The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-09-10

his editor-in-chief, now gone to land
where all is reformed, that a large
part of his time on duty was given to
the repression of cranky reformers.
''There is nothing | am now 80 much
afraid Of" he says, Gas woman with
views"
WHAT MR.. LORD OF THE SUN SAYS.
"Women seem to be taking a more
active and more important part In the
business affairs of life," said Mr..
Chester S. Lord. managing editor of
the Sun. CAT least a great many
more women send their cards to my
desk than were sent five years ago
so many, in fact, that the presenta-
ton of a woman's card has ceased to
be novelty. There are four OF five
of them every afternoon, and some
times dozen. l am glad to see
them they are almost always inter-
esting."
"You astenish me. l thought
business men thenght women's visits
tiresome ?"
"Not at all,' responded Mr.. Lord.
"Almost all come here with an idea
and purpose, and no two of them
are alike. To be sure, nearly one
half of the women who come here at
this particular time of the year want
to write letters to the Sun from the
watering places, or they are going on
the regulation two months trip to
Europe, Paris and Switzerland and
would like to pay expenses, you
know But this is the migrating
season, and we expect them just as
this month we expect the annual crop
of graduates who drop in to make the
preliminary arrangements for ENTER
ing on a journalistic career | sup
pose twenty women have called on
me this month with reference to writ
ing letters from Bar Harbor this sum-
mer."
"What do you say to them.
81 patiently explain to them that
the Sun doesn't want the cut-and-dried
watering place letters. Bat it does
want anything interesting, whether it
is from Bar Harbor. Oshkosh or Pout-
sing Foe. They always assure me
that they never wrote anything other
than interesting matter, and they are
sure they can please, and won't l give
them letter saying they are a regu-
larry appointed correspondent, which
they can show to the railroad superin-
tendent and hotel proprietor. When
| tell them We cannot do that they go
away very sad-that is, almost all go
away, but once in a while a persistent
one remains and robs my life of all its
joys by her persistency."
show do you finally dispose of the
persistent one?"
"Almost all persons, men as we'll
as women, need only the most delicate
hint of a desire to end an interview.
1t doesn't amount to a hint, even, as
rule. When / have finished and my
time is pressing | have only to very
slightly change my tone of voice and
mention any other trivial subject and
my visitor usually prepares to 60. If
that is not sufficient. while vet ad.
dressing myself to her, carelessly
reach tor any manuscript or letter or
newspaper that may be on my desk.
and l hold il in a manner that will in.
dictate it was about to receive atten-
lion. If this proves of no avail, which
is very, very seldom, / am bound to
say the case becomes serious and less
delicate methods must be employed.
But women who come here are
rarely tiresOme. They bring articles
that they have become interested in
and on subjects of which they can talk
in an interesting manner. They
come to plead for a young singer or
artist, to solicit work for a friend, to
to invoke aid for some charity, or to
find employment for themselves. AZ
rule, they are very much in earnest
before they essay to climb stairs ia
order to explain their subject and en-.
deavor to interest a stranger. You
might better ask what are their emo
tons in sending in their card, than
ask me what are mine on receiving it.
Almost always they are embarrassed
and nervous, and usually state their
business in very few words"
"You have some queer visitors,
suppose?"
''Some of my visitors have very
queer missions.
1.-TWO women called on me abont q
year and half ago and explained
that their husband and brother had
been discharged from one of the public
Offices, and they unrolled a'manuscript
about four yards long which contained