The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1883-01-23
LOVELY LILY.
Her Impressions Of America. Its
People, Newspapers and
Audiences Talks
Freely and SWeetly.
Her Description Of the Process OF
Killing and Packing Re-
porters in the City
BY the Lake.
Globe DemDc al

was seated at dinner this AFTERNOON III
room No. 8, at the GranG Pacific He
tel. when a Globe-Democrat reporter
called to paw his respects, previous TO
her departure to St. Louis. In COM
panv with Mr.. Schwab, Mrs. Lang
try's business manager, your cores
pondent, together with brother
scribe, was ushered into the room and
introduced to the Jersey Lily. Slight
ly rising and inclining her head, she
extended her hand and said:
81 am happy to meet you. gentle
ren. Pray take seats. You will,
am sure, excuse me. / am at dinner.
YOU see still, [ will try and entertain
YOU as best / can"
"You leave Chicago tonight. be-
lieves"
.'Yes, am going to St. Louis,
where shall remain a week. an
ticipate a very pleasant tine there,
TOO. have heard so mucn OF st.
Louis and its people. -,
"But have you not enjoyed yourself
in Chicago 2"
Indeed have. Why, have spent
two weeks here. and | am sure they
have been most pleasant in every re-
spect-except-well. do not wish to
complain of one or two rude people:
ssHave you seen much Of the city!
mot so much, perhaps as | shouts
like to, but you see
THE WEATHER
has been so cold, and my rooms here
in the Grand Pacific have been so snug
and comfortable, that | have not stir
red out much. Still / have visited
three of YOUR theatres -Haverleys,
Hooley's and the Grand Opera House,
They are all very pretty, and like
them ever SO much. have taken a
Dive about your parks. here, been 10
YOUR skating rink, and oh! do you
know, Saturday l went down to the
stock yards. and visited Armours
great packing house there, and saw
them kill pigs. There was a great
drove of them in a pen awaiting the
knife of the executioner. l watched
the manner in which they were con-
verted from pig to pork with much in
terest. Do YOU know there was fas-
cination about the way in which the
killing was done? Iii tell you why
One of the pigs-it was the scaliest
and worst-looking one in the lot
with ugly red bristles and h rrlble
squeak, reminded me much of
CHICAGO TINES REPORTER,
who had come to interview me when |
first arrived in Chicago. | thought
sure it was he, and as 1 watched the
animal slaughtered and scalded, quar-.
tered and hung ont with the rest OF
the scalded pigs, bfeathed sigh OF
relief, aud felt cure that | should be
no longer tormented by the presence
of that dreadful reporter. | came
away from that place really happy; ii
was such relief to know be was gone.
But oh what sadness when, after my
return to the hotel, l placed my hands
to nv eyes. and it was all beautiful
mirage. That reporter was really moi
dead. He still lived to haunt me-"
please, Mr.. Schwab. said the
Lily, pointing hurriedly in the direc
lion indicated. "Look under that sofa
All! Isn't still?
am sure he must be, because he ha:
sought to make that bis headquarter'
for the two weeks since l have beer
here"
81 should imagine that YOU
Go not like the Chicago newspapel
men ?" suggested your correspondent
Eyes, 10. Do not understand mt
as complaining of them as class
Mostly all whom I have had to des
with have been
TRUE GENTLEMEN,
and have written and acted as such
but I can not feel kindly toward any
one who comes to me, is received as {
gentleman and then goes OF, put
words in my mouth which | never ut
tered and makes me appear ridiculous
cannot but contrast the treatmen
which [ received from the Tribun
AMI Times. The representative of tn
former paper called on me when
really had hardly moment to tai
and I could only see him for a me
ment or Two. Yet in his report b
treated me gentlemanly and in accort
ance with the facts. The other repo
ter. however, although treated hil
as we'll as | could, want off and wro1
a lot of the most awful stuff [ bay
ever read. Now. l do not ask tt
papers to praise me. No. am nj
counting any publicity whateve