Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1910-08-20
MUSEUM WILL Be
OPENED TONIGHT
Brilliant Reception Planned
At Historic Room of
Old Palace
.RITO ANDPUYE ROOMS FINISHED
Beautiful Paintings and In
teresting Collec-
tons.

For the lovers of art, of romance,
or of the antique; for those who would
plunge into the secrets of an ancient
and mysterious people who once saw
the same skies as now hang over
head and who once breathed the same
air as now makes us buoyant, all
roads will lead to the Old Palace to-
night.
The reason is plain, for tonight the
formal opening of the Museum of
Archaeology in the Old Palace will
take place and arrangements have
been made to hold a reception to
which the public is cordially invited
This reception is given under the
auspices of the New Mexico Museum
Woman's Auxiliary; the Woman's
Board of Trade, and the Archaeologic.
al Society of New Mexico.
The members of the Woman's
DOoA u VI lOl Al SCItI dt lSSCp-
ton committee. The board having
given $500 toward the completion of
the Rito de los Frijoles room, a spe-
cial reception committee for that
room was elected from the general
committee and consists Of
Mrs. Thomas Mrs. Harroun.
Mrs. Gable, Mrs. Hanna, Mrs.
Bishop, Mrs. Kaune, Mrs. Cartwright,
Mrs. Haynes, Mrs. Rolls, Mrs. Abbott,
Mrs. Fiske, Mrs. Winter, Mrs. Rene
han, Mrs. Shearon, Miss E. Mander-
field.
Other special committees are:
Arrangements: Mrs. Rapp, Mrs.
McFie, Mrs. Weltmer, Mrs. Thomas,
Mrs. Bergere, Mrs. Wood, Mrs. Will
son, Mrs. Walter, Miss Massie
Music: Mrs. j. L. Seligman, Mrs.
Hughes.
Refreshments: Mrs Arthur Selig-
man, Mrs. Laughlin, Mrs. Palen, Mrs.
Mills, Mrs. Jaffa, Mrs. Fischer At the
punch table will preside: Mrs. Hughes
and Mrs. Fischer.
Regents Receive.
The reception will be held in the
historic reception room of the Old
Palace to the right of the main en-
trance. Those in the receiving line
will be the members of the board of
regents of the Museum of New Mexi-
co, consisting of Governor Mills, Ter
ritorial Secretary Jaffa, Associate JUS
tice John R. McFie, Director Edgar
L. Hewett, Frank Springer of Las
Vegas; Charles F. Lummis of Los An
geles, R. w. Corwin of Pueblo, Colo,
and several ladies including Mrs.
Mills, Mrs. Jaffa and Mrs. McFie.
The room will be artistically decor
ated with ferns and cut flowers and
on the walls is an extensive exhibi-
| ton of photos taken by Jesse Nus
baum, photographer of the School of
American Archaeology. These photos
many of which are 16 by 20 inches in
size, show ruins which have been in
vestigated by the School of Archae-
ology in Colorado, Utah, New Mexi-
co, Guatemala and Honduras.
During the reception pleasing
musical program will be carried out
by Morrison's orchestra and refresh
ments will be served The reception
will last from to II p. m and after
meeting those in the receiving line
the public is invited to view the two
rooms, the Puye room and the Rito de
los Frijoles room, which have been
completed
Worthy of Inspection.
And these rooms are worthy of in
lspection, containing as they do paint
|ings and collections that must appeal
to anyone of fine sensibilities.
AS stated, the Woman's Board OF
Trade gave $500 and the Arch
geological Society of New Mex.
leo gave s100 toward completing
the Rito de los Frijoles room and $50
toward furnishing it. The iberality
of the Hon. Frank Springer made
possible the mural paintings which
now delight the eye.
These paintings which were execut-
ed in remarkably short time by the
d distinguished artist, Carl Lotave, tell
the story of the life and habitations
of prehistoric people. Any one
with the slightest artistic education
will at once notice the beautiful and
poetic treatment of these subjects by
the artist. Mr.. Lotave has displayed
a striking originality in his handling
of these subjects. which were difficult
of treatment considering the size OF
: the room where the paintings were tc
be hung. Gazing intently at these IL
, Illustrations of the story written in the
, cliffs one feels growing respect fol
the cliff dwellers who lived so long age
, and in their crude way grappled with
J the same problems of bread winning
J and "habitation'' that have confront