The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 3, 1901, Page 11

THE ' #UNDAY CALL. , _ 11 LN AT be lept In an atmospnere or rennement. meters, of wt */ The chaperon is a rather useless conven- der ater. A double railm tion."” w ' m Mrs. W. H. Mills and Mrs. A. N. Drown x way agrec. They say In substance he idea ) and of our girls being chaperoned I= for th ) “Individual to' decide Mrs. | Luke Robinson, Miss, RBlena Robinson, i th M ¥ x present season, says: *“[ don't hat s . 1.care to pass my c as th the eron question is a_yery perplex " s as answer. It all depends on the voum 3 s N herself and of what agesshe is. Wher 1y . 2 i girl first, goes out into’society It is quite SAys. would be, as | " necessary for 1 be chaperoned. After plon tumnel, about 3000 . s she. arrives at veafs of discretion cost in the case st bs not necessary. If,a pafty of was francs and th 19 out. No mat- intend going out for a day's or evenin Arlberg tunnel 4 N and to.sup aft- pleasure an older person should accom- s als t on wa P be with her. Py themy < be n 1 pinion must be considered -and = a Bt the, dovticn -t AP S e "SUBMARINE v s n S T cost ncludin ad s L Ceuta to Tlemecer tista t about l lJ E %90 kilometers, he mated at 225,000,090 be allowed. any- ¢ NN o . where without trances. Whether anything like a ala tainea sividual young lady, whom nel is she is with und where she o : Y t s going. = The chaperon in > p e F a a e now cases is a great mistake.” W. P. Morgan says: “Dev girls should be chaperoned nied by an older person on all occasio 1t is much more dignified _ bility of and safer for them.” tunnel whiel CH engineer efteiof German capitalists are now seriousl; considering the advisa- ting a submarine connect r and \rs, W. B, Wilshire, who has traveled Africa. The engineer is M. Berlier. He * o — M 2 Jargely and KNOWS Whereof she speaks.. says; . t that scheme is practicabl e “ . “T'he American giFY is pretty well able to tuke “ang is now working pard to convince the work nstr y 2 an carecof herself. Of gourse, she should always’ Govgrnments of Spain and Moroceo that _early date. g THE STRENUOUS WOMAN. By Mrs A/'Y?ar(ha Jaft &eniworih. s by Walter Gufld) — HE strenuous woman must have rustiing drapeties and an air t jsted in early day hut was was positively refreshing after the weeks obtrusive as we fnd her? hieflq companiinship. man in as made us our ancestors have overlooked the o felt the restful influence with- She ne it, and from that the. pres- - out being abie to d getic she been as noisily ene ent cenfury woma The men of those momenf the doom of the energetic girls e 1 tirges were rather determined, you Know. was assured. Within three days the new- 2 the It strenuous women could see them- ‘comer had all the men at her pretty feet, m selves with the aves of their beholders, T and a ivar council was in session. r break fancy there would be changé for 'the bel- She was a Southern girl who had ‘mot D s 3 te Vo woman really cares to be tt acquired the athletic cr She had been ¥ % g - a nuisance, however she may brought up to distinctly feminine ways, I S, ¢ &1 .- p fingers at public op The was gracious and ‘weli bred, and made —— » told of a famous wa place which p, pretensions to ‘cleverness. She had a tins! o » abounded with hang healthy and en- for pretty attire, and thelr mothei’s active ways ha parte ergetic young women, but wa agnely that she knew nothing The male members of the f ¥ hegin supp fth men. - As might be “X- of golf, tennis, wheeling and the other their b A £ pected, the rivalry mascullne at- gmusements to which that particular set ™74 ar s : : tention was keen, and the girls sat ‘of girls was addicted. She did not cars ”'I 7‘,"(A:1;\,.“: s emes fOT /1o Jearn, she avowed, but was willing o be present at any or all games, merely as an onlooker. That was the character every man elected to.play after she ex- pressed her sentiments in the low pitched, rather lazy -voice which was chief among mnen, ‘who had gone her attractions, but’ which she used in a the place to 1 , we sparing manner. It never became momnot- hurried from ON@ onous, as yout may readily see. amusement tof an- other, were literally forced into/activ- through the up nights to de arousing Intere of the desir members of ‘. CanyouT ypened? which she bru whose cffects The next day off s ironing day and everything else comes mending da thr gh the week, each task g {un play of enel we hear th: 14 T s One 'week), of that sort of ‘tRINg WaS of nervous prostration enough for .the girls. There was a gen- eral overhauling of trunks and boxes, and mysterious letters which brought equally lly grave not mysterious packages. Short skirts and gyt if i e 0 wou'd thick, shoes were replaced by feminine gerve on committees? Who wo cacD fripperies, and” the girl from the South alive the « -~ ¢ eves was responsible for the change. The plan pose und sun worked like a charm. Delinquent Knights of ner e? ] f 1 not =7 réturned to their allegiance, all but one, axis Would w bette r worse off 'S the ‘most desirable one of the lot, Who than we now = 1 am not prepared to elected to bestow a Mfe-long allegiance say. Perhaps we t appreciate upon the pretty ‘Southerper the reposeful woman did we have I understood that story perfectly, be- advantage of comp:rise Yet [ must cause not long before I heard a man ex- confess to a press his opinion women in a compari- weman son he drew bétween his fellow boarders out of my W g of the opposite sex and a new acquisition always esca e to the household The new woman was lar AT gT enefgy Of girls who seemed 10 pretty, but that mattered little to him to ma live In an atmosphgre of short and the other men. She was different, The wors skirts, thick ghoes and plainly which was more to the po She wore the effect she 4 T dressed hair. soft gowns of delicate texture, pretty wore out her ¢ b One day the place was rousel shoes, eiaborate hats and the many o mischief ended .