Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1900-09-13
4 SINGLE LAUNDRY.
ONLY ONE kLONDYKE MAKES-CLte'N
SHIRTS SCARCE.
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1t is the Peeriess-Peerless' in sly a"" ~
Fact-A Leafty Price Suit Don Up
\ Collar twenty-five Cents Nis"'
Shirt Seveuty-Fise Gents.
There is peerless Laundry IN
the Klondike, peerless il style, peer
less in the fact that it is the only pup
lie washery of the region, and peer
less IN its original price list. 1t holds
forth in Dawson City, the metropolis
OF the new e. Dorado. and Is oWheu
and conducted by a progressive woman
with mercantile talent, called MEs. II
Weiter. From all accounts we nave
been led 10 believe that everything
in the Klondike. from temperature 70
existence. is a frost, but glance d.
Mrs. Weiter's price list determines the
laundry TO be a roast.
The official price list, which has Just
reached New York from the land OF
nuggets and fur night shirts, an
nOunces that the laundry's office Is IN
the KlOndike Hotel, that mendlng Is
free and that first-class work Is guar
anteed. Then follows a double col
umn list Of articles Of wearing apparel,
one column headed Gentlemen and
the other Ladies" In all, forty dill
fcrent items are mentioned, and oppo'
site each is the price charged Tor Us
submission to the soap, water, nat
iron and eIbow-grease Of Mrs. Welter's
establishment. Most Of these prices
require the 5 as a specifying prefix.
Scanning the list the cheapest Item
found is the charge for doing up
collar, % cents. A white billed shlr'
is scheduled at 81, and a pair OF Guns
calls for so cents. It is quite plalr
now why evening calls in dress SUITS
are not in vogue with the sWells o.
| Dawson City. Sweaters, on the otHel
hand, are common enough In tina
| frigid region, and for the washlng o.
these the Peerless Laundry collects
| revenue of 75 cents each. For tower!
and napkins the charge IS 81 per doZ
en- and the same price is Involved II
| the cleaning Of pair Of trousers.
Socks are listed at a quarter pair
4 supplemental line including Ger
man socks at the same figure. Thl
Indication of international good VII
| IS soothing in these days of dlplomatl
tension. The fact, however, that
nan can buy two pairs OF German
socks in almost any American city TO
the price he pays for the washing 0
one pair by Mrs. Weiter in Dawson
tells it's own story. "Weiter," by tn
way, is a good German name, meaninI
"Further;" quite an appropriate ap
pellation under the circumst noes
Her charge for laundering common
cotton nightshirt IS rs cents. Sleep
ing in sealskins is, therefore, popula
among the gold hunters. Handker
chiefs command 81 a dozen, and tabl
cloths so cents each.
There are two unusual items on tn
ladies list" overalls and jumpers
so cents each. These are worn PROB
ably. by the better halves Of the pros
porous gold diggers to preserve an
protect the newly starched shir
waists and skirts, which are laun
dried at 81 and $3.50 respectively. Fo
washing ordinary wrappers 81 /
charged; pillow shams, S129; bed
spreads, $3.50, and blankets, 81.
costs $50 to have a '1ady's" nigh
dress done up by Mrs. Weiter. Til
Peerless Laundry does not protect 1t
patrons by insurance IN case Of fire
and all mistakes must be reported 10
correction within twenty-four hours,
Mrs. Weiter has refused all offers {
share claims in possible gold discoV
cries. She is satisfied with her sur
thing in soap and water. Dawsonitc
are wondering why the Chinks haV
not shown up in their town. A pal
of pig-tailed Celestials with buckle
of starch, a couple of fatirons and
barrel of rice would find a ready vel
come and a quick income there.