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Show WALES AT HOI OP 'THUNDERER' IN LONDON Prince Sees Times Made, Following Process From Editor to Pressman J.mNIh N. Feb. 5. The Prince of Wale ha just tn initiated Into the aa.saaaaaaaaa. complexities of modern newspaper; production by vistftns; the offices of the T;nea and follow in ft a piece of ropy from an editor's tier through the composing, proofreading and Stere-otvpe Stere-otvpe room. Then he pressed thei starting button of a mammoth octuple octu-ple pre as and law the article reproduced repro-duced in print. The firm folded paper which came from the roaring machine wa handed t he roval visitor, who soul d as he saw on the front pape picture of himself with a caption stating- that i he had started the machinery which printed it. II OWn INTEREST. Throughout hit inspection of the manv departments of the great newspaper news-paper office, the prince kept up a ritpidfTre of questions which showed his keen interest in the art of newspaper news-paper mukinK- The difference between various k Inds of automat Ic typest-ttinir machines, ma-chines, the amount of time sa ed by their substitution for the old hsml-nctting hsml-nctting method, why cylindrical molds "IV I of the original type forma are placed on the presses instead of the flat thases of type themselves, the spread of the presses and the length of a roll of new sprint paper were among the points on which the prince was curious. He marveled at the ability of "makeup" men to read type upside down and failed to recognie a three-column three-column cut" of himself in the form he was endeavoring to read. In the composing room he picked up a slug of type as it came from a linotype machine, but found it too hot to hold. MCCOXD PRIXCKLV VISITOR. John Walter, chairman of the Times. and Wbkam .Stead, editor, served as 1 guides to the prince. The directors, ! of the newspaper, several departmental I heads, and a small number of visitors Invited for the occasion were presented to him. With each he chatted a short , timo, discussing individual avocations. ; business, sport and travel, in his usual simplicity of manner. The prince is the second heir to the throne to visit Printing House square. In 1SG3, the late King Kdward, then prince of W riles, made a similar Inspection In-spection of the Times' plant. |