The sun., 1916-01-29
OLD GUARD GIVES
BALL AS Is A BALL
Only Disturbing Note Sounded
When Lieut.. Walton Spreads
News He's Going Away.
GOV. WHITMAN A GUEST

The Old Guard and Gov Whitman and
Commanding Ossifer Major Ardoph L.
Kline and Miss Madelyn Summerss
father, Cap Summers. and Old Herm
Metz and Young Cap Danl A. Matthews.
who IL 80 years old. and Cap Jimmy +.
Wenman, who II a lad OF 81. and every
body else that the nineteenth floor and
envrons of the Hotel Bltmores steel
and hollow tile construction could sup
port without auivering celebrated last
night the ninetieth anniversary or the
founding of the Old Guard
The Old Guard gave ball as was
ball Perhaps the only disturbing note
Of the evening happened along when
Lieut. Walton wandered in and spread
the news that he is going TO leave MAN.
haitian fiat early next week and take up
n permanent residence In California. n
hit of the sadness caused by this an
pounce,nept WAS due to the fact that
Lieut.. Walton intends to 20 away from
here. but mainly the party was dis-
,urbed when IL had gathered the fur-
thor Information that Lieut. Walton.
who for years has been an agent for
hard liouor. now intends out in Can
,ornia 10 go 10 the other extreme ana pe
a State agent for bromo seitzer eAciu-
sively. 49, Sol,
Rrh. at the beginning of the oai'
Herm Metz had a bit of grpuch wiz
Hern, who is somewhat pro-ierInan up
TO the point of getting red al over h's
ears any time the Allies are fieh'
in his presence, looked at ms dance
card and s.w that he was listed IN
FRENCH az Major Kllnes ade-duh-
konnnng, Hcrin's spirits revived a mo-
ment later, however. when no turheu W
the next page and saw that the nace
selections had been composed by. 10 ils'
them in order. lIeris Feist. kle.necke
Reni,k, Ronlberg. Schulz, Witlia n
,;lopa,,. Berlin, Hirsch, shapiro. f1ncK
Herzer, Kaufman Meyer, Sterhs' S'i'''
,ner Helm and GumbIe.
The Governor and Mrs. whitman en-
tered shortly before midnight ana Were
escorted To their box by eN-Mayor hht''
and Scrgt. n. a. oMara. with GOV
and Mrs. Whitman were Mrs. y. -
,;unther. Rear Admiral Charles II, Sigs'
bce u. =, ~, retired, and the foIlo"Int
members Of the Governors stan tapt
II. 4. Woodward. Capt. Henry Crlil
cant. Avian Perry and Capt. Lorlhar'
spencer. $780,.
Young Dan Matthews and Younger
.Jimmy Wenman and the rest OF th'
boys and girls were dancing to th'
straina of Herr RemiCks arrangement
of a fox trot called Emmy Chin Chin
when the Governor and his party en-
tered. but Immediately Henry Conrad
Old Guard Military Band switched OF
to "The star Spangled Banner ah'
everybody stood up aud hol'ered.
Every year the classic line Is repeated
about old Guard balls Then the or
chcstra played. "oh, say, can you se'
by the dawn's early Nght"-and soih'
of them could" Hut there Was ~
occasion for any such line last nlgh'
or even this morning. Everybody stuo'
up like soldiers and gentlemen, ana al
of them looked very nuty. one won
dered ln fact. AZ ones eye swept IN
line of shake topped figures why all TN
fuss over the lack of "a standing army.
Why worry about preparedness man
asked For not only was the old GUAR
there, with the blue eyes and red lip
of youth hut so We're strong representa-
tons of the Ancient and ENceptlonaIl,
Honorable Artillery Of Boston. the FRS
Troop Of the Governors Foot Guard
from Hartford and the Second Troo
from New Haven. their tightly cla'
and voluptuous legs adding touc'
Of stability to the scene, and member
Of the Fourth and Fifth Maryland In
fantry. Also there Was AN entire al
vision, headed by Miss Madelyn sum
mers of the most h,autcous ladies' tina
even an Old Guard function ever ha