Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-01-21
MODERN DIiNAS.
The Women Have begun to Invade
the Maine Woods

Feom the Lewiston JoGrral.
Once again the old guides are snorting in
disdain- Not only are the fair huntswomen
hOckiuS into the woods with their husbands
ana their fathers, but there are several
parties up on the Penobscot waters that
are made mp wholly Of feminine shootists
Though women have been hunting in the
state each fan with good success for the
last ten years. women have not before this
Ventured in unless with male escort These
womeG who are stepping up beyond the
DepsicO1ueag dead water are some very
seif-reiiant women from Massachusetts.
They work in some Of TIE stores in popu-
lous city. and, being spinsters, decided to
paddle theiI own canoe this season. One or
TWO reliable guides accompanied them, and,
according To all reports, they are doing eX-
tremtly well. One of them vOuchsafed the
Information to a passing sportsman that
they were doing "a blessed sight better
than if they had half a dozen men tagging
Thorn around to see that they didn't wet
their feet or blow their heads OF with their
rifles.
But" remarks old Jed Hawkes.. there
won't be any spruce gum left in that neigh
borhoOd. Lord, how those women are
yankinG. They say they have chewed Il
great deal Of gum in their lives, but that
they never knew what the clear quill was
till they came down here into the state of
Maine While they're about ii they are
going to take back all they can dig, buy or
beg To the city. Even the tall trees can't
hide their big humps away from these wo-
men. Three of them wear boomers and
have lots of muscle and they kin climb
anything that comes along, from trees to
catamounts. ThOsa women are safe enough"
1t Is said that half the parties that nave
gone into the MooSehcad region this fall
have rad women as members.
Aou see, the women have for so many
years heard their male friends tell OF the
ecstd;ic delights of hunting in the big
Maine woods that their feminine curiosity
has been excited and there has been q veri-
table cl3mor TO he allowed to go IN. Once
in a " nile there IS one woman who finds the
"Trip enough 10 last her for a lifetime The
fun isn't AZ all as She has expected II would
lie The woods may be good enough for the
Ircn. but as for her. she prefers the boule-
YARD and the shopping district.
Then there are other women who meet
the most feroCious weather the Maine
woods have TO furnish; who are drencbed
every other day TO The skin and who get
dumped out Of canoe two or three times
3ust by the way OF variety.
These women go home and tell all ths
folks tHat they have had lust the roost
lovely time and that they are all impa-
tenCe Tor the year to roll around so that
lhcy may go again. Those are the Kind of
heroints that can extract fun from every
mlshap- They are the only kind that
should tackle the dubious Pleasures or the
Maine woods For that ciass-and IL is an
extensive one-that enjoys roughing II
there is no enjoyment In all the world like
the autumn forest. But the person who
goes I'm for the first time without proper
conception of the nature of the fun will he
Supremacy miserable himself or herself
and viii make all the folks around more
miserable still.
The women haven't commenced TO go in
TO the Aroostooh and the Pamadumcook