Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-06-27
MIDSUMMER wIIIRh.

and columns TO tell adequately about
t.
The Masonic class this time num-
bered thirty-four prominent citizens
from all parts of the state. In addi-
tion there were many Masonic visitors
from Albuquerque and other cities
who helped confer the degrees. Each
noon, for three days, the ladies of the
Eastern Star served luncheon in the
refectory of the Masonic cathedral
and such luncheon The climax came
on Tuesday evening, when a triple
header I'm the way OF entertaining the
visitors was staged. There was a pipe
organ concert, a reception and a
dance. The cathedral was brilliantly
| illumined the beautiful interior with
its Moorish decorations and the great
mural painting, never looked more in
wiling or attractive.
THE LOAN ART EXHIBIT.
The world knows that Santa Fe Is
treasure house of history but no one
even in Santa Fe suspected the world
of precious heirlooms. OF works of
art. that are the pride or scores of
homes The Loan Art exhibit at the
Palace of the Governors under the
auspices of the summer school brought
! a fraction OF them out to public view,
| but not until the Cathedral of the
| Desert offers adequate exhibit faeili-
! ties. will anything like an ADEQUATE
public display be made of these treas
ures AS il was, the mere catalogue
| Of the objects displayed made eight
! typewrltten sheets and not only local
visitors but scores OF tourists from all
parts of the world who wandered
| through the Museum rooms were pro-
nounced i'm their admiration OF the
beautiful and precious things on dis
play. The womans committee of the
| Summer school was in charge ana
worked like Trojans 10 make the
| event a most memorable one. Aux
| Hilary committees were appointed ana
/ bevy of young women assisted IN
| serving iced tea and waters IN Inc
assembly room. where artistic boquets
/ of peonies i'm ancient, prehistoric ollas
stood in the deep window recesses or
shed the glow of floral beauty over the
| tea table on which a fine old English
silver tea set loaned by Mrs. Palen,
| and beautiful China tea pitcher
| loaned by Miss Massie graced oppo-
site ends Music and true Santa Fe
| hospitality were enthroned there and
| a hearty welcome awaited all visitors
including the hundred teachers and
their instructors for whom the affair
was a farewell.
! The other Museum rooms had their
| masses of roses and their charming
attendants who explained the exhibits.
In the Puye room, one Of the great at
/ fractions was a dress made in 1919
and in the family Of Mrs. Clancy since
then, an accompanying photograph
| showing Mrs. Clancy in her young
womanhood wearing the dress on
| festive occasion. Together with the
dress, Mrs Clancy exhibited num-
| Der OF interesting heirlooms, including
quaint old English sewing bird or
metal used by her great grandmother,
an engraved knitting bone, and very
old Spanish dagger. There was also
dainty white bedspread woven by
Mrs. Betty Webster Wiley in 1916,
which was loaned by Mrs. Clancy
/ Mrs. Herring loaned a lace wedding
dress worn by her great grandmother
/ and her grandmother. The great
grandmother was Katherine Hoge-
boom, wife of the Hon. Samuel +.
| Webb. aid camp of George Wash
! ington steel engravings of Mr. and
Mrs. Webb accompanied the exhibit.
| other articles dc vertu and helrlooms
! loaned by Mrs. Herring came from as
| far away as Brazil, Europe and the
| far east She exhibited an exquisite
sample of lace from Tours, France
Turkish embroidered bolero jacket
| from Constantinople; a dainty hand
| kerchief OF Mrs. Herrins's great
grandmother; bead sandle shade,
| the mate of which is in the Boston
Museum: a hammered silver jewel
box Of Louis XIV brought over by
| the wife of Commodore Vanderbilt;
wonderful Italian mosaic set In gold
! brooch. an old English silver pitcher,
a Chantlly lace shawl worn by the
mother and grandmother of Mrs.
| Herring; Swiss watch of the grand
mother of Mrs Herring.
Mrs Jose d. Sena sent a magnificent
drawnwork table cloth with embrod-
cred butterfly pattern and also three
silver heirlooms in the Beaubian fam
ily consisting of an old-fashioned
drinking cup, quantity shaped ladle
and silver plate that were much ad-
mired
Mrs Levi A. Hughes loaned two
| Paisley shawls that are admirably
specimens of that early Scotch weave
and pattern, a Mexican shawl brought
| from Old Mexico. was another loan
| by Mrs. Hughes, and filed an import
ant sap in the exhibit of early fab
| RIGS.
Mrs w S Harroun contributed two
| portraits In oil, one of Dir. Douglas
| Houghton, the famous Michigan scien-
! fist. her grandfather, and the other
of Mrs Houghton painted by Alvah
| Iradish. professor of art at the Uni
versity of Michigan Mrs Earroun
sent an old-faEhioned childs rocker
| carved and painted by craftsmen in
the neighboring republic, and chair
made in 1912. A companion piece
was a rocker with headrest of the
| Revolutionary period loaned by Mrs.
! Frank w Parker other loans sent
! by Mrs Harroun were a headwork
belt and wampum and tobacco pouch,
deliberately decorated with beads by
the BlaclJfeet Indians and presented
| to DR. Douglas Houghton by a chief
of the tribe in 1880. Also a pair of
old spanish American esmeralda ear
rings presented to Mrs. Harroun by a
| gallant Spanish Don two Indian bead
necklaces. A Mexican featherwork
coekfight, was loaned by Mrs. Hair
roun. as was also an old English sill
Yer coffee spoon that has been an
heirloom in the family
Mrs. Guy Turley sent the well-pre-
served yucca sandals OF prehistoric
cliff dweller in san Juan county,
Mrs. John b. Lamy sent a Spanish
| rebosos shawl woven by Dona Man
uela y. de Chaves, wife of Gov Jose
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