Show I THE ROMANCE OF WORDS I I I J CATCHPENNY t I I J SED In the s sense nse of an In In- USED f I i vJ article made merely I to sell this combination of two I f I words has recently gained for J Itself a place In English die die- I J though the word ItI Itt It- It i I t self sel Is Is nearly a century old od II I I J dating back to 1824 when Thuri Thur- Thur ThurI I i f dell was hanged for the murder i J of Weare a crime which was wast t I lone one of ot the most sensational In the annals of London police pollee I It happened that a printer by byI t I the namo name of saw a aJ J chance to make a considerable I II I f sum of money through the pub- pub r J I 0 of what lie all alleged ged to tot t I be the murderers murderer's speech from i I J the gallows The paper conI cont conI con- con i I t taming reining this report sold fairly I I J well but the receipts did not nott notI i i t I come corne up to ch s ex I II I I So he printed a second secondI I I edition with a headline In large letters across the top of the I II II I sheet WE ARE alive again I j These words actually appeared I J I In Weares Weare's speech as reported i II t I but t the printer purposely left ett I J very little space between thet the i i t I first two wo words ds of the phrase II I I and reading the line WEARE I II I alive all again thousands of persons per per- I II II I I B sons DS bought the paper before i iI I II I they discovered the deception The London Times referred i iI I to the matter as a catchpenny de device dece ce and the tile printer was I i thereafter known as Catchpenny Catch CatchI I I. I I penny So descriptive I. I wa was t the le word that It has re- re i i I In the language t to o this I I day I I II J Copyright h m |