e girls in her
charge, and an oft-needed restraint on young men who are inclined to be
too free and familiar.

Mothers as Chaperons.--A mother is her daughter's best chaperon. Very
often her health, her home duties and her own lack of social experience
unfit her for such a duty. In that case, she should be glad to put her
girls in charge of some more experienced woman. If all young men were
honest and honorable and temperate, the unchaperoned girl would meet with
fewer embarrassments. Think of the awkward plight of a girl should the
carriage or the taxicab break down as she is returning home, or the
miserable state of the girl whose escort at play or party has taken too
much wine! These things don't often happen, some one says. They do
happen--far more frequently than the world at large is aware.

Chaperon's Lot Not Easy.--The duties of a chaperon are so onerous that she
deserves much gratitude, rather than revilement, for undertaking them. She
must stay at balls and parties when she would infinitely prefer her bed;
she must frequent places of amusement that are tiresome to her but
agreeable to her young charges; she must remain in the parlor, or in the
adjacent room separated only by draperies from it, while the girt
entertains men callers, and no woman enjoys being "gooseberry;" she must
check too high spirits and prevent "loud" behavior. And she will many
times know that her presence is resented, and sad to say, endure slights
in the discharge of her duties.

Chaperons a Social Help.--Nevertheless, if girls only knew it, the
chaperon may be very helpful and aid them materially in having a good
time. She should be a woman of wide acquaintance, accustomed to good
society. Then she will introduce the girls under her charge to nice men
whom they should know, and to partners for the dance; see that they are
invited to nice places, and that they are correctly dressed. She must have
tact combined with dignity, and be able to reprove little lapses in
decorum so tactfully that youth will not take umbrage. She must make her
charges like her, and win and hold their respect. And it is very important
that she should know what not to see--"the art of not hearing"--yet she
should never overlook anything vital, It will be seen that she should be a
person of infinite tact, good nature and courage.

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The Chaperon of the Motherless Girl.--Nowdays, the wealthy widower,
instead of putting his young daug