The herald., 1897-08-08
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aside every civilized travelling garb, in
cluding shoes and corsets, until she comes
out. Instead of carrying the fur robe,
fur coat and rubber boots along. they
may be purchased on entering Alaska
but the experienced ones advise that
they be taken along. The natives make
fur coat with hood attached called a
"parki," but it is clumsy for a white
woman to wear who has been accustomed
to fitted garments. Leggins and shoes
are not so safe nor desira BILE as the
moccasins. A trunk is not the thing to
transport baggage In. 1t is much bet
ter in a pack, with the oilskin cover
we'll tied on. The things to add that are
useful but not absolutely necessary are
chocolate, coffee and the smaller light
luxuries.
When woman reaches the Klondyke,
always provided she has all the things
that are necessary. she will find a region
that is, as rule, as inhospitable as Terra
del Fuego. To reach there she has en-
countered, If she has come over the land
route from Juneau, any amount of pri-
walton and very little pleasure. If her
journey has been by water, then she
knows what it is to be week after week
subjected to the crowded accommoda-
tions of an ill-ftted passenger boat.
Anything will seem pleasant after that
water journey ,and therefore it is
probable that whether her trip has been
by land or sea, she will be glad enough
when she reaches stopping place that
She can go to market in the Klondyke
if she likes, but how she will have to
pay for it, unless she adopts the metro
politan method of shopping where one
merely looks and buys nothing at all.
She will find such dress goods and arti-
cleS of Women's wear as she is able to
purchase many times the price in the
United States. and always old-fash-
ioned.
If she wants to buy flour, she is likely
to have to pay anywhere from $12 to
s100 for a sack of 100 pounds. Good
porterhouse steak costs 50 pound
Bacon is never less than so cents a
pound For canned goods she will have
to pay from 150 to $50 per cent higher
than in this city, and even at that they
are considered cheap. Rice, that cheap
est of all commodities, is rs cents a
pound in the Klondyke, while tea, even
the poorest, Is not less than So pound,
and that absolute essential, coffee, is
sometimes, on bargain days, sold at 81. .25
pound. Butter is distinct luxury. If
the feminine emigrant gets 1t she will be
lucky, and in any event she will pay 81
pound.
IF she is a married woman and wants
to give her husband eggs with his coffee,
she will have to be willing to pay for the
eggs at the rate of SO a dozen. No one
turns up his nose at potatoes in the
Klondyke, for they cost $3.50 pound.
A lemon at 25 cents is considered very
cheap, and it is a fortunate day when
anybody can buy oranges at so cents
apiece. This menu is not so very ex-
tensive for this part Of the country, but
it is for the Klondyke. A real course
dinner at the digginge would be con-
sidered some ething to be marveled at.
Another astonishing case, something
of which has already been published, is
that Of Mre. ]. T. Willis of Tacoma.
Ten weeks ago Mrs. Willis was poor.
Today she is worth $250,0O and all on
account of the Klondyke. Two years
ago Mrs. Willis, whose husband is a
blacksmith and a great sufferer from
decided to try her luck
among the gold fields, of the frozen north.
She set out alone and vowed that she
would not return until she could bring