Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-05-12
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
MRS. PRINCES MEXICAN LUNCH
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Most unique and altogether origina
was the society event which took place
on Tuesday afternoon at the hospitable
| the occasion being a complimentary re-
| ception in honor of Mrs. Solomon Luna
of Valencia county, who is spending 6
few weeks in the capital as the guest
of her father, Hon. NJ. r. Otero. The
| affair took the distinctively novel form
I of a Mexican luncheon" Some thirty
| guests were present. The ladies assem-.
bled at 1870, being received by Mrs
| Prince and Mrs. Luna in the front
| drawing room amidst a flood of soft
| light reflected from numerous electric
lamps and candelabra, shaded with the
Mexican national colors, red, white an6
green. A dozen or fifteen of the ladies
responded to the true sentiment of the
occasion by adopting a style OF
| coiffure peculiarly characteristic to the
higher society circles of the sister re,
| public, the hair being surmounted by
very high combs, over which vas grace.
fully flung the fascinating Spanish
mantilla.
The black Spanish veil worn by Mrs
| Luna has been cherished as an heirloom
in the family for generations. Tht
white veil worn by Mrs. Prince, with
the dignity of a queen, was woven ou'
| of silk by the nuns of CASTLE more thar
a century ago. When all were assem-
| bled the inclosing curtains were drawn
and Mrs. Prince, accompanied by thu
| guest of honor, led the merry throns
| through the archway into the spacious
museum hall and babe them be seated
but her suggestion was lost in the burs1
| of admiration hat broke forth wher
the ladies beheld the picture there pre-
/ scented. AS hostess and entertainer
Mrs. Prince is always resourceful, an(
aesthetic, and here it was apparent he,
| best efforts had been brought into full
execution. No pen picture can do JUS
tice to the rare scene of color, sweet
ness and light, red white and green pre-
dominating everywhere. These were tn
colors of the hall draperies, the nag
and festoons, the chandeliers and car
delabra, the canopied throne, the tabl
decorations; and there were suspended
here and there red birds resting OF
| white perches within green cages. Along
| the edge of the stage was massed {
great bank of palms, ferns, cacti ant
native mescal intertwined with smilax
and partly concealed behind this fairy
bower stood six young ladies who ha(
been selected by the hostess as her as
S~istants for the occasion. These were
Misses Palen, Nina Otero, Ilfeld, Hurt
Mckenzie, King, Staab and Virginia
Otero. They looked sweet, and were
charmingly attired in low-necked white
robes, with bright red sashes, and gar.
lands of dainty green smilax about
their graceful white shoulders, making
a very pretty effect, indeed. Mrs. Migue
A. Otero, the amiable wife of New Mex.
ico's popular executive, and the hand.
some Mrs. A. M. Bergere, were founC
seated at either side of the great round
table as the main body of guests en-
tered the hall. 1t fell to the lot of these
ladies to dispense the coffee and choco-
late later on. The table represented q
scene of rare tropical beauty. Richly
wrought Mexican drawn thread work
over red constituted the covering; ir
the center, almost reaching to the red
green and white hangings of a historic
wicker chandelier were stately palms
from which protruded many of those
rare vari-colored native Spanish flowers
named in honor of General Poinsett
here indeed We're the red, white anC
green most artistically blended. These
poinsettas We're sent Mrs. Prince TO
this special occasion from southern
California by Mrs. r. S.. Turner. There
vas no china on the luncheon table,
only silver, glass and wickerware. be.
ing used. And the MENU, too, was one
of the specially unique features, the
red, white and green idea having beer
carried out most ingeniously in the
preparation of all the rare dishes, com.
prising the several very elaborate
courses. Upon being seated the assist.
ing misses distributed from wicker has.
kets menu cards, which were in keep.
ing with the spirit of the event, the
cards having a feather-work bird an(
the name of the guest on one side, ant
the following bill of fare on the other:
Caldo de f~rijoles, pan frances. pollt
con chill. %frijoles y papas, olives, AFRO,
Y %pimientos, enslada de legumbres, bis
cochos de queso, n%aranjas y pinas, mar
quesotes, dulces de phones, melones
chocolates y tunas, nueces pecan, choc
olate, cafe.
After the coffee and sweets came two
of the fair assistants, Misses Cary
Palen and Nina Otero, bearing between
them a huge silver platter banked will
souvenirs of the occasion. These con
sisted of tiny Mexican sombreros O
| white straw, bedecked with the nationa
Scioie, IN hilO Will pouquClo - leu
| white and green flowers. The young la
dies looked very beautiful as the!
stately moved from guest to anoth
err, reminding one Of the figures seel
upon some old Etruscan vase. Thus tn,
hours sped on most delightfully."- til
adieus were said. Those invited were
Mesdames Solomon Luna, M. A. Otero
G. H. Wallace, J. r. McFie, Frost, r. ]
Palen, j.. D. Hughes, F. w. Clancy, Ar
thur Seligman, James l.. Seligman, E
l.. Eustis, M. R. Otero, Isabel Luna, A
M. Bergere, J. M. Luna, M. r. Sena, J
d. Sena, c. A. Abreu, r. s. Turner an(
her sister, Miss Baker, Mesdames w
H.. Whiteman, A. A. Newbery, Norman
Wizard, Norman King, and Miss KIM
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