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To the Tjcarnrr.
^'o. 1. — The time has arrived when good penman-
ship is more of a necessity than an accomplishment.
But ii few years ago many believed good writers were
born, not made. Wherever jjenmanship has been
properly taught the results obtained have been
very gratifying, and we feel .justifled in saying that
any one who is not encumbered with some physical
or meutal deformity can learn to write rapidly and
iegihiy. To say that every one can become an
artistic penman would be making a broad statement,
but it is no longer doubted that almost any one can
learn to write a go)d business style of penmanship.
In order to accomplish this much time and hard
work are necessary tor those who have acquired in-
correct habits and who have wrong notions of the
meaning of good business writing. It will be the
aim of the author of this series of lessons to present
the subject in such a way that the home learner
may acquire, during his spare time, a rapid and
legible style of business penmanship in a compar-
atively short time.
The copies given from month to month will not be
accurate script forms, hut a plain, common-sense
style of muscular movement writing will be used
as copies.
JJ,LUSTRAT10N No. i.
.- To those who desire to follow this series of lessons
■during the year we would suggest that you write
the following and send to us as soon as possible,
tJefore practicing on the January lesson.
p, „ ,, .„ '^'"I'K Place, State, Date.
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Dear Sir: I desire to practice from your lessons
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JOURNAL, during the coming year. This letter is
a specimen of my best business penmanship at the
present time. Yours truly.
Your Name.
There will be certiBcates awarded to the three
who make most improvement by practicing from
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should send their first specimen, a copy of this letter,
addressed as above, care Williams & Rogers, before
February 15.
NEW YORK, JANUARY, 1897.
Criticistn Column,
No. .'. — We trust you will feel it your duty to send
several of your best specimens each month to be
reviewed in this column. We believe it will be to your
interest to attend to this regularly every month.
Remember no charge is made for the criticisms, and
we especially desire to hear from many who have
never sent their work for this purpose. We hope
those who have been sending their work will con-
ILLUSTRATION No. 2 .
tinue to do so in the future. Any suggestions which
you may offer whereby we may improve the lessons
will be thankfully received. All work for criticism
must reach us not later than the 20th of the month,
previous to publication.
What Materials to Vhv,
No. .J. —Your progress in penmanship will largely
depend upon the materials used. Procure foolscap
with a good finish and weight not less than 13
pounds to the ream. Do not try to economize by
using poor materials. Ink should be used which
flows freely and is black, or nearly so, when first
used. Secure a pen that will make a coarse line,
similar to the strength of line in the copies. Ester-
brook's Falcon Pen, No.- 048, is one of the best we
have tried, and one that is used very extensively
among business men. Do not use an oblique holder
for business writing. —
Pill rioiiiiiiu.
No. 4.— The position of the hand and pen in learn-
ing to write is of great importance. Study the posi-
tion illustrated in cut 3. We do not espect all to
assume this position, as no two people hold their
pens e-xactly in the same way. The size and shape of
the hand have much to do in regard to this point. It
is a pretty safe rule to say that the holder should not
be held sufficiently perpendicular to cross the
second .ioint of the first finger, and should not fall
much lower than that given in the illustration. The
bolder should cross the second finger at the root of
the nail, or even just a trifle higher. The han
should be turned well toward the left, with tha
third and fourth finger bent under the band, resting
on their nails. The wrist should not touch the
paper.
J-osillon of the JInily.
No. .5.— The position of the body, as well as the
hand and pen. is of utmost importance and requires
the careful attention of every one who has a desire
to improve his writing. Many have learned to write
an excellent hand while sitting in a poor position, bat
they certainly could have accomplished much more
and with greater ease during the same time had
they learued to sit in a better position. A good
position cannot be overestimated, and when once
acquired is much more healthful and conducive to
a free action of the muscles of tlie arm than an in-
correct position. Then let us all pay particular at-
tention to the matter of position, especially at the
beginning of this series of lessons. Eye yourself
closely, as it is not an easy task to rid oneself of
habits that have been forming for years, whether
they are good or bad. The position advised is one
that will admit of the unrestricted use of the right
arm and is based upon hygienic principles.
Take a position at the table nearly square in front,
with both arms resting on table, the left with the
elbow on the table from two to four inches, the
right with the elbow projecting over the edge
abjut two inches. The right arm should rest lightly
on the table and be free to move in any direction,
while the body is supported on the left arm. The
sides of the paper should be placed parallel to the
illustration n,
ILLUSTRATION No. 4.
right forearm. In practicing an exercise to extend
across the entire page the forearm should cross the
paper, lengthwise, about the middle of the page.
The paper should be held with the left hand above
line of writing. Do not lean too far forward or bend
over your work, as such a position is injurious to
health, but it your eyes are not defective keep
them from twelve to fourteen inches from the
paper. Sit rather close to the table, but do not lean
against it. Keep the feet flat on the floor and see
that they do not become entangled with the legs of
the table or the rounds of the chair. After reading
the above instructions several times, compare with
illustrations 1 and 2, then take this position yourself
and be ready for work.
Momtm-itt.
No. c. — Muscular movement is the foundation for
all good, practical writing. Whatever may be said
about slant or vertical writing, the system of pen-
manship that is not ba^ed upon a free arm move-
ment for its execution will be a failure it rapid
business writing is desired While a certain
amount of form teaching is commendable, still it is
the arm training that will be of service to the
young man or woman in acquiring a rapid style of
penmanship.
It is supposed that every one of The Journal
readers has a knowledge of the formation of all the
capitals and small letters, although many write
with a slow, laborious finger movement. It will be
our aim to change the habit of writing these letters
from the slow, labored style to one of ease and
rapidity, with a few changes in the form of some
'iOyttOQ^cctAMS
BY E. C. MILLS, ILLUSTRATING HfS ACCOMPANYING LESSON IN RAPID BUSINESS '
letters. First allow the student to obtain a com-
mand of the pen, a control over the muscles of the
arm, and he will naturally take enough interest in
writing to improve in form also.
llou- to lliulii.
No. 7.— Bare the arm and place the hand flat on
the table, with palm down. Notice the position of
the wrist, and also the bunch of muscles the arm is
resting upon ,iust forward of the elbow. Now raise
the hand about one inch from the table, without
changing the position of hand, then move forward
and backward rapidly (this is the motion that will
produce the first e.'iercise on plate .5) then change to
a circular motion. Next close the hand and move
m the same manner, being careful to touch the table
with nothing but the fleshy part of the forearm
You may now take the position of the hand and
arm given in illustration 4 without the use of pen
By holding the hand in the correct position before
taking the pen an easy movement of the arm may
be secured, as well as the foundation for proper
penholding. Rest the hand on tte nails of the two
last hngers, and make the same motions as described
above. Practice rapidly, making not less than 200
pulls toward the body per minute. Next practice
sliding the hand from left to right and f.om right
to left across the entire page, being sure to maintain
the same position throughout. The arm rest near
the elbow should remain in the same place; the arm
at the elbow should act as a sort of a hin"e Re-
member all of this preliminary practice should be
done without pen and ink. This kind of ealisthenic
practice should be taken until the arm will move
readily i„ any direction. It is better it you take
np but one thing at a time, and learn to do that in
the very best way possible; hence we desire to have
youloarntomove your arm before using the'pen
Do not be many hurry to take up moreldvXd
work as your progress will not be satisfactory un-
mlsteied"" ""'''" have been thoroughly
ilotr to ft'ocet-tt,
in'Inv V^!'-*'' ^'"^ ^'"■'^ "'^ P""'^'- ♦" '=0^'" the arm
n any direction, as outlined in the above instruc-
tions, you may use the pen. Penholding will not 'eem
very difficult if you have practiced In the manner
suggested, and with the hand held in the same
position as illustrated in cut 4. Do not use inta
first, but practice with a dry pen Jiake thn
oblique e«rcise as given in plate 5. This fs one of
the most essential motions used in wri ng and a
great deal of time should be spent in prac^tcing t
Any one who can make the oblique exercise with a
free movement will not experience much dit^cultv
in making the ovals. The exercise i, made by ke^^
ng the sleeve stationary on the table, and forcing
the arm to move in and out of the sleeve, us°ng nf
finger action whatever. Arm down Study cut 3,
as the dotted lines show the vibratiop of the arm.
Make this exercise fill two large spaces— we call the
distance between the two blue lines one large space.
Make the oblique exercise .I'ust twice that size.
Your aim now should be to move the arm rajjidly ;
start with about 100 downward pulls to the minute,
and increase to 250. After the movement has be-
come established, then you may use ink, but if you
find the movement degenerating commence at the
beginning and repeat the same practice as before.
Next run the exercise across the page, and try to
make it black. This should not be done by press-
ing heavily on the pen, but by making a series of
light lines before moving toward the right » The
compact exercises will furnish you the kind of
material needed for copies for some time. Do your
work in a thorough way and move your arm rapidly.
Try to increase speed.
Fill one page of foolscap with the exercise to
start with, and if you are not satisfied with the
results, write another. You should not be easily
satisfied.
The second exercise in plate 5 ia the direct oval.
Begin by making the oblique exercise as before, and
then swing to the left and form the oval. This
will produced the up and down and rolling motions
of the arm. You may fix up a page of the compact
oval exercise as nicely as you can. Make it two
spaces high. It takes from three to four minutes
to make one line of this properly across the page, so
do not become discouraged it you do not fill the page
in a short time. Your paper will last a long time
at this rate.
The last exercise in plate a is the reversed oval,
and is made same as the above, with the exception
of changing the direction of the movement. Study
the arrows given in the copy.
A'o. .''.—The ability to write a long word without
lifting the pen is an accomplishment that will pro-
mote rapid writing. To accomplish this the lateral
exercises and wide spacing between letters and
worils should receive a good share of your time for
several months.
Practice on the first lateral exercise given on
plate 0. Place the arm about in the center of the
page, lengthwise, and make the exercise extend
across the entire page. Do not allow the hand to
turn toward tha right, but keep it in the same
position as illustrated in cut 3. Force the hand to
slide on the last two finger nails. Make a slight
pause at the end of each line, and use a steady,
swinging motion of the arm. Keep the fleshy part
of the forearm down on the table and in about the
same place. The tendency at first will be to use
the wrist movement; be careful to avoid this, and
see that the larger muscles are used.
the
QillottNo.
(j(i4 or Ames' Best Pen may be used in making
BY E. C. MILLS, ILLUSTRATING HIS ACCOMPANYING LESSON IN RAPID BUSINESS WRITING
So. JO.— Alter drilling carefully in the above work
try the next line. Here we have a swing, a short
pull at the center ot page, then finish with another
swing. Fill a page of this copy. Tlitn notice the
next line.
Repeat as above, and write at least eight pages,
each page containing a step toward the desired
spacing. You may now turn the page lengthwise
and make a small o onepery blue line, filling the
page. There are about 30 lines on a page of fools-
cap. Then go half way across the page, making 15
«'s without lifting the pen. You should write at
least 40 lines of o's across the page.
The SiHittl •'« " H^xercVle,
-Vo. 7y.— Next place the arm in the same position
as described above, and make the straight lines
across the page. Observe the correct position of the
hand, and make the exercise quite black. Notice
copy. You mav now follow the steps for developing
the email « exercise. Make at least seven steps, a
page of work for each step. Write at least a page of
each of the following letters and exercises on plate C.
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Question and Answer Column for Public
School Department.
conducted by c. a, peirce, supervisor op
WUITINO, EVANSVILLE, IND.
So many questions are constantly arising in the
iminds of supervisors, special teachers and grade
iteachers about methods of teaching writing that
The Journal has decided to open a department for
the answering of these ciuestions. Mr. C. H.
Peirce, Supervisor of Writing in the public schools
of Evansville, Ind., has been engaged to take
charge of this department. For twenty five years
Mr. Peirce has made a study of public school
methods for teaching writing. He has had experi-
«nce in all grades, county institutes, etc., and is pre-
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Journal.
Lessons in Vertical Writing.
BY HARRY HOUSTON, SUPERVISOR PENMANSHIP.
NEW HAVEN. CONN
yrilimlnnrji Kt-mnrka.
In writing a series of articles to aid in teaching
vertical writing it has been thought best, first, to
give instruction to teachers and later give some
ideas for applying this instruction to the different
grades.
No new system and probably no new style of
letters will be introduced, as this ground has been
pretty well covered by the publishers of manuals
and copy-books. It has also been thought that the
majority of teachers reached by this paper who
are teaching vertical writing or who are about to
teach it have either selected a system or will have
one selected for them. If this be true, a new system
would not be as welcome or as helpful as some
definite directions for teaching and for changing
from the slanting to the vertical system.
PosiHon.
Study cuts 1 and 2 for position of body, paper,
arms, pen. etc. Notice square front position, tbat
about half of both forearms are on desk and elbows
only about three inches from body. Paper should
be directly in front of body or abr)nt two inches to
the right of this position. If placed further to the
right it will hinder instead of aid in writing a
vertical hand Penholder points along the forearm
to an imaginary point about six inches above the
elbow. Notice in cat i that the third and fourth
fingers are not separated much from the other
fingers, but are folded under so about all of the first
joints of these fingers touch the paper. The wrist
should neither be flat nor turned to the right until
the side of the hand touches the paper, but about
half way between these two positions Do not try
to slide the hand on tips of nails of third and fourth
fingers, as this forces the hand in an upright posi-
tion and cuts off view of writing.
Change of Slant l'(ntUlon''yecessary tor Vertical Style.
Many try to write vertically without any change
in penholding, movement or position of paper.
Experience has shown that the results will not be
satisfactory, so it is urged that all should conform
as near as possible to the position given above.
iVci-risp Siinihrr One.
Practice exercise No. 1 with a good brisk move-
ment until all trace of slant ovals has disappeared,
and until there is no tendency to make them too
narrow. See that the arm moves freely in and out
of sleeve.
Exereige Xtnnber Tiro.
In practicing No. 3 make the exercise extend
across the page as far as possible without stopping.
Here the first real difficulty will be encountered,
especially by those who, in slanting writing, use
the stationary arm rest and swing the hand across
the page. With feet flat on floor and body erect
enough and balanced so the arms resting on desk
do not have to support the weight of upper part of
body one can. by practice, extend the length of ex-
ercise considerably. By having only about half of
the forearms on the desk and by keeping them near
the body the weight of the arm will be supported
largely from the shoulder. This enables one to rest
the arm lightly on the desk and to move it to the
right with very little trouble. This does not mean
whole-arm movement, as it is very different from
holding the arm up and away from the body. By
not giving the hand part of the body or much of the
arm to support we have been able, in slanting writ-
ing, to have it come in contact with the paper and at
the same time move across the page easily. About
the same can be done with the arm if too much
weight is not thrown upon it.
Slil/tln,! Arm Itesl anil .\arr,:n< 7).»;,s.
Before giving up and saying that writing cannot
and should not be taught by .shifting the arm fre-
quently it might be well for us who have broad
desks and single sheets of paper on which to write
to contrast these conditions with those existing in
our shools and business offices. Look at the narrow
desks in our school rooms. Look at the writing
done in high schools and colleges on narrow arm
rests or in the students' laps. In all these instances
the arm is moved frequently and often has little or
no rest at all.
A great deal of practice on the exercises given
this month will aid in overcoming the two greatest
diflficulties in changing your writing. It will aid in
writing across the page and will make broader turns,
thus giving the writing a ronnd instead of an
angular appearance.
The capitals given naturally follow the practice
of the exercises given. Movement exercises may be
made from some of the letters by tracing over all
or part of them, as we often do in slanting writing.
There is likely to be a tendency to use too much of
an up and down movement. This will make the
letters narrow, and to overcome this use more of a
rotary movement and endeavor to make the letters
nearly as broad as they are high.
A Mandate.
Teacher : *' Did you study this lesson ? "
Pupil : " I looked over it.''
Teacher : " Well, hereafter just lower your gaze a lit-
tle."- Ph ikulelph ia Remrd.
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BY HARRY HOUSTON. ILLUSTRATING HIS ACCOMPANYING LESSON IN VERTICAL WRI riNG.
'^S^nmiuCiQTUt'Q^tMuiS
LESSONS IN DRAWING.
BY A C WEBB. SCPEBVISOR OF DRAWING, NASHVILLE,
TEXX ASSOCIATE AOTHOR OP '■ PRACTICAL DRAW-
ING."
Niuiilirr 1.
TiHk Tn T'-arhcta.
To a great many teachers the word drawing con-
veys .in idea of some mysterious power, a something
which only few are permitted to possess, and closely
associated with it is the idea of genins or special
talent They recall some who have left lUnstnons
names in the world of art.
In every school there is usually one or more pupils
who take to drawing as a duck to water, who will
draw whether drawing is taught or not. Such a
one the average teacher calls a genius, and praises
his special talent, hut it another of her pupils dis-
plays equal or superior proficiency in some other
study the teacher satisfies herself by saying that
such a one is good in arithmetic or history. Now,
the boy who draws pictures of his teacher so natural
that you conld almost tell who they were intended
to represent without the usual label may be a genius
in embryo, but not more fo than the unrecognized
genins of the multiplication table.
There are certain fundamental principles underly-
ing the study of drawing which are as easily under-
stood as are the fundamental principles of mathe-
matics, and as many pupils in a school can under-
stand and apply them as can master any other
subject.
Drawing is not taught in the public schools for
the benefit of the few, but for the educational ad-
pra^tice paper should be entirely free from printed
designs or cu': and dried instructions.
In the tilks to teachers, of which this is the in-
troductory, we will discuss drawing and other sub
jects intimately related. They are not intended to
lay oat any course ot instruction or to fit any par
ticular " system." They will embody some ot the
ideas and experiences ot one teacher(there are many
others) who is not tryiuj to get his results in the
drawing book, but in the minds, hearts and hands
ot the pupils under his charge.
Fatare numbers will be illustrated by such draw-
ings as have proved helpful ty him in his work.
His aim will be to make th°se talks ot practical
benefit to regular teachers, especially to those who
have not the assistance of a special supervisor.
LISrER'S PRIZE WINNERS.
iiNl-E.lv. ill H. Cia
iniiliel Kioil, Crg
Uoillkton, Ulcl'he
Pa. Thlrd-Freil
Mr. Lister has sent us the names and addresses
printed above as the prize certificate winners among
the students practicing from his lessons in rapid
business writing, which closed in the December
number.
Closely following Mr. Houghton for third place is
W. B. Baker, Orphia, W. Va.
Elsewhere in this issue of The Journal will be
found Mr. Gravers specimens, showing the mar-
velous improvement made in twelve months. Both
Mr. Lister sud Mr. Graver are to be congratulated
upon this remarkable showing.
.'^^J-^i^
BY EDWIN H. graver, WINNER OF pmST PRIZE IN THE JOURNAL'S ■„ BUSINESS WRITING CO;;''''^ f:OND"CTET>
BY C. C. LISTER, UPPER LINE SHOWS HOW MR. CRAVER WROTE BEFORE TAKING UP THESE LESSONS ; THE
LOWER TWO LINES SHOW HIS PRESENT STYLE.
vincement of all. It properly taught it, more than
any other study, will develop the perceptive faculties
and stimulate pupils to investigation. No drawing
lesson is worth anything that does not cause chil-
dren to think. In making a picture ot any object,
not only its form should be studied and represented,
but its material substance and uses should be thor-
oughly understood before the lesson is complete.
Each lesson should consist of form study and draw-
ing, nature study and oral expression. Such lessons
will place drawing on a higher plane than the mere
representation, by means of lines, of the facts or ap-
pearance of objects.
Malerinla To Unf.
Anything that will make a mark and anything
that will take a mark will do, but in this day of
cheap manufacture there is no reason why any child
should not have the best of material. For work in
primary and intermediate grades the Dixon M or M
B pencil has not been improved upon. Any good
lir.ind ot drawing paper having a tooth or grain of
medium coarseness wilt answer. It should be cut
for convenience ot handling into sheets about 6x9
inches. This paper may be in loose sheets or bound
in the form ot a blaak book. In either case ten
cents should tarnish ample material to last a child
a year.
For those who merely want to play at drawing, get-
ting simply the shadow of the snbstance. the formal
drawing book, with its little copy and printed direc-
tions in one corner of the page, and the remaining
portion laid uS the proper size for the pupil's draw-
ing, is good enough; but those who hope to teach
their pujiils to draw cannot be limited to twenty-
tour scraps ot pagei tor a year's or even a halt
years work. The only way to learn to draw is to
draw and do plenty ot it. Often one figure should
be repeat'wl «s-eral times in order to secure proper
results, and for this reason, if for no other, the
It should encourage home students everywhere t-i
take up Mr. Mills" lessons, which start in this issue
of The Journal.
Recent Public School Book Adoptions.
iriHiJif/.
Philailelphia, Pa ; Los Aneeles. CaL ; Watertown. Conn :
New Britain. Conn. : Areyle, N. Y- : Lebanon, Pa. : E.
Stroudbui-L', Pa.-Spencerian Vertical Copy Boolis.
Omaha, Neb. ; GiMncI Rapiis. Mich — Merrill's Copy Books.
Lawrence, Mass.^Mavnard S Merrill's Wntina System.
Lakeville, Conn i Hioksvillo. N. V. : Rushville. N. Y, ;
Morrist iwn, N. .J. ; May ville. N. Y.— Soencei'ian Copy Books.
Henry Clay, Del ; Babylon, I}. Y.— American Vertical Copy
Washington. D. C— Qinn & Co.'s Vertical 'Writing Books.
Millbury, Ma55.— Vail's Vertical Copy Books.
Woonsocket.E.I.-Merrill's Verticil Writing
New York City.— University Series of Copy Books, Verti-
cal and Slant.
J>i-«ie-l>i«.
Newton, Mass.— Selee's Bi
Ellsworth Replies to Parsons.
Editor Penman's Art Journal:
I note the breezy invitation of Professor Parsons
to " Spot Him Some More " and take up the cud-
gels with " s-ime other fellow " at the Chicago meet-
ing; but until he denies or makes good his last
year's copybook statements, I cannot see the pro-
priety of accepting his proposal to " Fall on my
Neck—for joi/ "—unless he has repented of his'error.
Is that possible '; I am too old to fight windmills,
H W. Ellsworth.
Vertical Writing in Washington.
The Board ot Education ot Washington, D. C, having
decided to introduce vertical writing in the public schools,
the columns of the Evi'iung Slav of V.bat city havn
been filled with arguments pro; and con. We are in-
debted to Paul A. Steele for the copies ot the Star con-
taining the articles.
Among those known to Journal readers taking part
in the discussion were : Mrs. Sara A. Spencer, Paul A.
Steele, Couri F. Wood.
When Shall Children Take the Pen ?
One ot the best indie itions of a coming era of ad-
vancement in the method-i ot tf aching writing in the
public schools is to be noted in the several different
articles appearing in the late numbers of our pen-
manship journals touching upon the above subject.
It is still a debated question, and I am inclined to
think public school penmen have kept hands off
longer than they otherwise should, were it not for
the fact that a large majority ot our best penmen
are not in public school work but in schools Where
the lower grades do not have to be considered, and
are, therefore, not much interested in the subject.
As they are not interested in it, we should not wait
for them to lead off in its discussion, nor should we
be too willing to believe it is unimportant because
they do not.
We occasionally hear from some learned superin-
tendent to the effect that the pen should be put into
the h mds of the children in the first grade, and that
" any other method is illogical, nonsensical and a
waste of time "
In the face of such a statement, and others such aa
that the children ot some certain city, where no
special teacher is employed, " write better than any
other city in the country," or the assumption that
teachers and superintendents who may not see things
just as some other superintendent sees them are
" Lazy " or " ignorant," it is no wonder timid super-
visors are willing to give consent in silence.
To be sure "silence is golden," but speech is at
least "silvern," so I venture to speak, and it to
differ in some points from the learned and rather
boastful superintendent means that I am a " cranky
specialist," I accept the application cheerfully.
In proceeding I shall lay down the following propo-
sitions :
To properly analyze, compare, study and execute
the sixty two different letters and figures, to say
nothing about the common arbitrary signs and
marks ot punctuation, and to combine them prop-
erly, requires slow, patient work and much time.
The lead pencil is an instrument we all use.
Pupils in writing their lessons and in drawing use
MOVEMENT EXERCISE. BY H. L HAEBERLE, STATE NOR.
SCHOOL, MILLERSVILLE, PA.
it The quality of the common scratch paper de-
mands it. It is handier, cleaner, easier kept in con-
dition and cheaper than the pen.
In u^ing the pencil, children are learning nothing
bat what is practical.
Cfiildren need the first three years in which to
learn to write a standard hand, slowly of course,
studying, analyzing, comparing, criticising, to
acquire a correct conception of form and combina-
tion during which time the habit of correct writing
position of body, head, limbs, pencU and paper
should be fixed.
The penis an essentially different instrument from
the pencil and should be recognized and treated as
such. , ., ...
'Writing is the most difBcult work to do with a
pon ani theretore.no attempt should be made to
write with it at first, but instead, simple manual
drills "penman's physical culture," should be in-
troduced, leading up to an easy, skillful use of the pen.
We shoald make the practice ot penmanship, like
the practice ot instrumental music, progressive, the
execution of sentence and page work, like the execu-
tion ot Beethoven or Wagner, being the eml aimed at.
Children should not be allowed to use the pen
except under the direction of a competent teacher.
\ftpr taking np penmanship, all their necessary
writing "t lessons, etc., should be done with the
'iQ:^uCO^tunaS
pencil notil they have acquired the ability to write
properly with the pen.
Any ujethfjd of teaching writin;? in public schools,
like the methods employed in the other branches, is
bised up^n the presmmption that the pupil will con-
tinue to practije it up to or through a certain ^rade.
Upon these propositions I base the arj^ument that
pupils up tj the fourth grade are better off without
pen and inb.
To say n:)thin[j of the inconvenience of keeping
fresh ink. of keeping a supply of good p?ns, of the
expense and difficulty of procuring suitable pen
paper, and of the impossibility of keeping clean fur-
niture, fljors, boDks, liands and faces where ink is
U5el in the lowest grades, whit will be learned
about writing that may not be as well learned with
the pencil ? \
J»S3me may undertake to argae that a proper move
tn^nt should be employed from the first, but I have
the first specimen of good muscular movement n'vd
ing to see by a child below the fourth grade or under
eight years of age. v
True, we see many .'specimens of so-called muscular
movement writing where every pulse beat of the
writer is registered in the lines.
It is nearly always carefully labeled " Rapid
Muscular Movement Writing." As well label
" Rough on Rats " " Soothing Syrup."
In conclusion: These wild claims of vast superior-
ity, anj sweeping assertions of a. one only sensible
way of securing results in any line of school work,
indolged in by some educators, who furnish no soit
of evidence or logic to sustain such claims or as^ser-
tions, bear the stamp of conceit and narrow nainded-
ness.
What we should seek to do is to determine, if pos-
sible, the best plan for eecuringjiual rcsuH.^.
What matter if pupils do write poorly for a few
years if they finish the course in penmanship easy,
rapid, graceful writers?
Now let us not " sling mud " or call names," but
" Come, reason together."
R. G. Miller,
Supervisor of Writing, Haoipton.Ia , Public Schools.
/,«■•«««.■* z,Afr.— x.vrz.
The time has come for examination on position
and form. So far the teacher has tixed each child's
hand, or told him what was wrong. Do not give
assistance after this. Simply eay " Position,'" as
you pass by and the child must correct himself.
Your pupils must not put the ff et out in the aisle,
nir turn around when showing the one behind, nor
stop writing when the teacher comes near. Take
time now to correct any faults that your class has.
Take up specimens, mirk and file away Have a
line of each letter from / to.s. Return to the children
all the good, clean papers written this term.
Fasten each pupil's together with a knot of ribbon
TEACHINQ WRITING IN PUBLIC
SCHOOLS.
MASONS FOR FIKST OR.tOIS.
■mil ForiiiMt Willi Pliyniial Drills 1
IIV MISS LU(,'Y E. KELLER, SDPERVISOU OF WRITING,
DULUTH. MINN.
Outline : Hand at tbe side keeping pencil positiou. Review
k'tter.s. Sitting erect.
How many find it hard work to keep good position
while writing ? Notice that a person walking
along, nothing to carry and hands swinging at the
sides, always has the hand ready for the pencil.
Class try it. Fingers are straight or curved ? They
are touching, sometimes, near together. Bring
hand up and slip pencil in without changing poti-
tion. Ready for writing. Practice any letter you
wish and count for the class. Don't write unless
you count, and if time is lost wait for the next
count. When you see the greater part of the class
bending over, stop counting, and class looks up in
surprise. Say that you wanted to give them a
chance to straighten up. Speak about the necesnty
of spectacles. Begin counting and pause when any
one is out of position. Rept-at until all can sit
erect. Don't hold the head on one side.
Each pupil should learn to write his o^vn name.
Place capitals on board. Take every Friday to
practice names, in place of regular lesson.
Review each letter and practice the hand drill iu
previous lesson. Sometimes have the pencil in
hand, while both hands are down at the sides. Let
them remain there while you are illustrating or
talking. Give signal to bring both hands up, on
the desk, in position, sit erect, write.
Sometimes call the name of pupil out of position
quietly, and quickly and without further words he
corrects himself. Have the janitor m--»ke blocks or
n-sts f r t'.jo'o wlnse f.:et do not touch^ihe floor.
and send them home. Give them as a Christmas
present to parents from the child.
book having sepa-ate departments for business writing,
ornamental writing, flourishing, lettering, drawing, card
writing, etc.. can be arrange 1 artistically, and will furnish
-uucu inspiration and instruction to not only the posst
■■"•^ ■■" —■i) may be favored by an esa-^ " " ■ ~
imanship will find this a va!
rk " to loan their students
— No charge is made for the insertion of names in this
department, and the only obligation upon those who have
their names and addresses inserted is that they exchange
with all other juombers of the department.
— In order to make sure tbat the name and address i« not
overlooked, it would be well to put the request to insert
this department on a separate sheet of paper
their names again.
— We had no idea what beautiful work could be made with
the knife on plain white cards until we saw some turned out
by L. W. Hammond. Batavia. N. Y. A New Year's card
from the knife of Mr. Hammond is a very handsome speci-
— For bsautv, grace, deli'^a^ry acd accuracy a Christmas
and New Year greeting from the pen of A. P. Hoot, Kings-
ville. O.. to The Journal is the equal of anything we have
seen in a long while. It shows that Mr. Ruot. although an
old timer, knows how to retain his nerve.
— A splendid specimen of automatic shading pen work in
white and gold ink on black cardboard has been received
from A. B. Cushman, Humboldt. Kans. Mr. Cushmaa's work
IS not only accurate, but the effects produced are original
and artistic. Send for some of his specimens.
— S. B. Fahnestock, McPherson, Kans.. Coll.. is a fine
writer, as Journal rtadtrs have had an opportunity to
know, and some recent ornamental work of bis shows that
he is constantly improving.
— A very t.isty and well executed Christmas card in
various colored inks, done with automatic pen, has come
from Hy. Walkor, St. Louis. Mo.. C. C. Mr. Walker is a good
business writer, and has charge of the writing classes in the
y. M. C. A. in thaccity.
— A very effective piece of script advertising is a letter
sent out by the McDonald Bus. tnst.. Milwaukee, Wis. The
the pen of that script artist, Fred H.
)me well written cards
student of Howard &
— A. D. Deibert, Pen. Chaffee's Phonographic Inst.,
Oswego, N. v.. favors The Journal with some plain and
ornamental writing, automatic pen work, cards, etc.- all
showing improvement over the last work sent us. He is
doing a mail order business and making a success of it.
— J. B. Bacon, Mesa, Colo., who is a good writer, states
that he owes most of his success to The Journal, and sends
in some esellent specimens. A number of his pupils are
JouKNAL readers.
— E. A. Banks, Belfast, Me., e
in a variety of stvles. He is a
Brown, RocKland, Me.
— A. M. Powers, Watorvliet. N. Y., sends some good b*si-
ness and ornamental writing, cards, etc. He owes his skill
to the teaching of S. E. Bartow.
— F. D. Lanning, Harvard, 111., is an excellent business
writer. Every letter is clear and distinct, and the writing
indicates speed.
— R. C. Bay. Mechanicsbura. O.. writes a good hand, and
says what he knows about writing was acquired at home
from The Journal. He says: "The Journal is perfection
for home students."
— Minor C.Smith, Norristown, Pa., sends The Journal
some writing that would be counted most excellent business
writing did he not lift the pen so frequently. Whenever the
pen is lifted time is lost. Mr. Smith lifts the pen after each
letter and frequently between the parts of a letter.
— A good specimen of business writing comes from J. A.
Elston, Canton, Mo.
— M. A Tolrud. Pen., Humboldt, la.. College, sends some
well written cards.
Students' Specimens.
— In this column we are always glad to review specimens
of students' woi k. and in this connection we would say also
that we are glad to get samples of work of public school
pupils for review. Our friends should remember, however,
to fasten these specimens together jn some way and be sure
to have the name of the teacher, city and school on the
inside of the package.
— We are brought to call attention to this matter by a
package of good business writing from some one, some-
where, but as no town or teacher's name is given we are at a
lo^stogive proper credit. The writing is businesslike and
excellent in every way. Among the best writers are Maud
B. Kane and W. L. Haywaid. Many of the other good sam-
ples have no names on them.
— From E. M. Coulter, Penman National B. C. Roanoke.
Va.. we have received several batches of busiiiess writing
that just about suit us except for the style of final " t,"
which is as used as the initial letter. The letters ate dear.
nd distinct^nd speed is shown in every lii
The EDITOR'S Scrap Book. teSlr^- *"■ '*'"'''' ""^ -ngratmated upon havmk such a
Peninen^s ExcUaiis
Jfro/essio
n E. Ofstad. Prin. Minneapolis
(i. A. Martm. tii Wnverly A
J. H. Bnnis. Newport. Ore.
T. J. Cathey. Pen. Draughoi
s B. C, Texarkana, Tex.
— J. C. Olson, Penman Stanbery. Mo.. Nor. Col., eends a
large package of business writing from his pupils. A good
share of this is figure work, and all the writing is business-
like. The figures are small, nent and perfectly legible. The
best writers nr^ Belle Willis, ('has. A Willis. Harlev Holt,.
A. A. Holt, Jam-^3 Crockett. EUa Rains. Mae Evans. Lizzie
Beery. Kate Booring. A. d. McNeoly. Oliver Morrison. A. K.
Daniel, Fanny Leale.
A. E. Keller, St. George, Me.
— This " Penmen's Exchange Department '
for the convenience of Journal readers
encouragement of the exchange of specimens.
1 be found than
*' Shorthand '* That Everybody Can Read.
A shorthand typewriter that will print an entire word at
one stroke in plain English letters has just been put on the
market by G. K. Andereou, 720 Bennett Building, New York
City. It prints the entire alphabet, including flguroq anil
punctuation marks.
'( ClTftCCL^aumS
NEWS AND MISCELLANY SUPPLEMENT.
PENMAN'S ART JOURNAL,
NEW YORK, JANUARY, 1897.
NEWS EDITION.
School and Personal.
— Recent visitors to The Journal office were R. C.
Holadiiy, Wood's B. C, Eastou, Pa.; E. H. Morse, Hart-
ford, Conn., B. C; C. C. Curtiss, Minneapolis, Mmn ; H.
(; Post. Harrington's B. C, Waterbury, Conu.; (ieo.
Oaklev. Columbia B. C , Patersou, N. J. ; W. C. Htu-
nintf. Wood's B. C, Easton, Pa.; A. B. Furuer, Peeksbill,
N. Y., Mil. Acad.; U H. Condy, Burdett B. C. Boston,
Mn-s.; Fred. H. Wildrick, Prop. Dover, N. J.. B. C; F.
E.Wood, Wood's B. C, Wilkes-Barre, Pa.; C. T. Miller and
E A. Newcomer. N. J. B. C, Newark, N. J.; W. E. Drake,
Jersey City B. C.
— Among the new schools we notice the following :
Passaic, N. J., B. C. Morrisse Bldg., A. Hartkhorn, Jr.,
Prin. Boleyn's Practical B. C, Bethany, Mo., D. G.
Boleyn, Prio. Metropolitan B. C, 1:^8 Bank St., Ottawa,
Out., H. S. Conn, Pres.; S.T. Willis. Prio. St. Francis'
laduetrial School, Edrtington, Pa., Bro. Felician, Pen and
Com'I. Wagers Pen Art Coll., Elgin, III., C. H.
Wttger, Prop.; T. J. Sharp and A. D. Taylor, Pen.
Reynolds' School of Bookkeep. and Shorthand, -10 E.
Main St., Amsterdam. N. Y., R. E. Lee Reynolds, Prin.
The Bliss B. C, Newburyport, Mass., Bliss & Blisp,
Proprs.; F. H. Bliss, Mgr.; E. A. Quaiitz, Pen. Win-
field, Kans, Bus. and Acad. Coll., Dr. H. F. W. Kuehne,
Prin.; M. A. Clarksou. Com'I. Lone Oak, Ga,, Acad.,
P. M. Pitts. Priu. Marshall B. C, Huntington, W. Va.,
G. A Proffitt, Prin. and Com'I.; Walter Boold, Short
hftud. The Institute, Peekskill, N. Y., Jos. Kuhn,
Shorthand. Keuyon Col., Hodgeuville, Ky., Thad.
Wilkersnn. Prin.; T. J. Neafus. Assoc. Prin. Com'I
Dept. Hiram, 0., Coll.. S. W. Pearcy, Prin. Va. Clas-
sical and Bus. ln»t., Glade Spring, Va , E. H. Russell & R.
R. Powell, Prins. Wood's B. C, GirardvUle, Pa., S. I.
Wood, Pres't. Williams' Coll. of Bus , Plymouth. Pa.,
G. W. Williams, Pres't; H. C. Beatty, Prin. Geo. J.
Wildner, fA Clark St., Auburn, N. Y., is contemplating
opening a business fchool.
— N. H Prouty has sold The Prouty B. C, Athol,
Mass , to Henry H. Childs, who will conduct the institu-
tio'i in the future. Mr. Childs is tbe brother of E. E.
Childs of Springfield and C. H. Childs of Holyoke. Mr.
Prouty assumes management of the pen., shorthand and
com'l dept*?. io the International Correspondence School,
Scranton. Pa., and will prepare the text books used in
connection with these courses. He has had charge of
this work for some time past, and it has proven so suc-
cessful that he has been induced to give it his whole
time. The Athol Transrripf gives a half-column article
on Mr. Prouty's leaving and expresses the highest regard
for his work in that city.
—J. A. Ross has purchased the interest of C. M. Cook
in the AsHtabula. C, B. C. J. J. Ferguson has pur-
chased the Wyatt B. C, Meridian, Miss., and changed
the name to The Queen City B. C. Wanger & Kelley
have disposed of the Taraacjua, Pa., B. C. to E. M. Turner,
Prin. of the Mauch Chuuk, Pa., school. Wood's B. C,
Pittston, Pa., is now known as tbe Diamond City B. C,
F. E. Wood, Pres ; 1. L Smith, Pen. and Com'I.
— Williams' Coll. of Bus., Scranton, Pa., O. P. Wil-
liams, Pres. and Prop., failed recently.
— A new school is the Chattanooga, Tenn.. Nor. Uni.,
H. M. Evans. Pres.; W. P. Hayward, Pen.; Mi.ss Mollv E.
Lucas, Shorthand and Typewrit.; Miss Zeralda Rains,
Art.
— F. T. Weaver was born in 1S70, and spent hisearly life
on a farm. He received a common school education, and
spent his evenings and rainy
days practicing wi iting. At
the age ot sixteen years
entered Mount Union Col-
leg*^. Alliance, O. TookEusi-
nes-* and PenmanshipCour&f s
under Profs. T. Armstrong
and Owen Crist, then taught
a number of winter terms of
school in the country. In
'.SvH he attended theZaner-
ian Art College, Columbus,
O., where he formed the ac-
quaintance ot Miss Abbie
tJladden. who in 1805 became
Mrs. F. T. Weaver. Had a
daughter. Fern, born unto
F. T. WEAVEU. them recently. In 1892, in
company with his brother,
L. L. Weaver, he graduated in Business and Penmanship
Couraes of a Western school. He then accepted a position
in the Helena Bus. College, Helena. Mont. This position
he resigned, though offered an increase of salary, to again
enter Mt. Union College. Next he graduated in the Nor-
mal Coui-se, and reached the Sophomore year of a Collegi-
ate Course (7 years). The principalship of the Bus. Dept.
of Will>erforce, (>., University was accepted, and after
re-election he resigned to accept a more lucrative position
in the Bayless Bus. Coll. of Dubuque, la., with whom he
might have remained, but at the beginning of the present
year he accepted a similar position with the Union Bus.
College of Quincy, 111., with which institution he is at
present connected. Mr. Weaver is a good writer and
teacher and a cultured gentleman.
— We received an invitation to the commencement
exercises of the Capital City C. C, Des Moines, la., which
occurred Dec. 10th. The la. State Itefjistcr gives a glow-
ing account of the exercises, and publishes a long list ot
graduates in the com'l, shorthand and pen. courses.
Messrs. Mehan & McCauley, the Props., and Penman
W. F. Giesseman are to be congratulated on the good
work done the past year.
— W. J. Elliott is once more in charge of the Central
B. C, Stratford. Out,, having removed from Toronto.
— A beautifully engraved invitation to the 3Ist Gradu-
ating Exercises of Peiixe School, Philadelphia, Jan. 15th,
at the American Academy of Music, has been received.
The presiding officer will be Mayor Chas. F. Warwick.
The annual address will be delivered by Hon Theo.
Roosevelt and address to graduates by Rev. Dr. A. J.
Palmer.
— We have received a photograph of G. A. Swayze,
Prin. Pen. and Com'l Depts., Grove City, Pa., B. C.
— The Richmond, Ind., Evenhuj Hem gives an interest-
ing account of the annual Christmas entertainment given
by the students and faculty of the Richmond B. C. W.
A. Arnold, head ot the Pen. Dept. and Mrs. W. S. Hiser,
of the Shorthand Dept., took part in the evening's jollity.
Prin. Fulghum is having a successful year.
— We are in receipt of a souvenir programme for the
31st Anniversary of Spauldiug's Com 1 Coll., Kansas City,
Mo. Supt. Greenwood of the City Schools and ex- Mayor
Davis and many other well-known people took part.
— Miss Cornelia Harlow, Prin. Harlow's B. C, Free-
Sort, 111., writes : '• My college opened exeedingly well,
[ost of my students took a course in writing, conducted
according to the lessons in The Penman's Art Journal.
1 get up a great deal of enthusiasm among the classts,
which has been the means of bringing me a good many
students. The Penman's Art Journal is superior to
any similar publication which it has been my pleasure to
examine. I could not do without it, and look forward to
each number with pleasure and profit."
— Wm. Chambers, formerly Vice-Prin. of the St.
Thomas, Ont., B. C, upon his resignation from that in-
stitution, was tendered a complimentary dinner by Prin.
VV. A. Phillipps. A surprise was sprung on Mr. Cham-
bers later on in the evening A handeome cane was pre-
sented to him on behalf of the faculty and students. Mr.
Chambers is now connected with the Detroit, Mich., B. U.
— C. M. Lesher. Penman Wood's B. C, Carbondale,
Pa., has been selected as prin. of Shorthand and Type-
writing Dept. ot the High School m that city. He also
assists in teaching English branches and pen. Although
there were many applicants, Mr. Lesher was elected by a
unanimous vote of the Board. At the same meeting the
Perniu System of Shorthand was adopted. Carbondale
is to be congratulated upon having secured so good a
teacher as Mr. Lesher.
— J. W. Johnson, Prin. Ont. B. C, Belleville. Ont., the
well-known author of works on expert accounting, has
lately been elected by acclamation Mavor of the City of
Belleville. Belleville is making a good start on the new
year, and we hereby tender our congratulations to Mr.
Johnson.
— H. C. Beatty, formerly of Chepstowe, Ont., now of
Wdliams' B. C, Wilkes-Barre, Pa., writes as follows : *' I
most heartily approve of The Journal's ' Anti-Flapdod-
dle ' upward and onward course. It is fast becoming a
true medium oC art culture in the true meaning of that
term. \ou give us such a host of things for choice brain
food each month, and the last number was a banquet for
those who know what's what."
— The River City B. C. Portsmouth, 0., G. W. Moot-
hart, Pres., lately moved into new quarters, and this has
been the occasion for some very complimentary notices in
local papers.
— The Du Bois, Pa.. Mornitia Conner is enthusiastic
over the work of the Du Bois B. C , under the principal-
ship of G. W. Thom. A good programme was rendered
at the close of the term.
— The First Anniversary ot the Middletown, N. Y., B.
C. W. S. Ramsdell, Prin., was celebrated Tuesday, Dec.
2:id. in the college rooms. One student was graduated,
and very plea-ant entertainment was given in connection
with other exercises.
— The commencement exercises of the Newark, N. J ,
B. C, C. T. Miller, Prop . were held in the Peddie Memo-
rial Church recently. A large class of students gradu-
ated. A very interesting feature was the passing ot sam-
ples of the work of tho students in the pen., book-keep,
and lypewrit. depts. around among the audience. Mr.
Miller is to be congratulated upon hi-* year's work, and
our good friends, Messrs. Tucker and Newcomer, deserve
no little credit.
— In the boom edition of the Clinton Co. lievipu\
Frankfort, Ind., Minor's B. C , of that city, is given a lib-
eral share of space. The Remew congratulates Prop. F.
C. Minor on his past good work and predicts success tor
the future.
— The Auderson, Ind.. lUuslraied Times gives a good
half-tone portrait of Pres Wm. M. Croan of the Ander-
son Nor. Univ., together with complimentary notice cf
the latter institution. This issue of the Times contains a
large number of illustrations showing Anderson's streets,
industries, buildings, prominent business men, etc., and is
a most excellent advertisement for the town.
— It isn't often that a business college can count among
its graduates the Lieutenaut-Governor of the State in
which the school is situated, and when this happens we
think the institution may be pardoned for its pride and
itsexploitation of the said new Lieutenant Governor. The
present Lieutenant-Governor of New York, Hon Timo-
thy L. Woodruff, is a graduate of Eastman College,
Poughkeepsie, N. Y., and a graduate that not only East
man College, but the business colleges of America, have
reason to be proud of. Mr. Woodruff, although a very
young man, has mude a marvelous success in business,
and this success he ascribes in a large measure to his
business college training. Dec. 3d the 3Tth anniversary
exercises of Eastman College were held in the Colling-
wood Opera House. The orator of the occasion was the
Hon. Chauncey M. Depew, who made a characterif-tic
speech. Mr. Woodruff presided, and his remarks brought
forth rounds of applause, particularly his references to
Eastman College and to the "best of mothers-in-law."
Mrs. C. C. Gaines (Mr. Woodruff married Mrs. Gaines'
daughter). Pres. Gaines himself contributed no little to
the evening's enjoyraent by a splendid speech. All in
all, it was a memorable occasion for Eastman College and
Poughkeepsie. Pres. Gaines deserves no little credit for
his magaificent work in bringing Eastman College to tbe
front in the past ten years.
— We have beeu but recently informed that a daugh*
ter, Ella Fern, was born to Mr. and Mrs. F. T. Weaver,
Union Bus. Coll., Quincy, 111., some time since.
— The Brooklyn, N. Y., papers devoted columns of
space to very interesting accounts of the annual com-
mencement exercises of the Long Island B. C, H. C.
Wright, Prin. and Prop. These exercises took place in
the latter part of November, and a large audience lis-
tened to a splendid programme. Large classes in various
departments were graduated. The Long Island B. C.
occupies its own building, the property of Mr. Wright,
and is splendidly equipped. The past year has been very
successful, and Mr. Wright expects prosperity dui'ing
1897.
Movenicnia of the Teachers.
Miss Lucia Grover has charge of the shorthand, Miss
Sophia Copley, formerly of Childs' B. C, Springfield.
Mass., of the bookkeeping, and F. P. Gaynor oi' the pen-
manship in the Prouty B. C , Athol, Mass. — R. £.
Mitchell is now assistant secretary of the Y'. M. C. A.,
Dayton, Ohio. A. J. Blickenstalf is connected with the
North Manchester. Ind., Coll. H. Depoilly is teacher
of penmanship in the Mt. St. Joseph Coll.. Baltimore,
Md. J. B. Downs is penman in Greer Coll., Hoopes-
ton, 111. W. E. Tower is the new prin. of Elkhart.
Ind., Inst. S. M. Funk is penman of Wolff's B. C,
Hagerstown, Md. R. B. Hull is connected with the
Hope, Ind., Nor. & Bus. Coll. Miss Ida Carakor is
prin. of the business depaitment of the Middle Ga. Mil.
ac Agri. Coll., Milledgeville, Ga.— — F. W. Martin is teach-
ing in the Ricker Classical Inst., Holton. Me. R. A.
Grant is penman of the Winona, Minn., C. C. E. B.
Lyons is now teaching in Warren, 111.. Acad. W. N.
Simpson, Com'l Dfpt. Baker Univ., Baldwin, Kans., has
secured a year's leave of absence, aud is taking a year's
course in the University of Pa. in a line of work that
will be beneficial to him in commercial teaching. R. V.
Patterson, instructor in penmanship of the Class. & Com'l
Inst, New Orleans, La. W. C. Howey, Beatrice, Nebr.,
hag become connected with the Southern Shorthand &
Bus. Univ., Atlanta, Ga. T. D. Hart is teacher of pen.
iu the Catholic Normal School, St. Francis, Wis F. J.
Lowe has charge of the pen. and commercial work in
Corry, Pa.. B. C. S. N. Falder is connected with the
Jones C. C, St. Louis, Mo. C. T. Marsh is teaching
penmanship in Boston. Mass., Evening High School.
F. A. Yindra, penman and artist, is located at Manito-
woc, Wis. Miss Sue E. Andrews, New Providence, Pa.,
has accepted a position as teacher of penmanship and
commercial work in Westbrook's C. C, Olean, N. Y.
A. W. Orion, formerly of Moline, Mich., is now connected
with one ot the Massey Business Colleges, and is located
at Alberta, Ala. L. D. Teter, formerly teacher of pen-
manship iu the la. B, C, Des Moines. la., is now taking a
law course in the Drake Univ., Des Moines, la., and hopes
to launch out a full-fledged lawyer soon. H. C. Spen-
cer has cnarge of a nourishing class in Olneyville, R. I.,
Y. M. C. A. A. D. Deibert, formerly of Catasauqua,
Pa., is now teaching penmanship aud bookkeeping in
Chaffee's Phonographic Inst., Oswego, N. Y. Elbridgo
L. Spellman has charge of the business department of tho
Columbian Trade B. C, 239 Wabash Ave., Chicago, 111.
W. A. Shurtleff is prin. of the com'l dept. Dakota
Uoiv , Mitchell, S. Dak. Bro. Dositheus has charge of
the penmanship in La Salle Acad., Providence, R. 1.
A S. Fries, formerly of Dansville, N. Y , is now con-
nected \Tith the Bliss B. C, North Adams, Ma^^-s. E.
G. Wright has charge of the pen. classes in the Y. M. C.
A., Washington, D. C. He also has charge of the same
department in the Normal College in that city. T. J.
Cathey, formerly of Thyatira, Miss., is now penman in
Draughon's B. C. Texarkana, Texas R. W. Fisher.
one time connected with the Clinton, la., B. C. and later
in St. Paul, Minn., is now located in Washington. D. C,
his P. O, address being Box 384. J. A. Drainville, C. S.
v., is teacher of pen. in the EcoleCommerciale St. Joseph
de Levis. Louzon. P. Q., Can. J. S. Wolfert, formerly
of New Castle, Pa,, is now taking a course in the Zaner-
ian Art Coll., Columbus, O. H. B. Slater, late of
Mahan's C. C, Sherman, Texas, is now penman of the
Archibald B C, Minneapolis, Minn.
M!/itienenl,
SMITH— DAVIES.
On December 30, 1S96, Miss Jeanette Davies was mar-
ried to Mr. Charles Farleton Smith, in the First Presby-
terian Church, Atchison, Kan. Mrs. Smith is the daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. William M. Davies of Atchison, and
Mr. Smith is the well-known commercial teacher and
member of the firm of Coonrod & Smith, proprietors of
business colleges in Atchison, St. Joseph and Kansas
City. Mr. and Mrs. Smith are at home at 725 Harrison
St., Kansas City, Mo.
RE A RICK— ROSE.
Miss Emma Rose was married to Mr. C. C. Rearick,
Thursday December 17. 1891}. Mr. and Mrs. Rearick are
at home at 3710 Third St., Highland Park, Des Momes, la.
II
Mr. Rearick has for many years been connected with the
Northern Illinois Normal School, Dixon, 111., of which
institution he was associate principal, and when this in-
stitution epreaxl out aud took rharge of the Highland
Park Nonnal Coll., Des Moines. la., Mr. Rearick became
principal of the latter institution, which position he still
holds.
ABOCBRICMT— O.MI.KV.
At Zum!^ 111., TuGKday. December 22, 1896. Miss Mary
T. Dailev wns united in mnrriage to Charles J. Argu-
bright. 'Mr. Argubright is principal of the commercial
and Hhorthand departments of Woodbine, la.. Normal
School. After January 21, "jr, Mr. and Mrs. Argubright
will be at home m Woodbme.
' On Wedneedav, December 23, at Rock Island, 111., Miss
Edith R. Wilkins was married to J. Edwin Gustus. Mr.
(Justus is principal of the Augustana B. C. in connection
with Angustana College, Rock Island, 111. This position
he has filled for several years. Before that he was con-
nected with a large school in Kansas and Packard's B. C,
New York. He is a strong teacher, and is well known to
hundreds of JorBNAh readers. Mrs. Gustus is a teacher
of phonography m Augustana B. C, a position sbe hai^
most Baccessfully filled during the past three years.
^I^S^nma/C^Q^^QMaJtnaS
SfW CntaloffUfi
altt, ICtc.
— Holiday season usually brings a number of calendars,
souvenirs, etc, and this year has been no exception. We
have received a large variety of school printed matter —
most of it excellent.
— From F. J. Toland of the Wisconsin B. U.. La Crosse,
Wis., we get " Rock of Ages " in a beautifully embossed
cover, printed in colors and illustrated throughout. It is
a very handsome souvenir, and one that will be kept by
the recipient.
— From the Rockland, M©., C .C, H. A. Howard, Prop.,
we have received a handsome calendar printed in red and
black and several well handled school documents. All
contained well executed drawings from the pen of E. L.
Brown.
— C. E. EcUerle, Pres. National B. C, Roanoke, Va.,
favors us with his new calendar for '07. It is a good
advertisement for the school.
— Anything in the line of printed matter sent out by
the University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Ind., is
always tasty. Their '0« calendar bears an artistieally
engraved steel heading ; their catalogue is well printed,
and the Holiday number of the Noti e Dame Sclwlasfic is
one of the best college papers brought to our notice.
There is a literary flavor about the Scholastic that would
do credit to many professional writers.
— The souvenir of the College of Pen Art of the North-
ern 111. Normal School. Dixon, 111 , J. B. Dille, prin., L. M.
Kelchner, penman, contains a number of handsome pen
drawings. Young penmen would do well to get a copy
of it.
