The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-11
DANCE AN IMPETUS
TO MEXICAN UNION
Further Development With
American Friendship Club
Is Promised.

Extensive plans are now under way
for the further development of the Mex
lean Union and American Friendship
Club, which held Its first formal as
sembly on Friday evening last at the
Hotel Pennsylvania, according to MEM
bers of the organization committee who
have the matter in charge.
The concert and dance" said Mr..
Hess, who was active in arranging the
affair, was so well attended, and the
whole idea has met with such cordial
and spontaneous response not only by
Mexicans of all classes and of all the
eo-called factions but by so many influ-
entail Americans as well as South
Americana, that we are encouraged to
believe that a project inaugurated under
such favorable circumstances will prove
an assured success"
The gathering was attended by moro
than $50 Mexican residents, Americans
and members of the local Latin Amer
lean colony. Several well known menu
bers of the former Mexican Opera Com
pany took part, among whom was the
prima donna Senorita Ada Navarrete de
Carrasco, who will be heard at the
Metropolitan Opera during the coming
season Sonora Carrasco Is native
| Of Yucatan and studied in Milan. An
other brilliant opera singer who took
part in the programme was Srita Car
men Garcia Cornejo. also Mexican and
a graduate Of q conservatory In Madrid.
Among the other artists who sang were
Senior David Silva, q principal of the
Mexican Opera Company; Srita Haydee
Osorno, Mime. Shantley and Senior Carlos
Encisco. Vittorio Trucco, talented
Mexican boy OF 10; Senior Jorge del
Moral and Srita Artemisa Elizondo rem
! dered selections on the piano and Senior
Arturo Espinoza played several violon-
cello solos. Senior Joaquin Mendez
Rivas, who might be referred to as the
poet laureate OF Mexico, having been
three times awarded the Juegos fiorales
by the Mexican Government, delighted
the audience by reciting poem OF
patriotic nature which he had written
especially for the occasion.
In a speech delivered in Spanish Senior
Manuel Carpio. a we'll known Mexican
| Journalist, the ideas and purposes be-
hind the organizations OF the club were
explained.
I'VE hope" said Senior Carpio,
| through closer association and more
Intimate social relationship to make the
people of this country feel that the
| Mexican people want their friendship,
their cooperation and their respect. We
also shall endeavor through this same
| organization to unity discordant ele-
ments among the Mexican people them
selves. When these two objects can
be obtained the mission of the Mexican
Union ana American Friendship Club
will have been gloriously fulfilled"
1t was announced that club rooms
had been engaged in the Pennsylvania
Hotel and that the next meeting would
take place on September 10, that day
being the anniversary Of the ineepen-
dence of Mexico.
Among those prominent in the work
| of organizing the club are Oscar
Braniff. a member of an old family In
Mexico. and a graduate of Georgetown
| University; p Luna PARA. Mexican at
| torney for the Texas Oil Company
| Jerome S. Hess of the firm OF Hardin
& Hess, lawyers; F. r. Smith, lawyer
and a member OF the Commission Regu-
ladova r. Martinez GARLIC, a Mexican
lawyer Manuel CarpIo Mexican Jour-
! nalist DR.. Alfredo Carureggll, financial
| agent for the Mexican Government; 10
renzo ]. Roel. a Mexican lawyer; Jose
| Castellot, a Mexican Senator; Felipe @
| Canton, a Mexican merchant; James H
| Oliver. an exporter of this city; Justc
Acevido. an exporter; Joaquin Mendez
| Rivas, a Mexican poet. and DR.. Luis
Lara Pardo, lawyer.
Others on the committee were Nelson
| s. Spencer, Ricardo Adalid. PedrC
Palma Puerto, Emilio Tore Diaz
Harry Wright, Frank A. Oliver. Wal
ter Wildes. Felipe G. Soils, J. d. Diaz
Francisco Preve, Juap di Bella, ID. M
Garcia, Francisco Gonzales, Manue
Massa. Leopoldo F. Garcia, Juan ]
Gorbea, Laul Lombardo. Juan Castro
Raul Negrete, Domingo Bermudes. II
G. Banker. Emilio l. Figueroa. jose L
Requena Legarrita, DR.. Aware Tore
Diaz, Manuel L. Hernandez, David
Reyes Retana, Guillerwo Carranxa, Al
berto de Lasne. Jose G. Acevedo. Fran
disco de Joyos, H. v. Cara, Loran'
Degre, Lie. Rodolfo Menendes. Eduardo
Del Castillo. Enrique DiaH. Jose Sales
Diaz, Gabriel S. Yorke, NJ. L. .Rodrl
guez, NJ. F. Canle. S. Bermudez. ClrC
Reaud, Jose VenesRs Gustavo Garcia
Angel Perez del Canine and Fernando
Galera-