Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-09-14

When former United States Senator
Thomas B. Catron stepped into for
tune tellers' booth at the plaza fete
on Friday afternoon, bunch of poll
tieians was noticed gluing ears to the
walls of the tent. The senator who
has just returned from Battle Greek,
virtually rejuvenated, was told that
| despite the fact that he Is well on in
the seventies, he would again be sent
to the senate, that he would win SUM-
dry important law suits and other de-
sirable events were forecast thatmade
the senator very happy apparently for
| his handshakes increased in cordially
after the seance. However the youth
| full zest with which the former senator
| entered into the fiesta spirit was char
acteristic of the three days pageant
which held Santa Fe enthralled Thurs
! day, Friday and Saturday.
The guests of honor Major General
| George Barnett and Admiral William
$. Benson appeared upon the scene
quite early in the game and mingled
with the throngs in thoroughly demo-
cratic fashion. They had brought their
staff officers and their families and
while the formal event for which they
| had come was the comforting and pre-
senting of the legislative medals on
Saturday afternoon, they enjoyed the
fiesta thorough In the celebration
met the culture of the cave jewellers
| of a thousand years ago, the Pueblo
| culture of yesterday the Spanish civ
| iliZation and that of the later corners,
| in colorful tableaus tina: visualiZed
| a thousand years of history and a
| heritage of ages such as no other state
| capital possesses. The fiesta commit
| tee made the most of it and did it for
| an expenditure SO ridiculously small
| that the sum should be merely said in
| whispers for it was less than thou
sand dollars.
| Naturally the guests of honor, were
| the centers of social activity during
| the week. They were entertained at
| delightful luncheons at THE willows"
by Attorney and Mrs. A. B. Renehan
| on Thursday; at "Beuena Vista" by
| Colonel Bronson NJ. Cutting, ana al
the residence of the director of the
museum by wDr. and Mrs Edgar L.
| Hewett They were dinner guests Fri
day evening at the executive mansion
| guests of Governor and Mrs. o. A
| Larrazolo They looked in at the
other festal events, such as the Span
|
garden in the patio of the palace
where they posed good naturally fol
the camera men who swarmed in an6
out. on Friday afternoon, Mrs. Lev
A. Hughes gave reception for the
ladies' of the party at her spacious
home and in her beautiful garden or
Washington avenue. These were the
social events in the spot light but
there were many other social gather
ings each day despite the fact tina
the fiesta kept every one busy ans
going out-of- doors.
One of the loveliest features of th'
fete was the group of Spanish dance
by Santa Fe girls and visitors. The!
were chamingly staged by Miss Mar.
Cary of the University OF Wisconsin
and recalled the days of Old CASTLE
when the business of being merry de
veloped into a fine art. Entranein;
too were the tableaus of the las
evening which reviewed a thousant
years of history in a graphic manner
What gave the fiesta particular at
: mosphere, however, were the setting
, the back ground, the colorfll mirgiinl
: of Indians, Spanish Americans, Angl
, Saxon, of military and civilians, O
young and old in innocent SPORT. The,
were three memorable days