The San Francisco call., 1906-09-02

adorn the pretty round throat Of Ma
RE Angela Theresa
The natural place for the wedding OF
Francisco Garcia and Senorita Peralta
would have been the quaint little mis-
sion. where she had been baptized. But
Santa Clara was miles away. and ii
was a long. tedious trip Young Gar
cia was an ardent wooer and an impa-
tient lover. He insisted upon going to
San Rafael. where. he persuaded Marie
Angela Theresa. the knot could be tied
just as securely by Padre SAINT Anas.
Those were not the days OF civil mar
riages. One might as readily dispense
with a ceremony altogether as to ap-
peal to civil magistrate to make two
persons legally husband and wife, or,
for that matter. to unravel the knot,
once it was fairly tied
The Marriage at San Rafael.
To the town over which ST. Rafael
presides. then. the young couple went.
accompanied by the brides mother. We
would call the bridal gown "crea-
tion'-handsome gray silk, made al
most white by the quantity OF Point dc
Venise lace used In its trimming On
her head she wore a lace rebosa. which
had served the same purpose to her
great grandmother in Andalusia. II
was a curious wedding journey-arst a
OOAL
the Marin shores. and then the last
stage of their trip by wagon to San
Rafael. 1t would have been a joIlfer
merry making time and one more f1t-
ting the standing of the bride could
they have. gone back to her early
home.
Since those days of which she still
loves to tell and which bring the light
of youth to her face. Sonora Garcia's,
ic IU oh "a -
now, living alone in a modest cottage
In Berkeley. Not even the 50-foot lot
upon which the house stands is hers.
though only half a century ago, stand
ing on the same spot, the eye could not
reach the limits OF the Peralta pos
sessions.
But some things there are that re-
main to the kindly old lady besides the
memories OF other days. One an ola
dagger in a crude wooden sheath. the
blade all rusted and nfcked, belonged
to her great great grandfather and was
brought by him from Spain to Mexico.
Perhaps it came to Domingo Peralta
when he grew to the stature OF a man
and from him 1t came naturally by in
heritance TO Sonora Garcia.
One interesting relic is an old Missile
bound In parchment and presented to
Louis Peralta, Domingo's father, by the
Rev. Father Ferdosa in 1893. 1t had
COAlic ~ TIC pd0Ec lIOn the president
or guardian of the college in 1895. by
whom 1t was compiled. after having
been used by him to his great comfort
and spiritual aid for many years"
Above Sonora Garcia's bed hangs a
rarely beautiful etching OF st. Gertrude
with an Invocation below In old letter
ing and older Spanish This came to the
present owner from great aunt. who
must have had an eye to- the orna-
mental, for over a century ago she dec
GRATED the edges of the quaint picture
with funny little ribbon rosettes, held
in place by prettily colored beads
These souvenirs are all there are to
show in the small home on Claremont
avenue Of the grandeur that was once
the Peraltas. but the owner OF them.
though past the three score years ana
ten. SMILES cheerily and happily uponl
the visitor as he comes and bids him
godspeed as he leaves with the. x-ntl,
courtesy for which her family wa
famed before the Gripgoes came