Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-09-13
WHAT WOMEN CAN DO.
Daring and Strenuous Occupations In
Which Fair Sex Has Jade Good.

Now that women are to be found il
almost every business and profession.
it is not surprising to learn that mem
bers of the fair sex will risk reriI1 in
he search for gold. II is reported that
several women rushed to Bitter Creek.
near Stewart CITY, British Columbia. il
the hope Of being able to peg out the
limit of l.5G9 square feet for claims
Hundreds of women followed the min
erS from the Eastern States Of Amerl
ca across the continent to California
and Colorado. i'll their fcVcriGh quest
for gold, in 1912 and during the rush
to the Yukon and Alaska the fair sex
Wa, very conspicuous and women
could he seen working shoulder to
shoulder with the men in the mines.
OF the women who faced the parils
of tn" frozen North j. their search for
precious metal in the l<londikc several
have made fortunes while others are
hard at work at their arduous toll with
the thirst for gold still strong upon
them. A wear or two ago Miss Frances
I'itz returned to her home i'll Boston
with c1no.ouo made by her own Of
forts in the gold fields of the Yukon
during five years work.
It was not 50 very long ago that
Miss Louise wilkins. who owns q gold
mine at Satsuma, in Arizona. retired
At the age of 81 with sufficient capital
to vi"lI her $1,000 4 year for life
During TIE last few years women
have taken largely tn farming and
market gardening in order 10 obtain 4
livelihood and it is interesting to know
tl2t ErockWell Farm. at Wendover, i'll
Bucks. which is over 80 acres IN .cX-
tent. is managed ami worked by the
Misses Scott with notable success. The
ladies are the daughters of the late Mr..
scott, a retired master mariner, who
ran tie r1rm during the last few Years
Of his life. Since his death they have
carried n th" farm with very little
I1ale Labor 'rhe Misses Scott rear
their own stock and tain the animals
rs they reach maturity. They also
pillow their own ticlds and break in the
colts. tie sisters being expert horse
breakers
a young lady IN California makes
horses hoes for a living. Specimens of
her work hay" been exhibited It all
he prominent cities in America. and q
gilded horseshoe beaten out by her WAS
forwarded rs y present to the late
Queen Victoria = short time before her
death
A village smith in Australia is a
maiden not long out OF her teens.
Wher her father died he left her un-
provided for. ana as she had learned
anoeing under her fathers guidance
she carried on his business and became
largely patronized
Shaving poodles Is a branch Of in
dust,E started by lady living in Par
is. The poodles barber first establish
ed herself in handsome suite of
rooms in one Of the principal thorough
fares of the French capital and her
clients numbered over 200 within three
months. This lady also keeps poo
dies school. and turns out canine pets
with highly completed educations. She
has trained over 500 poodles. and they
are marVelS of SagaCity and never
ceasing sources of amusement to their
owners.
Another lady in the Gay City has set
up in business as dogs dressmaker
providing pampered pets with fashion
able coats, collars, waterproofs, and
even boots.
There are several women in Spain
who make living by fighting bulls,
and they appear to be quite as adept
at the business as their male rivals.
Jonna Maestrich, the daughter of Ger
man parents was Il most successful