Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-11-26
THE PRETTY WIDOW
OF THE KLONDIKE.
Mrs. Bertha Mariner, Rich and
Very Comely, Goes Well
Equipped to Seek Her
Fortune.

Mrs ncr,ha Mariner. the wealth.
lest. and some say the prcttiest. widow
Of Wyoming. n Just starting for the
klondike. She goes by the new route
which leads past thirty Government
stations. and expects to arrive at Daw-
son city New Years Day hale and
hearty. with a very nice experience o.
relate. EN- route she will correspond
with her friends In tho States and will
perform her journey rs nationally a.
though she we're travelling In Mexico,
The starvation, tho cold and the hard.
ships Of the klondikc VIII not be- hcrH
nor viii she encounter briEanda or
other unpleasant travellers.
Mn, Mariner " going 20 Klondlke
In Wuman'H way. She has overcome
ny tact and koon foresight all tho az.
ncultica 81 the journey. and when you
toll her that there viii be- long nlghtH
In tho snow banks with only Tmoui-
derinE trr 10 warm her. she laughs and
says "uh, are you az old,fhshloned az
thhtf" ard then she tells you how she
viii travel.
HER DRESS.
Mrs Mariner. being a woman Of
wealth. VIII wear very heavy suit Of
two Innings. one 81 cloth and one Of
fur. The outside Of her travelling suit
viii ba electric seal, which IL heavier
and warmer than other seal. The mid
die lining win be chaWols. ana the
inside ~ chinchilln, The coat viii he
not much heavier than the uld-farh-
lonrd fur-linrd circular, Tor the cham
oils 10 llght ana tho garment u cut on
lust below the knees,
ON her feet Mrs, Mariner Will wear
Arctic boots. cut on tho new riding
pattern, with Htiff tops lined with fur.
Underneath VIII De- very comfortable
pair OF slippers, Her only garments
under the FUR coat viii be-, 10 40 into
personalities. a union underHuit OF very
heavy weight. aud a very nAtty hlcy-
clio dress. ON her head she VIII wear
hood which can be pulled down over
the ears,
When Mrs. Mariner enters tho
Government station with hnr train Of
nttondantH, she viii stamp the snow
from her ahapnly feet. unbutton the
big fur coat and emerge very atyi.
iHh -lookinE parsonage In an up-to-dhte
suit that might be worn hunting ar
nwheoi, II she chose 10 remove her
/ biz boots. she viii have ON brown Knit.
/ ted stockings to match her dress. ana
neat tan tlel.
She regards this style ~ dress AZ
much more rational for tho Klundike
than the fur hays ana other vastly I'M
/ becoming things worn last year.
Mrs, Mariner, IN explaining this
/ 90 womun's club, added that no ha b
not considered Il really necessary 10 so
20 warmly clad. f0r with the Govern.
ment stations only thirty mica apart.
a woman who had tho means could
easily take the drive In short walk
/ Ing skirt and SIN be prepared 10 do
a little iramplng, But" aiid shs II
am going 10 rough II ON foul days and
/ fair, nnd | must Dc prepared Tor amy
/ kina OF weather.
THE PARTY.
Her attendants Will consist OF a
| companion, q maid 90 do the cookine
| when they arrive az the Klonilke. ana
three men 20 carry baggage ana min.
/ Ing implements.
Mrs. Mariner, while describing her
/ trip fully, does not do 10 baastfully
| for she says that she reallzea that b.
| travel in such comfort one must have
| funds, but she suggests that tho mono,
expended IS not ftbulouHly great-llttla
more indeed than the money needed
| for a Southern winter or "a NOrthera
! summer; ana nothing like as much as
| rs required for a European trip.
Mis-, Mariner object In going 10
| the klqndike b. threr-flld she Eoss
/ nfsl, AZ most women 20, TO p,t fith.
| lhough she has money, she wants 10