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Ethel Bush Berry, Mrs. Clarence J. Berry, the "Bride of the Klondike", in Winter Costume

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Title: The gold fields of the Klondike; fortune seekers' guide to the Yukon region of Alaska and British America;
Year: 1897 (1890s)
Authors: Leonard, John W., 1849-1932
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Publisher: Chicago, A.N. Marquis & co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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e of going over the divide andliving in a mining camp in the frozen north as a weddingtrip makes anything from Mrs. Berry, the bride of theKlondike, especially interesting, and as many womenhave expressed a desire to go to the land of the mid-night sun in search of fame and fortune, they will like tohear her experiences in her own words. She was asked togive her opinion upon the subject of the proposed femi-nine exodus to the north. ADVICE TO WOMEN. What advice would I give to a woman about goingto Alaska? she said pleasantly. Why, to stay away, ofcourse. Its no place for a woman. I mean for a womanalone; one who goes to make a living or a fortune. Yes,there are women going into the mines alone, there werewhen we came out, all with the hope of getting big pay.Its much better for a man, though, if he has a wife along.Whatever stories of miserable living and excessive hard-ships there are, are about the poor fellows who had notsufficient outfit or suffered by their own poor cooking. 154
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MRS. CLARENCE J. BERRY. The Bride of the Klondike in Winter Costume, 1^6 THE GOLD FIELDS OF THE KLONDIKE The men are not much at cooking up there, and thatis the reason they suffer with stomach troubles, and, assome say they did, with scurvy. After a man has workedhard all day in the diggings he doesnt feel much like cook-ing a nice meal when he goes to his cabin, cold, tired andhungry, and finds no fire in the stove and all the foodfrozen. CLOTHES SUITED FOR THE TRIP. I took an outfit of clothes made especially for the trip.I got everything of the best material, and found it paid inthe long run. One doesnt need a great deal, and it isbest to take no more than is actually necessary on accountof the trouble and expense of carrying the things. Myoutfit cost about $250. It included three suits of every-thing, right straight through. I had very heavy woolen underwear and knittedwoolen stockings. My skirts were made short, only alittle below the knee. I had a heavy fur coat of marten, afur

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