Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-02
THIS WOMAN HAS
A DOUBLE ROLE
CHOIR SINGER WHO ISSUES
SALOON LICENSES
Miss Ladd Versed in the Dramshop
Laws-chief Deputy in the
County License inspect
or's Office
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald.
KANSAS CITY, July IA choir
singer sells saloon licenses in Kansas
City and likes her occupation. She says
there is more money in it than singing
in church-although she has no inten-
ton of giving up her chosen profession
and that so far she has found all Sa-
loonists are mice men,"
This woman who has a word to say
in behalf of 1.-The license beridden sa-
loon men" is Miss Lillian L. Ladd. Her
home is in Gillian, Mo-, and when she
is there she sings in the choir of the
Southern Methodist church every Sun
day, both morning and evening. In
Kansas City she attends church five
times each week.
Miss Ladd came to Kansas City few
weeks ago and took up residence at
1888 Baltimore avenue. Then she went
In for politics, to use her own express
sion, and secured the position of chief
deputy In the Office of the Jackson
county license Inspector Her duty is
inspecting petitions for saloon licenses
and taking in money and issuing the
licenses if the petitions pass inspec-
ton.
The first thing Miss Ladd did when
read up on saloon law and now OFF,
cials at the court house and attorneys
who represent the brewery interests say
she is an expert in that line. The new
laws passed by the last session of the
Missouri legislature sometimes are too
deep for the saloon men and they are
fast learning that Miss Ladd is val
liable acquaintance for her fund of in
formation regarding laws and regula-
tions which refer to the liquor trade.
All Very Pleasant
"The saloonkeepers are all pleasant
and gentlemanly," said Miss Ladd, land
they all carry the biggest rolls OF
money! The old ones are all very fat,
too. AS the money rolls in they seem
to gather strength. But, / tell you, 1t
is too bad the way these men have to
give up their cash. They are licensed
to death.
"The saloon men have had new IL
cense regulations aimed at their busi-
ness at fast and furious pace. And
they pay up better than any class of
men / ever knew. We had one man
here the other day who paid his county
license to me and then went down to
the collectors office and paid it again.
I called him up the following day and
told him he had paid twice and that
he might come down and get half his
money back.
"'Well, he said, when he came for
the money, 4 never had anything
handed back tc me before. l thought
it strange when they told me to pay
again, but this license business had
worried me to death already and just
handed over the cash..
Miss Ladd says the saloonkeepers
who bring in petitions for inspection
are sometimes so dumfounded to find a
woman in charge of the Office that they
Immediately rush out and buy her
presents These she always refuses
and then the saloonkeeper who has
brought in his peace offering is more
dumfounded than ever she says. The
only present Miss Ladd has accepted
from saloonkeeper since she went to
work week ago was a five-pound box
of candy sent her by a Union avenue
dealer, who had heard a woman holds
forth in the inspectors Office and
thought 1T necessary to pave high
road to her favor before daring to pre-
sent his petition.
Refuses Invitations
Along with refusing gifts, Miss Ladd
is forced to refuse invitations to go
driving about every day but the sa-