The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1901-04-26
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Member of the Fraternity.
Washington Star: A local newspaper
man who has for some years felt, in his
own experience, the need of hand
has undertake.. the compilation of o
work of that character. The writer
hereof was recently permitted to
glance through a number of proof
pages Of this work. which will UNI
doubtedly prove of inestimable value.
II not absolutely Indispensable, in tho
teaching OF the science OF journalism,
IN so far as that science appertains to
local or repertorial work. In order to
mp ess the standard phrases upon the
students mind the compiler Of the
book has arranged the material in the
form of questions and answers. The
excellence of this arrangement will be
shown by few of the questions and
answers taken at random from the
proof pages.
Q. Where does the famous man OF
woman in need of rest generally go?
A. Far from the madding crowd.
y. what ceremony inevitably pre-.
cedes the interment of the well-known
citizen?
A. The last sad rites
Q. BY whom Is the departed citizen
invariably mourned?
A. BY wide circle Of sorrowins
friends.
y: What notable discovery has the
We!l-matured diva or actress always
succeeded in making before the OPEN
Ing OF each season?
A. The fountain Of perpetual youth.
.. What pitiable noise always fol-
low serious railroad disaster?
A. The shrieks of the wounded and
dying.
Q. What does the doomed man al
ways do on the morning he Is to hang?
A. He chats with the death watch
and partakes of a hearty breakfast of
ham and eggs.
Q. Who always says the last big
ton?
A. The Oldest inhabitant.
-. What always happens when big
fter 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 flames.
@. What does the captured embez-
zler sometimes do?
A. He makes a clean breast Of HID
peculations, which he admits have
been going on for years.
9. What is any inaugural parade?
a. An inspiring pageant.
z g. How would you describe any
b A. AS being beautiful and vivacious
Q. A bride?
A. Blushingly beautiful
Q. I, Divorce?
A. Fascinatingly beautiful
=. How does the adventures al
ways win her victims?
A. She twists them around her little
finger.
@. What always happens to the vic
tim OF powder magazine explosion!
A. He Is hurled through the air a
distance OF 100 feet and blown into an
unrecognizable mass
=. what does the hero who stops
the runaway team generally do?
"A. He refuses to give his name and
disappears in the crowd.
@. What is the registering son of the
wealthy man usually called?
A. The Maynard scion of distin
guished family.
Q. When you are tribe doubtful.
about your facts, how do you introduce
your story?
A. BY saying that it is stated upon
the highest authority.
@. II you wanted to interview your
self upon the financial situation, what
authority would you give?
A. An eminent figure in the world OF
finance, who. for obvious reasons. de-
sires that his name be withheld.
@. What does the famous parsonage
do when he gets in?
A. He arrives in our midst.
O. What is the years initial fall OF
snow?
A. The first furry of the season.
@. How would you cllude to a
Wiped-out polar expedition?
A. More victims OF the frozen north
O. How would you intimate that an
exalted couple WI re about to separate?
A. 1t is whis ,ered about that
scandal in high life is brewing.
Q. What does the young mother
finding herself and child in peril, al
ways do?
A. She frenziedly clasps her babe ir
her embrace.
e @. What happens to the hero OF the
rootball game?
A. He is carried off the field on the
shoulders of his enthusiastic friends.
These. as stated above, are only
few quotations taken at random, but
enough are given to indicate of what
incalculable value the book will be
to journalism.