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Show What Is Fooltcap? Everybody the world over recognizes recog-nizes that paper foolscap size means a Btandard measurement of 13 Inches by jo, yet now few can glvo the reason why. In England the paper mark was originally a crown, and when tho commonwealth com-monwealth was set up Cromwell was approached as to what mark should bo used In the future. He, with characteristic charac-teristic contempt for crowns, replied: "A fool's car;" and so It becamo nnd remained, for nt the restoration tho matter was overlooked until too lato to act upon tho ultimate discovery. |