The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-16
KloNDIKE ANGELS GOING.
COOKS, NURSES, AND WOMEN PROS
PECT0RS TO SAIL TO-DAY.

psrn. Gould, who IL In Charge, says That the
- Wsmen VIII Pass Along Thoir Claims
when They Have oct ksouEh Out OF Them
Their Costumes and Social Programme.
About forty angels Of mercy and mining oX-
pect to sail for the Klondike to-day. They form
tho lump Of femininity with which Mrs. Han
nah Gould OF $50 West Twenty.socond street
expects to leavon the life at Dawson City. The
City of Columbia will bear this
precious freight down through the Straits Of
Magellan, thence TO Seattle, and thence to st.
Michael. where the river boats will receive the
voyaeers and transport them to Dawson City.
The steamer 10 advertised to sail at $3.50 p. NJ.
Mrs. Gould says she 10 q strictly business
woman. and that the other women are also bent
on business. She gives some details, however,
which are not exactly commercial. For instance,
according to Mrs. Gould. when q woman who
owns n mining claim has " got all she wants out
oft she agrees TO get out and pass on the claim
TO somebody else. This is beautifully indefinite,
OF course, but Mrs. Gould regards 1t as beauti-
fully unselhsh also. She says that no limit has
been set for the passing on of the claim. 1t is to
DO done when the owner has got all she wants ="
out Of 1t. When asked whether she thought
this time would ever come she exclaimed:
why. yesl Don't youf oh. / think women
are too undetermined to want to keep on getting
eNa~s fhSh aN - W Ahhhy Va t'Shh oehh rag
sisters who haven't oven enough to cat. Don't
you suppose that ], after I had got half q million
out Of o claim. would pass II on to my needy
sistcri Why. there arc hundreds Of shopHlrls
hore in New York who cannot live on what
they earn. Do you think I would harden my
hoart against them and not be willing to give
them the same chance I had enjoyedf :"
Mrs. Gould did not explain how she proposed
turning ovor tho claim after she had secured
her half million, nor how the deserving shop
girls were to DO put into the field. When IL was
limited that q woman might not DO ready TO
turn over such a claim, she said that she was
thankful she didn't have such q selfish woman
In her party.
Mrs. Gould's forty charges are not expected to
devote themselves exclusively to picking up
hulf-million dollar claims. She has already
booked most of them for other occupations,
chief of which Is cooking at 81 so an hour. Sew
eral Of the women are to open boarding houses
for the bloated nugget holders OF Dawson City.
and four of them are going to soothe the Klon-
bikes heated brow and take its temperature
and give 1t assorted medicines. These are the
trained nurses, who will work under the direc-
ton Of Dr.; Gregg o. Plttsburg., who, according
to take a portable. .feit.lined hospital of their
after their arrival.
-Apropos Of the hospital work Is another Of
that every woman has solemnly agreed to look
after every sick man she comes across. whether
10 can nay her for it or not: shs doesn't have
must care for him until she can send for the
undergraduates DR.. Gregg and his assistants.
gang OF miners. at $3.50 an hour, Mrs. Gould
says that makes no difference. The mess and
the miners. as well as the money. must wait on
Mrs. Gould has about thirty-ive or forty men
In the party which sails to-day. About twenty
women and another group of men will follow
tho party at Seattle. The Columbia will lay up
get ont Of the Yukon. SO Mrs. Gould says. The
present party includes q minister. who will hold
t twes sDr ti@es eVe The s men cf t dmd ps sTaKG Ss S1sl arss eei
to put up the hospital and the tents for the wo.
men before they start out prospecting. There
of a clubhouse. where evening gatherings will
be held, and the young men. also the middle
tb6esy behave themselves."' There viii be- no
cards "a. for these affairs end introductions viii
women arc not taking any fancy waists or
skirts to, these social functions. but even that
VI" zach aei % woman on,Sa' viii have an ordinary street
gown; the one in which she leaves New York.
knickerbockers, and short skirts. We have long
covert cloth listers, made waterproof outside,
and lined with Sleeps wool. In winter we will
wear heavy calfskin boots. and In 8 MINER rub.
Der boots. For summer we have denim dresses,
because they are stout and yet not too warm.
broad straight brims. SO that we can fasten the
MOSQUITO nets to Thorn. In winter We will wear
fur suits like those tho Indians wear. The
trousers are fur-lined and come to the ankles.
The skirt is lined with plaid woollen goods. and
the waist Is far-lined., On our long ulsters we
have fur-lined hOods.'
Mrs. Gould was very mysterious about n GER
tain part of the work planned. Sho says they
will care for all the poor patients they can
handle and she expects that the number will
reach twenty or twenty-five weekly. She de.
clined to state who is furnishing the means for
thropic persons are backing the scheme. At
first, however. she h~esitated over tho idea that
they were philanthropic; but, If they do get any.
thing out of il, Mrs. Gould does not propose to
betray their secret. Mrs. Gould herself is taking
a large quantity OF provisions and intends 70
grub stake" any needy miners she may come
across.