(2) His plan is to have experts decide the division on a scientific basis.
(3) The new method cannot be put into operation until next year on account of lack of time.
(4) The fight, or “squabble,” among the aldermen on this matter has been an annual one.
As the subject of the story is the “ward funds,” the headline may be constructed around these words. The words “ward fund” contain 9½ units, and the plural “ward funds,” 10½ units, which, on the basis of 18 units to be filled in each half of the first deck, will leave 7½ or 8½ units to be filled, according as the singular or plural form of “fund” is used. If a verb is desired for the first half deck, the “dividing” or “allotting” of the fund expresses the idea involved; and, since the action is in the future, “to divide” or “to allot” (8 units each), or “will divide” or “will allot” (10 units each), are possibilities. The combination of these elements gives “To Allot Ward Fund” (18½ units) and “To Divide Ward Fund” (18½ units), either of which may be used for the first half of the top deck. This deck may be completed in the second half by introducing the second point; namely, that the allotment is to be made “On a Scientific Basis” (19 units), which can be reduced to 17 units by omitting the article “a.” The result will then be as follows:
The image above is the resulting drop-line head. It is in two parts. The first line is 18½ unit letters and says | TO DIVIDE WARD FUND |. The second line is 17 unit letters and says | ON SCIENTIFIC BASIS |. Displayed as a single line the head says | TO DIVIDE WARD FUND ON SCIENTIFIC BASIS |.
Or the second point may be used in the form of the allotment’s being made “with the aid of experts” (22½ units), which may be reduced to 18½ units by omitting the article “the.” The resulting combination will be:
The image above is a another drop-line head in two parts. The first line is 18½ unit letters and says | TO ALLOT WARD FUND |. The second line is also 18½ unit letters and says | WITH AID OF EXPERTS |. Displayed as a single line the head says | TO ALLOT WARD FUND WITH AID OF EXPERTS |.
If it is desired to emphasize the fact that the mayor has solved the ward fund problem, or has ended the “grab,” or settled the “squabble,” or dispute, or fight, these phrases may be arranged in the following forms: