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MUSICAL NOTE.--The most tranquillising, or even somniferous melodies
ever composed, must have been those written by the celebrated LULLI.
The first thing by LULLI was a "_Lulliby_."
* * * * *
NEW WORDS TO AN OLD TUNE (AND A SYLLABLE TO SPARE).--Song for the
SECRETARY for IRELAND:--"_'Tis all for good luck, quoth bould Rory
O'Mor-ley._"
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ALL THE DIFFERENCE--between "_Sir_ G.O.M." and "_The_ G.O.M."
* * * * *
EXAMINATION PAPER FOR A PRESS CANDIDATE.
(_WITH A VIEW TO CARRYING OUT THE SUGGESTION OF THE INSTITUTE OF
JOURNALISTS._)
1. What are the principal duties of an Editor? State what you would do
if you were visited by bores of the following kinds:--(1), a friend;
(2), an enemy; (3), a proprietor.
2. Show how a political article may be written, saying as little as
possible in the greatest amount of space? Give specimens of "writing
round a subject" without offending susceptibilities.
3. What are the duties of a Dramatic Critic? Show, by a specimen
article, how a critique of a bad play, indifferently performed, can
yet be made to give satisfaction to the Author, the Manager, the
Company, and the Public?
4. What are the duties of a Special Correspondent at a Seat of War?
Give a short descriptive article of a battle written in such a manner
that the readers of your paper may learn everything without your
getting shot as a spy, or drummed out of camp as an informer.
5. What are the duties of a Reviewer? Describe the process of
log-rolling, and give specimen of notices of books:--(1), when the
Author is your friend, but you object to the Publisher; (2), when you
hate the writer, but must not offend the gentleman whose name appears
as the distributor, and (3), when you know nothing of the volume
and its producer, but suspect that the Author reviews for another
periodical, and that you may possibly get an order from his literary
introducer.
6. What are the duties of a Musical Critic? Show how it is feasible to
write a most scientific notice without being able to distinguish the
National Anthem, MASCAGNI's "_Intermezzo_," or "_The Wedding March_,"
from "_The Slue Bells of Scotland_."
7. Distinguish the difference between "Our Own Commissioner" and "Our
Own Correspondent," and "Our Special Reporter" and "An Occasional
Contributor." Give the rates of remuneration (if any) attaching to
each office.
8. What is "City Intelligence?" Is it affected by the rise and fall
of the advertisement columns? State the difference between "News
Specially Communicated" and a puff paragraph.
9. Give the statistics (if you are able) of the number of aspirants to
Journalism who have risen and fallen. Show that a small certainty in
the City is better than an occasional ten-pound note earned in Fleet
Street.
10. Write an essay upon the subject that Journalism is better as a
stick than a crutch, and show that it is useless to take up your pen
if you have not already provided (from other sources) for the payment
of your butcher's book.
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TO FOOTBALL.
Farewell to thee, Cricket,
Thy last match is o'er;
Thy bat, ball, and wicket,
Are needed no more.
To thy sister we turn,
For her coming we pray:
Her worshippers burn
For the heat of the fray.
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