| Show an explanation requested the late john W bailey managing editor of th philadelphia record had a large fund of stories and anecdotes concerning typesetters mistakes A As s is a generally known bis his career 0 on tho the record began in the composing room from the foremanship of which ho he was raised into the executive editorial position he be held hold until tho the time of his recent death one evening when a member of the record staff was looking through hie his proofs and grumbling at the arbitral divisions of words a m made a d 0 bytho hy tho typesetters type mr bailey told of a comp who once divided the word horses ho raea making a syllable of nor hor and driving aes ses into the next line tho the reader of cou courts ari marked horses to bo be put undivided into ono oro line when the marked proof reached tho the typesetter ho he waxed indignant called tho the atten tion of hie his fellows to what he be termed the proof readers ignorance and afta explaining the circumstances declared himself aa as follo follows wt if that aint the way to divide borses bo rees 1 how in tho the devil davit should it bo be divided only a mean man enjoys seeing an other mans wife smoke a cigarette r i |
