etal furniture.]

[Illustration: Fig. 36. Imposing Stone Frame with labor-saving furniture
in side.]

This wasteful method was the universal custom before the era of the
labor-saving assortment stored in orderly fashion in a cabinet and
placed within instant reach of the workman. The common-sense modern
method is the well-stocked rack or cabinet with a compartment for each
size of the series, with the compartments numbered and the larger pieces
of the material numbered to correspond. An arrangement like this invites
an orderly habit in persons who would otherwise be careless.

The usual style of furniture rack is shown in Fig. 35. This is made in
several sizes to hold quantities large or small according to the
requirements of the room. The position of a rack like this should be
near the stone at a level near the height of the working surface.

[Illustration: Fig. 37. Standing Galley, or Bank, with letter boards,
galley racks, and galley top.]

Another style of furniture and reglet rack is that fitted into the frame
of the imposing table or into an adjoining stand or cabinet. This is
illustrated in Fig. 36. It will be noticed that all the different
lengths present a surface flush with the outside of the frame. This is
because the depth of the compartments is varied to accommodate the
several lengths of furniture at the back, instead of at the front as
shown in Fig. 35.

_Special Cabinets_

Among the new articles supplied for the compositor's use are cabinets
for holding assortments of metal furniture, brass rules, leads, slugs,
and small cases or drawers for special material. The tops of some of
these cabinets hold the lead and rule cutter and the rule-mitering
machine, with a small inclined shelf above, as shown in Fig. 38. These
cabinets will hold a large amount of material in small space. When
conveniently situated and properly supplied with material they save time
and effort on the part of the compositor.

[Illustration: Fig. 38. Work Bench and Auxiliary Cabinet.]

[Illustration: Fig. 39. Cabinet for Script Type, Borders, or other small
characters which can be kept standing face up.]

Another cabinet that is useful is the script type cabinet. This holds
the cases inclined upward from the left. The compartments are narrow,
running horizontally with the front. In these the types are held face
up, so that they may not be injured by rattling about when the case is
moved back and forth. The cases may be used