinee Mrs. Bruce Ware and her sister,
Mrs. Bingham Howe were Dutch
maidens; Lieutenant Ware, a farm
er, and Lieutenant Howe, convict
Mrs. Baer, a Spanish maiden Mrs.
Hird, a Filipino lady; Lieutenant
Baer and Lieutenant Hird, two
school Buys.
Mrs. Guy Castleman was handsome
Spanish girl; Mrs. Roger Williams,
black and white Pierrette; Miss
Nancy Walton and Miss Flora Duvall
were fetching Dutch maidens; Lieu
tenant Adolphus Andrews, aide to the
Superintendent, was costumed as
Bulgar, together with nine other
Bulgarians, who entered the ballroom
led by Professor Cusachs and did
military march in good form.
Mrs. Buchanan wore a PierrOt dress,
Mrs. Burrsge was costumed as a lit
tie girl, Mrs. Castleman wore hand
some dress of white chiffon with
pearls, and went as a dancing girl
Professor Cotton wore domino; Mrs.
Curtin was French student, also
Mrs. Snyder was similarly costumed
Professor Dashiell was a Bulgar.
Mrs Archibald Davis wore Spanish
gypsy dr.ss; Lieut.. G. K. Davis
wore Louis XVI Court dress, and Mrs.
Davis a Chinese lady's costume; Lieu
tt nant Fairfield wore Pierrette !;
Lieut.. Commander and Mrs. Harris
Laning were elegantly costume /. He
wore white satin oriental dress and
Jewels, and Mrs. Laning also wore a
handsome oriental dress and Jewels.
Mrs. Theodore Porter was costumed
as Twilight, in gray silk, draped
in gray with all the soft shades Of
the primary colors in narrow ribbons,
with crescents and stars. The cos
tune was very effective; CommO
jore Porter was a Mephistophale !;
Governor and Mrs. Goldsborough wore
dominos; Mrs. Bowman, Mrs Colds
borough's sister, wore pink domiuo
Mrs. Dawson was very fetching as
Little Bo Peep in yellow and green
with shepherdess crook; Mr.. Jam Is
Cheston, of Philadelphia, was a clown
Gen. and Mrs. Macklin were in brown
and pink dominos; Mr.. Ennalls Wag-
gsman as a Chinese; Mrs. donovan
Swami was ballet girl; Mrs. Pau
Capron was a fetching tambourine
NeaTolitan peasant girl; Professor
Capron a red domino; Ms. Beehlel
wore cap and gown; Lieut.. and Mrs
Bunker went as clowns; Mrs. Gearing
il domino.
Lieutenant Snyder was probably cos
tuned as the best disguise. impsrso
mating a music master; Miss Cars
and Miss Berry were dressed as even
ing stars, their dresses were all made
of newspapers; Mr. and Mrs. Baugl
were costumed as Friar Tuck ant
Egyptian lady, respectively; Lieut.
and Mrs. Coke were. in Turkish cos
I tune; Miss Emily Munroe, Quake