Evening star., 1900-11-24
HINTS FOR JOURNALISTS

local newspaper mzn who has for some
years felt, in HIS own Experience, the need
OF handbook for standard reportoriai
phrases has undertaken the compilation OF
work OF that character. The writer here
OF was recently permitted to glance through
number OF proof pages Of this work, which
VIII undoubtedly proveef inestimable value,
II not absolutely Indispensable. in the teach
ing OF the sciepce of Journalism, in 50 far
as that science, appertains to local or re-
portorial work. In order to impress the
standard phrases upon the students mind
the compiler of the book has arranged the
material in the form of questions and an
swers. The excellence of this arrangement
will be shown by a few of the questions
ana answers takeE at random from the
proof pages:
O. Where does the famous man or woman
III need of a rest generally go?
A Far from the madding crowd.
O. What ceremony inevitably precedes
the interment of the well-known citizen?
A. The last sad rites.
q. By whom is the departed citizen in
variably mourned?
A. By wide circle of sorrowing friends.
=. What notable discovery has the well,
matured diva or actress always succeeded
i'll making before the opening of each sea-
son?
A. The fountain of perpetual youth.
". "Hdl pltlaDle noises always lOiloW d
serious railroad disaster?
A. The shrieks of the wounded and dying.
O. What does the doomed man always do
on the morning he is to hang?
A he chats with the death-Watch and
partakes of hearty breakfast of ham and
eggs.
@. Who always says that the last big
snow storm is the worst in his recollec-
ton?
A. The oldest inhabitant.
q. What ALWAYS happenS when a big af-
ter-dark fire is on?
A. The lurid flames shoot into the night
sky.
.. BY what are the burning cornices of
the doomed building licked?
A. Tongues of flame
Q. What does the captured embezzler
sometimes do?
A. He makes a clean breast of his pecu-
lations, which he admits have been going
for years.
O. What is any inaugural parade?
A. An inspiring pageant.
Q. How would you describe any debu-
tante?
A. AS being beautiful and vivacious.
Q. A bride?
A. Blushingly beautiful.
u. A divorce?
A. Fascinatingly beautiful
Q. How does the adventures always win
her victims.
A. She twists them around her little fin
ger.
Q. What always happens to the victim of
powder magazine explosion?
A. He is hurled through the air a dis
tsnce OF 120 feet and blown into an unrec-
ogniZabc mass.
Q. What does the hero who stops the
runaway team generally do?
A. He refuses to give his name and dis
appears in the crowd
Q. What is the registering son of the
wealthy man usually called?
family.
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your facts. how do you Introduce your
story?
A: By saying that it is stated upon the
highest authority
Q. If you wanted to interview yourself
on the financial situation what authority
would you give?
A. An eminent figure in the world of
hnance. who, for obvious reasons, desires
that his name be withheld.
Q. What does the famous parsonage do
when he gets in? -
A. He arrives in our midst.
y. What is the years initial fall of
snow?
A. The first furry Of the season
q. How would you allude to a wiped-ou.
polar expedition?
A. More victims of the frozen north.
q How would you intimate that an ex-
a!ted couple were about to separate?
A. 1t is whispered about that a scandal
Q. What does the Young mother. finding
Heiseil anu her chlld1n peril, always do?
A. She frenziedly clasps her babe in her
embrace.
@ Is there such thing as a baby in
these descriptions?
A. No; only babes
Q. In what state does the oldest inhab-
liant usually go hence?
A. Full of years and honors.
.. What happens to the hero of the foot
ball game?
A. He is carried off the field on the
shoulders OF his enthusiastic friends
These. as stated above. are only a few
quotations taken at random, but enough
are given to indicate of what incalculable
value the book will be to journalism