The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-28
MONSTER DANCE
SOCIAL FINALE
TO BIG EVENT
Midshipmen Entertain the
Army Cadets and 5000
Others.
THREE ORCHESTRAS PLAY
Social Side Of Event Empha-
sized in Ballroom of Com
mOdOre Hotel.

The social epiogue of the afternoon
tween the Army and Navy took the
form Of ball last night in the Com
modore Hotel. 1t was a monster
dance, bringing together three thou
arranged the big entertainment. From
Q o'clock until Sunday was at least
two hours old the midshipmen gave
the cadets and their other guests the
merriest night in the history of the
social side of their annual battle on
the gridiron. Three orchestras played
for continuous dancing in the ball
room. The large salons at east and
west formed supper rooms.
Scores of dinners filed in the inter-
val between the close of the game and
the opening of the ball. The Secretary
Of War and Mrs. Newton ID. Baker
gave a dinner in the Belmont Hotel
for the guests they had with them in
the afternoon. The Secretary of the
| Navy and Mrs. Josephus Daniels
added a similar preface in the Com
modore
Other dinners in the Commodore were
given by Mayor L. V. Babcock of Pitts
burg and Mrs Babcock. Joseph w.
Powell vice president of the Bethlehem
Shipbuilding Corporation, who had ten
guests, and Daniel c. Roper. r. F..
Clark of Allston. Mass. Commander
Fred f. Rogers. attached to the Office
Of Naval Intelligence at Washington (;
Mrs F. d. Kars. Commander F. G..
| Starr, Mrs Harriet Hyde Hawkins OF
Fair Haven, VT. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT er
| c. S. Stephenson of the medical corps OF
the Naval Hospital in New York Will
! lam p. Cochran of Philadelphia. Charles
| r. Ellicott, Commander s. A. Tafflnder.
L. S. S. Frederic Capt. w. Pitt Scott
Of the L. S. s. Frederic. Lieutenant
Commander J. w. Bunkly Of the L. S.
s. Rochester. Charles r. Ross. Mrs. f.
u. Harms. Lieut.. II. Mccoy Jones, COM
handing L. S. S. Williamson; Lieuten-
| ant Commander ]. A Lee, Commander
r. L. Stovey and Dr. William Pfeiffer.
/ In the Belmont Hotel dinners also
were given by Rear Admiral Benton G.
Decker, Col Thacher of Washington,
Col. q. w. Stuart of Baltimore. Mr.. and
Mrs. Walter C. Witherbee of Port Henry
n. Y; Col. f. S. Hayes. Worcester
Mass Mr.. and Mrs. J. T. Duthie OF
Seattle, Wash; r. NJ. Brady OF Rapi-
dan. Va. DR.. and Mrs r. W. Lovett OF
Boston. Mrs. c. NJ Within Of Whitins-
willie. Mass. Col and Mrs. George
| Washington Stuart of Baltimore, Wal
ton L. Crocker Of Boston and Senator
and Mrs James w. Wadsworth, Jr.
Gov. r. Livingston Beeckman gave
dinner in the Biltmore. Collector Will
lam II. Edwards Joined the dinner
givers in the Commodore, and former
Senator and Mrs. James Hamilton
Lewis those in the Biltmore.
In the boxes overlooking the ballroom
there were parties with Rear Admiral
MCGOWAN. Rear Admiral Clark. Rear
Admiral d. w. Taylor. Rear Admiral w
G. BREASTED. Surgeon-General of the
Navy Mr.. and Mrs. John NICE. Bow
man, Commander Douglas J.. Howard
Rear Admiral Paris. Rear Admiral Grit
fin. Rear Admiral McNay, Rear Admiral
Long, Rear Admiral Hughes. Rear Ad-
mral Simpson. Rear Admiral Washing
ton. Rear Admiral Glennon, Rear Adj
u1iral Eberle. Admiral Wilson, Nice-Ad-
niral Jones. Rear Admiral Robertson
Gov. Richie Of Maryland. Mr.. and Airs
Eugene d. Miller. Mr.. and Mrs. george
w. Sweeney. Gov Beeckmsn. GOV
Snroul Gov. Townsend. Capt. Carpenter
Commander Bowden, Commander Yer
nou. Capt Jackson Capt. Mutton capt
Cluverius and Col Thompson.
The success OF the ball was due largely
70 the combined efforts of Commander D.
7 Howard Commander G.. II. Bowdey
and Midshipman f. J. Bridget. who as
members OF the dance committee worked
out the complicated details OF the big
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