The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-04-17
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JOKES IN JOURNALISM.
B1unders Made in the Editors Sanctum
That Raise n Smile.

BIunders Mado in the Editors Sarctum
That Raise a Smile.
Much has been written of newspaper
Jokes, but there is an ihfnity of humor
within the walls of an editors sanctUm
which scarcely ever reaches the ears or
tickles the mind of the public. Were
many Of the blunders which accident
silly creep into reports before they see
the light of publication allowed to go
hncorrected, newspapers would always
be humorous, and more largely pur-
chased than at present.
The staff Of the reading department. Of
newspaper Office are compensated in
the WEAKNESS Of their work by the
amusing errors which come under their
notice while reading printers proofs.
What would have been thought Of the
following had it escaped the eagle eye
of the subeditor and found its way into
print, the effusion of country CORE
spondent: SAT - petty sessions, A
was charged with game trespass and
B with assault. The latter being
dead, did not appear"
An excellent example may be quoted
from report handed in a few days ago,
which must have been hurTiedly writ
ten. 1t was descriptive Of county
council election. and birth was given to
new species Of orthodoxy, for 1.-The
successful candidates were followed by
q large crow(d), which loudly cheered."
It was only few weeks ago that a
highly respectable Midland journal an
nounced that an admiral twas buried
with musical honors."
By far the most common form of typo
graphical blundering is the insertion Of
one letter in place Of another. Not long
since newspaper, reporting the danger
that an express train had run in conse-
quence of COW getting upon the line,
saidi CAS- the safest way, the engine
driver put on full steam, dashed up
against the COW and literally cut it into
calves" There are many farmers who
would, no doubt be glad to know when
that engine driver is to be on train
again.
Mistakes are not always the fault of
the compositor; they frequently arise
from illegible writing ON the part of
those who supply copy" or from re-
porters failing to catch the exact words
used by speaker The late Mr.. John
Bright was generally heard with perfect
distinctness in every corner of the house
of commons; but on one occasion, when
NE spoke of "attenders of clubs" these
Rristocratic gentlemen appeared as
''vendOrs of gloves"
Another orator, speaking Of the Ital-
San struggle, said: What do the Ital-
ians want? They simply want to be
nation" What do the Italians want"
said the report. ''They simply want to
be in Asia.
A journal once announced that COM
pany of policemen marched down a
street, dressed in blue and white
gloves" The reporter who attended an
inquest at which verdict of death
from recent hemorrhage" was recorded,
concluded his report by stating that the
jury returned verdict of death from
her recent marriage"
A well known paper, which has large
circulation in North Wales, reported
that man who had been recently mar
ried had been presented with firearms"
instead of fire irons" and another pa
per, in the same part of the country,
urged its readers "to take retrospect
of the future" A gentleman speaking
of Mr.. John Bright termed him "'the
Gamaliel of Birmingham, but certain
newspaper said he was 1.-The gamecock
of Birmingham. London Tit-Bits.