Show MIND TOUR PS AND QS one theory Is I 1 that tho the old saying in the th printing office explanations lay been bea given alvea of ur the origin ot at the th phrase mind your ra P and Qs Q one la is that it ti in derived from an n old custom ot of hanging a silta up ay la in no chott lh ott oa which was written P or Q that 1 IS plat or quart against the th nm name ot of etch each cus oAr toiler according to th quantity which n h had drunk to be t paid when the th alges xu were given on oa saturday highl another given ian la in the tb dietetic and nd Hyglen to gazette Is that the sentence originally orl Dally wn was mind bund your toupee and nd queues buu the th toupee was w ala n lock ot of clr and nd the queue the th ot of ol 01 1611 en urn time A riddle used to be ba in vogue as follows follow who li in the bet best pron person to keep the ln order T answer A baber he be ties up the queues queue nud and puts put toupees la in irons iron charles charlan knight gives the mot most plausible explanation as follows fol lowB lown 1 I have always thought that the th phrase iland your Ps and Qs qa was derived from the schoolroom or the printing office the th forms forma of the small ps and qs in the roman type have hava already been puzzling to the chili child and the print printers erd apprentice in the ono one the downward stroke Is on the left of the oval in the other on tho the right now when the types are reversed as they are hen ben in process of distribution trib ution they are returned by the tha compositor to his case the mind of the young printer is 1 puzzled to distinguish dl the p from the q in sorting pt pi or a mixed heap ot at letters where the p and the q are not in connection with any other letter forming a word I 1 think thin it would be almost impossible for or an inexperienced person to distinguish which Is which upon the th instant |