Drop-Line Heads. The drop-line head may consist of two, three, or four parts arranged as in the following three heads:
The image above is example | (1) |. It shows a drop-line head in two parts. The first line or part of the head says | MOVING PICTURE MEN |, the second says | START WAR ON TRUST |. Together the two parts of this drop-line head says | MOVING PICTURE MEN START WAR ON TRUST |.
The image above exhibits the remaining two examples of drop-line heads. Example | (2) | shows a drop-line head in three parts. The first part or line of the head says | LOWELL MEN WANT |, the second says | CANAL TO CONNECT | and the third says | CITY WITH BOSTON |. Together the three parts of this drop-line head says | LOWELL MEN WANT CANAL TO CONNECT CITY WITH BOSTON |.
Example | (3) | shows a drop-line head in four parts. The first part or line of the head says | SEVEN CHILDREN |, the second says | SAVED AS HOME |, the third says | AND BIG FACTORY | and the fourth says | IN EVERETT BURN |. Together the four parts of this drop-line head says | SEVEN CHILDREN SAVED AS HOME AND BIG FACTORY IN EVERETT BURN |.
Cross-Line Heads. The cross-line head consists of but one line which may or may not fill the whole space between the column rules. In the following examples, the first head fills the line, and the second only part of the line.
The image above contains two examples of cross-line heads. Example | (1) | says | POSTAL BANK BILL PASSES |. It spans the full width between the column rules.
Example | (2) | says | SEES PERIL IN TARIFF |. It is shorter than the line in the example above so is centered between the column rules.