Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-03-10
WOMEN AT KLONDIKE
MRS. WILLIS OF TACOMA MAKES A
 FORTUNE OF OVER s3oo.oco.


 ytarted Without Money and Is Now B Prospective MilIionaire-women Wild Go Join Tn the Mad Rush to the Klondiks For Gold.
 Ten weeks ago Mrs Willis of Tacoma vas as poor as the proyerbial church mouse. Today she is worth $500, 00N and all on account of the Klondike.
 Two years ago Mrs. Willis, whose husband is blacksmith and great sufferer from rheumatism, decided to try her luck among the goldfields of the frozen north She set out alone and vowed that she would not return until she could bring fortune with her. She has kept her word.
 After two years of prospecting and just when her spirit and her fortune were at the lowest ebb there came a re- port to Dawson City of big placer strike on the Klondike. Joining party of cattlemen, Mrs Willis hurried to ths new Fl Dorado, staked a claim, and she has realized more than $500, 000 from it.
 Not satisfied with this, however, she established laundry at Dawson City and was the first to introduce the "boiled shirt' among the miners. It made a great hit, and notwithstanding the fact that Mrs. Willis is compelled to pay $250 for box of starch her en- terprise is prospering greatly. An h. . xroTlyc in fho ioUTdr-7 receives $4 day and expenses, and the log cabin in which the work is done rented Sox $95 month. Wood for fuel costs nearly $500 year.
 Before the turn of fortune's wheel made Mrs. Willis wealthy she worked as cook for the mess of the Alaska'Cnnl- meroial company at Dawson.
 Efforts have been made to steal ths woman's claim, but to a friend, Mrs. Frank P Hicks, she writes:
 II have gone through death, and a fight is now being made to take pos l session of my claim. but will stand by my right if is takes five years.
 An interesting phase of the Klondike craze is the frantic determination of many young women to go All the ex- petitions are besieged by women appli- cants. Here is what a woman who has roughed it on the Klondike says:
 4 woman actually needs little in the way of an outfit, presupposing, of course, that she goes with man who takes the necessary camping outfit and food along. This is what she requires for her personal eomfort
 One medicine case filled on the ad- vice of good physician, two pairs ot extra heavy all wool blankets, one small pillow, one fur robe, one warm shawl. one fur coat. easy fitting; three warm wooden dresses, with comfortable bodi. ces and skirts knee length, flannel lined preferable; three pairs of kniekers OK bIoomers to match the dresses, three suits of heavy all wool underwear, three warm flannel nightdresses. four pairs of knitted woolen stockings. one pair ot rubber boots, three gingham aprons | that reach from neck to knees, small roll of flannel for insoles, wrapping the feet and baudages; a sewing kit, such toilet articles as are absolutely neces- sary, including some skin unguent tG protecG the face from the icy cold. two lighs bloases or shirt waists for summer wea., one oilskin blanket to wrap heR effects in. to be secured at Juneau o1 St. Mioheel's; one fur cape, two pairs cf tur gloves, two pairs of fur seal fuoccA- eins, two pairs of muciucs-wet weaSnez ruoCcasina,
 She wears what sine pleases en roure GO Juneau or St Michael's and when sae makes her start for the diggings Ahs jays aside all civilized travelling garn, including shoes and stays. until she comes out. Instead of carrying the fur tnhe. fur coat and rubber boots along sine can get them on entering AlasEu. but the experienced ones say take them along
 The natives make a fur coat with hood attached, called "parki, but Ii is clumsy for white woman to wear who has been accustomed to fitted gar ments. Iseggings and shoes are not SC safe or desirable as the moceasins. A trunk is not the thing to transport bag gage in It is much better in racK. : with the oilskin cover well tied on. The things to add that are useful, bn; not absolutely necessary. s,'e chocolat4A norfeo and the smaller light luxar1e.. --- New York Journal
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