Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-02-24
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL,

Miss Carmen Sena was an event that
will long be pleasantly remembered by
who thronged the cathedral and
witnessed the event. The stately ca
thedral interior was decorated with
garlands of green twined above the
aisle into an airy archway. Over
the entrance to the chancel was sus-
pended a large star, an emblem OF hope
while within the altar space hung a
wedding bell Of white, decorated with
a symbol of Joy. Upon the rim
of the bell shone in gold lettering the
words Sena-Abreu. The massive pillars
of the sanctuary were decorated with
green pinon and cedar.
AS the sonorous pipe organ, under the
skillful touch of District Clerk A. M.
Bergere, pealed forth Mendelssohn's
wedding march, the audience arose and
the bridal procession entered, preceded
by two pretty little flower girls, the
Misses May Bergere and Amalia Sena,
lovely in dresses of white and pink Or
candle. The handsome bride, Who look
ed regal in a dress of cream satin en-
train, trimmed with muslin de sole n
sprays Of orange blossoms, entered,
leaning upon the arm of Hon. Solomon
Luna. She carried a bouquet of bridal
roses and lilies of the valley. Her at
pendants were Mrs. J. M. Luna, who
wore black chiffon, and Mr.. NJ. F. Sena;
Az ca. A1,no, r-Io uyoya yv,htfo brill
liantine, with pink ribbon, and MI. N.
Abreu; Miss Nina Otero, who wore
white organdie with pink ribbons, and
f. M. Otero; Miss v. Abreu, who wore
white silk with pink ribbon, and Mr..
| Ramon Abreu; Miss Mary Sena, who
| wore white organdie, and Mr.. Louis Sc
| ma. At the altar the bridal procession
was met by the bridegroom and the
best man, Hon. ], D. Sena, brother OF
the bride.
Vicar General Anthony F%ourchegu
assisted by Fathers Halterman ane
Cazales, oficiated. Hon. Solomon Luna
giving away the bride. Father Four
chegu preached an eloquent sermon or
the duties of husband and wife. anc
insisted upon the holiness of the mari
tai relation. Lennart's mass was SUM-
by a special choir, consisting of Mrs
Cross and Miss Gulliford, sopranos
Mrs. A. C. Ireland and Miss Blanchard
altos: Hon. ]. d. Sena, tenor, ant
Brother Butolph, bass. The music wa
sublime, and formed a fitting accom-
paniment to the beautiful ceremony.
1t was high noon when the brida
procession left the church and REPAIRED
to the Palace hotel, where a SUMPTION
banquet was served. In the spaciou
dining room, tastefully decorated wit
evergreens, stood the banquet table,
vision of beauty. Covers were laid 70
one hundred. The table. which was i
the shape of a horseshoe, was superb,
decorated. The white linen brought int
relief dainty scrolls of smilax on an
along the edge of the table. At the hea
Of the banquet table, in front of tn
bride and the groom, was a grand bou
quet of American beauty roses, and a
around the table were bouquets @
~queenly carnations in pretty vases. TIL
wedding cake was a work of art, an
consisted of several tiers or layers
from which swung wedding bells an
horseshoes. In the center a ladder G
luck, supported by a wishbone, reache
up to a crown, the fiftieth happy ami
verysary of the wedding. An orchestr
enlivened the occasion with it's strain
Of music, and in the evening furnishe
melody for the gay dancers, who trippe
the light fantastic until II o'clock.
At the home of the bride beautif,
decorations proclaimed to the guest
that it was a high feast day. TIL
many beautiful and costly presents
consisting of gold and silver, cut-glas
ware and other articles, were placed o
and around a large table and wer
much admired.
Mr.. and Mrs. Abreu will be at HON
at Rayado, Colfax county, in about tW
weeks, of which place the groom is or
of the leading citizens. He is the scio
of one of the oldest families in Ne
Mexico, the same as the bride, who ca
trace her lineage back to the time {
the conquest Of New Mexico. The fe
Their of the groom is Don Jesus Abre1
a son of Don Santiago Abreu, who We
one of the most learned and influentii
citizens Of his time. Don Santiae
Abreu was one of three brothers, tt
others being Ramon and Marcelir
Abreu, who were men Of talent and
liberal education. They were assas
mated in 1887 at the time Of the Chlmay
revolution, when Governor Perez we
beheaded in Santa Fe. Don Carle
Beaubien, n of the original owners {
the Maxwell grant, was another ancet
tor of Mr.. Carlos F. Abreu, he being til
grandfather On his mothers side. M
Beaubien was one of the first distrit
judges appointed by the president {
the United States for New Mexico. TIL
other two We're Hons. ]. Houghton an
Antonio Jose Otero, father Of Hol
Manuel r. Otero, register of the Ian
office. Mr.. Abreu was educated at Sar
ia Fee, at Mora and at St. Mary's, Kal
He is a good Spanish and English schol
ar, and has held a number of responsi
BILE positions in Colfax county. such a
assessor and school superintendent
in which he acquitted himself in tn
most creditable n
The beautiful bride Is a daugh
ter of the late Major ]. D. Sent
and has a host Of friends In Santa Fe
in fact, throughout the territory. ]
would take many pages to relate tn
genealogy of the brides family. He
mother. Dona Isabel c. de Baca de Sc
ma, is a descendant Of that intrepid ex
plorer, Cabeza de Bazaar Of Dona Re
sa de Bustamente, daughter of Gov
ernor Bustamente. who was married t
n grandson of Cant. Nicholas Ortiz NJ