Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1918-02-24 | Page 13 | Persiflage En Camouflage

PERSI iU EN I r rry It I Ii i t SHOP TALK lIE San Francisco Francis o Examiners Examiner's funny man remarks that occasionally a re reporter reporter re- re T THE TUE porter uses a standard noun without lt Its standard adjective so he ho supplies the following short list that copy COP readers may mar supply the standard adjective when missing Smoking revolver steaming coffee prominent clubman Un tiny tot But Dut the time Examiner man mann hasn't even dr drawn wn blood Deep mystery bur burglary lary charming bride It worked on him didn't it 1 bold robbery well a robbery takes a little little front at least pretty miss brave hero If you OU put In the brave there wont won't be any about It bloody bat battle tIe clever ruse some ruses are aro merel merely blunders you OU know the good re reporter reporter re- re porter always distinguishes dangerous spy if IC as some recent ones have done they advertise themselves es they are not dangerous a spy py In a n. regular spy apy uniform for Instance would not be bo considered red dangerous plucky young woman woman woman wo wo- wo- wo man this ones one's a triplet miraculous escape the time day oC ot miracles is not over o you ou see see ace brutal attack prominent citizen If It dead substitute pioneer brilliant success diamonds and things like that thal successful business man never used If IC hes he's In the penitentiary dashing dash InS InS- beauty beaulY usually a rather sprightly filly celebrated actor some of ot their celebrations are nc no plus ultra so we under under- stand But Dut wh why prolong the agony Besides respectable newspapers have long Ions ago gotten away from this drivel of mediocrity if It thc they had ever ever been so barnacled larna lcd Still we notice notice for tor we dont don't confine our reading to The Herald Herald- Her Republican that mat they get b by occasionally We Vc have a little goat It doesn't stray ver very often otten or very far tar for tor as goats go goIt it Is unusually wen well vell behaved But Dut there are times when it strays into someone's backyard To Illustrate w we mean Along about 2 a. a m. m In the morn morning ng did you ou ever write It that Va way I I. I In my mr bathrobe step out remaining In m my bathrobe the while and pick up a J. J supposedly respectable newspaper Turning to page 1 l did you OU ever notice when you OU pick up the morning paper that page 1 l' l lIs is where page pago 11 ought to be except be-except except when its it's In the backard backyard backyard back back- yard ard turning to page 1 then we read Bill Blank and Bob Blow two well known citizens of the town in this instance be lie sure an and sa say two for you must make things clear to your our reader and also dont don't omit that well known Inasmuch as the they arC aro well-known well It is 19 Just Justas as well that people know it have havo been appointed to arrange a J. J monster celebration of the founding of or th time the Boiled Order of or Owls Now of or course army any celebration of ot the foun founding of or the Boiled Dolled Order o ot of Owls would be a rather wouldn't it Il Weve We've attended a J. J few second cousins to such affairs and we know So lIke likewise lse of ot course therell there'll be bo be a monster parade and a a. monster banquet at night when presumably monsters monsters monster's mon mon- ster's will regale nil mill present with monstrously eloquent eloquence B ButH But But U t If H we had anything to sa say about It It and it didn't just happen to be be-a be n a. celebration of ot the Boiled Order of ot Owls that time the stor story was about and an any reporter c or proofreader had observed d that abortively el monstrous monster of or a a. word lurking in the well weIl of ot pristine English ur undefiled and had failed to yank It out out well well well- There'd be bc a monstrously blood bloody celebration along about aboul sunrise That being over o our goat would be bc bernice once more our own own