Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1897-03-20


Mrs. James Seligman expects to leave
for Salt Lake City during the coming
week, on visit to her parents.
The Ohautauquans are 'circling" faith
fully, and rumors reach the unlearned
outsider weekly, of the charming even
ings spent by the members.
Mr.. and Mrs. Proctor, of Utica, N. Y,
are here on visit and have rooms at the
Palace. They are en- route to California
and expect to leave on Monday.
Mrs Hagga-d and children, of La Porte
Ind, and Mrs. Forney and children, of
Minonk, ILL.,, are in Santa Fe in search of
health, and have rooms at Mrs. Bush's.
The Bees warmly welcome the return of
Miss Berta Hurt to their juntas once
more. Her rosy and happy face bears
tribute to the happy skies that bend
above our sister territory, Arizona.
II Right Rev. DR.. McLaren, bishop of
Chicago, who has been here for week
for the benefit of his health, will preach
tomorrow at the church of the Holy Faith
at IL O'Clock in the forenoon. DR.. Nc
Laren is steadily improving in health.
Miss Nellie Fulmer, the pretty niece
of Hon. H. B. Cartwright and Mr.. s. G.
Cartwright, who has been visiting here
during the past six months with the
family of her uncle, has left for her home
at Ada, Iowa.
| On Wednesday evening of last week
Mrs. Shannon gave most delightful
"Dutch Lunch" at her apartments at the
Palace. There were present, Major and
Mrs John l.. Bulls, Hon. and Mrs. Max
Luna, Hon. and Mrs. @. A.Spiess, Mr..
and Mrs. J, d. Hughes, Mrs. Church, Miss
Spiess, Messrs. Hughes, Charles Springer,
Twitchell and Gortner.
Friday, week ago, Mrs. Shannon en-
tertained few friends at an afternoon
tea. The occasion WAS greatly enjoyed
and there were present, among others, the
| following: Mrs. Hughes, Mrs. Ilfeld, Mrs.
Martin, Mrs. Twitchell, Mrs. Spiess, Mrs.
Money, the Misses, Baer, Spiess, Ilfeld,
Hurt, Holman, Atkins, Rothgeb, Blanche
Rothgeb, LaRue, Reynolds, and Hand
Mrs Henrietta Ilfeld entertained the
Bees and visiting young ladies with a
"Pillow Dow" party Thursday afternoon.
After the game, in which Miss Berta
Hurt won the prize, beautiful silver
nail file. delicious refreshments were
served. Those present we're: Mrs. j. D.
Hughes, Miss Baer, of Albuquerque,
Misses Hickman and Stoneroad, of Las
Vegas, Miss Spiess of Warrensburg, Mo-,
Miss Hurt, Miss Gulliford, Miss Palen,
the Misses Keller, and Miss Weir.
Mr.. George R. Stephens, proprietor of
The Press of New Paynesville, Mimi, and
special correspondent for thu Milan, Mo-,
Republican, the Mt. Aver, Ia, Twice-a-
Week News, and other papers, is in the
city. He has been at Ojo Caliente the
past month for his health and has been
greatly benefited. After week of sight
seeing in Santa Fe, he will make pleas
ure trip down the Rio Grande valley and
through the southern part of the territory.
Mr.. Stephens is favorably impressed with
what he has seen of the territory, and has
great deal of praise for the Hot Springs
of Ojo Caliente, where his family's health
has been greatly revived during the short
stay of one month. He proposes to know
the territory thoroughly before leaving
and his tour of points of interest therein,
will consume several months.
In the Land of Sunshine, for March,
is a very lavishly illustrated and most
interesting article on "Living Pincush-
IONS" dissertation upon New MEXICO
and other cacti, by Rosa de La Guerra
and dated Santa Fe, N. NJ. One lives to
learn indeed! And this short but very
thorough resume of the cacti family, it's
past and future possibilities, teaches
many things. First, that Santa Fe has
many men and women capable, bright
and learned in this or that matter of com
mon interest to all of which we, the home
folks live on day by day in ignorance till
events cast up pebble on our tiny
beach. little of this sent to our home
paper would be of interest to all. Why
not do this9 Secondly, this article bears
in upon one. The wholehearted and en-
thusiastic advertising, that bright par.
ticular star, Charles +. Lummis, gives us
Stree gratis" His "New Mexico David"
'Strange Corners of Our Country "The
Man who Married the Moon" and every
issue of the Land of Sunshine is filled
with praise of the land he loves. Even
"Dlm Silence and Adobeland!" anent
whichso many of our citizens went wroth,
is word of affection for US. The one
sentence, "New Mexico is like the dearest
woman's face, never to be photographed"
tells more of the charm the unnamed
fascination of this brown dear land Of
ours, than volumes could. Never an is.
sue, but some kindly word for Us is PEN
ned with loyal truth.
If you want Photographic cameras
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