Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1897-07-31
WOMAN'S BOARD OF TRADE
Excellent Work Being Accomplished
by This Patriotic Body.
WORK OF EMPLOYMENT DEPARTMENT
Incorporated With the One Object in
View of Advancing the Interests of
the City of Santa Fe and
It's People.

At the time Mrs. Cora l.. Bartlett was
lady manager of the New Mexico Worlds
Fair commission the women of Santa Fe
banded together to work for the good
name of their county, but scarcely less
for the whole territory. With Mrs. Bart
lett at their head they organized commit
tees and from their lRbors was evolved,
among other things, the magnificent
jeweled table which represented the
woods, minerals and semi preciousss stones
of Santa Fe county.
When the work for the great fair was
reviewed the ladies were convinced that
it was good and having astonished every
man in the capital, and possibly them.
selves, by the excellence of the character
of their labors they decided to perpetuate
themselves as a corporate body, having
for it's object, wholly and solely, the ad-
vancement of the city of Santa Fe. With
that peerless woman, Mrs. Bartlett, as
their inspiration and leader they met and
organized under the name of the Wom-
ans Board of Trade, with Mrs. Bartlett as
president; Mrs. Ida Rivenburg, secretary;
Mrs. Mary Harroun, treasurer, and Mrs.
Grigg, Mrs. Gable and Mrs. Emmert,
vice presidents.
There were voters sitting around in the
frazzled, old plaza who gave the new
board three months in which to be, to do
and to suffer, then die.
That was five years ago today and to-
day in all the National Federation of Wo-
man's clubs not one shows better rec
ord of practical efficiency and unselfish,
commendable charity. The neglected
plaza with its rickety fence, -unpicture-
eeque turn stiles, fringes of wood wagons,
burros and Tesuques is. today, one of the
most beautiful squares in all New Mexico.
The caretas and burros, the Indians and
paisanos make contrast which detr acts
nothing from the exquisite neatness of
the park and in themselves become vast.
ly more inviting. Hundreds of dollars
we're raised by the board-every kind of
entertainment that mind of woman could
conceive was presented to the public
spirited citizens of the town and, to their
credit be it said, they responded nobly.
With the PLEA brought up from the 18th
to the 10Th century the whole air. of the
square seemed changed. Insensibly,
each snop assumed an up to date appear
ance. If General Kearney and Kit Car.
son revisited the scene they must have
been proud that their mothers were
women. But the redemption of the park
was not all of the rescue work done-and
being done, by these business charged,
practical housewives. Children have
been found permanent homes, placed in
schools. half rate IS granted the poor
| by both the A., 7. & s. F. and the D. g. R.
G.. railroads.
Through the intelligence bureau, EN-
pioyment is found for those needing it;
through the exchange all orders for cook.
ing or supplying parties, balls or ban
quets and filled.
Our little library Of about $50 volumes,
although open to the public only Wednes-
day and Saturday afternoons and even
ings, is free to strangers and townspeople
alike.
The board also possesses pauper
burial ground for the benefit of all who
are too poor to purchase lots for their
dead. The present membership is 80,
with Mrs. Cora l.. Bartlett its only hon.
orary member.
Present embers-Mesdame Bishop,
E. J. Bishop, Catron, Chapman, Davis,
Day, Crichton, Cartwright, Emmert, Gable,
Hersey, Hall, Hogle, Hersch, Irvine, Koch,
Hurt, Larson, Palsn, Rlvenburg, Warner,
Harroup, B. Seligman, Misses Atkinson,
Allison, Hilgert, Smith, simmons, Bertha
Stasb.
Ex-mem bers-Mesdames Weltmer, W..
L. Jones, Hudson, Seeds, Grigg, Mueller,
Hlckox, Kirkman, DrurY, Beatty, Coffin,
Mclean, Prince, Gum, Bulls, Moore,
Twltchell, Lorion Miller, Misses Weddles
Dehlia Staab, Moore, Hughes, Loomis,
Simson.
Two years ago their honored and be-
loved president declined reelection and
retired from active work. Mes. Riven.
burg was unanimously voted for as q
worthy successor to Mrs. Bartlett, and
under her firm, wise, common-sense ad-
ministration the board has taken no back
ward steps.
! A salient feature of the life of this body
is it's absolute unselfshness, its complete
harmony of action and the utter lack Of
any AK grinding. To-day the board is
recognized by taxpayers and council as a
most important factor in successful mu-
nicipal government. It looks after the
stranger and gives him welcome; it visits
the sick, the poor and the unfortunate;
it knows no creeds, no politics, no social
CLASSES; it holds out it's helping hand to
human and brute. Its mission ia mercy
and good will, its work the grandest pos
sible tribute to the intellectual and bust
ness strength of the mothers, wives and
daughters of the men of sunshine land
and when these same men shall have be-
come wearied with the cares of the capi-
tai, when affairs of greater moment-to
them--shall have absorbed their minds
they will do a most wise and comfortable
act when they shall place the reins Of
municipal government in the hands of
the Woman's Board Of Trade.
The Santa Fe Supply Co., desires to
state that from August l, oil persons
must pay cash.