§ to a mild sort of excitement by little gs which he noted, but could ceive more tolerati ; the arrival of guests whom nobody not describe. *'She has never worn these .tiva afflictior & knew. Mother and daughter t ugly, stiff collars,” he explained, “but al- Matter of fact persor s =5 were, -and a maid was their only ways some soft and frilly thing that is off impressions a tendant. Women were numerous enough awfully becoming. Her handkerchiefs are but they form such to make fresh arrivals a matter of no small and dainty, quite unlike the hem- manity moment, even though they were good stitched nosewipers. vou women r: % ity b6 Ahat some b - looking. But somehow these.seemed to with tailor-made frocks.” 1 Knew _t formulate a scheme ate » toty. By the time that : ety rs of age they D¢ & different specles of womanhood kind of woman he meant; I had seen'het into classes, not by bir possess they are 21 or 22 -"(’l‘" Sadakee whith promised to be worth studying. and felt the charm of her femininity. [ or even by mental e can go out unchaperone ("’(n osing ., That night mother and daughter made had also noted the attendance men gave mental conditions. 1 1 ° place of amusement. Tais hq{.‘é\l:ni bo their first public appearance. The former her at every turn. She was, however, i then be drawn with the rness of > that their escorts are all t have been Was & sweet faced woman, whose hair girl the straffuous woman would have distinctions in the Orient we might > . 4 e Eas know however, chap- desired. My own daughters have was just beginning to whiten:- the latter turned her nose up over because she never to escape. No other plan seems to stoms governing East- & nd chaperons— brought up in this way z .. was a dainty bit of femininity with soft, hurried or appeared to do much of any- ise anything worth mentio h. o T hese who are negative Mrs, J. H. Jewett, prominent in woman's mere dummies, club circles, said: ) be the chaperon = = — coctety’s demand of a young lady is a very pleasant task .r convention- nd should be beneficial to both partles. :fl\'oR'TE Nl ’MBERS o: DY=== ENT -‘o s itie those vitalized (3 word chaperon is often abused. [} - v by a of their impop_ *Vhen a young lady has a chaperon 1t ! tanc shaping the history gy tnen will the necessitY occn't mean somebody to watch her be- HAT all numbers are pot used with and there are very few places in Egypt countries in which used most prompets ¥ ” s R aperon cease t0 ©X= juuio bt one to act as A companion, cqual frequency by the vatious na- where the people use it. The’ French and quently are Russia » As civilization advances men and a men and women Wil 4o i 0quce her, to look after her pleas- tions ‘of the earth iIs clearly shown the oth&r Latin races prefer the numbers nian lands. In fine . women are becoming polarized—that 1s meet on common grounds,' o and find pleasure herself. I always by M. Delaunay, a French scientist, 2 and § and rarely used the number 3, is a characteristic ¢ m s man sees himself less and less as a \-;1: 8ex attraction being no longer the doml- ¢ .1 fattered when I am asked to chap- Who has devoted a good deal of time to & Wwhereas, on the other hand, the English of 7 is a characterist hd sces herself less and less 2g principle of the universe. »n voung folks. They should always be study of this subject. prefer 2 and 3 and the Germans % and 5. ‘““The higher numbe a As woman’s intellectual pow- rom the standjoint of the enlightened py¢ ypan- thelrsown honor; they should “A marked preference,” he says, “may ‘“As for the Asiatic races, I find that the though they are found oce: ers develop under the later day system. future, the chaperon will appear but & pe ajowed to depend upon ‘their self- be found almost everywhere for the num- Indians are very partial to the number 2 certain eountries, such as 11 of education, as =he learns that physical figure in the dark ag when man needed regpect. The minute a girl fs watched pers 2, 3 and 5, as well as for thé multiples and its various multiples, while the Chi- 17 in Mexico, 19 In Spain and 31 it me weakness and mental silliness are faults tehing :and woman protection.” she becoines unnatural. It is supposed of these number: The Mohammedan nese, Itke the Latins, use 2 and 5 more pines. I learned to my surprise t . our csplsed by the whole world, including — Mrs. Wiliiam Thomas of PacHic avenue, that modern YOung peeple know Mow§to - countries, however, form an exception to than any dther numbers. “In France, Ger- inhabitants of Hawall are very fond " who swears he adores her incom- who has two daughters in society, says: conduct themselves on all occasions this rule, since the number 3 is not used many, Sweden, Norway, India, South the number 13, a fact wiich shows that greater confidence should ney, as she comes into a knowledge “Young ladies should be chaperoned for Mrs. Homer 8. King says: “Young la- in them. Neither in Turkey ner in Persia America and the United States the num- they know nothing of the prejudice s . that companionship is the very bond that the first few years that they are in so- dies under 20 years of age should never . can any trace of this number be found. her 7 is more of less popular, but the against the numb