Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-14
Society of Annapolis
Actively Assisting
Navy Relief Program
Comedy as Benefit Perform
ance Literally Patronized.
Academy Notes of Special
Interest.

ANNAPOLIS, Md. March $50
ciety has been absorbed for the past
week in the production of Booth
Tarkington's comedy, Clarence.
which was given for the benefit o.
Navy relief. 1t has been an annual
custom for years for Navy society 10
stage an amateur performance tor
this worthy cause. The play this year
was not only brilliant. but 1t FAR e%-
ceeded the performances OF previous
years in its suitably chosen char
acters and their clever Interpretation.
Among those taking part were Mrs
Schuyler Mills. wife of Lieut.. Comdr'
Mills, L. S. ~. as Mrs. Wheeler; Miss
Mary Johnson, daughter of Comdr.
and Mrs Theodore w. Johnson, AS
Miss Cora Wheeler. the "fapper
daughter; Miss Dorothy Mutton.
daughter OF Admiral and Mrs. LOUIS
NJ. Mutton, as Miss Privvy, the Eng
lsh soverness; Mrs. Harry Guthrie,
wife of Lieut.. Guthrie. l. ;. n. as
the stenographer, and Mrs. Will Hays,
wife of Ensign Hays, L. s. n. and
daughter of Capt. and Mrs. Sinclair
Cannon. as Della, the French maid.
Among the men playing were Lieut..
Comdr. Robert Baker, L. >. n, as
Clarence: Lieut.. ID. p. Johnson, 7. ,
n. as Bobby Wheeler: Lieut.. w. U.
Maser. L. S. n. as Hubert Stem. and
Lieut.. Walter II. Weed, L. 5. n, as
Dinwiddie, the butler.
The younger set of Annapolis. at
tractiVe in their costumes as French
uaids sold candy between the acts.
Friday there will be given the third
OF the series of hops by the OFFICERS
Club, which will be held in the Naval
Academy auditorium, and Will be a
St. Patrick affair.
Lieut.. Comdr. and Mrs. Frank Sling
huff. jr., We're hosts last Tuesday eve
ming at dinner in honor of their
house guests. Mr.. and Mrs. Hoyt
Sherman, of st. Louis.
Mrs. Harry e. Shoemaker. wife of
Comdr. Shoemaker. L. :. N. is the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Carryl Bryan
at their home at Wardour.
Mrs. Henry NJ. Briggs. wife OF Lieut..
Comdr. Briggs, L. S. ~, was hostess
Wednesday at "A bridge luncheon III
compliment to Mrs Harry f. Shoe
maker.
Mrs. Willard +. Cheadle, wife of
Lieut.. Comdr. Cheadle. I. ;. n, en-
tertained informally at two tables OF
bridge Friday afternoon at her nome
IN BoWyer road.
Lieut.. Comdr. and Mrs. Bayhs r.
Poe entertained at bridge Wednesday
Mrs Hoyt Sherman.
Ensign Homer Hudson. I. 5. ~, re-
Gently detached from duty at the
naval air station. Pensacola. has ar
rived in Annapolis. where he has heen
ordered to duty as assistant coach OF
the Naval Academy track team
Mrs. Isaac l. Yates, who has been
spending two weeks in Pittsburgh
with her husband, Capt. Isaac Yates.
u. s. ~, has returned to her apart
ment at the Peggy Stewart Inn.
Capt. and Mrs. Harry a. Baldridge
have issued invitations for a dinner
preceding the officers hop March II
in compliment TO the officers of the
seamanship department. OF Whlcn
Capt. Baldridge is the head.
Mrs. Everett r Taylor. wife OF En-
sign f. B. Taylor. L. S. n. enter
tanned at four tables of bridge last
week at Queen AIMS Cupboard.
small tea followed.
Lieut.. A. Beliner. L. S. ~, who re-
Gently was on duty at the naval AIR
station at Pensacola, spent several
DAYS with friends in Annapolis last
week before sailing for the Philip
pines.
Mrs. Henry Martyr Robert, widow
of the late Gen Henry Martyr Robert.
Y. s. n. was the guest last week OF
her son-in-law and daughter. Prof.
and Mrs. Clarence Vernon Fowler.
Mrs. Frank Slingluff. jr., enter
tanned Monday at a small mah-tong
marty for her sister. Mrs. Hoyt Sher-
man of ST. Louis, who recently re-
turned from several months in South
America.
Mrs. Everett D. Kern. wife of Lieut.
Kern. L. s. n, who has been spend
ing several days in Norfolk, has re-
turned to her apartment in the Ma
Varre.
Miss Nancy Lane Walton OF Mary
land avenue left Monday for New
York and later in the week sailed FOR
Europe. where she will spend the
Summer. She will be Joined in June
by her sister, Miss Marguerite Walton.
Admiral and Mrs. Louis Nj. Mutton
will entertain at dinner Friday before
the officers hop.
Mrs John Craven, widow OF the
late Commodore John Craven, I. =. n,
who has been visiting Mrs. NeVette
Steel, left Friday for Philadelphia,
where she Will spend several days VS.
itinc friends and from there Will go
to Newport, where she will visit her
son. LIEUT. Comdr. Francis Craven,
L. $. y.