Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-30

at which the customers sit. There is
room for just eight. but the counter
IL always hllcd at mcaltimc. and there
arc often men waiting outside. One of
the girls cooks the meals while the
other waits on the table and takes in
the cash They will serve YOU an order
OF watucs ho, from the eriddle with
good butter and Sirup and Il cup of
c"hcc on tho side for - cents. or if
You will YOU may have ham and cgcs
and coffee for half-dollar. The food
is $" delicious that the girls have made
good. and they arc now building u
good sized eating room ON their new
LOT farther down tho street
MANY OTHER WOMEN
SEI'rLE At Nt'UOWtt:E
There arc many other women in bust
ness at Anchorage. Some arc type
writer's. others clerks in tho stores and
som" have stores OF their own. There
IS ~ woman barber on Fourth street
aud ono Of tho host dry goods and no.
ton establishments is kcr, by q Girl
under thirty. whose hair is as rcd as
INC hrlchtcSt goods on her shelves
She is pretty. Another Young Lady has
come here from Mendoza. Ill. to uprn :,
millinery establishment. She lives a.,
my motel. She tells me she pinned for
the life of tho North. and that she has
upward "f $l.n00 worth Of S,srlics al,
inc WAY. Another Of tho crrStS is a
trained nurse. who came from Il hospi =
tai in philadelphia. aud We have other
business women ,S we'll
The owner OF tho White House j.; n
business woman. who is known every
where throughout the Northwest I, is
Mother White. VIII" has had roadhouscx
ON COOK Inlet and at Sunrise. at Hone
and At Glacier ana other we'll known
mining camps. II was Mrs Whites
daughter popularity known as ''Eahc''
~, sl,, Il.
the railroad. and lIabr WAS. | think
tho hrS' white child horn in this region
MIS-. White was tho is, white WON
an !" settle on The northern shores of
cook Inlet. She came 10 .tlaska TWEEN.
" years ago rs the wife nf q sea
c"pta'n WI" was then sailing as far
north is EcrinE Sea She and nor
husband settled on tic shores of cool,
Inlet. and Mrs White had tho frs,
store ana rnadhouIe in that region
she made the first American naS that
was ever hoat"d north of that inlet
~ was shortly after she had ostah-
hSh"d nor trading station. Sh" wanted
f7s to show her p1triotism and .l.o
10 signal tho ships. In her stork NJ
goods she had plenty Of white and
blue cloth. but look ri in vain for rcr,
Tor Tho strincs. At last ono tay She
saw y" indian woman passing who
nad ON rcd pct,ic,at She called 10
her and bought tho r,t,icoat and ,bat
made tho stripes
Mrs. White did we'll on cook Inlet
Hcr store paid. she started a fish
cann"ry and saltcry. and she tolls mo
'hat she put ny tw" thousand barrels
81 SAT- fish in one year. She saws she
us" nIad" money in mining aud at
orc time could have retired ana IivoL
on her principal. Later she los, in
Nor mining operations and she thcn
Went outside and opened a little store
IN chicago. in which city her Iau-h-
ter was educated. She has nov come
back TO Alaska and is doing we'll
Anchorage IS less than ~ wear old
hut II already has it's social life and
emnSoments ON tho hill to tho north
rs tennis court. and down in the
government reservation is a baseball
grounds. SO made that il can bc Hood
"d ana turned into skating rink
during tho winter. Tho town has its
parties and dances, and on tho last
Fourth OF July ii held n baseball
match IN which a team made m Of tho
Girls competed with ono formed rf tho
h"NS. Tho town has its commercial
club. with something like 200 mem
h"rS. and this consists ~ women a..
We'll As Of mcu | attended on Of tho
meetings The people wcrc cnthusi-
astiC. and they seemed unauimous in
their votes for municipal improve
mcutS. such rs telephones electric
lights aud better means Of protection
from fires They aic\all dcmocralic
aud :" far the best Of civic spirit
seems 4" prevail
FRANK g. CARPENTER