St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1901-02-02
BOOK OF STANDARD PHRASES.
General Reader Will at Once Recognize
Them,

Them.
A local newspaper man who has
| for some years felt, in his own expert
enee, the need of a handbook for
standard reportorial phrases, has un-
dertaken the compilation Of a work
Of that character The writer hereof
was recently permitted to glance
through a number of proof pages Of
this work, which will undoubtedly
prove of inestimable value, if not abb
solutely indispensable, in the teach
ing Of the science Of journalism, in so
far as that science appertains to local
or reportorial work. In order to i'm
press the standard phrases upon a
students mind, the compiler Of the
book has arranged the material in the
form of questions and answers taken
at random from the proof pages:
Q-Wheredoe the famous man or
woman IN need Of rest generally go?
A.Far from the maddening
crowd.
Q.-What ceremony invariably pre-
cedes the interment Of the Well-knowD
citizen?
A.-The last sad rites.
BY whom is the departed citi-
zen invariably mourned2 ABy a
wide circle Of sorroWing friends.
O.. What notable discovery has
the well-matured diva or actress al
ways succeeded in making before the
opening Of each season. AThe
fountain of perpetual youth.
O. What pitiable noises always
follow serious railway Disaster A.
The shrieks of the wounded and
dying.
@. What does the doomed man al
ways do on the morning he is to hang2
A.-He chats with the death watch
and partakes Of hearty breakfast of
ham and eggs.
@. Who always says that the last
big snoWstorm is the worst in his rec
objection? A.The oIdestinhabifant.
Q-What always happens when a
big after dark fire is on2 A.-The
ssurid flames shooting into the night
sky.
Q.-By what are the burning
cornices of the doomed building
licked? Tongues Of flame.
Q-What does the captured em-
be1zler sometimes do. A.He
makes a clean breast of his pecula-
tlons, which he admits have been go
ing on for years.
Q-Nhat is any inaugural parade?0
A.-An inspiring pageant.
How would you describe any debu-
tante A.-As being beautiful and
yivacious.
Q "A bride? A.Blushingly
beautiful.
Q. "A Divorce? A. Fascinating
y beautiful.
O. How does the adventures al.
ways win her vietims a She
twists them around her little finger.
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What always happens to the.
victim OF a powder magazine ex-5
plosion. Ale is hurled through
the air q distance Of 120 feet, and
blown into an ulnrecognizable mass.
.What does the hero who stops
the runaway team generally do? A..
Herefuses to give his name and disap-s
pears in the crowd.
O. What is the registering son Of
the wealthy man usually called? A..
The wayWard scion Of a distinguished
family.
O. When you are a triae doubtful
as to your facts, how do you intro
duee your story? A.By saying that
it is stated upon the highest author
ity.
OFF you wanted to interview
yourself on the financial situation,
what authority would you give? A.
An eminent figure in the world Of
finance, who, for obvious reasons, de-
slres that his name beWithheld.
Q.-What does the famous person.
age do when he gets In? A.He ar
riVes in our midst.
O. What is the years initial fall
Of snow? AThe first furry Of the
season.
Q.-How would you allude to
polar expedition? A.
More victims Of the frozen north.
Q.HoW would you intimate that
IN exalted couple were about to sepa-
rate? Att is whispered about that
a scandal in high lifeis brewing
Q-What does the young mother,
finding herself and her child in peril, |
always do? A.she frenziedly
clasps her babe in her embrace.
O.. Is there any such thing as
baby in these descriptions? A.-No;
only babes.