to about 8 percent of the total solids of the sizing composition preferably the polyglycerol ester comprises from about 0 5 to about 7 percent of the total solids of the sizing composition more preferably the acrylic acid polymer comprises from about 0 5 to about 1 5 percent of the total solids of the sizing composition suitable polyglycerol esters for use in the sizing composition may be selected from the group consisting of decaglyceryl hexaoleate decaglyceryl decaoleate glyceryl tricaprylate glyceryl tricaprate and mixtures thereof more preferably the polyglycerol ester comprises decaglyceryl hexaoleate suitable polyglycerol esters are available from stepan company of maywood n j under the trade names drewpol and neobee the polyglycerol ester is believed to enable the attainment of viscosities in the sizing composition appropriate for application of the mixture to the web at the size press under the demanding conditions of modern high speed paper machines the mixture viscosities may range from about 10 to about 300 centipoise cp and more preferably from about 15 to about 120 cp as noted the sizing composition is preferably applied size press i e u201c on line u201d during the normal papermaking process the sizing composition may be applied to the paper in a conventional manner well known to those.