A NEW BUSINESS FOR WOMEN.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 129, 24 February 1908, Page 3

A NEW BUSINESS FOR WOMEN.

' A new'-'profession for woriien : 'is that of /chaperon for women staying at New York ihotels. According to the "New York tribune," a, girl went to i New -York from Chicago spent' month 1 in'the city in the .charge of a chaperon, her parents having .ni'ade the arrangement; and had'a' "perfectly •lovely time."- i'he .charge, of that girl was the first trial of tho plan, which was so successful, that one of. tho .. largo/,hotels de-i cided' to provide cliaparons to take its women guests'about and show .tlioin' the dity.. ,: ,- ; "I'ou- inust have a ' good deal - of. flirt," someone'-; suggested ...to. the ' woman' /'who, chaperoned tho Chicago girl. '.'Going with, women to matinees and concerts',,', visiting ;points ; ; of ' 'lunching , and diiiing, at smart resortisl" ';'

"Well,/yes," .she,, said; ."but'.it's''work, too, 7 Tho ],ist woman I chaperoned was a strenuous. young, person who wanted to see everything .'.at , once; .. .She,. • was : generally about six steps ahead of mo, , calling over her shoulder, 1 "isn't this . great I' It /took spmo .energy .to keep up 'with hef*. And it takes_' energy to. accompany a -woman-on.,a. shopping; excursion, I can tell/you, \ "A lone woman- in :a) hotel! floes •; neod someone to_ go about with her," continued tho.: professional • chaperoiu ( "Some/ women .living in get; positively inert for-"lack of such a companion: They como. down, to breakfast, . go, back to their /room /and sit there; : come • down: to; luncheon, j sit around awhile: arid -go ; to 'their room;; dress .for din-, ner,. dine,/ sit around .awhile'; go -.'to',bed/ 'But wliat can':l do,?-,one/woman said to me.' 'I'm obliged,. to.L remain, a • stranger in a; strauge 'city during my husband's absence abroad.on'a'-business'trip. J want . to see the city, :but-it's no fun going about alone.': •It"was cases like' this j that, mado chaperons' seem accessary."

Tho unusual ovent of a mayor marrying tho :r mayoress has " occurred at Berwick-on-Tweed, '/Tho ' mayoress was tho "mayor's housekeeper, 'and tho sister of his wife, who diod : several; years ago/leaving ..young pliill-. dren to-be cared for. Coun. Edminson is tho first English mayor to take advantage of thfi Deceased Wife's Sister' Act-, and tho first' Mayor of- Berwick, during .tho sevonZ.contunes of the. mayoralty's existence, to marry during his term of office... . Mine. Zable, the wife of a deputy, has recently been, appointed a shorthand- writer' for the 'Danish' Parliament. / Several shorthandwriters aro employed, but this is tho first ,'timo a woman has received a definito position on .the staff. .' . , -" . , Mr. and Mrs. Zangwill wero married some four years agOj?- and tho great Jewish litterateur not long afterwards took his young wifo .to America.- . They were entertained by a well-known New York club at dinner, and a gallant-admiral, in proposing the health of Mr. Zangwill, remarked that it wais a pity' they could not claim him as a citizen of tho United States. Tho humorist, in -reply, said that, as a matter of fact, ho did belong to tho United States 'through my wife, by marriage." Everyono, was much'puzzled, for Mrs Zangwill was unmistakably English; and with a gravo faco sho'had to explain to her kindly hosts, "It was a joke," sho said sadly, "tho United States, through his wifo, by marriage—united state, tho married state, do you see?" Mme. Goold, condemned for tho: murder of Emma Levin at JJonaco,. lias taken a striking way to express her feeling toward the famous gambling establishment whore, she and her husband lost their, money. Under an ancient law, sho has demanded that her execution shall take place in.the Piazza in front of tho Casino whore the gambling goes on. That will be' an , object lesson for gamblers, and a memory and association for-all time to come. . .