THE FIRESIDE.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 234, 30 August 1884, Page 2

THE FIRESIDE.

How a Paper Is Made.

" Pray,- How is u paper made ?" The question is easy to ask, But to answer itiully, my dear, Were rather a difficult task ; And yet in a bantering way, As the whip-poor-will sings in tht> ' glade, ■IUI-sjeqture.fr.bit qf»a- jayy^'rv? ':. iLTi! 1 ' To telT.liow apaperiß,miid«. An- editor sits at his desk^ ~"Aifd poadere the thiis^TtKaT aopekr To be claiming the thoughts of th« ' -Things Solemn and taAforratf^W j And when he has bit otvjj theme . Hejudges-'lt^ell-'t^patade, He writes, and he-writes, and he writes— rAnd that's how a pape&ittagildß! An editopiteji^hM d^,o • , And puszles his brain.tp maker out Telegraptiib," so sljualtoiea^ti'nttxeiL It is hard to tell what it'i about. Exchanges are. lying about, „ „ '^While'waiting dfespatch^'d^tey^ He clips, and he clips, and he,jojips — , And, that's how a pap^r is made* '*' ■Iteporters out in theiown, :^ir^&w .In search of the thjnes.tb'at »re nw»— « •fcoe-thinw that the°p4^naUSomr^ The thing&they'i'e intqfiaiiifg' to(<te*}6o peering and prying aboutiriu -ft For items of maay a {m fe l lliti u^ He tramps, and he tramps, ana W tramps— • r^m^- . Aud that's-hov«na I p"apWr ( iS' Imtfde(1 mtfde ( . I ' >t^ Ut ey«y conceivable stnpa, ,< , - f^ sent to the-prirf<eV,^ua'WOv/* Proceedeth to sticlrit in type. 'His aineisjrallirespectiag^hiffJwin^'^^i^X J^lp*:raovipg.;cblunlns 4 :pacadp4i. He sticks, and he sticks, and be sticks— And that's how. a paperJft,ina<lß>>^ Insiidr^ wneaike #pVwUEsS, And .errors cleared up more orles«. ( rs AniburriedaVa^^Hili^'preßi?^ . The pressman arranges bis sheets, r v .'His ink gives the requisrt^'uhWdt^'i /i Then he. p^ints^andiifl Sprints and h* prrutß— And that's how a paper is made. — --•;