Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-01-12
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In publishing the appended excerpts from
| that notable work, Journalism Taught
While You Whit now in press, we desire
to thank the learned compilers thereof for
their courtesy in handing US advance
| sheets. The editors Of what promises to be
a most useful and instructive volume are
to be congratulated upon the clearness and
lucidity with which they have handled their
subject matter, and particularly upon the
generous regard for the student which in
sbgated them to frame the vast fund of
information which the book contains in
the form of questions and answers.
| Unusual demands upon our space preclude
the possibility of our quoting in extenso
from the advance sheets so kindly sent to
| US py the publishers, but We believe that a
! Few OF the Questions and answers taken
| iherefrom will instantly illustrate the mer-
| us OF the compilation to our readers. Fol-
| lowing are a few Of these questions and
| answers:
O. When the scapegrace son Of a
| wealthy man elopes with Miss Maize Drop
stitch of the Day Owls chorus, how should
you allude to the bride?
| A BY stating that she belongs to a
| distinguished and opulent family of st.
Louis or New Orleans. or Mobile, or Hay
| vlile, as the case may not be. and that she
! joined the Day Owls front row for the pur-
| pose OF pursuing art for arts sake
| -. Wnen wealthy man announces his
| grace sons name from his will, how must
| you express the matter?
| "A. by stating, of course, that the dis
sipated youth is to be cut off with the pro-
| 'erplaI smiling. Ask me hard ones.
| =. When you ascertain, during the races.
| that Harrisburg Bill. the famous turf
plunger, has played the colt Hickory Jim
| for the place and to show, how do you set
| forth this fact.
| A BY stating that 1t was the common
tax OF the track that Harrisburg Bill (who
IS said to be already $12,347, 500 to the good
| on the present racing season. made the
| hog-killing of his life on Hickory Jim,
playing the colt at all of the pool rooms
tnroughout the country. and that he
couldn't possibly have won less than $780,
| 1874 on the race
| =. When you are reporting murder
trial., how must the behavior Of the &C
| cused always be portrayed?
| A. AS cool and unconcerned The pr.s-
oner must be pictured as the least affected
| person in the court room and smiling
| frequently with his counsel over parts of the
| testimony: also as studying the counte-
| nanceS or the jurymen with an inQuir!ng
gaze.
| Q. How must you refer to any clergyman
| who gives you an interview?
| A. The worthy or eminent divine.
| y. When the circus comes to town. how
| must You invariably account for the pres
ence OF thousands of grown-up folks under
| the tent?
| A. Their anxiety to take their children.
| .. How must you always open up TIE
| 'oyster story on September 1?
A. Once more has the festive season en-
| braclng the n" months rolled around, etc,
with illusions to the luscious bivalves. the
| toothsome mollusk. and so on.
| =. what lines must you always quote in
| referring to the negotiations between the
| Chinese and the powers?
| A. For ways that are dark and for tricks
| that are vain.' etc.
| Q. In writing an interview with any
notable naval officer who returns to this
| n
| you allude to him?
A. The bronzsd, bluff sailor-even If he's
| paymaster or a chaplain
Q. What is every California lawsuit?
A. A litigation involving many millions CT
| dollars. = III
| Q. What is every disappointed-in-love
| young woman who drinks one-eighth D: n
| drop of carboic acid in> dipper-full OF
| water. and then yells for the police and the
| fire department?
| A. A determined suicide.
| @. What's a scrap between two women in
society?
| A. An interesting question Of precedence.
Q. How are you always to ascertain, In
| crowd, the identity Of the New York man
| you are seeking to interview?
A By his use of the words lobster,
fierce and ''nothin' doin.'
@. How must you always allude to the
former obscure and poverty stricken citizen
| of your place. who has struck it rich. either
| in wealth or in fame, somewhere else?
| A. AS our distinguished fellow townsman,
| or whom We may Well ne prOuna, etc.
Q. What's every notable man who hires
| a skif and rows out to the middle of the
creek with hook and line2
A. An enthusiastic disciple Of Isaak Wal
ton.
Q. How must you always depict the act
| of a man who kills another2
A. AS that of a who has imbrued
his hands In fellow-man's blood.
Q. How must you always refer to steno-
graphic notes?
A. Call 'em pot-hooks or chicken scratch
eS.
Q. How must you always describe the
No. fiat Of the man who is found to have
been leading double life?
A. AS bijou menage.
@. II an inflated great man tells you that
he is averse to being quoted, and at the
same time drags you into his library and
hands you 17,5OO-word Statement he has
prepared for you, what's your next move?
A. To try to convince the city editor of
the Importance of the statement, If I'm
working at space rates.
Q. Are you liable to succeed in doing
this?
A. Not on you life.
q. Why?
A Because city editors posses such a low
order Of intelligence that they can't see 1t.
Q. How must you always allude to the
promised, impending, but never revealed
discoveries of the electrician, Nikola Tesla?
A. AS scientific discoveries that, when
fully developed, are more than likely to
revolutionize all human affairs.