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Kate Chopin

I trust it will not be giving away professional secrets to say that many readers would be surprised, perhaps shocked, at the questions which some newspaper editors will put to a defenseless woman under the guise of flattery.

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Kate Chopin is pointing out that some newspaper editors ask inappropriate or intrusive questions to women while pretending to be complimentary. She suggests that this behavior is common but would shock many people if they knew the truth.

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