The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-04-21

"Oh, how the term displeases me. 1
have no patience with the non-Inean-
ing words. Woman today is just what
she was a hundred years ago, and as
for the question whether she would
have chaperone or not, that is Diff
hcult problem to solve. Circumstances
vary the decision. Women brought up
In the country do not require the sur
VIGILANCE girls in the city need. I
think where one is thrown in contact
constantly with strangers, that she is
Tar more exposed than when associated
with people with whom she has grown
up. In cities should recommend a
chaperone. / think our schools teach
the young women to be frivolous and
superficial; they do not instruct the
pupils thoroughly in one thing. but
hurry them through a number of books
which they dimly comprehend. Our
public schools have much to learn.
They graduate the children too young
and overcrowd their minds. Before d
girl is fully grown she is turned out
as educated. Such a child, uniformed
in mind and body, certainly requires
the guidance of an older person, upon
entering society"
Mrs. Sangster's Views.
Mrs. Margaret E. Sangster. editor Of
Harper's Weekly, was busy at her
desk when I stepped in and asked her
about the new woman and her need
of chaperonage. She laid down her
pen and said: you know I am very
old-fashioned woman, and of course
would approve of the chaperone In
fact, I dislike all innovations on old
customs. think it is much pleasanter
for young woman to have some elder
person with her; it removes restraint.
A sense of greater freedom follows the
fact that a guardian is by to resent
any misrepresentation or careless
word or action.
"Of course, in the country, where all
know each other, the chaperone is IN
necessary; but in large cities, where
one is thrown in contact with strang-
ers, especially the foreign element, L
think girls require the chaperonage of
an older person. You can always
count upon me for believing in all the
proprieties."
Miss Dodge Diplomatic.
If Miss Grace Dodge had answered
the question yea or nay, it would have
carried great weight with it. She is
the friend and confidante alike Of So
ciety girls and girls who make their
own living. The good she has done
for the working girls in this great city
will never be known, but it is known
that she has accomplished more for
them than any society or association
of women collectively.
The Conservative Kind.
But she did not answer the question,
saying with a smile, Really, 1 have
never given the matter a thought, so
I can not tell you whether the new
woman needs a chaperone or not"
What Mrs. DIR. Crosby Thinks.
DR.. G. NJ. Crosby, one of the talented
members of Sorosis, said: ST think the
question will soon answer itself. Wlo-
men are every day proving themselves
entirely comp S TO take care OF
themselves. Their entrance into the
business and professional field has
done away with old-fashioned preju-
diceS and follies.
1.-THE girl of today knows that a
ruined name means a ruined fortune,
and she prizes both too highly TO run
the slightest risk of losing them.
Never in the history of the world have
girls gone forth into womanhood so
Yet there is much wickedness going
on, but the Winecup is mostly RESPONSE
bic for it. Under the influence of this,
the great evil of the age, many life
is ruined. But for a sober young
woman of the nineteenth century there
is absolutely no need of chaperone."
She Needs No Chaperone.
AIRS. Katharine Alderman Fay, one
of the Oldest members of Sorosis,
thinks that the new woman will
shuttle off all slavelike letters. This is
her answer to the question:
Girls are no longer ignorant of the
world and its ways. They read, study
and acquaint themselves with all the