Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-09

.ast ANNAPOLIS, Md. January s.
New Year day brought to an end
one of the sayest of Christmas sea
sons that Annapolis has seen for
wears. Gov RitChe kept open house
at the executive mansion on New
Year dav. and Rear Admiral and Mrs
I.oris McC. Mutton were "at home
from to o'clock Saturday at the
superintendent's residence at the
Naval Academy.
At the midshipmen's hop on New
Year eve, which was held this year
Mt Mahan Hall instead OF at Dahlgren
Hall as in former years. the midship
men and their guests were received
by Mrs. VOssler. wife of Comdr. +. A.
T.. Vossler. L. S. N. and Midshipman
, Horney Of the graduating class. Fol
lowing a time-honored custom at the
Naval Academy. at midnight lights
We're dimmed and eight bells were
sounded for Il o'clock. This year the
honor of ushering in the New Year
i'm this way was given to Miss Martha
Fisher. daughter of Col. and Mrs.
n. +. Fisher, whose escort was Mid
shipman Dyson of the graduating
class at the Naval Academy.
Mrs. Charles De Peyster Walk and
Mrs D. Claude Handy entertained to
gether at a reception on the afternoon
of New Year eve, at Mrs. Handy :
home on Duke of Gloucester street,
Mrs. Edward Darlington Johnson,
Mrs. Rockwell, wife of Comdr. Francis
w. Rockwell. and Mrs. Hill. wife OF
Comdr. Harry HILL presided in the
dining room.
Mrs Cannon. wife of Capt. Sinclair
Cannon. was hostess at luncheon and
bridge Tuesday afternoon in honor Of
Mrs. Mutton, wife of Rear Admiral
Louis Nee. Mutton, and of Mrs. j. X.
Francis of Flint. Mich. who is Mrs.
Nulton's guest.
Among the most enjoyable of the
holiday week gayeties was the no
host" dinner-dance given New Year
eve at 1.-The Little Inn" on Maryland
svenue under the auspices of Mrs.
Old. wife of Capt. Edward H. n. Old;
Mrs. Giles. wife of Capt. William j.
Giles: Mrs. Allen, wife of Comdr.
Archer NJ. r. Allen. and Mrs. Col
Inns. wife of Comdr. Marshall COLLINS.
One of the outstanding social events
of the week was the wedding of Miss
Catherine Lee Howard, daughter OF
Mrs. o. z. Howard, and Ensign Brum-
field Bradford Nichol, u. S. N, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Wharton
Nichol of Nashville, Tenn, which
Anne's Episcopal Church at 1880
o'clock Miss Howard was given in
marriage by her uncle. Mr.. w. II.
Howard of Hagerstown, Nd, and was
attended by Miss Anna Hanson Lyle
hart. Ensign f. W..Clexton. y. S. NJ.
was best man and the uShers were
Lieuts. C. s. Walsh and F. j. Cum
bingham and Ensigns w. Z. kraft,
A. III. Morgan, E.. v. Dockweiler and
]. J. Scheiber. The ceremony was
followed by q small reception at the
home of the bride on Maryland
avenue.
Mrs. Cannon. wife of Capt. Sinclair
Cannon, was hostess at bridge Tues
day afternoon, in honor of Mrs. Dean
Francis OF Flint, Mich, who has been
the guest of her parents, Rear Admiral
and Mrs. Louis Nice. Mutton.
Rear Admiral and Mrs. John Halli-
ean and their daughter, Miss Kath-
crime Hailigan, have closed their home
in Annapolis and have gone to Wash
ington, where they have taken an
apartment at the Parkwood for the
late Winter and early Spring months.
Miss Martha Fisher. daughter OF
Col. and Mrs. r. Earle Fisher OF
Orange, n. j., is the guest of her
uncle and aunt, Mr.. and Mrs. Dorsey
Gassaway. at their home on Church
circle.
Capt. Paul Reed, assistant chief of.
the Bureau of Yards and Docks, and
Mrs. Reed have announced the en-
sagement of {, their daughter, Miss
Dorothy Reed, to Ensign Dale Harris,
Z. 6. n.
Miss Louisa Alger, who spent the
holidays with her mother, Mrs. Philip
r. Alger, at her home on Murray Hill,
has returned to Boston. Mrs. Alger
also has had as her recent guests her
brother and sister-in-law, Col. and
Mrs. Taylor, and her sister, Mrs. Eli
r. Kirk Price, Of Philadelphia.
Mrs. Mary Breckenridge of Ken
lucky was the overnight guest Tues
day of her cousin, Mrs. Agard, wife
of Dean Walter r. Agard of st,
Johns College.
DR. Edward Darlington Johnson,
rector of st. Anne's Episcopal Church,
and Mrs. Johnson gave the first of
a series OF informal receptions Thurs
q day from 4 to 6 o'clock at st. Anne S
rectory on Duke of Gloucester street.
Mrs. Johnson was assisted by her
daughter, Mrs. John Edward Curry,
wife of Lieut.. Curry, u. s. NJ. c., who
fs the guest of her parents.
Mrs. Dean Francis, who has been
the guest for the past month of her
parents, Rear Admiral and Mrs Louis
Nice. Mutton, left last week with her
small daughter for her home at Flint,
Mich.
Invitations have been received here
for the marriage of Miss Ruth Ed
munt Garrison, daughter of Comdr.
Harry Alfred Garrison, NJ c.,
u. s. N. and Mrs. Garrison of San
Diego. Calf. to Lieut.. Emerson Muir
ply. U. s. N, Tuesday last at St
Francis Chapel, Balboa Park, San
Diego.