Part 20 (1/2)

=Right.=--The mob seemed to hold him responsible for two things, namely--the lost key and the barred door.

=68. Lists of Officers.=--In giving lists of officers, put a dash between the name of the office and the officer. Thus:

The newly elected officers are: President--O. N.

Homer; Vice President--Abner King; Secretary--David

Thoeder; Treasurer--Mark Bronson.

=69. Dialogue, Questions and Answers.=--In quoting questions and answers, proceedings of public bodies or trials, and dialogue generally, put a dash between the _Q._ or the _A._, or the name of the speaker, and the statement made. And make a new paragraph for each speaker. Thus:

_Q._--Are you a resident of Montana? _A._--I have been for four years.

=70. Slowness of Speech.=--Put a dash between words or phrases to indicate slowness or hesitancy in speech. Thus: ”These, he said, were his--er--wife's slippers.”

7. Parentheses

=71. Political Parties.=--In legislative or congressional reports in which the political affiliation of a member, or the state or county from which he comes, is given, enclose the party, state, or county name in parentheses: as, _Mr. Smith (Dem., S. C.)_, _Mr. Harris (Jefferson)_.

=72. General Usage.=--Avoid the use of parentheses within sentences. Two short sentences are better than one long one containing a parenthetic expression. A sentence having a clause within marks of parentheses can generally be cut into two sentences and for newspaper purposes made more effective.

8. Quotation-Marks

=73. Direct Quotations.=--Quotation-marks are used to set off direct quotations printed in the same type and style as the remainder of the story. A quotation coming within a quotation is set off by single quotation-marks; and a third quotation coming within single quotation-marks is set off by double marks again. Do not fail to put ”quotes” at the end of a quotation. This very common error, failure to include the ”end quotes,” is a source of great annoyance to printers and proof-readers.

=74. Quoted Paragraphs.=--When a quotation includes more than one paragraph set in the same type and style as the context, put quotation-marks at the beginning of each paragraph, but omit them at the end of every paragraph except the last. In this way the quotation is shown to be continuous. As a rule, a quotation of more than one sentence is written in a separate paragraph. When the quotation is to be set in smaller type than the body of the story, all quotation-marks at the beginning and end of the paragraphs are omitted.

=75. Quotations and Summaries.=--When reporting a speech or interview and alternately summarizing and quoting verbatim, do not include in the same paragraph a direct quotation and a condensed summary of what precedes or follows. Make a separate paragraph for each. Thus:

”Shall we continue to listen to a wandering voice as

imbecile as our condition?” said the speaker. ”When

this voice recently was removed from the counsels of

our government, we thought, good easy souls, that we

had got rid of it forever. Has Mr. Bryan proved

himself so good a prophet in the past that we can

afford to trust him in the future? Personally, I

have never believed in Mr. Bryan's wisdom, and I

grant him sincerity only because the point is not

worth arguing.”

Mr. Eastbrook said, amid applause, that to say the

nation is too big or too proud to fight in

self-defense is absurd. To say that a mob of a

million or so of untrained citizenry could leap to

arms and put to flight the bullet-tested soldiery of

Europe is worse than puerile--is murderous

stupidity, he declared....

=76. Books, Plays, etc.=--Enclose in quotation-marks the t.i.tles of books, dramas, songs, poems, stories, magazine articles, toasts, and lectures.

=77. Newspapers, Vessels, etc.=--Do not quote the names of newspapers, magazines, paintings, vessels, cars, or animals.

=78. Slang and Technical Terms.=--Enclose in quotation-marks slang and technical terms that are supposedly unfamiliar to the reader.

=79. Nicknames.=--Do not quote nicknames of persons or of characters in plays or novels: as, _Ty Cobb_, _T. R._, _Heinie Zim_, _Becky Sharp_, etc.

9. The Apostrophe