The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-04-02

effect is that Of a very small tug trying
to bring safely into port a feet of sailing
vessels with sails set in every possible
direction except the one where they
should go. The girls often absolutely
ignore the presence of their maid Or
governess, who must walk certain dis
lance behind them, and were she to fall
behind even few steps OF the required
distance or venture too near, she must
prepare for TRADE Of abuse that would
hardly seem possible. But then that
| is one of the forms of independence that
seems to be engendered by chaperonage.
| TRIALS OF THE DEPENDENT
There Is something rather pathetic
| when the governess is a sweet faced, lady
| like looking woman, who seems absolute
| ly unable, physically and mentally, to
cope with the very tall girls whom she
| has in charge and who seem to make a
| point Of trying to get away from her.
AS has been seen in more than one
| instance, she instinctively tries to walk
nearer to them and is repulsed SO rudely
| that she soon falls back to what they
! consider her proper place. They do not
| intend rudeness, it may be said, and real
| lie that their governess may be a lady
| born, but her having accepted such a
| position as this lowers her in their eyes,
and after all she must be a mere ma
chine for their pleasure
1t is very interesting to notice that the
very girls who are the most chaperoned
are often the widest. Those girls who
have been allowed to go about alone seem
to have acquired certain dignity OF
carriage and the absolute unconscious
ness which is one of the most charming
prerogatives of the American girl.
YOUNG MATRON AS CHAPERON.
On the contrary, those girls who have
always been attended by a chaperon
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ways on the lookout for some affront
This is not expressing an opinion as to
the desirability undesirability of care
fully guarding young girls Chaperons at
evening dances or at all social enter
tafnments are a necessity that goes with
out saying, but apparently now it is only
necessary for a girl to be married for her
to be considered an eligible chaperon for
girls even older than herself
The older chaperons are not wanted
There is no place for them, and mothers
must needs trust their daughters to the
chaperonage of some young married
woman whose husbands name is sup
posed to be sufficient to guarantee that
everything will go well.
Undoubtedly the lines are growing more
and more strict every year. Etiquette
demands more; everything is more for
NAL. The reason for this is that several
of the women who are leaders in society
now, who had no money to speak of to
start their married life with. and abso-
lutely none before they were married,
although in most instances they were
people of good birth, were themselves
brought up with absolute liberty, and of
course follow out an entirely different
line for their daughters.
APING EUROPEAN CUSTOMS.
There is no question but that American
women ape as far as possible the man
ners and customs of Europe where the
state of society is SO very different from
!, what exists here, very fortunately for u.s.
It is now considered necessary If a girl
goes on short railway journey that she
shall take her maid with her, even IL the
maid is sent back when the journeys end
IL reached. The travelling with the maid
ia considered a mark of swelldom and
wealth-all of which appeals very much
TO the young girl who quite unconsciously
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