CHANCES, 2; ERRORS, 2.
Sir: While in the Hotel Dyckman I noted a sign recommending the 85c dinner in the “Elizabethian Room.” After a search I found the place, duly labeled “Elizabethean Room.” D. K. M.
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]Just what does the trade jargon mean, “Experience essential but not necessary”? We see it frequently in the advertising columns.
A variant of the form, “experience essential but not necessary,” is used by the Racine Times-Call, as follows:
“Wanted, secretary-treasurer for a local music corporation; must also have a knowledge of music, but not essential.”
As curious as the advertising form, “experience essential but not necessary,” is the form used by the Daily News: “Responsible for no debts contracted by no other than myself.”
The provincialism indicated by the title of the pop song, “Good bye, Broadway! Hello, France!” reminds us of the headline in a New York paper some years ago: “Halley’s Comet Rushing on New York.”
“The love, the worship of truth is the most essential thing in journalism,” says the editor of Le Matin. Or, as the ads read, “love of truth essential but not necessary.”
The Hopkinsville, Ky., News is a Negro paper, and its motto is: “Man is made of clay, and like [p 187] />]a meerschaum pipe is more valuable when highly colored.”
From the letter of a colored gentleman of leisure, apropos of his wife’s suit for divorce: “P. S.: Also, honey, i hope while others have your company i may have your heart.” Here is a refrain for a sentimental song.