3 JULY 1926, Page 7

We are glad to hear that in the autumn the

London Telephone Directory is to be printed with three instead of two columns on each page. The saving of paper will be enormous. We assume that more abbreviations will be necessary. It is through the use of abbreviations that the New York Telephone Directory is able to have four columns on a page. Not long ago we drew attention to the suggestion made by Messrs. Austin and Lloyd in their book; The Secret of High Wages, that there was an obvious opportunity for economy in the London Telephone Directory. We suspect that -the change which is 110W announced is the result of this suggestion. And here is only one of thousands of ways in which British methods, commercial and industrial, could be overhauled and improved.