The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-12-27
rs This Cheek I?

! IL = Astonishing ID not; tnc a1onlt %.
ct'vk posses-<: by nuHb-r ni p-cpl.. out
SIDE ~ inc newspaper profession. II "a
abaJ, Time ;his old .tnTr about rhe.. nf
NEWSPAPER E,-n was exploded. They
ar uu mone cheeky than ia~yers zhv
! cross canine witnss>es o- doctors We"
rightly -Esmin. ;her patients.
The nsrspaPe bGsinvse las changed a.
: a.. wears very much. Newspaper n.n
have changed, AMI the class vi mon and tie
ygs.ln~r- ~ this .iS-s Of men arr l.,'r-
.Ncsspal~eTs gre nlnrc . specie. ~ i,ilSiu,ss.
than ne nier. mouth piece ~ palts In
t"iiisc:,ce, sobri"ir. experience, hard aork.
pleasing 2circS>, grutlensi4ly ,i,r"Tiinrn,
and upright & nducf max" good l.e.,--
i':.p-r racn nov s-!ays, snd not simu.s an.
POSSES icu of brilliant talents ana 49, pin
einie sc il used to-.
Rn; 'his Is wandering from the point.
: Young Hsn .h" has i.;s' come nui al
police court whore Ire has past b,',n fired =
FOR jntoxlcaiion.
f"r being ivl.ni IN :, nous. o; iil-i.n....
E"r carry ing concealed ncopuns
VIII rush up 20 the c"nrl reporter.
Yhom nE E.rcr SAN before, AMI. Il hr ha-,
never spoken 20 ell The street, and address
iim - AZ cid friend and under eolne 9bi;-
cations To- the speaker, says:
Dost pat my pame ia The paper. /
~oui.3n'. have IL IN Tor tgcui. Dollar
Come haze drink.
GeD;ie reader. 30 YOU cali thai cheek
Dn yea see Respectable newspaper Incu
--:ncn ~lio are worthy OF bein; called r,.-s>-
paper meu--doing anything n.Gr check.
than IhaL?
Tire y0gng man would not kxg. his
Ds.ae gD in the paper Tor twenty five dol
lars, -, lac boldly tries =, bride tee rc.
porter with ieu cen, drink
; young man Of highly respectable par
cn,s ard oitlcial position gets "n a whirl.
lie DIake1 iiie rounds u the oar rooms
and h"us's 81 iil-shai-, IN company with
pim,s, k:lriOts and nc-ccHt-sutc gamblers /
anu professional loai..rs and thieves. Dur
ing their travels the crowd gets into a
row. They smash up things generally. (
flourish reviewers along comes i "oi. and /.
thry srr 'akcn In the station The Young
msn al highly respected relatives. Who Z
came t. own or started out Tor the expires, /
purpoe. oj doing what he did. gets his ,
name go the court re- ord. Then IL be- /
CONES pEolc property and gets iutr he !
paIcro. Then the young man OF highly .
respected parents tabs about shooting the .
reporter. who's: duty il was 10 report the
pros, edipgs al the cour;
Do Won, or do you NOT, dear reader. call
This cheek
OF course. ii the reporter was "a trrn the
tables and shoot the young man. it wouli
not only be cheek, bnt crime
\ man and his better ses en-eighihs, who
have been 9uarreiing ike two kiilkenn,,
eats, hammering each other with rolling
pins, throwing eodcc pots AT each other.
charging each other with iniid,liiv. ours
ing each other like sailors. etc. finally ap-
peal 20 the courts aud write down these
very thing in their petitions, which sre
Dn file and public property. Then. some
lay when a reporter is AT his wits enI for
lsws and writing for dear life, one uj tie
parties wal! make their appearance in me
'ditor's sanctum, occupy half hour ri Isis
lime, and s-k TIA" proprietor t. distribute all
he matter which il set up i'm type a. a
mere personal favor TO one whom Inc owes
nothing.
Do you. call thai anything else bu:
heck
Newspaper meu are cheeky Simply be-
'ause they ask so MANY questions that l,eU-
BE who have done wrong do not want To
answer themselves. or have anv one else
answer. And every day people ask news
PAPER men about their private business.
heir office secrets and their personal affairs,
which is not whit less cheeky.
Bah bah don't talk to Us OF the cheek {
I newspaper men, .