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Show CHAPERON IS AGAIN ' LONDON INSTITUTION After Tour Years of Absence Because of War She Is Once More in Demand. LONDON", May 17. (By the Associated Press.) The chaperon is reappearing in London, after more than four years of absence because of tho war. American women, the society leaders say, are responsible, re-sponsible, because they want to see London, Lon-don, and independent and self-reliant as they are they do not want to see it without with-out the assurance they will be well chaperoned. chap-eroned. The chaperon, once a well-established institution in England, lost her calling when women went in for war work. Many a young girl who had never ventured from home without the guiding hand of a chaperon took to driving an ambulance, while others were installed in the "Waacs," the "Raffs' or some one of the many other women's organizations which had to do with- the prosecution of the war. These vigorous young women had no use for chaperons. Tho American wome nwho want chaperons chap-erons also are war workers. Ked Cross, Young Women's Christian association aids and others who are here. They. I oo, a re self-reliant and independent, but when they doff their uniforms and go out to see London, or spend a part of their very little leisure time in tho gayetics of the city, they feel they ought to subscribe to the conventions. |