The morning times., 1896-03-10
CUBA LIBRE Is
SOCIEfY'S new FAD
Malaga Grapes Are Eschewed and
CASTLE Soap Banished,
Senior Quesada Lecture BEFORE 'he
washington Club-Social Notes
and Personals
"Crba T.Thre- Is the fashion.

Cuba Libre'' is the fashion.
There was a time when ''Toreador" hats,
"Bolero" Jackets and Spanish lace man
tillas worn a la Seville were the rage, for
Spain was the fad.
All the babies were chriStened Ferdinand
or Isabella, Eulalie or Alfonso; Carmencita
danced 10 themusic OIL Paloma," played
by Spanish students. Otero posed and
Cachucud, 10 the tinkling melody of the
mandolin. We wanted buIl fights early and
often with mock matadors, if we couldn't
get the real gory, brutal thing because of
law.
The pretty girls and their swainS sung
Serenades TO the accompaniment OF guitars,
and danced TO the clack of castanets for
charity and fun. Escurial lace and
Cordova leather We're in high favor. Fans
and hand screens Were painted or embroid-
cred, with lissom senoritas cOquetting
with pompous Alcades in the squares of
Madrid. Spanish hospitality, Spanish cour-
tesy were quoted freely and no comic opera
was without the Jolly Spanish innkeeper
and his respectively spTightiy blonde lnez
and stately brunette daughter Dolores.
An that is a thing of tie past Society
! has gone wild over Cuba LibFc- Whole
/ families wear the decor orative buttons, grand
.
"Wcylcr's Atrocities auntS and nieces
ask each other tie burning question, How
would you like not 10 be frce?'
So strong has become the feeling against
country OF the tyrannOuS, cruel Rons that
Malaga grapes are forbidden fruit ut smart
dinners and Iunchcons. No sclf-reSpccting
society baby will allow himself to nc
washed with CASTLE soap, nor will sweet
sixteen" indulge in day dreams lest she he
ScornfGIly troubled with building castles
in SPAIN
If tie bicycle isn't awfuIly careful the
| Cuba Libre'' rad will distance it.
Master Eddie Davis, Misses Josephine
Shelley and Edna Moore VIII give Party
/ to Miss Lulu Court of Mt. Pleasant Friday,
March 13.
A brilliant gathering of fashionable
| folks filled the handsome concert room
and dra wing rooms of the Ladies Club last
! evening. The occasion was a lecture given
! 10y Senor QueSada at the request of the
| members Of the club on Cuba"
Flags of the United States and Cuba were
entwined in decoration. and the profound
est interest was evinCcd by all present in
| Senor QueSada'S impasSioned recital of
| his country'S mlSfortuneS and aspirations.
Boldly and with wonderful clearneSs of
outline the situation Of his Countrymen in
| the past and present was Sketched Tor the
| enlightenment Of those who share hope
for Cuba Libre.''
| Applause folio wed every picture nfbravery
! and endurance presented by Senior Qucsada,
| whose brevity Of style and furCeful delivery
| would have inspired less partial listeners
| with enthusiasm.
Those present were all the members OF
the club, each having the privilege of
/ bringing a friend The affair was under
the able direction OF Mrs. William Henry
| Brown, wife of Gen. Brown.
Mr.. and Mrs CoramubiaS OF the Mexican
! legation, entertained at dinner last
| evening. Guests were: British Ambassador
and Lady Pauucefote, Gen. and Mrs.
| Draper, Mr.. and Mrs. Ncwlands. Judge
| Cox, Mr.. and Mrs. Ca,deron Carlisle, Mr..
and Mrs. Pollock, Mr.. ard Mrs. Legare,
| Mrs. Sargent, Mr.. and Mrs Andrews NJ.
| Trubert, of the French legation.
Mrs. Pioneer of Newark, n. J., Mrs.
| Baird and her daughter of Fayetteville,
! n. J.. are the guests Of DR.. Evans, No.
! 1925 Vermont avenue.
Mrs. Hitchcock, Of Q street, gave a
dinner in honor OF Mr.. and Mrs. Peabody, of
| Boston. last night. Tie mantcls and dinner
/ table were decorated with pink roses and
/ asparagus vine and from the pink shaded
chandelier n true lovers knot of broad
pink ribbon was feStooned in the meshes
OF which was caught white dove.
Among those present were MIR. and Mrs
Peabody Mrs. Simonis of Charleston, S. c.;
Miss hitchcock and Miss Biddle Of Phila
delphia.
Miss Tredaick rr,ye n card marty at hpr