Daily camera. [volume] (Boulder, Colo.) 1891-1928, 1899-10-24
QUEER EXPRESSIONS.
Trite Phrases Employed by Writers
On the Newspapers
Some Are Actually Weird While
Othe1s Are Mirth Provoking
Set Forms Which Should
Be Rele&atsd.

The telegraph editor. and copy read,
ers of newspapers run across great
many remarkable statements in the
copy received from country correspond,
ents and even from the press associa-
tons. Trite expressions become a
habit with correspondents, and it is
one of the duties OF the copy reader
to eliminate these when he runs across
them. Some of them are actually weird
as follows:
He was overcome by smoke in the
upper story"
The man was fatally wounded. He
may die"
The upposed-to-be-dead Jones
stabbed the alleged murderer twice, in.
flicting fatal wounds, which he cannot
survive"
''Jerrel was blown about 30 feet. He
leaves family"
Smith was shot twice by the alleged
slayer-one ball entering the intestlnes,
the other penetrating his right lung
The coroner is investigating. Blood
hounds have been put on the trail"
Writers often have things occur in
the most remarkable places. The fol-
lowing instances have actually APP
reared in newspapers or have been
dragged out of copy by editors before
they got into print:
The man was shot twice in the sa-
loon"
He fell upon his being shot"
He was injured in the fracas."
He kissed her passionately on her
temperance"
He kissed her back"
He walked in upon her invitation"
''She seated herself upon his enter
ing"
She tainted upon his departure.
They gossiped upon his downfall"
Dead persons often do stranger
things than one would suppose. Wit
ness the following;
"The suicide on reviving said"
Before he died the deceased said"
Triteness, however, is the besetting
sin of unframed correspondents. The
ioiIp"lllk oItl ana VIII DE
readily recognized by newspaper read
ers:
at is reported on the highest au-
thority by one who has the ear of the
president, but whose name is sup
pressed for obvious reasons, that
The information that usually follows
n statement of that kind is rs valuable
as its Introduction is authoritative.
The correspondent who concludes his
story by saving: 1T is said the story
can be supported ~ facts" seldom sees
the story in print.
Some of the most common examples
of triteness are:
ut was gala day." or red letter day,
as the case may be.
THE police are in suspense"
ale broke down and confessed"
"The distracted husband" or wife.
"a well-known citizen"
Everybody is of the opinion to the
effect that
"He spoke in part a. follows"
Our little town WAS thrown into a
ferment of excitement this morning
by"
The citizens are free to say that the
law will never take its course"
Deceased was a mason of high de-
gree"
Your correspondent has learned"
THE expression is used advisedly"
"Mr. Gibson was a highly respected
citizen, and known to almost every
man, woman and child in the city"
"a general denial was entered"
mo one was hurt, though Proprietor
Barker was slightly injured"
The captain was rescued in a pre-
carious condition"
The pretixing of mans occupation
or Office often produces queer results in
print, for instance:
Secretary of the German Central
Committee of the Erection of Hospitals
for the Cure of Persons with Diseased
Lungs Eisenhaupt said:"
The country correspondent view. To-
cal events through powerful binoculars,
every fire is a confagration or a holo-
caust, and every accident has horrible
Details The following is an actual
report sent by local correspondents in
Missouri: "A horror second only to the
Johnstown flood is upon us. The Mis-
souri, Pacific dixie was undermined, Civ
ing way last night. Among the losses
were 6s hogs, which We're drowned."-
Kansas City Star.