— The catalogue of the St. Paul, Minn., B. C. Maguire
Bros., Props . is a well handled, neatly printed one.
— The Hiffh School Juunuil, sent out by the Wilkes-
Barre, Pa, High School, is one of the best high school
xchauges we have received.
— The ll'o('A(f(/o!/ Il'oj'/f/, issued by the University of
the Pacific. College Park, Cal., of which Penman C. A.
Bernhard is business manager, is a very newsy, well
handled publication.
— The liockij Mountain CoUcjian, published by the
students of the State Agh. Coll., Ft. C'ollius, Colo., is a
well edited publication.
— 77ic Vinccnnrs liusiness ICducfitor, published by the
com'l dept. of the Vincennes, ind., Univ., has a title page
from the pen of F. C. Weber, prin. of the com'l and pen-
manship depts.
— The Siwncerian College News, issued by the Spencer-
ian B. C. Cleveland. O., always contains some choice
reading matter in addition to college news and advertise-
ments.
— Chestnvf wood's Btislness Collcffc Juunml, Santa
Cruz. Cal., contains a vast amount of information of in-
terest to prospective students. It is well edited, aud
must do the school a gieat deal of good.
— The Napa B. C, H. L. Guun, Prin.. sends out a
tweuty-four page college journal, with cover. Much uf
this is plato matter, of interest to average prospective
students.
— Well handled school catalogues have been received
from the following institutions: Wapakoneta, O., Law
and Bus. Univ.; Maryland B. C, Baltimore. Md.; Chat-
tanooga, Tenn,, Normal Univ.; Wood's Wilkes Barre,
Pa., Coll.; The Elstan Correspondence School. Canton
Mo.; Philadelphia, Pa., Univ. of Shorthand; Sac Citv'
la., Collegiate lust.; Eastman B. C, Poughkeepsie, N. v!
— College .iournals have been received from the follow-
ing : Tampa, Fla., B. U.; Actual B. C, Canton. O-
Searcy. Ark., Coll.; Salem. Mass.. Com'l School ■ Syra-
cuse. N. Y.. Univ.; Salt Lake, Utah, B. C; Heald's B. C
San Francisco, Cal. ; Champaign, III.. B. C; Dixon, 111 ',
B. C; Indian Industrial School, Carlisle, Pa.; Spencerian
B. C.,EvansviIle, Ind.; Bryant & Strntton B. C Louis-
ville. Ky.; Dover, N. J., B. C; Bisler B. C. Wooster. ■
Highland Park Nor. Coll., Des Moines, la. ' '
— School circulHi-s are at hand from these schools ■
Wolf's B. C. Hagerstown, Md.; Anderson, Ind.. Nor
Univ.: BoKvu's Practical B. C. Bethany. Mo.; Rutland
English and Classical Inst., Rutland, Vt. '
— C. A. Wessel, Prin. of Com'l Dept., Ferris Industrial
School, Big Rapids, Mich., issues a very neat souvenir for
a large class of commercial graduates. The names of the
students are printed, with portrait of Mr. Wessel.
— A Christmas letter from '* John to Papa " is a very
bright bit of advertising sent out by the Mountain City
B. C, Chattftuooga, Tenn.
Fraternal Notes.
— J. S. Merrill, supervisor of writing in tbe Urbaua. O.,
public schools, iuforms us that the higli school buildiuK of
that citv was burned on December 12, entailing a loss of
*sn.(WO,"with only*iO,000 insurance. Ten thousand dol-
lars' worth of apparatus and drawing materials and ?I5(J0
pupils' books were destroyed. Work will be commenced
at once on a new building.
— In the Fort Worth, Texas, Ptihiii- SehonI Marjiizini-
for November we find several pages devoted to an ac-
count ot the prize winning of the Ft. Worth public schools
at the Texas State Fair. Supervisor R. F. Moore is very
proud of ten gold medals and ^2.5 in cash won on the
drawing and writing exhibits.
— John Schlarb, superintendent of schools, Osnaburg,
O., desire.s to have his teachers keep posted on writing
and drawing matters, and as a preliminary has sent 'The
Journal a good list of subscriptions trom among the
teachers.
— E. J. Plantier, late supervisor of writing. Bellows
Falls, Vt., has accepted a position as teacher of writing
in the Kamras, O., public schools.
— We are in receipt of the course of study of the San
Bernardino, Cal., High School. We notice that drawing
is given a fair show in each of the four years' work, but
in the regular work we don't see that writing is included.
However, they have a very strong business department,
presided over by H. E. Perrin, who looks after the writ-
ing there.
— C. G. Cayhoe, special teacher of writing and drawing
in the Cardington, O., public schools, is meeting with
much success in his work.
— Miss Pauline Wannack, who writes a splendid busi-
ness hand, has charge of the penmanship in the Macon,
Ga., public schools. In the late school report of Bibbs
Co. she is praised for her work.
— Miss Hallie M. Hood is supervisor of writing in the
Westerly, R. 1., public schools.
— Miss M. Ella Brown, supervisor of writing aud music
iu the Ilion, N. Y.. public schools, is interested in vertical
writing, and sends Thk Journal some excellent work
trom the pen ot Eddie Staples, one of her pupils.
— W. C. Faust is special teacher of writing and draw-
ing in the Fredericktown, O., public schools.
— E. A. Boggs, formerly of Boone, la., has charge of
the penmanship in the public schools ot Waterloo, la ,
and also of the commercial branches in the Waterloo Col-
lege, spending half day in each. He writes a dashv busi-
ness hand and is a good ornamental writer as well.'
— Miss Alice J. Van Ness, formerly special teacher ot
writing in the Jonesville, Mich., schools, is resting this
year-
— J. R. Baldwin, formerly penman in Duncan's, Daven-
port, la., B. C , is now prin. of the com'l dept. of the Da-
venport High School. He also teaches penmanship.
— S. B. Lathan, prin. of Mt. Carmel, S. C, graded
schools, is a splendid writer, aud is putting his stndents
on the same track. A good list ot subscriptions from him
shows that he has them genuinely interested.
— In the Amci-icim Illuslralvd for December we find a
speaking likeness, good autograph and a two- page sketch
ot J. P. Jones, the prin. of the com'l dept. aud special
teacher ot writing in the La Porto, Ind., schools
Weil-Known Supervisors.
■W. E. Harsh, until recently Supervisor o£ Writing in
the Public Schools ot Helena, Mont., was born on a farm
in Carroll County, Ohio, m years ago. His early years
HARSH.
Owen Crist of Mt. Union College, Alliance, Ohio. Fol-
lowing this he taught in the public schools ot Ohio and
Montana, and in ISflO was elected Superisor of Writing in
the Helena Public Schools, which place he held until re-
cently, wheu the services of Supervisor of Writing were
dispensed with on the false ground of economy. At pres*
ent he is disengaged, and is living in Alliance, Ohio. Mr.
Harsh is an enthusiastic teacher, and gets good results.
He is a constant reader and user ot The Penman's Art
Journal, tn addition to his other accomplishments, he
is a teacher and writer of Benn Pitman Phonography.
Mr. Harsh is married, has two children and is a church
member.
Normal School Penmen.
W. F. HOSTETLER.
W. F. Hostetler was born March 'J'J. 1S70, near Lapaz,
Ind., and was reared on a farm.
He was very fond of books and a good student.
He began teaching at sixteen near Corunna, in Dekalb
County, Ind., and has taught nine years, first in country,
then in village and city schools.
Mr. Hostetler, trom childhood, took great delight in
Writing and Drawing. Like many other conscientious
teachers, he determined to teach penmanship as well as
he taught other branches. He bought books on the sub-
.iect, and by diligent practice soon attained a fair degree
of excellence, sul3icient to secure a position as Supervisor
ot Penmanship and Drawing in the Bremen schools.
This he held two years. At the end of this time he at-
tended the Valparaiso Normal, and did work under B.
were spent in the usual rural pursuits. He first became
interested in penmanship by having a copy of (/a.iheir.i
Mmja:u,c fall into his hands. A copy of "a penmanship
compendium furnished copies and iu.spiration. He took
a course in penmanship under Theodore Armstrong and
W. F. HOSTETLER,
F. Williams. He says : " As 1 sat at Professor's side and
.saw him execute the beautiful design in a recent issue of
the Journal, I then and there resolved to master it."
Next year he went to the Zanerian, and was graduated in
Penmanship aud Drawing.
He returned and became a candidate tor County Super-
intendent, being only defeated by the annulling ot the
new State law by the Supreme Court. Mr. Hostetler is
a teacher in every sense ot the word. He was Principal
ot the Lapaz Schools tour years, and resigned to accept
his present position as Principal ot Penmanship Depart-
ment ot the Tri-State Normal and Business College, An-
gola, Ind.
This is a large and growing school. Mr. Hostetler is
taking advantage of his opportunities and devoting his
time to Latin and Greek, making them his ma.jor studies.
He has large classes here, and the proprietors are highly
pleased with the man and the results he obtains.
He is an earnest, enthusiastic advocate ot plain busi-
ness writing in the public schools, and believes in giving
the masses a good handwriting.
Warlike Business Writing.
Several Journal readers have decipliered the
specimen of peculiar writing printed in the Decem-
ber Journal and labeled, "Warlike Businees ('0
Writing. " Among the first to reach The Journal
office were those of Henry M, Webster, cashier.
Mf'ra' Adv't Bureau, New York, and Victor
Frazee, High School, Providence, R. 1.
One person labored under the impression that a
prize would be awarded the successful reader.
This was a mistake, as no piize was offered.
Here is the translation :
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HEAnQUARTERS ThIHD BRIOADE. N. G. P., I
Camp Andrew G. Curtin. f
Mount Gretna, Pa., July 25.1»!t5.
TniLBV, Cottage No. 11. Chautauqua Grounds.
r of great
It will require one hour's cannonading to kill tbem
all, but we trust this slight noise will not disturb your rest.
EDclo»ed pleaHe find check for amount of damages. The
bank's Htock is somewhat watered at present, but if check is
presoQted without delay, I think you can reach rock
bottom.
I have the honor to remain. Madam,
S^
SEVEN AMERICANS ABROAD,
BV CHARLES ROLLINSON, ONE OF THEM.
We were seven. The original plan included one more.
as you will .see by consulting the above diagram, but
owing to unforeseen circumstances one of the elected was
unable to go. much to the disappomtment of all.
Amid a flutter of excitement aud handkerchief waving
our big ship slipped away. We had ten weelis to spend
iu discovering Europe and getting from it all the fun
possible, and you can rest assured we improved every
minute.
We left New i'ork, May 1«, I8'JB, by steamer " Kaiser
Wdhelm," North German Lloyd; called at Gibraltar for
five hours; arrived in Naples May 28; Naples to Pompeii ;
thence to Vesuvius, Cava, Amalfl, Sorrento, Blue Grotto
on Island of Capri, Naples, Rome, Florence, Pisa,
Bologna, Venice, Milan, Bellagio (Lake Como), Menaggio,
Porlezza (Lake Lugano), Ponto Tresa, Luino on Lake
Maggiore, stopping at Isola Bella ; thence to Pallanza,
Gravolona, Dammodossola, Simplon (Siniplon Pass over
Alps), Bvieg, Martignv, Chamouix (Tete NoirPass), Mt.
Blanc, Mer de Glace and Des Bossons Glaciers ; Clnses,
Geneva, Ouchy, Laus.anoe, Scherzligen on. Lake Thuu,
Interlaken, Giessbach, Lucerne (over Brunig Pass), Mt.
Rigi, Bale, Heidelberg, Darmstadt, Mayence, Cologne,
Amsterdam, The Hague, Antwerp, Brussels, Pans,
London, Edinburgh, returning to London and sailing
from Southampton on July 1,5 by North German Lloyd
steamer " Spree," arriving in New York July 2:i.
The "Kaiser Wilbelm " is a flue ship, with service
and all in connection with the boat on a grand scale.
You could live no better at the best hotels. The weather
was beautiful, and our voyage was a very calm and
delightful one. Music, dancing and other entertainments
made'the time slip away.
From New York to Naples is a twelve days' trip. For
four days we saw nothing but a vast stretch of ocean,
then a sail appeared on the horizon aud all was excite-
ment. The Azore Islands were our first sight of land on
the sixth day. Three day3j,later we dropped anchor at
Gibraltar. After a visit to the most wonderful fortress in
the world, we returned to the steamer and were soon
steaming away on the Mediterranean.
ASHORE AT NAPLES.
Gn May 28 we reached Naples, entering the beautiful
bay early in the morning. At 3 a.m., we were all on
deck to see Vesuvius by moonlight. Smoke was emerg-
ing from the crater, and we could distinguish the flery
red lava running down the sides of the mountain.
At Naples we engaged a guide, who showed us the city,
visiting the Aquarium, Museum and other important
places. One of the first things that attracted our atten-
tion was the manner in which milk is supplied to the in-
habitants of the city. Cows are led from door to door,
the people come out with cups and pitchers and the cows
are milked in their presence. Herds of goats are also
driven about and milked in the market place or at the
houses as required. Donkeys with great loads on their
backs go struggling along. .Although most of the streets
are very dirty, the many bright colors that are used by
the people in their dress added to the pictnre.squeness o"f
the houses makes the scene at once attractive and gives
one a Ijeautiful bit of color that is so much to feast on
that the fact ot the place being dirty does not come into
your mind at all.
At noon we took a train for Pompeii, and made a thor-
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b
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ough esaminatiou of tbi* wonderful bmied city. One is
amazeil at the richness of this architecture of 2,000 years
CLIMBING VESUVIUS.
Themorniug following we took carriages, and after a
beautiful ride through quaint villages reached Mount
Vesuvius. The streets in the villages are so narrow that
there is barely room for a carriage. The drivers have
peculiar whips with long lashes, and they keep snappiug
these whips to warn the natives of their approach. It
was very amusing to watch the childreu huddling up to
the side of buildings as we went plunging and swaying
through these narrow streets.
Having secured ponies we started for the ascent. It
was the first time most of us had been on ponies, conse-
quently it was a great experience. We got a lively shak-
ing up before we reached the summit. We went first to
what is called the new crater. Here yon see the molten
lava flowing red hot out of the mountain. We went
within ten feet of this running lava, which was so hot
that it was with great difficulty and much discomfort we
could stay there, However, we did stay long enough to
make photographs and also see a guide put pennies in
the lava that we might bring home a souvenir of the
crater. For a distance of 200 or more feet the heat of this
mountain of lava is such that you can feel it through the
soles of your shoes, and iu many places you have to keep
changing from one foot to the other to prevent burning
your shoes. It was a never-to-be-forgotten trip for us
all.
We next took the inclined railroad up to the old crater,
Vesuvius proper. Government guides then conduct you
to the mouth of the crater. It is dangerous to go too
near the edge, and you have to be satisfied with n view
within two or three feet of the brink. The sulphurous
smoke coming out of the opening is about all that is to be
seen. It made us all choke and cough, and we were glad
to get away. At almost any point on the summit you
can scrape up the yellow sulphur, and it is generally so
hot that you cannot hold it in yom- hand.
The boys that look after your ponies are a very amus-
ni
ing lot of little fellows. They fix your saddles and try to
make you comfortable; then when you are settled in
your seat they grasp the tail of the pon.v, hit tho beast
with a stick and off you start on your journey, the pony
not only carrying you on its back, but also dragging the
small boy behind. Every little while the boy will either
punch the pony with his stick or give it au awful crack
exclaiming at the same time: "Ah, ah, Macaroon! " or
whatever name the animal may have. (Macaroon was the
name of mine.) This will set the poor brute off on a run,
much to the discomfort of the pony, I suppose, but surely
to the party that is riding, for it gives one a frightful
jouncing. I had to gi-asp both the front and back of the
saddle, to say nothing of wrapping my legs around the
little animal, to prevent being thrown off.
We returned to Pompeii, and continued in carriages to
Cava, remaining over-night at a hotel that had formerly
been a palace.
In the morning we drove to Vietri and so along the
shore road to Ainalfi, This ride is considered about the
finest in the world. The castellated mountains on your
right and the bewitching Bay of Solerno on your left are
beyond description. Terraced hills with vineyards,
monasteries, shrines, caves where the brigands of olden
times hid their plunder and held their revelry, are
among the many interesting things that one sees on this
journe,v.
At Sorrento our hostelr.v, the Imperial Hotel Tramon-
tino, crowns a cliff directly on the Bay of Naples. From
the veranda we could look down 300 feet to the water be-
low. All around the hotel are orange and lemon groves.
We picked the fruit and enjoyed it hugely.
THE BEAUTIFUL BLUE GROTTO OK CAPRI.
The next day we went to the Blue Grotto on the Island
of Capri. This is a mavelously beautiful place. The
water of the Bay of Naples is very blue, but inside the
Grotto it seems much more so. We were obliged to lie
flat on our backs in the row boats in order to go through
the small openiug to the cavern. Once inside the efl'ect
is beyond description. The silvery water made doubly so
by the splashing of the oars and the remarkable rock for-
mation above and around you. Added to this the voices
of those in the boats and the cry of the boy that for a
franc will jump into the water and disturb it that vou
may better see the silvery effect, make you feel as though
you had entered a land ol dreams and enchantment.
THE ETERNAL CITY.
Rome, the Eternal City,
was our next objective
point. For five days we
reveled in the sights of the
famous city under the care
ot Professor Forbes, the
celebrated arch^ologist,
visiting St. Peter's with its
magnificent dome 44.5 feet
high and Mosaic pictures of huge proportions; the bronze
statue ot St. Peter with the toe that has been worn
white by the constant kissing by the Pilgrims; the Vaticou
with its miles ot pictures and statuary. These claimed
our enraptured attention.
Many a time did we wish we had studied our ancient
histories harder when we came to look at the ruins of tho
x/^-^.
original city, founded over twenty-five centuries ago on
the Palatine Hill. The ruins are in a very good state of
preservation, and are carefully guarded by the Govern-
IV
'^nmxuhAQ:^Ul>CL£u,tAaS
ment The Pontheon Baths of Caracalla, Temple of Nep-
tune, Forum of Augustus, Forum and Column of Trajan,
Forum Eomanum, the Atrium Vestre or House of the
Vestal Virgins, Circus Maximus, Aich
of Constantinc, Meta Sudauo, the
Colossus of Nero, Site of the Golden
House, the Basilira! ot the Forum of
Cupid, the Coliseum, Church of St.
Paul, without the walls of the city,
said to be next to St. Peter'sin grand-
eur; Church of St. Maria degli Angeli,
St. John's Lateran, the Cathedral
Church of Rome, the Scala Sancta.
All these places and many others we
carefully visited. „ . ,
From' Rome we went to Florence. Here we enjoyed
the famous UHiizi and Pitti Oalleries. One room m the
UBzzi Gallery is said to hold the
most celebrated paintings in the
world. A side trip to Pisa en-
abled us to visit the Leaning
Tower, Cathedral and Baptistery.
It wao quite a climb up the Tower,
which from its leaning position
imparts a strange sensation. One
feels as if it might tip completely
over at any time.
Back again at Florence we saw
the Tomb o£ the Medici, also
Michael Angelo's famous figures of Night and Morning.
Wont in Dante's house where it is said he wrote his
" Inferno." Having feasted our eyes on the beautiful
things in Floreuc* we continued our trip. Stopped at
Bologna for a short time and then pushed on to Venice.
I To hv
I1(.)
boys at the office of the Ewi^Un- .sailly overhauled the
scrap bags and the ancient strata of old copy which en-
vironed the political desk, all written upon the back ot
pink subscription blanks of the Kiiqvirrr, and the manu-
script of the genial Bloss was scattered as mementoes
among his friends.
My piece is herewith accurately copied. I have been
thinking of offering one hundred bicycles' to the first
hundred nearest guessers in Philadelphia ; but 1 reflect
SCIENCE AIDS IN BAFFLING FORGERY.
The Worst Writer in America.
It has been said that all soils of meanings could be ex
ttacted from one of Horace Greeley's letters, dependent
upon which margin of the paper was held uppermost.
There are still in the insane asylums of the country num-
bers ot old-time compositors who rashly worked too long
upon the tangled chirography of the grizzled Horace.
Mauy people who had tackled the writing of tne great
editor came to believe that it was absolutely the worst
ever perpetrated in the history of the world, but. bless
you ! they didu't know, fur all the time there existed iu
Cincinnati a man mimed M D. Bloss, a modest, unassum-
ing man, who made no proud claim for his wonderful
ability to hide his ideas upou paper. He was a reporter
upon the ICnqirirt'i; ftud his penmanship was so unspeak-
ably beyond comprehension it made (Ti-eeley's manuscript
appear ivs the skilled achievement of a professor in a first-
class business college.
More wonderful still, there were men at the case who
had '* got onto his curves" and who set nothing else.
They couldn't handle ordinary cle.au written copy. It
was Bloss or nothing with them. After a while Bloss
was promoted to the position of political editor. This
was right in his line, for the politicians could always find
just what they wanted iu his copy with the help of the
writer, and when it didn't come out that way iu the pa-
per it was all laid to the blame of the stupid compositors.
No one may know to what heights of perfection in
point of utter badness Bloss might have carried his copy
in course of time. All he needed was the thought of a
Browning, which, coupled with his handiwork, would
have made him an immortal. But one day in 1ST6 he was
killed by an accident upou the "Pan Handle," and the
n>^
Zi^^R/'^
that both Kirkbride's and the Nomstown Asylum are
already overcrowded.
This fragmeut has been variously deciphered to coutain
an attack upon the nepotism of General Grant as Presi-
dent, to be an answer from a farming friend regarding
early cabbages, and also a declination to run for the Ohio
Legislature. 1 give it up. Solutions should be accom-
panied by postage stamps as a guarantee of high pert^onal
character. -F;T(n/c H. Tayloi-y in Philadplphin Jntiuirrr.
LATEST CARD STYLES.
Up to- date visiting cards are inscribed in Roman let-
ters. The use of script is not obsolete, but as a fashion-
able whim it is decidedly outre, says New Yorl: JoumaL
Both styles are occasionally seen on one card ; for in-
stance, the name in clearly defined, aggressive Roman let-
ters and the place of residence in delicately outlined
script.
The newest cards are exceedingly thin, fine of texture,
with a remarkably dull finish. Those for matrons are
almost square, measuring three inches in length and two
and three quarter inches in width. For the " miss " of
the family an eighth of an inch smaller is the decree, and
for the male members a slender card a trifle larger than
half the size of the matron's card.
Personal preference is no longer permitted the widow
as to the style of her visiting card. Society does not con-
cede to her the right to use her husband's name, but she
must be known as Mrs Agnes Jones-Brown.
You should by all means leave a card if the mistress of
the house is not at home when you call. Leave two of
your husband's cards as well, should it be the first call of
the year. After dinner invitations only is it good form to
leave the husband's card again during the season.
Immediate replies are the rule to a wedding breakfast
invitation. To those bidding you to a dinner responses
must imperatively be given at once.
Prompt personal inquiry is most desirable where sym-
pathy is to be expressed. If this is impossible, a card by
mail containing a word of condolence or inquiry, as the
occasion may require, is the proper thing.
From -l to o'clock in the afternoon and 8 to 10 in the
eveniug are the hours observed by men in polite society
for calling or leaving cards. Gentlemen are expected al-
ways to call upon the ladies "at home" day. At such
times a card left for the master ot the house is correct.
After a first hospitality and after every entertainment
sending or leaving a card becomes a duty.
If a gentleman is a member of the army or navy it is
permissible that his proper title shall adorn the card.
Abbreviations which indicate the profession of a gentle-
man follow the name.
A gentleman's club address may properly appear in the
left corner, or if he resides at his club in the lower right
Hlily ill nil llniid^ rithiL'.
IVi'C Ever H'rttttn Afilir.
vei- inu He.
' Th'i Sciantiftc Investigation of Haudwritiiit,'"' w
Xo Tiro Si ff mil It
Ames of New York. In addition to its scientific voiuo addi-
tional interest was tiivmi to the lecture because of Professor
Ames beius om- >•{ th.> > xp.'r t.-; whi. nime to this city for the
purpose ol pn'^-n':; n]<.'u t lir LTi intiinMii'ss of tho pencil will
and pencil do.^ii-^ m ilh . .-I.l.i ;it.'.l l-'air will case.
Professor Ami'- iii;nti- •■]>■ ,y i \io v.n iius points of hislectare
by the aid of a lilnrkl'Maiii. iliuf-tnilini.' in chalk as he pro-
ceeded. He said that be lutd olleu Ufiird people say that there
was nothing in the scientific luvestiyation of writing, for the
reason that persons taucht by the tamo instructor and fol-
lowing the same text book'i wrote very much alike. He told
his hearers not to believe this, for character was as indelibly
stamped upon handwritins as on the face or form of an indi-
vidual. A class ot pupils under the same instruction might
by care and application iearn to write very much alike, but
when they went out into the world their handwriting beRsn
to change under the influence ot environment, character,
taste and habit. It one hecame a bookkeeper his handwrit-
ing would be orderly and uniform ; another Koing into a law
oflSce would reel otf hiero^ilypbics m an effort to get his
thoughts upon piper : a third going into an insuance office
would gradually develop a handwriting in which there was
uuality, symnetry and fauilty. The one retiring from arhonl
to take charge ot an estate he has inherited and to live at
ease would follow much the same hand as he had acquired
at school.
If a man is orderly his handwriting will be orderly. If he
is slovenly his handwriting will be slovenly. It a man fol-
lows a commercial life he will develop a symmetrical and
practical hand. Changes took place in every letter of the
alphabet in mnking the adult bunuwiiting. These changes
crejit in unconsciously and no two handwritings were alike.
No one handwriting had been in duplicate of another on
this earth and never would bp.
Professor Ames said that a person writing perfect Spen-
cerian would baffle an expert. The writing of two instructors
that was perfect Spencerian would baffle an expert, and ho
could do nothing with it because it was impersonal. But
after leaving school tOe writing of tbe ■oupil gradually
changed Irom the copy taught until it took on the charac-
teristics of the writer. No adult writer thought of what he
was writing— that is. of the letters he was forming. He
wrote automatically, placing his thoughts upon paper by
for e of habit
" If one altemnts to forge the handwriting of another he
un.'oiisriiMi-l\- iniroduces his own personality into the
foiv'i \ ' --iHi "'■ j^peaker. "There are three conditions
whii h in.il;i- it i n possible for a forgery to be perfect. First,
the wi ill r ill - ii.>! koow all his own peculiar personalities :
second, li'i LlnL-s iiijf know all the peculiar personalities of the
writer who-;G hand ho seeks to imitate; third, he is not the
pBrfect artist hi nself to make his eye or hand do exactly
what he wishes,
" In forgeries the hand stops at unnatural places. The
writing is stiff and frequently has been retouched. These
conditions are usually apparent at first sight Then the
expert takes the geunine writing or exem,plar and makes
comparisons. He will find that in the forgery the lines are
crossed or closed a little higher or lower than in the genuine,
and there will also be other differences readily seen by the
Professor Ames told of a forgery in Philadelphia in which
S41K) OtH) was involved The original document had bi-en writ-
ten by a man 70 years old and the forgery by a young man.
The old man. in his youth, had been taught the old Spencer-
ian system of writing, and still retained some of its charac-
teristics The voung man Itad learned modern KpenceriE
distinguish the forged letti
) distini^uish wheal
It was a popular idea that a man could completely dif-guise
his writing by changing his pen from the right to the left
hand. This wasa mi*ttako. as the writing of the left hand
would take on the same characteristics as the right so far as
its luck of skill would permit.
It was often urged tiiat experts disagreed, and that con-
sequently there was mihinginit. There was nothing in
art. sL-ience or literature as to which all people agreed.
Sometimes tbe expert wa** baffled because he was not given
ground enout;h to stand upon. The professor told of a case
in which Stil.Uf'U was stolen from an express package and
green pnp-r substituted, alter which a new tag was placed
on th-^ package and it was forwarded. Tho exoert was given
tbe tag. the onlv writing upon which were the word and
ablireviation. "Susquehanna, Pa." Samples of the hand-
writing of every employee through whose hands the package
was sui'posed to have passed were procured and submitttd
to the expert to determine which of the writers wrote the
wcrds on the tag. The expert failed to locate the writer of
the lag. It was reasonable that he should do so from the
limited amount of writing in ciuestion. As was subsequently
proved by tbe capture and confession of the thief, his writing
wa^ not among tlie specimens submitted to the expert.
The lecturer advised his audience that in adopting
a signature it was better to write it with a full or
forearm swing. It was almost impossible to forge fa-
cility and sweep. Anything that tended to delibera-
tion favored forgery. A tracing or drawn line was easily
discovered under a microscope. It differed from a stroke
line in that the former was irregidar and tbe ink (lowed less
freely from the pen. It was much more ditlicuit to discover
a pencil forgery than ono in ink No man ever wrote his
name twice abke. and an exact copy of a signature was
always known to b^a forgery. Odd and fantastic signatures
were'more easily forged than those whirh flow and sweep.
The professor talked at length upon the manner in which
occupation, nationality and sex could be told in handwriting.
A woman's handwriting showed the 'lamo caprice and fancy
as did the feathers and ribbons of her hat and dress.— r/ie
San Francisco Chronicle, Dec. 17, 1H96.
The Fair will case, ou which Mr. Ames was
called as expert, will be illustrated in The Jouhnal
as soon as the case is legally disposed of.
Penman's Art Journal.
The Increase of colleges in Ame:ica during the last hun-
dred years bus been marvelous. Before the breaking
out of the Revolutionary War nine were In existence, and
now the total number is four hundred and fifty-one. —
ExchaiKje.
Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune,
but great minds rise above it. — Wushiiujton Ircing.
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tionsot the ll'Md/n rrnmau have been wrintcd. No similar
publication hna as laree a circulation."— i^roHi the Western
Vciiman. December. 18911.
Then you lie or we do. You cannot possibly have
known the circulation of The Penman's Art Journal
for this specially selected three months, simply because
.you did not take the trouble to inquire. Notwithstand-
ing, with entire disregard of what might be the real
facts, you make a sweeping statement that is demon-
strably false upon your own admission, and with the
same fine recklessness put upon it your pledge of verifica-
tion — " all statements to the contrary notwithstanding."
Wherefore, it is perfectly plain that you lie, or we do.
Now, come out of the bushes and let us have the dirty
business cleared up for once and all. The Journal's
paper makers are Vernon Bros. & Co., 26 Reade St., New
York. Tins Journal's printers are the Williams Print-
ing Company, 233 William St., New York. They are au-
thorized to give you any information that you may seek.
Who perform these services for you y
For the benefit of any one really interested iu knowing
the facts, we will say that it is not only true that " no^
less than Hi. 000 copies" of each and every one of the
three issues of The Penman's Akt Jouunal for the three
months specially selected by -the Western I'enmim have
been printed and circulated, but that statement falls very
much short of the full truth. For instance, the aver-
age circulation of The Penman's Art Journal for the
past sis months has been lti,4.'jS copies, and the average
circulation for the past four months (embracing the
period selected by the Western Penman) has been over
ir.OflO copies.
Two or three months ago we published the figures of
Thk Journal's circulation for the entire year. Being
unable to make so good a showing (or it assuredly would
have published the figures), our contemporary, with
characteristic recklessness, preferred to remain behind
the woodpile and promulgate this glittering generalty :
'■ Our circulation is greater th«i that of any other pen
mauship publication, slalemenrs to llie contmrii noluitli-
stftnilin'i." Which, as we have proven out of its own
mouth, is perfectly untrue. We think Cedar Rapids
would better guess again and confine its gness to a single
number— the same to be made specially to order with
tbat end in view.
TuK Penm.an's Aht Journal's circulation is not only
the largest of its class iu the world, but it is a significant
fact that a large majority of its subscribers buy that edi-
tion which costs fully twice us much as any other pen-
man's paper. The present issue of The Journal begins
its twenty-fii'st year and finds it with thousands of friends,
over all English spealdng -\m'ric>. There have been
times in this long period when the pulling was rather
hard, but never any time when The Journal has sought
to attract patronage by back-biting its fellow workers,
or to put them in a false position by means of dishonor-
able insinuation, garbled extracts and reckless imputa-
tion.
We may be wrong, but we have a sort of idea that this
bushwhacking, campaign has not panned out exactly ac-
cording to expectation. The tenor of our large corre-
spondence and the way our good clubbing friends are com-
ing forward back up that view. One of them has just
seut in a graphic expression ot his sentiments lelatmg to
this matter iii the form of a list of over four hundred
subscribers— and " there are others," in numbers as never
before.
THAT CHICAGO MEETING.
A OIL- >iiKie»a lioiii Every fSlniiiliioiiil.
riie Lnryetl Conienlion of lummercial Tenrhers
Jieer Held.
The 1896 meeting of the four associatioDS com-
prising the Federation of Commercial Teachers'
Associations was a historical one, and many who
were present, in years to come will look back at this
meeting as being tbe first really great and largely
W. N. FERRIS.
MRS. M. E. SWAYZE,
attended meeting of commercial teachers. There
have been other large meetings, bat none so well
attended as the 1S90 meeting. It was a represtnta-
tive gathering and one that did honor to the cause
of practical education.
■The programme was well carried out, and the
verdict of all was that the members had a jolly good
time. The business schools, commercial teachers
and specialists in the public schools of Chicago ex-
tended a right royal welcome, and did everything in
their power to make the visiting members feel at
home.
FromDuUith, Minn , on the north to New Orleans
on the sou'h, New York on the east to Emporia,
Kang., on the west, and from a goodly number of
intervening States, did the clans gather.
The convention opened on time and the programme
vfas attacked with vim and snap, and from 1 pm
Mondiy tintil 11 HO p.m' Wednesday there wasn't a
minute's breathing time— scarcely time for eating
or sleeping.
The four associations, with four meaty, separate
programmes iu full sway at one time, reminded one
of a mammoth tour-ring circus, and a number who
were interestel in the four branches ot the work
were kept on the jump going from room to room to
catch a few words ot each programme.
Following the four associations' programmes came
the general or Federation programme, and, while it
was an after show and concert, yet it occupied about
as much space in the minds of all as tlie four ling
performance, and, like the after-show, and concert of
a circus, it sent all home for the night in good humor.
So successful was tbe ISOG meeting that members
present resolved that the attendance would be larger
in '97 and that the meeting would be better in every
particular than that of 1S96. This is a big contrai t
to undertake, but at the rate at which the association
is growing there is no telling how large the attend-
an -e will bo In 1897.
The programme as carried out in the Federation
and the four associations was as follows:
Peileration.
Monday December 28, I»I)8.
After tlio first session of the four associations the feder-
ated body iiiet at i p.TU. Monday. Dec. 2atb. President S. S.
Pa :kard made the opening address. Mayor Swift not put-
ting in an apppearance, O. M. Powers, Priu..of the Metro-
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politan Business College, welcomed the Federation to Chicago
in a few well-chosen words. Eloquent responses were made
by \V. N. Ferris, Big Rapids, Mich. : O. W. Brown, Jackson-
ville, 111., and E. R. Pelton. Cleveland. O. Tbe evening session
of the Federation was opened by a song by A. N. Palmer.
who was heartily applauded and compelled to favor the audi-
ence with another selection. The Presilent's address by
S. S. Packard followed. It was largely iu a reminiscent vein,
and was a document of historical and general interest. As
The Journal hopes to print it in the near future, no synop-
sis will be given at this time. The discussion ot the Presi-
dent's address was made by W. H. Sadler. Kolt. C. Spencer,
E. K. Felton, D T. Ames, Geo. W. Brown, U. C. Curtiss, J. W.
Warr, J. E. King, W. N. Ferris, Enos Spencer and W. J.
Kinsley.
Tuesday, Decemuer '^9, 1896.
The afternoon session of the Federation was opened with
music. A song, " The Picture on the Wall," was sung by <i.
W. Uurmau, of New Orleans. This song was composed by
Douglas P. Bird and dedicated to the Western Penmen s
-•issoci.ition. A lecture, ■' The Cost of a Fool," by Rev .
.lenkin Lloyd Jones, ot Chicago, was heartily eD,ioyed by
every member. It was full ot bright thoughts and noble
sentiment, and showed the Rev. Mr. Jones to be an original
thinker and a man who is not afraid to express his ideas,
even though they are opposed to the general opinion.
At the evening session of the Federation Miss Waller, ot
Chicago, favored the association with two sorgs. She was
roundly applauded.
The address ot the President of the Western Penmen's
Association was next delivered by L. M. Thornburgh, Cedar
Rapids, la. It was ably written, well delivered and showed
the high ideals that Mr. Thornburgh would have each mem-
ber of the association keep in mind.
"School Management." by E. N. Spellman of Chicago,
was the next paper. Mr. Spellman advo;ated a three years'
course, less advertising, no soliciting for students, teachers
to have a commission interest in the school. He clBimed
that If more attention were given to pupils loss advertising
would be required, as the pupils would be the school's best
advertisement. He took the teacher's side of the question
as against the school proprietor, and made bis points in a
strong, telling manner While the speaker held radical
views, yet it was easy to see the majority of the audience
were in accord with him.
" Father Spencer, His Life and Work," was a beautiful
tribute by his son, Robert C. Spencer, Milwaukee, Wis. He
described many personal characteristics and read several
poems written by his father.
" Ode to the Pen," written by Father Spencer, was suns
by the association to the tnne ot " Auld Lang Syne." S. S.
Packard followed Mr. Spencer, and gave many personal
reminiscences of Father Spencer during Mr. Packard's asso-
ciation with him in Bryant & Stratton's Business Collega
in Chicaeo forty years ago.
" Pedagogy in Business Education," by Carl C. Marshall,
Battle Creek, Mich., was a very able paper. Mr. Marshall
A. N, TALMFR,
Secrbtarv Federation of Educational Associatio
took the ground that until commercial teachers study
psychology and give ns much attention to the theory of
teaching as they do to the pr»ttice of it. they could never
take the high rank to which they were entitled.
WEDN.^SnA'
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ER 2!), 1806.
songs by Mr. Palmer
The meeting opened wi
which were en.ioyed by all.
'■Suc:ess in Business" was the theme of a splendid talk by
A. H. Revel], one of Chicago's solid and prosperous business
men. whose own career entitled him to talk on this then e.
Mr. Revell gave tbe teachers much good advice.
"Fraudulent Advertising" was discussed most earnestly
by B. B, Jones. Lexington, Ky..Bnd upon his motion a special
committee was appointed to draft resolutions on this mat-
ter. The committee reported later, and resolutions, after
some discussion and a few changes, were adopted. These
resolutions condemned dishonest advertising and tbe guar-
anteeing ot positions They were possed unanimously.
" How Much Law Should a Business Man Know 1 " was dis-
cussed by Hon Francis W. Walker. ex-Assistant State's
Attorney, Chicago. After stating that a business man who
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wishes t'j succeed should ko to ii law office when in letjal deep
water. Mr, Walker proceeded to show that the buainesg
mtn of the country shonhl take more practical interest in
polituK Mr. Walker enthus<?'i the audience.
•■ Tho Detection of Spurious HandwritinK." l>y D- T. Ames,
^few York, proved of unusual interoat. and Mr. Ames was
closely followed in his remarks by the audience. Far-simile^
of the genuine and forced writing in u number of noted
catics were distributed, and this helped the audience materi-
ally to understand tho comparisons made by the speaker.
Article! of the Constitution, tho name of the Federation,
by unanimous vote was changed to rend. " Federation of
Kducational Assaciaiions.'" which will be the name of the
fedoratod bodv h.-reiif ter. This change was made in deftrence
to the wishes of the Writing and Urawing Teachers-
Association. They thought the word " commercial" in the
<7ld name kept many public school teHchers from joining
their association.
Invitations for the next meeting were extended from Mil-
waukee, ChKvigo and New York. Upon vote of the associa-
^^^nman^Q^U/>QjStaAa^
G. W. HARMAN,
ISAAC S. DEMENT,
tion it woH decided to hold the meeting in Chicago, and the
selection of the school at which the meetings would be held
was left to the new Esocutive Committee. They selected
the Chi<ngo Easiness College, and in this school, during holi-
day week, IHli", will beheld the Twelfth Annual Meeting of
tho Federation of Educational Associations.
Tho names of tho now officers will be found in another
column.
WiHi^t'n rvnmen'H Asuoctatton.
MONUAY, DecKMBEH 28, 1896.
The session opened quite promptly, with President Thorn
burgh in the chair. After the report of the Treasurer and
other business the first topic on the programme, " Methods
Used in Teaching Beginning Classes in Business Writing."
by ('. N. Crniidle, Chicago, was taken up. Mr. C'randle advo-
cated, first, to secure the confidence of your pupils, and that
methods must ba adapted to the different grades of papils.
Tho pupils should be in a hnppy mood, and funny stories and
ridiculous illustrations of faults are often useful. A success-
ful teacher must be original and be a hustler. He gave six
rules of success : Work, work, work, work, work, work.
Discussion participated in by V. A. Faust, W. W. Terry. G.
A. Harman and A. N. Palmer.
The next topic. " Odds and Ends." was by C, A. Faust Chi-
cago. Mr. Faust said that methods of interesting a class is one-
half the battle. He believes in contests, uses a camera to take
pictures of groups of good writers, also has the members in
the class choose sides on the old fashioned spelling school
plan, to see which side can do the greatest amount of good
writing in a given time. He has a budget for each student
containing specimens selected daily. This is to be written
up at home and to be bound and examined ty the parents.
The discussion was participated in by Harman. Moore. Net-
tletou, Kinsley. Fish and Ames.
"Teaching Left Hand Writing," by W. H. H. Uarver.
Peoria. 111., followed. Mr. Garver said it was natural for
left hand writers to write back hand. He gave tho same
t>xerciso8 as for the ri^ht hand except cliange of slant. Mr.
Garver advocated practice with both hands for young
pupils. 80 as to encourage ambidextrous writinu. Discus-
sion participated in by Sadler. Harman. Stevenson, Moore,
Kinsley.
Tuesday, Deckmuek •>!), m»6.
The first subject on the programme was "New.^paper
Illustrating," by H. R. Beaton, of the Chicago rwiiaic. Mr.
Heaton explained how drawings are made and cuts engraved
111 the various styles of newspaper illustrating. He also
K.ive many helpful hints, told of qualifications necessary for
artists, and hiw the young to-be artist should start. An
artist with idv(u^ is more in demand than one with technical
skill alone.
"Revival of an Ancient Art." by C. L. Ricketts. Chicago,
followed. The art referred to is (hat of eng'rossing and
Illuminating. After a decay of several hundred years,
illuminating and engrossing have ouce more comt" to the
front, and artistic work of penmen is greatly in demand.
■' Business Writing. ' by A. N. Palmer, Cedar Rapids. Iowa,
followed. Mr Palmer ^ave his mi-tUods of handling classes,
and the conventl<m. with pen iu hand, followed the instruc-
tions. I. W. Pi^rson followed with some of his ideas of teach-
ing business writing, illustrated by the blackboard.
Dijcussion of capitals and small letters to use for business
purposes followed, and m.iny amusing and costly errors
made by telegraph operators and others were illustrated by
D. T. Ames.
.1. W. McCasli^ gave his plan of teaching business writing,
developing many good points.
At the oponiny of the afternoon session the President ap-
pointed a committee consisting of Messrs. Fish, t'raudle and
Kinsley to listen to n paper by Isaac S. Dement, of the
shorthand department, on "Muscle and Briin as Ap
pliod to Shorthand." Alter listening to .Mr. Dement wh >
udvjcated tbtj wrist and finger movemeut for shorthand.
claiming that muscular movement hindered rather than
heli)ed in speed and ease in writing, the Shorthand Associa-
tion declared it to be the opinion of that body that the long
hind method of teaching writing is diametrically opposed
to the method required for teaching shorthand, and further-
more that penmanship teachers should be instracted to
teach pupils a combined movement. Lively discussions in
both the Shorthand Association and the Western Penmen's
Association preceded the adoption of these resolutions. It
was the opinion of all those who had the most experience in
teaching shorthand, and particularly those who hid taught
both shorthand and long hand, that the wrist and finder
movement for shorthand was less tiring and led to greater
speed.
H. S. Hubble gave a most interesting talk on " Art in Ad-
vertising," reading a story in connection w ith it and enforc-
ing his points by many of his own drawings made for adver-
tising purposes, several of which have become widely known
by their appearance in magazines.
J. W. McCaslin was next on the programme, with " Relative
Position of Right Arm and Paper." Mr. McCaslin has many
strong i leas, -which he is not afraid to push to the front. In
a discussion that followod F. H Criger gave his method of
developing capitals from the M exercise. A. N. Palmer dis-
cussed whether the pupils should be given a particular style
in case they do not have one of their own.
Wednesday, Decembeb 30, 18!)(I.
G. E. Nettleton opened the ball with a strong presentation
of his method of teaching figures. Headvocatedsmall figures,
and departed from the old-time standard form in many par-
ticulars. Discussion was participated in by Fish. Criger,
Faust. Kinsley.
"Are We Teaching a Style of Writing That Can Be Retained
in Business ? " was J. F. Fish's subject. Mr. Fish was of the
opinion that we are : that the advancement made by business
colleges in the teaching of busines.s writing was such that
the students upon leaving the school were able to retain the
style of writing taught them. Discussion by Weaver.
Craudle. Pierson, Kinsley.
" Normal School Methods " was the topic of W. (3. Steven-
son. Emporia. Kans . who cUimed it was absurd to teach all
pupils to hold the hand in the same position. He condemned
Pre;
verfical writing. Discussed by Faust, Mills, Moore. Crandle.
The afternoon session was opened by a psper. " Iconoclasm
in Penmanship." by C. P. Zaner, and read by L. M. Thorn-
burgh. The subject was handled in Mr. Zaner's usual mas-
terly style.
"Movements to be Used in Teaching Business Capitals,''
by L. M. Thornburgh. brought out a running fire of ques-
tions and criticisms and gave Mr. Thornburgh an opportu-
nity to explain and illustrate many of tho strong points ho
uses in teaching. Discussed by Kelcbner and others.
"Business Writing," by W. J. Kinsley. Now York, ful-
Itiwed. The speaker claimed that teachers of business writ-
ing had not kept pace with the improvement in methods of
doing business and that our present style was too slow. Dis-
cussed by Crandle, Sharp, Brandrup, Kelly and others.
H. F. Keen, a Chicago public school teacher, appealed to
the association to devise some plan to help the Chicago pub-
lic school pupils out of the slough of chirographic despond in
which they are at present. He said they needed methods and
help that they are not getting.
Tho last number on the programme was " The Writing
Teacher's Mission," which was handled by G. E. Weaver.
Btr. Weaver said that the mission was a noble one, and em-
braced more than the mere teaching of writing.
It was voted to recommend toichange the name of the feder-
ated body to the " Federation of Kducational Associations."
After the election of officers, whose names are given in
another column, the associatiin adjourned.
Writinff anil Drawini
Monday, Dec
, 1890.
After the organization the first paper on the programme,
"Vertical Writing in Primary Grades." was read by O J.
Millikea of the Fallon School. Chcago. Mr. Milliken favored
vertical writing, and from a census of opinions of the prin-
cipals of the Chicago public schools it seems that they
favored it too. Short speeches by members, both pro and
con. followed.
Miss Lucy Keller. Dulutb, Minn., favored vertical, and
-stated she could write faster with it than with the slant.
She iilsi said she could not see how hygienic position could
t>e secured without hygienic desks.
H. Champlin, Cincinnati, stated that he could get no move-
ment with the vertical, and sfiid be could write it about
three-fourths as East as the slant. In the Cincinnati schools
they use the right oblique position.
J. H. Woodru.f . Indianapolis, found that the more he tried
vertical the m-jre he liked it ; advocated the slide arm rest
instead of renting as iu the oblique position.
H. B. Lehman Valparaiso. Ind., said his observation was
that not one in fifty who wrote vertical used muscular move-
"Vertical Writing in Grammar Schools," by W. .T. Black,
principal Sherwood School. Chicago. 111., brought out a num-
ber of strong points. He showed epecimens of pupils' work
and read letters from others giving their views on the rela-
tive merits of vertical and slanting writing.
The vertical advocates admitted that the wrist rested on
the table while writing vertical, and H. Champlln claimed
that no tea-her can teach movement who can't use it her-
self. He stated that two classes of people were easily con-
verted to vertical: First, the hook agent who was put into a
territory and told to get orders': second, teachers who have
failed in teaching slant writing.
W. C. Stevenson and A. N. Palmer opposed vertical and
J. H. Woodruff favored vertical, and E. E. Roudebu^h. Chi-
catto. favored it. D. W. Hoff. Oak Park. 111., advocated that
teachers should qualify themselves to teach either slant or
vertical.
Tuesday. December 29. 180n
" The Practical Helps Derived from a Membership of Five
Years in the Western Penmen's Association," by Howard
Champlin. Cincinnati, was largely reminiscent and gave ex-
pression of Mr. Champlin's views on the programmes here-
tofore presented by the as:;ociation. Mr. Champlin wasn't
afraid to speak right out in meeting, and gave some hard
raps here and there in a good natured manner and gave
praise where he thought it was deserved. He praised The
Journal for its good work and for its stand against flap-
doodleism.
Miss L. Viola Waller. Clmrles City, Iowa, gave a lesson in
writing for the first and second grade pupils. She uses pencil
instead of ink in the first grade and uses stiff ruled paper :
assumes right oblique position, owing to narrowness of
desks, and uses writing books every other day ; introduces
letters in groups according to form, beginning with
small / ; interests young pupils with little stories about
letters ; allows oblique holder in higher grade ; has two
lessons a week in high school ; gives special lessons to meet
the demands made by regular work.
V. M. Russell. Cambridge. Ind.. gave an interesting talk on
writing, and remarked that he was teaching some and was
learning much more.
D. W. Hoff. Oak Park, Ul.. gave a very interesting descrip-
tion of his method of grading and marking, which is a very
novel one, and we hope to present it to Journal readers in
the near future. Mr. Hoff is full of ideas and devices for in-
teresting pupils and grade teachers and getting the greatest
amount ot work fr jm all.
" Writing in the Kindergarten " led to a general discussion,
,1. H Woodruff giving his plan of outlining the letter on the
board, the child to outline it on desk with colored shoe pegs
or sewing it on cardboard. Mr. Woodruflf had many strong
ideas about writing in lower grades, and had a novel manner
of presenting the work to the children.
Miss Keller outlined the plan upon which the vertical sys-
tem was built. One peculiarity of her work was the extreme
size of the blackboard copioe. She stated that frequently
the letters were written on a scale in which the minimum
letters were from 6 to 8 inches high, the stroke nearlv 1 inch
wide, made with the side of the chalk. She next illustrated
the position of the pen. which is hold with the thumb instead
of the unler finger at the top and with the hand turned to
the right more than in the standard position,
Wednesday, December 30,1896.
" Reasons Why Vertical Writing Became Popular." was
the topic chosen by Miss Lucy E. Keller. Miss Keller is a
strong advocate of the vertical style and gave an explanation
of whv the vertical style has encroached on the slanting
style.
•' Practical Writing for Puplic Schools; or. Why Copy-books
Should Be Abandoned," furnished A. N. Palmer the theme
for wholesale slaughter of copy-books and copy-book meth-
ods. J. H. Woodruff advocated the copy-books and drew
.'Sharply the distinction between the use and misuse of them.
He advocated the use of copy as a means of fixing the mental
copy.
C. H. Peirce at the forenoon session was strongly opposed
to copy-books, and at the afternoon session had switched
around and said that they were a necessary evil.
D. W. Hoff thought that special teachers were better than
copy-books, but he wouldn't take the life-saving plank away
from the pupil because a boat wasn't at hand. He thought
that a patent medicine was a good thing to have in the house
until the doctor arrived.
H. Champlin advocated the copy-books, and stated that he
secures arm movement in using them. He uses plenty of
ptaciico paper in connection with them.
C. C. Curtis advocated copy-books, and said that the best
books are but helps.
D. T. Ames and others took the same general line of argu-
ment -that a teacher is better than a copy-book and that a
copybook is better than nothing.
Robert C Spencer followed with a talk that was much ap
precidted by the younser teachers. He stated that he had
been broadened by listening to the discussion and thought
that they were one iu spirit. He gave a topical outline of
writing, and was closely followed by the audience He at-
tributed much of the weakness of the eves of the Germans
to the angular character of their writing and printing as
used in their education. He read extracts from Father
Spencer's lectures.
C. H. Peirce gave his methods of teaching and explained
how he started in lower grades.
After somo routine business officers, whose names are given
elsewhoro, were elected.
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Shorthiitui Tetichei-8' Amiociation.
Monday December 38. mm.
The department was called to order at 2 p m. Monday in
the Metropolitan Business College. Chicago, by the Vice-
President, Mrs. C. A. Faust of Chicago, the President. O. A.
Whitmer of Atlanta, Ga.. being absent.
The Secretary, Miss Flora Blair of ChicaRO. being absent.
the chairman appointed Mies Hattie L. Cook of Cedar Rapids
secretary pro tem. M. J. Kuetz, Chairman of the Executive
Committee, repcrted the work of the committee in preparins
the programme and taking other steps to make the meetiUR
of the association both plea"aQt and profitable.
The subject. •' Shorthand : System and Method of Instruc-
tion," was presented in a paper by D Kimball of Chicago.
The paper contained many helpful suggestions, and was die-
cussed by Mr. H. G. Healey of Cedar Rapids. Mr. Isaac S.
Dement of Chicaeo. Mr. Cbas. M. Miller of New York. Mr.
M. J. Roetz of Elgin. 111., Mr. Farnham of Chicago and others.
The second paper of the afternoon was presented by F.
M. Van Antwerp of Louisville, Ky. under the caption.
"Shorthand as a Mental Discipline." The discussion of this
paper was led by D. Kimball of Chicago, followed by Mr.
Miller. Mr. Guest of Milwaukee and others.
TUESDAY. DECEMUEK IJfl, 1896.
The session opened at (i.30 a.m.. Mrs C. A. Faust in the
chair. The topic. "Methods of Teaching Shorthand," by
W. J. Durand of the West Side Business College. Chicago.
was presented in a most able manner. The discussion of
this paper was led by Mr. Kitt of the Metropolitan Bus.
Coll.. Chicago, followed by Mr. Cbas. M. Miller of New York.
Mr. Dement of Chicago. Mr. Healey of Cedar Rapids. Mr.
C. M. Bartlett of Cincinnati, Ohio, and others.
The next pappr of the morning session was " The Value of
Word Signs and How to Teach Them," presented by Mr. H.
G. Healey of Cedar Rapids. Iowa. This paper was discussed
by Mr. Chas. T. Piatt of Evanston, III.. Mr. Dement. Mr.
Miller, Mrs. Faust and others.
It was moved by Mr. H. G. Healey that a committee of
three be appointed to confer with similar committees fVom
the other sections in regard to teaching penmanship to bhort-
hand pupiU, the best movement to be used, etc. The com-
mittee appointed by the chair was as follows : H G. Healey,
J. W. Durand. Isaac S. Dement.
In the absence of the President, it was moved by J. W.
Durand that some member be appointed to represent the
Shorthond Section at the general meetings. The motion
was carried, and Mr. Isaac S. Dement was appointed.
