The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-07-25
GAN A WOMAN
 TRAVEL ALONE?

Iris mans pride.
 His highest, worthiest, noblest boast, The privilege he prizes most
 To stand by helpless woman's side" Many a woman would be glad Of a vacation among new scenes and new
 faces, but she declares she fears to go alone She could never manage the travelling. she would be sure to take the wrong train, check some other trunk than her own. lose her hand
 bag, raincoat CT umbrella and then would any of the hotels receive gra- |ciously a lone woman who had not made arrangements in advance to stop there for a stated time? What in tie world could she do if she found there was no accommodation to be had in the place? Last, but by no means least, how could she know the strangers she came in contact With
 were honorable gentlemen or whether rogues? All such fear4 and quaims might be excusable in 9 young, tm1d girl just entering her teens, but not in the young woman a decade or so older. The woman frightened at her own shadow belongs to the past. Now
 adays women are seIf-possessed and could travel the length and breadth of the land without encountering the slightest mishap. The over-tilnid
 young woman will never overcome her backwardness until she is gently pushed from the home nest Even the birdlings are pitched ruthlessly from the nest by the mother bird in order that they may learn the use of their wings; otherwise they would remain iy1f f1,a osyff for. al fn road employees are always courteous
 to the woman travelling alone. doing all in their power to eliminate her wor- ries. Of course they cannot interfere. If she is of age. if they behold her making the acquaintance of the xuave, slick fellows whom they set
 down at a glance as genteei rowdies.
 The conductor on the train cannot
 take the liberty of expostulating with
 a girl travelling alone if he sees her exhibiting valuable rings on her un-
 gloved hands, even if he is reason ably sure that the shifty-eyed man
 sitting in the seat behind her Is a
 ticket-pf- leave man. Nor can he find
 an exduse to warn her against the
 women who scrape an acquaintance with her on the train and get so well acquainted in an hour. that they are
 laughtinS and talking together like
 chums of a life time He cannot keep
 his eye constantly on the purse dang
 ling from her arm or resting in her lap nor help her much when she cries
 out hysterfcally that her pocket has
 been picked or her purse rihed some
 time after her new acquaintance has left the train. If he could have his
 way, he would have certain rules printed and hung up where unattend- ed women would be sure to see them
 and which would read: "Thei wearing of costly jewels is a menace to the safety of women travelling alone; it attracts thieves The making of chance acuuaintances of either sex on trains is risky and may lead to disas- trous resultsPs The modest young wo- man who keeps her own counsel, minds her own business and avoids ostentatious display, selGom or never
 meets with distressing misadventures while traveling. Dignity and judg- ment can carry her safely anywhere, no matter how pretty or attractive she may be. This is the one country of all others where sensible young wo- men can travel and do travel any where alone.