"SCOUNDREL AND MAN OF LETTERS.
One of the Prizewinners in Our Article Competition."—Weekly Paper.
But ought an editor to give away his contributors like this?
"M. Deves, the leading French amateur [tennis] of the day, who was beaten in 1914 after 'une tutte à charné,' as the French say, will be competing."—Daily Paper.
The French have a lot to learn about their own language.
"Dr. —— will extract a tooth free from the person who will be kind enough to secure him an office in the Central district."
North China Daily News.
This is presumably meant as an inducement, but it sounds like a threat.
