How Proof-Reading Sounds.

Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 326, 19 December 1888, Page 6

How Proof-Reading Sounds.

Some writer has produced a ppera called 'Sounds from the Sanctum.' It reads prettily, and gives rise to the thought- that the author never visited the sanctum when business was in full swing. If> he had calied about midnight, for instance, he would have seen two men — one pcring over, a proof slip, the other holding the copy, and the fcoundo would have been something like this :—: — Proof Reader : *As flowers without the sunshine fair — comma -- without you — comma — do II — comma— breathe a dark and dismal mair ' Copy Holder : ' Thunder ! not mair — air.' Proof Reader : ' I breathe a dark and dismal air — comma — of flowers — comma.' Copy Holder : ' Shoot the comma,' Proof Reader : ' Tis done. As bowers without the sunshine fair semicolon — conlound slujj seven, ho never justifies his line>* ■ — Ko joy in life— comma — nb — worm ' Copy Holder : 'Warmth.' Proof Reader : ' jNTo warmth I share— comma — and health and vigorous flies ' Copy Holder: 'Health and vigour % ' Proof Reader : ' Health and vigour fly -full stop. , j. That's about the sound of ii when the poetry is on deck.