Rensselaer Republican, Volume 13, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 April 1881 — Without Escort. [ARTICLE]

Without Escort.

Ladies naturally prefer, says The London Queen, being accompanied by gentlemen to places of public resort, to going by themselves unattended; and many would rather relinquish an evening’s amusement than appear without the countenance of some member of the sterner sex, whether husband, brother or friend. Still, there are a large number of marriec ladies who for one reason or another dispense with gentlemen attendants, ana avail themselves of the privilege of being considered capable of taking care of themselves. It Is not unusua! to see three ladies enter the stall of a theatre unaccompanied by a gentleman, the married lady or ladies leading the way, followed by the young ladies of the party. At the opera more especially, one notices rows of ladies s ated in the stalls unacoompanied by gentlemen. These ladies depend upon the exertions of an intelligent man-servant to get quickly away from the crowded vestibule «f the opera-h«. use, and they generally make their way out < f the stalls before the close of the last act, so as to avoid the general crush. It is needless to say that young unmarried ladies have not the independence enjoyed by married ladies, and that it would be a breach of etiquette were they to go to the theatre or opera unaccomKnied by a chaperon or accompanied a gentleman, uuless he were a ver# near relative, father, brother, brotherin law, or uncle. Unmarried ladies, however, of a certain age, with establishments of their own, do not oome within tbla rule of etiquette, but are rather Included In that which applies to married ladles. * •