The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-01-17
LOOKING FOR INVESTMENT.
MRS. ADDTE MDERNoTr Is MUCH
PLEASED WITH SEATTLE.
damages Her Own Business Affairs,
ADD Thinks Women Are Not Out
OF Place i'm the World of Conn

voice gentle ard sympathetic: brown
eyes that aa=h the cordial welcome tina.
SPEAKS IN tie hearty grasp OF her dainty
waite saad; frank. open eountenance.
Raose beauty grows on one, and broad.
sniis forehead. clustered about with
oars wavy halr-such Is but a poor pic
taFe OF Mrs. Addis g. McDermott. Of
" washington, D. c. who came clear
across the continent leaving the asphalt
streets, shaded avenues ana throngs OF
statesmen 20 take look AZ Seattle and
eaten glimpse-by proxy-of the golden
klondiks.
For years Mrs. McDermott has divided
her time between New York. Washington
and Baltimore. Her home was IN Balti-
more Tor number of years, bat she is
now resident of the capital city. She is
a figure in the gay life CT the national
capital, and 10 her teas ard afternoons
at hofne come the brainisst men and wo-
men OF Vashington-the senators and
most distinguished statesmen ard finan-
ciers OF the day, She is the lifelong
friend OF the Germans and the Garys OF
Maryland
few days ago Mrs. McDermott came
10 Seattle and registered at the Butler
Her coming was known 10 no one aside
from a few well known Seattle people TO
whom she brought letters. Fer few
days she was guest at Mrs. Bakers,
a. utfN anu Marion streets. lOnDfFOW
she VIII go to Tacoma TO visit for day
or so. and will then return 10 Seattle for
short stay before returning East.
Il am IN Seattle simply on a business
mission" said Mrs. MeDermott at the
Butler last night ''You see, we women
have some claims 10 business as well as
you men. Indeed. I have managed my
own business affairs for so long that
feel quite at liberty to go wherever and
whenever demands. had
heard SO much of Seattle that I deter
mined TO come and see for myself what
sort Of city the people Of the Pacific
coast were building here on Puget sound.
! have an eye for business. too. tor be-
leye that the next few years viii wit
ness a growth and development in the
West, and especially In Washington and
on Puget sound. such as was never be-
fore equaled. Now don't misunderstood
mel don't mean boom, but we East
eFners know something or the prosperity
that has come TO Seattle and the Pacli1c
coast, of the Klondike and of the crowds
that are rushing into that promising
region.
NOW. while have heard Seattle talked
of continually In the East, and while
have been told time and again that this
city was lively, pushing, enterprising
and all that. / must confess frankly that
/ was net prepared for what nave seen.
Nothing after all, impresses one quite
like seeing. / was not prepared for such
splendid business structures. such hand
some streets and such an air or business
activity as prevail here. or course, L
know that Ii isn't sill due TO the klon-
dixie rush, for the people that puiit TINS
handsome city must have had something
to keep them busy before the hiohdike
was found
Yes. / am Interested In Alaska and
the gold fields. How wonderful it all is!
think 1 should Ike to take a trip to
pawson-some day it win be ike rum
ming over TO New York, thing 10 De
done In two or three days. There Is no
reason why they should not haye rail-
roads in Alaska. Transportation PROV
lens viii be solved. the country VIII be
opened I'D and Il viii be an everyday
occurrence to take a fiving trip to Daw-
son. Rut I am not afraid Of the haru-
chips incident to q journey to the goid
mines even now. Other women nave
done It, why should not |?
''Ihen I'd Ike 10 take summer "Trip
down the Yukon. How nice 1t would be
to float down the river. passing the gold
mines. camping for time where there
was good hunting or fishing. and then
coming out In the early autumn by OF
Michael. I believe l should Thoroughly
enjoy such trip mi
no I IKE Seattle? Spiendidly. This
weather
ant 7 suppose one would have 10 get
used to the rain. bur then don't mind H.
really think Seattle is TO become great
city. Everywhere in the East you near
Seattle spoken Of as the starting point
for the gold fields. Seattle is known
overvyhere-her name is on eyeryone's
tongue and there IS positively more taik
of the gold mines and Of the crowds ana
crowds Of people that are going there
than You can possibly imagine. All THIS
is going to help make Seattle a great
city see so many chances for people
"a mako r7oucv-!t's no wonder that ev-
eryone is busy. for row is the time TO
work-to harvest the reward that is just
~ Seattle So
Mrs. McDermott is pre-eminently a
woman Of business. She and some or
her Eastern friends are quietly picking
out some bargains IN real estate In Seat
tie. When she returns 10 Washington
she viii make a full report Of what she
las seen IL the West. and will probably
return next summer.