. Annual report of the Missouri State Board of Agriculture. Missouri. State Board of Agriculture; Agriculture -- Missouri. Report of Missouri Farmers' Week. 95 ADDRESS. (Hon. Fred T. Munson, Osceola, Member Board of Agriculture.) I have long been dissatisfied with the usual formal manner in which one is supposed to address an audience. "Fel- low citizens" has a sonorous sound and is a fine, mouth-filling phrase, but there may be men in the audience who are from New Jersey—or some other foreign country—and hence it would be inappropriate. "Ladies and gentlemen" sounds all ri
. Annual report of the Missouri State Board of Agriculture. Missouri. State Board of Agriculture; Agriculture -- Missouri. Report of Missouri Farmers' Week. 95 ADDRESS. (Hon. Fred T. Munson, Osceola, Member Board of Agriculture.) I have long been dissatisfied with the usual formal manner in which one is supposed to address an audience. "Fel- low citizens" has a sonorous sound and is a fine, mouth-filling phrase, but there may be men in the audience who are from New Jersey—or some other foreign country—and hence it would be inappropriate. "Ladies and gentlemen" sounds all right, but suppose there are men in the audience who are F. T. Munson. not gentlemen—they might be offended. Now, there are certain salutations which are appropriate for given occasions. For instance, if a minister wishes to address his flock, it would be all right for him to say, "Brethren and sisters," but would it not be better for him to say "Fellow sinners?" Suppose a Republican wished to talk to an audience of Re- publicans—it would be perfectly proper, under ordinary circum- stances, for him to say "Fellow Republicans," but they are so scarce this year that the phrase would be meaningless; why, I am told that in California and the Dakotas they are trapping them and putting them in museums as curiosities—and I am a Republican. "Fellow Democrats" sounds well, but did you ever notice that the orator always hangs his head, as if he was just a little ashamed of himself when he says it, and then he does not know this year whether he is talking to Reactionary Democrats, Progressive Demo- crats, or just common Democrats who have inherited their politics. A Socialist should always address his audience as "Fellow sufferers," for that will be their condition by the time he gets through with them. If a suffragette is to address a bevy of "suffragettes" it will not be necessary for her to make a formal introductory a
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