The national chaperone
The national chaperone. Illustration shows a group of dejected young women sitting at the beach with a mannequin dressed in the accoutrements of various industrial trusts, such as a coal scuttle for a hat labeled Cost of Living, also ice tongs, an oil can, bolts of cloth and many stockings, a brush and broom, as well as two tags labeled Rent and Taxes. Young men are standing nearby, pondering the group of women, but fearing the chaperone. Date 1909 July 21. The national chaperone. Illustration shows a group of dejected young women sitting at the beach with a mannequin dressed in the accoutrements of various industrial trusts, such as a coal scuttle for a hat labeled Cost of Living, also ice tongs, an oil can, bolts of cloth and many stockings, a brush and broom, as well as two tags labeled Rent and Taxes. Young men are standing nearby, pondering the group of women, but fearing the chaperone. Date 1909 July 21
