Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 226, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 September 1911 — Nicknames of Papers. [ARTICLE]

Nicknames of Papers.

Nicknames for newspapers hare gone out of favor. While the Times was formerly Granny and afterward the the Morning Post used to he known as Jeames, that generic name for flunkeys being attached to It in allusion to specialisation cm society news. When the Morning Herald and Standard had the same proprietor and to a large extent the same staff, and used to appeal to each other as Independent authorities, they were familiarly known as Mrs. Harris and Mrs. Gamp. The Morning Advertiser, as the organ of trade, has at various times been dubbed the Barrel Organ, the Tap Thb and the Gin and Gospel Gasette. The Pink *un scarcely counts as a nickname, being officially adopt* Sd as an alternative title for the Sporting Times.—London Chronicle.