The afternoon session was called to order by the chair. A
call was made for railway certificates to be given to Treas-
urer. The Chairman urged all present to register who de-
sired to become members of the department and to secure
badges.
" The Watson Method of Teaching Shorthand," by John
Watson of Baltimore, was presented by W. R. Smith of the
Ferris Industrial School. Big Rapids. Mich. The paper was
discussed by Mr. Healey, Chas. L. Piatt, G. M. Guest. W. J.
Durand. \. S. Dement, B. A. Farnham, Chas. M. Miller, W. R.
Smith and others.
The topic "Muscle and Brain as Applied to Shorthand."'
was presented by Isaac S. Dement of Chicago. This paper
took up the sub.iect of the movement to be used in writing
shorthand, and was listened to by the committee from the
Penmanship Section. The visiting committee were W. J.
Kinsley. J. P. Fish and C. N. Crandle. The discussion of
thi^ paper was general, and the following resolution, pre-
sented by Mr. H. G. Healey, was adopted :
" AV'.'JH/r'cfy, That we as an association maintain that short-
Imnd requires a distinct movement, and that the usual
method of teaching longhand writing is Mot conducive to
the development of ease and facility in writing shorthand,
but that It is diametrically opposed to the same.
"Second, That our teachers of penmanship should teach
shorthand writers the combined movement."
Wedne
V, December 30, 1&!)6.
Meeting called to order by the Chair and proceeded at once
to the programme. Mr. G. A. Hawkins of Leon, Iowa, ]>re-
pared a paper on the subject, " Association in the Shorthand
Profession ; Necessities for and Advantages of." Mr. Haw-
kins was not present, but the paper was read by Mr. Isaac S.
Dement and followed uy a very interesting discussion by
Mr. G. M. Guest of Milwaukee. Mr. Ruetz. Mr. Durand. Mr.
Healey, Mr. Smith.
A motion was made by W. J, Durand that a committee of
three be appointed to determine upon some periodical to
represent the Shorthand Teachers' Association, to be its offi-
cial organ, and that the committee report through all leadmg
shorthand magazines and by mail to the different members
of the organization as to what paper was determined upon.
Committee appointed aj follows: H. G. Healey, Chas. M.
Miller. W. R. Smith.
Second paper, '" When Should the Study of Shorthand be
Commenced y " by Dr Rudolph .Tom bo of New York, was
read by M. J. Ruetz of Elgin.
The discussion of this pa^er and a general discussion re-
garding class examinations, etc.. was very, lively, and pro'jt-
ably consumed the time until noon.
The afternoon session opened at ^ p.m.. with Vice-Presi-
dent in the chair. A call was given for one of the members
to be appointed to meet with Auditmg Committee, a-jd M. J,
Ruetz was appointed.
The first paper. "The Educational Value of a Course in
Shorthand." was presented by J. E. Christy < f Chicago.
This paper was discussed by W. J. Durand, H. G. Healey. F.
M. Van Antwerp.
Paper, " Method in Teaching Typewriting." by Bates
Torry of Boston, was read by Miss Hattie Cook of Cedar
Rapids. Discussed by Mr. Healey. Mr. Durar.d, J. E. Christy
and others.
A motion by I. S. Dement to postpone diS' assions and read-
ing of the nest paper until after electi(,.n of officers, etc.,
was carried.
Motion to suspend rules and elect officers by acclamation
was carried, and the officers wbose names ;are given else-
where were elected.
It was moved that the Secretary be instructed to make a
full report of the meeting and that copies of the same be sent
to all leading shorthand magazines and penmanship papers.
Business Teachers' Association.
Monday, December 28. 1890.
Pres.. G. W. Brown, Jacksonville. 111. ; Secy.. J. E. King.
Rochester. N. Y.
Large, enthusiastic and representative gathering.
Several old wheel horses present, as well as many of the
younger members of the profession.
The papers and discussions were highly interesting and
profitable. The symposium was a complete success.
The best ot good feeling and fellowship prevailed through-
out the entire session.
Of the feisteeu subjects on the programme all but three
were presented and discussed.
A list of the subjects that were presented and discussed
follows :
"Figures and Writing as Applied to Bookkeeping "—G.
C. Claybaugh, Chicago.
He favored plain, simple, strong characters ; believed
that the teacher of bookkeeping is the proper person to
teach writing, as he fully appreciates its bearing upon the
books. Discussed by E. R. Felton, Cleveland. O.. and W. H.
Sadler. Baltimore. Md.
"How Shall We Teach Commercial Law?"— J. E.King,
Rochester, N. Y.
An argument in favor of teaching the subject by the class
method, with a member of the regular faculty as the in-
structor. It seemed to meet the approval of the members.
Discussed by W. H. Whigham. Chicago ; W. P. Richardson,
Baltimore ; J. A. Lyons, Chicago, and G. W. Brown. Jack-
sonville.
"Bookkeeping from the Business Man'a Standpoint "—A.
W. Dudley. Chicago.
A good practical talk showed that the speaker had an inti-
mate knowledge of his subject. Many business men regarded
bookkeeping as an expense. Speaker believed this to be a
mistake. Discussed by G. W, Brown, Jr., Ottawa, 111.; Enos
Spencer. Louisville. Ky.. and others.
Tuesday, December ^9. IHflB.
"Commercial Arithmetic "-C. A. Wessel, Big Rapids,
Mioh.
Well presented and well received. Thinks that the culti-
vation of the reasoning faculty and[the formation of habits
of rapid and accurate calculation are the two great objects
in teaching arithmetic. Believes that mental arithmetic
should receive more attention in business schools.
"Short Cuts and Expedients in Figures "-G. E. King.
Cedar Rapids. Iowa.
Demonstrated both by his paper and by his work on the
board that he has given the subject much attention and that
he is an expert at rapid calculations. Discussed by G. W.
Brown, R. C. Spencer, C. C. Marshall, W. E. Avery. In-
dianapolis, Ind.. and others.
" Language and Correspondence "— N. A. Barrett. Chicago.
This was one of the best papers presented. Showed that
Mr. B. is a master of his subjects, and that he is an excellent
teacher of them. Discussed at considerable length by Spen-
cer, Brown. Ferris and others.
" Figure Teaching "— G. W. Nettletou. Jacksonville. III.
Good presentation of his method of teaching figures.
Legibility and rapidity hia aim. Discussed by several of
the members.
" Classification of Accounts "—Enos Spencer, Louisviie,
Ky.
A valuable contribution. Showed that much thought had
beea given to the subject and that the speaker had some
well defined views as to the best method of classifying ac-
counts. Discussed by Brown, J. R. Brandrup, Maukato,
Minn. ; Felton, A. L. Gilbert. Milwaukee; Spencer. Dudley
and others.
" General Exercises in the Business College "—J. W. Warr,
Moline.
This was in Mr. W.'s usual thoughtful and practical vein,
and ran in the direct line df progress. Discussed by Spencer,
Garver. Ferris, and Brown.
" School Management "~W. H. H. Garver, Peoria. III.
A thoughtful, sensible paper. Mr. G. evidently conducts a
good school. Discussion was postponed for want of time.
Wednesday. Decembeh 30, 1896.
Entire forenoon devoted to "A Bookkeeping Sympo-
sium "—methods of teaching bookkeeping, theory and prac-
tice, being a series of brief presentations by represent-
atives of the loading publications on the theory and prjic-
tice of bookkeeping, in which was clearly set forth the
si-ecial or distinctive points of excellence of the several
methods now in use among the schools. The following pub-
lications were represented :
The Goodyear Publishing Co.. " Office Training," by G..H.
Goodyear.
The Powers Publishing Co." Bookkeeping," by J. A. Lyons.
The Ellis Publishing Co., " Business Practice," by C. C.
Marshall.
The Sadler Publishing Co.. " Busineas Practice," by W. H
Sadler.
Williams & Rogers, " Theory and Practice," by J. E. King.
S. S. Packard. " Method of Teaching Bookkeeping." by G.
W. Brown.
The Practical Text Book Co., " Bookkeeping," by E. R.
Felton.
No discussion.
" State Supervision of Commercial Schools "— G. M. Guest,
Milwaukee.
A carefully prepared paper, in which the writer pointed
out some of the defects of our present commercial educa-
tional methods and advocated State enperviaion. Discussed
by S. S. Packard and R. C. Spencer.
'3
•• What Is a Business CoUes-e J "-W. W. Ferris, Big Rapids
Mich.
A very able discussion of the question, and a attiug conclu-
sion of the programme.
OJIteertt for IS07.
FKUEli.VTION or EDUCATIONAL ASSOCI AT10S9.
President. W. K. Ferris, Big Rapids, Mich.
Vice-President, Chas. M. Miller, New York.
Secretary, A. K. Palmer, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Esecutive Committee, Qt. W. Brown. Jacksouville, 111- ; A.
W. Dudley, Chicago ; W. J. Kinsley, New York.
WESTEIIN PENMEN'S ASSOCIATION.
President, Q. W. Harman, New Orleans, La.
Vice-President. J. F. Fish. Louisville, Ky.
Secretary. J. W. McCaslin, Chicaso.
Treasurer, C. N. Crandle, Chicago.
Executive Committee, 0. A. Faust, Chicago ; A. N. Palmer.
Cedar Rapids, Iowa ; L W. Pierson, Chicago.
WRITING AND DRAWING TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION.
President, Mrs. M. E. Swavze, Grand Haven, Mich,
Vice-President. Miss Lucy Keller, Dulnth, Minn,
Secretary, Miss L. Viola Waller, Charles City, Iowa. ^
Executive Committee, H. Champlin, Cincinnati, O..: C. C.
Curtis, Minneapolis, Minn ; C. H. Peirce, Eyansville, Ind.
BUSINESS TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION.
President, .1. E. King, Rochester, N. Y.
Vice-President, W. H. Whigham, Chicago.
Secretory, W. H H. Garver, Peoria, 111.
Executive Committee, A. C. aondring, Chicago; B. J.
Heeb, Indianapolis, Ind. ; C. A. Wessel, Big Rapids, Mich.
SHORTHAND TEACHERS' ASSOCrATION.
President, Isaac S. Dement, Chicago.
Vice-President. H. G. Healey, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Secretary, W. J. Durand, Chicago.
Executive Committee, W. B. Smith, Big Rapids, Mich. ;
Charles M. Miller, New York ; Miss HattieL. Cook, Cedaar
Rapids, Iowa.
ii»« of Metnlmvs,.
W. E. Avery Indianapolis, Ind B.
D. T. Ames New York, N. Y....W. P.
J. R. Anderson St. Louis, Mo B.
*P. L. Bickmore Trenton, N. J B.
G. W. Brown, Jr Ottawa, 111 B.
J. B. Brandrup JIankato. Minn W. P.
G. W. Brown Jacksonville. Ill B.
E. W. Bloser Columbus, O W. P.
G. n. Bridge Galesburg, III B.
C. O. Bently Jacksonville, 111 S.
C. M. Bartlett Cincinnati. O B.
MissN. y. Blair Chicago. Ill S.
J. H. Bachtenkircher La Fayette. Ind P.
C. W.Benton Valporaiso, Ind B.
W. B. Bullion Chicago, HI B.
C. C. Curtiss Minneapolis, Winn... P.
G. C. Claybaugh Chicago, III-. B.
W. H. Carrier Adrian, Mich P.
C. N. Crandle Chicago, HI W. P:
W. P. CanBeld Stillwater, Minn W. P:
A. L. Clair Mt. Morris, 111 B.
Mrs. C. N. Crandle Chicago, 111 W. P.
Fred. H. Criger Milwaukee, Wis W. P.-
Miss Battle Cook Cedar Rapids, Ia....S.
Katharine Cameron Chicago, 111 S.
H. C. Clark Chicago, 111 B.
H. Champlin Cincinnati, O P.
J. B. Downs Hoopeston, 111 W. P:
Isaacs. Dement Chicago, III S.
Mrs. I. S. Dement Chicago, 111 S.
W. J. Durand... Chicago. Ill S.
A. W. Dudley Chicago, 111 B.
Loava Durham Bushnell, III P.
Miss Fannie Dickinson... Flint. Mleh P-
Schuyler Drury Chicago, 111 B.
M. D. Early B.
E. C. Evarts. , Chicago, III B.
C. S. Ellis Battle Creek, Mich..B.
G. A. Faust Chiaago, III W, P:
U. S. Prye Chicago, 111 B.
Mrs. C. A. Fanst Chicago, 111 S.
W. N. Ferris Big Rapids^ Mich — B.
J F Fish Louisville, Ky W. P.
R.L. Freed Aurora, III W. P.
O. A. Ferring Willmar, Minn W. P.
B.A. Farnham Chicago, 111 S.
E. R. Felton Clevftland, O B.
W. H. H. Garver Peoria, III B.
A. L. Gilbert Milwaukee, Wis B.
B. E. Gardner Battle Creek, Mich.. W. P;
Burt German Fremont, O W. P.
«J. O. Gordon Kocky River, O P.
S. H. Goodyear Chicago, III B.
John A. Gregg Chicago, III S.
A. C. Gondring Chicano, 111 B.
D. W. Hoff Chicago, III P-
B. J. Hellin Clinton, la W. P.
H, G. Healey Cedar Rapids, la — ,S.
G W Harman New Orleans, La.. ..W. P..
b! E. Hummel Chicago, III W. P.
W. C. Huyck Dinon, 111 W. P.
J. L. Hayward Chicago, 111 W. P.
E. J. Heeb Indianapolis, Ind W. P.
W. P. Hosteller Angola, Ind W. P.
AnnaM. Hall McConnellsville, O...P.
W. S. Hiser Richmond, Ind P.
•H. D. Harris Norrlstown, Pa B.
Miss Gertrude Harvey . . . Galesburg, 111 S.
Miss Gustava lies Indianapolis, Ind .... S.
B. B. Jones Lexington, Ky B.
G. E. King Cedar Rapids, la B.
B.C.Kossel Chicago, 111 W. P;
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W. J. KiD*ley New York. N. Y W. P.
J. E. KiDK Rochestflr. N. Y B.
D, Kimball ChloaKO. Ill s.
L. M. Kelchner Dixon, III W. P.
W. H. Kol^er ChlcaRo. Ill \V P.
C. W.Kitt ChiOBBo, lil S.
MJss Lucy Keller Duluth. Jlmii 1'.
J. W. Kelley Seneca. Ill ..W. P.
J. A. Lyons Chicago, 111 ..li.
a. J. Losie «■
E. 8. Lawyer West Uuion. la W. P.
A. W. Lsbli-y Chicago, 111 B.
H. T. Loomt!* Cleveland. O B.
Chae. M. Miller New York. N. Y S.
P. B. Moore Indianapolis, led W. P.
E.G. Mills Rochester, N. Y W. P.
Carl C. Marshall Battle Creek. Mieh..B.
.;. W. McCdSlin Chicago. Ill W. P.
a. E. Nettloton Jaokaonville, 111 W. P.
H. B. NorciodS Ishpemiug, Mich B.
.J.J. N-idle Freeport, 111 B.
H. iM.Owen Decatur, 111 B.
S. S. Packard New York. N. Y B.
0. M. Powers Chioago. Ill : B.
A.N. Palmer Cedar Rapids, la.. ..W.P.
Mrs. S. S. Prtckard New York. N. Y S.
1. W. PiersoQ Chicago. Ill W. P.
W. F. Parsons Kalamazoo. Mich B.
C. H. Peirce Evanaville. Ind P.
Miss Minnie C. Pratt Champaign. HI .S.
H. U. Pdttersou Chicago, 111 B.
. Ohas. K. Piatt Evanston, Hi S,
K. F. Quintal Qalesburg. Ill B.
T. M. Russell Cambridge City, Ind. P.
E. B. Roudebush Chicago. Ill P
D. A. Reawh Manistee. Mich P.
J. W. Khoads Muncie. Ind 1*.
M. J. Reutz Elgin. HI S.
N. L. Richmond Kankakee. HI B.
Mrs. P. Ritner St. Louis, Mo 9.
•W. Guy Rosebury Ottawa. Ill P.
Miss Rachnel Kichardaon. Elgin. Ill S.
W. n. Sadler Baltimore. Md B.
O. R. Stauffer Ter re Haute, Ind....B.
W. C. Stevenson Emporia. Kans W. P.
EuosKpenier Louisville. Ky B.
S. L. Smith Canton, HI B.
W. R. Smith Big Rapids, Mich.. ..8.
•D. W. Springer Ann Arbor. Mich B.
J. A. Stephens Chicago. HI B.
E. C. Shelly Mt. Morris. HI B.
R. C. Spencer ..Milwaukee. Wis B.
T. .J. Sharp Elgin. HI W. P.
Miss Cora Starr Crawfordsville. ind. . P.
Mrs. M. E. SwHyze Grand Haven. Mith..P.
L. M. Thornburgb Cedar Rapids, la W.P.
W. W. Terry Van Wert. Ohio \V. P.
G. W. Temple Champaign, ill W. P.
A. D. Taylor Galveston. Texas.. ,.W. P.
Joseph Tuma Chicago, 111 W. P.
N. B. Van Matro Dixon, 111 W. P.
P. iM. Van Antwerp Lonlsville, Ky S.
M. Van Osterloo W, p.
P. H. Vlrdou Chicago, III...'. .B.
W. H. Whigham Chioago. HI B.
J.J. Weber Red Wing. Minn B.
G. E. Weaver Mt. Morris, HI W. P.
C. A. WoUell .Sterling, 111 P.
J. W. Warr Moline. HI B.
C. A. Wessel Big Rapids, Mieh.. ..W. P.
J. H. Woodruff Indianapolis, Ind P.
Miss L.Viola Waller Charles City, la P.
C. H. Wager Elgin. HI W. P.
Miss Jessie Wheeler Sandnskj-. O s.
*L'. P. Zaner Columbus. O p.
,v^^;-^-' ^^^®tP^" Penmen's Association ; P.. Public School
VVntiugHud Drawing Atsouiation : B.. Business Teachers"
Associatiou; .s.. Shorthand Teachers' Association. * Not
present, but remitted dues. u^mMuu. inoc
Convunitott .Vor«*.
— The weather was mild and spring like ; no snow and
scarcely a sprinkle of rain.
— The shortbivnd section was quite a surprise asthiiwas
!»ractically its first yonr. The attendance was large
-A meeting of the former students of the Cedar Rapids
B. C. was held at the Clifton House Moudsy eveniuL' De-
cember mh. The meeting was notable for the attendance
of old members. iMen who have been in the harness twenty
or thirty years or more were numerous.
— Althohgh the Executive Committee did everything in
their power they were nnabla to secure reduced railroad
rates, as not enough members asked for the required certifi-
cates when purchasing tickets to Chicago. It is hoped that
nest year all will ask the ticket agent for these certiflcntes.
so tbat the on«-third rate for the homeward trip may be
secured.
—It was much commented on how carefnllvnapers had
been prepared. Few apologies were offered, and the papers
snowed thought.
— Chairman O. M. Powers ot the Executive Committee
deserves special credit for the complete arrangements and
(or his tboughtfulness in taking care of the guests.
~ There were a few teachers of the Chicago schools in at-
tendance, but It was noticed here, as at other points where the
meetings have been held, that there was almost a total lack
of interest by the public school teachers. If the public school
teachers are half as anxious as many of them would have us
believe, why don't they attend these meetings when they are
held at their verv doors t
— The papers and addresses by those outsiders who were
not memberg of the Convention were greatly enjoyed by all.
and proved another evidence of the care with which the pro-
gramme was prepared.
— The Public School Writing and Drawing Association
will have a woman's administration the coming year. All
officers are of the gentler ses.
— Geo. W. Brown of Jacksonville never allows interest to
lag in any convention he attends. He is alwavs ready to
jump into the breach, and he kept things on the move this
— The Journal is under obligation to J. E, King, D. W.
Hoff. Miss Hattie Cook and Chas. M. Miller ior notes of the
proceedings of the various sessions.
— J. W. McCaslin, penman of the Metropolitan B. C, sur-
prised the boys by introducing many of them to Mrs. Mc-
Caslin. He was married during the summer vacation, but
did not announce it.
— The quartet of " Old Young Boys," S. S. Packard. Robt.
Spencer, E. K. Felton and W. H. Sadler, created much mer-
riment by trying to have it appear that they were as young
as the youngest. Although The Journal's editor was con-
ductinti a business college years before one of the quartet
at least had taken his commercial course, he (The Jour-
nal editor) was counted one of the " young " boys.
— The JouRNAL'man heard rumors of meetings of the
ComoQercial Test Bo^k Publishers at which plans were
formulated for a system of securing the financial ratings cf
various schools, uniform system of discounts and other mat-
ters of mutual beueflt.
— All left Chicago in a very enthusiastic mood over the
prospects for the 1897 meeting.
— The Journal man had the pleasure of inspecting the
new quarters of the Chicago B, C, where the next meeting
of the Federation will be held. The school occupies four
floors of the new building, and these floors are handsomely
equipped withevery necessary appliance. Jlessrs. Gondring,
Virden and Faust will see that the Federation is givon a
rousing welcome in lb97.
— The exhibits were particularly fine. Scores of business
colleges and public schools exhibited work of pupils, and this
wort w.is by far the best that has ever been shown at any
similar gathering. When the teacher can back up his theo-
ries by sho(ving what these theories hav« accomplished
AVhen put in practice, it is a strong argument.
— The exhibits of typewriters, school supplies, artists'
materials, etc.. was a large one. All of the typewriters ex-
hibited had operators and people in charge to explain the
workings of the machines.
— The commercial school book publishers made a particu-
larly good exhibit, and this, togetder with the explanations
of the various systems made before the Business Teachers'
Association, was a splendid advertisement for them.
— The list of names of members printed elsewhere repre-
sents only those who paid their membership fees and regu-
larly joined the Federation. There were probably over three
hundred persons who attended the meetings of the four as-
sociations. Treasurer C. A. Faust. 45 E. Randolph street, Chi-
cago, would like to have the names and addresses of any who
joined the Federation and pa'd the membership fee whose
names are not included in this list.
"What Hammond Says AViont Castronographv " is a
tvelve-pnge booklet sent out by L. W. Hammond. "Batavia
N Y , advertising bis knife carving on card and incident-
ally his pea work. Journal readers should send for it.
R. C. Hartranft of Philadelphia sends The Journal a
clipping from a Philadelphia paper giving an account of a
will case in which the X mark signature was proven to be a
forgery on the testimony ot Mr. Hartranft, who does txperc
work in handwriting.
Assuming the number of diflferent coutributoi-s of specimens of Business Writing
Crowded Out.
Lassona by F. B. Moore, F. W. Tamblyn, and
many interesting articles are crowded out of this
issue.
A Year*s Records Relating to Business
Writing.
The Western Penman, Cedar Rapids, joyfully an-
nounces that it published in a particular issue *'848
sciuare inches of lessons in penmanship*" thus materially
exceeding the number of " square inches of lessons in
penmanship " published in any other paper for the same
month.
We don't know anj'thing that will better convey to an
intelligent mind the radical and irreconcilable difference
between the Cedar Rapids idea and that which shapes
the policy of The Penman*s Art Journal. We imagine
our astute contemporary instructing his helpers : " Deai-
Jones— Give us 3U square inches of lesson for Novem-
ber;" "Dear Smith— Your October lesson was 99}^
square inches short, so we had to chuck in a lot of odd
cuts, which you will recall having appeared in various
lessons periodically during the past s'xyears," etc. The
Journal's instructions are precisely opposite. They
are to condense, boil down, carve out every unnecessary
word and line— to occupy the least possible space con-
sistent with the clear, forceful preseutatioa of the sub-
ject. As to how many ' ' square inches of lessons, ' ' or how
many different concurrent lessons covering the same
ground, a student is supposed to have the capacity for
masticating and assimilatirgs, The Journal hasn't the
least notion. It's idea, right or wrong, is that the aver-
age student will be best served by one series of lessons at
a time oa a given subject, constructed iu utter disregard
of thumb-rule, square or compass. It believes that in
connection with th s series the greatest benefit may be
had by eliciting the opinions of teachers on one or an-
other of the points pertaining to the sLib;)ect in hand,
thus bringing a strong light of theory aud practice to
bear upon each component part of thi structure that is
being erected in the student's mind. Its idea is that this
stimulates the s'.udeat's thinking powers without the
confusion incident to following two or more sets of con-
nected instruction on the same subject. The shorter such
contributions aud the more of them, within reason, the
better. The idea is practically the same as that carried
out at our conventions, when one member devotes half
an hour to a carefully prepared paper on a given subject,
and another half hour is given to a general discussion,
each participant having a few minutes m which to ex-
ploit his views on a particular phase of the matter that
appeals to him.
Of course, it all depends on the point of view whether
this or the " square inch" method is preferable. There
is no law that we know of against gauging the value of
instruction by a foot rule, any more than there is against
appraising a preacher's salary by the length of his ser-
mons. Possibly that is the custom in (Jedur Rapids.
Moreover, The Jourxal confesses to some difficulty in
getting from its contemporary a clear view of just what
features of instruction are worthy of the square-inch
treatment as '• lessons." Any contribution, in word or
picture, that tells a student anything that he should
kuoiv, or helps him to get rid of anything that he should
not know, in The Journal's opinion, is a "lesson,"
whether so labeled or not— no matter it it fall withiu a
paltry half-foot of the Uedar Rapids yard-stick.
If we were called upon to make a comparative exhibit
of the Business Writing features of the Western Penman
aud The Penman's Art Journal respectively, we know
of no fairer way than to make it include the entire year
just p-ist (instead of oue picked issue) ; aud this is aiout
the shape it would take :
Jouit
■ing ISOtJ to be
epre
Qted by
til.- Wcstrrn l\„man dunn.^^ the same perio.l would W i eprPsent.".! by this liue-
ALlli.H.toulaivinleUn.'^ '^ ih. number of d.ffeie.it cuutnbutors ,.f illustrated articles on Business Writing-excluding illustrations without text-THF
rdfm''llit.!nnisu!is'(a\'- ''*' ""^■' ^^''^ ^" ^'^^^ "1' ^''*' relative number of differeuc contributors of uuiUustrated articles on Business Writing. The Journal's
and t he Wes tern Fenman^s record for the same year runs this fai-
„iiui.. t ^' ^.v:;'^'!^ ludlces lucloslng the TTestcm Penman's linp dn nnf r.*.iM,t
l.llM»...uts m thl« dlrootlou slrnn uot evade the uua^"8"eaVn"an1S- "sight
^^S&imaAdQTUtoMwtnaS
15
EDITOR'S Calendar.
Smithdeal's Practical Grammar. Ppele.er and Let-
ter-Writer. By G. H. SQiithcJeal. For use in busi-
ness colleges, academies, public and private schools.
Cloth. 2:i0 pages. Price. 75 cents. Introductory price,
60 cents. Introductory price of each part bound sepa-
rately, 25 cents. Published by B. F. Johnson Publish-
ing Co., ;i-5 South nth St.. Richmond, Va.
One hundred and four pages of the book are devoted to
grammar, treating of words frequently used incorrectly,
with rules for capitalization and puoctuat'on. The idea
has been to eliminate techn'calities and to make the sub-
ject aa simple and attractive as possible and as brief as is
consistent with thoroughness. Everything of practical
importance is treated in the work, and it is condensed
into as small space as possible. Spelling covers 53 pages,
embracmg nearly 5,000 words, which were selected with
great care. About oue-half of the words are defined.
Words used not only in business, but in all the depart-
ments of life, that are liable to bemisspplled are mcluded.
The rules for spelling are also given. The letter writing
part embraces OS pages. A large number of model forms
are given, showing the learner how to begin and end let-
ters and to fold and insert them in envelopes, etc. In
addition there is a full list ot business forms, with instruc-
tions for writing them. The book is decidedly practical
in all three departments, and is particularly adapted to
the wants of commercial schools and commercial depart-
ments.
Drai:ohon's Manual of Rapid Business Writing.
Paper, :^^) pages. Price, $1. Published by J. F.
Draughon, Nashville, Tenn.
We have reviewed this before when it appeared in
other form?. The style given is rapid, coarse pen busi-
ness hand, and here and there for variety some few lines
of shaded ornamental writing. The instructions are
brief, the business writing good.
Business Practice ; or. How Business Is Done.
Cloth, 70 pages. Published by 0. M. Powers, Chicago,
III. Price, $1.
Mr. J. A. Lyons, for many years connected with the
Metropolitan Business College, Chicago, 111., has seen the
need of a work that would give the student some idea of
how many things in tbe business world (that cannot tiod
their way into the ordinary book keeping text books) are
done. This work breaks away from the usual instruction
along the line of book-keeping, and deals with transac-
tions of business itself. Various kinds of business papers
are illustrated and explained. Instructions about bank-
ing are given in detail. How to drawcbecks, keep stubs,
how to deposit, indorsements, collateral notes, judgment
notes, how collections are made by draft, how to remit
money, various kinds of hanks, trust companies; etc , are
explained, the different kinds of money, how to detect
counterfeit money, exchange, foreign exchange, clearing
house, express companies and express money orders, post
office and postal money orders, registered letters, rail-
road and transportation filing of correspondence, com-
mercial agencies corporations, stock exchanges, boards
ot trade, insurance, etc. This mere outline of the con-
tents of the book will give an idea of the work covered
and bow valuable it is. It i* just such a work as every
commercial college student should have at his elbow while
pursuing the course, and is no less valuable tor business
mtu as a reference book.
Dement's Pitmanic Shorthand. By Isaac S. Dement.
Third edition. Revised and re-engraved throughout.
Cloth, -264 pages. Price, §2. Published by Isaac S. De-
ment, Chicago, 111.
That Mr. Demeut is capable of practicing what he
preaches is shown I y the fact that repeatedly he has
written as high as yoO to 400 words per minute in the
style of phorthand advocated in his book. The system
of shorthand presented is an adaptation of the one
given' to the world by Sir Isaac Pitman. Mr. Dement
believes that the system of shorthand that will meet all
demands should be one so constructed that ihe enlarging
and shattering of outlines which result when a writer is
pushed to his limit of speed will not destroy the legibility
of the notes. Therefore, outlines or phrases which de-
pend entirely upon length should be avoided. With this
jvs his foundation principle he has built his system. Mr.
Dement further believes in but one style for beginning
and advanced students. Consequently he.'doesn't change
any of the characteni after having once launched a stu-
dent on them. Part 1 of the book, lOS pages, is devoted
to theory, which in turn is divided up into three grades
of lessons Part 2 is devoted to i)raciice, including
nomenclature, word sigus, terms, phrases and names.
A particularly valuable part of the book is the chapter
" Points to Students." In this Mr. Dement gives the
shorthand student some most excellent advice. Among
other things is a carefully selected list of good books to
bw read and written by the student who hopes to make a
success of higher shorthand writing.
Advanced Drills on Graham Shorthand. By (ieo. A.
Jones. Prin. Shorthand and Typewriting Depnrtnient,
Dranghon's Practical B. C, Xashville, Tenn. Cloth,
113 pages. Published by J. F. Draughon, Nashville,
Tenn.
This book, as its name indirates, is not intended for be-
ginners. It is meant to benefit those who are able to take
general di tatioo. The main feature of the book is to
apply, without formally introducing them, principles
with which the student is suppased to be conver>ant.
Rep
THE Testimonial Banquet to S. S. Pack-,
ARD ON His 7(iTH Birthday, Given by his Friends,
Apr. 2S, 1S9().
This, in pamphlet form, is a complete account of the
banquet given to Mr. Packard on his 70th birthday by his
friends, together with the speeches made, names of con-
tributors, names of those present on the occasion, also
cuts showing cup, log cabin, etc The first printing of
this book was something of a failure, and another and
handsomer volume will soon be ready, when all subscrib-
ers will receive complimentary copies.
He who loves to read and knows how to
laid by a perpetual feast for his old age.
Business Education, pnbli-herl by .T. W. Warr, Moline,
111., has been succeeded bv The Prnctical Af/c. As the name
indicates, tbe new Deriodvcal will bave a wider fielil. Tbe
first issues make a good sbowing.
P. W. Tamblyn. msiuager of tbe National Penmanship
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descrlbiner courses of instruction by mad and tbe various
styles of pen work turned out by the company. It also has
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WHAT Hammond says about CastronoKraphy.
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nnatl. O.
HiSER, Writing Supervisor Public
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;s and Commence-
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coat 50 per cent extra.
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25 cents, and I mil send you one dozen or more
ways of writing It, V "
exercises, capitals,
erly adjusted,
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The Pefiman's An Journal, so^ Broadway, New
York. Pontage must be sent for forvxi/rdina Cata-
loffues, Netvitpaperg, Photoi/rap}is, &c .
Situations TBHanteC).
rpuEPENniAN's \RTJOi K^Al,Tl^^^ll-
mercinl. HUd hlioitlnind inid i m>< ^t i ii i ml-
meiit to Heiect eood teachers tor sood Mchool__
Small fee is chai'ured the teacher : no charue
is made to the scliool. Iteliahle schools seek-
iUB teachern. and well fiiialilied, rcliabi*
tencherM seekiutr places are ^ranted for oiii
lislH. No olherN need niM>ly< Address L*EN<
3IANS AUT JOHUNAl. TEACHERS' Bt-
REAlf. 'iO'i Broadway. New York.
Y'O*'^*" ^* ^^ wlioatti-nde.l publlf.^fhoois. Z;in
engiiuriii. :h ■ '. ■■ ',.■■: 1.. ■ -li ., ■ I , ,■ ,1. ., .
height
Href era Western States,
height 6 ft. 10 in.;
" Sta
O E L.,
VOFN^i M\S nunilL.i sMii, !■■ ■ I'.
newspaper work, reporting, etc. Age^4: weit;lit i]";
lielght a ft. y In.; married Good rtlercnccs, low
salary. Ready now. Address "R. O. O,," care Pen-
MiN's Art Joi'BJiAL.
TEACHER of pen,, b.-.k-kc-p . coui'l law. gram..
com'I. arlTli rnid nil '"nimnn branohesls openfor
.... mown. Pa., " —
Has had four
hall's book-keep,
ightaft. 91n ; un^
arrled, StroiiK rcfcrcnLc-^; moderate salary; ready
any time. Address 'Z. E. W.." care F
JoURN,
4 N ALIi-ROITND
, Pa., Nor.,
-mal ;i'i.i Has hi ' ■
liing
lOd health; i»','f -.'I ^^.,-lH i -" li.-ight ft ft. 91n
■ate salary;
time. Address "Z. E. W.," care Penman'
capable of
nif In addition Kim- His , 1)1, v.sl ■ ■ ■
:eog.,math
handling in addition Eii«. His , pbyslol.. phllos
Tlth ^
scho.
and Practical t
salary. "'Address '■■ S. A.' '5l ,
health; age 33; weight 143; height 5 ft. 6 In.:
married. Strong references. Wants mode "* -
Ready any time. Address "FRANKLIN,'
MAN'S ART J..Llf SAL.
K-IV Ki;i'. .iii'l I: ink .!■.■
p^v
Tenn
Fanil
married. Strong refei
■■DON
TEACHER oi
position li! II
Is a graduate 1-1 /
has had 10 yrs ' -
Want fair salar;
It. Ready on reasonable notice.
Pen
riEACHER of 10 yrs,'
L nub. school, with 15 y
i open for <
book -keep., pen.
?xerience la bus. coll. and
•«.' experience as practical
low salary. Address "IAN,"
TEACHER- of pen. and dri
rfence as teacher in public
Shorthand. Famili
:'tiool, academic u
keep., law, pen.,
rlence will be ready
salary. Addre.-is * t AK. caie 1''I'..s,m.\.n •- .^ i> i
JOUR^AL.
rEACHER of 20 yrs.' experience In public «ii.|
private schools, whose specialties are inn .
'rayon, bru.sh work and oom'l branches, Is open lur-
eugagement on 90 days' notice. In addition lo
-lies mentioned he can teach English, algebra,
lelry, and other higher branches. Age iO\ weight
tleacbers TOflanteB.
iAUTJOIIRNAl,TEAf'H.
' iiniuuabip. ('»ni.
and Ijpcwrilinn
cbersaiid .^cbiiol.^
THKI'F.NMAN'SAUT
ERS' IIUKKAII.
nicrcinl, nnil sliortlmnil and IJ PC
branches only. It briuasteacbersaiia
logetber. A InrKC acquRiutttuce iiiiiunu
ecEools and tencbms enables tlie innnnBc-
nieut to select jeood teacbersloricood schools.
Small fee is cliarffed the teacher : no clinrpe
is made to the school, lleliab^e schools seeU-
iuK teachersj and well nualilied. reliable
■yyA^N-Tiii.
^^
■al) of good
itllned In our
■Ciraham" or
I win require
rtAUTICAL BUSINESS COL-
ompetentteach-
EnroU to-day— good
roil to-day— Kood
A POSITION IN SIX DAYS.
Application.
Pa. Bus. Unl.. Chester. Pa., Sept. 15, ISO .
Penman's Art Journal Teachkrs' Bureau,
rnTwenrich,
Sept. 17. IHflf)
.uu^.vi^^u 1^.^....%. ...... --r, allon n
plication blank. Respectfully
Enclosed^ please find registration fee and filled ap
P. N. WENRICH.
Cousiimmaliou.
Serit. 23, 1890.
I have accepted a^^osltlon with Williams Coll. of
P.N. WENRICH.
,, Sunbury, Pa. Yours truly.
PENMAN'S ART JOl'RNAI. TEACHERS*
BIREAII.
A Tale lu Two Chapters.
Chapter I.
Penman's Art Journal Teachers' Buheau.
have contracted with Prof, A. K. Kl|>. Napa, i
next school year li. i-n l1l^ indebted lo . .
furnishing mc \M' n f feel sure that
Just til. . ' iil; (
good.'-ili \ rikliigyou tor t
It pleases me to inform you that I
with Prof, A. K. Kip. Napa. Cal., for
school year li.-.i-n ii^ indebted I
8hlngm«\M' I ffeelsu^ _
Prof. Kip is Just til. iil; for. I shall
pay him a gc
service rendered. I 1
E. H. MORSE, I'lop. Hartford, Conn., Bus. Coll.
Chapter II.
Penman's Art .ToriiN-VL Teachers' Bubeau.
hi ,, -11^ Ih.^. I . [tcti a position with E. H.
\1 , ■ ii ; ' II , lius. Coll. Will comply
u , I . 11 tract I joined another
PENMAN'S ART .lOl'RNAL TEACHERS*
B! KKM . i<l.i lt^..l,d^^..y. N. Y.
Weha\. II _ I ..and this num-
berwllli'. I iif next 30 days,
i-n .lt^>^ in- jm.t s im m.'i iikhuiim. iiiid I'rom March iBl
1 1. '. It 1st covers the busiest period of the year In
(I During the past six mouths we have hari
II .lis for teachers than we had teachers to All
1 1,. [In..-;, Thoroughly well prepared teachers are
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ROCHESTER, N. Y.
No. 2.
• f/*e Student.
A'o.
-If you have already made a beginning in
this work, have determined to do your best in learn-
ing from these lessons, do not allow yourself to be-
come discouraged if at first you do not improve as
rapidly as you think you should. You wiU succeed
if you have the willingness to work and the desire
to receive instruction. There is but one way to
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stantial improvement. Writing is not a natural
gift, is not limited to the few. and a good, plain,
rapid hand belongs to you it you have the energy to
work for it. If you think yon have sufficient
energy, then go to work and work with a will. I
am not satisfied as yet with your work on the first
lesson. I am a firm believer that we seldom do our
best. Those who think they have finished the work
in Lesson One and are ready for more advanced
work rarely make the improvement they should.
The copies presented in the first lessoo cannot be
■" finished " in just a few days. They furnish mate-
rial for practice for the advanced as well as the be-
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Do not be easily satisfied. Criticise your position,
your movement and your work at all times. Do
not omit any of the work. Students are prone to
shirk the difficult exercises and practice the copies
they can make best. Although some of the exer-
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overy detail of the instruction from month to month.
Lfi7vjf EjC'vriai-H,
-Vo. l.:.—h.% has been stated before, the most im-
portant thing tor the learner to acquire is a light,
elastic muscular movement. In order to accom-
plish this more time should be spent in practicing
the large e.'sercises in Lesson One. Those who have
been used to writing with a slow, cramped move-
ment will find these exercises ot special benefit in
learning to use the arm in place ot the fingers Un
leas a free action of the arm is fully established, the
student should confine his practice exclusively to
the large exercises. They give force, strength and
freedom to the stroke that cannot be secured m any
other way. These exercises will enable the student
to move the arm in every direction and with .the
greatest facility.
Be in no hurry to take up different work. Prac-
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sure, be very sure, that you can make all of the dif-
ferent movements in Lesson One before attempting
the work in this lesson.
NEW YORK, FEBRUARY, 1897.
The Obliqili- Ej-ercise
Xo. 14. — Notice No. 7. This is the same exercise
as given in Lesson One. First make it one space
in height, then two, three, tour, five and even more
if you can without sliding the sleeve on the table.
Force the arm to move rapidly in and out ot the
sleeve. Move at a high rate ot speed, and make
from 201) to 1.50 pulls toward the body per minute.
TwBNTV-nnsT YlAB.
to perform as the large ones. The former gives
strength and character to the writing, the latter
tones down and brings the muscles of the arm under
control for practical writing purposes. All practice
on large exercises, after a given degree ot excel-
lence has been attained in movement, tends toward
developing a wild and reckless style ot writing.
This wildness is a desirable thing in beginner8,Jtor
(3 (3 (3 (3
BY E. C. .MILLS, ILLUSTRATING HIS ACCOMPANYING LESSON IN RAPID BUSINESS WRITING.
Try to get the down lines on the same slant and
make lines compact. Work out nearly every parti-
cle of white between lines. Fill several pages with
this copy, as the motion produced in making the
oblique exercise is one ot the most valuable used in
writing.
TItf Siiinlt Ej-erclsfs.
Xi}. 7.;.— While the large exercises are indispensa-
ble, still the small exercises have as great a function
when the muscles are brought under control,
through the practice ot small exercises, a free and
rapid hand is the result ; while those who have
never had the large exercise practice write an un
certain, trembling and usually .slow style.
Now, those who have followed the instructions
thus far should have a mid, reckless movement.
They should be able to move the arm in every direc-
tion without the use of the fingers, should make all
26
of the large exercises with the greatest ease and
ehonid maintain a good position of the hand and
body at the table.
It yonr movement at this time takes in a wide
scope, although difficnit to govern, your efforts
have been directed in the right channel. This
movement is too larj^e for small writing, and needs
to be bronght imder subjection to the will. The
first exercise in No. 8 will give you a control over
movement that will 'make the practice of small let-
ters a pleasure to you. Remember these exercises
are made with the arm movement, and if the fingers
are u.«ed the value of this practice will amouut to
nothing. Make at least four rows of exercises be-
tween the two blue lines. The small oblique exer-
cise is first introduced, then the direct oval, then the
oblique, then tlie reversed oval. This kind of prac-
tice gives us iuat the same short, straight lines and
curves that are used in small letters and are made
about the same size.
Jtow to I'rnptlct'.
No. //;. — Donot practice longer than one hour at
a time. The first part of the hour should be devoted
to large execises, even after you are capable of mak-
ing them well. This will insure freedom of motion
and smooth lines. Label one page LARGE EXER-
(;ISES and another SMALL EXERCISES. Prac-
tice large exercises for at least ten minutes, then
take your page of small exercises and practice those
for at least thirty minutes. It is here we want the
most work at present. It is a good plan to practice
making more than four rows of exercises between
the lines, simply for the command it gives over
movement. This practice is excellent as long as the
arm is used as the propelling powei-. In order to
make it plain to the beginner regarding spacing,
speed, etc., we have mapped out ten lessons from
the copies on Plate 8. After the movement practice
has been performed as described above, there still
remains about twenty minutes for work on one of
the following lessons. The tendency is to spread
the writing over too much ground. Write exactly
the same number of words to the line as indicated.
You do not understand speed. Then time yourself
and keep up with the schedule :
j_^^^ _ Words TO NtiMBERWonns
KiKht rmm 6 24
Nine arrow (i •m
Tc.1 M,. ~i
Thr fapUttI -O. "
.'Vo.i?',— Before practicing on the " O," work on
the direct oval retracing exercise, making seven
down strokes in each. Make exercises close together
as in copy. This should fill the space between the
bine lines. Make the " O " next with a rapid mo
tion. Keep fingers quiet. Make at least 6U to the
minute and increase to 90. Endeavor to make good
forms. Count 1— if or each letter. The other small
letter exercises will help to keep the movement
down while making the " O."
riK- ciipiiiii ■•(■.'•
No. /.■>■. —Practice on the first exercise in No, 10.
Begin by making the oblique exercise and gradually
work out to the oval. Make at least 50 of these
exercises before attempting the capital. Two styles
of the letter are given, and both are practical forms.
In making the first form, try to get the down lines
as near parallel as possible. Use an easy movement
and avoid the jerky, spasmodic motion. Count 1—2
for both forms. Work for speed as we,ll as form.
Make ir, to the minute. The word ■■Common "
should be written without lifting the pen, and write
four to the line.
Lessons in Ornamental Writing.
F. B. MOOHE, INDIANAPOLIS, IND.
.^'o. J — l*lan of the Lessons.
As the editor of the Penman's Art Journal
desires me to run a course of lessons in Ornamental
Writing through the columns of this paper, I nave
decided so to do to the best of my ability.
My aim is to have these lessons as strong and
practical as possible for the amount of space to be
used. Any suggestions that would be helpful to
me, in strengthening them or making them more
instructive and beneficial, would be most cheerfully
accepted and highly appreciated.
They are not prepared, however, for the most
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merely to give an insight and foundation principles
in this particular line of penmanship, which so many
admire and are yet unable to execute. Neither
are they designed itfr those who wish to acquire a
handwriting for the business world, but they are
so you may be able to move your hand the full
length of the line without lifting the pen.
J'latf Niimtier One.
Begin on the continued oval or exercise No. 1,
keeping it about the same in height, width and slant
as given in the illustration. «.)n ■■•i^' -■< ISif^B = ifcX
Work with an unflagging energy, until fyou^have
obtained,'a free, easy movement, making'from'five
prepared in a brief manner for the large army of
readers who wish to further their interest in pen-
manship more than the plain business form.
I take for granted that those who follow these
instructions have at least some idea of muscular
movement, and are standing on a little higher plane
ttian those who are just learning the value of good
writing. I also suppose they have some knowledge
of the art, and have practiced long enough to know
to six ovals per ieconJ, continuing the whole length
of the line without slackening the motion or sliding
the arm at the elbow.
Copy No. 2 is the same as No. 1, only it is the re-
verse. Notice the direction indicated by the arrows.
The flat oval, or copies Nos. 3 and 4, should be re-
traced at least ten times, having the long way paral-
well the importance of following and heeding each
word of instruction.
May I ask each student who expects to enter this
course to mail me at his earliest convenience a good
specimen of his shaded penmanship, containing
both capitals and small letters, name, address, etc.,
also one or two of his best pages for my criticism
lei with the base line and moving to the right one-
half space each time without lifting the pen. Write
not less than four pages of each, keeping your papers
as clean as possible, as they should be filed away in
consecutive order for future reference.
Fliitv yiimbvr Three.
It you have followed closely the foregoing sugges-
tions, then try your hand on the shaded oval. Load
each month following throughout the entire course 'i
This, I trust, will not be neglected, as it will be of
great advantage to me in preparing these lessons
and very helpful to those pursuing them. Address
me care Indianapolis Business University.
Muteriiils.
Suppose \y6 equip ourselves now with a few of
the little necessaries, such as blotter to put on desk,
your pen well with ink, strike out with confidence,
and make not leas than ten or twelve downward
strokes before stopping. Shade heavy and have the
widest part of the shade in the center. Notice the
general direction of the exercises given, and be sure
that you have your shades begin and end with a
hair line. *
Do not become discouraged should you not suc-
THE ABOVE FOUR CUTS ARE BY F. B. MOORE, ILLUSTRATING HIS LESSON IN ORNAMENTAL WRITING.
oblique penholder, good black ink, pens and an
abundant supply of first-class foolscap paper. I
recommend for pens Gillott's Principality, No, 1,
and for ink Arnold's Japan mixed with about one-
half fluid.
.V«il' /»)• the atari.
Remove all unnecessary clothing from the arm,
roll up your sleeve, take a square position at the
desk and place your paper parallel with the arm
ceed at first, but instead, go back and criticise yonr
work, mark in red ink every mistake, then prove to
yourself that you have some wisdom and thought
by correcting these errors. Remember, it^ is not
how much you practice, but how well ; not the
amount, but kind ; not quantity, but quality.
The capital letters A and O are giveu to show the
importance of mastering well these excrclBes. With
anch principles yoa can move on toward snccesa,
bat without them you are retarded.
Copy No. 7 is something that will give yon excel-
lent practice in getting the swing for the minimnm
letters. Have three letters to the group, three
groups to the line and four lines between the ruled
lines. Begin and end each group with a long curve,
and be very careful not to allow your work to he
larger than the copy, or your tarns at the bottom
of your It's or at the top ot your m's to be sharp.
This is very important, even though it be small.
Let me urge yon to practice repeatedly on the ex-
ercises given this month, and if.j'ou are interested,
enthusiastic and systematic in your practice, yon
work will be a (.ource ot pleasure. Stick to this
lesion until the next reaches you.
The EDITOR'S SCRAP Book.
en's ExclianK« Deparlment.
C. S Hammock. Wray. Colo
Mi9g Maymie O'Donnell, Wray. Colo.
Mis3 OUio Lepper. Wray. Colo.
MisB L. M. Butts. Wray. Colo.
Andy Hoy, Wray, Colo.
Burt Smith, Brush. Colo.
C, N. Nevitt. CnrdsviUe (via Ellendale), Ky.
A. W. Walker. Ellsmere. Del.
J, E. Stone, UrsinnsCoU.. CollegeviUe. Pa.
N. S. Lane, Manti, Ala.
— Our subscribers will remember -that there isnonharge
for having name and address inserted in this department.
The only obliKation attached is that Those who join send
specimens o( their best writing to the other members of the
department.
— A splendid specimen of automatic pen work in several
colors comes from A. B Cushman. automatic pen artist.
Humboldt, Kan. -Mr. Cushman's work is accurate and srace-
ful, and he blends the colors beautifully. Specimen collect-
ors should have a couple of pages in their scrap books filled
with Mr. Cushman's work.
— Some fine ornamental writing comes from W. J. Elliott,
Prin. Central Bus. Coll., Stratford, Ont.
— J. C. Olsen, penman of the Stanberry. Mo., Nor. Coll.,
sends some fine ornamental writing. He has vigor and
grace, and is coming to the front as one of our best orna-
mental
— A very dasUy flourish and some fine ornamental writ-
ing has been received from W. R. Odegaard, penman, St.
Ansgar, la.. Semiuary and Institute.
— C. W.Jones, Brockton. Mass., is able to put dasb and
grace into hia writing, whether it be business or orna-
mental, and we have before us some splendidly written
cards that give indication of fine control of the hand and
arm. Mr. Jones' business writing is a model. Students and
young penmen should have a collection of Mr. Jones' bebt
work for their scrap books.
— Prom T. S. Overby, Taylor, ift is., we have some grace-
fully executed ornamental si
business writine. He has co
of Writing and Drawing,
e excellent ornamental slg-
; from J. J. Reese, Ne
— A daahy bird flourish com
On.
- C. ¥>. Rust, the penman tinsmltu of Brandon. Vt.. still
retains his grip, as shown by the handsomely written letter
lately received from him.
- .W. B. Baker. Orpha, W. Va.. sends The Journal speci-
m-ius of hia writing executed on January 1, iMilB.and another
executed 00 January I, 1S97. These specimeuM show a most
dncided improvement, particularly in the matter of move-
nient. He states that this improvement is due to The Juur-
— A dashilv written letter comes from J, E. Tuttle, Oil
City, Pa., B. C.
— A circular with some handsome spe -imens of resolution
work has been received from Snmuel D. Holt jienman and
designer, lOlH Chestnut St.. Philad**lpliia. Mr. Holt has late-
ly purchased the business of J. B. Uraff.
Studenttf' Specimenti,
— A large package of samples of the writing of students of
W. A. Ross, Massev Bus. Coll.. Columbus, Cia., ohows that
Mr. Ross believes in movement and is successfully ti-aching
it. AH of the writing is free and gives every indication or
suoqd. Among the best writers are : C. A. Miller, Edgar
Mitchell. C. M. Jones. C. H, Venable. H. Danell. O. B. Wood,
L. R. Ciuley. lieo. Burrus. J. R. Ritter, Edear McCrory, G.
R Poddy, Rose Bailey. R. S. Beckham, L, W. Youmans.
— Spucimens of businois writiuK from J. M. Ward, a three
months" night pupil of T. T, Wil-on of tbe Brockton, Mass.,
B C. would indiciite that Mr. Ward would naturally drift
into the professional rank. He has speed, movement and
form.
— Prom C. E. Birch of Birch's Correspondence School,
Oak Mills. Kan., we have received a package of specimens of
students writing. This is the first we remember to have
had from students of a correspondence school, and if all are
I narticularly f
: O Hastings, fclrnest Mc-
McQuire, August Zacha-
f;ood, and the movement exei
he best writers are ihe folio
Guire. Ha S.ise, Pearl Adam
rlas, William Zacharias.
- L. C. McCanu. penman of Williams Coll. of Bus,. Ma
hanoy Citv. Pa., has good control of the pen. He sends u
some Un»1y written ornamental capitals and a couplts o:
graceful flourishes.
Business Writing Teachers' Open Court.
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LESSONS IN DRAWING.
BY i. C. WEBB. SUPERVISOR OF DRAWING. NASHVILLE,
TENN ASSOCIATE AUTHOR OF '• PRACTICAL DRAW-
ING."
(Those k'snonn bejjan In the 'January. 1887. number of The Jol'n
Xjir. un<i HUbecrlptloi
'(..JcA/nana Qytit/ClXtLtnaC)
K 8tart:wUh thai number If deslred.l
Number 2.
Vvimarii (ivndv*.
The representation of form in various materials
Is one of the delightful pastimes of childhooil. The
making of cakes and piea in the delicious plastic
substance called by grownup folks mud, the cut-
ting of paper men with toes turned out and joint-
less limbj, the building of forts and railroads and
tunnels in the sand are all in a broad sense drawing.
This natural desire of young children for the rep-
resentation of objects is the foundation upon which
all form study in our schools should rest. It is the
tender sprout which should be watched, nourished
and pruned occasionally, if needed, until it grows
into a strong, healthy tree bearing fruit in due
Beason.
Be careful how you handle the tender shoots.
Encoorage, stimulate, guide, be sure that you do
not crmh or pluck up by the roots. A six-year
old child's concept of form is generally better
than he is given credit for. What a child puts on
paper in making a drawing is not an inde-'f of his
seeing. His drawing usually bears but a slight re-
semblance to what he would do if his hands were
trained equal to his eyes. Many children draw
with pencil and jiaper for the first time in school.
What wonder then if the untrained hand refuses to
obey the commands of its young master and persists
in making corners where curves were intended.
