Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-07
EAT HOT STUFF
At CASA vERDUGO
VISITING MOBILES TASTE SPAN
ISH DISHES
All Glendale Turns Itself Into Recep-
tlon Committee and Gives the
Shriners Right Royal
Welcome

Shriners' day in Glendale yesterday
was very busy occasion-for the ma
tives. Not that the mobiles didn't enjoy
themselves every minute Of the hours
they spent there, but the real rush was
on the part of the population of the
rural metropolis, who saw more per-
sons on their streets and avenues than
have been there since the town was
started.
Five thousand Shriners, Shrineresses
and others made the short trip over
the lukewarm sands which separate the
Pacific Electric depot from the Casa
Verdugo, and they all went prepared
to eat. They got what they wanted all
right, but the Casa Verdugo will be a
wreck for many moons before 1t gets
over the havoc wrought by yesterdays
invaders.
The statistics connected with that
Spanish dinner given to the Shriners
reads like a last years report of the
supplies issued to the Mexican army.
Six thousand tamales, 5000 enchilades,
800 pounds of BEANS turned into
frijoles by the skill of the cook, all go
to make up part of the losses to the
commissary department, and even then
the natural accessory, both before and
after the fact, to all Spanish dinners
chiles-is not in the list.
And then the zem zem. The natives,
Injured to the stuff, were content with
that choicest of all California products
claret, but not so with the visitors. The
southern contingent, true to natural
instincts, insisted on the bottled in
bond variety, while the Wisconsin dele
cation would have nothing but the
zem that made Milwaukee famous. Also
the st. Louis Moolahs, but theirs was
Bud" and the few aristocrats in the
crowd tackled the grape that Is sup
posed to be imported from across the
seas.
Some Real Water There
The Shrineresses drank water. There
is big rock fountain right alongside
the Casa Verdugo, and here the fem
inine portion of the visitors congre-
gated, bringing the children with them.
Some one had told them that it was
the real and only place for which Ponce
de Leon had been searching when he
was drifting around the country some
years ago, and more Verdugo water
was consumed in consequence than
would irrigate every orchard and
grove in the valley.
The Shriners and their ladies were
fed in lots of 300 at time. Ordinarily
the Casa Verdugo will accommodate
about 100 diners, but for yesterdays
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zoo persons around the festive board,
was erected, and here most Of the Wis
itors had their first shot at the fra
grant enchilada and the savory ta-
male.
For those who had never been UP
against them before the Spanish dishes
spread for their delectation were GER
tainly treat or course, some of the
visitors who had tender palates
coughed and spluttered over their first
mouthful of chile con carne, but on the
whole the slaughter was an immense
success.
And then the sights of Glendale and
the surrounding valley came into play
Not that Glendale can boast Of any
real old ruins or mansions built before
the war Except the war with SPAIN
but the orange and lemon groves and
wide orchards of green apricot trees
did much to please the mobiles and their
friends, and wherever the fruit was
still standing on the trees many a
grove was robbed of few boxes of
oranges which would otherwise have
found their way into the packing house
and some eastern mart.
All Glendale Receives
Headed by Ezra Parker, the Glen
dale population turned out en- masse
and formed one large reception commit
tee to welcome the guests of the day.
Along the Pacific Electric road, from
Tropico to the mountains, every sta
ton and building, residence and tent
was decorated to suit the occasion.
Masses of green pepper boughs, form
ing a background for geraniumS sweet
peas and mustard blossoms, pfedomi-
mated everywhere, and the little sub
urban village never looked better.
Automobiles and carriages carried the
visitors wherever they wished to go,
and many of the frugal natives, fall
ing to remember the fact that 1t was
pleasure and not business which must
SWAY the day, made the best of the
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