10 Story Book, August 1938 — page 33: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

INTRIGUING STORIES, SPICED WITH PRETTY GIRLS! A TABLOID NEWSPAPER GLOSSARY (Continued from page 12) HOUSE—Any dwelling which has an elevator. STORK — Must always be used in conjunction with “love nest,” which see. HIGH—Adjective which must be pre- fixed to the noun “noon” in the account of a fashionable wedding. SNUG SUM—Any amount of money over a hundred dollars. LOVE NEST—Any modest apartments displaying lace curtains. CHEAT — What illegal practitioners invariably do to the well-meaning stork. SHOTGUN — Word prefixed to all marriages where the bridegroom is re- luctant, or “obstinate.” TOT—Any child under seven. In a pathetic kidnapping story the adjective “tiny” must always be prefixed. TODDLE—Verb applied to the walk of tiny tot. See under “tot” for correct usage. 35 PSYCHOLOGY — All editors have this word on the tips of their tongues; an excellent word to throw around on a bad morning when nothing else occurs. POST WAR—Designates any period during the great prohibition experiment. TRUST—Any money not owned by the proprietor. JUGGLE—What is always done with the funds of a bank or other institution. OIL MAGNATE—The late John D. Rockefeller. DEAL — Any business transaction which involves more than one thousand dollars. DICTATOR—See Benito Mussolini. NEW DEAL — Applied to every new change of government policy to hoodwink the public. BURLY—Adjective always applied to male negro. ASSAULT—tThe wrong man. SCREWY — Inevitable mental condi- tion afflicting all tabloid editors after twenty years on the same paper. The End x LINE FORMS TO RIGHT, DOUGHBOYS! (Elton [N. Y.] Eagle) Miss Jessup, the hotel's chief telegraph operator, was in- structed by the management to allow night mates to all Amer- ican Legion guests sending day telegrams. NG CoOmicboool< C@