Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-06-24
BY SARA MOORE.
C\CHApEltONED.


Copyright, 1917. by the Mcclure Newspaper
Syndicate,)
Say, MIL did you ever have chap
eron?"
"a what" demanded Millie suspi-
ciously.
"A chaperon. This here new book
says they go around with you SOS you
won't go out alone with young men.
An all nice girls is supposed to have
'em."
1T sounds to me-" said Millie.
speaking with the corner OF her
mouth that was farthest away from
the floorwalker, that you must be
talkin' of an old-fashioned guardian
angel"
mo, this cticut woman takes 'em
serious" continued Genevieve. Listen
mere"
She opened the magazine under the
counter, looking cautiously to be sure
that the floor supervisor was In u far
off department.
"She sez Even in the country
young woman should not go alone to
entertainments with young men unless
she is chaperoned by her mother or
some other woman. or unless she is
with a group Of young people She
should never dine publicly alone with
a young man unchaperoned
MY Gawd," gasped Millie.
The girls stared at each other. Gems
mind was fretting about an engage
ment with Tom Durfee. He was to
meet her at the side entrance or the
store at 6:01 and after dining at some
popular priced restaurant they were
planning to walk home thru the sum-
mer dusk of Central park. Millie was
remembering a guilty career of little
dinners after work, and Saturday and
sunday excursions to the beaches and
ghe Palisades.
They waited on the next customers
absently, their minds engaged with a
lew thot.
Remember, in this world there
are always prying eyes-persons will
be sure to note and censure the young
woman who appears alone with a
young man in the evening" read
(ienevieve. later. I'm the theater your
escort might have to leave you to
check his coat or arrange about TIC
kets or programs or possibly car
riage. Surrounded by strangers as you
would be in big city. you might not
relish this situation"
Sweet mother!' breathed Millie.
"And us goin' way to Harlem some
nights all alone-sometimes as late as
II o'clock Christmas week. or when
we're takin' stock"
Guess this writer thinks II Is safer
to be all alone than with young
man-unless you have mother along
observed her friend.
And can't you see one of our
mothers chasin around evenings with
us after cookin' for family all day :
Huh"
"She does say somethn' about diff
ferent customs in different sets"
mused Gen. "Still. as perfect ladies',
we sure want to do the right thing.
Perhaps we'd better he a little par
ticular--and go slow after this 2?
"Do you mean to say you'd like
some one older trailin' along with
you an Tom everywhere?" demanded
Mollie
II don't know who'd be willin' to
do It," worried Gen. Not that Tom
amt all right-and well. a third party
might kind of crab the conversation.
STILL"
Millie could see that Gen was wor-
ried. She had always been more SEN
sitive than other girls in the depart
ment. Like the others, she had lef'
school before she was 16 to earn her
living and because she had few con-
facts with people of advanced educa-
ton she had nothing to stimulate her
to any educational effort. Still her
native brightness was obvious. She
copied all she saw that seemed good
Her voice. II not her grammar. her
clothes, her manners. were the result
of her observation of fashionable Gus
toners.
Gen Is a>lady," more than one
workmate noted "Sha doesn't make
up. chew gum. or swear" ,,,
The chaperon problem was stu
puckering the girls forehead when
she met Tom after the store closed