The original drawings in first plate are the work
of as many different children from five to eight
years of age, and show the character of drawing the
average child does upon entering school. A care-
ful study will show that there was more thought
behind them than would appear at first glance.
Every primary room in the country can produce an
unlimited quantity of such drawings.
H7i<i( (o J)><i.c.
The child during first and second years in school
is willing to draw anything. Nothing is too diffi-
cult. He will attempt the complications of a loco-
motive with the same confidence that he would the
outlines of a square, and would probably get as
much good and certainly more pleasure from his at-
tempt.
It makes but little difference what first- year pupils
draw so long as their interest is kept up and they
are drawing something they have seen and under-
stand. Do not lequire children to draw figures
that to them are meaningless; they soon tire of
practicing merely geometric outlines and may get
a decided aversion to drawing.
A boy recently gave as an excuse for his poor
work that they didn't teach drawing where he went
to school last year ; and when asked if he didn't draw-
in a book with a pencil, said, " I didn't know that
was drawing; we didu't make anything but rounds
and squares."
When squares are drawn, have them made for a
purpose. Turn them into bo.tes, or books, or houses
or picture frames. When straight lines are prac-
ticed have the children understand that they are
drawing hoe handles, or canes, or lead pencils or
telegraph poles. It circles, call them bicycle wheels,
or balls or dollars.
nra>rinti from Cuiiij.
A few years ago the kind of drawing taught in
most schools consisted almost entirely of copying
the outlines of figures made by another. The re
suits showed that while many could do beautiful
work from a good cojiy, to place before them an ob-
ject to work from they could do nothing. Some
prominent educators, who are just like other folks
in this particular, saw the mistake that was being
made and immediately Hew to the other extreme
and said, "Do no copying from the flat. Let all
drawings be from the object. Put something be-
fore the child and let him draw it as he sees it. "
One of these extremes is as bad as the other. In
the primary grades a great deal of time can be
profitably spent in copying simple outline drawings
of familiar objects. Such work not only gives the
child necessary training of the eye in measuring
distances and getting proportions and directions,
but also furnishes the proper training for the little
fingers to enable them to transfer to paper the im-
pressions received through the eye. When a little
fellowjhas drawn a three or four cornered circle (as
most will in the beginning) the teacher can, by ask-
jects suitable for beginners to draw, either f rom'copy
or from the object. The drawings should be made
considerably larger than here^^presented. Large,
bold drawings should be encouraged.
The best results can be secured on loose paper and
pupils should be given but one sheet at a time.
Objects having straight edges may be drawn
first; but there is no good reason why a child during
his first year should be limited to straight lines.
An Inti-ri'stiiiff /'Inn.
A very interesting and instructive plan is to clas-
sify objects according to their usss or qualities.
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BY A. C. WEBB, ILLUSTRATING HIS LESSON IN DRAWING.
ing him how he thinks it would do for the wheel
of a baby carriage, impress upon him the impor-
tance of geting rid of the corners.
The teacher should bring to school from time to
time simple objects suitable to draw such as
hatchets, spoons, rolling pins, goblets, vases, jugs,
fruits and vegetables and many other familiar ob-
jects found about the homes. A mounted squirrel
01- bird is a never failing source of delight and has
some advantages over the live animal from the fact
that it will remain in one position as long as
wanted.
JTojr to Gratr t'opji foy This T.mHitn.
In the second plate are shown a few outlines of ob-
Several lessons may be profitably given on the dif-
ferent kinds of fences and gates. Then things good
to eat, things to pound with, things to wear, things
to dig with. etc. The same figure should be dr.awn
two, three or more times, bat may be varied in
position to avoid sameness. - I
After Superintendent Greenwood.
Editor Pe.n'man's Art JorRN.\L :
We rend tbe Penma.n's Art Jocrnal down here, and
are always gind to get it. It is surprising that such liter-
ature as tbe Penman's Art Jour.val. contributed to by
such an army of authors, artists and literary giants as
there are, could go out over this ^eut world of ours and
yet there exist such men at the helm of schools as Pro-
fessor Greenhorn— I mean Greenwood— over at Kansas
City. We teach muscular movement business writing, as
is advocated by the Penman's Art Jol'rxal, and be-
lieve in having a specialist in writing and drawing iu
every school, however small. Accept the challenge, and
send in your five specimens of writing. Brother C. H.
Peirce. I'll go you halvers. V. T. Ely.
Teacher of writing Stanley's Business College.
Thomasville, Ga., December 1, 1896.
Ecent Public School Book Adoptions.
V York, N. Y. ; Mt. Mo
Teachers' Colle
American Copy Books.
Los AnKelea. Cal. ; Tarrytowu, N.
N. Y. : Beach Lake. Pa. ; Revere, Pa,
Copy Book.
New London, Pa.— Spencerian Copy Book.
West Creek, N. J.— Appleton's Copy Books.
Newlands vs. Champlin.
Kingston, Ontario, December 8, 1890.
To THE Editor :
The inclosed copy of a letter, to which I received^no
reply, tells its own story.
My offers to enable Mr. Champlin to prove his asser-
tions did nut, I thought, leave a hole large enough for
him to crawl out of, but I evidently did not have Ms
proper measure. I shall pay no further attention to these
would-be critics, who are, it is plain to see, seeking '* some
free advertising."
Yours truly,
A. F. Newlands.
Kinoston, Ontario. November 21, 1896.
Mr. Howard Champlin.
Supervisor of Writing. Cincinnati, Ohio.
Dkah Sir: Inasmuch as the extract from your letter in
the November Journal may, by some, be mistaken for a
partial acceptance of my proposition that we have an im-
partial comparative test of the writing of our pupils, I feel
that it deserves some notice.
I am willing to enter at the Chicago meeting of the Writ-
'^:'',
'fe'
ing and Drawing Teachers' Association wort of our pupils
in competition with work of your schools.
You are, no doubt, quite aware that specimens of writing
have little or no value unless those who view them know
well the conditions untler which they were written; I there-
fore propose the following :
1. That the specimens be written in both cities on the same
day in the third week in December, say Friday the 18th.
3. That all the pupils of each of three classes in one build-
ing, including the sixth, seventh and eighth school years,
be required to write.
:i. That all the specimens from a class be written simulta-
nepusly wlthiu five minutes.
4. That the matter written be a continuous extract from
some poem.
5. "That in order to prevent the possibility of any after
complaint of irregularity, each of us be allowed a represent-
ative present to see the specimens prepared, to sign and
number each specimen, to take from the class register or
otherwise ascertain tlie avorage age of the pupils, and to
guard against any pupils competing who have not been dur-
ing at least two months immediately preceding in regular
attendance in the class in which they write.
ti. That the best specimens from each class shown by each
of us be photo-engraved, and published with an explanation
of how they were prepared.
Kindly telegraph at my expense on or before November
.■-•ti. yes or no, to this proposition.
Yours truly.
A. P. Newlands.
No Revenue for Display.
'* John, you write a very pretty hand," .said the stingy
employer; "but you shade your letters too heavily. A
light, vmiform touch is far preferable. Save ink, John."
-New Orleans Times-Democrat.
29
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DRAWING BY PRIMARY PUPILS. ACCOMPANYING LESSON IN DRAWING BY A. C. WEBB. (SEE PAGE :8.)
The Corralling of the Writing Master for
Public School Service.
BY H. W. ELLSWORTH, NEW YORK.
From time immemorial there has existed a chiro-
graphic race of hardy, self-taught Individuals known
as -'Knights of the Cjnill." "Scribes," "Profes-
sors of Penmanship," "Writing Masters," "Ink
Slingers," etc.. claiming to be lineal descendants
from one Moses, the great law giver and inventor
of the Mystic Art of Writing, and to be endowed
above ordinary mortals with a divine afflatus
which renders them superior to all direction and con-
trol by the powers that be, roaming unchecked over
the continents and often wasting their fragrance on
the desert air, when if their skill and lofty assurance
could be utilized and harnessed to the work of civil-
ization the world at large would be vastly bene-
fited thereby.
But, like the hardy broncho of the plains, they
disdain to be corralled or harnessed and kick at all
attempts to restrain or control their pristine free-
dom, backing and kicking against all rules and regu-
lations laid down except by themselves as the self
appointed advance agents of coming civilization
So long has this state of affairs existed and
they been allowed to have their undisputed say
wherever their services as teachers have been
sought, notwithstanding their crude yet enthusi-
astic methods of imparting instruction, that it has
come 1o be believed that penmanship is really an
artless Art, controlled by Genius itself, lacking
which it is useless to strive for mastery of the pen.
But the steady advance of modern educational
methods and scientific forces, casting about for ma-
terial for carrying on its increasing work, have
sought to impress these fiery, untamed Geniuses
known as " Knights of the Quill," etc., and har-
ness them to the Educational chariot to aid the
rank" and file of teachers in delivering to every
mother's son and daughter a mastery of the cabalis-
tic art tinged with the free and forceful graces of
the untamed Geniuses aforesaid.
And first, to bait their victim, they deploy to over-
come his shyness with the pleasant sound of " Su-
pervisor of Penmanship ' ' in place of the use of the
familiar titles with which approach would be
more difficult, and having thus captured his conceit
he is ready for the further task of breaking into
the educational harness at their leisure.
But, having once caught the fiery, untamed, it is
no easy task to educate him into the steps of teach-
ing and substitute the rules of pedagogy for the
zealous fire and enthusiasm which was his only talis-
man for drawing out the latent powers of youthful
minds and muscles.
And here is where the problem lies, arid where the
best resource of superintending powers must be
employed to quell the vicious kicks and plunges of
their yet-to-be-subdued ally, and accustom him to
the traces and steady pull by which true educational
progress is insured.
But, as it is a well known custom in breaking a
fractious animal to harness it to a well trained,
steady team, so it is reasonable^to assume that with
due surroundings and appliances, accompanied with
appeals to native pride and ambition and like in-
ducements, the result may be duly accomplished
and a valuable auxiliary secured, which shall eventu-
ally place Penmanship where it belongs, as one of
iijl III >vai.
u>t Hi feacc, an?
it.) I in ific ilcail.) of
4\ vi co\ H vtWwcMi^
the foundation stones and manual arts second to
none other in the educational superstructure now
tottering for lack of its supporting strength.
Some Work of the Lafayette Schools Lost.
At the Chicauo meetici; of the Writinu and Drawinu
Teachers' AsHuciation, J. H. Bachteiikirchor, Supervisor of
Writing in the Lafayette, Ind., public schools, had the mis-
fortune to lose a bound volume of tlie work of Ruth MiUep
of the Ford School. Tne volume is entitled " The Vision of
Sir Launfal," and is illustrated. Mr. Bachtenkircher thinks
30
that aomo one, Bapposing the work was to be given away, ap-
propriated it. It f8 very valuable to the young lady, tbe
principal, superintendent and to Mr. B. himself, and of
no special value to any one else. Mr. Bachteiikirchor will
pay a liberal reward for its return, and no questiona asked.
A Correction.
Shbi.don & CoMrANV ([ncorpoiatedl.
EDUCATIONAL Pl'HI-ISHKBS.
NEW X-OKK. Jarnmry27. IW.
Prnman'8 Akt Journal.
202 Broadway. New York City.
Oestlkmkn : We suppose that a jonrnal of the high posi-
tion of TiiK pKNMAN's Art Jouknal desires to be correct
We havi! this morning roceived a letter from our Chicago
Manager. Mr. Alexander Forbes, in which he says :
" I notice in Tok Pknman's Aiit Journal of January.
J«i7. on page ». uoder the head of 'Recent Public School
Adoptions.' Grand Rapids, Mich., is credited with having
adopted Merrill-B Copy Books. The inclosed letter from
Superintendent Chalmer of Grand Rapids will show you
that that is not correct."
In this letter is inclosed a letter from Superintendent
Chalm(?r. under date of .January ^2. ISUT. in which he says :
■'I am niucli obliged to you for your favor of the 35th inst.
Our Board of Education has not adopted Merrill's Copy
Books. We placed in our schoo\i>,\aatS<-j}teml>vr, Sheldon's
K.^^m£uid dPtit'O^tctAa^
Tbe loetructor: ''Vour nose is too long and too
eharp, and your face too thin and peaked. Your
entire figure is too slender. Your waist should be
larger.
-Schuol 1
i-d Jou
Vertical Copy Books, and so far as I am able to learn they a
giving excellent satisfaction to all concerned.
(Signed) "W. W. Chalmer.'
We suppose, of course, that having made the error, y
will see to it that it is properly corrected.
We are. Yours very truly,
SuBLDON & Company
paper, if more than aix inches wide, may be moved
to the left as w© proceed across the page. If the
arm, as a whole, is not moved to tbe right we shall
have to constantly pull it off the desk in order that
the hand may follow the lines on paper. This makes
it difficult to use the same movement throughout
the line, and it also makes it difficult to get a uni-
form slant.
WatrU f/ic l^fiprr.
There is a tendency on tbe part of some to place
the paper too far to the right, and to turn the arm
to the position indicated in illustration No. 4. We
have observed that when pupils sat in this position
they invariably wrote with an up and down motion
Teachers' Associatiou conferred an honor ppou the
Lafayette schools, well worthy of special note, as the fol-
lowing committee report and award will illustrate :
*' ' Your committee on examinatiou of school exhibits
beg leave to submit the following report. In arriving at
out decision, which was a unanimous one, we took into
account the following points : First, movemeut ; second,
term ; third, general effect. On this basis we find that
the schools of Lafayette, Ind., deserve the highest award,
the schools of Charles City, Iowa, second, and Orand
Haven, Mich., the third. We also wish to commend the
ease of movement and lightness of lines found iu th^^ex-
hibit of Cincinnati. Ohio, and Crawfordsville. Ind. (MC.
Curtis. Minneapolis, Miuo., W. H. Carrier, Adrian. MictI^
Fanny Dickenson, Flint, Mich., committee.'
" The committee was composed of well known teachers
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8V HARRY HOUSTON, ILLUSTRATING HIS ACCOMPANYING LESSON IN VERTICAL WRITING.
that produced narrow letters and placed them
close together. The same trouble will be experi-
enced if vertical writing is tried with straight front
position and paper turned as in slanting writing.
To I'roflncr Strfiight Itouturavfl Strobe.
To produce the straight downward strokes in ver-
tical writing draw the pen toward the body, rolling
the forearm on the muscles. To make the broad
turns between the letters, roll or pull the arm back
into the sleeve and to the right at the same time.
To make the upward strokes that curve to the left,
roll the arm forward and to the right. As the arm
should rest lightly on the desk, it may elide some
in their line, and C. C*. Curtis is of national reputation
He is an author of an excellent system of copybooks.
Within the last year he has revised and modernized his
system, and has incorporated many of the Lafayette
ideas and methods, gleaned from our last year's exhibit
at Chiciigo, in bis new system of copybooks. These booKS
have been accepted by the American Book Company as
being the best they have ever seen.
" Duluth, Minn., Richmond, Ind., and many other cities
of importance were in the exhibit in which the Lafayette
schools won first honors."
A New Blackboard.
So mucb has been said of late abont the blackboard rj
being unsanitary that a novelty is worth mentioning. This
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BY HARRY HOUSTON, ILLUSTRATING HIS ACCOMPANYING LESSON IN VERTICAL WRITING,
Lessons in Vertical Writing.
BY HARRY HOUSTON, SUPERVISOR PENMANSHIP.
NEW HAVEN, CONN
(Thpso It'KsoUH bi^Knn 111 the .laiiuury, 18P7. number ot The Joril-
NAi., and subscrlptiouu inuy start with that Issue ir desIreiL)
No. a.
Jtnitofltnirr «/' l'i'wj*cr I'ttsithtti.
We are apt to give so much attention to writing
vertically that we drift back into former ways of
sitting, lioldiuf; the pen, etc. It is therefore thought
beet to say a little more in regard to the im-
portance of maintainini; a correct position. The
arms shonld lie across the desk diagonally, as shown
in illuatration No. 3. It will be noticed that the
lines representing the forearms do not elope to the
ri'jht and left respectively as much as they would
it the position for slanting writing were indicated.
This means that the'elbow.s should be kept near the
body for vertical writing. It will be difficult to
put this last suggestion into practice in many
school-rooms ou account of tbe desks being flat and
too high More will be said on the sub.iect later on
iu the lessons. Endeavor to have the forearm and
edge of the desk form about th^ same angle when
the right side of paper is reached as there was
when beginning tbe line. This is accomplishea by
moving the arm to the right as explained in Janu-
ary Journal. Until a good hand is established, the
the same as the third and fourth fingers do. This,
of course, cannot be done if the weight of the body
is thrown forward on the arms.
The rolling or rotary motion used is so important
and so different from the hinge like action nsed in
slanting writing that considerable practice should
be put upon it. Practice exercise No. 2 in January
Journal, making it some ot the lime about a third
of the size given.
The Cai)UH /vr This Lcisoii.
The words given in this lesson are the movement
exercises. If one does not write with a free move-
ment, he should acquire it by practice upon the
oval : then apply it first to these simple words, and
then to more difficult ones. The words in tbe first
line are not very difficult, as the broad turns are
followed by upward strokes that curve to the right.
If all the letters could be written with this motion
or movement, we could write much faster and
easier. In second and third lines we find tomething
more difficult, as many of the downward strokes are
followed by upward strokes that curve to the left.
It should be constantly borne in mind that if your
writing appears thin and angular, it is because
enough rolary movement has not been used. Be
careful not to use straight lines in the place of
curved ones.
is made on the followinc principle : A sheet of ground Klass.
of suitable size, is set into a very firm, thin frame. This
frame is hinged, so as to swine into another frame attached
to the wall. This stationary portion is fitted with a back
board, covered with black canton flannel, velveteen or serge;
velveteen giving the best effect. When the swinging glass
is pushed firmly into the frame it presses on the velveteen
backing. The ground surface is, of course, outside. This
makes a blackboard that may be u.sed either for crayons or
lead pencil, as the case may be. There is also a white back,
which may be used. Thin forms an admirable surface for
colored crayons. If it is necessary to copy or practice in
geometrical designs or flowers, sheets of paper containing
them are placed lietween the backing and the glass, the out-
lines showing through perfectly. This board has many
advantages, and will probably be widely adopted.— Popular
Sckiue News.
Afuc-aimilc of handwriting may occasionally be used with
good effect in an advertisement. It has the merit of con-
spicuousness.— f nit/crs" Ink.
Awards in Writing and Drawing Teaciiers'
Association at Chicago.
Under ciptiun, "Lafayette Schools iu the Van," a
Lafayette, Xud., paper has the following to say about the
school exhibits at the Chicago convention :
'* Prof. J. H. Bachtenkircher has returned from Chi-
cago, where he attended the sessions of the Writing and
Drawing Teachers' .\asociation, of which organization he
is president. Prof. Bachtenkircher ou Tuesday deliv-
ered an address before the Federation of Commercial
Teachers' Associations. The Writing and Drawing
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V
NEWS AND MISCELLANY SUPPLEMENT.
PENMAN'S ART JOURNAL,
NEW YORK, FEBRUARY, 1897.
NEWS EDITION.
School and Personal.
— Among recent visitors to The Journal office were :
H. C. Spencer, Cohoes, N. Y., Sch. of Bus. ; B. A. Peters,
Prin. Com'! Dept., High School, Neiv Bedford, Mas^s. ;
L. C. Horton, Stewart B. C, Trenton, N. J. ; P. B, Gib-
son, Prin. Com'l Dept., Boys' High School, Brooklyn,
N. Y. : J. G. Rider, tormerly o£ Eockford, 111., B. C,
now representing Diamond Ink Co., Milwaukee, Wis. ;
M. J. Connor, Actual B. C, Pittsburg. Pa. ; G. L. Har-
rington, Harrington's B. C, Waterbury, Conn.; Harry
E igle, Schissler Coll. of Bus., Norristown, Pa. ; Hcbart
Webster, Elizabeth, N. J , High School ; J. T. Rose,
Adelphi Acad., Brooklyn, N. Y'. ; E. M. Barber and Chas.
M. Miller, Packard's B. C, New York ; W. H. Sadler,
Baltimore, Md.
— New schools lately brought to our notice are : Nor-
mal B. C, Urbana, O., J. C. Steiner, Prin. and Propr.
New York School of Bus. and Shorthand, r35th St. and
5th Ave., New York City, F. E. Wood, Propr. School
of Bus. and Shorthand, Tampa, Fla., L. M. Hatton, Mgr.
Bliss B. C, Lynn, Mass., C. A. Bliss, Propr. ; W. J.
Sanders, Prin. Williams Coll. of Actual Bus., 17 Fed-
eral St.. Allegheny, Pa, T. M. Williams, Propr.
Shelby, O , B. C, L. V. Stevens, Mgr. Cohoes, N. Y'.,
School of Bus. and Shorthand, H. J. King and H. C.
Spencer, Props. ; E. L. Grandy, Prin. Birch Corre-
spondence School, Oak Milts, Kan. Carlisle, Pa., C. C,
Shaffer & McClure, Prins. Newton, N. J., B. C, A.
H. Davenport, Prin. and Prop.
— The following changes of name and management
have recently taken place : T, M. Williams has, purchased
the Actual B. C, Pittsburg. Pa., of which M. J. Connor
and the late J. M. Phillips were Props. Mr. Williams
will still conduct his Allegheny school. W. P. Gregory,
A. L. McCiosky and W. J Trainer purchased at Sheriff's
sale the outfit of the Williams B. C, Scranton, Pa., and
have renamed the institution. College of Commerce,
Messrs. McCiosky and Trainer were teachers in this insti-
tution at the time of its failure. T. T. Wilson and C. E.
Williams of the Wilson B. (.'., Brockton, Mass., have pur-
chased and absorbed the Brockton B. C. and have
changed the name of the combined institution to the
Brocktou Bus. Univ. I. E. Dwyer. of the Brockton B. C,
will be connected with the new'institution. A. J. Rider
has purchased the interest of W. R, Ku^ler in the Rider
B. C, Trenton, N. J. Mr. Kugler will retain his present
position as secretary of the school. H. H. Cliilds, who
lately purchased Prouty B. C, Athol, Mass., has changed
the name to Childs* B. C.
— The following institutions have closed ; Patterson,
N. i.. B. C, (i. W. Latimer. Propr.; Buena Vista Coll.,
Storm Lake, la, ; Coll. of Com , Boone, la. ; Columbus,
Ind., Bus. Univ. and Nor. ('oil. ; Wood's B. C, Girard-
ville, Pa,, S. 1. Wood, Propr,
— Vineyard Hall, one of the largest dormitories on Col-
lege Hill, was burned to the ground January %\ together
with the contents. The dormitory contained sixty suites
of rooms, all being occupied by students of the Northern
Ind. Nor. School, Valparaiso, Ind., who lost their belong-
ings. .Some students were found in their rooms uncon-
scious, and had to be carried out. The total loss was
about JlK.nou ; insured for *8,4no.
— P. F. Roose, vice-president of the Omaha, Neb.,
Commercial College, is pi-obably a member of more secret
orders than any other busmess college man in America.
He is a veritable " .iiner." For more than twelve years
he has been prominently
identified with the leadmg
fraternities of this country.
He was a member of the
Nebraska Knights of Pyth-
ias Grand Lodge for sis
yeai-s. a member of the An-
cient Order United Work-
men (Neb.) Grand Lodge
tor sis years. Second high-
tst officer m the Modei'n
Woodmen America for four
years, and a member of the
Supreme Camp for ten
years. He also served on a
number of important com-
mittees in the Modern
F. F. uoosE. Woodmen America. He
.1. »r ». n ,. , . was secretary and treasurer
of the Northern Relief Association two years • is associ-
ate founder of the Woodmen of World, and has been its
Supreme Banker since its organization. He was one of
the founders of the \\ oodmen Circle and was Supreme
Treasurer two years. He is co-founder of the Fraternal
Union ot -America and served as Supreme Treasurer since
its organization until recently, when he was elected pres-
ident of the order. He has setved on committees and on
the Board ot Directors of other organizations, and at all
times has taken an active part in traming the laws and
shaping the plans of the various organizations of which
he IS a member. He is a Scottish Rite, also York Rite
Mason. Mr. Roose has been prominently identified with
various business and educational institutions, being
founder of the Lincoln, Neb., Normal University. He is
founder of the Lincoln Busmess College, and for eight
years was its president and tor four years was president
ot the Omaha Business College, and is still its vice-presi-
dent, and vice-president of the Omaha Commercial Col-
lege. He published the Nebraska's Ancient Order United
\\ orkmen's official organ for sis years, and for twenty
years has done more or less newspaper work.
— E. T. Overend, Mgr. Spencerian B. C, Evansville,
Ind., in a late letter, writes : " I consider The Journal
the best paper on penmanship published, and it is cer-
tainly the source from which has come the greater por-
tion of the enthusiasm and spirit that is helping writing
along to-day."
— Hcakl's College Journal, published by Heald's B. C,
San Francisco, Cal., has a column and a half report of the
lecture on " Personahty in Handwriting," delivered by
The Journal's Editor, m Heald's B. C, Wednesday
afternoon, December 10th, It says : " The large audito-
rium of the College was crowded on Wednesday after-
noon, December Itith, with students, their friends, press
representatives and others, to hear a lecture by Prof.
Daniel T. Ames, the well-known penmanship expert of
New York, and editor ot The Penman's Art Journal,
on the subject, ' Personality in Handwriting.' More than
usual interest was taken because of the knowledge that
Mr. Ames had been engaged tor many weeks past, at the
instance of the Fair heirs, in esamining the pencil will
and deeds, said to have been written by the late Senator,
by which a large amount ot property was devised to Mrs.
Craven." The remainder of the article was substantially
the same report as printed in the San Francisco dailies,
quotation from which was made in the January number
of The Journal.
— From a Brockton, Mass., paper we quote the follow-
ing ; " Prof. 1. E. Dwyer has abandoned his idea ot leav-
ing Brockton, much to the gratification of friends, and
has accepted a position at the Brockton Bus. Univ. Prof.
Dwyer was educated at Des Moines, la., and is one of the
most successful teachers of whom Brockton boasts. In
his two years' residence here he has gained a number of
friends, many of whom are young people who owe their
success to his efforts as teacher in the business college."
— In late letters C. P. Zauer has the following to say
about The Journal : "The Penman's Art Journal is
the leading penmanship paper on the globe. You know
our sentiments, and you know we enjoy the way you are
raking the one- idea methods ot some others. Keep to the
front, by remaining in the broad daylight of liberality in
method."
— The Keeninq Wiseoiisin, Milwaukee, Wis., of Jan-
uary 2d, under the caption ■' A Penman's Protest," de-
voted a column and a half to a splendidly written article
by A. L. Gilbert, of the Spencerian B. C. of Milwaukee,
in opposition to vertical writing, which has lately been
introduced into the Milwaukee Public Schools. Mr. Gil-
bert combats many of the claims made by advocates ot
the vertical.
— C. M. Immel, an old time teacher ot penmanship and
commercial branches, is now Recorder of Elkhart County
Goshen. Ind.
— On August 3.5, 189(1, was born to Mr. and Mrs. C
A. Stewart, Huntsinger's Bus. Coll., Hartford, Conn., a
daughter. Mane Lillian.
— We have received photograph ot T. J. Cathey,
Draughon's B. C, Texarkana, Texas.
— " It is a source of great satisfaction to me to read
your articles on the Wexteni Feniiiaii. Personally the
editor 18 a good fellow, but he is a crank on muscular
movement and his 'Budget.' He would have us to be-
lieve that he was the first to advocate free movement,
but I am sure the readers ot The Journal after study-
ing the ' History of the Lewis-Carstairs Controversy,'
Vfhich 1 see is to appear in The Journal soon, will com-
pletely prick this bubble. And if you continue to hit him
as you did in your last they will see that his argument in
favor of his ' Budget ' (that is what it means) to take the
place of the copybook, is a very poor substitute in the
hands of the average teacher in our public schools.
Gaskell 8 Compendium had its day, but they were short-
ened when The Journal got after it." Thus writes D.
.., ^''J^'lS^' Penman of the New Jersey State Normal
.School, Trenton, N. J.
— L. F. Myers, Pres't Lexington, Mo., B. C, reports a
most encouraging growth of his school. He believes in
high grade work.
Moi'ementH of tin- Teachefs.
pii '^.i.^'''''?? 'I '^'' ?«" penman of the Garvin Com'l
V,9' ;l Terre Haute, Ind. P. N. Wenrich, recently with
\\ illiams B. C., Sunbury, Pa., is now at his home. North
Heidelberg, Pa.--— S L. Daugherty has charge ot the
penmanship in the Y. M. C. A., Dayton, O. — -John W
Manuel, formerly of Chicago and recently a Zanerian Art
college student, is connected with the Scranton, Pa., B.
\i V- '!■ Zanders, late of Becker's B. C, Worcester,
,. ?i^' i^ ""^ ^"Y I'"°- of tlie B'iss B. C, Lynn, Mass.- -
n'.fT;-f M-T' '^'^,?' '^"5'' ^- "^'■' "5- C., is now with the
Detrmt, Mich B. U. If. C. Brewster, formerly pen-
man of the Elmira, N.Y-., Coll. ot Com., has been spend-
ing some months rusticating, and will endeavor to regain
his health by itinerating through Pa. His present P O.
f,?'?X* V ^^^!','°a'"!,' P"- ^- ^- Fiii'Ber, late of Peek-
S' ' o 'u , 0-- ^<^?:'^< 's ^ow connected with St. John's
Mil. School, Sing Sing, N. Y. E. L. Grandy of the
Spencer la.. Nor. Inst., is now prin. ot the Cohoes, N. Y.,
.School of Business. W. R, Hayward, formerly of Char-
lotte, N. C, C. C, and late of Aurora. Ill , B C is now
prin of the commercial and elocution departments of the
Chattanooga Tenn., Nor. Umv. M. E. Hansel, for-
merly of Fishborne Mil. Acad., Waynesboro, Va is now
prin. of the Stonewall School tor Boys, McDowell, Va.
Mr. Starkey of Newark, N. J., has been engaged as the
new teacher of commercial branches in the Columbia B.
C, Paterson, N. J. S. E. Gutterridge is now connected
with the Hayward B. C, St. Louis, Mo , and teaches pen-
manhip, bookkeeping and arithmetic. F. Benton Miller
teaches shorthand, typewriting and spelling in the same
institution. Ernest W. Covell has charge of the pen-
manship and commercial work in the Clinton Liberal In-
stitute, Ft. Plain, N. Y. W. D. Clark is the new prin.
of shorthand department of the River City B. C, Ports-
mouth, 0. V. O. Stover, formerly ot Wood's Bus. Coll.,
Shenandoah, Pa., is now connected wilh Wood's B. C,
Wilkes-Barre, Pa. J. A. Willis, late prin. of the Au-
burn, N. Y., B. C, has resigned and is taking a rest at
Moravia, N. Y. R. B. Seymom, late with the Wood B.
C, Pittston, Pa., is no longer connected with that insti-
tution. W. C. Henning, recently with Wood's B. C,
Easton, Pa., is now receiving his mail at Davison, Midi.
W. L. Thomas, formerly of Salina, Kan., is now con-
nected with the San Antonio, Tex., B. C. W. A. War-
riner, formerly of Jamestown, N. Y., and Toronto, Ont.,
is now connected with the Albany, N. Y',, B. C. 1. M.
Walker is President and O. A. Bosserman Vice-Pres. of
the Hayward Coll. and Com'l School, Fairfield, 111. A.
E. Hortenstein is the new penman of the Lexington. Mo.,
B. C. and Miss Maud Yates is assistant in Engiisb.
W. H. Matthews is prin, and prop, of the Salem, O., B. C.
Xeu- Crttalof/utis, St'hnol fTiiiirndfs, i:te,
— The report of the thirtieth annual graduation exer-
cises ot Pierce School, held in the Academy of Music, Sep-
tember ISth, is a very interesting one, as it contains the
portraits of speakers and a full report of what each one
.said. Pierce School has been noted for many years for
securing the best talent to be had for these exercises, an'l
the reports which are sent out are usually treasured by
the recipient, as they contain many practical talks.
— Tbe catalogue ot Curry Bus. Coll. and School of
Shorthand of Curry Univ., Pittsburg, Pa,, is handsomely
printed on heavy plate paper, is well illustrated and has
a cover embossed in blue and gold.
— The McLachlan Bus. Univ., Grand Rapids, Mich., is
sending out a little booklet, entitled " Christmas Greet-
ings to the McLachlan Business University by the Em-
ployers of its Pupils." Sisteen letters engraved /oc sijiu'ie
from firms employing pupils from the fchool are given.
They make the very best of advertising. The cover illus-
trations are the work of penman A. D. Skeels ot the in-
stitution.
— A souvenir of the Actual B. C, Canton. O., contains
a variety of work on plain, ornamental writing, flourish-
ing, lettering, drawing, etc,, from the pens of the pen-
men of the institution.
— From W. H. Sadler and H. M. Howe, Baltimore, Md.,
we have received a very tasty calendar for 'Sir. It is em-
bellished with handsome steel plate engravings.
— The Melropnlitctii Bushiess College Mpssrnqer, issued
by the Metropolitan B. C, Chicago, 111., is a very hand-
somely printed 13- page paper. It contains some excellent
advertising for the school and some good general read-
ing, among other things being a lecture delivered by
Lyman J. Gage, president ot the First National Bunk anil
the incoming Secretary of the Treasury.
— The lliisine.-is World, issued by the Detroit, Mich., B.
U., is splendidly printed on heavy paper, and consists of
eight pages and cover, is well illustrated throughout, and
in addition to the advertising ot the school contains much
general reading.
— The catalogue of St. John's Military School, Sing
Sing, N. Y., is a handsomely printed small document and
reflects much credit on the institution. A. B. Furner,
late ot Peekskill, is in charge ot the com'l dept. ot this
school.
— Other neat catalogues have been received from the
following schools : Carlisle, Pa.. Com'l Coll. ; Passaic,
N. J., B. C. ; Dallas, Texas, Com'l Coll.
— Business college literature has been received from
the following : Pontiac. Mich., B. C. ; Riley B. C, Bing-
hamton, N. Y. ; Birmingham, Ala., B. C. ; Gaffey's
Shorthand School, New Haven, Conn.
— Well arranged college journals have come to hand
from these schools : Shenandoah, Va., N or. Coll. ; Scran-
ton, Pa., B. C. ; Little Rock, Ark., Com'l Coll. ; Iowa
B, C, Des Moines, la. : Mt. Angel, Oreg., Coll. ; Sac
City, Iowa, Coll. Inst. ; Queen City B. C;., Hastings, Neb.
, Ohituaru.
Sir Isaac Pitman, who arranged the system of short-
hand writing now almost universally used, died January
'23, 18«r, in London at the age ot 84. He was horn in
Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England, on January 4th, 1813.
When 13 years old he was obliged to leave school and he
became an errand boy in the oMce ot a clothing manufac-
turer. Six years later he entered the Normal College of
the British and Foreign School Society in London. He
was in this school but a few months, and in 1883 was ap-
pointed master of an Episcopal academy, the British
school at Bai-ton-on-Humber. He became a convert to
the Swedenborgian taith, and was compelled to resign
from the Barton school after four years. He established
a school ot his own on a similar plan at Wotton under-
Edge. His time was not fully occupied bv this enter-
prise, and he became interested in shorthand writing by
a book published by a man named Harding in 1823.
Shorthand systems had been published in Great Britain
ever since Timothy Bright, in 1588, brought out his " Char-
aeterie, an Art of Short, Swift and Secret Writing by Char-
acter." In 1.580 Peter Bales published " The Writing
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Schoolraaster in Three Parts." The multitude of sys-
tems before Pitman's time was based upon these two ;
few if any, of them were phonetic, and all were more or
less ineffectual imitations of the methods that had been
in use since the days of Demosthenes and Cicero. Our-
ney's system is gt'ill used m reportiiiff the speeches in
Parliament. Isaac Pitman published his " Stenographic
Shorthand" in IMrjT. In 1H40 he brought out a book
called " PhODOgrraphv ; or. Writing by Sound," m which
he outlined his invention of the principles of phonetic
writing. In !«:«» he went to Bath, where he taught
school for four years, continuing induFtrunit-ly the study
of phonetic writing. In 1843 he founded the Phonetic
Society, and then the Phonetic Institute, which since
then has been the publicatiou office for his many manuals
and text books bearing upon his invention. For a long
time he was obliged to (lo his own setting of phonographic
types, aa it was almost impossible to obtain assistants
who understood the meaning of the characters, or who
could become accustomed to them even after much prac-
tice. His most important publication on shorthand writ-
ing is the " Phonographic Reporters' Companion," which
appeared in 18."):j. His system was introduced into the
United States in ls47 by S. P. Andrews and A. F. Boyle,
and all the existing systems, including that of his brother,
Benn Pitman, show the results of his invention and im-
provement upon the methods iu use up to the present
century. Sir Isaac was a steadfast believer in phonetic
spelling retorm. which he always used in his correspond-
ence. The concluding paragraph of a letter written by
him to the London Thms in 1ST'.» presents a fair sample.
tiuued this three years, when he became Principal of Fair-
view Public Schools, where he remained three years. His
first writing teacher was T. J. Risiuger, ITtica, N. Y. In
connection with this work he organized ^uA taught
classes iu jienmanship in neighboring towns. He then
THE LATE SIR ISAAC PITMAN.
' I hav riteu mei leter fonetikali, az iz mei kustom," it
runs, " and shul feel obleigd it it be aloud thus to appear
in the Times.'" He was an indefatigable worker. It is
sjiid that he worked at least ten and almost always four-
teen hours a day for the fifty-seven years between 1837
and iyi)4. In 1894 Queen Victoria knighted him. His
body was cremated at Woking, England, January '28,
JOSEPH M. PHILLIPS.
Joseph M. Phillips, founder of, and associated with M.
J. Conner in. the Actual Business College, Pittsburg, Pa.,
died suddenly iu that city on January 22. Born in 18-J5.
he was one ol the oldest business educators in the United
States, having been actively' engaged in the school room
up to the time of his death. Mr. Phillips was very popu-
lar with and widely known among the business educators
of the old school, and was especially distinguished for kis
tireless efforts in the cause of improvement in commer-
cial school methods. He originated the title Actual Busi-
ness College, under which name he conducted a school iu
Baltimore, Md.. for twenty-five years, having been asso-
ciated during that time, alternately, with O. K. Chamber-
lain and E. K. Losier, respectively. Returning to Pitts-
burg, his native city, he founded the Actual Business
College in 1880, and prepared and published a work on
book-keeping, based entirely ou actual practice, entitled
the "Actual Business Accountant," which is still the
basis of the commercial course of that school.
Ab a teacher of book-keeping and business affairs he
had few equals and no superior, and as a man he was
highly educated and cultured. Those who knew him
may bear witness that by his taking away the profession
has lost one of its ablest, most honorable and distin-
guished members, and the world at large a man who
never intentionally placed a thorn in the pathway of his
fellow mortal, h'equiescat in pace.
M. J. CONNEK.
New iork^ Januaf^/ ^5, 1S97.
We!!-Known Supervisors.
R. O. WALDRON.
R. O. Waldrou was bornoua farm near Evans City, Pa.,
whore he spent his time at work during the summer and
attendeil school during the winter months. At the age
of thirteen he became a student, and from that time on
has been working to broaden his field of knowledge. At
the age ot eighteen began teaching in a country school,
and went to school during the summer mouths. He con-
R O WALDRON.
taught writing two years, organizing elapses in his native
county, when he was elected to the Principalship of Ems-
worth Public Schools, and took a course in penmanship
and business at Duff's College, Pittsburg, Pa., doing
this work at.night.
He nest went as Principal to the Swissvale Public
School?, and from there to Bellevue Public Schools, at-
tending Zanerian Art College during summer, organizing
and teaching classes in penmanship during the winter.
During summer of 1883 he taught in Witherspoon Inst.,
Butler, Pa., and in Prospect Acad, in the summer of 188.5
Was then elected to supervise writing iu the schools of
McKeesport, Pa., where he has been employed five
years, being elected each time by a unanimous vote ot
the Board of Education and an increase of salary each
time but one. He has since spent two summers at the
Zanerian Art College for improvement. He writes
TheJoirnal: "I find that a knowledge of schools and
the ways of children is an important factor in my work,
and that one must be a student to be able to tell others
how to learn. 1 have been a reader ot The Journal,
and to it I owe much of what 1 am in the line of penman-
ship. While I am now devoting most of my time in
directing penmanship I keep in contact with all lines of
school work."
Mr. Waldron also has charge of the Commercial De-
partment in the High School of McKeesport, and con-
ducts classes in Penmanship and Arithmetic at the Y. M.
C. A. The Supt. of Schools has warmly commended
his work.
Normal School Penmen.
L. M KELCHNER.
L. M. Kelchner wa.s born iu 1801, in Light Street, Colut
bia County, Pa. Until his eighteenth year he worked (
afforded. The next five years of his life, save a portion
of the winter of 1884, he spent in a flour mill. It was
during the winter of 1884 that he first became interested
in penmanship, pen art and drawing. It was then that
he resolved to become an expert penman. His first active
work as a teacher ot penmanship wa.s in a commercial
college in Cleveland, Ohio. Here he remained ^for two
and one-half years, finally resigning his position to be-
come one of the equal proprietors of the Zanerian Art
College, where he remained until December, 1801, when
he disposed of his interest in the Zanerian and accepted a
position as teacher of penmanship and pen art in the High-
land Park Normal College at Des Moines, Iowa. This
position he resigned in September, 1895, to accept an offer
from the proprietors of the Northern Illinois Normal
School, to take charge of one of the departments of the
school— the Northern Illinois College of Pen Art and
Drawing. His work in the last named school ha.s been
wonderfully successful. He has charge of the general
penmanship classes, as well as the special department.
Mr. Kelchner is a copper plate writer, and is equally at
home iu business, ornamental and vertical writing. In
flourishing, lettering and drawing, his work has attracted
much attention. The portrait of him shown here-
with is a reproduction of a pen drawing made by him-
self. He is an enthusiastic teacher, a loyal friend, a
refined gentleman and his students' ideal.
l. m. kelchner.
bis father's farm, and his early educational training was
only what the facilities of the public schools of the town
Editorial Comment.
State Supervision of Private Schools.
In 1892 a law was passed by the New York Legis-
lature reading as follows :
Prohibitions. No Individual, association or corporation
not holding university or college degree-conferring powers
by special charter from the Legislature of this State or from
the resents, shall confer any degrees, nor after January I,
18U3, shall transact business under, or in any way assume,
the name university or college, till it shall have received
from the regents under their seal written permission to use
snch name, and no such permission shall be granted by the
regents, except on favorable report after personal inspec-
tion of the institution by an oflBcer of the university.
This law has been enforced except in the case of
business schools. Beginning January 1. 1897, biisi-
ness, shorthand and similar schools shall not be per-
mitted to use the name college or university. Care-
ful examination of the constitution and statutes of
the State by expert lawyers shows that there can
be no doubt of the full authority of the regents to
make this ordinance.
This matter is of so much importance to the pri-
vate schools not only of New York State, but of the
United States, that we have decided to give the
matter some little space in this issue of The
Journal.
We have secured from Melvil Dewey, secretary
of the Board of Regents, and of the State Univer-
sity, a report of the conference between the regents
and the business college committee of seven. Fol-
lowing is Mr. Dewey's report:
Regents Office, Albany. N. Y.. Dec. 30, IKfKi.
BuNliieMs Colleges.
The conference committee appointed at the national con-
vention of business educators, held in Buffalo in July, met
with the vice-chancellor, secretary and director of exami-
nations in the regents ofiBce. November ^5, at !).30a.m., and
were in session all day except an hour for lunch. The seven
members of the committee hal been carefully chosen as best
representing the sixty and more business schools in the State
ot New York. They presented with great skill the argu-
ments in favor of the present system and the present
names. The conclusions were reached with entire unan-
imity on both sides, but only after much examination and
discussion of the history, methods, conditions and statistics
of our business schools. The Bureau of Education furnished
the general statistics for the entire country, and fresh
tables for the conference had been compiled by the regents
office from reports received within a month. While the
committee cogently urged the claims because of investment
in plant and of property interests, every member admitted
that the general educational interests of the State should
be considered first and that by the plan finally agreed upon
they would be conserved without serious interference with
the personal interests involved. The following conclusions
were reached : \
1. That for the encouragement of schools which are ear-
nestly trying to elevate the standards of business education
in this State, the regents shonld open a register as they do
for private academic schools, so that the public may know
which institutions are maintaining proper standards and
have facilities for doing the full work.
2. As the only practicable means of protecting the best
schools from unworthy competition, the regents themselves
should prescribe the minimum retjuirements for a business
diploma^and should issue such diploma based on examina-
tions prescribed by them. This diploma should require a
preliminary general education as fixed by the new ordi-
nances and a full two-year court-e of technical study, or not
less than LOOO hours of actual instruction. This would en-
courage higher standards by offering to sound business
education oflScial recognition similar to that already
granted by the universities of Oxford and Cambridge in
'^t^e/i/na/v^ Qyfit'OJ^u.uia.CP
their local examinations. No candidate will be eligible for
the examination for a State business diploma who has not
previously completed the prescribed course in a busini-ss
school reffistered by the reKente. Business schools may
themselves issue graduation certificates to those who com-
plete either the regular commercial or shortliand course.
College and academy graduates in increasing numbiTs wish
special technical business training, and the proposed bvisi-
ness diploma would be a sure means of dignifying business
education.
y. In order to establish a standard and recognize the
fuller instruction given in connection with the thorough
preparation of stenographers and amanuenses, the regents
are asked to isane a shorthand or amanuensis certificate
which shall not be granted for mere mechanical skill in
shorthand and typewriting, but shall be based on an exam-
ination covering not only the above subjects, but also those
parts of the study of English necessary to proper prepara-
tion of an amanuensis or shorthand writer. The regents
examinations now given in law, medicine, dentistry, veter-
inary suj-fjery and public accounting nave materially im-
proved teaching in those sub.iecta. and the public has learned
that the regents credentials are the best evidence of pro-
ficiency, and it is thought that this would be the result of
similar examinations in shorthand, typewriting and collat-
eral subjects.
i. That the regents be asked to add to their present exam-
inations in stenography a test of iL'a words a minute.
5. That no registration is needed for the schools which do
not have full business courses, but are devoted chiefly to
stenography and typewriting. The proportion of their
students which secure an amanuensis certificate would serve
the same purpose in proving the efficiency of the instruction
(1. That the registered business schools should include only
those which have not less than six competent teachers
giving full time to the school, which offer a satisfactory
two-year course (or 1,000 hours of actual instruction) in
preparation for a regents diploma, and have adequate busi-
ness school equipment, for which the minimum should be
$5.0[K», not including buildings and ordinary fixtures.
7. That the best intere.sts of business education will be
served by discontinuing the use of the name college or uni-
versity, as prescribed by the recent ordinances. It was
agreed that the new rule might fairly go into effect January
1, as voted, if schools were allowed to use up (without ex-
pense of reprinting I their present stock of catalogues, circu-
lars, blanks and other printed matter containing the old
names, provided they gave assurance that in all new print-
ing the name college or university would be omitted as the
present title of the school. The small schools could easily
change their names at once. For the larger schools this
change would involve more trouble, but it was decided
better to have the ordinance take effect on the date fixed,
with the understanding that no school should, before the
end of this university year, July 1, 1897, be subjected to
penalties for violation of law if it was in good faith prepar-
ing to complete the required change as rapidly as practica-
ble without undue labor or expense.
K. After much discussion, it was agreed that schools which
had for 20 or more years been widely advertised under their
present names, and which were drawing students largely
from other States and countries, ought in fairness to be
allowed a longer time in which to acquaint their wider con-
stituency with the proposed change.
!i. That the regents be asked to modify the ordinance
passed pending this conference so that it should read as t'ol-
"Business, shorthand, typewriting' and similar schools
shall U(tt be permitted after January 1, 1897, to use the name
college or university, but written permission to continue the
use of the name beyond that date may, for satisfactory
cause, be granted to schools which are registered by the
regents as now having experienced teachers and adequate
equipment, and as offering the full business diploma course."
On recommendation of the Institutions Committee :
Votvd. That the recommendations of the conference of
business school principals of the State be approved and
adopted by the regents, and that the ordinance passed at
the last meeting pending this conference be modified as re-
quested. Mei.vil DeW];y. Secretary.
For years The Journal has believed that it
would be better for business schools to call them-
selves by some other titles than "college" and
" university."
The minimum requirements for State business
diploma do not seem unreasonable considering the
great honor and benefits accruing to the holder of
such a diploma. It will be no great hardship for
business schools to maintain two courses— one lead-
ing up to the State diploma, the other furnishing a
briefer preparation for business.
The requirements of sectiou we think unreason-
able and uniust to a large number of small schools
doing good work. The number of teachers is no
guarantee of the et^ciency of the teachers or of the
work being done by the school. Nor is it necessary
to have an equipment of $5,000 in order to do good
work. In fact, many of the small schools with one
to four teachers and having an equipment of but
Si. 000 to §2,000 in value, do just as good work as
larger schools with more teachers and a larger
equipment. Garfield said that a university for him
was Mark Hopkins on one end of a log and himself
on the other.
There is a feeling among the proprietors of the
smaller schools of the State that the committee of
seven did not protest strongly enough against
section (I.
A 5chool Principalis Protest.
Editor Penman's Art Journal :
Have you received a report of the proceedings at Albany
November 25, when seven of our York State Business College
men met with Secretary Dewey and others of the State
Department, and formulated a set of rules regarding the
continuance of business colleges and universities in this
State •>
This is the smallest piece of business ever undertaken by
our brother educators. Their talk all along has been to
" Raise the standard of work," which is all right, and to
which I have said, "Amen" in a communication to the
Regents' Secretary in reply to questions as to whether or
not I favored such a move.
But they spoiled what might have been a good work by in-
corporating two " Conclusions" as they call them, away at
the last, so unreasonably in favor of the large schools that
it puts a bad complexion on the whole work. Would send
copy of the report, but mine is now in the hands of a Senator
at Albany.
After having arranged the " Standard," fixing the length
ot courses, settling the matter of examinations, the issuing
of diplomas, etc., they capped the climax by running in a
sort of a freeze-out clause, or Conclusion, which reads some-
thing like this : " Schools not having S-'j.OOO equipments, and
at least six teachers, cannot register, and will not be recog-
nized by the Regents office." And the schools not accepted
by this ofiJce must not use the name " college " or " univer-
sity." If so named they must change at once. Following
this in Conclusion No. 8 is more in favor of the representa-
tives who 80 ably defended their own interests, instead of
the Interests of the business schools of the State, as they
would make us believe. This No. 8 grants all schools that
have been establi&hed 20 years one year's grace in which to
bring their work up'to the mark— and, of course, the seven
schools represented at this conference have all been on earth
more than the required I'O years.
But the rest of us, no matter if our work is many degrees
above that of the big concerns, must be cut off short and
without evenlone day's grc.ce— for the simple reason that we
haven't a S'l.OOn equipment and a faculty of six teachers. In
fact, the main object was lost sight of entirely when they
turned this new light on, and which is probably their true
aim from the beginning.
Brother Packard cannot be very proud oE his record or he
would naturally have furnished your ofiSce with a copy of
the proceedings ere this. Their action is so ridiculously un-
fair that it cannot and will not miss the attention of our leg-
islators and law makers.
It would he just as reasonable to refuse a citizenship be-
cause the applicant did not own Jd.OUO worth of real estate, or
to prohibit a voter from casting a ballot because he might
not be worth $5,000.
Unless I increase my business, I do not need to add a dollar's
worth to my equipment, and L do not need more teachers,
except I hire four or five cheap ones to take the place of two
or three scholarly, compelcut instructors. Because I prefer
to do a thoroughly honest and strictly private high grade
work, must I be placed in a lower or " Number 2 Class,"
while others in the same line of business-not doing any
better work— are honored by the State Department, simply
because they have a larger business, and necessarily a larger
equipment and faculty V
And to change the name of my school means an expense of
several hundred dollars, and I candidly believe that it would
damage my business the first year to the extent of from $600
to $1,000, for the general public would interpret it, and very
naturally, too, as a change from N o. 1 to No. 2 rank.
I have been doing a high grade work for years; minding
my own business, paying my bills, etc., but I promise the
schemers in this action, whoever they are, a good exposure
if it costs me a thousand dollars and a year's work.
Yours very truly,
E. D. Westurook.
Prin. Westbrook Com'l Coll., Clean, N. Y.
The Regents and Jtitsttiess Schools.
To THE Editor op the Penman's Art Journal:
Sir : You have asked for my opinion of the present status
of the Board of Regents touching the rights, privileges and
requirements of the Business Schools of this State. I may
not fully understand it, but have no hesitation in stating my
understanding, such as it is.
First, I am clearly of the opinion that neither the Board of
Regents nor the Legislature have any fight again.st commer-
cial schools of whatever kind or pretensions ; but I do think
that the loose way in which the work has been done in some
schools, and the extravagant inducements which they have
held out have somewhat prejudiced the public, and espe-
cially those who have not the means of discrimination,
against all schools that teach the purely commercial
branches. I am not at all sure that any member of the
Board of Regents or its excellent and active Secretary, Mr.
Dewey, partake in any degree of this prejudice. From my
knowledge of them, I should say not. I do know, however,
that under its present management, the Board is determined
to do what has hitherto failed to be done, so classify the
educational enterprises and interests of the State as to bring
them, in some determinate form, under the supervision, or
at least within the recognition, of the State University.
Perhaps a bptter statement would be that the Regents desire
to so shape the educational activities as to be able to present
to the world a symmetrical plan of education within a com-
monwealth, so interdependent and co-working as to comprise
alt educational enterprises in such apt adjustment as will
VII
secure the best interests of the citizens and of the State.
Such a system must begin at the bottom and go to the top.
It must have not only its branches or departments clearly
defined, but its nomenclature as wdl. A " grammar school "
must mean a certain thing in education; a "high school"
a certain other thing; a " college " still another, etc.
So far as the control of private schools is concerned, the
Board will always labor under difiiculties, even if it is able
to do much beyond mere suggestion. What may seem to
some to be an attack upon Business Colleges relates, as I
think, almost wholly to the name " College." For reasons
which are honestly held it has been conceived that a school
devoted to a specialty, and not to general culture, should not
be permitted to call itself a college, or university. And this
seems, in some .'^ense, to be the opinion of the eminent gentle-
men comprising the Board of Regents : and in accordance
with that view they procured the enactment of a law in 1803
providing, among other things, that " no individual, assooia-
tion or corporation not holding university or college degree
conferring powers by special charter from the Legislature
of this State, or from the Regents, shall confer any degrees,
nor. after January 1. 1893, shall transact business under, or
in any way assume, the name university or college, till it
shall have received from the Regents under their seal
written permission to use such name : and no such permis-
sion shall be granted by the Regents, except on favorable
report after personal inspection of the institution by an
officer of the University."
