Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-11-26

enjoyable time if they have at least a
speaking acquaintance This is especially
True Of the woman who travel alone, as
many do nowadays.
Perhaps the chief duty of the official
chaperon is 10 help people become ac-
quanted. l call her the official chaperou
{ Tor want OF a better name. She is
not a chaperOn in the real sense, not be-
lns responsible for any ones conduct
or money. Nor is she an assistant con
auctor, having nothing TO do with the
Itinerary, nor should we call her the en-
tertalner. for others lecture and the
bfasS band plays. But she is SO many
ot9er things that n very comprehensive
tile should be hers. Instead of being
agreeable, with pay, and without any
one knowing her responsibility las is
frequent in hotels, she is put down in
the prospectus as "a lady of education.
culture ana experience, who will accom-
pahy the party" So that gives her an
oncIal standing, and she may speak to
people and they to her without being in
ro9uced. However, she is introduced.
assisting the conductors in the reception
gwen the day the ship sails. From that
moment she is practically on duty. al
though daily office hours are announced
Wnen people may ask her questions. tRut
VINO can etfectually limit the question
asking propensity of Americans. espe-
ci9l!y when they travelD
| Ihere are many agreeable features of
TINS new business for women. bur if Won
are seeking place make careful note of
! lne quallhcatlOns required. You mnst be
! Il good sailor; you must be a woman of
the world, accustomed to meeting people.
you must be able To drca ngn the various
! social fun ions during the cruise; Won
must nave large supply of general in
formation, especially about the countries
| visited; you must be able to give a lee
ture or two; you must know about cloth
ing ana climate and money in every port;
/ you must visit the sick (if they wish to
/ see YOU; you must always be good ma
| tured, patient and tactful. In fact, the
! larger word diplomatic" expresses the
| most valuable characteristic Of the wom-
/ an who would become an official chap
/ eron aboard ship. Everything that she
mas learned of life and people will help
! her In this capacity.
Some people who travel wish to be LET
! alone, to rest or think or study or enjoy
! things by themselves. The majority Of
Americans, however, are social in Gheir
( tendencies and democratic and quite will
| ing to be friendly with their fellow tour
! lists. But they are off for a change and
! a rest and don't want to have any re-
sponsibility, SO they pay to have them
! selves and their baggage taken care of
and to have some one tell them where
! they are going and what they are going
to see and what they ought to know
! about it. No matter how well informed
a person may be, he is more or less con-
| fused when h. faces u new civilization
| every week or so. and the important
! facts about the places he is TO visit can
! be most easily remembered when pre-
! scented in Il nutshell, which means by
| some other mind whose owner has boiled
the information down to the nutshell size
And so just before reaching an unknown
| country an informal lecture about it is
given and proves far more interesting
! than reading Baedeker.
During the cruise there are long days
| at sea when letter writing grows weari-
some, and one has read everything from
The Simple Life" to The Siren
! Voice" There are long evenings when
| even the moon and the stars seem mo-
notonous, as one lies i'll a steamer chair.
wrapped like a mummy. 1t is for these
! evenings. when there has been no busy
! day ashore that the official chaperon
plans 1t may be an evening of progress
! the promenade deck a musical club has
been organized soon after leaving port
/ and perhaps it gives q concert.
But probably the most interesting
events during the cruise are the meetings
| of the travellers club, when the places
! ftSlIEu HNGu
! in memory and delightful social sur
roundings. Every traveller sees things
/ from his own point of view. and an eA-
/ change of impressions is not only enter
! tanning, but gives one a breadth of
thought sometimes lacking in a tourist
| who comes home with the world seen
only from his own view.
BESIDES these regular features of a
long cruise, the official chaperon plans
some evenings of lighter entertainment.
guessing contests. games, etc, and
things suggested by unexpected happen
ings. One of the most amusing enter
tainments | recall was mock trial. in
which a passenger, whose arm was brOk-
en- in a storm, sued the ships company
/ for damages. To those of us who had
never been in court it was also instruc-
tive. as the proceedings were deliberately
/ planned. with judge, jury, witnesses.
/ etc. The man lost his suit. the judge
deciding that the ships company had not
been negligent in planning for his safe
ty. and the kindness of the ladies had
more than compensated for his suffer
/ ings."
Of course. our legal holidays are cele-
brated in foreign seas, and always fur
nish an evenings patriotism which
makes us better citizens when we re-
turn home. The ship is decorated with
flags of all nations, and many speeches
are lua0e anu SOHSS sung III IuSLIUlS VI
the Sweet Land Of Liberty"
The duties Of the official chaperon
aboard ship, you will see, are much like
those Of a hostess who seeks to have
her guests lecome acquainted and have
a good tine. To the diplomatic woman
who is willing to plan for the comfort
and pleasure Of others the place offers a
delightful sea trip, an opportunity to
learn something of other lands, and, in
cidentally, to add many names to her
list of acquaintance and friends.-New
York Tribune
~O+-o~
English Women
In an Ambulance Corps.
The Ladies' Mounted Ambulance corps,
that has among its members only wom-