The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-01-24
THE YELLOW PRESS.
Definition OF yellow journalism and
Glossery In News Items Used
BY Il.

applied in a contemptous manner by
one newspaper when referring to ;
rival that has scored beat" unit
now yellow journalism" is q
synonym for a newspaper with thS
best news first all the news all the
time and new news in every issue.
Quite recently the New York Sun. a
paper that manages to still live on
he reputation gained many years aga
By Dana. but sinking rapidly into the
background while the World. Herald
and others are jumping in great
bounds 10 the front, their daily circu-
lation running over the half million
mark, made up a glossary Of the vel.
low newspapers as follows.
PRETTY GIRL--Any unmarried
human female les than IS years old
who gets into the news.
SOCIETY MATRON-Any married
woman from a bartender's wife up
through the social grade, who gets
into the news
SOCIETY GIRL-Synonymous with
pretty g'rl." See above
EXCLUSIVE-Adjective applied to
any club or social organization which
excludes Indians not taxed, convictS
and persons of more than onehalf
negro blood
NOT EXPECTED TO RECOVER
Phrase applied to the condition of all /
persons injured in course of new,
story.
PROMINENT YALE GRADUATE /
Any one wearing a boiled shirt ar
rested for anything above a misde-
meanor.
MULTI-MILLIONAIRE-A pd-son
POSSESSED Of property worth $4,000
or over, or a relative OF a person
listed in the Soc al Register Up TO
three years ago millionaire" was
used in the came sense.
THIRTY.TWO CALIBRE PEARL
HANDLED-Phrase which must al
ways be attached to noun revolver"
unless otherwise ordered.
TOT-Any child under z In a pa
thetic story the adjective tiny" must !
always be pretixed.
PLUCKY WOMAN-AHy woman
who did not scream.
HEROINE-Principa female char
acter in any burglary story Otherwise
q, v
A PROMINENT CLUBMAN-Any
bachelor leasing apartments at s30i
a month and upward Also members of
he Paul Kelly and Timothy d. Sulli
van associations arrested while wear
ing dress suits.
FATALLY INJURED-See not ex-
pected to recover above
A FASHIONABLE APARTMENT
HoUsE-Any dwelling which has an
elevator
TODDLE-Verb applied to the walk
Of tiny tot See under tot" for cor
rect usage
WELL DRESSED-Phrase always
applied TO a woman who. when ar
rested il comparatively clean Must
be- used in story of a prominent
q. v above.
SNUG SCM-Money.
RAFFLES--Any thief who wears a
collar
CRISP FIVE DOLLAR BILL-Five z
dollars
COZY-Adiective always applied to 4
home to which the remains were taken /
WUZ-Synonymous with was" but
dialect
HURLED-Motion OF passengers. !
'ars and cabs at time Of the accident
FAINT-Course taken by all women a
within six blocks Of the accident 1
SCREAM-See faint above.
WILD PANIC-lneyitable result Of
he accident
DASH-Gait Of the crowd at the q
ime Of the accident. Rush" is X
anonymous Run is not good usag +
D-N--Damn.
HElR-Child having $500 coming to
i'm from a life insurance policy e
RING OUT-Whst shots always do. c
HURTLE-Verb used Of motion Of a
my falling object, especially a brick Z
n a suicide d
HAVOC-Good word 10 use almost "
anywhere.
HlGH-Adjective which must be N
lrefiXed 10 noun noon in the &C.
cunt of a fashionable wedding.
TRCST-Any money not owned by o.
be proprietor. 4
SLAY-Synonym0us with obsolete n
.crh Kill"
JrGGLE-Whaf Is always done 4
with funds of a bank or TRUST com ,
AMY
IRO>'MASTER Sec Andrew Camc.
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