Although this law is not necessarily aimed at Business
Colleges exclusively, it clearly embraces them in its prohib-
itions : and while the majority of these institutions that for
the past 20 or 30 years have worked under the name College
will find it inconvenient and in many ways disadvanta-
geous to adopt a new name, none of them can object to the
prohibition against conferring degrees, for the simple reason
that no degrees are ever attempted to be conferred. It is
the custom, however, for most of the schools to award cer-
tificates, which are generally called " diplomas," but which
are never ornamented with a "seal," or pretend to be more
than a mere testimonial of acquirement. So far as the use
of the word " college " is concerned, the only tenacity which
any of the schools have for it is its undisturbed use for so
many years. I do not know of a single owner of a business
college who cares anything about the name, as such, or who
would contend for its continued use except on the ground
named. The most vigorous and creditable of the schools
who use the name College have made of it so purely a desig-
nation of their business that it has become a vested prop-
erty ; and to be forced to abandon it for any other title
would be hardship and injustice that would not be attempted
against any other legitimate business; and the forced
abandonment of the name could not be otherwise than
damaging. It is not necessary here to contend for the right to
use the name on the ground of its definition; but it would be
very easy to show that the objections to its use are wholly
unfounded so far as those objections relate to the better or
broader use of it by institutions of liberal culture. Nobody
is ever misled by the term Businesti College or Cnmmercial
College, and no reflection can ever he cast upon Colleges of
the Liberal Arts by the inefficiency or charlatanry of so-
called "colleges" that use the restrictive adjective. One
might just as truthfully assume that any " school " in the
land would be disgraced because some other school failed of
its duty. Thet-e is no sacredness in, nor should there be any
exclusive right to, the use of the word college. It is used
with perfect propriety and acceptableness in a hundred
different connections, and will continue to be so used while
the world stands.
Touching the requirements which must inevitably result
in drawing the line between schools that do little and those
that do more, it is only necessary to .say that nothing that
the btegents or anybody else may do to mark this distinction
will ever be acceptable to those who are placed on the wrong
side of the line. Any rule having this end in view must be,
in some ways, arbitrary, and may be, so far as Individuals
are concerned, uneven in its application ; but that is the
condition of all law, and it must be endured for the general
goad. For instance, uo one for a moment imagines that the
insistence on an equipment of $5,000, the employment of six
teachers, and a course of instruction covering 1,000 hours
will secure an efficient school; and yet the University has
found in an experience of 100 years that this i.s one way,
and a good one, to guard against pretense. This rule was
not enacted to apply to business schools, but is adopted by
the Regents in order to place business schools on a footing
with all other schools embraced in the University plan.
Probably no requirement will cause more ' ' kicking " among
the small schools; but the Secretary clearly indicates
that no invidious distinction is Intended, and no infer-
ence drawn that schools that cannot come up to these re-
quirements are not worthy of support. When Garfield said
that the best university he could conceive was "a log with
President Hopkins on one end and an appreciative student
on the other," he expressed a sentiment that the Regents
with all their hard requirements would indorse. The only
difficulty is to find the President Hopkins and the apprecia-
tive students.
But putting aside the question of titles and arbitrary re-
quirements, it is safe to say that in the matter of improving
the work and efficiency of the business schools, the Regents
will have no more zealous or efficient helpers than the
schools themselves. Aside from the few plague spots that
occasionally appear— and that are incident to all enterprises
—the business schools of this State are progressive, both in
feeling and in fact ; and I am sure that there is a most
cordial sentiment concerning the recent activity of the
Regents ; the only fear being that, as in the past, so in the
future, the Regents, with all their solicitude, will never
know, by actual investigation what the business schools are
teaching, or whether they are worthy or unworthy to use
the name " College," or any other name tliat signifles educa-
tion. And as the law requires that before they are author-
ized to issue " written permissions " to use certain titles, a
favorable report must be had " after personal inspection of
VlII
^^AmaAAQ:^W>Q.ntaAJlS
the Institutron by an officer of the Univereity," the tktas »--
mo.t foar l> that Bomo ot UB may have to wait for onr cer-
tlflcatos hinger than will be convenient. However. >*•'» "rt
hoiii'ful. and under all tho circumstances, it seems sure that
a movement ha, been maugnrated that w,ll work to the
la.,ting advanta«e, not only of the commeroal BchoolB, but
of education generally. And tor all this substantial good,
no one deserves greater credit than the far-seeing and effi-
cient Secretary of the Board ot Regents.
>, another chanuiug
apped mountaingi.
Ne
r YoiiK, January 39. 1«9".
An English paper reports the discovery of a real Mrs.
Partington She walked into the office of the judge of
probate and inquired : " Are you the judge of repro-
bates?" " I am the judge of probate," was the reply.
" Well, that's it. I expect," (juoth the lady. " Vou see,
my husband died detested, and lett me several little in-
fidels, and I want to be appointed their executioner."
Royalty's Tastes in Typewriters.
The Queen objects to typewritten documents, and none
are to be sent out typewritten which are supposed to
emanate from the sovereign. The Czarina, on the other
hand, is having made a machine with type bars of gold
and trome set with pearls.— iady'-f Itctorial.
SHVHN AMERICANS ABROAD.
BY CHARLES ROLUNSON, ONE OF THEM.
OyEEN OH THE ADRIATIC.
Venice in full of surprises, und we were all excited over
the place. The seusatioa of traveling on streets of water
is both novel and exhilarating.
The gondoliers exercise great skill in the handling of
their long boats. Especially is this noticed in the short
turns they are forced to make
in going from one street to
another. The gondolier stands
in the exti'eme stern of the
boat, and with a single long
oar manages it without appar-
ent effort.
We fed the sacred pigeons in
the Piazza St. Marco. In the
Doge's Palace we saw the
largest painting in the world,
an immense canvas that cov-
ered the entire side of the
building; went in dungeons
under Palace, the fearful places
where prisoners were kept
awaiting execution; saw stair-
ways on the Bridge of Sighs
train for Porlezza, on Lake Luguo
sheet of water nestled among snow-t
We will never forget our
walks about Porlezza ou
Lake Lugano. That beau
tiful moonlight night that
we rowed on the lake, and
then went around to the
Market Place and sat down
among the people of the
town, at the little tables
scattered about the squaie
and ate the ices or drank
the wine and beer and
listened to the baud that
was playing sweet catchy
airs unfamiliar to us. No one can quite, understand the
novelty of such an experience without going through it.
There we were among people speaking a foreign tongue
and enjoying themselves in their own way, and we could
simply ait there and listen to them. Fortunately we
were well equipped as regards making ourselves under-
stood, even if we could not always carry on an extended
conversation, as one of our party spoke Italian, one
German and three French. It is a most important thing
to be able to speak French. It will save you a great deal
of work and worry.
People will tell you
that there is always
some one around that
can speak English.
Yes, that is right. At
the hotels you can
always be helped
along, but what will
you do when you get
in the suburbs or even
around the city? We
have often been where
not one person could
understand us. French
is spoken all over the
Continent.
From Porlezza we went to Ponto
Tresa, then to Luino, on Lake
Maggiore. These Italian lakes are
indescribably beautiful. The train
and beat trips that you have to
make to go from one lake to another
are very interesting. Those high
climbs over the mountains by rail
and the restful sails on the lakes
\vill always remain as pleasant
memories. Isola Bella, that lovely
island in the lake, with its Palace
_ and gardens full of every variety of
cy,^^^^^^^- tree, was much enjoyed.
TRAVELING BY DILIGENCE.
From the Grand Hotel. Pallanza, on Lake Maggiore. the
Diligence transferred us to Gravolona. thence by rail to
Dommodossola, where we engaged seats ou the Diligence
and started on our trip over the Simplon Pass. After a
grand mountain ride we reached Simplon Village and
registered at the Hotel de Post. Within a short distance
?Ns^^t|4
whero political and civil
prisoners went from Court
never to return; visited
Church of Giovannie Paolo.
The splendid interior is rich
in paintings, mosaics, etc.
St. Mark's Church ranks
among the fine churches of
the world. It contains
more mosaics than any church we have seen excepting
St. Peter's.
We went to Lido, the ('oney Island of Venice. This is
ou the Adriatic Sea, and is a fine place for bathing. The
view across that sea, with the many-colored sails scat-
tered about, the ever-changing hue of the water, made
doubly beautiful by the setting sun, was a sight never to
be forgotten.
From Venice we went to Milan and feasted our eyes on
the wonderful cathedral. The magnificent pile of marble
wits hundreds of years in building, and is considered the
finest cathedral in the world.
LOVELY ITALIAN LAKES.
Bellagio, ou Lake Como, was our next stopping place.
Here we were in sight of snow-capped mountains and
surrounded with the grandest scenery. Italian villas
whose gardens full of roses, palms and exquisite flowers
stretched out to the lake. It was with much regret that
we left Lake (.'omo.
We sailed up the lake to Meuaggio, and there took the
of our house were snow and ice in large quantities, and it
was so cold that we were all glad to keep within doors.
Continuing our ride next day we passed through snow
drifts and over perilous places where the road carried us
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and finally reached Brieg, wliere we took the train to
Martigny, passing through the Valley of the Rhone.
Prom Martigny we went by Diligence to Chamouix, an
all-day trip, passing over the Tete-Noir Pass. Here it
was we alighted from the Diligence, and gathering up
the snow, n)ade balls and threw them at each other. A
little further on the road we picked the Alpine rose, a
circumstance that illustrates the quick transition from
bleakness to beauty. All this in the month of Jxme.
The experience of riding in those Diligences for so many
days was one that I consider the most delightful of all.
Charles Dudley Warner speaks of the diligences in his
book called " Saunteriugs."
Our hotel faced Mont Blanc, and we were within a
short distance of the " Glacier des Bossons."
OVER A SLIPPERY GLACIER.
The next day we spent by the aid of donkeys in explor-
ing the celebrated Glacier " Mer de Glace." This was
the hardest of any of our journeys. We rode for two
hours or more until we had gained the summit of Mount
Montanvert. Here the guides conducted us down the
side of the mountain, where after walking through snow
for quite a distance we reached the Glacier and walked
over the hilly and slippery ice to the opposite side. We
had to jump over deep crevices in the ice. It was very
necessary that you kept your eyes about you. as it would
have been a serious matter to fall in one of those places.
After gaining the other side of the mountam our trip
lay over rough and narrow paths to the " Mauvais-Pas.''
This Pass is a dangerous 5ne, as it is right down the side
of the mountain. We had to exercise the greatest care
MfS^
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in going along, but the danger made it all the more inter-
esting to us young people.
After a long walk we reached our donkejs and pursued
our return journey. It is much harder going down hdl
than up, and many times our donkeys stood almost ou
their heads, much to the discomfort of their rider.a.
When we reached the foot of the mountain, the moon
was out and we could see the Summit House on Mont
Blanc. We had an uninterrupted view of the grand
mountain from the base to summit, and the moou shining
on the snow with the blue sky as a background was a
sight of impressive grandeur. The followmg day was
clear, and we viewed the mountain in all its glory. This
is something that is not accorded every oue, as many
times the mountain is enveloped in clouds and it is impos-
sible to see more than half way up. Tourists sometimes
stay a week at Chamonix without seeing Mont Blanc.
(7'o be continued.)
Invisible Ink.
Is there an ink which when first written is visible, but
soon fades so it cannot be read, the oppoaite of the sympa-
thetic or secret ink ?
Most of the *' vanishing inks " depend for their action on
the coloration of a solution of starch by Iodine and on the
subsequent evaporation of the iodine, leaving the starch
colorless. Dextrine is starch changed to gum by heat. One
formula is :
Mix Parts.
Sulphuric ether 3U
Alcohol 5
Dissolve therein
Iodine 10
Add
Dextrine fl-»
Dry in a dark, cool place. For use, dissolve a little in a
sufficient quantity of water.— Duval M. Chomhich, in Popu-
lar Science.
Writer's Cramp.
Dr. Pelshuo states that this and allied muscular affections
are induced by the use of too small a penholder. Many of
the penholders in common use are too small to allow a firm
grip to be t^ken. and the result is that the fingers close down
tightly in au effort to hold the pen securely, and the lung
tension results in cramp. IE men who write habitually will
use a penholder three or four times as large as those gen-
erally employed they will never have trouble with their
fingers or wrist. A good way to enlarge the penholder is to
take a bit of flexible india rubber tubing, which can be bad
from any druggist, and place it on the holder. This both
gives a larger stem and affords an agreeably soft surface,
which does not need to be grasped very tightly-or, in other
words, which does not tend to slip.
Where He Lies.
' Here lies George Washington,
cmma^^J^m^M^/^y^a^
•e^ Ol.34^ir^Ct^aI&llU
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Both editions are Identical except four added pages of News ani
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lliMt.lii.u ,ii Ix'iiulil'ul nnd iisernl booka nrc Ii8li!4l in
out ii; 11 hiMiK iiiid preuiiuni ealaloitiic, with conibinnlion
fates in conuecliou with " Journni" Hnbscriplioni«, both
now and renewals, hiukIo nnil in ctnbH. As we itivc the
MUhacriberbcncGt oftlie inrveat whoirsnie reduction on
tlic booItN in connection with the combination oiler, it
Ireiiiiently happens that be in enabled to obtain bonk
and paper at cnnaidcrnbly lesM than the book alone
Monid cost of any denier. It will pay aay iulelliEent
person to send a two-cent stamp for this cntnlofine,
ftlnny valuable siisrsreHtioas lor presents.
CHANCiE.S IN AI>DRE!<!>E!^.
ill be necessary to uive old ns well as new address
nriiidinit vhiiofes hereafter. We should be
ed one iiioiilli in ndvniice of any change in ad-
, Olberwine nrrnnitenienls should be made to
yonr .)«>l KNAIj forwarded.
The Business College and Private School
Business.
From verbal and written reports from about 1,500
out of the 3,000 private schools reached by The
Journal we are able to get a fairly accurate view
of the business for this far in tlie present year.
First of all, let us say that there is a wide vari-
ance in the reports from the same classes of schools
in the same sections. Some have the largest attend-
ance in their history, others the smallest attendance.
In other sections of the country local conditions
have boomed or depressed business, as the opening
of new factories on the one hand and the failure of
crops and banks on the other hand.
Bat after sifting out these exceptions and local
views, we have as a residuum that the attendance is
not quite so large as during '96, nor are receipts so
larne.
The outlook for '97. while it is not particularly
bright, can hardly be worse than at this time in '96.
On the whole, there is a buoyant and hopeful feel-
ing for '97, and with this spirit pervading all classes
and sections it will take more than has yet tran-
spired to discourage private school proprietors.
Charlatanry Pure and Simple.
To THE EditoK ok the PeXJIA.\'s AuT Joi-RXAL :
Sir ; I enclose you a rare bit of advertising, that you
may read it aud drop it in your wastebnsket. Possibly
the same advertisement may he In your paper, in which
case, of course, no business man would expect you to
" rail " against the advertiser. But even in that case
possibly you may let me do so, albeit the chances are
that nobody will be benefited by what I may say. The
engagement of the advertiser is to teach any person who
mayapplj', and pay $."i, shorthand "in 20 easy lessons,"
and secure the victim a position " paying ^10 weekly."
Now, 1 presume there is no way ot punishing this hum-
bug ot humbugs, who is as culpable of crime as is the
" green goods " or the •• gold brick " swindler ; and that
whatever may be said, publicly or privately, the innocent
victims will continue to be lured by this trap, aud the
swindler will continue to pocket his greenbacks
A Profession for Only $5.00.
Shi.ithnii.l ill 3i cBsy lessons l'<ir onlv SSHl. if vim
start at our scIhkiI ne.xt week, moruimr or atternooii.
you position paying- 810.0U weekly. Try
"■■ *' — ^- , may never luive this
SHORTHAND SCHOOL,
and laugh in his sleeve at the gullibility ot the public. It
is oven supposable that this letter-should von publish it
— will bs the innocent means ot inducing some fellow to
perpetuate the devices of a sharp swindler.
XT <- XT , ''^ ^- Packar").
New \ oRK, November 20.
unand QyfiOoJvutnaCi>
The Journal's Guard of
Honor.
nboiit the I hill' I It at I Ik- Ilii«h\vltnokniK <'anipaiiin
nicniiiNf TIIK .lOI IINAI, iroi laiilj imiliT way) over
iii^w 7.000 Mitli»i-i'i|iii»iir< ill <-liih>< Iiiivf been nddvd to
THE ,101UNAI/S list*. Tilts*- snlistriulious raiiic in
nboiit five liiiiiilii'd wepHiiite clubs, nnd represeni the
cUnrls of probably 1.50O to ti.OOO diflprent nchool pro-
prietors aud inachers. Tbis Icnvet^ ont of »«iKbt nil
pi-t'viuiiMcliibbinK rnordM in lbc> hiHtory of i>cninniief>hlp
jiMiriialiHm.
The sab.ioiued list inclacles also about 1,500 club-
bing subscriptions received in the months of Sep-
tember and October. In all we have entered since
the opening of the present school year about 9.000
new subscriptions in clubs alone.
As has been the case for several years past, the premier
cittb comes from Biirdett Business College, Boston. Mass..
Messrs. C A. & F. H. Burdett, proprietors. In this case, as
in practically all of the others, the club is the result of the
co-operation of proprietors and teachers. Messrs. Burdett,
Dean F. B., Richardson and our good friends the teachers,
among whom are J. F. Barnbart. O. H, Breese, E. H. Fisher
and M. C. Fisher, are responsible for this splendid showing.
The club numbers 4lH and nothing further is needed to indi-
cate the prosperity and size of the school than the size of this
club. The .Tournal doesn't need to use up columns of
good space telling how good it is or how large it is— such clubs
as this and those that follow will show how widely it is circu-
lated -and as for quality, it speaks for itself each issue.
The second club in size, numbering 182, comes from that
old, reliable, representative American business school—
Peiree College. Philadelphia. W. -T. Solly. Prin., and is sent
by that fine penman nnd teacher, B. S. Collins, assisted by
various members of the faculty. (This makes over ;i50 sub-
scriptions sent in by Mr. Collins within a year.1
C. H. AUard.the inventor aud proprietor of " The Penman's
Grip," and the well-known penman and teacher of the Gem
City Bus. Coll., Qnincy. 111., is nest, with a club of 121.
.Tust one lap behind and neck-and-neck are J. H. Baldwin,
Clark's Bus. Coll.. Lockport, N. Y.. and W. F. Giesseman,
Capital City Com'l Coll., Des Moines, Iowa, each with a club
of r^O. Mr. Baldwin is a hustling, up-to-date teacher, and Mr.
Giesseman— well, who doesn't know Giesseman ? He's an old
stand-by.
W. H. Beacom of the Goldey, Wilmington, Del., Com'l
Coll.. another old Journal stand-by, is on deck with a list
of 119. JounNAb readers have had "a taste of his quality "
in specimens and articles contributed in the past. He has a
mortgage on all of the good things (regard of proprietor.
students and townspeople) of Wilmington— and of course is
happy.
F. H. Criger, one of America's best writers, and now
connected with McDonald's Business Inst.. Milwaukee,
Wis,, sends IH. Criger is a wonder with the pen and the
club.
J. G. Kline oE the Detroit. Mich., Business University
follows with 113— ft splendid showing. This represents but
part of the school and is an index of Mr. Kline's hustling
proclivities and regard for The Journal. Mr. Kline is one
of the old timers who believes in keeping up with the pro-
cession.
Other large clubs are so numerous that they make a most
eloquent showing by merely printing the names and num-
bers. We haven't space for more. Here they come :
Niuetv-aine from I. W. Pierson. B. & S. B. C , Chicago, III. ;
S\\ frooj' 1 H. Carothers. Elliott's B. C. Burlington. la. ; 86
from H. C. Blair. Spokane. Wash., B. C ; 85 from E. M. Bar-
ber and J. M. Vincent. Packard's B. C , N. Y. : 76 from E. A
Newcomer, N. J. B. C . Newark. N. J. ; 70 from C. N. Cran-
dle Athanreum. Chicago. 111. : ti9 from R. O. Waldron. Mc-
Keesport. Pa: 68 from a Chicago Friend ; 00 from J. H.
Bryant, Bpencorlan B. C, Phila . Pa. ; fi.'i from F. B Moore,
Indianapolis. Ind.. B. U. : tii from E. L Moore. la. B. C.
Des Moines, la. ; til from W. L. Sturkey, High School, Pater-
son N J. : 04 from H. Coleman. Coleman's National B C,
Newark. N.J. ; 02 from a Jersey Friend ; 01 from J. F. Siple.
Bnrtlett B. C, Cincinnati, Ohio ; 01 from J. M. Wade. Leb-
anon, Pa, B. C. : 60 from W. J. Trainer, (^oU. of Cora..
Scrantou. Pa. : 60 from Zanerian Art C Jllegn. Columbus. O. ;
5H from C. G. Price. KnoxvlllD. Tenn.. B. C : S8 from R. C.
Spencer. Milwaukee. Wis. ; 57 from H. B. Lehman. N. I. Nor.
School, Valparaiso, Ind. : 62 from G. Bixler. Bixler's B. C.
Wooster, O. ; 52 from W. J. Sander^, Becker's B. C, Worces-
ter, Mass. ; 50 from G. E. Snyder, Woods B. C. Shenandoah,
Pa. ; 50 from A, H. Ross. Troy. N. Y., B. C. : U\ from A. D.
Skeels. McLachlan B. U., Grand Rapids, Mich. : 4!) from
Jacob Boss. V/esleyan Coll.. Warrenton. Mo. ; 49 rrom F. W.
O'Malley. Mt. Carmel. Pa.. B. C. : J8 from a N. Y. State
Friend : 47 from W. J. McCarty, Scio, O.. Coll. ; 47 from Miss
Lulu Mc 'oy, State Nor. School. Huntsvill^. Texas ; 43 from
K M. C'^ulter, National B. C, Roanoke. Va ; 43 from M. S.
Kme, Williams Coll. of Bus., Shamokin. Pa. ; 43 from Fr.
Remi. Karnham, P. Q. ; 43 from E J. Scott, Brown's B. C,
Gftlesburg. III.; 41 from H. Champlin, Cincinnati, O. ; 41
from F. J. Heacock. Butler. Pa., B. C. ; 40 from A. F, Regal,
Act B. C. Akron, Ohio ; 4i) from L. L. Tucker, N. J. B. C.,
Newark. N. J. ; 40 from W. P. Tangyze, Bliss B. C, North
Adams, Mass. ; 40 from F. O. Gardiner, Stockton. Cal., B. C. ;
39 from J. W. Lampraan. Omaha. Neb.. C. C. ; 38 from G. P.
Lord. Salem. Mass.. C. C. : E. E Mull. Y. M. C. A.. N. Y. ;
L. C Mi-Cann, Mahanoy City. Pa., Williams Coll. of Bus. ;
37 from J. T. Henderson. Oberlin. O,. B. C. ; J. R. Brandrup,
Mankato, Minn . B C. : C. C. Lister, Sadler's B. & S. B. C,
Baltimore, Md, : Fielding Schofleld, B. & S. B. C, Utica,
N. Y. . ;10 from F. L.^Haeberle, State Nor. Sch.. Millersville,
Pa. ; 35 from Howard Keeler. Boys' High School, Brooklyn,
N. Y. ; W. C. Schuppol, Sprinu'fleld. III., B. C. ; C. I. Thomp-
son. Spenceriini r.u ft, * V^ wlmrgli, N. Y.|: R M Wade.
Plainfleld, N -i : < 'r fu LeDoit E. Kimball, Lowell.
Mass. ; 33 from 1 - Lmo City B. C. San Antonio.
Texas; 3:{ froin:i. i - ■ i F/tyette. O.. Nor. Coll.; 'it
fromJ. C. ONnn - mI. ti- M .. Nor. CoU. ; E. T. Ovi-rend.
Spenccrian B. C . Kv;iii--vili.?. Ind.: W. Guy Ro.'*ebery,
Ottawa. 111. ; :U from R. W. Ballentine. Dunsmore B. C.
Staunton, Va. ; A. F. Rice, Butte. Mont., B. C. ; C. A. Wessel,
Ferris Industrial School. Big Ranids. Mich. ; 30 from Jno.
K. Beck. Davton. Ohio : D. W. McMillan. Onargo. 111.. Grand
Vrairio Sem. ; 29 from J. H. Bachtenkircher, LF ette,
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THE JOURNALS
^^^'^UTO GRAPH
'alu.wLi^ REGISTER.
Ind. ; O. E. Crane. Sandusky, Ohio. B. C. ; E. L. Miller,
Simp.son Coll., [ndiauola. Iowa. : ■z<\ from C. Bayleas, Bayless
B. C. Dubuque. Iowa ; W. O. Sandy. HiKh School. Newart.
N. J. ; Spencerian B. C, Washington, D. C. (Paul A. Steele) ;
Ti from M. L. Miner, Hefflev School of Com.. Brooklyn,
N. Y. ; W. H. Matthews, Salem. O , B. C. ; A. H. Stephenson,
B. & S. B. C, Buffalo. N. V. : E. N. Spellman, Columbia
Trade Sch., Chicago. 111. ; 3ii from G. C. Cannon, Lawrence,
Mass., B. C. ; .1. H. Hesser. Lancaster. Pa.. B. C. : C. M.
Leaher. High School, ('arbondale. Pa. ; J. R. Myers, Denver.
Colo., B. C. ; R. C. Metcalfe, Wood's B. C, Ashland. Pa. :
I. H. McGulrl. Nor. School, Ottawa, Ont. ; O A. Swavze,
(4rove City, Pa.. Coll. : Otis L. Trenary, Kenosha. Wis..
Coll. ot Com. ; P. T. Weaver, Union B, C, Quincy, 111. : 2.5
from L. B. D'Armond, Tubbs B. C, Oil City, Pa. ; M. O.
nraves, Petosky, Mich.. Nor. Inst. ; W. W. Merriman, Bowl-
ing Green. Ky., Nor. Coll. ; G. K. Nettleton, Brown's B. C.
Jacksonville. 111. : S. L. Smith, Canton, III. : H. G. Stewart.
Jewell. la.. Coll. ; A. T.iarnell, Child's B. C. Holyoke, Mass. ;
24 from G. W. Brown. .Ir., Brown's B. C. Ottawa. 111. ; J. M.
Balzer, Minn. Nor. Coll.. Minneapolis. Minn. ; E. F. Fisher.
Polytechnic Inst., Ft. Worth, Tex. ; E. E. Kent. Nafl Nor.
Uni.. Lebanon, O. : J. B. Mack, Nashua, N. H. ; C W. Ran-
som, Troy, N Y., B. C. ; A. P. Wasoer. Heald'a B. C. San
Francisco. Cal. ; C. A. Transue. Pottsville. Pa.. Com'l
School : Chas Claghorn. B. & S. B. C, Brooklyn. N.
v.; sa from W. A. Arnold. Richmond, Ind., B. C. : G. W.
Harman, New Orleans. La. : C. "V. Howe. Cbicatro. 111. : C.
H. Jenkins. Portland. Me. ; J. B. Topham, Holy Ghost
Coll., Pittsburg, Pa. ; G. M. Lynch, Oil City, Pa.. B.
C. ; J. L. Williams. Ayedelotte's B. C Oakland, Cal. ; 21
from W. S Chamberlain, Eaton & Burnet B. C. Baltimore.
Md. : A. H. Davenport. Dover, N. J.. B. C. ; S. B. Pahne-
stock, McPhersnn, Kans ; E. C. Herlaw, Ft. Collins. Colo. ;
Cbas. S. McNuIty. Monterey. Va. : C. G. Prince. Buffalo,
N. Y. ; J. H. Smith, Sullivan ft Crlchton B. C. Atlanta,
Oa. ; G. W. Suavely, Hantinitton. Pa. : 20 from G. F. Atkin-
son, Woterhury, Conn. ; A. B. Pnrner. Sine Sine. N. Y. ;
J. R. Hutchison. San Jose, Cal.. B. C. ; J. P. Jones. LaPorle.
Ind. ; P. H. Keller. Pottstown. Pa., B. O. ; N. H. Pronty.
Athol, Mass. ; W. A. Phillips, St. Thomas. Ont. , Geo. Thom-
son. Acme B. C. Seattle, Wash. ; J. W. Westorvelt. Forest
City B. C . London. Ont. ; 111 from W. J. Martin. Le Mara,
la : J. M. Richman, Northampton. Mass.. B. C. : B. W.
Getsinger, Spartansburg, S. C. ; W. E. Harsh, Alliance,
32
Ohio ; .1. I,. Best. Liborty. Mo. ; L. D. Seott. Memphis. Tenn. ;
L. M Thornbargb. Cellar Rapids, la. : M. A. Tolrud, Hum-
boldt, la. ; E. L. Wiley, Mountain City B. C. Chattanooga.
Tenn., and E. L. Elliott. Vinton, Iowa : 18 from Mrs. M. E.
Bwayze, Orand Haven. Mich.; W. H. Smith, Dalton. Pa.; H. B
Slater. Archilmid B O , Minneapolis, Minn. : P. T. BentoD.
Iowa (Jity, Iowa, C. C : W. D. Chamberlain. Ionia. Mich. ; J.
B. Luckev, B. & S. B. C, Lonisrille, Ky.; L. F. Myers. LezinK-
ton. Mo.. B. O.; F. M Powell, Baiter Univ., Baldwin. Kan8..ana
N. E. Rankin, Lewiston, Me., B C. ; I" from U. O. Aleian-
der, Cbillicothe, Mo,, Nor. School ; .I.D.Brandt. Schisslef
Coll. of Bus., Norrlstown, Pa. ; L. O. Crosby. Elgin, III, ; E-
O, Folsom, «recn Bay. Wis,, B. C, : Bro. Fefix. Washington,
D. C, and J. B. KruK, Erug'8 B, C, Battle Creek. Mich. : 111
from 8. M. Sweet, Sweet's Coll. of Com.. New Castle, Pa, ;
8. S. Oressly, State Nor. Hch., Indiana. Pa. ; A. S. Nimmo,
Short. & Bus. Acad^Sarnla. Ont., and H. CJ. Burtner. Pitts-
liurg. Pa. ; l.') from H. P. Cook, De Funiak Springs. Pla. ; A.
W. Dakin. Syraruse. N. V : C. A. Paust. Chicago. 111., B. C. :
«. E. .Tohnson. Nl-w York City ; M. R. Odegaard, St. Ansgar,
la., Sem. ; E. F. Richards, Lawrence, Kans. : H. C, Spencer.
Olneyville. R, I. : L. .1. Tucker, Duquesne Coll., PitteburK.
Pa., and F. C. Weber. Vmcennes, Ind., Uniy. : U from J. K.
Warren, Cadillac, Mich. ; H. H. Henau, West Nor. Coll., Shen-
andoah, la.: T. P. Lhamon, Elkhart. Ind.; E. A. Quantz.
Bliss B. C . Newburyport, Mass. : W. G. Cogger, Woodstock,
N. B., B. C. ; C. E. Chase, Bridgeport, Cmn. ; J. A. Dacns,
Dranghon's B. C . Texarkana, Tex., and J. A. Drainville.
Lanzon, P. Q. ; l:j from Albert Backus, Lincoln Nor. Uniy,,
Normal. Nebr,; C. E. Bigelow, We-stlield, 111.; H. B. Cole,
Shaw's B, v., Portland, Me ; J, A. Lindblade, Chicago, 111, ;
Magulro Bros.. St. Paul, Minn,, B. C. : N. L. Narregan,
Eugene, Ore. ; Wm, Pringle. Peterboro, Ont., B. C. ; C. S.
Richmond. Savannah, Ga.. Com'l Inst. ; W. L. Smith. Olive
Branch, N. C. ; W. P, Waldrep, Gongales, Tex. ; W. M.
Wagner, Smitbdenl B, C, Richmond, Va. : R. J. Wallace.
Wallace B. C. Denver, Colo., and W, J. Wheeler. Birming-
ham. Ala., B. C. ; 12 from r. L. Spindler. Clarke's B. C,
Vmita, Ind. Terr. ; W. C. Stevenson, State Nor. School, Bm-
poriH. Kans. ; B. A. Wright. Oskalooaa. la.. B C. ; S. B.
Latham, Mt, Carmel, S. C. ; F. J. Lynch, Utlca, N. Y. ; H. S.
Miller. Queen City B. C, Hastings, Nebr. ; 1. T. Good,
Bridgeport, Vn. ; (>. McCJure, Harrisburg, Pa , Sih. of Com. ;
R. T. McCord, Drake's B. C, Jersey City. N. J, ; M. Stein-
mann, Princeton, III ; R, H. Eldon. Toronto, Ont. ; Sarah
Frank, State Nor. .School, Warrenshurg, Mo. ; D. A. Qrif-
lltts. Coll. of Com.. Austin. Tex. : A. C. Qegenheimer. Naper-
yiUe. Ill ; Henry E, Greer. Salamanca. N. Y,, B. C ; D. M.
Keefer, Beaver Falls, Pa., B. 0. ; G. M Langum, S. W. B, C.
St. Louis. Mo, ; F. J. Lowe, Corry, Pa.. B. C. ; C. E. Lowe.
Wlnflold. Kans. ; M, W. Blankinship. Tamanua. Pa.. B. C. :
E. R. Bradford, Recker & Bradford Com'l Sch., Boston.
Mass.; Bro. Dositheus, Providence, R I : M F Burns Drew
B. C, Elgin, 111., and H. C. Beatty, William's Coll. of Bus,.
Plymouth. Po.; U from Bro. O. Leo. Montreal, Canada:
S''?,",-,..'*'"!''' Algona, la.. Nor. Sch. : L. McLachlan. Canada
B. C„ Chatham, Ont. ; W. R. Pitkin. Gorsline B. C, Detroit,
Mich. ; W. C. Ramadell. Middletown, N. Y., B. C : W A.
Ross, Columbus, Oa., B. C. ; P. F. Wildisb. Dallas, Tex. ; L.
L. Weaver, Alliance, O, ; 10 from A. C. Starin & Co.. Fall
River, Mass ; J. W. Giles, Lynchburg. Va., B. C. : D. S. Hill,
Nashville ■Tenn. ; H, D. Harris. Norristown, Pa, (Schissler
Coll.) ; W P. Uostefler, Angola, Ind , Nor. Coll. ; H. W.
Herrou, Portland, Oreg. : E. B. Hoover. Santa Barbara,
Cal. : J. W. .lames, Searcy, Ark, ; Clyde Jones, Wood B, C,
Shenandoah Pa. ; W. J. Kingsland, Y, M. C. A„ Scranton,
£'■,■; "^■#".'?,''' H'^Pton, la. ; R. E. Moyer, Chester, Pa.,
,., ' '■.V-' ^' /'!?''' btovens Point, Wis, ; J. Alcock, Platte-
vllle. Wis. ; J. B Bacon, Mesa, Colo. ; R. L. Bisby, Santa
Ana, Cal. ; J. W. Cook, Danville, Va., Com'l Sch. ; A. L.
Clair, Mt. Morns, III. ; J. B, Daub. Richmond. Va.. and H.
O. Warren, Austinburg, Ohio ; Harry A, Woy, Aberdeen. S.
Clubs of less than ten have been received from the follow-
ing people. A large number of these clubbers have prom-
ised to materially increase their lists before the close of
'iOyUt'Q^a.t/iaS
the
T ?• ';• m '??''?■ Tacoma. Wash. ; W. S. Ashby, Mitchell,
Ind. ; J. T. AIvis, GrtBnvlile, Tex. ; J. M. Aikman, Farming-
ton, Mo ; D. B. Anderson. H. P. Nor. Coll., Des Moinel
J?^If • ?-^- Brock. Muskegon, Mich. ; C. J. Becker, New
Bedford. Mass., B, C. ; Bro. Bruno, Brooklyn, N, y ; W H
Barr, Youngstown, O. : W. R. Bullion, Chicago ; E. M. Barlcri
therokoe. Tex., Nor. Coll. ; M. E. Bennett, Johnstown, Pa ;
Clara Bank. Osage, fowa ; J. R. Baldwin. Davenport. Iowa ;
b. L Bceuey. Newark, O. ; S. R. Bridges. Leesvilfe. S, C. ; W.
L. Blacknion. AUentown, Pa.: E. G. Brandt, Unlontown,
Pa. ; S^ H, Bauman, Great Falls. Mont., C. C ; F M
Chogwdl Zonesville. O. ; A. M. CassoU. Roanoke. Va : G C
Christophor.son. Sioux Falls. S. D. ; J. D. CowgiU. Doyles-
w^i'j.. i'-,'. "o'^','^.'"""',?' Me»aville. Pa.. B. C. ; J. M. Craig.
Wood's B C. Hazleton. Pa. ; C. H. Cleary. Canton. O., B. C ;
Louis Caldwel . Red Wing, Mmn. ; W. ft. Chambers Corsi-
f?'"'',7%,' ^^' ^' Uanaeld, Stillwater. Minn. B. C. ; O. W.
Donold. Winnipeg. Manitoba : Chas, L. Dry, Union Christian
Coll., Morom, Ind. ; E. C. Mills, Rochester, N. Y. ; A. R.
^°S!''"i:.*"'.''°' «■*• \^- F- Mushrush. Perry. la.. Nor. Coll. ;
v. W. Martm. Houlton, Mo. ; H, Maxim. Montoelier. Vt. ;
H, J. Shnuuli. Fmdlay, O., B.C.: G. W. Moothart. River
?;;"> ' ' ,' 'i-iN<'Uth. O. : M. L. Mowry. Georgetown,
1"^' ' " ^' ti:omery. Somersworth. N. H, : W. L
?.'" " " " ^-'- Wilkes-Barre. Pa. ; J. B. McKay.
u'Vr , ,' ' ' ^ ■ '^^ c, Hovey. Schenectady, N. Y..
5,v„,l ^','"" ,'; '-''"A'''?,'*; ^■■- Athol.Mass.; L. C. Mc-
li '. it'.. ™' *'i.' "■ Mclver, Cnarlotte, N.C.C. C. ;
M, C. McGeo ban Maros, 'Tex. ; M. C. McLood, Moncton
?,' \ • I- h '*!'^'"''S'„^-v°' Iinoxvllle,Tenn,: P. A. Novatus
?„'„.^B''c'^"n'*i-°'rvT-.*''.,*'S'."'"°''' P'"" B'uff- Ark., Nettle:
lT,S ^: a' •.?■ w'?''""lv'?"'°S''??"'' Minn.; J. M. Oshlund,
t"""^' .^""I'^'J'""'' Neb. ; E. k. Pentz, Qt. Bend. Kans..
fin N v' •■'■w' ^""J- f'""?; '^'"'»' ' I- S- Preston Brooi^
CSmrn'M^-. ?>■ ^''tf^' Denver Colo.; E. E. Peacock,
Kent 8 Mill. Me. G. H. Palmer. Oak Level. Ala ; H. C. Post
Barr ugton s B. c. Waterbury. Conn, ; C. S. PilkiuBlon Eo-
woith. Iowa. bem. ; O. J. Penrose. Randolph, N, Y. ; R. ij
Bc«ha^i"'T'".Vt'"i'^%' N ^- i"",""^ ^'"' Bernardino, CaL
Bcithtt L. I'att, btate Nor. Sch., Cedar Falls, la ; S
Perry, Mercantile Coll., Indianapolis, Ind • E .1 plantier
fe"."*'"i ."■ '. ..^l.?.'..'^'"'.K'"''"?*''!,T9Pol'a. Kans.. B.' C. ; H. e!
' " " Ludington, Mich.
Hose, St. Augustine, III, : A. D. ho„„, „„,
Kochester, N, Y., B. U. ; Will. Ramsay. Preb„„ ..... ., ,
"""■■ '"'"•■ .Pa. ; Fred. H. Read. Lyndon'Ceuter. Vt
o. Johnsto
. Calif. ; D. I.
T.t^^i\%^- ff- Atchison Kan. :' E.' R. Reeves. Ennis;
rsnel?'; R o ?. i,'*°J' ^'''V "i 'J- "■ *"«"■ Truro. N. S.
H |. ■ I fa «!, I K. Santord, Weedsport, Pa., Crumb's
B c. , L. B sullivon, Buntsville, Ala.. B. C. : Jno. Schlarb
Osnaburg 111 : A. L. Sprmkle. Effingham, Ml.; J. A. Sanders
Ui'Uton, lex : 1 1 . Strickland, E. Greenwich, R. I. ; J P
bLiu. I: \\ , -1 -nj. rn-i « :, , |j. c. ; Clement T. Stamps. Ed-
""' " ' "> balem. Ore.. B. C. ; Shirley E.
;,''',' ' ' liris. Sackenreuther. Pekin. 111. ;
it,, ',, ' , '^ ■ ' , ^y- •!■ E. Stone. Collegeville,
5il.„ p- in \v ' i '""t™. Mich.. Nor. CoU.l T. J
bhai p. El^Jiu^in , \\a,.-c..rs Pen Art Coll.; P. Taylor. Alliance,
V\mrWs, La. ; E. A. Hall. Youngs Owii O • P W Hazelton
Wabpetoi.. No. D^k. : L. M. Hatton, Tampa Pli. ; L Ha?-
P^^^"i'' ■*^"''"' *!""'■ * ^- H- HartuDK. Van Home. Iowa •
L n ¥.*'";i*'^;'''"- T"^"i,""- "'»««■• B. C. : c. B. Hall, Spencer'
A f«^vi.\V"'"',i;?''^-S-* ^^ *-■ Howev, So, Short. & B. U.,
Altanta. Ga.: M. E Hansel. McDowell, Va. ; J. L. HaU
Miss. Coll.. Clmtou, Miss. ; Harry Houston. New Haven
Brockton. Mass, : J. E. Joiner. Cortland. N. Y. ; C. E. Jones.
J I. Lawrence. Met. B. C Dallas. Tex. : M. S. Lee. Helena.
Ala. : Wm. CJ. Ladds, Franklin, Pa. ; R. Lindley. Anderson,
Pa : L. Le May, Columbia. B. C, Norfolk. Va. : L H.
Lipsky. Comers' C. C, Boston, Mass. ; A. D. Deibert,
Chaffee's Phon. Inst, Oswego. N. Y : E L. Donohne. Park-
land. Wash. : C. H. Donaldson, Pueblo. Colo. : L. A. Duthie,
Indianapolis, Ind. ; W. J. Downey. Niagara Falls, N. Y. ;
L J. Egelston. Perry B. C. Rutland. Vt. : tt. E. Eberhardt.
Linlsborg. Kans. : Frere Edmond, C. S. C. Montreal, P. Q. ;
J. N. Engle, Junction City. Kans. ; Aug. Fischer, Phila., Pa. :
H. B. Fleming, Hameston, Iowa; J. H. Fulks. Live Oak,
Pla. : E. E. Ferris. Eagan's School of Bus.. Hoboken, N. J. :
P. W. Frederick, Mansdeld. O.. B. C. ; E. R. Flygare. Sher-
burn, Mian. : W. W. Fry, Atlanta, Ga., B. C. : S. M. Punk.
Wolfe's B. C. Hagerstown, Md. ; D. Fullmer, Fitcliburc,
Mass,, B. C. : C. A. French. Boston, Mass. ; E. L. Grandy,
Spencer, Iowa ; D. N. Greer. Johnstown. Pa. ; A. C. Grimes.
Wheaton. 111. ; S. Goodnight. Vancouver, Wash. : R. A.
Grant, Winona, Minn-. Com'l Coll. ; P. H. Hall. California.
Pa, ; J. W. Haley, Ft. Edward, N. Y. ; Anna E. Hill, Spring-
field, Mass. ; J. L. Howard, Maiden, Mass. ; G, S. Henderson,
Portland. Ore. ; C. S. Hammork. Wray, Colo. ; C. W. Hertz-
ler, St. Paul Park, Minn. ; A. Tooley, State Nor. Sch., Brock-
port, N. Y. W. T. Tarman. State Nor. Sch., Terre Hautp,
Ind. ; G. W. Thom. Du Bois. Pa.'; B. C. ; A. D. Taylor, Elgin.
Ill ; D. A Travelpiece, Butler, Neb. ; W. S. Turner, Mar-
tinabnrg. W. Va. ; E. E. Utterback, Terre Haute. Ind. ; H.
C. Ulmer, High School. York, Pa. ; T. J. Williams. Passadeoa.
Calif. ; J. H. Cooney, Spurrier, Tenn. ; A. S. Weaver. San
Francisco, Cal. : T. D. Wade. Cedarville. Pa. ; E. E. Wemptt.
Springwater. N. Y. ; T. T. Wilson. Brockton. Mass.. B. U. ;
A Chicago Friend ; Pauline Wannack. Macon, Ga. : E. G.
Wright. Washington. D. C. ; A. R. Whitmore, Scranton,
Pa , B. C. ; B. M. Winkleman. Ft. Smith. Ark . B. C. ; Hobart
Webster, Elizabeth, N. J.; W. J. Wade, Penn. B. C, Le-
banon, Pa. : C. A. Berohard. Uni. of Paciflc. College Park,
Calif. : S. E. Shook, Greenville. O. ; Chas. L. McClellan,
Albion, Mich.. Coll. Com'l School ; O. P. Koerting, Orange,
Cilif : J. E. Whirry, Cedar Valley Sem., Osage, la. ; Miss M.
Ella Brown. Ilion, N. Y.
This trampet-voiced endorsement from our profession
is most deeply gratifying at a time when paltry misrepre-
sentation and insinuation are doing their utmost to dis-
parage The Journal and place it in a false position
before the people whose cause it has championed for more
than twenty years. Many of these clubs are from wholly
unexpected sources, and a great proportion of them are
in the formative stages and will be much larger before
the winter closes. Splendid and unprecedented as is the
record now, some hundreds of letters from those now at
work for The Journal make it certain that the next few
months will have an even more splendid story to tell.
Turning: Down Advertisements.
Giving so much space to lessons sometimes crowds out
many small but excellent specimens of plain and ornamental
penmanship, and often compels un to refuse first-class adver-
tisements. —From the Western Penman, Dec.
Dear 1 dear !
The common mortal mind is appalled at the noble
sacrifices and incident heart aches of these professional
martyrs. Fancy our philanthropic friend on guard at the
Cedar Rapids sanctum, frantically swinging his clubs of
two to beat back discouraged but determined hordes of
tirst-class advertisers clamoring for space in the Western
Penman .' Oat of the din and the roar come the rattle of
myriad typewriters from the actual business department
of the Cedar Rapids Bnsiness College, and multitudinous
voices in high C dictating burning appeals for 'steen
hundred square inches of lessons, warranted 333>j[' de-
grees Fahrenheit.
Bat hark ! What sweet— soft miuor note is that, run-
ing through the mighty tumult like trill of nightingale
broidered on a robe ot thunder ? 'Tis the voice of the
corued beef lifting itself up trom the pot in grieffal co m-
misseration of the bank account and plaintively calling
for the cabbage. No wonder the sid world weeps, O
Cedar Rapids !
This gentleman—
CARD AND SIGNATURE WRITING.
TO BE CONTINUED THROUGH 1S97.
BY F. A. CURTIS, GLENS FALLS, N. Y., BUS. COL.
you all know him— is a type and exemplar of the one-
armed, on©-lega;ed, one-eyed genus who might have be-
come a fine penman had a few more square ioches of
lessoQs come his way when ho was getting his growth.
However, he is quite respectably numerous, we are in-
formed, and a proper object of professional consideration.
We propose to start a hospital fund for him, and will
open it with a contribution of $10 cash for each and every
instance in which our heroic contemporary has turned off
first-class advertisements to accommodate an extra square
foot or so of "lessons." Moreover, we will allow our con-
temporary a substantial commission on every first-class
advertisement thus turned off which he may divert to us,
and hereby authorize him to guarantee for us that all
such ads. inserted in The Journal will have not only
much the largest circulation, but will reach people who
as a rule are much better able to buy than the mass of
Western Penman veadeTS. Thus will virtue prove its own
.reward all ai-ound ; our fractional friend will get bis
comfort, the W. P. will get its commission, we will get
the ad., and the advertiser will get a rare bargain. And
who knows but the cabbage-head may yet mingle its
orisons with those of its helpmeat in joyful chorus of
peace and plenty ?
A Testimony.
I am an all-around business teacher. 1 teach business
writing with shade. Writing all lines heavy or all lines
light is monotonous, and therefore lacks bea\ity. Lack
of beauty causes lack of interest, and lack of interest lack
of progress.
1 encourage every student of mine to acquire a teach-
er's ability in whatever he studies. A high ideal is a
constant advantage for present improvement, though its
attainment should never be realized.
He is a poor teacher who is uuable to teach shade writ-
ing. It is better to write an unshaded hand because you
want to than because your ignorance com pel n you to.
I dislike those pronged capital stems. I never join by
'e/unsA^
Q:^CO^a.znaS
an aogalar connection to a return stroke when a turn
will do as well, or about as wall, and I see no advantage
of speed or legibility that will justify the substitution of
those hideous horned creatures for the graceful forms ef
the abbreviated Spencerian. To whom. I wonder, are
we indebted for their invention.
That copy-books are entirely pernicious ; that their use
is the entire or main cause of the present barbarous ignor-
ance of good penmanship everywhere ; or that their en-
tire disuse would of itself be the means of bringing about
a reform, as was asserted, substantially, by Mr. Palmer
at the N. E. A. at Buffalo, I doubt, and hereby challenge
any one, either in these pages or elsewhere, by fair dis-
cussion, to demonstrate.
I think the science of pedagogy should be as highly es-
teemed among us as among public school teachers. An
ability to teach does not consist as much in what a man
knows, and can do, as it does in what he can cause his
pupils to know and do. According to this test of quali-
fication, how many good teachers are there ? Who will
be the next to testify ?
J. Howard Baldwin,
Lockport, N. Y., Business College.
,„THE ,
^bij5i>Iessma]^ager'$
Hundreds ot clubs from 'Z to 4m. and aincle subscriptions
numberinR tbousands for The Jouhnal. have been received
■duriuK the present season. Our increaeed facilities for hand-
ling them and our new method of recording and filing aub-
B. F. Johnson Pablishing Company. Richmond, Va. pub-
lish a number ot books particularly adapted for commercial
schools and commercial departments. Q. M. Smithdeal,
Smithdeal Business CoUeRe, Richmond, Va . is the author of
these books. The books are well known throughout the
South and have a large sale m the West. The Jouhna
tute Company, Cincinnati, Ohio, Is
_ concern, and is continually bringing out
publica'tions that benefit shorthand and typewritine students
and teacher* Thev are particularlv interested in pushing
the Bean Pitman System of Shorthand'and publish the P^o-
nogtj^^iC jSlagazine, of which Jerome B. Howard is editor.
The Zanerian Art College, Columbus. Ohio, has a eood en-
rollment the present season, and has some excellent material
in the many young men and women who will soon be turned
out as up-to-date and progressive teachers of penmanship
and drawing. The Zanerian students are always in demand
in public and private schools of America.
E. E. N. Lee. 98 East Mechanic street. Valparaiso, Ind., is
loiuB some beautiful automatic pen work these days. Jour-
nal readers will find his advertisement in another column.
The Caligaph Typewriter, made bv the American Writing
Machine Company. 237 Broadway. New York, is being vigor-
ously pushed, and has made its way into thousands of ofBces
in the past few years. The phrase the Caligraph people
have made so popular. " It outlasts them all," calls attention
to one of the leading features of the Caligraph— its wearing
qualities. Many people who have had the Caligraph in daily
operation for ten or fifteen years with next to no repairs in
that time back up the claim of the manufacturers that
it cannot be excelled for wearing qualities. The American
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ceived from them, demoastrstes this fact. From the editor
to the office boy The Joural force are all ready to swear by
Dixon's pencils. Ten cents sent to the manutacturere will
briuff any Journal reader several eamplea that will prove
our faith in them.
W. Scott Riser, Supervisor of Writing, Piiblic Schools,
Richmond. Ind.. will contribute an article to The Journal,
In the near future, entitled. " The ' Eureka ' in Going From
Arm Movement to Its Practical Application in AH Written
Needed Reforms in the Penmanship
World.
BY C. P. ZANER. COLUMBUS, OHIO.
No. 1.
ContrastiDg the progress of the penmanship world
tjluriDg the past century with the improvements
ia^de in other arte during the same period, I am in-
plined to think that our profession has not kept
/pace with the general progress of other useful or
beautiful arts With this fact (real or apparent)
in mind. I thought it would be well to endeavor to
fiad in what manner we can improve upon existing
conditions. For improvement usually follows in
the wake of conscious need.
Penmen have been and are still skiUful with tne
pen and hand rather than with the head. Their
training has been along the line of the fanciful
rather than in the direction of the true. They have,
too frequently, indulged in fantastic capitals and
poor spelling at the same time and on the same
page. To such an extent ha« this been tpuethait
The clubbing subscription rates are so liberal that no one.
be he teacher or student, can hesitate on the score of cost if
ihe be at all interested in penmanship, drawing and practical
aation ' ' ' '
. . J and t
friends to get The Journal, and almost i „. .
leaders in the lines mentioned at but little more than t:
cost of the one periodical alone. Read the combinati(
The Pope M'f'g Co., Hartford. Conn., are preparing to
vigorously push the Columbia bicycle this year. The
, _._ . ' nks the Columbia can't be
iboth bides of It.
W. K. Cook. Penman of the Hartford Bus. Coll.. Hartford,
;;onn.,hapan advertisement in this issue of The Journal
1 expert writer and will give all who patronize
The Penman's Grip, sold by C. H, Allard. Qaincv. 111., and
advertised m another column of this issue of TheJournal.
ia a very practical contrivance for assisting in obtaining
correct position of hand and pen. It sells for :i5 cents.
Isaac Pitma
Bounce that in coi
(1837-189:) of the invention of Pitman Phonography by Sir
Isaac Pitman, and of Queen Victoria's Accession to" the
throne, they will issue in weekly parts, an edition de luxe of
the New Testament in Isaac Pitmau's Shorthand,
and good
among the penmen in The Journal's coh
has nine courses in penmanship, and fl
ing. He writes cards, signatures.
ng and drawing in the pub-
1 built up a bit? mail order
. by persistent advertising
advertiser
VIr. Parsons
and has several
„ nd drawing that he delivers belo..^
teachers' meetings. He is doing a great deal of good, and
we wish there were more like him. Our readers should send
for his new circulars.
The Remington Tvp^wr
ingatlllon. N. Y.. to be u
so increase the facilities that 150 machines a' day -^..^
turned out. The New York offices of Wyckoff. St-kraan
Benedict have been greatly enlarged and improved also.
C. A. Faust. 65 Wabash A
.dely known
all kinds of automatic pen
specimens, etc.
Frank McL-es & Br.
engravers of script, ar , p. .^. .,..., ,..vci ujcumi ui
half sloping styles of copybooks. They thoroughly under-
stand spacing, etc , and are fretiuently Intrusted with the
preparation of copy as well as the engraving. Their engrav-
ing of autographs is fine, as they retain grace and combine
with It accuracy. Their cereotype plates, by means of which
a lithographed effect is produced on ordinary press, is taking
with printers generally.
THE .PENMAN'S LEISURE HOUR. OFFHAND FLOURISH BY D. B. ANDERSON, HIGHLAND-PARK NOR..COLL.,
DES MOINES, IOWA.
Writing Machine Company issue a handsome catalogue,
which will be sent, together with other pamphlets, to all
who are Interested in typewriters.
The Ellis Publishing Company of Battle Creek. Mich., the
firm that have made such a success of their new system in
" Actual Business from the Start. ' report a large increase in
The School Rocorrl, Detroit, Mich., is oi
bright educational exchanges. Those
who would like to see a sample copy
sending a pobtal request for it.
