The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-12-11

There was time whom IN the role OF
escort and protector mere man was II.
lie throw out his chest and lowered and
weak woman chung thankfully to his arm
or shielded herself behind his broad
shoulders. M NJ = Ell 5$$ @
In those days the woman ,1nluclsy1
enough MOTTO include a man ii, her family
sat down resignedly OF an evening 10
darn stockings. or else iiIttcned her nose
against tho window piano in d frsiitlcss
longing to go somewhere. Fore woman
to go to the play Or, the, opera or other
evening entertainment without a. man
escort was to invite criticism t455 a$3
But all that has been changed The
new. woman has seen to It,. Nowadays,
women themselves sometimes serve as
escorts. "a
The climax OF womanly independenc
would seem to have been reached n
few days ago. when q party OF five awo-
men descended upon Chinatown ono
evening, bent upon seeing the sights. AZ
forward. In telling OF her trip. ono Of
tho women lallghinglY said that II seem
ed TO her that most of the ,gronps of
dtminutivc, Cinnamon they encountered
were frightened at5the apparltion OF five
women, none OF whom is much under
six feet.
No one rejoIces more over woman's
Independence along this line than visitors
TO New York who are unaccompanled
by "a man, and there Is a host of them.
unless 1t Is the scores Of women who
make comfortable living by acting as
chaperons. escorts, guides. a New York
landlord who opened an Their skyscrapcr
hotel recently showed that he knew what
Is what by announcing that his equip
mcnt would include women escorts for
welncn guests. 81 III
"'rhcse women escorts, q said the hotel
keeper when astcd for IN far,nat:on on
tho subject. s.'will be women who know
the city well and are qualified by etluca-
/, tlOn and experience to be :thc guide q
women who want to ma kc 4 the most Of
their time while In New York. 81
This l.; interesting mainly: because II
emphasizes the fact that professional
women chapcrons and escorts are hav-
ing their day, and q Very prosp rotis day
Ialttis. too. 3ss3i
At first The chaperoning5 business came
! to one and another womnn unsolicited
4; t i.;ls not long before women awoke TO
tier chance, With the result that the
bnoks in every bureau OF social require
imcnts bear the name OF many applicants
for the Job OF chapcron and escort. Rot
every woman can lnallf: for the work.
She must not be too young, andsitsl3
preferable that she should have the pre-
six Mrs.Sto her name. She must dress
4 .Hell, have agreeable manners TO some;
aextcnt familiar with good society and.
metropolitan life, and last, but not least.
If she would Il be a guide to strangers.
she must know the city pretty well:
u If She has q cheerful disposition and.
understands the art Of being conveniently
&blird and deaf on occasion WREN chaper-
onlng young people so much the better.
Some OF the most successful profess
1 sonal chaperons arc women 4 VINO once
were well off and have gone Into the
business without letting thc!r friends sus-s
pect that almost every ti.1lai they appear T.
lin public With somebody's daughter or
visiting strangers In tow It means dol,
Iflars III their pocket. The business,
seems includes tnrcc distinct branchcs;3
|. chnpcroning yo,lig people. both married,
and single; playing social escort 70 women
or ,n;1turer and acting as guide.
chaperon and escort III one To- strangers
In New York ANXIOUS TO do tie town.
1t Is In the first role that there Is ~
tar the greatest demand for the paid
cnapcron. According to q society woman
fashionable mothers are ~ lar 100 z nusys
I these days looking after thclr own OWN pleas
i llrlS ana 59elSaS GillritlS u ~ 'i''
I, NAV wallhowerT to their own daughters.
even had they the disposition to do ltt----
/ which they haven't Ss
II cases Of this kind tho chnperon'ss
remuneration is not always: liked On .
strictly financial basis. Often dollars
and cents are ot,msntionetl II the chap...
thon r,oyes ii, 4 he same. society, her pay
being forthcoming IL presents. the nature
Of, Which she is at liberty to suggest
ms is not the g,nerals r,ile. though often
wien chapcron and claperohed are O
ea,la i social standirg,%a bargain 5stsfrnck
4 on u hard and fast money OASIS, ana ~
so much mouth or for tho season. seas IN
stead of by the hour or day. u. ta2 S'a
{ one middle&ag ed widow who MOI nM .s,,
more than n year "a go was cnn1rnhlsa
With the necessity OF linking the finger
/ TIPS OF her gloves and washing her own
pocket .haptlkercbiefsl. is now 70 an ap-
j pcarnnces as prosperous as she was vas 4, ~
!. her pulniiest slpysi.antl all because ,pi the
!, demand for her services rs clluperon.
| II came about lin this way:
A womanands her ldaug liter arr'ved from
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