Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-02

| pink illusion was draped corresponding
| In color to the shaded candles OF the can
delabra which adorned the ends Of the
| table. A further charm was lent to the
| table by slender silver vases containing
| bouquets of la France buds and purple
violets. The central chandelier above the
table was brilliant with many lights en-
| twined with asparagus fern vines.
The guests were officials Of the present
Mexican government and ex-ofhcials. as
| we'll as diplomatic guests.
| Mrs. Electa E. Smith is again able to
be out after an illness of several months
at her old home at Sterling. Ill. Mrs.
Smith resigned from her position here
| over a year ago because of her poor
health and has been more or less of an
| invalid since. She was able to drive to
Mineral Springs Saturday. where she
| spent the day with friends. the rest in
| the cool woods and the refreshing coun-
| try air doing her a wonderful amount of
| good. Her hundreds of friends. both
there and in this city, will be pleased to
| learn Of her recovery.
A Mexican celebration which is quite
! In contrast to other recent news from
that country and which will be of interest
here, where the host is SO well known,
was the saint days fete given by former
Ambassador Creel for his father-in-law,
Mr.. Luis Terrazas.
In the morning hours there was a spe-
to Lake Xochimilco. On the return trip
| the party stopped at San Angel, and at 2
o'clock sat down to a beautifully deco
rated table In the front garden Of the
Villa des Roses and enjoyed an elaborate
| banquet, during the course of which
many good wishes were rendered the
guest Of honor for happy returns of the
day.
Former Representative DENLY and his
| bride. who are motoring abroad, have sent
interesting details of their trip, beginning
when they landed at Naples, which will
interest those especially who may expect
to make a similar trip: 1T was raining
quite hard when we started and the
| roads were heavy The drive through
narrow, crowded streets where there
seemed to be no traffic regulations. and
| over muddy. slippery stones. All the first
part of the way was uphill, requiring
traffic After that the roads were SPLEEN
did except for the superficial covering
of mud. The rain fell at intervals during
the day and the cars were sights long
before night.
1--WE passed through many quaint old
| villages, where our chief trouble with
the inhabitants was to keep the boys off
the touring trunk, which offered a con-
| slant temptation and from which. with
the top up, we found 1t hard to dislodge
II. :,
cats and dogs, at a little village inn, off
bread and eggs and cells and delicious
raw vegetable something like celery,
| which we do not have in America.
I'VE loafed along. taking 1t easy, until
we came to the town OF Formia, sixty
miles from Naples. where we put up at
an 'old-timy' inn."
The second day out was even more de-
| lightful than the first as the roads were
better. the scenery quite as noble. the
| ruins as picturesque. At one place we
encountered roaming at large over road
and countryside q herd Of what are
called wild buffaloes. apparently a cross
between the musk OK and the water buff
falo Of the orient. They are fierce brutes
and were sufficiently curious and menac-
ing to make US mighty glad we We're not
on foot The mechanician had no relish
for his job Of clearing the road from
these natives who seemed no respecters
of man or machine.
A large part Of our trip was over the
wonderful Appian way. built some three
centuries before Christ. and today the
finest piece of highway I ever saw. In
one stretch it runs straight as cannon
shot for forty miles across the Pontine
marshes between superb rows OF beeches.
with many-colored fields and marches on
either side and In tho distance mountains