The morning call., 1893-05-28
ChoBi;a Irurbi Moacada. What was she?
HeTe Is the authoEess' answer:

Here IS the authoress' answer:
she is gnIf1eFnt, audacious.
ineOmprehensibie; a creature of storms and
eOHyulsioHs and lmpregnzbse calm: The germs
OF ali good and all bad in her: woman -uD-
llnated- Every husk OF tradition has fallen
from her. ChOniia stood in the door
way. She was quite beautiful enough TO plant
tDoins IN lovers hearts where she listed Her
tall, supple figure was clio he'd IN whiIe, and
over her gold hair-iuud and brilliant, bot
without tinge of rsd-she wore a white lace
manfilia. Her straight, narrow brows and
heavy lashes were bacs. but her skin wa
more purely white than her gown. Her nose
ana SIZE had the most sculpiured mouth have
ever seen. Her eye were green. dark and very
luminous Sometimes they had the look oi a
chid; sometimes she allowed them 10 fash
WIN The hre OF an animated spirit
such is the curiosity-arousing portrait
painted by Mrs. Aiherton, who ia IL. they say,
drew her own striking features 10 the life. But
why "DoomswomaDp? That. too, had refer
enee to these wondsTf ul eyes with their change
full sp irit.
The expression Chonita chose to cultivate"
explains the portrait painter, was that asso-
elated with crowned head and scepteIed hand;
ana sure 40 que-n had ever looked so calm, so
neAoIaole, so naughty. so terribly clear OF
vision. Not ihai she posed-to any one, at
least, but herself; for some rason-youIhtul,
uT0oably-ihe iron in her nature was most ad-
mIrrd by her, Wherefore, also. as she had he
power as twin 10 heal and curse, / hai named
her The DoomSw0maH.' and ~ this name sh
was noHn far and wide. By the lower class
OF Santa Barbaf ashe was called the Golden
Seuorlts, on account OF her hair aud her
iatueTs great wealth."
Do you want TO know more OF the strange
heroine Of ibis fascinating California story :?
Here is another sentence from lis pages, brief
out compfenensiYely descriptive Of her person
ality:
''She is Chonita Itnrbi Monesda,' said
Castio severely. she is Ike no olher woman
and what she does Is figbt.''
So much for 1.-THE most famous beauty OF the
South" IN California in 1910.
Only few extracts can be given. owing TO
the limits Of space. One shall b. descriptive:
At 10 o'clock the large sala OF the Gov
ernors house was throaged with guests, and
Inc music OF the flute, harp and guitar fioated
through The open windows; the musicians sat
on the corridor. How harmonious was the
Monterey ballroom OF that day. The women
IN their gowns OF very rich material, the
men ne, 10 "hlte trousers, black SIX JACK Is ana
low mo- oceo shoes, no color except In the
Jewels and the rich southern faces The bare
ugly Saia. from which the ueliei furniture had
been removed, needed no ornaments with tnat
WOYlDg BEAUTY; and even The coffee colOTed,
hlgl'-stOmached old people were petuTesque. |
wander through those deserted salas some
times, and. as tears blister my eyes. imagI,
nation aud memory people he cold rooms, ard
l 10 get lhat the dasling cabaleTOs ana lovely
donas, who once called Monterey their owa and
mad II living piclus boo. are Dust beneath
tie Wild oats aud Ihisties of the deserted ceme-
tery on he BILL The Americans hardly know
that such people once existed.
That splash OF color comes Just before Cho.
nita dances e Sou-oBe OF the pretiiest pits"
in the book, but mot available" as editors
say. for this limiIed review. The same objec-
Iiou must apply 10 The bull-fght. the christen-
ing. the merieEda, the rodeO. the barbecue, and
many other distinctive pictures.
Space. however, must be given 10 this ac-
count of an early Californian mansion:
The great house of The Iturbf Moncadas.
erected IN the first years OF The century was
bnllt about three SIDES Of a court, me snring
100 feet each way. Like most of the adobes Of
the time, il had but one story, md a wide-pil-
Jared corridor prot -cted by sloping root faced
the court, which was as bare aud hard a. the
moor OF ballroom. Behind the dwelling WEI
lne manufactures and huts OF the Indian re-
tanners. DOn GuilIeTm0 IIurbi y Moucada was
| Tie maGnaie Of the South. Ills ranchOs COW
cred 100000 acres; his horses and cattle
tets, eoopers, sadders, sboemakers, weavers
| manufacturers OF household staples supplied
! The garrison and town with the necessaries of
| lilei ne also did large trading business In
hides and tallow. RumOr had il that IN the
woOdrn lower builC against the back of IDe
house he kept gold By the bushe basketful; ;
but no one called him mlser, for he gave the
poor OF the town all they ute aud wore and
kept supply Of drugs for their sick. So
loved and revered was lie that when earth
qudkes shook the town, or fires threatened il
from the hills, the poor In BODY TO TIL
courtyard OF Casa GranGe and besuughf his
protection. They never passed bin without
sauiing 10 the ground nor his house without
bending their heads. And yet they f-ared MIN,
for he was an lFaselble old gentleman at times
and thunped numerically when in i temper
Chonlta alone could manage him al ways.
That Estenega was a masterful mau in love
and Otherwise. Here is specimen OF bis love
making:
Cbonita and Estenega faced each other among
the CastIlian roses of the garden behind the