Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1910-07-22

| the auspices OF the WOman'S Boart
of Trade was veritable carnival, ant
one that proved an artistic, social ant
financial success-a suitable reward
for the untiring ladies who had giyeI
their time, their energy, their talent'
and their money to it.
While all the accounts have not We
been turned in, it seems safe to es
innate that more than $500 has beer
realized and this handsome sum viii
be used to advance the interests anC
enhance the beauty of Santa Fe, car
rying out the good work of the Wom
ans Board of Trade.
At first it was feared that the wealth
er prOgnosticator in Denver had fore
casted correctly and a deluge was tC
mar the beauty and success of the
fete. 1t was known for hours that a
big storm was brewing in the rockies
and certain it is the storm was head
ed this way. But the prayers of the
fair ladies for fair weather we're evi
IDENTIFY answered, for only a few drops
fell here and no harm was done II
was just a little joke of the weather
gods, and after their little prank all
was serene, leaving the hundreds and
thousands who turned out to the fete
ample opportunity to thoroughly en-.
joy it.
Like Cairo.
And it was indeed an enjoyable
affair to the last degree. Strolling
into the plaza last night a tourist
might we'll imagine he had come to
the Ancient City of Cairo, Egypt. 1t
was a cosmopolitan gathering, judg-
ing by the costumes from all the
quarters of the globe, and although
there was not that mosaic-like con-
glomeration of tongues, for English
was heard everywhere, still the Cairo
effect was too strong to be forgotten.
The crying of those selling their
wares, the darting around of flower
girls pinning bOutonnieres for a sill
yer offering; the apparent fondness
of the multitude for candies and
sweets 1.-THE noise and whirr of mer
ry-go-round; the dance in another tri
angle to the soft strains of an or
chestra, reminding one of many Egyp'
tian harps; the soft rays from the
Japanese lanterns suspended in the
pergola; the constant moving throng
everything combined to give an
oriental effect which was enhanced
as the nostrils caught the odor OF
some Turkish cigarette just sold to
a youth by fair damsel.
They Were Fair.
And the damsels were fair and gooC
to look upon. They were not al
orientals either. Some reminded one
of the beauties that hover around the
horseshoe bay of Naples. More thar
one pair of dark eyes flashed witt
true Neapolitan ardor as request was
made to buy a bouquet, or a package
of cigarettes, or a balloon or some
other highly useful or ornamental OBJ
iect. More than one pair of lips
pleaded with true Venetian sweetness
of tone in the same old way of the
flower girls abroad: BUY, o do buy
| this from ME-"
Gowns Were Dazzling.
AS pretty as were the maidens, thei
garments were so artistically arrang
ed as to color, style and effect tina
they but accentuated the beauty o
their owners. Now it was dazzlin'
shawl of scarlet superbly embroide1
ed that wrapped it's fair burden from
neck to ankles; or it was kimon
displaying the rich colors that cam
from the Flowery Kingdom; or pei
haps it was the simplicity of pur
white gown that reminded one OF
Vestal walking through the street
of Roma Immortalis. 1t was a sigh
worthy of admiration, and the admirs
| ton was given unstintedly.
The Fete Begins.
Although the fete, or carnival, reall
began at 2 o'clock when Mayor Sc
igman took the first ride in the merr
go round, starting the wheels on thel
delight giving journey, and some on
else made the initial course aroun
the maze's winding paths, still TIN
great fete did not make its formal dt
but for 1910 until shortly after
o'clock in the afternoon when fou
and twenty maidens, preceded by 81
little maids, entered the "arena" pass
ing from the Old Palace to the newl
constructed booths in the famou
park.
Suitable Setting.
Perhaps in no other city in tn
country was there such superb Sc
ting for just such a procession. In
Old Palace, with its memories of fol
eign lands lowering around it, was
itself a most suitable point for tn
gathering of the maidens from man
foreign shores. This feature ha
been skilfully planned and even tn
color scheme of the dresses of tn
girls in the procession had been stu'
led and arranged for the most plea'
ing effect on the eye. No less an ar