Bisbee daily review., 1910-03-06
WOMAN S CLUB.

Of Arizona and New Mexico. one Of
the best peapers OF the year, was real
by AIRS. c. L. Beckwith. Friday after
noon. al the Womans club.
.TAe paper was written ,seye al years
ago BY the late Mrs NJ g. Aguirre Of
Tucson, who was one Of the Oldest
club women Of Arizona. Il takes us
back 10 those pioneer days when
life in the southwest was but a dis
aster. for the untamed noun aims
we're full of treacherous Inc.ans and
j.. almost xithout the bare necessities OF
life ~ say nothing OF comforts
Mrs. Aguirre came from the east %
the unknown west over the famous
old Stsnya Fe Trail in a wagon
train The ten mule-wzsons for pro-
visions and supplies and four wagons
for pssseDgers. In those days. how
ever. the passenger wagons were
called "ambulances. They were built
on the order of a hack with glass
doors on The side and looked very
much like a long carriage To the
elegance and comfort. And indeed
they seem to have been. for they were
Pullman parlorl and dining car all
made into one. In them were seats
thai could be made into comfor able
beds, while beneath the back seats
wore various apartments for clothes.
toilet articles and sewing materials.
so tina. the journey could be made
with a surprising amount of convent
ence, The. cost of such a carriage
was from five hundred to six hundred
dollars Fifteen miles was a goo6
days Journey and twenty miles was
unusual travelling. Mrs Aguirre was
two months coming from Kansas City.
Missouri to New Mexico. This was in
the six les when Arizona was
part of New Mexico and. at that time,
an unknown part Hence. the first
stop was made in New Mexico and
then later. the party came over %
ArisUEa.
in this party was a man named
Goodwin. who afterwards became Gov
ernor of Arizona when the Federal
Government was established in the
Territory. Mrs. Aguirre came 10 Ari-
IONA about '65 or sc. and was one
of the first white women to come TO
Tucson. She remembers the building
of the St Augustine Mission. one OF
the most noted missions in the Terri
tory. She sells of the makeshifts of
pioneer life how they threshed wheat
by horses. first treading out the grain
and tsen throwing it up into the air
thai the wind might carry away the
chair: how they made wine py having |
men crush the juice from !
the grapes. and then collecting it, 4
The fruit wa put into rawhide bags 1
with holes in the bot ON and after 1
having been thoroughly tramped was
suspended from beams where the I
juice ran into large copper kettles. /
These Nettles were of native copper !
and were made by the Indians. The
furniture was all homemade and even !
then very scarce and very high. !
Women wore their dresses IN one /
fashion for years-until the dressees !
wore out? So there was no trouble
10 keep fin style" Books were impos
sible unless brought along as one came
FROM the east Newspapers and let
ters came once month In winter
time. twice a month in summer. All
NAH. as well as supplies had TO be
- lnnO
dangerous trail So we are not
surprised when one woman tells up
of having sifted wormeaten flour,
tina. had been months in the coming,
throug her veil and baking the first
bread the settlement had tasted for
many weeks. Yet We appreciate her
feeling when she tells us that the
only dresses she ever had in those
days were made Of the bri.nant red
calico very coarse. that was brought
out and sold to the Indians at IS x
bits" q yard, or la er. black calico
imported f. the Moxicans. until in
later life she fairly turned sick al
the sight of either red or black calico,
Another excellent paper was one
written by Miss Sha-lot Hall. who is
employed by the Legislature and Is
collecting data for a book on Arizona
histery-her life work This paper
entitled "Some Forgotten Romance
and Tragedy of Arizona History
Among other things ellis Of the at
man Massacre nea- Globe particular
~ Of one little girl cf fourteen. who
was taken by the Indian and her life
duFiag the many years she spen
among them
Miss Hall vii. probably be here 70
the next NEE ing OF the Womans clul
ana deliver an Interesting lecture. sh'
believes in developing pioneer stories
There is nothing authentic OF tn
early Arizona history-al is mere
takes ye. from these we can ge
ide<s Of pioneer days and approx
maze the early history OF the countrl
T%- Woman's club will continue III
study OF Arizona history and hope
90 help Miss Hall in no small degree
Mrs.. jay Han was hos-ess for th
r. A e. club on Friday afternoon. tn
tine VIZ most pleasantly spent W.T.
music and fancy work. DAINTY r
fresbrerts served to these members
Mrs r. T. Watkins. Mrs. Pierce W
50. Ars A. Harris. Mrs. J. p DO
ris. Mrs. Il. 8. Aarez. Mrs. c.
Nssge. Mrs J. n. James. Visitors Mr.