LARGE SORT-CASE CABINET, FOR SORTS, QUADS, ETC.
The office having been thoroughly swept at an early hour, and the type found in any alley having been placed in the stick of the compositor occupying it, the foreman should pass around the room and see that it is immediately distributed, instead of being thrown on the window-frame or table. The type found in the body of the rooms should be sorted out and distributed at once, and not be allowed to accumulate. No pi should be permitted to remain over till the next day. This is an essential point to secure a tidy and well-regulated office.
He should see to it that the proof-roller and press are in good condition, and that a sufficient supply of wetted proof-paper is on hand. A badly-printed proof should never be allowed to go to the proof-reader or to the author, as neither can properly read a blurred or imperfect proof. An author will feel kindly toward an office that furnishes him with handsome impressions of his matter.
SORT-CASE CABINET.
The foreman should keep himself fully informed as to the amount and the condition of the materials in the office, not only in gross, but in detail, including every style of type, every variety of accents and peculiar sorts, leads, chases, furniture, rules, borders, corner-pieces, &c. In this he will be greatly aided by insisting on the observance of the good old rule, A place for every thing, and every thing in its place when not in use, as well as by keeping a memorandum-book in which every thing should be entered under its proper head for facility of reference.
CABINET FOR SPACES, QUADS, ETC.