Emma McChesney and Co.

In this final of three volumes chronicling the travels and trials of EmmaMcChesney first published in 1915 Emmas son Jock has moved to Chicago withhis new wife.... » 

In this final of three volumes chronicling the travels and trials of EmmaMcChesney first published in 1915 Emmas son Jock has moved to Chicago withhis new wife. Struggling with a newly emptied nest Emma dives into a whirlwindSouth American sales tour to prove she hasnt lost her touch.Back in New York Emma and her business partner. T. A. Buck Jr. try todisguise their budding romance from colleagues. After months of acting like acaptain of finance when he feels like a Romeo T.A. convinces Emma they shouldmarry. Emma tries to be what the yellow novels call a dollwife but trades inher fancy dressing gowns for more sensible business suits and heads back to theoffice.With one hand writing advertising copy and the other wrapped around a pair ofshears Emma saves the company from financial peril amid the arrival of someflustering if exciting news from Jock. By turns sales pro newlywed fashionmaven and anxious grandmother Emma symbolizes the ideal woman at the dawn ofthe twentieth century sharp capable charming and progressive. EmmaMcChesney and Co. is enhanced by the drawings of J. Henry. «