The next great advance will probably be some system of photography that will entirely dispense with the work of the printer and proofreader.

Still, nobody but a proofreader could have found fault with that.

" "There was something about Sheriff Wiley's pompadour," suggested our little lady proofreader.

[Proofreader's Note: Additional abbreviations found in the text are: G.W.R. = Great Western Railway S.& D. = Somerset and Dorset Railway.]

" COLONEL HIGHFLYER"What are your rates per column?" EDITOR OF "SWELL SOCIETY""For insertion or suppression?"Life. EDITOR"You wish a position as a proofreader?" APPLICANT"Yes, sir.