WHEN THE SLIP GETS BY
The typographical error is a. slippery thing and sly, You can hunt till you are dizzy, but it somehow will get by. Till the formes are off the presses it is strange how still it keeps ; It shrinks down in a corner and it never stirs or peeps, That typographical error, too small for human eyes, Till the ink is on the paper, when it grows to mountain size. The boss he stares with horror, then grabs his hair and groans ; The copy reader drops his head upon his hands and moans— The remainder of the issue may be clean as clean can be, But that typographical error is the only thing you see.
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Northland Age, Volume 5, Issue 5, 1 November 1935, Page 1
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119WHEN THE SLIP GETS BY Northland Age, Volume 5, Issue 5, 1 November 1935, Page 1
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