J of The Journal's
af our subscribers
m Ket one free by
W. H. Sadler. 13 North Charles street. Baltimore. Md.. pub-
lisher of the " Budget System," " Sadler-Rowe Business Prac-
tl(!e " and " Sadler's Series of Arithmetics," reports a heavy
business during the past few months. New schools are being
:ial dt'PHrtments. and the past i
Dixon pencils, manufactured by the Joseph Dixon Crucible
Company. Jersey City, N. J., are so good that we don't know
I escept to say thai they are "' good."
variety of these pencils, lately r
many educators are slow to appreciate good pen-
manship because they think it stands for or accom-
panies poor spelling and illiteracy. I do not be-
lieve that it is necessurily so, nor do I think that
penmen are. as a rule, so much behind the common
ungraded school teacher as these educators would
have others believe. But we have used enough
poor grammar before institutes and'colleaies to give
this impression. To overcome this sentiment among
educators we need to consult the dictionary oftener
and study our sentences more carefully. These will
help our appearances just the same as good clothes.
But we need more than a knowledge of words
and their use — we need ideas. These we can get
by studying other things than penmanship. The
study and practice of penmanship alone has a nar"
rowing tendency of the^miud — the study and prac-
tice of other things in conjunction with it has a
broadening tendency.
As teachers of penmanship we need to know as-
much about history, geography, nature, mathe-
matics, language, psychology, physiology and
science of edtication as the regular teacher. It
will do us no harm to know much more, as mucb
as any one knows. We need to know that a knowl
edge of the mind as regards its workings upon the
nerve and muscular systems is us valuable to ua
as to any one. We need to realize that a knowledge
of the human machine — the body^is as valnable to
us as to any. We must know that good penman-
ship is the result of properly cared for and adjusted
muscular, bone and nerve mechanism. We should
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know that irregnhir hours of work, recreation and
rest ; poor food ; stiumlants. from tea to whisky,
from wine to beer, from cigarettes to pipes, from
gum chewing to chewing tobacco, are not good
for moral?, health or penmanship. We need to
know that a knowledge of child nature, mental
growth and physical development are necessary for
scientiKc teaching. We need to realize more and
more the necessity of basing our instruction in pen-
manship upon sound pedagogical principles.
In actiuiring this knowledge it will not be neces-
sary to neglect morality, or to ajipear pedaptic.
It will not be necessary that you attach your name
to the title of piofessor. or to pass some one else's
work as your own. Nor will it be necessary for
yon to expect more than you think you are worth
while " holding down " your first situation.
But we have made much progress educationally
during the past decade. The average teacher of
penmanship is more intelligent and less boastful.
in fact, we find a large per cent, of our present pen-
men to lie wideawake, intelligent, social, moral,
upright, pul)li(;-spirite(l citizens. If at. times I fail
to emphasize this truth do not think that I under-
value our profession, I am proud of it, and also
ashamed that I am not better (lualitied to terve it
by way of example. What 1 lack in example I shall
endeavor to make up in precept, hence these ar-
ticles
When 1 stated that the study and practice of pen-
manship had a narrowing effect upon the mind I
did not mean that the same was not equally true
in the sludv and practice of other arts as specialties.
A specialist most necessarily be. to some extent,
onesided. And this is an age of tpecialism. But
the success of a specialist in the future will be de-
pendent upon his general ability as well as upon his
technical knowledge or skill. Therefore, as pen-
men, artists and teachers, we need to acquire a
good general education. The teacher of penmanship
to-day must not only be able to write well, but he
mu.st bo able to teach. To know how and what to
teach he must understand the needs of the pupils
and the community. If his students desire to pre-
pare for business pursuits he must know what those
pursuits will demand. He must, therefore, have a
knowledge of business, of that kind of penmanship
used in busmess, of methods of pre^entinLr instruc-
tion, and of the laws of mental and physical growth.
He must know more and be more than a mere gym-
nast with the pen.
There is one of two courses for the young student
of penmanship to pursue. He must first secure a
general education and then special training, or he
may first secure the latter and use it as a means ot
securing the former. He cannot exi)ect permanent
success without a good general education. He must
have it or be content with unimportant positions
and narrowness. These are plain facts, bluntly told
by one who has experienced and observed these
needs and who has the welfare of the young student
at heart. You need not be discouraged about it.
You need to begin this day to study your defects
and then resolve to eradicate them. Take an in-
ventory of your moral, menial and physical self to
find out what you have on hand, and then start
anew with the determnation to become wealthy in
ideas and in skill. Persevere and the future will
find you a desirable citizen.
Striking the Trail at Last.
Though not always so tnrtuunte as to And ourFclves in
complete agreement with our Cedar Rapids contempo-
rary, the Wfstrrn Peiiinaii, we are happy to be able to
extend it unreservedly cordial congratulations on the
securmg of so excellent a teaeher as Mr. L. M. Thorn-
burgh to give its lessuus in Business Writing. Jocbnai.
readers have long been familiar with Mr. Thornburgh's
admirable methods, as thoroughly set forth in tijjse col-
umns, and the sagacious editor ot the «'. P. makes no
mistake by talliug into The Journal's Business Writing
footsteps. Tuough a trifle tardy, it is no mean occasion
for self-cougratiilatiou on the part ot the U'estt-m Pen-
limn that in tbe matter ot Business Writing it has arrived,
in ISiir, somewhere near the point that The Jocrxal
reached in 1S'.H.5. True we might have arranged to
spare our contemporary some trouble, and performed the
same good olfices for its readers who are seeking instruc-
tion in Business Writing, by sending them back numbers
■of The Journal of two or three years sitce ; but un-
fortunately we haven't the back numbers, and it we had.
a year's set ot them would cost as much as would pay
for the Western Penman tdl well over the turn of the
century.
When in need of contributors on topics relating to Busi-
ness Writing, our contemporary can make no mistake
in selecting those who have proved their worth through
the columns ot The Penman's Art Journal.
So much iuterest has been manif ebted in this sym-
posium of opinions of teachers of writing that quite
a number of answers have been sect iu lately, thus
delaying the closinj^ of this department. These ar-
ticles will be printed in the order received and as
rapidly as possible.
The questions to which the following articles re-
ply are as follows :
1. (aj What do you consider the essentials of a good hand-
writing ? (Name them in the order of importance.)
(6) Name, in what you consider the order of importance,
the essential teaching points to keep in mind to produce a
good handwriting. (As poitifion, speed, mocemenf, etc.)
2. (jive your definition of muscular or forearm movement.
3. Name and give reasons for the best position of:
(a) Body.
(6) Hand and pen.
4. Name the best movement and give your reasons.
Respectfully,
Penman's Art Journal.
B. F. WlUUima Rises to Respond.
1. (a) Legibility, rapidity, ease of execution and neat-
ness.
(bt Concentration of thought, will power, position,
movement, speed.
2. Muscular movement— as applied in writing— is the
action of the entire arm, hand and tiugers. the arm rest-
ing on the muscles forward of the elbow, the hand resting
on the naiU of the third and fourth fiagers, vrhich slide
almost in unison with tbe pen.
3. (a) The body should be nearly erect, facing the table
squarely, with both feet in front of the chair and flat on
the floor, and both arms on the table.
(b) The hand should be held as when at rest, except
the end of the first finger should be raised a trifle to allow
the holder to cross the second finger at root of nail, and
the thumb beat out so it may support the holder opposite
the first finger joint.
The holder should be held at or back of the knuckle,
depending on the shape of the hand and how much the
fingers bend naturally.
If straight holder is used, the wrist should be turned
over to the left so the pen will point as nearly in the direc-
tion of main slant as possible.
If oblique holder U used, the wrist may assume its nat-
ural position.
4. The muscular movement. It is the least eshaust-
iag, easiest to control, and therefore the most accurate
compatible with speed, and produces the most legible,
graceful and rapid style of penmanship.
B. F. WiLUAMS,
Formerly Penman of No. Ind. Nor. Sch., Valparaiso, Ind,
Permanent or Professional List.
Once more we wish to remind our friends that
only subacribers for the News Edition of The
Journal at SI are eligible for entry on our Per-
manent or Professional List. We cannot afford to
enter on this list clubbing subscriptions received at
a less price than SI.
The Permanent List is for the benefit of those
who intend to continue subscribing Of couree. if
they change their mind all that is necessary is to
notify us and tbe name will be dropped. But papers
will continue to go until such a notice is received.
Should any subscriber on the Permanent List wish to
switch off to the regular list when his year is up, it
is still necessary to give us notice, as we can't
remember any individual instance.
Enrolled on our Permanent List are the names of
the majority of the commercial school proprietors of
this country and a great many teachers with not a
few ambitious students. It has always been a
source of great gratification to us that most of these
.have thought well enough of The Jourxal to pay
Si for it— which is no more than a fair price— not-
withstanding the fact that they could have sub-
scribed in clubs at a lower figure.
EDITOR'S Calendar.
Pitman's Shorthand Dictionary. By Sir Isaac Pitman.
Published by Isaac Pitman & Soup, 88 Union Square,
New York. Seventh Edition. Cloth, 300 pages. Price,
*1.50.
Pitman's Shorthand Dictionary was first published
nearly half a century ago. The present volume is the sev-
enth revised edition. It contams shorthand forms for
55 000 words and 5,000 proper names. It also includes all
the leading terms iu science, art and literature which
have come into general use in recent years, as well as new
geographical and other names. It is well arranged and
printed, and is a very handsome volume. It must be of
great seri^ice to all Pitman writers.
Phonographic Lesson Cards in Isaac Pitman's Pho-
NoaRAPHY. By W". L. Mason, Prin. New York Metro-
politan School of Shorthand. Published by Isaac Pit-
man & Sous, 3S Union Square, New York. Forty-eight
cards. Price, ^l.
These cards are so arranged as to give a lesson on each
card, and ithe principles of the system are presented in a
logical sequence with the accompanying exercises for
practice. It is intended as a self- instructor, also for use
iu classes, and is based on Isaac Pitman's Complete Phn-
nographic Instructor. The engraving is done by hand,
and is excellent. One of the principal objects of the card
arrangement is to prevent slovenly and careless work on
the part of the studnnt. Since the student is giwn but
oue card with one lesson at a time he is not tempted to
Tli6 Kcw EnglanH Pgimian
tiny nihi-r pain'i' imblished.
Price only 25 Cents a Year.
The .hinuiu-y i'l»7l number contains 16 full
paees of beautiful penwurk, includtn>r busim^Sf^
wririnjf, artistic writinjr, drawiny, letterinji'.
tiounshinK. et... iumI n.-|.n\-L nt-^ iti-- wt.ik c.f
65— PROMINENT PENMEN-65
Please accept the connratuiatlons ot a brother pub-
lisher. Vei"y truly.
A- N. PALMER.
We liaveonly a few thousand copies of the January
r left, antl they
A New Book
nd ani\'. ^
'111 ' I IV liie alao be1nt{ Klveii.
Mow to Pass
An Examination
t^° IVc also S'-lifl ivith lUls lr)f,k, wUhnut
ndditUinal charuc, the qutstums and
ftui*wcJ-8 ft/r piirt tif the year IS'J/,; also
those for the pi-cst^nt svlwol near, heuin-
nina with Augwft ajid coUtrtnu as many
cramiuatinits «s have ncenrrcd at the
time the h..<,k ).s KvdTrd, tints hrinuing
1895=1896
the qU€stt<ni8 dnwn (o rlnte. and furuin}t-
u^(/, as it were, two books for ttte prier
of one
A .\<lili'ras, TUG EDircATOIt,
\ 3.1 Exrbniiee Sli't-rl.
^ bi;fi'alo. n. v.
'K^e/im/iA^Q.^^LtCQyJ(ctaa^
look abead, and practice work on wfaich he has bad no
instruction. The arrangement is excellent.
Key to Graduated Dictation Book. Part 1, Political.
Paper, 48 pages. Price, 2(1 cents. Published by Isaac
Pittaan & Sons, 33 Union Square, New York.
This work contains a number of speeches, and is so
arranged that dictation may be given at oO, fSO and 100
words a mioute. The speeches are by Right Honorable
W. E. Gladstone, and Right Honorable John Bright, MP.
Hon'-To-SAY-lT— Grammar Chart. By J. H. Bryant,
Spencerian Business College, Philadelphia, Pa. Pub-
lished by J. H. Bryant, 1.520 Chestnut Street, Philadel-
phia, Pa. Paper, 2 pages. Price, 10 cents.
At first sight it doesn't seem popsible to get so much in-
formation about grammar in so small a space as this chart
gives. The ob.iect of the chart is to correct the common
errors of speech, not by application of rules, but by the
use of correct forms This is the outgrowth of the au-
thor's experience in his attempts to teach grammar in a
practical way. The student having this little work in his
pocket has a guide that will save him from making errors
m speaking and writing, and these errors are the ones
most likely to occur. This is an excellent little cliurt.
Ellsworth's Illustrated Lessons and
Lectures on Penmanship.
We hftve rnceived from the publishers. The Ellsworth Co.,
101 Duane St., New York, a Prospcctas of " Illnstruted
LessoDsand Locturtjs on Penmanship," bv H. W. Ellsworth.
This work will be ready for dehvery about March 1, and
will be sold by etubscription only. The book will be quarto
size, of several hnudred pages, cloth binding and will sell for
82. Agents are allowed a fiood commission and the publish-
ers would like to hear from all who desire to handle the
book. The scope of the work is great, treating as it does of
the philosophy, phyeiolofry, psychi>logy. padagogy, training
and practic-e of the theory and art of penmanship. It is
adapted for students and teachers in public and private
schools and for home students. But to get a more definite
Idea you'll huve to send for a copy of the book itself or for
the prospectus.
New Standard Shorthand Publication.
The New Standard Stenographer, a monthly joarnal de-
voted to the interests of writers oE McKee's new Standard
Shorthand, published and edited by L. V. Patterson. Racine,
Wis., has made its appearance. It is 16 pages and cover, and
presents a bright appearance. The Journal wishes it
success.
Sorrows of an Editor.
The U'fsfrnt Penman feels aggrieved that we should
have criticised an advertisement that appeared in our
own columns. Why, bless your dear, unsophisticated
heart I Our opinions are not for sale, with advertising
space or without. You buy the space and say what
you wish, within amiable limits ; but never for one
instant permit yourself to cherish the delusion that such
a proceeding can subsidize The Penman's Art Journal
into silence where there are misrepresentations to be
corrected, humbuggery to l)e exposed and hypocritical
pretensions to ba punctured. If you are atraid of fire-
crackers, better not play with fire.
Why ! why ! would you have us believe that the pay you
receive from advertif-emeuts includes the price of stifling
the editorial voice— immunity from criticism at so much
an agate line i For example, if your tear- distil ling appeals
for patronage to wicked copy-book publishers had evoked
the glad band instead of the marble heart and the rom-
pong boot ; if your oft-made genuflections had been re-
warded with onesiugle little ad., wouldyour flue UV.srr'/-M
r<-iuiiiia ronsciyuci* have impelled you to gild the horns
of the Copy-book Bogy, plug the clefts in its hoofs, smooth
out the forks in its tail, and make its serpentine locks
the nesting place oi pen pinked doves and accordion-
pleated eagles ? Perish the thought !
Sir John Gorat. who is at the head of the Educational De-
partment in England, is m hot water for declaring in a
public speech thdt '"at birih there is not much diflEerence
between a baby and a monkey," and that the monkey has
the advantage.— .V. F. Sun.
If your sta-
tioner hasn't It.
' sample will he ]
mailed for
cent stamp.
Stationery Department
GEO. BORQFELDT & CO.
18-2^ Washington Place. New York
S97-
CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA, Fehru.i
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cracker editorials that have appeared in the Art Journal regarding the Western Pen
MAN. Perhaps you think the Penman does not stand at the head of the list. It doe
though, and like thousands of others, you will agree with us in the matter if you lak^
the trouble to investigate.
The writer of the following simply reiterates what has been constantly written us
u see, comes from New York, the home of the Penman's Art Jour mi I
New York, January so, 1S97.
This letie
nple
iling ami writing nmtter Itcoiitolna. I th' uglit theP^n
■ " pared lo the Westki n Penman Enclo '
. bpplnuiiie with the February miinlier
1 the shade compared lo the We;
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i. Pal IT
and I am somewhat surprised a
ht theP^nwian's Art Jaumal ra
Enclosed pleMso find Sl-S."! for^whlch
.mlier : also baiaD<
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re practical les-
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35
A Rabbit*s Autograph.
These fnotprints m the enow are always four in a set,
the two fi-ont impreps-ions being about six inches apart
and the other pair quite close together, or even united oc-
casionally, or placed one directly in front of the other,
the direction of the hare's course being plainly seen by
the prints of the toes. But it will be a surprise to most
people to find on examination that the widely {separated
pa)*in front are really made by the hind feet of the ani-
mal, certain impressions showing plainly the full imprint
elboii
ithif
of the long hind shank even to its heel,
joint of the leg is incorrectly called. Where the animal
has progressed by slow, short jumps the marks of the
long soles are frequently to be seen : but in the more
rapid leaps, clearing from one to two yards, only the tips
of the feet have touched the snow. A careful examina-
tion of his fourfold autograph indicates the method of its
technique. The short forepaws are planted near together,
the hind feet then i>ass outside and some inches beyond
them, and then follows a jump which may vary from
two to ten feet— /^im//^>.^ Oibmn's Sharp Eyes.
36
Schools.
fnMana.
-INDIANAPOLIS BUSINESS UNIVERSITY.
'UiQ:^ULCl^iunaS
1860^ Business Coileize CoT
TlaebvKle, Uenn.
Guarantee Position.
,„„Umo„.;,Dl,«okUll
ORAUGHON'S
PRACTICAL
KASHVn I 1.. 11 \N
Wfi
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(Beorgta.
60UTMBRN SHORTHAND AND BUSINESS UNI.
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Connecticut.
NEW LONDON BUSINESS COLLEGE, New
I.oriilon, Conn. Present dtnianrt for Kratluatcs of
thf scliool (jri-atpr than the supply Cataloirue
fre... H. A. BROBECK. Principal.
MERRILL BUS. COLL. AND SCHOOL OP SHORT-
HAND AND TyPEWBITINQ, Stamford Conn
Departmenta of BookkeeolnK. Banklnij. Penmau-
. ellfp. Shorthand, Typewriting, Teleifraphy. Eng-
lish, Gorman and Architecture. Terms of tuition
reasonable. Send for calalOKiie. M.A.BIERRILL
■Rentuchs.
'■''yi?=^U;(l?,.?l'^*~T « STRATTON BUSI-
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©bto.
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NEW ENGLAND BUSINESS UNIVERSITY AND
■hool of Shorthand and Peninanahip, Lowell,
«»s. No vacation. Journal tree. OLICK & YOUNG,
Cana&a.
THE NEW WAY Is to do your bookkeeplntr In
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Truro, N. S.
ONTARIO BUSINESS COLLEGE. Belleville, On-
tario. 28th year. W. B. ROBINSON, J. W JOHN-
SON, F. C. A., principals for 19 years. Most widely
attended business college In America. Address
ROBINSON & JOHNSON. Belleville. Ontario. Can.
CENTRAL BUSINESS COLLEGE. Toronto, Ont.,
W H SHAW. Principal. Central Bits(ne5s Co\-
lege. Stratford, Ont.. W. J. ELLIOTT, Principal.
Two great Canadian sctiools, well-known through-
out the Dominion for superior work.
penmen.
awRi'as'yr'pSSTar""'"" "'■ ">"""'■ ^^^'^
*"wefo^^v*v''",9'^';°«*''"'<: INSTITUTE. Oi.
a°w'iiirwh%rco^?stv;,';r »s:,n.<.«;A,frd
rrrt!?e^p"aS•f';s:;^■'spaI(;°"fS
branches ta«ahnu"ail i!"^ s^lk,:",h 4orH,S
?Jl«i.''.'iH"'«'"", f"'' "<""' Pitman sysloms. Clr-
**fll N*Y aV^"^,^??, college. Poughkeep.
TO^vl,;„ ; ^t' , '""""'"on of wide reputation, re-
cel\ Ing a ^ational patronage.
NBW YORK BUSINESS COLLBflR Ri P>.t
tV,oJ.^ .Vh„ !" "''S'^f New York." These well-
CaUtocnia.
"^:^J;^'*r BUSINESS COLLEGE. San Fran-
../ r-V.'i ■iu yenPH tbe largest prlvflt«» sfhnni wp«r
b'lsh.c^s men f-Jnner pupils i
Artist and Instructor.
LESSONS BY MAIL.
12 in Business Writing, - $i-
20 " " " - 5-
20 " Pen Art, - - - 20.
I dozen Cards (any style) - 30c
EXPERT WORK A SPECIALTY.
Hartford Business College,
HARTFORD. CONN.
ELLA E. CALKINS, Pen Artist, Qrov)
id, Iowa. Your name written In 12 styles. 15(
cards USc, specimens aflc, 12 lessons *2.50.
5END 35 CENTS for fine specliT
Public
JIJ^,Schools. Rlchn o d
colors of ink. INVALUABLE TO TEACHERS.
and circulars free.
R. M. JONES, Pen Artist. 10 Mabon A\
Pittsburgh, Pa. One doz. assorted cards, 2
Doiiars. Terma. 'one-half In advance. Address
D. TAYLOR, Ualveston Bus. UnL, Galvesion
Tei. 1 '
A. E. PARSONS, Creston, Iowa, Sticks to the
trnrtd nifi text, which has been a helpful suggesi
thousands. LEARN TO WRITE \OUR
end me your name, written In fuU, and
and I Will send you one dozen or more
ways of wrltlnR It, with instructions -, or send me a
2-cent stamp, and I will send you. addressed In my
o^vn hand, price-list descriptive of lessons by mall,
extended movements, tracing exercises, capital!
cards, flourishing,
NAME. Send i
need apply .
postal cards
TiiEJ
A FINE plain and fimamental penman, whose w
Is well known throughout the country, and ^
■3 competent of handling the majority of conir
lal branches, will be open for position July la'
ooner If necessary. Has nad ten years' experlcuc
>ublic and normal schools and bus colleRCs.
Tavlor and c
A ] \l>\
1 public schools a d Ij
\nd I as been
IyAI>\ TEACHER of New Rap 1 shorthand
Alvj -
a d type
Eng Ish brand . „.o- .- ■ >,
gagement Is a graduate of a high
and and typewriting course. Ten
months' teaching experience in snorthand, typewrit-
, rhetoric an 1 1
hool and shorthand and typewriting
onths' teaching experlen—^" "—-•»•—
Ingaud grammar. Age20, .. -„
ill. ; unmarried. Good references. Address " N. .t
care Penman's Art Journal.
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. N.,
post graduate
. cou. with one year s
ready for engagement
n.. hue. ni-ac, law anc
Kllsh, civics, pedagogy, drawing.
thB. ftS.. W. & R. systems. Age *".
weight 170: height a ft.; unmarried. Strong refer^-
Is fan
xperlence a
Aug. Isi
„3gy.
R. syst
salary. Address "
3 Penman's
SiVBRY STUDBNT should have 01
PRICE UEDCCED TO 18c.
or 1 Pen, 3 printed alphabets with jnstructir
anil 1 bottle of ink. 35c. Send 2c. stamp for c
cular and price-list.
Address. The "AUTOMATIC MAN"
IC. A. Fniisn.
fi.3 WabnHh Aw., Cbicngo. 111.
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xmitiiig the nom-de-plume in a comer, then incU>8-
ino Bttch sealed replies in an envelope addressed tf>
The Penman''s Art Journal, ^02 Broadway, New
> normal schools. 1
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dth; a ■ '■
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xperlence In public
'1th live years training In
1 forenga«ei -' -- • '■
Good health; age 80;
Address" Y. H. R.,"
eof
McPherson, Kansas.
Lessons by mall. Sample artistic writlng-^poetry. 25c,
Sample qt. of my famous fine flowing ink, prepaid,
80c. A photo engraved pen study 14 x 17 Inches, 5Uc.
The above Si worth all for fifteen 2 cent stamps.
W. J. HARTIN, Lc Mars. Iowa, Ai flourished let-
aOc. Drawln
all. Sdltferents
lials. with 1
and penmanship taught by
■ engravers' copper-pU
s for card writing, 5
graved Speclmensof bis uneiiualei
3-En-
Situations ManteJ).
BE PENM A N'r< ART .Kill KX A 1, TEACH-
ERS' BIIKEAII. I'l
il.
lid nboi'tliii
II r "
IB
(.ciioolN anil ceackerB enal
I'lil to select good teacher
nail lee in ckariced the te
made to the school. Itelii
ff teachem. and well <i
achers seekinu places a
need auplv. Addr
IIRNAi. TBAC
UEAII. aoaBioadwav. Ne ""
. for ffood I
Eilifled,
cS:
MANS ART JOURNAL. TEACHERS' Bu-
' teaching <
A TEACHER with high school
coll. training, two years' teat „ .
Is open for Immediate engagement. Can handle
booK-keep., pen. and shorthand and other branches.
Familiar with Williams & Rogers' texts: age 22;
weight 145; height 6 ft. H In.; unmarried; good ref-
erences; moderate salary. Address " Y. E. N,," care
YOUNG MAN with common school and busl-
college training with little experience in
I for engagement as teacher of pen
p., spell., etc. Familiar V""" -" - " ■
A'
teaching 11
arlth., book-B
and Sadler's sysi
Age 20; height 5 :
. _. ow salary. His
shorthand and typewriting. Address "SQUARE;
rled: good
wife teaches
Penman's Ab't Jouunal.
E A C H E R of ten years' e xperlence
ivrltlng Is *""
U'tfiro
Ugh knowledge of 1
Copy
iriUnots.
"'^"mKm^wrft?^'*?^? '" Business. Shorthand
n.^ an. pl»y ."'^■.^■'K''^'' Training. Normal Train-
.Nf.ss COLLEGE, lOf) S. Main St.. Rockford. Illinol.s.
*^A.SnfJ'^X. ^^®"^^SS COLLEGE. Normal
In "tlim.. ■ 2 ,*"".?""'■ '■"yiiewrltlng and Telegraph
Texas ' ^■"'"■'^'KUP- San Amonlo.
Howa.
^'^r.'^!:??^^,^.**!.'^''* Capital City Commercial
"111 1.,. s,,i,t n.e"''i*^'^"''{, '^'^''''"^ "f ShortiuuKl
ins/iVi^M ^ -^'''SA^^EY, Des flolues. Iowa. These
I M 111 ions are n^8^eIa88 business training schools.
Brkansas,
*''^^?T.!l^.?*^. COMMERCIAL COLLEGE, M.
v.,.,.,i.I..M V ^^*'.f- ''* '"^' "»* HKST. but nouther
« ord u III deserlbe It bev-ause it Is HONEST.
IPcnnsvlvanin.
SCHlN^l.l k' ^ni I rcE OP BUSINESS, Norrls-
jflori^a.
"^sV.^;nl«!!.V?^^.?P.,P<'4-EaE and School of
a E Huh*E^^7""«-<V"»'a»8'>lp. Telegraphy
SiiihAi-i ».. %^"^"'>«^''- No Vacation. Day and
night session. Penaaeola. Florida.
V^TBE USE OF CUTS oyi this page or any
!- r^/'"'" ■^•'''I" ""■ dcnerat style vf display trill
ctist 50 per cent, extra. » j ' »
penwork, and circulars giving full descrlptli
and Information Cimcerolng, " Auto " sue
Lessons by mall. Self Instructing " Auto •
Books (In 5 numbers). Engraving. Designing, eic,
for one 2-cent damp. " The Best Is Cheapest."
W. B. DBNNIS, 3S7 Fulton St., Brooklyn. N.Y.,
Engrosser and Designer,
WHAT Hammond says about Castronofraphy.
" 12 page booklet with beautiful specimen of
knife work s
samples free. L. \V. HAMMOND, Ba-
THE best Ink made. Get sample pint
HANDY PACKAGE 1
D. S. HILL. Hentnan. Draughoi
. Ma.ssena. N. Y.
, beautiful flourish lO ce
All kinds of order work.
In free hand drawing, S4.5I); aii'elegant
of c-ird writing per
Designs of all Muds
i.; the flnest of
made for engraving.
P. M. SISSON, PeniT
P. B. S. PETEk^
teach Dement <
1 EnfAls
* "Iner.
VHeffli-y. E, N. Miner, Francis U.'kei
, years' experience and
everai years business experience as book-
r, salesman and manager, is o en for engage-
Has common school training, and Is a graduate
ibards B. A s. Com'I School. Boston. Speclal-
rc bookkeeping. penman»hlp and telegraphy.
lar with I'ackird's, B. &S..W.& B., Ellis, sad-
ind Crittenden's Systems. AgeM7; weight 13rt:
, T) ft. 7W Inches; married; strong references;
■ate salary. Address " ANI," care of Penman's
TEACH KR
public school education who
- ' — ' - '■-■■ctlon and who Is
open fpr engage-
.f prlv;
•^li.Sc. -
IS are bookkeep- and
.. - ,. „^„^. ... w Familiar with
Sadler's bystem. Age 21; weight 150; heights ft. 11
n.: unmarried. Strong references. Moderate salary.
QaaHlr nnnr 4 <1 di-nao •' H H H " narc, PtrNMAN'S ABT
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Chapter II.
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iVo. in. — The work in this lesson is dependent in a
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anil principles given in the Januai'y and February
numbers. If you have gone over all the work in the
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spent in practicing the foundation exercises that
leads to the shortest and surest way in learning to
write.
Wytting Across the Page,
Xo. .'".—Much good IS accomplished by turning
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The blue lines not only serve as guide lines for wide
spacing, but the absence of any base line is one of
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to write more in a given space. All the copies in
Plate 11 are intended for this kind of practice.
T/ie T^teval T:xereisea,
No. 21. — The ability to carry the hand in a good
jiosition across the page without lifting the pen is
one of the most essential things in learning to WTite
well. On Plate U we give the straight line lateral
exercise to extend half way across the page, then we
come down through natural and easy steps until a
down pull is made on every blue line. Make the
)'. 1'. ',)', o. a. c and s no closer than the space between
the lines. The connecting line between the n and
ir may be given twice that spac'e. In this wide
spacing work be careful not to use the wi-ist move-
ment. Keep the arm and the wrist as near straight
as you can and do not use one ^^^thout the other.
The whole forearm slumld be used, and notice es-
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nails of the third and fourth fingers. Many have
tlie habit of turning the hand on the side toward the
right as the pen travels across the paper. Try to
avoid this and keep the hand in the one position.
Xo. ,V, — The small exercises in the February les-
S(m should receive a good share of your attention
while working on the small letters in Plate 11.
Although the small exercises may seem of minor
imi)ortance to you, they are really of great impor-
tance, as the movement must be brought under con-
trol for small WTiting. We need more practice on
small letters and exercises .iust at present.
.Yo. .'.!. — Every line should be taken up in sys-
tematic order, and at least two pages of each line
should be written before another is attempted, and
even more if the copy seems very difficult. Use a
rapid, regular movement and do your best toward
securing a smooth and imiform sti'oke. You should
send me some of your best work on these small let-
ters.
The Capital " .t."
Xo. .'.i. — The fii'st down stroke is curved consider-
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finish same as the copy. This finishing line is more
NEW YORK, MARCH, 1897.
practical, as the small letters may be easily connected
with the capital. Be careful not to form a hook at
the beginning, and see that the letter is nearly closed
at the top. A speed of sixty to the minute is a fair
rate and the count of 1-3 may be rrsed. Make the
capitals occupy three-fourths the space between the
Imes. The last copy in plate 12 will help you in
that no course of instruction will do you any good
imless it is worked. Simply glancing over the in-
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help you much. It takes continuous, patient and
systematic effort along the right line to make any
pei-manent or satisfactory change in your writing.
Concentrate yom' entire mind upon the work in.
BY E. C. MILLS, ILLUSTRATING HIS ACCOMPANYING LESSON IN RAPID BUSINESS WRITING.
joining the capital to a small exercise. Study it
carefully and write it with a free ann movement.
The Capital "J!."
No. i.'i. — The capital E is pronounced by many as
being one of the most difficult letters we have to
make. It wHU certainly bear continued practice
for some time. First practice the oval, making
seven down lines in each one. Large, then smaller,
one space, one-halt space, then one-fourth space in
height. In making the E start with a slight dot,
form a small loop about two-thirds height of capital
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and finish with the oval. Two ways of making the
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1 -S-S for each letter, and if you can make from 60
to 70 to the minute and retain legible fonns you are
writing rapidly enough for speed work. Two pages
should be written with each of the word copies.
Hani Work,
No. M. — Let us put forth every effort to make the
practice from these lessons a success. Remember
should be written with a faster
T. H. D.. Jersey City ; H. V K.: .1. B. B. Mesa, Colo.; J. H.,
Lawrence, Mass. ; J. O. W.. C»uada ; P. M. B , Mesa Colo :
K. C B., Meehanic8bur«. Ohio,-I liave no cllticiam to offer
you on the work sent. You have an excellent foundation
ipon which to build. Now see what you can do with th»
small exercises anil word copies in February lesson.
John L O . Carbondale, Pa.— I notice that your letter was
written with flnuer moyement. but that you made a viRor-
Nc
fleht to overcome it while practlcinB tfie larRe exercises.
N vou want to work on those exercises until you
' vour arm in every direction, without any i
Som the'angers, before you begin on February lesson
O B l.e Mars. Iowa.— Have you written at least three
pages of t he oompact exercises ? Read criticism f or N. A. N-
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a would le (iifflcQlt tor any one to wnle a credilable page
with the pen yoa use. Use Kood pens, ink and paper.
F. V. H . Troy.— Tbe work sent shows unsystematic prac-
tice. You adould beirin with tbe January lesson, and make
op yonr mind to master everything as you go along.
F. O. L.. Cleveland.—" Set lackest then one thing." Your
work is all good, but that small compound curve exercise is
too much for you. Get right down to work, and try to con-
quer this important principle.
J. D. P.. Ounnison: Gertie D.. Mesa, Cilo ; M. B. R. ; John
M.. Brooklyn ; J. A. D., areeneville; P. H. H,. Barry. U. ;
J. C. K., Mankato, Minn. : J. B. U. and C. P. D.. Hayden. Colo.
—By no meuDs undertake February letson until you send me
Mver.il pages ot good compact exercises. Try to make light
down strokes and make a dozen or two lines where you only
have one. A number of the above sent in exceptionally well
written pages otherwise, but we would like to have some of
yonr be»t nmipitrl ej-enims. CO.MPACT EXEllcisES, COMPACT
EXERCISES.
Sophrona U. and Olive McC . Mesa, Culo ; A. B. L.. Pine
Point, and F. A. K.. Bockford (see criticism for P. G. L..
Cleveland). -Compact exercises are good, but the lateral
exercises, the steps leading up to the "m" and " «, ■ are
rather weak. Practice thei-e sliding exercises with a strong,
eteady, muscular movement.
C. H. E., Brooklvn.— I appreciate the eflfort you are mak-
ing. The iW pages of work sent me shows good, solid, honest
work. You have followed the instructions in every particu-
lar. Make down stroke of " e " light, and try tbe reversed
oval compact exercise again.
J. T. S . Star, Iowa,— If you are teaching muscular move-
ment writing in the public school you are doing a good work.
I wish more teachers would induce their pupils to subscribe
for The Jouhnal.
A. W. D.. Norfolk. Va,— " My greatest difficulty is in turn-
ing the hand over on the Hirle while writing a long i
Can you suggest a remedy ?" Practice every day c
ral eserci.ses. and the steps leading f '
the " III " and " ii" Rend and practice carefully the inotrui--
tions under the tille : " Lateral Exercises " in this number ot
Tin: JoiiKNAi,. Several bave written me lately complaining
of this failing. Try the remedy.
J. W. S.. Toronto.-" I find that my paper is rather light
and my pens a little fine. (Gillotfs Principality No. I.)
Would you advise me to change pen and paper at once, or
nee up material on band til St ? " Yes ; change at once. You
cannot alTord to waste your time \)y UMng poor material.
The pens you mention are too fine for rapid business writing.
Wt' art' mtirt' tlian jileased with the way The
Journal students are taking hold of this practice
work. Let the specimens come in lively and we
will do onr best to accommodate as many as possible
in this column.
nyojtAviyii oi' lan. mills- vofies.
The enfa-aviiiK of Mi'. Mills' copies that apjieared
in the January and Febrtiary numbers of The Jour-
nal was ftiU size of original, which accounts for the
heavy lines. Beginning with this number the en-
graving will be slightly smaller than the original
coiiy. The size, as engraved, however, is exactly what
Mr. Mills wants students to use in their jiractice
work.
Lessons in Ornamental Writing.
F. E. MOORE, INDIANAPOLIS, IND.
(These lessons began In the February, 18tt7, nuinlier of The Joub-
>Ai.. and snbserlpih.ns nmy start with that issue If desired.)
Ko. -i.
A Kivliw Hint.
Before commencing with this lesson, as well as
all others, jiractice fifteen or twenty minutes on the
flat and shaded ovals given last month. This will
make the muscles flexible, renew confidence, and
give regulai-ity of movement, all of which are neces-
sary before mastering this lesson.
Capita} Stems,
The three classes of stems herein presented are
thii.He made up of the principles of last month ; and
the different forms in Plates Nos. r,, 8 and 7 are
those which constitute the principal component
parts of the capital letters, which are to follow.
Practice on them repeatedly and unyieldingly,
tuitil you can make them well, for they will prove
of much service to you later. Study the height, slant
and general form. Write four lines, stop, go over
your work and criticise: mark your mistakes, then
write another four lines correcting your errors, and
so on. \mtil you have WTitten page after page of
each.
Special attention should be given to the propor-
tion of the exercise, and also to the different ways
of beginning and ending each stem, as these fiiriiis
will einible you to make etpially as many styles of
capitals. Train your eye to see the faults, then
direct your hand to coiTect them.
i*trt/c JVicm&er Five.
Work on the first three stems in No. .i until you
can make them well. By mastering the first tliree
in each of the Plates, the others will be compara-
tively easy. The first in No. ,t begin with fiat ovals,
the same as exercise No, 3 of last issue. Retrace a
little at the top of the stem, and throw the down-
ward stroke a straight line mth a slight cmve at the
bottom.
All stems should be shaded on the lower two-thirds
and the vWdest part near the base line, as indicated
by the little arrow. Make your shades heavy, and
lift your pen quick, so as to cut them short and get
what is generally termed a " snap " shade.
Plate Xiimber Six.
The forms in Plate 6 are those used in making
such letters as F, 7" and P. Begin with a compound
So many replies to The Journal's questions as
to what constitutes a good handwriting have been
curve, and take care that your
straight nor too slanting.
rli is neither too
I'late Nunibei^ Set'
Those in Plate 7 are used in making such letters
as M, A^and W. Keep the heaviest part of the shade
close to the base line, and avoid making the shaded
stroke too much of a curve, or letting it drag too
much at the bottom. The lower part of this stem
received that it will require several month s^to^print
them all. If those who have sent answers will be
patient, their contributions "will be piinted in turn.
The answers printed herewith are in reply to^the
f ollo\ving questions :
1. (ol What do you consider the essentials of a good hand-
writinK ? (Name them in tbe order of importance.)
(6) Name, in what you consider the order of importance,
the essential teaching points to keep in mind to produce a
good handwriting, i As ponition, speed, movement, etc.)
should be nearly straight and the oval part is on the
main slant.
Sticli to Omc Co2}y at a Time.
Do not skip from one copy to another, but stay
with one until it becomes easily made, and be sitre
that you swallow the antidotes according to direc-
tions or a fatal mistake may be made. The reward
gained will depend on the amount and (luality of
^•^^
2. Give your definition of muscular or forearm movement.
3. Name and give reasons for the best position of;
(a) Body.
(6) Hand and pen.
4. Name the best movement and give your reasons.
Respectfully,
Penman's Akt Journal.
A Normal and mbltc School J^einnan Has UUh Say.
1. (a) Legibility, Speed. Uuiformity and FaciHtyj go
THE ABOVE THREE CUTS ARE BY F. B. MOORE, ILLUSTRATING HIS ACCOMPANYING LESSON IN ORNAMENTAL WRITING.
seed sown : therefore, direct every effort to reap good
fruits, and not a harvest of " barren regrets."
SifHlemattzc Your rractice.
Keep your pages neat and clean, and file them
away in consecutive order, until the end of the les-
sons, so you may be able to see your improvement.
Students luuler my personal instruction have their
pages bound in book form, and you may do likewise,
should you so desire.
Shall be glad to hear from you again with a supply
of your best work.
hand in hand to make up a good handwriting. Easily
read, quiclily executed, of uniform height, width, slant,
shade, etc., and with perfect ease to the writer.
(b) Position, Pklovemeut and Form. — X consider a good
position of the body, feet, arms, hands, pen and i)aper to
be the first es.seutial teaching points necessary to bring
about a good handwriting.
Without a good position the pupil cannot hope to secure
a good movement ; and without a good movement he
certainly cannot expect to execute a well formed letter.
He must understand how a letter is formed before he can
expect to execute it perfectly.
Each one of these essentials is dependent on the othe
and teachers of penmaDBbip who would be fcuccessful
should bear thia fact well in mind and keep it ever fresh
in the minds of their pupils. One might as well try to
make water flow up hill as to expect to execute well
formed letters while ignoring position and movement.
and be equally successful.
2, The Muscular Movement consists in the action of the
forearm upon its muscular rest immediately forward of
the elbow, the hand gliding on the nails of the third and
fourth finger-s.
It may be employed in making strokes in any direc-
tion, and In tbe majority of conditions and circum-
stances is THE movement to adopt.
•i. (a) Front Position, as it brings thu arm into a bet-
ter position to act upon its muscular rest and brings the
work more directly in front of the writer, thus occupy-
ing less space upon the desk.
(b) The third and fourth fingers should be bent well
back under the hand and kept in close proximity with
the second finger, to insure a steady motion ; the first
finger should be slightly bent and rest on top of the
holder about one inch above the point of the pen ; the
second finger should be slightly bent, allowing the holder
to cross it at the root of the nail ; the thumb should be
well bent at first joint and touch the holder at a point
directly opposite the first joint of second finger and
slightly undeineath—j.f'., the space being about equally
divided between fii-st and second finger resting points ; let
the penholder cross the first finger immediately forward
of the knuckle jc int. The simplest, quickest and surest
way for the beginner to obtain a correct position for hold-
ing the pen is to let the arm hang carelessly at his side,
when he will notice that tbe fingers are in the proper posi-
tion to receive the pen.
The hand should glide upon the nails of the third and
fourth fingers ; the wrist and palm of the hand should be
raised above the desk to a point that will allow the free
passage of a common lead pencil from finger to the mus-
cular rest. The arm should be rolled well toward the
body to insure a free and easy motion upon its muscular
rest. When these instructions are faithfully carried out,
the pupil will note that the top of penholder will point
directly over the right shoulder. The touch of the fingers
upon the pen should bs very light at all times except
where a shade is desired, then simply tighten the grip
upon the holder and the pen will do the rest ; the shade
will follow as a matter of course.
4. The Muscular Movement is tbe best for business writ-
ing, and where the writer is blessed with a good muscular
development of the forearm aud can get it uuder his
complete control. 1 claim the muscular movement to be
capable of better results in professional writing, and even
in large, bold capitals, combinations, ledger-headings,
etc., for by adhering to this movement alone the writer
is capable of greater speed, and the uniformity of letters,
especially as regards the slant, is more certain.
By all means, destroy the humdrum way of writing
that pupils learn in public schools, and give them a thor-
ough physical training in the muscular movement. Com-
bined with a good position and with a fair knowledge of
form, my word for it, any one can become a penman of
more or less skill, and it only remains with the pupil at
what point upon the register his degree of perfection is to
stop as its final resting place.
W. L. Dick,
Teacher of Pettmanship in the Piercetou Normal and
Public Schools, Pierceton, Ind.
A Correction.
The contribution in "A riood Handwriting "
symposium on page 54 of tlie February number of
The Journal, which was credited to B. F. Wil-
liams, should have had the name of J. C. Mclntire
of the Iron City Business College, Pittsburgh, Pa. ,
aflBxed instead. Mr. Mclntire neglected to sign his
name to the article, and hence the mistake.
If our friends would remember to sign all contri-
butions and not rely on the letters usually accom-
panying them, it woiUd prevent errors of this kind.
A Four-Year=Old Prodigy.
A four year-old infant prodigy was exhibited recently
before the Berlin Anthropological Society. He is the
son of a butcher, and at two years of age learned to read
without nsMstauce. He know8 the dates of the birth aud
death of all the German Emperors and many other noted
persons, and their birthplaces, the chief cities of the
world, aud all the gi-eat battles. He can read anything
in print aud can talk intelligently about it, but finds it
hard to learn to write and draw, dislikes music, aud hates
pianofortes. The boy is physically well developed though
not robust.
A shorthand typewriter, meisuring only eight inches by
seven, and four inches high, has been patented in Enjtland.
It is noiseless, cheap, and writes in lines on a roll of paper.
the beginning and end of each line working automatically.
Business Writing Teachers' Open Court.
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BY C. H. JENKINS, SHAW'S BUS. COLL., PORTLAND. ME.
'l^^-^^^-Z-i^^—
BY S. B FAHNESTOCK, McPHERSON. KANS., COLLEGE.
BY F. O. GARDINER, STOCKTON. CAL.. BUS. COLL.
O'MEALY, YANKTON.
Death of a Lightning Calculator.
Henry Jones, who died at his home in Southington last
week, was a character widely known, especially as an ex-
pert mathematician. He was popularly known as the
'* lightning calculator," by reason of his ability to add in
an instant columns of eight and ten figures as quickly as
he could pass his hand over the page. Mr. Jones was
born in Southington, July 9, 16^0, and the only education
obtained by him. outside his own efforts, was gotten at
the public schools and at the Lewis Academy. He was
a remarkably bright pupil, and at the age of seventeen
taught his first sctxool in Wolcott. The next and several
succeeding terms he taught in the town of Burlington,
and later at the Cheshire Episcopal Academy and Mr.
Everest's school in Hamden. From 1861 to 18(j:i he taught
mathematics at Burlington College, New Jersey. Later
he turned his attention to life insurance, and was located
Jourmd.
I City for many years.-
Wlthout Hands, Yet Accused of Forgery.
Anniston, Ala.. Jan. 21.— The Rev. A. R. Fowler, who is
minus both bands, was arrested here this aftornoon. being
wanted in Elberton, Ga., on a charne oE forging three rent
notes and a mortgage on a farm. Fowler was pastor of the
Elberton Presbyterian Cbarch for three months labt year.
Fowler lost his bauds within a few weeks of each other about
throe years ago. He took out au accident policy for $5,000,
and seven days afterward one of his hands was shot off while
hunting. When this wound healed, and before the first
policy was paid, another policy was taken out. Fowler went
out gunning again in a few days and came back with the
other hand blown to pieces. The insurance company Is
fighting the payment of the policies on the ground that the
lo33 of the hands was not due to accident. It is not explained
how the alleged forgeries were committed.— St. lA>uis Olobe
Den
at.
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PUBLIC SCHOOL WRITING CONTEST.
An event that is looked forward to with much
interest by supervisors and special teachers and
p\ipils is The- Jouunai/s annnal writing competi-
tion for imblic scliool pupils. These contests have
liroven to be of (?reat benefit to all concerned. To
tlie pupil in the stimulus it (jives him to excel. To
\\\f.\ SujxTvisor in knowinfj how his work compares
with that in other towns and in helpin;; him to
enthuse his fn'^'l" teachers and pupils and induce
them|to |)ut forth extra efforts. All who i)articipate
get equal benefits — even if all do not win prizes,
r Ever.v Sui)i^r\-isor and Special Teacher in the
United States and Canada should enter his schools
in the forthcoming competition.
• ' TiiK .Jdl'knal has made arrangements with Chan-
dler H. Pierce. Supervisor of Writing, Evansville.
hul,, to act as judge. All specimens for this contest
should be addressed to Mr. Pierce. The certificates
cif award will be signed by Mr. Pierce, the editor
and the managing editor of The Journal.
Following are the
Conilitlnita.
The contest is open to all cities and towns in the United
States and Canada.
Any one or all grades may be entered, from first to High
School inclusive.
Send best two (only) specimens from each grade, and see
" DRAWING MATERIAL."
BY G. L. FUNNELL, BRIDGEPORT. CONN.
that; the name of the writer, school, grade, aKe, city and
date is on each specimen. This is very important.
f ut specimens from each grade together, and fasten all
itradei in one package, with name and address of supervisor
on outside. This nrovents loss or miiing.
The ago qualiflcations are as follows ■ First or lowest
grade (it the numbers are reversed, as they are in some
cities, the eighth will be the lowest) specimens must not be
-,? w- ''• '■'"'" • *"'• '" 5''"'" ■ ■"^' 11 y''"" : 8th, K years:
■ th, la.years; »th, H years; High School, IS years. This
will i>ut all on an equal footing.
Each specimen must contain at least (our different lines-
not same line repeated four times.
All specimens »iii.s( he in-itttn oi black itit.
lo'^lSll-'"""" '° "'^ '" ^^' ^'"^"^'^ l"""!^ "»' i>t«r than May
It will facilitate matters it our friends will mark all let-
ters Biid packages pertaining to this contest : " For Public
.-school Contest," Also put any special instructions or infor-
mation on the package itself (and not on wrapper or in let-
Thv Prizes.
The prize certificates are handsomely lithographed espe-
cially for these contests, and state, over the signatures of
the judges, that they are awarded tor best (or second best)
specimens of writing in that particular grade, in a national
oontest.
Two certificates are awarded for each grade, a first and a
second ; this will make a total of 18 certificates.
Special certificates will he given to the supervisors whose
students secure the greatest number, second greatest num-
ber and third greatest number of certificates.
Remember to send all specimens direct to Chan-
dler H. Pierce, Snpervisor of Writing. Evansrille
Ind.
What One Public School Teacher Has
Done.
Two years ago. a young lady public school teacher in
Massachusetts, upon the advice of the teacher of penman-
ship in a Boston business college, subscribed tor The Pen-
man's Art Jocrnal and took up the course of lessons then
being given by L. M. Thornburgh. She had been told by
her friends and some teachers of writing that she could nut
learn to write well, but she learned to write better than
the average per.son and succeeded in wmuiug several ot
Mr. Thornburgh's prizes offered for the best work from
his le.ssons in The Journal. This encouraged her to such
an extent that she continued her practice and took some
lessons by mail from Mr. Thoinburgh. Now she instructs
her own students in the proper way and also imparts her
ideas to three hundred school teachers and through them
to at least 10,000 public school pupils, youie of the best
movement exercises we have ever seen were executed by
herself and pupils. All of this has been brought about
by one subscription to The Journal. The teacher men-
tioned is Miss Jessie G. Prescott, Principal of Adams'
School, East Lexington, Mass.
FREE. Penman's Art Journal and your favorite
Educational Journal— at what you are now paying for
one. See particulars on page 59.
Sixth Grade Work.
In .graded penmanshiii. each grade has work to do
relative to that which comes after it. The early
part of school training should be devoted to laying
an able foundation, which is being perfected and
solidified by constant attention to details. After a
pupil has had five years of instruction the work is in
a certain sense advanced, the foundation nearly
completed, that is to say a fairly good idea of form
and movement has been obtained. In the "sixth
grade, it remains to perfect these, by the closest
application, and pains-taking practice. The time
devoted to each lesson should be from twenty to
thirty minutes each day. At the commencement of
the lesson on each pupil's desk should be placed his
book, a piece of practice pajier, ruled similarly to
foolscap, and a small piece of tracing paper. The
first words spoken should be ' ' Take writing posi-
tion," and the lesson not allowed to proceed until
every one is correctly placed. This accomplished, a
movement exercise drill not exceeding five minutes
duration should be given. These exercises should
consist of a simple combination of the capital letter
which appears in each day's lesson, and one on- some
particular small letter. A harmonious and taking
exercise is one in which the teacher strikes a bell as
each stroke or slide is made by the pupil. Insist on
free movement during these short exercises. Next
have pupils take book and place the tracing paper
over the line of copy. Trace with pen, the teacher
in charge counting with a fair degree of speed, after
which trace twice more, the pupils counting in con-
cert. There is a fascination about this ink tracing
which is productive of good results. This accom-
plished the practice paper is taken and the same
copy written independently. Select individuals to
count and increase the speed as the lesson advances.
Pass around among pupils and call attention by
board illustration to various mistakes. Finally have
the class write in books, and as each page is com-
pleted mark on the scale of one hundi-ed.
Esther Aqnes MacDonnell.
Supervisor of Penmanship in Holyoke. Mass..
Schools.
Writing With Either Left or Right Hand.
In many schools of Great Britain the utility of teaching
children to write with both hands is being considered.
In Japan school children are taught to write with both
hands, and in this country the matter is receiving some
attention.
Western Drawing Teachers' Association
Fourth Annual Meeting, St. Louis, Mo.,
April 21, 22, 23, 1897.
Miss Frances Ransom, .Secretary of the Western Draw-
ing Teachers' Association, requests us to announce that
the fourth anuual meeting of this body will be held in
St. Louis, Mo , April 31, 2'2, 'JS. The International Kinder-
garten Union meets on April 1!), 20, 21 at the same place,
and those who desire to atteud both meetings can do so
}
BY L. W. HAMMOND, BATAVIA, N. Y.
The meaning of the drawing is slightly ambiguous, but we
take it that Mr. Hammond means that even this disconsolate
individual would be made happier and brighter it he followed
the Injunction on the fence to " Subscribe forTHE Penman's
without extra expense. This also allows the members of
both bodies the excursion rate of one and one-third fare
for the round trip. Mrs. C. M. Riley of St Louis. Chair-
man of the Executive Committee, has worked up much
enthusiasm and interest among the people of St. Louis
and a rousing meeting is predicted and expected. The
programme promises a feast, as it bears the names of
many of the leading educators of the countr,v, not in
drawing alone, but all educational branches in general.
Over sixty exhibits are promised from leading citits ot
the West. We trust that the attendance will be large
and that all will have a pleasant and prohtabla meeting.
LESSONS IN DRAWING.
BY A. 0, WEBB, SUPERVISOR OF DRAWING, NASHVILLE,
TENN. ASSOCIATE ADTHOR OF " PRACTICAL DRAW-
ING,"
(These lessons began In the January, 1897, number of The Jora-
4AL, and subscrlptlous may s
Nnnibet
one should attempt to
teach drawing with-
out the three solids
here represented.
They should be of a
size large enough to
be easily seen across
the schoolroom. A
croquet ball will serve
as a good model for
the sphere, a fi'uit can
covered with white
paper will answer for the cylinder, and a pasteboard
box, which will do for the cube, can be made by cut-
ting six equal squares and gluing them together. It
^^f'f^p^
BY A. D. DIEBERT. CHAFPEES PHONOGRAPHIC INST., OSWEGO, N. Y.
is better, however, to have them all of the same ma-
terial, wood being preferable.
All natural or maniifactared ob.iects may be
grouped under one or the other of the above solids.
