The Washington herald., 1920-05-19
Facts Fiction Fashions and Features Of Interest to Wome
"Calzoway's Code" o. H2xsY Ry

INA8u-aCIs
witching-hour Of midnight
Goes-without saying.
Muffled-report
Rumour-hath IT
Mine-host.
Dark-horse.
Silent-Majority.
Unfortunate-pedes
Richmond-in the field.
Existing-condition
Great-white Way.
--- Hotly-contested.
Brute+force.
Select-few.
Mooted-question.
Parlous-times.
Beggars-descriptio
Ye-correspondent.
Angel-unawares.
Observation-Disclosures.
tMr. Vesey dfterTpuyd e+blaired
fhdt the logical journalistic compile
ntent of the 1vord "anfoytuxote" acas
once the 1rord "Cietin." But since
the automobile became so popular,
the correct foIlo1Ving zUord is "pedes-
t,iGns." OF course, in CGllosgoys
code ct meant infdHtry.
It's simply newspaper Eng
hsh," explained Vesey. I've been
reporting on the Enterprise long
enough to know 1t by heart. Old
Galloway gives US the cue word,
and We use the word that natu-
rally follows 1t just as We use 'em
in the paper. Read 1t over, and
you'll see how pat they drop into
their places. Now. here's the mes
sage he intended US to get"
Vesey handed out another sheet
of paper.
CONCLUDED arrangement to act
at hour OF wilnight without saying.
Report hath 1t that a large body
of cavalry and an overwhelming
force of infantry will be thrown
into the field. Conditions white.
way contested by only a small
force. Question the Times de-
scriptfon. Its correspondent is
unaware OF the facts"
Great stunt" cried Boyd excit-
edly. Kuroki crosses the Yalu
tonight and attacks. Oh, we won't
do thing to the sheets that make
up with Addison's essays, real es-
scoresw =,
Mr.. Vesey," said the m. g., with
ms 1ollying-which-you-should-re-
gard-as-a-favor manner, you
nave cast serious reflection upon
the literary standards of the paper
that employs you. You have also
assisted materially in giving US
the biggest beat of the year. I
VIII let you know in a day or two
whether you are to be DISCHARGED
or retained at a larger salary.
somebody send Ames to me-"
Ames was the king-pin, the
snowy -petalled marguerite, the
star-brtght looloo of the rewrite
men. He saw attempted murder
IN the pains of green-apple collie.
cyclones in the summer zephyr.
lost children in every top-spin-
ninS urchin. an uprising in the
down-trodden masses in every
hurlins Of a derelict potato at a
passing automobile. When not re-
writing, Ames sat on the porch OF
MS Brooklyn villa playing check
ers with his 10-year-old SON.
Am2s and the war editor" sbut
themselves in a room. There was
a map in there stuck full of linz
tie pins that represented armies
and divisions. Their fingers had
neen itching for days to move
those pins along the crooked line
OF The Yalu. They did SO now:
and in words OF fire Ames trans
lated Calloway's brief message
into a front-rage masterpiece
that set the world talking. Ho
told of the secret councils NJ tho
Japanese officers; gave Kuroki's
naming speeches II. full; counted
the cavalry and infantry to a man
and horse; described the quick
and silent building of the bridge
at Sukauchen. across which the
Mikado's legions were hurled upon
the surprised Zassulitch, whose
troops were widely scattered along
the river. And the battle!-welI,
you know what Ames can do with
a battle If you give him Just
one smoke for a foundation. And
in the same story, with seeming
ly supernatural knowledge, he
Sleefully scored the most pro-
found and ponderous paper in
England for the false and mis-
leading account of the intended
movements of the Japanese First
Army printed in its issue of the
same date.
Only one error was made; and
that was the fault of the cable
operator at Wi-ju. Galloway
pointed it out after he came back.
The word great" in his code
should have been gage" and it's
complemental words "of bat
tie" But 1t went to Ames con
ditions white" and of course he
took that to mean snow. His de-
scription of the Japanese army
struggling through the snow
storm, blinded by the whirlinE
fakes, was thrillingly vivid. The
artists turned out some effective
Illustrations that made a hit as
pictures of the artillery dragging
their guns through the drifts,
But, as the attack was made on
the first day of May the "condi-
tions white" excited some amuse-
ment. But 1t made no difference
to the Enterprise, anyway.
1t was wonderful. And Gallo
way was wonderful in having
made the new censor believe that
his jargon of words meant no
more than a complaint of the
dearth of news and a petition for
more money. And Vesey was
wonderful. And most wonderful
of all are words, and how they
make friends one with another,
being oft associated, until not