Show Tho Mont Tedious Itcnillnc I The proofreader took off his glasses I wiped his tired eyes and put his hat on Ill go out ail take a walk he said I have been working two hours on these timetables and that is all my nerves will stand No work he continued is harder more tedious or more wearing than this timetable proofreading So much you see depends upon accuracy If ii the iftoofreadlne of n book nn error or two Is made a laugh or n frown Is the only consequence but nn error in a timetable may mean a disaster Sometimes wo go over n timetable seventy nnd eighty times before we finally O K it We get to kno v the timetable by heart We can rattle off tho trains 207 314 IliliO and so on like phonographs How wearing the work Is In a busy season I hash lost four pounds In a weekNew York Press |