The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-29
WOMEN WANTED.
They Are WOrshiped by the Miners
of the kIOndike Diggings.


of the KIOndike Diggings.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 28-Only gen
tie rumor of the awful dcarth of unmarried
women in Alaska has swept over the coun-
try. Miners are becoming desperate. The
absence of women in the northern gold
fields is so alarming that radical measures
are now being taken by prospective voy-
ayers to the Eldorado to induce women to
brave the hardships of the north. This is
the advertisement which appears daily in
the Pacific coast newspapers:
'Wanted-15O ladies to join the first ex-
cursion to the KlondilIe that starts next
spring; extra accommodations will be pro-
vided and the hardships of an overland trip
avoided this steamer starts on the opening
OF navigation; our last mail states there are
only two unmarried ladies among over
eleven thousand gold seekers in that terri
tory, and one of them who, fortunately,
knew how to cook, receives 500 a week.
For further particulars call or address
Klondike Shipping and Information Bu-
reau."
Only two unmarried women in eleven
thousand gold seekers. No worder the men
are becoming nervous. The various infor-
nation bureaus are crowded with miners
and mine spectators awaiting the arrival
of the fair fish that willing to nibble
at the foregoing bait The miners are not
looking particularly for cooks or house
keepers. They do not want mattresses or
paid help. They are looking tor wives. They
want to marry and share with some good
woman the big fortune of nuggets that they
know will be theirs. Yet the women do not
seem to flock around this golden oppor-
tunity as assiduously as the miners would
wish Western women who have been
reared in the 5alrny climate of California
hesitate before they venture TO IKE Il trip
into the north in spite of its inducements.
Here is chance for Eastern women.
After all, the Quickest women are rot
those who have been reared in the wild
environment of a mining camp or an I'M
couth mountain valley. Yet the women of
Chicago and the Northwest with energy,
push and perseverance join the spring eX-
cursiOn. They Will never regret II. Some
of the miners who are preparing for the
trip are genuine noblemen. They are men
to the backbone. They know how 10 ap-
preciate the graceS of woman.
What the men want up there in DaW-
son City, said one felAw who had just
come back with SIC, 900 in a gripsl *, are
companions, not servants. A Lretty Un-
married woman can have her pick of the
crowd by Jove! She can have everything
her own way. She can marry the rlch' 1t
man in the region There is plenty Dt OPP
portunity for industrious women 10 reap q
fortune. The few who have gone 10 sew,
to cook or to open shops, or TO speculate,
will not make competition close Why.
believe there is only one woman, married
or single, to every Jour thousand men, Why,
it Is the grandest opportunity in the world
for daring woman.
Polite and considerable? Why the men
up there treat the women like queens.
When woman happens to walk along the
street in Dawson City every man she
passes lifts his hat, bows profoundly to the
ground and does not raise his eyes again
until the rustic or her Sk1rtS mas dled away
.'The women who are up there are enjoy
ing the situation, too. They are beginning
to be glad they are women. 81 There is one
little seamstress there who gets $l00 Tor
every wooden dress that she makes. She is
simply coming money. When she reached
the camp she was greeted with shouts. She
able to make a dress. She has work piled
up for weeks ahead of time. and she needs
"A woman who would come up there and
open a mending shop would save for some
men a good deal of energy expended in
swearing We need a few camp angels who
can mend heavy wooden sweaters ana
stockings. And L want to tell you there is
big field up there. Why, a lady barber
could get IS from every man she shaved and
$40 for hair cut. The men would mock 10
barber shop where the women were, ana
il would be out of eagernesS and curiosity
for the sight of a woman more than any
thing else.
eating shanties, and l tell you they can t
cook fast enough to supply all the hungry
mouths of rich miners, VINO VIII pay any
thing for a well-cooked meal send on
women who can cook and more women VINO
can wash They can return in couple of
years with a fortune tucked away some
where and then live in luxury, their COOK
ing and washing days over Tor good.
9And most of all, we want good, sweet
women who can't do anything They Will
be more than welcome if they will only
come and learn. There are places Tor
everybody l suppose some girls are afraid
to go to Alaska because they think they
might be insulted or badly treateG why,
there is not a man in the whole Territory
who is not a gentleman. And the single
ones who are having any kind of luck are
think ali the men who have gone to Alaska
are struggling over the passes or hanging
around the saloons and the dance halls Or
ZINES and mgging gold They are mis-
taken. III tell you what the most popular
pIace in Alaska is now. It's the matrl-
monial agency in Dawson city.