The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1883-02-20
MRS. LANGTRY ON CHICAGO

MRS. LANaTRY ON CHICAGO
Her Impressions of the Great CITY
Its Language and Its Fe-
male Reporters.
y. \. Journal.
From Advance Sheets q: Mrs I.angtry's Forth
coming Book, 'impr ssi"n, vi America''
MONDAY.
l have been very much interested
in the city of Chicsgo. its people
are very fatiguing i'm their hospitality.
There are hundreds of newspapers
published here. The ladies appear TO
ne interested in nv shoes. They al
ways inspect nv feet with GU. ious
wonder. Can il be that-tLere is some
thing peculiar in tine foreign foot?
Retired early after having the re-
porters elected from under the sofa
and wardrobe, as | felt weary.
TUESDAY.
+. has just shown me a criticism in
the, which gives the names of nv
ancestors and questions nv legitimacy.
How Henrietta would laugh over
that.
F. has just found a reporter curle,i
up lin the bottom drawer of the ward
robe. never saw sucn enterprise.
We found yesterday that one of the
walters was reporter in disguise. F.
says that | am working too hard and
ought to take more recreation.
WEDNESDAY.
Went out for short drive on Mich
igan avenue with +. 1t was very
beautiful and alimating to see the
mob running after us. There must
have been several hundred of them.
r. says the mayor and aldermen were
among them. The police cleared a
path for us when we came back.
| chided F. this morning pla, fully
because he was getting more notices
than myself in the papers. He pouted
and seemed to be hurt. AMI | felt sor-
ry for him. Poor fellow, how sensi.
tive he is | must give him more of
my time.
The literary circles of Chicago give
a great deal of attention to the discus
sion of feet. What a curious custom.
| understand that the ladies of St.
Louis are as celebrated for their big
feet as the Chicago ladies are fol
small feet. spoke to f. about it.
but he was still pouting and only said
the id nonsense" He can be
quite profaue at times.
One Of the papers said to-day that |
had omitted whole scene in Rosa
lind | shall have to ask the mana
ger about that How careless Of them
to let me- leave out scene"
The more see of Chicago the more
| am interested. The customs and
even the language are so strange.
One of tre female reporters who
came to see me looked all around the
room, and then asked where's your
mash "F. saysit is French for ma
chere-but what an idea! Last night
the remarks of the audience were very
funny. | remember some of them,
for l wrote them down i'm the dressing
room, so as to get them interpreted
Shoot the feet. y
Where's his nibs?
HOw's the Prince
Cheese the daisy.
Hold up your Greek head.
F. says these are technical terms
used BY Chicago critics.
In the last act they threw a sticky
kind of candy called taffy on the stage
and abused the conductor because
be had q bald head. 1t was really too |
bad. l have always found bald-headed |
men very nice.
The Chicago critics are very fine |
gentlemen, but of course. not 80 cul-
ivated as the New York critics. But
heir customs are peculiar. When |
hey get through with my private
etters, they always send them up to
ny room with an apology. l. shall
lever forget their politeness.
We 60 to st. Louis to- morrow.
The houses have not been good here.
But. of course, so far away from New