THE EDITOR'S TABLE.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10265, 17 June 1911, Page 4

THE EDITOR'S TABLE.

If there is one article of furniture in this world which is a tiling of ijpeauty and a joy for all time, it is the .editorial table. To thoroughly appreciate it, one requires, to be possessed of very hdgh literacy and artistic tastes. For instance, scattered in profusion across the boardscape are a hundred • and one different contributions—from the maudling drivel of the amateur poet, to the high-class efforts of "P.ro Bono Publico," "Ratepayer," and "Moth-er-of Five." Then there is a varied collection of dry-asKiust exchanges from which may protrude an occasional magazine of the 1 'please, review" order. Not-an inconsiderable section of the taible is occupied by the literature supplied by "Bile Beans for ink People," and sundry advance agents who have learned the art of linking together superlative adjectives with- a -view to catching the unwary. In' tihe perspective are: a score or more subscription I lists awaiting attention, with a few I • ponderous Government reports, a cookery book, and an "(inquire with|in upon everything." A mere incident Jn the construction of the work of ant' is a- bottle labelled "Gtloy," wfliich is chiefly used in the summer months, wflran flies are numerous, and the editorial minium is devoid of its. capillary covering. The presence of a pair of shears is indicative of the keen interest displayed in an important industry, whilst the "Book of Common Adjectives," . wihioh occupies a prominent position, is cihiefly employed for the. edification of the amanuensis and tlife man wtho complanis that he has not been properly reported. So does the literary world wag on. Men may oome and women go, but "we" go on for ever!