New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1918-11-09
SOME PECUL1AR ERRORS.

view few years ago, told a good
story Of p. s. Gilmore and his
band:
Gilmore said the cardinal,
"was famous for his playing Of
Mozart's Twelfth Mass" On
one occasion he played it in q
North Carolina town and the next
day the local paper announced
that he rendered with great effect
Mozart's Twelfth Massachu-
SETS"
A young couple were married
at nuptial mass in Georgia city,
't'ut the typesetter on one Of the
daily papers there knew better
he made it "Nuptial Mass"
A writer, in commencing the
ability of lady principal Of a
girls school, used this express
sion: "The reputation for teach
ing which she BEARS" But that
horrid printer man omitted the
word which and the result Gre
ated more than a giggle.
The gist of a filler read
some time ago in trade publica-
ton follows. 1t sounds like a
joke and ] can t vouch for its au-
thenticity. The error might be
one on the printer, but the re-
porter may have been the guilty
party:
Where do you intend to re-
side after your marriage to Mr..
Hardup2" Miss Milli6nbucks
was asked by the reporter just
previous to the wedding.
"At the Old Manse," she re-
piled.
And the paper next day printed
this paragraph:
"Mr. Hardup and his bride,
the former Miss Millionbucks,
daughter Of A. Millionbucks. will
reside at the old mans after they
return from their honeymoon"
John Locke, the Irish poet, was
known as "The Southern Gael. .
When he died an obituary ap-
peared in one of the Irish-Ameri-
can journals and referred to him
as "The Southern Gale. A
breezy transposition, to be sure.
The mixing up of headlines and
the text Of "stories in news
papers has resulted in many a
"howler. Col. Henry Waiter
son, editor Of the Louisville Cour-
ier-Journal, once said:
While ! have heard Of a great
many typographical breaks iii
my time, about the oldest and
most humorous transposition Of
types that ever came to my oD-
servation was that in New York
paper some years ago. The pa
per used to print it's shipping
news on the same page with its
obituaries. Imagine the glee with
which the readers found the cap
tions changed one morning, a long
list of respectable names being
set forth under the marine head,
Passed Trough He'll Gates Yes
terdayl"
The late Ada Rehan $ real name
was Crehan. Early in her ca
reer her name appeared on the
program without the "C"-a ty-
biographical error-and she was
known ever as Rehan.
"Mr. Blank. who was operated
on for appendicitis" read an
item in Western paper, lis rap
idly recovering. His many friends
hope to see him cut again soon.
Anothern Western paper in
tended to state that the windows
on a certain street needed wash
ing, and the n was omitted in
W1flQOWS.
Before the European war broke
out q native Of small town in
New Jersey took trip around the
world. The local paper contained
this item when he came home:
u. Blank. the globe trotter,
has returned. His friends are
surprised that he is unchanged. =
The editor has not yet convinced
Mr.. Blank that the compositor un-
Intentionally omitted the &c" in
the world unchanged. "
Thousands of our patrons are
wearing trousers of our make,
and the tailors who so advertised
had reason to be angry when the |
compositor made the fourth word
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