The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-10-03
Wealthy Women Numerous.
DreSSmakerS, Nurses, Teachers, Cooks
and LaundreSSeS Accumulate
Wealth In the KlOndike

for women, exclaimed Mrs.
Katherin Morrell, when asked re-
garding women in the Klondike,
"there is no demand for them Ut
Dawson. The women there ind
that there are fortunes to be
made at the old occupations, and
they are making them, and making
them fast.
Mrs. Morrell, who has Just re-
turned from the Klondike, and
who is now preparing for trip
toHonolulu, Russia, China, Japan,
New Zealand and Australia, is a
woman who is familiar with every
city in the United States, and she
declares that nowhere else can
so much money be made in so
short time as in the Klondike,
and especially commends Daw-
son.
'The stories one reads and
hears told seem like fairy tales
until you visit the country and
see for yourself. Women make
money there in various ways.
Some of them take up claims and
work themselves. One woman,
the wife of New York travelling.
man, filed upon a claim, and in
the five weeks before herhusband
joined her washed out $l7000
worth of gold. Another woman
conceived the idea of searching
for pearls along the Yukon, and
her finds amounted to $4,000.
Such work is not really difficult,
aud the hardships have been re-
duced to a minimum. 1t is a
fact" she added, "that one can
travel from tne States to- Dawson,
now that the railway has been
constructed, quite as luXuriously,
provided you have the money, as
you can go to Chicago or New
York.
cat Dawson it is almost i'm
possible to hire a washwoman,
and young Mrs. Pullman, of Chi
cago, with many another tourist,
found it necessary to wash out
her own clothing if it was to be
washed at all. Women who do
the most ordinary work receive
wages which seem Incredible. A
laundry has recently been started
there by woman, and, although
the plant cost several thousand
dollars, its owner expected to pay
for her entire outlay with her
first two months business
"Any woman is supposed to do
plain cooking, and the woman
who cooks for a camp Of six in
the Klondike receives $3.50 a
month. All that is required Of
her is that she get the meals ior
six men, keep the camp clean and
maintain her self-respect. A
school teacher who had saved but
little after years Of teaching in
California went into the Klondike
and cooked for such a camp. She
went in on the first boat and came
out on the last, staying seven
months, and she brought out 81, :
600 net profit. Ifa woman hasn't
the means to reach the Klondike,
she can engage as cook with a
camping outfit at Seattle and
have her way paid in. All that
is really necessary is pluck. Men
have not always succeeded in To-
eating paying claims but a wom-
an can find lucrative employment
always.
"There is big demand for
nurses at Dawson at present a
nurse in the hospital is paid $500
a month and board. Dressmak-
ing is another line OF work which
is well paid. A dressmaker can
make many times as much money
there as in the States without
working half so hard. The WON.
en- of Dawson dress Wen, and are
willing to spend money freely for
what they want. Really, money
is the most common commodity
they have there, and if I were to
tell you of the way in which the
gold dust and the nuggets are
handled you would be incredul-
Gus. The women thinks little Of