Logan Republican | 1907-04-13 | Page 7 | What is Foolscap?

What Is Foolscap? Ever) body tho world oer recognizes recog-nizes that paper foolscap slzo means a Btandard measurement of 13 Inches by 10, yet now low can glo the reason why. In England tho papor 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 tho future He, with characteristic charac-teristic contempt for ciowns, replied "A fool's cri!" and so It became and remained, for at tho restoration tho matter was overlooked until too lato to act upon the ultimate discovery.