The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-08-29
WOMEN WANTED KLONDIKE
Miners Of Circle CITY and Dawson Are
Clubbing Together TO Get Them Out.
THEIR EXPENSES And Big WAGES PAID
KIondikers Need sesmsiresses, Musicians.
Nurses, Home.Madc Cooks, and Type.
writers-EverythingT That is In Olds
Fashioned Woman's Sphere"

CIRCLE CITY. Aug. 23.-A company
is being formed here TO bring out TO the
miners the commodity Of which they
stand most in need-women.
There are in Dawson only six females
and not many more in Circle city. though
this place has q floating population. and
frequently n strange feminine face is
seen, a matter which by the way. causes
wild excitement. who IS sLe?' Where
did she come FROM" What does she
want?" and How long is she going 10
stay?" are the questions that Immediate
~ fly around the place.
The Woman's Transportation Company
aims TO make women more plentiful IN
the Klondike and to do this it offers
to bring them out here free Of charge.
Circle city needs women TO fill the most
ordinary stations in life, and it will pay
money 10 get them.
The Woman's Transportation Com
pany, to protect itself, demands that the
women shall pay their own expenses
here. but on arrival, If acceptable, The
money will be refunded to them or TO
their friends in the East who have adj
Vanced it, and they viii henceforth be
on a big paying salary. They will not
be idle one minute. They come "On APP
prevail" 50 10 speak. but it would be
very poor sort Of woman indeed that
would be returned to her home in the
States az mot acceptable"
These women are not wanted TO pan
gold. nor to take out claims. nor go
prospecting They are 20 have nothing
TO do with the active gathering or find
ing Of gold, but are 10 fill what is known
as "woman's sphere" They are to be
not only housekeepers, but are to lie use
full I'm other ways.
great need now in Klondike Is for
stenographers. This is strange when
you reflect that until recent years the
stenographer was little known. Outside
of court work there was nothing for
shorthand operators TO do. Then. Of a
sudden. their value was seen and the
demand became universal where business
was TO be done.
The stenographer in Klondke is
classed with the typewriter Both are
greatly wanted Newspaper people are
coming out here, novels arc being writ
ten and reports sent TO the Government,
all by long hand. / predict that If a
good stenographer and typewriter were
to make her appearance I'm Circle City
and put out her sign that inside one
hour she would have enough work to do
TO last her a month. And she could
charge 81 per printed page BY the
week she can get $50.
As the season advances there will be
a great demand for nurses. The cold
affects so many. The trained nurse is
unknown. In Dawson they have not
even a woman 10 take care of the sick.
while anything ike skill is out of the
question. one doctor does it all. The
Transportation Company wants a fifth
Of its passengers 10 be trained nurses.
and the men say they will marry those
who can't find job. In the winter any
good nurse can get $25 per day.
Most Of the Klondikers are single men.
They are well educated. refined and
cultivated. good fellows in every way.
but with "the gold fever" bad They
are here now, and mighty hOmesick
they are, with never the sight Of a woms
ans face TO cheer them nor a woman :
hand To make things right. Many Of
these are in the transportation scheme
and are looking for the dav in March
when the load Of precious freight Will
arrive.
Musicians are also needed There is
one piano I'm Dawson. but no one 10
play IT, Circle City has a piano in its
Music Hall. whore Uncle Toms Cabin .
is now being played by an actor named
Snow and his wife. but this plano Is the
property of the opera house and Is not
available for every day use. even If there
was any one to play It, ii a Few clever
,cusicians. with their mandO1ns their
zithers or their knowledge OF the piano
would come up. they would find them,
selves in great demand. Five hundred
dollars per week IS small for musician.
The company also adyertises Tor COOKS,
not chefs, for they have men mere 10 90
the cooking. but women who can make
cookies and gingerbread ana VINO I'M
derstand "A clear cup of coffee. mat is
what they want and they oner me
wages to such. a good home COOK can
oct s40 "a month all the year around. ana
in Dawson h. great deal more. There
she gets $50 for the Sunday dinner.
The Transportation Company would