Objects having a continuous curved surface resem-
ble the sphere, those having a curved surface
arotmd one way the cylinder, and those having
plane surfaces and straight edges resemble the cube.
In natiire, the spherical and cylindrical foi-ms pre-
dominate and in things made by man the cubical.
Sludu of the Spheri,
The sphere is the most pleasing of the three solids
to handle, and is a favorite form with children.
Many of their playthings are based upon this form,
especially those which are propelled by force, such
as balls and mariiles. Many varieties of fruit, such
as apples, cherries, peaches and grapes, are also of
this form. Children should, by careful questioning
and eiperiraent, be led to see that the sphere is
round in every direction, that but one-half of it can
be seen at a time and that its outline, when viewed
from any position, is that of a circle. The name
" sphere " should then be taught by the teacher
writing it on the board and pronouncing it care-
fully. This should all be done before any attempt
to draw the sphere is made. At another lesson have
pupils write or tell the names of things they have
seen that are shaped like a sphere. Some will men-
tion such things as the face of a clock or a wheel,
which should be corrected by the teacher calling
attention to the fact that those ob.iects are round
only one way, while the sphere is round in all direc-
tions. This important point is sometimes overlooked
by teachers who get confused between the real ob-
ject and the picture or representation of the object.
While the outline of the sphere is always a circle,
all things that have a circular outline are not
spheres. The drawing that the teacher or jrapil
makes is not a sphere, but a circle, which is the
picture of a sphere.
To make drawings of spherical shaped objects,
such as represented in accompanying plate, have
pupils draw circles two or three inches in diameter
according to instruction given in previous lesson,
and afterward modify them by taking awayfrom or
adding to the circle such lines as are necessary to
correctly represent the objects.
Pupils should be taught to sketch their outlines
very lightly at first in order that necessary correc-
tions may be made withoiat destroying the sm-face
of the paper. It requires a great deal of practice to
draw good circles, and the blackboard should be
used freely for in-actice. Encourage free, bold di-aw-
ing without carelessness. Permit us to again im-
press upon your minds the importance of having all
work done absolutely free hand. If the object in
teaching drawing were simi)ly to get pretty things
on the pages of the blank book, you might be justi-
fied in permitting the use of compasses, strings and
box-lids for getting circles, but since the develop-
ment of the child is the object of all true teaching,
nothing should be used which is not directly in line
with his advancement. Have children understand
that you want tlwir work, and you will, in most
cases, get what you want. A bad drawing that rep-
resents the best work of the child is a thousand
times better for him than anything that he could
produce by mechanical helps. Encourage every
honest effort, but be careful that you do not encour-
age a dishonest one.
Stitdy of the Cithe,
If each pupil can have a cube of his own for study,
it will add greatly to the interest of the lessons on
this solid. With a model in her hand, the teacher
may say. " Children, we begin to-day the study of a
new solid, which is quite different in form from the
sphere which we have been studying. How many
of you know a name for the solid which I hold in
my hand, {All know it by some name, and most
children will call it a block or box if the word cube
has not been previously taught them. At this stage
of the lesson this name may be accepted, as the ob-
ject now is not to teach a name, but to learn some-
thing of the solid).
" Take the block from your desk and examine it
carefully. Learn all j-ou can about it. Place it
again on your desk and cover it with a book. Now
I will see what you have learned. How many flat
sides has it t " (Answers will vary.) Have them
imcovered and examined again in reference to the
BY A. C. WEBB, ILLUSTRATING HIS LESSON IN DRAWING.
number of sides. In a similar manner teach the
number of corners and edges. By judicious ques-
tioning, draw out the facts that the different faces
are flat, square and equal. The name cube should
be taught and used thereafter in all reference to
this solid. At this time a comparison of the sphere
and cube may be made which should bring out the
following points :
A sphere has one face. A cube has six faces.
" ■' no corners. " " " eiKht corners.
no edges. twelve edges.
will roll. " " will stand.
A sphere is pleasant to hold. A cube is unpleasant to hold.
Begin drawing the cube by representing it as it
would appear directly in front of the eye, showing
one face (see plate). Such figures do not make
pleasing drawings, but are excellent practice in get-
ting proportions. Little devices, such as birds, let-
ters and animals, can be added to keep up interest.
In drawing the cube showing two or three faces,
the front face should be drawn flr.st, the vanishing
point (V. P. ) located and lines representing the re-
ceding edges drawn toward it, after which lines rep-
resenting the farther edges of the cube should be
drawn. The tendency of children is to cut off too
much space between front and back edges, which
gives the appearance of a solid longer from front to
back than from left to right. Little children by
holding their models in various positions above and
below the eye can he led to see that the receding
edges appear to approach each other. Do not call
this perspective di-awing. Say it is drawing things
as theyappear to the eye.
study of the Cylimler.
Using the three models make a comparison, bring-
ing out the following points : The sphere can roll ;
the cube cannot roll. The cube can stand ; the
sphere cannot stand. The cylinder can both roll and
stand. It camiot stand as firmly as the cube nor
roll as freely as the sphere. The sphere has only a
curved surface ; the cube only flat surfaces ; the
cylinder has both. The three models all belong to
the same family, the Solid family. The sphere is
the father, the cube the mother and the cylinder the
big son who resembles both his father and mother.
Place him between them where he belongs.
Which will children like best. To draw a cylinder
in the vertical position children should first sketch a
square or oblong representing its proportional height
and width, then draw the ellipse representing top
end. To avoid a common error of getting ellipse
pointed, have a very short curve drawn at each end
first. Have them draw the line representing the
front edge of lower end -mth a little more curvature
than corresponding edge of upper end. without giv-
ing them any technical reason at this time. The
cylinder mavalso be drawn lying on its curved sur-
face, showing it to the right or left of eye. For
drawing objects based upon this solid, draw com-
plete cylinder first, then change to represent desired
" To^ teach these three solids properly is a good
year's work for any teacher. When you have your
pupils so they can readily classify the various ob-
lects with which they come in contact you have laid
a good broad foundation, upon which a substantial
and pleasing structure can be built in future years.
5°
The International Public School Exchange.
There may be noehinR in a name. The above caption
means all it implies. Nothing will prove the conditions
more eCfectively, as to progre,s,sion or retrogrcs.sion, m the
writing of our public schools than a liberal exchange of
work done bj the jjupila in all grades.
Be sure the name, age and grade are on each specimen.
I will gladly exchange with any and all, or 1 will send
epecimens to any one for enough stamps to pay postage.
How do you know you are doing well or ill, except by
comparison ?
A few figures in each specimen will aid very materially
in reaching just conclusions.
Waitingly thine,
Ohandleb H. Pierce,
Evansville, Ind., Public Schools.
^S^fimaMQTtiCQjvujUuLGf
"It is tough, but true," said the Cumminsville sage.
" that a man generally does not get any foresight until
be is too old to have anvthiog to look forward to. "— f'lii-
cinnM buiuirvr.
Lessons in Vertical Writing.
BY BARBY HOUSTON, SUPERVISOR PENMANSHIP,
NEW HAVEN. CONN.
(These lessons heKan In tho .Tanuary. 1897,
NAL, and subscriptions may start i
If one writes with the forearm or muscular move-
ment in slanting wiiting, exercises for the simple
acquirement of this will not be necessary. Exercises
for the acquirement of movement and form can be
made from many of the Spencerian letters with but
slight modification of the regular forms. The forms
in the vertical script are more simple, and if exer-
cises are made from them, they vrill be so changed
that little will be gained so far as form ,is con-
cerned. Tracing exercises can be made from a few
of the letters, such as A, C and E, -with only slight
modification, but we believe repeating words and
letters ,iust as they are will answer the purpose just
as well, and for the average child in the grades will
be much better. Drill upon the capital letters, the
words given in last article and other similar ones
throughoirt the entire course.
Spted.
In applying this to a class it will be best to regu-
late the sjieed with which pupils write. This can
be done by counting. Do not count for every stroke
as it tends to produce angular writing, to prevent
freedom, and to repress individuality. The constant
tise of metronome is discouraged for the same rea-
sons. Give one count for each letter, but continue
it only huig enough to show pupils the rate retiuired.
AtroUl Lateral Movement.
So mucli lateral movement is used in slanting
writing that it is quite likely to affect our vertical
writing as shown by the word " rain " in the last line
of the copies given this month. Notice the narrow
turns at top and bottom of letters. Notice that up-
ward strokes are straight and slope about the same
as in slanting vfriting. It is difficult to write this
style, esjiecially with any freedom. It is usually
the result of trying to maintain a stationary arm
rest, and to swing the forearm hinge-like as in slant-
ing writing. Roll the arm instead of swinging it,
and it will produce upward strokes that are curved,
and in a more uijright position.
CoiiibhKtl Italher Than Pure forearm Mneetnenl.
The fitigers may bend a little when taaking the
capital and loop letters. It is not necessary for the
adult to do this, although most of us do, but we be-
lieve it is far better to have pupils in the grades use
this combined movement than it is to have them try
the pure muscular movement.
SI and A'.
In making capitals M and jV, avoid making up-
ward strokes too slanting and too straight as shown
by the incorrect forms. Let the upward strokes
trace back on the downward as this will enable us to
roimd out the letters at the top.
r «>irf u.
The difficult points in Y and U are at the lower
part. Use a brisk movement when making this
part. If we hesitate at the lower turn or use too
slow a movement, the letters will be narrow and
pointed. If a loop is made at top of U and Y, it can
be avoided by hesitating an instant before making
can. by practice, extend the length of the exercise
considerably."
Why does he not say that one can extend the exer-
cise across' the page of foolscap ? He certainly can
if it is a true movement, and that seems to be what
he is driving at.
" By having only about half the forearms on the
desk and by keepmg them near the body the weight
of the arm will be supported largely from the
shoulder. This does not mean full arm movement. "
Indeed ! the arm is supported from the shoulder,
making the shoulder the center of motion. The arm
working freely the whole length, as it umst if this
exercise, "No. a," is extended at all, and yet it is
not whole arm movement. Well, pray tell us what
it is. And what is whole arm movement '(
If the desk is low enougn to allow the arms to
drop to within three inches of the body the eyes will
be too far from the paper. How is he going to
remedy that V Perhaps he will get some of New-
lands' patent desks made upon the hygienic vertical
plan.
I will simply add that with the amount of wr:t-
ytAjyvuJ
Xncoyr(.c\$(o^m«. yAXKAyVXy
BY HARRY HOUSTON, ILLUSTRATING HIS ACCOMPANYING LESSON IN VERTICAL WRITING-
the do%vnward stroke. Review the work in two
former articles and practice the capitals and words
before trying the sentences. If the sentences seem
difficult, practice each word separately. Be careful
not to throw the weight of upper part of body on
the arms as this makes it difficult to write across the
page.
ten work our children are obliged to produce, Mr.
Houston will find it impossible to have children in
lower grades, at least, write with whole arm move-
ment. Perhaps that is why he does not call this
whole arm movement ; but a rose with another
name will have ,iust as many thorns.
W. F. Lyon,
Supervisor of Writing, Detroit, Mich.
A Criticism on Mr. Houston's Vertical
Writing Instructions.
I have noted quite carefully Mr. Houston's article
on vertical writing in the January number of The
Journal and with your permission I would like
to offer a few criticisms.
He says, " Practice No. 1 with a brisk movement
until all trace of slanted ovals has disappea.red. "
Does he not know that if the paper is held squarely
in front of body the oval will be vertical
and will only become slanting when the paper is
slanted 'I
' • In practicing No. 3 make the exercise extend as
far across the page as possible without stopping.
" With feet flat on the floor and body erect enough
and balanced so the arms resting on the desk do
not have to support the upper part of the body one
Recent Public School Book Adoptions.
American Vertical System of Penmanship.— Long Islaiid
City, N. Y.
Spencerian Vertical Copy Books.— St. Vincent de Paul's
School, Brooklyn, N. Y. : Hollis, X. 1. ; Girard College,
Philadelphia, Pa. ; Norwood. N. Y. : South River, N. ,J. :
Little Falls, N. Y. ; Tampa, Fla. ; Niagara Falls, N. Y.
nraieinu.
Prang Drawing System.— Jacksonville, Fla.
Eclectic Drawing System.— Blossburg, Pa. ;
American Drawing Series.— .lerseyville. 111.
ComniereUil.
Peterman's Civil Government.— Holmes, Ohio.
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FROM BOOK 2, ELEMENTARY COURSE.
FROM BOOK 5. GRAMMAR COURSE.
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(SEE PAGE 5), EDITOR'S CALENDAR).
'iOTCityQ^uxnaS
IX
NEWS AND MISCELLANY SUPPLEMENT.
PENMAN'S ART JOURNAL,
NEW YORK, MARCH, 1897.
NEWS EDITION.
School anp Personal.
— The Journal desires its news columns to be what
this heading states— a mirror of the profession, and we
always appreciate any courtesy extended by our friends
in sending any news about new schools, movements ot
teachers and items of general interest. We wish school
proprietors would keep us posted about the changes in
the faculty, and send in other news items in regard to
their school or anything that they thinis would be of in-
terest to Journal readers. Teachers and subscribers of
The Journal can help make this department interesting
to all readers by sending information for any of the
various departments. The Journal devotes considerable
tiriie and money to this feature, and we are encouraged
in doing it by the many favorable comments we get trom
our readers. As in other departments covered by The
Journal, we desire to continue to lead in the news line.
When anything happens to yourself, your school or in
your neighborhood that is suitable for these columns,
don't fail to let The Journal know of it as soon as possi-
ble.
— Recent callers at The Journal office were ; C. A.
Bliss, Bliss B. C, Dover, N. H.; F. H. Bliss, Bliss B. C,
Newburyport, Mass.: Mr. Schell, Schell's B. C, Ho-
boken, N. J.; C. M. Robinson, Chappaqua, N. Y., Insti-
tute ; E. L. Grandy, Cohoes, N. Y.. School of Bus.; W.
E. Dennis, Brooklyn, N. Y.; S. A. Phillippy, Coleman's
Nalional B. C, Newark, N. J.; B. T. Chaney, Dover, N.
J., B. C; G. C, Raynor, Polytechnic Inst., Brooklyn, N.
Y.; S. S. Packard, Packard's B. C, N. Y.; E, E. Ferris,
Eagan's School of Bus. Hoboken, N. J.; R. A. Kells, New
York Bus. Inst.; C. B. Hall. Spencerian B. C, Yonkers,
N. Y.; Eben Hearne, J. E. Souers, N. Y. City ; H. Cole-
man, Coleman'.s Nat'l B. C, Newark, N. J.
— Among the new schools lately brought to our notice
are the following : Berkshire B. C., Pittslield, Mass., W.
P. Tangye, Prin —South Florida Slil. & Edu. Inst., Bar-
ton, Fla., Jno H. Bridges, Prin.- Christian Bros. School,
(13 Jay St., Detroit, Mich.— Salamanca, N. Y., B. C,
Joseph Leming and Henry E. Greer, Props., Henrv E.
Greer, Pnn.— The University Academy, Paris, Texas', E.
M. Chartier, Pres., Jno. W. Wilkinson. Prin.— St. James
School, 303 St. Dennis St., Montreal, Canada, B. L.
Richarius, penman. —!jt. Joseph Scholastical, East Ot-
tawa, Can., Bernard Fletcher, penman. —Massengale's B.
(.'., Birmingham, Ala.— Gouverneur. N. Y., B. C. W. B.
Thuyer, Prin.
— The following changes have taken place in school
names and school management recently ; Shaw's B. C,
North Adams, Mass.. E. J. .Shaw, Prin., has changed its
name to the Berkshire B. C; the Indianapolis, Ind., Coll.
of Com,. C. S. Perry, Prin., is now known as Perry's
Mercantile Coll.; H. C. Rowland has disposed of his in-
terest in the Capital City Com'l Coll., Charleston, W. Va.,
to his former partner, W. B. Elliott. Mr. Rowland has
pur.;hased the " Zanerian Compendium ot Business Pen-
manship," and is now publishing it, with headquarters
at Columbus, Ohio; C. E. Jones, Prin. of Jones' B, C,
Chicago, has moved his school down town, and is now
located at 94 East Washington St.; F. H. Harper, for-
merly ot Columbus. Ind.. has bought the luternational B.
C, E. Saginaw, Mich.; S. McVeigh, part owner of the
Spencerian B. C, Indianapolis, Ind.. informs us that the
school has been sold, but we have not heard to whom.
— The Sunberry, Pa.. B. C, has closed.
— Letters addressed to the Flower City B. C , Canan-
daigua, N. Y., and Albion, N. Y., B. U., have been re-
turned, indicating that the schools have closed.
— In the February number of The Journal we an-
nounced the closing of Buena Vista Coll., Storm Lake,
Iowa. It was a mistake, however, and P. B. S. Peters,
Prin. of the penmanship and com'l department, writes us
that school is running and is in a verv prosperous condi-
tion
— The Daily Ledger of Birmingham, Ala., February 3,
contains an account ot the opening of Massey B. C , in
that city. The Mayor of Birmingham, ex-State Superin-
tendent of Public Instruction Jno. G. Harris, and other
noted people were in attendance at the opening, which
was further enlivened by music trom an excellent or.
chestra. School opened with 150 students and bright pros-
pects. The proprietor is R. W. Massey ; W. N . Smith,
Pnn.; A. W. Orton, Prin. of shorthand dept.
— Ninimo's Shorthand and Bus. Academy, Sarnia
Ont.. an institution which opened in September, has made
a good start, and has a bright outlook. A S Nimmo is
proprietor; M. Campbell, prin. of com'l dept.- Miss M
M. Nimmo, secretary.
— The Hamilton, Ont., Spectator devotes nearly a
column of space to an interesting account ot the celebra-
'l°?,.°'r,""' fonrteenth anniversary and reunion banquet
ot the Hamilton B. C, C. R. McCullough, Prin. Members
of Parliament, literary men, president of the Board ot
Trade and other noted Canadians responded to the toasts.
— Just to show that they are not entirely one sided,
many of the penmen are branching out into other lines
and achieving great things. G. E. Snyder, Prin. Wood's
B. C, Shenandoah, Pa., has favored us with a copy ot a
song, " Adieu," words and music ot which are of his own
composition. It is a very pretty song, and does credit to
Mr. Snyder's lyrical and musical ability.
— M. L. Miner was born in Leyden, Mass.. and until
twenty years ot ago spent his time in much the same
manner as the average country boy. At the age of fit-
teen he went to Power's Institute, Bernardston, Mass.
On his eighteenth birthday he opened his first ^chool on
East Mountain,
Guilford, Vt,
and as was the
custom " board-
ed around." So
successful was
he that he de-
termined to
make teaching
bis life work,
and the money
ciirned in this
and succeeding
terms was spent
in securing
higher educa-
tion. In ls8:i he
^'raduated from
the academy in
Brirafield, Mass.
The next: year
he was principal
lit the Grammar
School in Bonds-
ville, Mass.,
which position
he resigned to
enter the Roch-
ester, N. Y.,
Bus. Univ. The
management of
the Rochester
B. U. secnred
him a place as
teacher in
Prickett's Coll. of Com., Philadelphia, where he re-
maired one year. He next taught in Cleary's B. C,
Ypsilanti, Mich., and later became half owner of the
Interlake B. C, Lansing, Mich. He next taught in
Drake's, Jersey City. B. C. for one year, and from there
went to Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, N. Y., where he taught
for tour years in the commercial department. When this
department was detached from Pratt Institute and
opened as a separate school, Heffley Coll. of Com., Mr.
Heffley retained Mr. Miner as head of the commercial de-
partment. Mr. Miner is a many sided man, and takes
deep interest in church and Y. M. C. A. work. He was
general secretary of the Lansing, Mich.. Y. M. C. A . for
one year. He has read law and has studied in the Uni-
versity of the City ot New York, taking a course in peda-
gogy, which course he hopes to complete in the near
future. He is Brooklyn's salt water Isaac Walton and for
several years has been manager ot the Brooklyn i' M C
A. Fishing Club. A Journal editor had the privilege of
being the guest of the club during the past summer and
was thus posted on the jolly times they have, and is pre-
pared to vouch for some, at least, of Mr. Miner's big flsh
stories. The portrait of Mr. Miner shown herewith
represents him in an •■ after taking " attitude. The pho-
tograph was taken by an amateur just as Mr Miner
stepped from the fishing boat, and the cod flsh in the pic-
ture are his individual catch. He is happily married and
has an interesting family of five children To Mrs
Miner's help and encouragement he ascribes much ot his
success in his work.
— S. M. Sweet, Pres. New Castle, Pa., B C reports a
fine attendance, and that the school is a great success in
every way.
--Several papers published at Ottawa, 111., gave a very
readable account of the banquet, held by students and
faculty, to celebrate the clo'e ot the second term of the
Pleasant View Lutheran Coll. ot that place W Gnv
Roseberry, Prin. of the penmanship and com'l dents
responded to a toast •' Action," in such a humorous man:
ner as to convulse the audience with laughte"
- Milton Carlson, Los Angeles, Cal., is teaching 1.50
ruZesThL^nl'"'™'^ "' P'-^^^"'- "« ""'- - i>-d?d
^^<s>^^^'^sz^^\^^;i^ «N ?'3"'.
C^^^B^^YS^^-S^'— .^~|£ e
work, and this is the first time I have permitted n„vVi?fS
of the kind to be brought before the stn!?i„f„ ""/"^'De
care, and I will frankl? admitryt^haf whdeThe're Zl
many other similar publications in your line for which I
have a very high respect, there is not another that T
would grant that privilege to, and this I think shonl,!
MAN'riRT'"jol^Hf.°?'^ 'f'r' n-.v estimate Of The Pen-
MAN .s ART JOURNAL. I have watched The Jourxai
with much interest tor the past 20 venra i iT.™ 1
of the irrfiskt KtT^■,tr^^a ,^ ,,'"**1' "1;' V^ars. 1 have known
oi tne great struggle it has had to wage - T havo ^Ht
x::^z\%^ar^°n^rnrdiri^\~
'Z^^^^s:i^.^^^ ->"- it^So"w7Su?i't^"s
th7t?he°sch^oi''isprS^^SX'i.it7tthild ?' ""**!
they have been o^ligS Sf rv^"Sit'o1al?|^? I'nT^etTer
turnishetl quartei-s. The school is now elegantly locate^
un the leading business street, and occupies the entire
s-icond floor of a building 40 x 180 feet. To emphasize
the size of the school, Mr. Blair incloses a club of 86 sub-
scribers.
— In a letter received from A. V. Felght, teacher of
com'l branches in the Stockton, Cal., B. C, he states that
business colleges are looking up on the Pacific Coast, and
that the Stockton B. C is doing well, with a great improve-
ment over last year's busiuess. He also writes : " 1 like
the spice you are putting into The Journal, and admire
your stand on the question ot writing in the public
schools." Asa practical indorsement of these sentimente,
F. O. Gardiner, penman of the school, with Mr. Feight*s
assistance, has sent in a list ot 50 subscribers.
— We hare received trom Wm. Geo. Bruce, secretary
of the local committee National Educational Association,
a circular in regard to the forthcommg meeting at Mil-
waukee, Wis., July 6-9, 1897. We notice that Robt. C.
Spencer i^ also on the local committee. Low railroad and
hotel rates, splendid programme and a general all-around
good time are promised.
— C. A. Bernhard, formerly Prin. of com'l dept., High
School, Effimgham, Kans., and now Prin. of penmanship
and com'l depts. in the University of the Pacific, College
Park, Cal., writes an interesting letter in regard to his
work. Penmanship had never been taught in the college
or the preparatory academy connected with it, and was
not taught by a professional penman even in the commer-
cial department, until Mr. Bernhard's advent. After
much hard work, he has succeeded iu enthusing the fac-
ulty and students, and has a writing clafis of 40, with a
large enrollment in the commercial department. All are
much pleased with his work.
— Edwin H. Graver, Ebensburg, Pa., who was awarded
the certificate for the greatest improvement from Mr.
Lister's lessons in The Journal during ".»6, was the
recipient of a very complimentary notice in the Patton,
Pa., Courier, apropos of his winning this certificate, and
one from G. E. Crane of the Saudusky, Ohio, B. C.
~ Henry B. Noble, Jackson, Ky., who is greatly inter-
ested in public school work, and particularly penmanship,
writes : " 1 take The Journal tor its company on Sun-
days. I am a merchant and don't have the time for the
necessary practice. I hope to see The Journal in the
home of every teacher in our country and in thousands of
other homes. I know there is no other joarnal of its
kind that affords the instruction contained in The Pen-
man's Art Journal. "
— On the morning of February 1 fire was discovered in
the boys' dormitory of the Genesee Wesleyan Seminary
at Lima, N. V., and the building was burned to the
ground. There were 100 boys in the building, and while
all escaped with their lives, they all lost their books and
clothing. The building was valued at $30,000, and was
fully insured.
Hymeneal.
— On Wednesday, February 24, 1897, at Boston, Mass.,
Miss Sadie Heyward Moore was married to Fred. H .rts-
horn Burdett. At home after June 1, f)-3y Main St.,
Woburn, Mass. Mr. Burdett is of the firm C. A. & P.
H. Burdett, proprietors Burdett Business College, Boston,
Mass., and his thousands of friends throughout the coun-
try, we know, will join The Journal in congratulations
nda best wishes for his future happiness. We haven't the
pleasure of the bride's acquaintance, but knowing Mr.
Bardett as we do, we can imagine the wise choice he has
made.
Movements of the Teavhi-rs.
— O. F. Amburn is connected with the Galveston,
Texas B. U. J. B. Gambill is conducting a class in pen-
manship with, success in Colo, towns and is receiving com-
plimentary notices from local papers. His P. O. is Steam-
boat Springe, Colo C. A. Hinchee has resigned his
position as principal of the Bus. Dept. of Galloway Coll.,
Searcy, Ark., and is succeeded by Miss Clare Neill. Mr.
Hinchee has engaged iu mercantile bus. Miss Eva M.
Blair is principal of the Pen. Dept. of the Northern
Iowa Nor. and Com. School, Algona, Iowa. C. L. Bar-
rett, late penman of La Junta, Colo, B. C, has severed
his connection with that school and has started a school
of penmanship of his own. — — F. D. Lanning. formerly of
Harvard, 111 . is now teaching in the Green Bay, Wis.,
B. C. Walter Prall is now teaching in the N. I. Coll.
ot Fulton, 111. F. F. Dutton, late of Atlanta, Ga.. is
now connected with the Glens Falls, N. V., B. C. Miss
Mary Hurt has charge of the penmanship in the Keachie,
La., Male & Female Coll. Chas. T. Frecker is teacher
of penmanship and shorthand in the Tampa. Fla.. B. U.
E. L. Blaisdale, formerly of the Springfield, Mass.,
B. C, ia now connected with the Childs B. C. of Spring-
field. E. L. Hooper, formerly penman of Westbrook,
Me., Sem., has received a chU to the ministry and holds
weekly services in different places. He is attending
school, teaching penmanship at Hebron Acad., and the
evening class ot the Y. M. C. A. at Auburn, Me. Miss
Bessie J. Tait succeeds her brother as principal of the
Tacoraa, Wash.. B. C. Clyde Jones is now located in
Youngstown. Ohio. J. E. Selfe is principal of the pen-
manship dept in the Western Nor. Coll., Bushnell 111.
Sam Evans is the new penman of the Lexington. Ky,,
B. C. B. A. O'Mealy has resigned his position in Yank-
ton, S. D., Coll., and is now teaching an evening com'l
class with success. R. T. Chaney of Richmond, Va.,
succeeds A. H. Davenport as prin. of the Dover, N. J.. B.
O. Frank A. Groseclose, formerly of the Lexington,
Ky.. B. C, is now in charge of the shorthand dept. of the
Jackson. Ky., Coll. Inst, of Cent. UnJ. C. C. Au.'^her-
raan, formerly of Logansport. Ind, and lately of Boone,
Iowa, is now settled in BurkittsviUe, Md. David E.
Henry is the new teacher of pen., short., type, and spell-
ing in the Ottawa, Ont., B. C. R. C. Clapp, fori*'
X
lit Hartford, Coun., is dow couDected with Kimm^'s Pen
Art Studio, lois Arch St., Phila., Pa. S. P. Wilson is
no longer connected with the Friends Acad.. Locust Val-
ley, N. y. J. Chauncey Shortlidge is principal of the
school A. F. Scott is the new penman of the Central B.
C. of Toronto, Ont. D. S. Hill has resigned his position
with Draughon's B. C , Nashville, Tenn., and is now lo-
cated m Marion, Ky.
jWir CfHiitiiyiifiM^ Srfiool .toiirimli*, ete.
— The 181)7 catalogue of the Lowell B. C. Binghamtou,
N Y J C Bloomer, Priu. and Prop,, is bound in cloth,
with gold side stamp, is printed on heavy paper and is
nicely illustrated.
— The literature sent out by the Albany, N. Y., B. C.
is veiy attractive. The catalogue of IM pages is nicely
printed, well illustrated, cloth bound, with 8;de stamp of
gold. It is a handsome piece ol advertising.
— The catalogue of Greer Coll . Hoopcston, III., is well
illustrated, contains a vast amount of information ot
benefit to intending students. C. H. Ballard is manager
of the com'l dopt., and I. B. Downs has charge of the
penmanship.
— With the compliments of Willaid J. WTieeler, we
have received a copy ot " Birmingham Illustrated." Mr.
Wheeler is Priu. and Prop, of the Birmingham, Ala., 13.
C, and his picture with description of his school are in
this nicely arranged document.
— The College Journal issued by the Lebanon, Pa., B.
C. is well printed, nicely illustrated, and must be a
splendid advertisement for the school. Messrs. Wade and
Gerberich are making a success of this institution.
— Other well-arranged catalogues have been received
from the following schools : Clinton Liberal Inst., Fort
Plain, N. Y.; River City, B. C, Portsmouth, Ohio ; Cen-
tral Coll., Payette, Mc; Grand View, Tenn., Nor. Inst.
— College journals have come to hand trom the follow-
ing institutions : Creston, lowu, B. C. ; Berea, Ky., Coll.;
Actual B. C, Pittsburg, Pa.; Heald's B. C, San Fran-
cisco, Cal.; Va. B. C, Richmond, Va.; Omaha, Neb.,
Com. and Bus. Coll.; Birch Cor. School. Oak Mills, Kans.;
Day's School of Shorthand, (jleveland, Ohio ; Los Angelep,
Cal., B. C.
Fraternal Notes.
(Public S)c-b(Mil Di'iiariment.)
— W. H. Covert is supervisor of writing in public
schools, Hyracuse, N. Y.
— In the October nuralier of The Journal we stated
that T. R. McUleua was supervisor of writing iu the
Martin's Ferry, O., public schools, having been thus in-
tormed by a publishing house. Mr. McGlenn writes us
that for the past two years H. E. Sampson has been spe-
cial teacher, but because of shortage of funds for school
purposes, on October Ist special work in writing was
dropped, and Mr. Sampson was elected principal of one ot
the ward schools.
— T. R. MutJlenn, Martin's Perry, O., is at present en-
gaged in itinerant teaching. He is a good penman and
successful teacher.
— Edith A. Parrish and Valentin Buehuer are teachers
of drawing iu the San Bernardino, Cal., High School.
— In the Dail]i Sun, Ban Bernardino, Cal., we find a
couple of columns a day tor several days, devoted to a
most interesting account of the Teachers' Institute, held
iu that city recently. H. E. Perrm, prin. of the business
dept., High School, San Bernardino, Cal., was secretary
of the Association and reported the proceedings of the
Association for the Daily Situ. Among other subjects
discussed was vertical writing, which was ably handled
by E. K. Isaacs of the Los Angeles, Cal., B. 0.
— C. E. Chase, superintendent of commercial dept.,
and teacher of penmanship in Bridgeport, Conn., High
School, is carrying on his work in a very vigorous man-
ner, and cannot fail to meet with success." He has a class
of seventy pupils in writing. Every two weeks he tabes
specimens of the work just gone over. These specimens
are sorted, graded and the best are placed on exhibition
and the ranks are read from the platform. The struggle
of each pupil to raise his rank, and also of better writers
to secure a place on the wall, he reports, is producing an
improvement decidedly encouraging.
— Geo. N. Smith has charge of the commercial work at
EvansvUle, lud.. High School.
') Q^^U/Xl^fCCAa/^
ville. lud.. High School.
of >
ot the Eva
— W. P. Lyon, supervisor of writing in city schools.
Detroit, Mich,, is having success this year, and is pushing
the work vigorously. He says : '■ ifou may quote me as
saying that 1 consider The Journal the best penman's
paper published."
~W. 0. Willitts is supervisor of penmanship in Union
Township, Ind. His post office address is Kingsbury,
— The many friends of C. W Slocum, supervisor of
penmanship. Columbus, Ohio, public schools, will be glad
to know that he is rapidly recovering from an operation
performed for appendicitis.
— In a Villisca. Iowa, paper, we find a sample of the
chalk plate drawing and engraving by R. H. Peck, super-
visor of writing and drawing iu the Villisca public schools
The subject is James Ballard, the Nishnabotna Vallev
poet who has excited much curiosity, and has drawn forth
many comments from the metropolitan papers lately.
— Miss Anna OUen is snpervisor of writing and draw-
ing in the Big Rapids. Mich., public schools. Ferris In-
dostrial School is her lOmit mater
Normal School Penmen.
J. C. OLSON.
J. C. Olson, penman of the Stanberry, Mo., Normal
School, was born iu Denmark in 1872. While still in his
teens he emigrated to the United States- and settled in
Western Nebraska. Here he worked on a ranch as cow-
boy. During the winter of 18U3 he entered the Western
Normal College. Lincoln, Neb , expecting to stay but a
few months, but so earnest and eager was this young
Dane to secure an education that he attracted the atten-
tion of the management and with their encouragement,
he remained for three years, during which time he took
work iu the commercial, normal commercial, normal and
penmanship courses. He determined to become a pro-
fessional penman, and upon advice of the school manage-
ment, he took up these other courses to more thoroughly
prepare himself. He studied penmanship under G. W.
Wallace, G. H. Lockwood, H. C. Smith and W. J. Kins-
ley. After completing his work he had charge of the
penmanship department of the Western Normal College
for one year, and later taught in the Chamberlain Com-
mercial College, Lincoln, Neb., for two years. He worked
up writing chisses in the Y. M. C. A. in Lincoln and his
spare time was spent in attending the University of
Nebraska. Mr. Olson is a church member and a V". M.
C. A. worker. He is a graceful and accurate writer and
there are few of his age who can excel him as an executor
of fine script. He also teaches several commercial
branches. In his present position, Mr. Olson tt?a<;hes
hundreds of students each year and these in turn teach
J. C. OLSON.
his methods to thousands of pupils in public and private
schools annually.
Five years ago, when The Journal's managing editor
told Mr Olson, as a point of encouragement, that if he
persevered with his work he would yet have his portrait
and sketch iu The Penman^s Art Journal, he did not
think that he would have the pleasure of printing it for
Mr. Olson. Mr, Olson's case is only another example of
what can be done by energy, industry and a desire to
excel in some particular work. From a cowboy on the
Western plains, poorly educated, hardly able to speak
English, to the head of the penmanship department ot a
large normal school in a few years, shows that Mr. Olson
has the right material in him.
WelUKnown Supervisors.
D. W. HOFF.
No more resourceful man is to be found in the ranks
of supervisors of writing in America than D. W. Hoff,
who has had charge ot the writing in the Oak Park, Chi-
cago, schools. Journal readers of a few years back will
remember the several splendid courses of lessons, for
public schools, that were contributed by Mr. Hoff. For
years Mr. Hoff has studied public school writing in all its
phases and has tried to bring it in line with other
branches. His methods of presenting his many excellent
ideas to pupils are plain, simple, direct and readily
grasped by even the youngest pupil. Grade teachers,
supervisors and superintendents from other cities have
been Irequent visitors in Mr. Hoff's school-rooms to
watch his methods and get his ideas. He has lectured
to thousands of teachers all over the United States, and
where he has been improvement in the writing in the
schools has been marked. At different times in his career
he has been supervisor of writing in the public schools
ot Lincoln, Neb., Marshalltown. la., Des Moines, la., and
is at present, as stated above, in Oak Park, Chicago,
where he has charge of the writing in the public schools.
The Journal has had occasion in time past to com-
ment on Mr. Hoff's contributions on writing and the
teaching of it, and we do not know of any one who has
contributed more or better ideas along pullic school lines.
Few teachers have made a deeper study of the teaching
of writing under conditions that surround public school
work, or have accomplished such brilliant results in this
line. But writing is not a hobby that Mr. Hoff rides to
D. W. HOhF.
the exclusion of other things. He is well posted along
many line-, has traveled much and is well read. He has
quite a collection of botanical specimens and these afford
him recreation in their classification and arrangement.
As the result of his European trip a few years ago, Mr.
Hoff has a fine collection of photographs of principal
points of interest, objects of art, etc. Mr. Hoff is not
only a teacher, but a fine writer— either slant or vertical.
He also has executed many fine pen drawings.
Our Public School Writing Campaign.
A number of Public School Superintendents and Teach-
ers who are not subscribers will receive this month's
Journal. We trust they will examine the paper and
show it to friends who are interested in the teaching of
writing. The Journal prints more that is helpful to
Writing Teachers iu Public Schools than all the general
educational papers combined. We are now making a
specially vigorous Public School campaign, and have de-
Wsed a plan by which you can get
ill," bolli. nt
vUat you i
For instance, Penman's Art Journal and either the
PopuJnr Educator or the Teachers' World, both papers
one year for only one dollar. It you are already a sub-
scriber for either paper, and you tell ns of the fact, your
time w\\\ be extended one year— so that it is not necessary
to wait for expiration of subscription in order to take
advantage of these remarkable combination offers, which
include nearly all American educational papers. See full
particulars on page .VJ.
We appeal to public school teachers and oCQcials to
give The Journal their infiuence and personal aid iu rais-
ing the grade ot writing in the common schools of our
country. We should appreciate having you send us the
names and addresses of the teachers of your acquaintance
who are interested in the subject of writing. ,
An All Round Penman and Commercial
Teacher.
E. M. BARBER.
The subject of this sketch was born in a. log house amid the
wild woods of Campbell, Ionia County. Mich., on Burns' birth-
dav. January ^5. 1808. to which coincidence is doubtless due
his predilection for plowing and poetry.
At the age of ten he received a few lesgons from a travel-
inK peuman, and soon after succeodinn in executing a some-
what elaborate family-record, which ttill excites the wonder
of the uninitiated.
In 18H1 he entered the dry Koods house of Voigt, Herpol-
sheimer & Co., Grand Rapids, as errand boy and sweeper.
When sixteen years of age, he resigned this position to assume
the (•'./(• of pedagogue in the town of Odessa, where he taught
his first and only term of country school, organizing and sue
cessfuUy conducting an evenin? writing Bchool iu connection
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t^en/na/ili QyvtCoJotctAo^
therewith. The proceedB of thii undertnkiog eiiaUed Lim
to enter the Northern Indiana Normal School. Valparaiso.
Ind.. where E. K. Isaacs started him on the road to better
thln^rd.
In the autumn of IMWi he accepted a position with the
Harper (Kansas) Normal School, and a few months later
with the .Southwestern Business ColleKe. Wichita, where he
remained throe years, also condnctinK the commercial de-
partment of Garfield Univeri-ity. Jlr. I-sjacs having decided
to take a vacation. Mr. Barber was called to Valparaiso to
handle the penmanship classes, availing himself at the same
time of an opportunity to lay the basis of a broad and liberal
education. He pursued the studies of ihe full Scientific
Course, giving special attention to literature, the higher
mathematics and engineering.
After graduation he .juurneyod to San Antonio, Texas, in
the interests of the Alamo City Business College, co-lahoring
with B. F. Williams, now of Harvard University. Studies in
architecture occupied his leisure hours during the year
spent with this institution, and in the summer of 1K91 he set
sail from Galveston with the avowed intention of entering
the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. A chance call at
1 New York, however, led to negotia-
n an engagement beginning with the
He has since served that institution
,nd during the past year has been as-
the Packard College i
tiona which resulted i
following September,
in various capacit:
sistlnt
liooks.
Mr. Packard in preparing the
Packard te.\
liehments. learning the modern ways of doing office work.
This has been his principal oacupntion for two years past.
The results of this Investigalion are shown in the new Pack-
ard test Irook, and will he incorporated in other Pockard
publications.
Believing, no doubt, in the fact that the jaw is miahtier
than the pen. we hoar of his recent appearance before the
Packard students in a Wehsterian oration on Cuba Libre.
Ho is a member of the Madison Square Presbyterian Church.
and therefori) has enjoyed the fortunate privilege of listen-
ing to Dr.lParkhnrsfs sermons during the past five years :
AsThe JniinNAl. readers will remember he was married
July 1, l«9.i. to Miss Rae M. Hill, an accomplished pianist of
Chicago. Their home on Washington Heights, overlooking
the Hudson and the Palisades, is a rendezvous for musicians,
artists and lovers of literature. Here during his leisure
hours we may Hud him in a library ailed with the best pro-
ductions of literatire. music and art. delving for deeper
glimpses of truth and beauty. As a teacher, Mr. Barber be-
lieves that commercial education is still in its infancy, and
that the same solidity and thoroughness which characterize
the literary college and the university will ultimately ob-
tain in the management of business schools.
State Supervision of Private Schools.
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Tn Ihr Biuiiitxs Srliool, ,>/ Sen- York :
.,S? ^f?!, ''"""'•;<',•" »'"'" ,«>'»' some points in the circular
sent ont have not been understood. We are anxious to have
!',l'„'in,^:;?°?',?.r°/.'''°i' in sympathy with the movement fo?
„„„,„„,„.j business eGucation In New York and supplement
_lar with the following notes : The numbers refer
"""• of the previous circular, a duplicate of which
th
thes
_, ....... L^uuia "uoiuess diploma is an entirelv new r.».oHon
LV°fl? tm■?eTit^''-''r,^'^'™''V•'"" '»"°""«^^^^^^^
,"L.. ""o'^'.i*" conditions, but we hope the number will in-
creafe. Besides a high school edui'ation It include? the two
year course of technical study. The requirement that nnW
graduates of a registered schdol may ent?r rhTe4m"na°,"' J
l.s not, as has been interred by some, a neculiar discriminn
I?sTto'?raui^-f;„°„';r3o\%"oi''r^e|irr'erj?Tirr'J^e"n'{rat
of study and on the examfnations. If we are to put
Ijiwlness education on anything like a professional plane, we
must have a credential and requirements that will seem re-
spectable when compared with other schools. The commit-
ti'G were unanimous on this point when their attention was
called to these facts, with which the critics are evidently
not familiar. Old courses and certificates are not interfered
with in the least. This is something new. for which few
schools can afford to furnish necessary equipment and fac-
ulty, as the number of students will be so small.
:i. At the request of some of the bnsiness schools, and as
wn study, we think it best to issue
certificate and a stenoeranher's di^
ivill :
its full equivalent, showing the completion of a hieh school
course as a preliminary ^eueral education. It will require
olao the Bteuogn-apher's certiflcate for shorthand, typewrit-
ing and English, and in addition the candidate must pass
regents' examinutions in office methods, to show a familiar-
ity with the best methodsof doin^ the most common amanu-
ensis or office work, flling and copying letters, making ex-
tracts and indexes, classifying papers, simple editing, proof
rely (
technical training necessary '
without having to be trained in minor details. This diploma
will be open to every school that gives the needed instruc-
tion, regardless of its size or equipment. A single export
teacher will thus have opportunity to prove that he can
qualify students for this work more thoroughly in a given
time than can some of the large and wealthy schools.
T). If enough schools desire it, the regents might provide
another grade of reeistralion for those not fully equipped
for the two year busines* diploma courses. It was ttiought
" ■ ■ " the same
the character of their work. I myself
suggested the omission of registration for these schools, m
order to avoid the critici?m that the regents were doing
more than was necessary or wished by the seboolc.
6. This section has been more widely misunderstood than
any other. The requirement of six teachers giving full time
is copied from the ordinance governing all literary colleges
in this State. The provision tor giving a course of definite
length and for adequate equipment is common to nearly
every institution in the University. Obviously a standard
for registration based on the value of tbe equipment or the
length of the course mav be the source ot injustice and
abuse unless closely watched, but it has been found in HH'
years' experience of the University the simplest, and if sup-
plemented by examinations, the best way to grade schools.
Each of the nearly 61)0 high schools and academies of the
State is graded on a similar principle, and the objections
brought by some of tbe business schools to tbe apparent in-
.iustice of this tection would hold equally in the other grad-
ing which is proving so satisfactory and beneficial through-
out the State. No. (1 refers to registration for the new two-
diploma course, which would reqn
sach a course, and therefore very few will be registered
under this section. The criticism on registration will be met
by providing for registering schools whit.h do less extensiv
plan adopted for large and small acade
clause stricken out, so that this now bears only on changes
of name. The older a school is the more widely it has been
advertised under the old name, and the more time it will
take to substitute the new name. It is certainly a less seri-
ous matter for a school two years old to change its name
than for one aO years old.
We have no doubt whatever that the changes already made
■illing,
_ . __ e the name college or
niversity after the public has recognised fully the greater
dignity and truthfulness attained by calling the schools by
their right names instead of giving them a pretentious title
which has in many quarters brought them into ridicule. I
wish in this circular letter to assure every school in the
State that the regents will as far as in their power protect it
from any injustice, and if the ordinance and plan adopted
shall fail to do entire justice to all concerned there will be
no hesitation in making such change as is found necessary.
We are anxious to complete as soon as possible the syllabus
for the new certificates and diplomas, and shall value the
suggestions of every school in the State in preparing tho
first draft, which will be submitted to each school for direct
criticism before it is finally adopted. I send you herewith
with my compliments the regents' academic syllabus where
you may see on pp. 2fll-:i<l5 the requirements in English.
Kindly examine these and advise me how much we ought to
require for the stenographer's certiflcate besides the ele-
mentary English.
, therefore, kindly send me by early mail answers
- - .. - — .„ „iv6 the
full course:' The registration certificate would, of cour.''e.
specify the field covered, and would i-e like the boiler in-
spector's certificate on a steamboat, an assurance to the
public that a competent authority had exomined the school
and found it properly equipped for giving the courses which
It advertised.
c Would you not think it desirable, to enable business
schools to be recognized on a similar plane with other pro-
fessional or technical school?, to have charters granted them
by the regents as distinct corporations as is done for the
other schools? At present onlv one or two of the 6(1 and
more business schools in the State are incorporated. This
action would give a permanence and dignilv to tho institu-
tions which they can never have when Ihey are private
property carried on like any other business in the personal
interest of one man or firm.
Finally, will you favor me. not for publication, but for my
own assistance in trying to work <iut this problem, with any
suggestions which your experience leads you to believe to be
for the best interests of the business schools of New York V
their welfare, and personal con-
^ ze with a large number of hu^\-
ducators in the State has greatly increased my faith
present movement will be greatly to the advantage
" well as to the" general public. I
ggestiona or criticisms from
chools
of the busi ,
shall be very glad of frank
Me
, De
, Secretary.
An Object Lesson.
Teacher : " Now. if 1 take your slate pencil, what can I dn
with it y"
Little Boy : '■ You can turl your hair."— .School Board
Jouriiul.
SEVEN AMERICANS ABROAD.
BY CHARLES ROLLINSON. ONE OF THEM,
No. 3-
CHARMING GENEVA.
Our nest move was to Cluses, thence to Geneva. We
were delighteil with this place. A beautiful and refined
city, charmingly situated. We attended the Exposition.
The Swiss village and dance of the villagers was n great
feature. A grand display of fireworks was enjoyed from
our hotel windows on a fi'fc night.
It wa-s at Geneva that we first began to notice the long
twilight. It did not get dark until ten o'clock, and even
then not pitch dark. Vou could read your paper at 9.30
without dilHculty.
A steamer took us up the lake to Ouchy, and from
there we took the train for Lausanne. Then again by
train to Interlaken, passing through Berne and so on to
Seherzligen, on Lake Thun. Here we took the steamer
to Interlaken,
As we ueareJ Interlaken, ''Jungtrau." that majestic
snow-capped mountain, suddenly burst into view. This
mountain is the main feature ot Interlaken. and stands
out against the sky as a silent sentinel guarding the
quaint little Swiss village.
A drive to Lauterbrunnen was rewarded by a sight of
one of the wildest waterfalls that we had ever seen.
It was a pretty sight to see the villagers working in the
fields. Men, women and children all turn out to help get in
the hay. Our cameras caught some ot these merry groups.
Going up Lake Brienz on the other side of Interlaken we
reached Giessbach, a celebrated health resort, also known
for its grand waterfall over 1.200 feet high. This fall is
illuminated at night by electric and many-colored lights
and the sight is superb.
Continuing up the lake we touched at Brienz, and from
there went by rail over the Bruuig Pass to Lucerne,
Our ride up Mount Eigi on the inclined railroad was
rewarded by a magnificent sunset and a view from
that grand mountain which was beyond description.
We were all glad to re-
turn to Lucerne, having '^- .^
spent one night in that ^■\^-
high altitude, where it
was so cold that we were
halt frozen
Among the sights ot
the city ale the ancient
budge w th its pamt ngs
on the beams the Lion
Monument inl the Ca
thedral with its toml
tone<i and cuno'iitie
Bale, a thriving city, was our ne.tt place visited, and
roni there we pushed on to Heidelberg. We saw a great
lany stork-nests on the tops of churches and houses as
we rushed along that railroad ride. All are familiar with
the legend of the stork and the baby. How the children
are made to believe that the little baby is brought into
the household by the stork.
{To be continurd.)
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parison in favor of The Journal would be something
like an inch to half a mile.
Names of Special Teachers Wanted.
Thk Journal is ilcsirous of securing the names
and aildresses of .special teachers and supervisors of
writinii. drawin.g. and commercial branches in the
public schools of the United States and Canada. We
are endeavoring to induce every (-ommunity of 3,(11111
and over to engage special teachers of the branches
mentioned, and it becomes necessary to have a list
of those cities and towns now employing sucb
teachers, and if possible the names and addresses of
the teachers. Our list is quite complete, but it will
save time and expense if our friends mil help us to
make it absolutely accurate. This they can do by
sending ns the names and addresses of any special
teachers of which they have any knowledge. Our
friends can be of material assistance to ns and aid in
the advancement of these special branches by fur-
nishing us with this information. If you can send
only your own name, send it in. In sending the
names, please specify whether one teacher handles
more than one of these branches.
A Breezy Advertisement.
In the December number of The. CoXUiimn, pub-
lished by the literary societies of Central College,
Fayette, Mo., we find the following advertisement
which occupies a full page:
To the Students!
AND OTHERS
WHO READ "THE COLUEOIAN."
I wish to return my sincere thanks to you oue and all for
your very liberal patrona);e. It is needless for me to tell
you a whole lot .of Ghost stories here what I will do for you.
for actions speak louder than words. Come and buy your
home folks a nice present, and make them happy.
.James H. Butleb.
p. s.— There is three unappreciative individuals that will
get wrote up in good style next month if they don't come
round and pay me for the books they bought of me last
year. I w.ll turn a red light on two of you and show your
associates your bta<-k ^tides, and the other Sheenee faced
looking individual will be mentioned. So please take notice
and come in and pay up.
Over 9,000 Subs.
Received in clubs have been entered on The Jour-
nal's books within the past four months. And this
is the very flood-time of school attendance, with hun-
dreds of teachers, in every part of the country, roll-
ing up lists that will figure in our secoud 1S9T an-
nouncement—which will appear next month. The
Journal carries no appeal to the " flapdoodle '" ele-
ment. It must stand or fall according to the support
it receives from the intelligent and discriminating
members of the profession it has served for over
twenty years. If you want your students to have
" The Best and Most ot it"— now is the time, this is
the paper.
Believes in "riuscular" Movement.
Editor Journal':
Prof. HofE's arraignment, in the August number of The
Journal, of the term " Muscular," as applied to move-
meat in writing, prompts me to write a few words in
defense of the appropriateness and continuance ot such
technical use of the term.
It merits the job in consideration of its valuable services
m the profession.
How many thousands ot dollars does it annually bring
to the profession from those who want to learn Muscular
Mov
ent !
It is the slogan of the itinerant teacher, a winning card
for the Business College, and even publishers of penman's
papers are cute enough to turn its use to financial advan-
tage.
It the Frnfesaor has good lungs he can just about para-
lyze the verdant tenderfoot student by vigorously ex-
claiming. Use Mu.fcida)' Movemtn^t.
How the youth will work to acquire it, and what a
satisfaction to him when told he has " got it."
A term ot such expansive and fascinating signiflcauce
should be kept in the family.
It symbolizes the most potent element in the penman's
skill, and is just as convenient and correct as any other
term that can be employed.
What inspiration is there in the paradoxical expression,
" Arm rest movement ? " The usual trouble is that the
arm rests too much, and the movement is not vigorous or
nt nscular enough.
Why not be more descriptive and call it the arm rest,
finger slide — '' keep your seat Horace " — get there move-
But seriously to justify the use ot the term as technically
understood in the profession. How often do we hear a
strong, vigorous, able-bodied man characterized as being
a •■muscular /c/^oic /"
Is it not just as correct and appropriate to call the
strongest and most vigorous movement used in writing
the Muscular Movement ?
What would be thought by a sensible person who had
ever noted the figurative origin of the use of words, on
hearing a captious smart Alex criticise the expression, a
uLuscular man by saying. " All men have muscles, hence
all men are muscular ? " " Dogs and cats have muscle.",
hence the smallest mite of either specie is muscular,''
If any objectionable opprobrium has become attached
to the term muscular movement, it has come from mak-
ing a chustnut of it in teaching. I rarely ever use the
term in teaching.
The desired result will be better and quicker attained
by instructing the student to itse his arm more, and
showing him how to use it than by telling him to use
either muscular or rest arm movement.
When the student can write with a continuous motion
of the arm, even if accompanied by a tincture of the
finger movement, tell him that is the " Muscular Move-
ment,'' but if accompanied with considerable finger move-
ment it is the Combined Movement.
Just observe the heads of a class wiggle while practicing,
and consider how many muscles ot the body are brought
into action, while the large, powerful muscles ot the arm
dominate the movement, and there will be but little
question that *' Muscular Movement '' is all right.
L. B, Lawbon.
THE JQURNALS
sJi'^^E REGISTER
FREE. Penman's Art Journal and your favorite
Educational Journal— at what you are now paying for
one. See particulars ou page 39.
Doesn't Believe In Shade for Business
Writing.
1 was very much interested in the " TestimoDy " of
Mr. Biildwin, which appeared in the last issue of The
JoL'RN.\L. as it seemed to me that in some of his ideas, at
least, he is at almost direct variance with a large ma-
jority of the penmanship teachers of this country. In
regard to shaded business writing I wish to take direct
issue with him.
Any one who has had any esperience in writing in both
plain and shaded styles will certainly admit that it re-
quires much more skill and more time to make a form
with shade than it does to make exactly the same form
unshaded ; and the shaded form is not a whit more legi-
ble after it is made, What stronger reason than the
above could be given for teaching the young men and
women who are placed under our instruction a plain,
unshaded, business style y
Mr. Baldwin's reasons for teaching shaded business
writing are as follows : " Writing all lines heavy, or all
lines light, is monotonous and. therefore, lacks beauty.
Lack of beauty causes lack of interest, and lack of
interest lack ot progress.'' 1 believe this line of rea-
soning to be entirely erroneous. Unshaded writing
docs not lack beauty when viewed from a standpoint
of business writing, and I believe a strong, unshaded
page of writing is much more pleasing to the eya ot
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a business man than a gaudy nhaded page. A page
of artistically shaded writing is very much to be ad-
mired. It JH to be admired as artistic penmanship, but
certainly not as business writing.
Mr. Baldwin's next statement is. that teaching un-
shadea writing causes a lark of interest on the part of the
student. If this be true, what a pity it is that our lead-
ing teachers of business writing are plodding along un-
mindful (if this royal road to enthusiastic, progressive
classes in business writing. Mr. L. M. Thornburgh is fa-
mous for the enthusiasm and interest which he instills
into the hearts of his pupils, and much of his success as a
teacher is due to this one point. During the time which
it was my good fortune to spend under his instruction.
1 do not remember of ever once seeing him make a shaded
stroke in the presence of a class. If the copies and les-
sons which have been published in the different penman-
ship journals by such men as Robins, Kelchoer. Bussard,
Lister, etc., are any criterion of the methods which they
use in their daily classes, they certainly have no use for
Khades in teaching business writing. Has Mr. Baldwm
or any one else ever heard it said that these gentlemen let
their pupilH spend the jwnmanship hour in blissful slum-
ber ?
Mr. Baldwin defines a poor teacher in these words :
" He in a poor teacher who cannot teach shaded writing."
I would suggest this as a better definition. He is a poor
teacher who resorts to shades to secure interest and prog-
resH on the part of his pupils, or for any other reason.
Truly 1 believe if presented in the right way, no teacher
will fail to secure very satisfactory results by teaching
plain, unshaded business writing, and m so doing be is
teaching the only style of writing which can hold its own
m this great age of rush and improvement.
E. O. FOLSOM,
(Jreen Bay Bus. Col., Green Bay, Wis.
Business Educators.
We want ideas conceroing the next meeting of the
business section of the N. E. A.
The meeting will be held at Mil-
waukee, in the rooms of R. C. Spen-
cer's Business College, July 6 to 9.
The location is a good one and we
want to present a good programme
and then we wnnt a good many of
you to be present and take part.
Why have you been absent in times
past y We will try and help you cor-
rect that habit of staying away, if
you will give us the reason. This de-
partment is ours and we must sus-
tain it or it will reflect on us.
Please write either member of the
committee at once, offering any sug-
gestions as to the programme that
you have thought of in times past.
We expect to present what tho
people want, if we can find out what
that is.
D. W. Springer, Ann Arbor
Mich.
Q- W. Brown, Jacksonville, 111.
F. B. RiriiAHDsoN, BM Washing-
ton St., Boston. Ma&s.
Resolutions Against Fraud-
ulent Advertising Adopted
by the Federation of Edu-
cational Associations at
Chicago.
tmcAuo, III., December ;i(l. isiW.
mirn-as. The Federation of Com-
mercial Teachers- Associations has for
Its object the general advancement
of Business Colleges and Business Col-
lege work, and
n/icreas, The said convention in
Chicago on the Mth day of December.
IS»6, recognizes the paramount im-
portance of an honest advertising
Therefore, he it resolved. That each
member of this convention will, on
his own account, continue to observe
with unceasing fidelity honest prao
tices with relation to all his work
That we believe that" guarantee-
'ng positions" under certain con-
ditions. whether made in writing or
otherwise, or the promise of a posi-
tion ot employment, made for the
purpose of securing patronage, to be
both misleading and deceptive.
That we condemn all advertising
of this or like character, and that a
copy of these resolutions be spread
on the minute book 'of this Associa-
tion, and that they be caused to be
t!4nmxMQ:p(i/>Q^(UAaj&
printed in The Penman's Art Journal, the Wesie
Penman and the Practical Age.
Adopted UDanimousIij.
The Off-Side of a Great Reformer.
Our Cedar Rapids contemporary, the Western Penman.
hauled down its flag in the February number and an-
nounces that it is tired ot the fight with The Penman's
Art Journal. We should think it. would be tired ! With
three months' opportunity for feeling the pulse of the
profession with reference to its bushwhacking cam-
paign against a fellow- worker, it has discovered that it
has no stomach for the fight— when an inconsiderate
opponent has seized it by the scrufif of the neck and
dragged it out of the bushes into the open. It will
just " reserve the right " to criticise in the future.
All right 1 Fire ahead with your criticisms whenever
you like. The Journal is not afraid of criticism— offers
itt own columns for that purpose. But honest criti-
cism is a thing quite apart from bushwhackery. And
the man who stabs his neighbor in the back presents a
sorry spectacle fieeing from the wrath his own wanton
acthas provoked and pleading for mercy on the ground
thit his nerves are tender ! Let it be borne in mind that
The Journal had no hand in starting this disagreeable
business. No line or word of disparagement of its con-
temporary—nothing but unvarying kindness and court-
esy — was ever printed in these columns, iip to this amaz-
ing attempt to degrade The Journal and place it in a
false position before its own people. But since this little
controversy had to be, it js rather disappointing that
Cedar Rapids should "retire" precisely in time to
The above is a reduced fnc-simile of a late letter from A. N Palmer, editor and
publisher of the Western Penman, pleading for a copy book adverttsement (the slip
enclosed, referred to in the letter, carried an advertisement of the new Sheldon
Vertical Copy Books) from a well known firm of copy book publishers. The fact that
the letter was written with a blue ribbon makes a clear photographic reproduction
impossible. That no one may be in doubt as to the willingness and eagerness on the
part of the Great Cedar Rapids Twister of the Copy Book Dragon's Tail to profit by
the Monster's unhallowed hoard, and give his Monstership the full run of his columns
(uniTltised)-/i.r an ej:<^eedingly modest consideration— -we publish the text of the above
letter in clear print :
'■ Office op the Western Penman.
A. X. Palmer. Editor and Publisher.
Cedar Rapids. Iowa, September 5th, 1896.
Sheldon & Co.. New Y
" Gentlemen :— You.
few pducatlonal papers in tb
1 '^*'"^'l that of 1*176 Vom^bined^clrculation^^^ ^_^„.. „^^...„.^ ,..
substantiatld"^^ ' circulation of any similar paper published-a fact easily
indication of the /"en
1 the Western Penn . „. _,
culation. and it3 circulation
.tional papers published
fh^.,o«„;i - V. ■ '*- " ^popularity. I will point you to the fact that
be e^ subscriptions were received in clubs from practical teachers
meSivion^n.JI'h^^"?™^^^^^*^'^®^**^^ for you at the rate of |15 per month,
lioation, and I hope to hear from you
dodge certain awkward questions propounded by The
Journal. The fact that among the scores of advertise-
ments in The Journal one or two related to copy books
is a matter of such sinister portent to the Western Pen-
man as to suggest the nasty word "subsidized" and
b3 made the subject of severe comment. No language
IS too sweeping forth© ir«'s/*>rii Penman to employ in its
denunciation of all copy books as the rankest ot evils- a
very plague spot in our public school system. We had
some curiosity to know if these sentiments on the part
of the Western Peu»ia»i are purely unselfish and genuine,
or whether they are pure humbug and hypocrisy. We
asked the Western Penman publicly, two montlis ago.
whether it had recently been a suppliant for the favors
of copy book publishers. It has not tiad the manliness to
answer, so that The Journal has been put to the trouble
of procuring the information from other sources.
Now, it was only last month that the Western Penman
scolded The Journal for criticising an advertisement in
its own columns. The inference is irresistible that if
the Western Penman advertised copy books it would not
criticise them. It is really too bad, to disturb the an-
nounced retirement of our contemporary, but, knowing
its squeamishness in the matter of robust English, we
must ask whether it prefers that the word Humbuggery
or the word Hypocrisy be employed in describing the
remarkable situation here presented :
Has the Westerni Penman been shamming in its
indiscriminate denunciation of copy books as a public
evil ?
If not, does it not hold itself rather cheaply when it
offers to administer the poison to its own people and in-
ferentially to suppress its criticisms for a few dollars
a month ?
Cluba. largo and small, are
before have the teachers so
u, and shown their good
being received daily, and never
earnestly supported The JouR-
p will in such a practical manner.
There are many, however, who have promised to send clubs
and have not done so, and others who have promised to add
to their clubs sent earlier in the season. There is yet time
to work up a good big list while the attendance in schools is
liirce, A few sample copies distributed with a word or two
of explanation, and we think there will be found but little
ditflculty in working up a nood club, especially when our
vury liberal clubbioK rates are taken into consideration. If
anv teacher has not received the clubbing rates for the pres-
ent season, we shall be glad to send them to him. We hope
to print the second clubbine announcement in the April
number, and we hope our friends will increase their lists as
3 the time of going to press. April 1st.
The Journal Is endeavoring to interest public school
officials in writing, flrawing and commercial branches, and
trusts to have the hearty cooperation of special teachers
who have already obtained a foothold in this field. As the
first step we have made the clubbing price for The Jour-
nal so low that no grade teacher or aavanced student can
hesitate from joining The Journal's family on the score of
coet. We trust that supfiviaors and special teachers will
present this matter to their grade teachers, and induce as
many as possible of them to subscribe. Every copy circu-
lated spifads the light, and helps us in the fight woare mak-
ing for the improvement in methods in teaching in the
branches named in our public schools.
Judging from the number of applications for teachers that
have been received recently by The Penman's Art Journal
Teachers' Bureau, we judge that there will be a lively de-
mand for teachers of penmanship, drawing, cooimercial,
shorthand and typewriting branches the coming school
year. The schools are all predicting a good ■
for the past thri
I very conservative
reason salaries next
sr four years, will re-
nty of places for com-
eend 100 sheets
We have received from Williams & Rogers, Rochester,
N. Y.. a pamphlet advertising their book-keeping and busi-
ness practice. This is the newest product of this well know
beautiful script illustrations. Stock compan
business is one of the advanced features with which it has I
do. The whole scheme is minimum work for the teacher,
easily inaugurated, and is thoroughly practical.
^^S^nmandCl7UCCL^u.iAaS
a small space.
tiled by the publluhe:
for 35 ceut9-
Every typewriti&t knows the need of a convenient, prac-
tical copy holder. The Uandy Copy Holder manufactured
and sold by A. R. Cook. 6;;(t ;Atlantic Ave.. Boston. Mat^s., is
said to be a very simple and convenient one. He sends it lor
^5 cents. Its low price should make it popular.
I tpacher and mention that he saw this notice in Th
iNMAN's Art JouHNAL. These pens are used in a Kres
any public schools and business colleges, and have prove
ry satisiactory.
and thosi. . . . _ .
teachers, will attend ihe Rochester B
Rochester, N. Y., during the spring and
learn that many teachers.
for positions as commercial
University,
Pernin System of Shorthand, published by H. M. Pernin
Detroit, Mich., is used in over 50U schools in the United
States and Canada, and the publisher informs us that new
schools are being added to this list frequently. We notice a
number of Eastern cchoois have adopted tne system, and
have found it satisfacto
The Duplex Typewriter Co.. Des Moines. Iowa (New York
>ffice, Nims & Shone. 'ZQ'd Broadway), have mformed us that
} hearmjj; from their advertisement in The Journal
fro
.has had \
n use for the past tive months, has been found
nost satisfactory manner. We never tried the
Duplex, but those who have report that it is .just as good a
raacbine as the Jewett. The Duplex prints two letters at
one time, having a complete alphabet lor each hand. Those
interested in typewriting would do well to send to either
office for circulars.
Journal readers who are interested in chicken raistrg
and especially by the incubator process should send for a
copy of the catalogue of the Vou Culin Incubator Co , Box
814, Delaware City, Del. Send five cents in stamps for it
The New Cyilopedia of Practical Quotations by J. K. Hoyt.
a book emb'rai'ing a broiid and comprehensive field, and coU'
tainiug over 30.UO0 quotations^ and English Synony
tonyras and Prepi
^ _ . . , by James C. Fernald. a book of 574
ontaTnmgf.oUO classified synonyms and \M«\ autonyms.
St to a good encyclopedid and dictionary the— — *'-~
St valuable books "a person of studious or lite
Id have in his library.
Progress in Business Education.
" Progress in Business Education " was the title of a paper
read before the Business Teachers' Association at Chicago
on December :J0, 1896. by W. H. Sadler. It was one of a sym-
posium on book-keeping, and Mr. Sadler presented the
claims of the Budget System in a clear and forcible manner,
and was the recipient of many compliments. This address
has been printed, and will be mulled free to any applicant
npany. 30 Lafayette Place. New
EDITOR'S Calendar.
Sheldon's New Standard Writlvg Books. Elemen-
tary course 4 numbers. Grammar cour&e 8 numbers.
Price, Elementary course, 72 cents per dozen ; Gram-
mar course, 96 cents per dozen. Sample set 75 cents.
Published by Sheldon & Co,, New York and Chicago.
Sheldon & Co. began at the foundation in the prepara-
tion of these copy booKs and investigated thoroughly how
writiug was taught in public schools and in business
schools, and why there was discrepancy in the two
methods. They have endeavored lu this seiies to incor-
porate in a public school method as many of the good
points of business school teaching as it was pos-
sible to make practical use of. Tbey found that public
school teaching was weak in the line of movement
and in not using loose paper practice, consequently
these books are strong on these two points. Much atten-
tion is givea to movement exercises and this work begins
in book No, 1 m the «lementary course. The first copy in
each lesson is movement exercises. Forearm raoveraent is
advocated and taught and loose paper preparatory prac-
tice is also advocated, all of which are strong points in
the line of progress. The books are very carefully graded.
Sensible styles of letters are used and with the instruc-
tions given to pupil and teacher, we do not see how any
pupil can fail to become a good writer, if the instructions
are put into practice. In the last book of the grammar
course some excellent business writing is given and among
it, good models of business letters and commercial forms
are included.
The author and publisher of these books both realize
that the teacher of writing in public schools needs all the
help possible and for that reason, they have prepared a
manual and chart to accompany the copy books.
Manual for Teachers, to Accompany Sheldon's New
System of Standard Writing. Cloth, 48 pages.
Price, 75 cents. Published by Sheldon & Co., New
York and Chicago.
53
While the primary object of this book is to aid teachers
who teach from Sheldon's New Standard Writing Books,
yet this manual will be found of benefit to all public
school grade teachers who have anything to do with
writing. It tells how to start a class of beginners, gives
chapters on Movements for Lower Grades. Position at the
Desk. Care of Pens and Pencils, Mefhodsot ClassTeaching
for Primary and Lower Grammar Grades, Preparation
tor the First Lesson, and then follow a series of Model
Lessons introducing the small letters. Nest come Teach-
ing Capitals in Lower Grades, Lessons in Grammar
Grades. Grading the Books, Specimen Writing. Descrip-
tion of the Books comprising the Sheldon Series. Scores
of jnteiesting points such as. counting, blackboard work,
and Movement Exercises, etc., are given.
Sheldon's New System of Vertical Writing. Re-
vised edition. Elementary course 4 numbers. Gram-
mar course numbers. Price ; Elementary course, 7d
cents per dozen ; Grammar course, 9G cents per dozen.
Accompanied by Teacher's Manual, 75 cents. Two
large charts, ?I for the set. Putlished by Sheldon &
Co., New Vork and Chicago.
Some months agoTHE Journal reviewed the first edition
of these books and a recent examination only strengthens
the good opinion we have already expressed of them.
The copies are carelully graded a'nd an effort has been
made to combine speed with legibility and movement
exercises have been freely introduced. The excellent in-
structions given in the manual accompanying the books
and the two large well-engraved charts should lighten
the burden of any grade or special teacher who is tailed
npon to master and teach vertical writiug.
Stutsman's Self-Teaching Compendium op Penman-
ship. Slanting and Vertical. For Home Learners,
Public School Teachers and Private Individuals. 46
single line slips, 13 larger slips and 28 page instruction
book. Price, $1, postpaid. Published by H. H. Stuts-
man, Los Angeles, Cal.
The Journal had the privilege of examining the origi-
nal pen copy of this compendium and the work was ac-
curate, beautiful and practical. The first plates are de-
vored to mot'ement exei'cises to develop small and capital
letters. Then follows a carefully graded set of slant buei ■
ness writiug copies. Vertical writing is also given and
the principles and letters are treated in the same manner
as the slant copies. Six of the larger plates are devoted
to ornamental writing and the work is so accurate and
harmonious that it will furnish practice for professionals
as well as amateurs. The instruction book is carefully
arranged and treats of vertical as well as slant writing.
Professional and amateur penmen who want work for
reference, public school teachers and otheis who desire
help for their own writing and helps tor teaching, should
add Stutsman's Compendium to their libraries.
Instruction for Writing for First Grade. Paper, 2S
pages.
Instructions for Seventh and Eighth Grades. Out-
line of business correspondence. Paper, 30 pages.
FROM STUTSMAN-S COMPENDIUM OF PENMANSHIP, PUBLISHED BY H. H. STUTSMAN, LOS ANGELES, CALIF.
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OrTLiNK Sixth Grade. Social correspondence.
Three pamphlets by Miss Lncy E. Keller, Supervisor of
Writing, Duluth, Minn.
Mis« Keller has embodied in thepe booklets many bright
ideas about teaching writing and correspondence. Those
who have read her arliclt-s in The Joirnal or who
have heard her present methods at conventions will no
doubt be anxious to get copies of these pamphlets. These
little books are of value alike to grade teacher or special
teacher. There is a dearth of intormatiou in regard to
teaching writing in the public schools and we welcome
such publications as these.
DKAi:nt!ON's Practical Bookkeeping Illustrated.
Cloth, HO pages. Price, ?1. Special price to schools
and teachers, GO cents.
The idea of the author has been to prepare a book
suitable tor self-instruction, home study and for schools
desiring to furnish a short course. The work is intended
for primary and intermediate bookkeeping grades, but
a special effort has been made to itiake the subject plain
to beginners. Abbreviations and characters in general
use, points on commercial paper, etc., are also included in
the book.
Isaac: Pitman's Complete Phonographic Instructor.
Part 1, new manual of phonography. Paper, 114 pages.
Price, 00 cents. Published by Isaac Pitman & Sons,
a;j Union Square, New York.
This work is designed to furnish within the compass ot
a volume of handy size ((>,!^ x 4 inches) a complete presen-
tation of phonography, iucludingall the torms of abbre-
viation. There are also embodied in this volume valuable
improvements on the system, the result of practice and
careful experiments of the inventor conducted during the
past sixty years. Every part of the system is explained
and each lesson is illustrated by exercises and the student
can examine himself by the questions at the end of each
chapter. It is designed for self-instruction or class use.
Jones' Compendium of Business Writing. 14 slips and
instruction book. Price, postpaid, 20 cents. Published
by C. W. Jones, Box 252, Brockton, Mass.
Journal readers have had the opportunity of seeing
trom time to time some of Mr. Jones' business and orna-
mental wi-iting and they are thus able to know how
good it is. In this compendium ot business writing, he
starts with various laage movement exercises, follows
with small letter movement exercises, words made from
small letters, words beginning with capitals, body writ-
ing, note, vertical alphabets, large and small words and
sentences in vertical style. The writing is plain, simple,
bold and has a roundness about it that makes it extremely
legible. It is such a style as any business man would be
pleased to see on his books. We understand that an in-
struction book to accompany the compendium, is in
process of preparation and will be mailed with the
copies. This instruction book will contain an outline for
fifty lessons. All of the copies are photo-engraved from
pen and ink work.
A Rational Method of Teaching Bookkeeping and
Business Practice. How Shall we Teach Commer-
cial Law ? Papers read before the Business Teachers'
Association, Chicago, Dec, 18!»6, by J. E. King. Paper,
20 pages. Published by Williams & Rogers, Rochester,
N. v. Mailed tree.
isym-
The first of these papers was one of several i
posium on methods of teaching bookkeeping and pre^
sentod the Williums& Rogers method. The second paper
dealt with the subject, commercial law, in general and
was favorably commented upon by members of the ast-o-
ciatiou who heard it. Mr. King is an able teacher ot both
subjects aud in addition to being a clear thinker, knows
how to express himself clearly. This pamphlet will be
mailed free to all teachers ot th'ese branches.
The EDITOR'S Scrap Book.
Peni
Pcniiieii's Exchan
H. W. Kenworthy. Franklin Falls. N. H.
J. D. Parsons. Jr., Gunnison. Colo.
E. \V. Hafford. \27 Oenesee St., Utlca, .N. Y. (Automatic
nfihiii)
— The Penman'!
thePKNMANs Ah
teur. who desire t^ „e." ^f^^.^^^^ ». ,uo.. «v.o. «i,u
their brother penmen. It costs nothing to ioin. and the only
"•''■■'"'■ -ehed to a membership is that specii
chHuge specimens of their \
I sent tu all who i
embers of the €
change.
ttt" ^H addition to his other accomplishments Q. E. Snyder.
Wood 8 B. C. Shonandoab. Pa., does knife carving on cards,
and has sent us some very unique examples of his skill in
this line.
— A dashily written letter, professional style, has been
received from A. H. Koss. Troy, N. Y.. B. C.
, — H. B. Cole. Augusta. Maine, is a good writer, as is shown
In a lote letter received from him.
„— ,C- A. Wessel. Ferris Industrial School. Big Rapids,
Micb.. has l.een oxperimenting with vertical writing, and.
,^ , ^ anting, and,
_ - — ult. has mastered a good style.
— R. C. KiDK. Salem. Ohio. B. C., compliments The Jour-
CAL m a splendidly written letter.
— C. C. Short, Edmiston B. C, Cleveland. Ohio, favors The
lODiiNAL with some excellent ornamental writinc aud a
Eood off-hand tlourish.
— Paul H. Hendricks, Barry, 111., sends a well written
SUPERSCRIPTIONS.
{THREE IN A SER;ES TO RUN THROUGH 1897.)
{I ) BY L. MADARASZ. LITTLE ROCK. ARK., COML COLL. {2.) BY S. N. FALDER, JONES' COMX COLL., ST. LOUIS, MO.
(3.} BY W. E. DENNIS, BROOKLYN, N. Y.
rite
of his work we have s
- A. McMichael, Lexingto
ntal script, engrossing sc
ter head design— all good.
— A masterly example of graceful and accurate script
comes from J H. iSmith. Sullivan & Crichton's B C At-
lanta. Ga. The text of the specimen reads; " H. W. Flick-
mger is the King. J. H. Smitn is the man who knows it."
— L. B. D'Armnnd. Tubb's B. C. Oil City, Pa., sends a
good specimen of business writmg.
— C. G. Prince, penman and secretary, Knoxville, Tenn.,
B. C, writes a beautiful hand, on the Plickmger order. We
have lately received a letter from him in this style.
— A. D. Skeels. McLachlin B. U., Grand Rapids, Mich., is
ound penman, equally at home
flourishing and drawing. Some
show that he is constantly improving
— R. M, Jones. Pittsburg. Pa.,
written in a variety of styles.
- A. S. Weaver, San Francisco. Cal., B. C, favor:
specimens of bis
,ds a package of cards
vith
a well written set of business capitals.
— S. A. Phillippy, Coleman's National B. C, Newark, N. J.,
has sent some nicely written cards.
— C. H. Cleary. penman. Canton, Ohio, B. C. submits som-
ples of business and ornamental writing that are good.
— A.J. Williord. formerly of Reliance. Va.. and now of
Middletown, Va.. sends examples of plain and ornamental
writing, off-band Hourishing, etc., which show he is gaining
right along.
-O. P. Koerting, instructor in book-keeping and penman-
Geo. E. Seeger. Utica. N. Y ..has mastered a model bnei-
i band. Although a boofe-keeper his work equals that of
ly professional penman.
Stttdents' Specimens,
— E. Rodman, a pupil of C. A. Bernhardt, Univ. of Pacific,
College Park, Cal., although but 17 years of age has mastered
a good style.
rap-
— From S. A. Phillippy. penman. Coleman's National B. C.
Newark. N. J . we have received a large package of exam-
ples of students' bu'^iness writing that are creditable alike to
pupils, teacher and school. Many of these specimens ari-
written by pupils of the night school, who have but littk'
time for study or practice, and hence all the more credit is
due Mr. Phillippy for the progress they have made.
— E. O. Folsom, penman, G
JouKNAL some of the best
dents. There is a variety it
movement and skill in exec
stamp Mr. Folsom as an Al
ship. Orange. Cal.. sends
•itten ornamental sig-
Bay. Wis.. B. C. sends Thk
cnent exercise designs that
They are the work of his stu-
i&igns. and the development of
on shown in these specimens
writing teacher. In the
axamples of model business
The exercises and writmg
Folsom
tollo
■ing in Mr. Thornburgh's tracks,
that Mr
— Geo. D. Hardin. Portland. Maine, favors us witl
written cards and some business and ornamental
that is good.
— J. M. Aikman. Carlton Coll., Farmington, Mo., sends The
Journal a package of specimens showing the improvement
made by several of his students. Those
improvement, in our judHH
Kllby. Fred. W. GiPsing, Tht.
aking the l.
. . . W. Reuter. Viola
) D. Fisher, Wiela Aikman.
^enmandQyfiCQjvu,tAjiU3
55
iBarnes' steel pens.
t LAUGHING BECAUSE THEY BOUGHT A
V voa .-.
^ Mrhaeoti Fountniii Pt'n. Samples inailetj for A
- From L. B- D'Armond, Tiibb's Bus. Cull..
Oil City, Pa., we have received a page of writ
ing from each of ulaige number or studfuts,
This work was prepared, Mr. D'Armond writes
us. without the students knowiog it was to be
sent for criticism. iJiood movement and speed
are indicated, and the writing is very business
like throughout. Among the best writers are
the following : Walter LowerT, (». Sloan, Bertha
Gilson. D. a. Goodwill. L. B. "Myers, Tereea Oil-
more. Sarnh Long, Lucille Fleeman. A. F.
Varnes, Montague (ioodman, Edgai Fenton.
Andy Schwauz. J. A Fitzgerald. E. W. York,
Kii
V. Allie Mo
Dson. Ediih M. Howard.
PithHc Scfiool Iforli.
—Miss M. i!-lla Brown, Supervisor of writing.
Ilion. N. Y.. sends us two large packages of
writing irom her pupils. The lirst package is
from the pupils in the first grade, ages 5 to (i,
and are in lead pencil. Some of the pupils
have been in school but lU days, and others fi
days, and the result that Miss Brown has
brought about in that brief space of time
shows that she has the pupils on the right
track. 'Ihe second package is from the pupils
in the fifth grade, ages Hi to 13 with an average
of about 11. All of the writine is vertical.
The forn
Brown is
manship. The Journal has received
package of specimens of students' writing.
The upper specimen shows how the student
wrote at the beginning of the present school
of the
3 shows ho
thisi
break up" finger s
wrote at
winter term. These are
IS explained elsewhere in
on the wall for the stud-
Chase is endeavoring to
and many of these speci-
pasted together, and
inspect
k up fing
i 5how that he is succeeding,
— From C. S. Hammock, Supervisor of writ-
ing. Wray. Colo., we have received samples
showing improvement made since September 9
by pupiU in the upper grades and the high
school. For the benefit uf those who think
that business writing cannot be taught success-
fully in public schools, we would suggest that
they send to Mr. Hammock for some speci-
mens of the work of Mamie O'Donnell, Andy
Hoy, Gertie Beckwith, Ollie E. Lepper. Lulu M.
Butts, Lizzie Hoy. We doubt whether the
average business college, with an hour a day
allotted to writing, has
more since Sept
mock in twenty
mplished much
ber 9, Ii^Wj. than flir. Ham-
day at his dieposHl
'■jth these public school pupds.
IB a good writer, both plain ana ornamt
bimoeir. and these examples of his pupils'
&hciw that he is as good in tpachinu'.
Crowded Again.
Mr. Zaner's article (illustratetl), the
first of Mr. Tamhlyn's series of three le.s
sons in business writing for advanced
students, as well as articles hy J. F. Pish,
L. C. Horton, J. W. Lanipman. M. K.
Bussard and many others, are in type, hut
are crowded ont of this issue. They will
appear shortly, and our readers may look
forward to a feast of jLjood things.
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•' They are the best pens I have ever used."
S. G. TUKNER, Cashier Bank of Swainsboro. Swainsboro. Ga.
" We find them to be as good, if not superior to. any we have ever used."
GlO. W. hill & CO.. Wholesale Grocers, Covington, Ky.
A full line of Samples sent on receipt of lo cts.
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and SI for each of th-
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Vertic al Writing.
If not, you shonld lose no time in writing
for samples, and then ordering supplies
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No. .5.56, Vertical Writer, fine.
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Voo will be sure to like them, as they
are e.iactly adapted tor their purpose.
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orks, CAMDEN, N. J.
...A SHARP POINT..
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lOOO Sheet3 Fa-per.
Kxlra icuoil iiiinlil\, N x lOtn in., 10 Ilia,,
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.'SUO sheets lor 7.t renla.
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tuot preiiniilt— can't be sent by mnil..
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"THeStDDoppHer"
Devoted to the interests of the
Writers of Shorthand, and
Users of the Typewriter,
To learn Shorthand at
Home, or to become profi-
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for " The Stenographer,"
the leading shorthand mag-
The
■ile the
ilhe
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ngest. Ask your dealer for
..DIXON'S PENCILS...
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38 S. Sixth St., Philadelphia, Pa.
SinSCRIl'TIOy:
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Where we 1
order to cndble e
Ihe supplies sold their stiiden
'ill cheerlully be
Parker Fountain Pen.
THE O-EiO.
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It wholesale cost. We especial!
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fndfana.
ScbOOl0.
•Hasbrille. JLcnn.
Guaranlee Position. Arrfyt. nrlniff.rltlitinn.nrcande.
i"«ii iiH.ijLy lu Lank till i-osniun idsecuit-il. Carlare paid.
DRAUGHON'S
PRACTICAL
NASHVIILE. TENN.. onil TEXAIIKANA. TE.XAS.
Indfirs..-1 by Bnnttore, Mprchanfs, and otiicre. fiookkeop.
Ino. £'eMmiii..lirp, Kl.oiljiaml, Tyticwrlliii!., T..ln:r»pliy,
Four itei-kn in Bi;M<nime ivitli i.. equal. 12 plue-
our bn'okB for )ior
loboolfl. WriUi I
Georafa.
t beat thing l<
rmg o
illc (UeuliuQ this paptir.)
Connecttcut.
NEW LONDON BUSINESS COLLEOB, New
I-ondon. Conn. I'rcsfnt dc-nmnd for Kradnatfi of
S'''.."!;"';' K'"r?,°.',','J.„',!)»S.,""'. •Hl'I'ly- Calalo«u»
MERRILL BUS
CHIKILOFSMORT-
-MEKKILL
LOUISVILLE BRYANT & STRATTON BUSI-
NhSS COLLEGE, Open throughout Ihe year, stu-
©blo.
SPENCERIAN Commercial and Shorthand School
ni..vi.|.,i,.l. Ohio. Esln1)ll»hi.d 1»J1. Ii,.-,„ ■:,|,.,1
Hew 13orl?.
LONa ISLAND BUSINESS COLLEGE. I4i to
141' South «h St., Hrooklyu. N. Y. Oatul<iKui'«
M^''V,",'',"!',','.li*^^",'.'?"''"'''.'°"°''><"''')'ls<'<'r- HESKT
V. UKK.nr, I'rlnoiltul.
CHAFFBE;s PHONOaRAPHIC INSTITUTE, Os-
hatiil pupllH when conipeteiit. /toofr-A-C'ijliiy nild
{\V'T"!f A'' ''-V tlrsf-flas,.! teacher. Siianhli tauKht
uy ft native Spaniard from Spain. All these
BASTMAN m .->IM ■:
■ A>»' York." These wcll-
?nl. but each
■ "1 lo fifford
Caltfornta.
"BALD'S BUSINESS COLLEOB, San Fran-
IDtrcilnia.
OANVILLE
Military Institute,
DANVILLE, UA.
1 "~h-h, Classical, Scientific
and Business Courses.
\?^- \1 Col. I. H. SAUNDERS,
Danville. Va.
miinoisi.
THOROUQH COURSES in liii,im,< Shorthand
""■' '■>l';;>villli,B. Km. ,ITratn.
MssLiil.l,Ki.,K, iiM- 1.1, Illinois.
Xlejas.
ALAMO CITY BUSINESS COLLEOB. Normal
i.,'^*V,.'^'l**' ■ shorthauil. Typewriting and Telegraph
Tejis" '° '"' '"'"'"sne- San Autonto.
■ffowa.
CATAiLOaUBS of The Capital City Commercial
',k,'r ami the capital ctty School of Shorthand
MK lis Tm ,?!,!;' i'!."''"""li'""'»"'«- Address
111 Ml II '"^t-AULE^ . DCS Moines. Iowa. These
Hrkansas.
■ flrst-closs business train! U8 schools.
'''^'-sT.S.^.^'i COMMERCIAL COLLEOB. M.
A. STOXE. Prcs., Is not the BEST, hut no othei
;rlbe It because It Is HONEST.
tV- rHE ant: of cuts on this page or aiiu
?«( M per 5'."f",'ex(''r2'""''" ""'' "^ ''"'""' """
IPenns^lranla.
SCHISSLER COLLEGE OP BUSINESS, Norrls
lowii, P,i., Indorsed by leading educators. It ha
;s sent on application.
Xouistana,
souLE conneRciAL college and liter-
AKY INsriTUTK, New Orl.Miw I. ... i-.-n-nviR-ii for
40 years for lis lil«li iir^-\- ■■,,ui-^. pli i I..M>i)hlc
/IDassacbusetts,
. Journal free. GLICK&YOUNii
Canada.
THE NEW WAY Is to do your bookkeeping in
Khortliand. Save one-hair >■
SNECL'S COLLEUK,
SON. F. C. A., principals for 19 ye
attended buRlnes.? college In Anifiiua. jvumeRs
ROBINSON & JOHNSON. Belleville. Outarlo, Can.
CENTRAL BUSINESS COLLEaB.Toronto. Ont..
W. H. SHAW, Principal. Central Business Cot-
hoe. Strutford. Ont.. W.J. ELLIOTT, Principal.
Two ureat Canadian schools, well-known throutib-
oui the Dominion for superior work.
penmen.
:-v»»«mw»*%«v%%v«««»««%«wvM«»t>»-!-
Artist and instructor.
LESSONS BY MAIL.
Bu
W'l
;f3-
J " Pen Art, - - - :
I (lo/.eu Cards (any style) - 2
EXPERT WORK A SPECIALTY.
Hartford Business College,
HARTFORD, CONN.
MISS ELLA E. CALKINS, Pen Artist. Gi
all for fifteen 2
W. J. nARTIN, Le Mars. Iowa, Ai flourished let-
Drawing and penmanship tnuRht by
«. »^„.„ rers'eopper-pjatecip-
matl. .'^dlCferentsi
penwork, 1
and Infer . __ . .__ _
Lessons b; mail. Self In
and Information
piece. aOc. per copy. 2 copies, Oflc. Address
Coliseum St.. New Orleans. La.
W, B. DENNIS. 357 Fulton St.. Brooklyn. N.Y.,
Knyrosser und Designer,
WHAT Hammond says about Castronoirrapby.
A 12 pase booklet with beautiful specimen of
knife work sent for 10c. Best blank cards. Lowest
prices, samples free. L. W. HAMMOND, Ba-
BANDY PACKAGE DYE CO., Massena. N. Y.
e ?a 60, cards 15 c
In free hand drawing. $4.50
nourisn. S.^i cts.; the finest of cird wnuuK i>er
(loz.. l.T eta.: cap.-*, 10 cts. Designs of all kinds
maile for enuravlnB.
P. M. SISSON, Penman, Newport, R. I. Beau-
tiful piece of Pen Work fir your scrap-book only
10c.. your name on 1 dozen cards kO cts.,— 12 les-
sons in penmanship by mall S'^.50.
P. B. S. PETER5, Storm Ldke, Iowa, does
Excelsior oblUiue holder, 1
Si, 00, Qlllotfs No. 004 p
p gTO., >i8p. Method rullngcards, I
Ink recipe. 13c.; either one free with $1.00 order.
Circulars.
B. L. OLICK, New England Bus. Unl.. Lowell.
D. TAYLOR.
NAME. Send
thousands. LEARN T
i your name, wi
.vill send you o
Itlng It, with Instruct!
VKITE YOUK
1 hand, price-list descrlptlvi
EVERY STUDENT should have on, .
PKICE KEUUC'ED TO ISc.
or 1 Ven, 3 printed alphabets with instructions
and 1 bottle of init, 3.5c. Send 2c. stamp for cir-
cular and price-list. .
Address. The " AUTOBIATIC MAN"
iC. A. FaustI,
6i Wnbnnli Ave, CnicaEO, 111.
'Mant" H&s.
and (ttain}nng the replieH readu for maUui^ and
writing the twm-de-iilume in a corner, then inchiK-
ing such seated revliet< in an envei^ype addre«»ed U)
Ttie /'eiiman'8 An Jtnvmal, soi Broadway, New
Vnrk. Piiftage must be /tent for forwa/rdlng Cata-
InoiteM, Newepap&rs. Photngraphu, dec .
situations TRIlante&.
mercial. and shorthand and typewriting
brnui'hesouly. It briueHteacberHaud nchoo)-
toirether. A lavgv. acciuaiutnuce nnioiiL.'
ftcliools and teachers enables the niaunuc-
meat to select Koud teachers loricood HchooU.
Small tee is charuen the teacher i ao cliaruc
is made to the school. Reliable schools Neek-
iUK teachers, and well qualiGed, reliable
teachers seekiuti places are vrnated for oar
lists. No others need apply. Address PE\-
iHANS ART JOURNAL. TEACHERS* Bt;-
dep. In B. & S. college.
co-n'I law, com'l fa-
years old. Been
Has been making $1.7iJi
gagement with some
perlence. Has nad full charge <
Id Eng.
Famr
Health goof
t* engagement. Famll-
ATI \( m:K ^'.Ml> I '.H \.ars' experience In
tfikrhlii^; Hitli iKirnKU and sclentlflc training Is
plete, short and pub.schnol draw, and writ. Kamll-
tar with all of the standard texts. Good health; age
2H: weight 176: height 3 ft. 10\i In.; unmarried.
Refers to J. R. Dllle. Bearlck and others. Fiilr siUrv.
Ready any time. Address "S. N. E.." care Penmax's
'. and bus. training Is open
teaching experlei .
Dement's short . pen. Good I
160; height 5 ft. 10"^ In.: unm .
fair salary. Address "S. I. T.,'
I'l branches.
.._ .__, _„e 23: weight
narrled. Best references.
' PENMAJi'S ART
4 TEACHER of five years' experience In public
iV and normal schools and who bus completed a
sclentlflc course. Is open for engagement as teacher
of math., Eng.. sciences, book-keep, flud com i
branches. Good references. Moderate salary. Ready
now. Address " E. D. A.," care Penmas"s akt Journal.
AN all-round teacher of eom'r, shorthand and Eng.
branches, history, civil t:ov.. etc.. Is open for
Immediate engaKcnient. Has common, high and nor-
nml school training Six years' teaching experience
lu public and bus. schools. Familiar with Ellis. W.
& R. and Sadler's book-keeping, Graham. Beim
Pitman. Dement and Day Shorthand. Strong refcr-
Pi.(..^« A^e 2»: weight 150; height 5 f t. U In.; un-
.Vants fair salary. Address ■• ALL-ROUND,"
i'l and I
r who Is a fine
r>n A\ig. 1. He
is strong
English an<i o
■ I.' iiiiii 1 F '111 'Hii'is, I'amnmrwuii
li s ttiKi i.iii^.-'.ou U.S. I'ertcct health;
age ^n■. weight isii; ii.-ight 5 ft. .-■ in :marrled. Strong
.... Y,..pf^^^ F.ftj>tpi>n loG .tlnn. Wants
Penman's
M'
TEACHER
specialty is penmanship,
nw rtf Hie cnm'l branches,
collegiate
win be readv for position May 15, _ -
education and Is a graduate of good business and
Zanerlin Art College. Has four years' teaching ex-
perience. Age '^5; weight 185; height 6 ft.; unmar-
ried. Refers toZaner. Thoruburgh, Doner and others.
Moilerate salai-y. Address '" N. A. M.," care Penman s
A\:
rr\<'m'.ii .
.\ ■"::.'.
inbu-./i..:
* TEACHER withhiK
s and New Rapid
His specialties
.Moderate salary.
nai school train-
iTeacberB 'Wllante&.
THKI'E\3IAN'S,\IlTJOlIRNAI. TEACH-
KliS' Itl iil'AI. Peinnnnsliip, t'oni-
nieri-iiil. and ..liorlliiiiiil nnd tj-pewrilins
brniK'lK-NitnU. li briuu!. tencheri!ian<l H<-huol!«
li.L'ClUii. A hiruf n.iiiininlnnic aHionii
ncDool» and l.nihii» (.iiablis Hiv niunaKi-
niput mnclei'l Kilod uni Ixrs for L'ood ,.i'hiiiils.
Small ff-c iM i-bargcd llie ii-ai her ; iia rliarue
inmudF roIbcHihiiul. Kiliali |. ^tliiiiiln seek-
ing lea<licr». and will iiwalilipd. ri-iinblr
i,.n,.h<.|.M „,.<.|<iiiL. nln.'.'S art '^vault'd lor nur
cd apiilj'. Addr
4 l''E\V lirM»i:i:i» u-nii.UchO(tls called on us
aud .'li'a,vlnk' t.'..' !.■ ' ' 'I i". 'm .>;:i • ,11 Ml '07,
Do you want on. i - ■
v;:.,::"!3i
w
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Lessons in Rapid Business Writing.
ROCHESTER, N. Y.
(These lessons began In the January. 1897, number of The Journal,
and full-price subscrlptlous (Dot clubbing) may start with that Issue
If desired.)
Are Yon Di^couraijed '.'
It is only natural, perhaps, that many who have
undertaken thi.s course of lessons, with good resolu-
tions at the beginning, have become discourageil
after a few fitful trials, and have relapsed into their
fonuer toriior. Some claim that they were not born
" uatural " writers, and do not believe they ever can
learn. I sincerely sympathize with this class of peo-
ple, because many of us have given up in despair
just at the turning point, and success would have
been within' our grasp had we continued a little
longer in well doing.
When the student, has acquired sufficient move-
ment to enable him to begin to make satisfactory
progress he finds that he cannot manage the move-
ment, neither can he return to his slow finger move-
ment .style and write as well as he formerly did.
His writing is, metaphorically speaking, between
two fires. He says his writing is growing worse in-
stead of better.
I will say to you, you who realize symptoms of the
above, that form must be sacrificed to movement for
1 awhile. Yon have been working on form ever since
you can remember, now ,iudge for yoiu-selves if that
kind of practice has not been a miserable failure.
After the movement has been brought luider par-
tial control, then you have just cause to feel excour-
aged, for then you will notice a gradual gaining
every day. I am sure I cannot be mistaken in this,
that if you will work along earnestly and patiently.
I heeding the instructions and not feeling anxious
j aboxit the results, you will become a good business
writer in the near future. Is it not worth working
for, and hard work at that ?
I The t, tt and q.
I On Plate 14, the " t," " d " and " g " are given.
First practice on the small oblique exercise, made
I one-half large space in height, then widen the down
lines, making the turn at the base line and form the
I skeleton for the " ^■• There are two forms for this
letter. Notice how the " final " " t " is made, and
wi'ite no less than four without lifting the jien. The
d may be developed by practicing on the small a.
and the short oblique exercise. Place the short loop
below the a and form the q. Make five without lift-
ing the pen.
Write three pages or more with each of the word
copies. Do not write any larger than the copy, and
use an easy, rapid movement.
The Capital W.
While we are in the business of making the t, v.-e
wll try one of the most practical styles of the W
that is used. On Plate 15 the steps for movement
practice are plainly marked out. and if the copies in
Plate 14 have been thoroughly worked you will not
liave much trouble with this capital. Do not make
the two parts of the letter too wide, but get about
the same proiiortion as shown in the copy. Finish
with a slight dot. It will furnish excellent practice
tn combine several after you have learned to make
them well separately. Practice on the word copies
uitil you are satisfied that you can do no better.
Revieir of Smalt Letters.
On Plate 16 will be found all of the small letters
that have been given in the preceding lessons, and
NEW YORK, APRIL, 1897.
are grouped in good practicing order for a review.
The small exercises in the February lesson will be
valuable as a means of taming the muscles for this
kind of small letter practice. Take up a letter and
write an entire line across the page without lifting
the pen, taking care about the sx)acing between let-
ters. There is a tendency at first to use too much
finger movement in writing the one space letters.
Use more arm motion. Try to improve in form as
well as speed, but do not sacrifice movement for
form. Hold your writing out at arm's length, and
perhaps you will notice some fault that you would
otherwise overlook.
Too much stress cannot be laid upon the practice
of small letters. In practical wiating you probably
K^ether. Write smaller. Re\new the work in January and
February lessons. Address The Penman's Aht Journal if
you wish to renew your subscription.
L. McR., Salem, Va.— Your movement shows a stroue line,
but see if you can make the compact exercises in Plate 5.
January Journal, as black as the copy. Work the two first
lessons through very carefully again.
Harry V. K. and Others.— Your capitals are very ^ood. '
C. H E.. Jr., Brooklyn.— Make small letters a little smaller,
and close "a " and " o " at top. Make the flnishing sti-oke of
a letter a trifle higher than the letter, and try not to finish on
or below base line Continue to try to apply the muscular
movement to the small letters. If you do not become a fine
business writer I shall be greatly disappointed.
J. H. F , McKeesport, Pa.— The small compound curve ex-
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BY E. C. MILLS, ILLUSTRATING HIS LESSON IN RAPID BUSINESS WRITING.
write all the way from twenty-five to fifty or more
small letters to every capital. Beginners usually
have the fault of spending too much time in prac-
ticing the capitals and not enough time in drilling
on the small letters. Pay attention to the little
things.
Criticism Column.
[Note.— Please see that full postage is placed on specimena
sent for tnis department. No charge is made to Journal
suhacribers for criticisms in thif column. Should you desire
personal criticism, send me 25 cents and a ;i-cent stamp and
your work will be carefully criticised and returned to yon,
together with a letter written in my be^t business style. Ad-
dress all communications to E. C. Mills, Rochester, N. Y.]
The finest specimens of practice work received this month
come from the pen of F. J. Sargent, Richford, :Vt. To the
student sending us the best specimens of practice work this
month we will pul>Msh a few of his specimens in the May
issue. Use black ink. Who will send us the best specimens y
Otto R.. Le Mars, Iowa.— Your pen should be replaced with
a new one. Your small compact exercises are too large and
not compact enough. Get your writing down smaller.
A. A., Fall River, Mass.— Compact oblique exercise in Feb-
ruary lesson should be made nearly black. More practice on
the small compact exercises. Make them much smaller than
the copy sent me.
J. O. W.. Goodstown. Canada.— Use more of the rolling
motion in making the small " m " and " i " exercises.
John N. K.. Earliug. Iowa.— More systematic practice on
small compact exercises. Close " o " at top.
Grace M. H., Harrisburg, Pa.— You have been used to writ-
ing with finger movement, but the large exercises sent are
good. Try to make down lines In compact ovals closer to-
ercise. as found in Plate 6, January lesson, should receive care-
ful attention.
J. A, P., Hika, Wis.— Please send practice work on foolscap
paper. Your movement is good, but watch the httle things.
M J, K., Earhng, Iowa —Your movement seems to be hard
to manage. That is all right for the beginning; now review
the small exercises in the February lesson again.
Geo. J. P., Glens Palls, N. Y -" Please let me know if you
think I can ever learn to wi-ite." You or any one may be-
come an excellent business i)enman if you will just work
patiently and foUow some good course of lessons in muscular
movement writing.
J. W. J.. Moscow. Idaho.— You have not followed instruc-
tions carefully. Now, commence on the January lesson and
put some solid work on the compact exercises. Do not be
satisfied until your work is about as good as the copy m
Plate 5.
Katie C, Nampa, Idaho; Alma F., Sundale, Pa.— Good
movement on the foundation exercises. Work duigently on
the small letters and word copies.
J L H . Portland Mills. Ind,— Small letters are made too
large. Write about one-half that size.
H W. K., FrankUu Falls. N. H.-Yes, your writing is too
large Your movement is strong ; see if you can bring it
under control for smaller writing. I am glad you are thor-
oughly in earnest with this practice work.
Chas R Li . Quincy. 111.— You and many others need to
spend day after day in the practice of those compact exer-
cises. Do away with finger movement in small letters.
Jas H.. Lawrence. Mass.— Your specimens rank among the
best received this month Owing to the extra wide rulings
on your paper your writing is too large. \our strokes show
a strong and vigorous movement.
W. W,, Corwith, Iowa,— Your writinc is too misystemati*
to criticise here. Do nothing for a while but the work in the
January lesson and send me your best efforts.
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W. K. R., Auburn. Pa.— Do not lift the pen in writing a
Wm. M., Brookh-n— Make down lines in compact exercises
liKht.
Carlx)ndale. Pa,— Please write your name on all specimens
sent as it will save considerable trouble- The flnisning line
in a number uf words is made carelessly.
Lillian H.—Writing too large.
T L. S.. Bradford, Pa.; Fred M. R.. Rochester.— You are
not too late to enter the contest You will Ijc compelled to
work hard, if you beat some of our Jouknal students who
are working for the certificates.
B. M. R., Annex. Va.— Write a page or two more of the
small compact exercises. Watch finishing stroke in word
copies. Splendid movement.
J. A, D.— Your ideas are entirely too large for good business
writing Fix up several pages properly of the small exer-
cises in February lesson. Send me your practice sheets every
We are hearing from many new ones who have decided to
be^in and do systematic practice in business writing. In our
estimation, young people cannot employ their spare time
more ])rofltably than in the practice of penmanship. We
hope to hear from many more who will join our large class.
There are hundreds of them, and we hope you will help us in
making this series of lessons a great success.
Do not hesitate to write and send specimens, if they are
ever so poor, providing they are your best, as it is with pleas-
ure that we look over the work of those who are trying to
improve themselves by home practice. E. C, mills.
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Lessons in Ornamental Writing.
r. B. MOORE, I.NDIANAPOLIS BUSINESS UNIVERSITY,
INDIANAPOLIS. IND.
(These lessons beK&a In the February. 1897, number of THE JODR-
mu., and subscriptions may start with that Issue If desired.)
No. 3.
To the Student.
In the planning of this course of lessons I deemed it
unnecessary to consume space in describing the position
and movement, as there have been a number of articles
on these topics running through The Journal within
the past few months. But in answer to the many ques-
tions on this point 1 will say, to become a fine penman I
believe it is absolutely necessary to use muscular move-
ment on capitals and combined movement on the small
letters, and for the benefit of those who need more ex-
plicit instruction I refer you to the directions and exer-
cises given by Mr. C. E. Mills in the January and
Febriiarj- numbers of this paper. They are aa good for
developing fore-arm or muscular movement ae could be
given. Then repeat your wort in the February and
March numbers of this course, by mailing the shaded ovals
and stems hundreds of times ; yes, thousands of times ;
as it would be almost useless to take up new matter with-
out having these principles under your control.
From those from whom I have received specimens, I
judge all have the inspired ambition to become good pen-
men, but as yet some are not using the properly directed
effort that will bring about the desired result within a lim-
ited space of time. Vou are getting over enough paper, but
it seems you have not the faculty of knitting your work
closely enough together in order to be benefited in writ-
ing the eight or ten pages required. More mental and
physical force, with constant repetition and well directed
purpose, is what will count in the end.
What reward will a man reap by planting a tew scatter-
ing hills of corn in a hundred acres of poor soil V Where
can you be benefited by scattering a few undirected
efforts over a hundred sheets of poor paper ?
Plate jViixifcei- JiiglU.
This represents three lines of page practice work writ-
ten by Mr. Apple, a student, after six weeks' piactice.
Notice the dash and grace he already has to his work.
Make note of how he managed to get so many stems on
a line, aud write on every Ime. Can you not write eight
or ten pages of each of these stems given in the March
number and all the copies hereafter in the same man-
ner i By so doing 1 believe you will be greatly benefited
and well rewarded for the time spent.
Plate yiimbcr Xtne.
Your skill in ornamental writing will depend largely
upon your ability to get harmony, symmetry, graceful-
ness of line, and to place the shade correctly. '
In this plate you will see I have illustrated three
ovals aud three dashes, representing the locations of the
ovals and widest part of the shades as they will appear
in the capital letters to follow.
The first oval in the illustration should be known as flat
oval, first position, as it will always appear above the
base line.
The second should be known as the oval on main slant.
The third is one that should be equally divided by the
base line, aud known as Hat ovol, third position.
The shades of the capital lettei-s are represented in
three positions, which I have designated by the dashes.
The top one should be known as first position, as it will
always appear high above the base line. The next should
be known as the second position, as it will always appear
on the base line. The lower should be known as third
position, as it will always appear h,l„iv the base line.
Now as all of the capitals contain at leastone shade, and
from one to three ovals, let us see how this will bring to
bear upon tlie analyzing aud memorizing the correct
form of the letters. Notice, for instance, the C, 11' stem
BY MR. APPLE, PUPIL OF F. B. MOORE, AFTER SIX WEEKS' PRACTICE.
CC?^
BY F. B. MOORE, ILLUSTRATING HIS ACCOMPANYING LESSON IN ORNAMENTAL WRITING.
and 7 that are given. For the analysis of the C, you find
first a flat.oval first position, a high shade first position,
and a flat oval second position. In the Wstem, you find
oval main slant and shade on base line, or second posi-
tion. In^he ./, you find oval main slant and shade below
the base line, or third position. Believing that I have
made these suggestions plain, 1 desire that you retain
them in your memory, and concentrate your mind upon
these principles from time to time when practicing the
capitals, as a poorly made oval and a misplaced shade will
oftentimes destroy the pleasing effect of a neatly writ-
ten page.
l*late Xittnher Ten.
If you think you have done justice to each copy up to
the present time, try your hand on the capital letters.
Your plan for practice on each should be to take them up
one at a time. The capital letter A, for example, should
be analyzed first by the method previously suggested.
Have at least ten letters to a line, write on every line,
fill every page, and write at least sis pages.
After you have followed the instructions thus far, try
your hand joining them together as shown in the Isist
part of the line. This will give you excellent practice in
developing grace, dash and movement.
The other letters should be practiced in the same man-
ner. Remember to stay with one thing at a time and
learn to do it well. Shade heavily and criticise often.
A good plan would be to place a piece of tissue paper
over the copy, trace the foim of letter with a lead pencil,
place it over the letters you have made, and see where it
should be changed. Notice in particular where the
shades begin and end. This will lead you to see your
errors and to impress upon your mind the correct form
of the letters.
riate Numhcr Eleven.
The purpose of this plate is to give a few copies in a
very brief form, to aid you in improving your minimum
letters. Study each letter carefully, make them with a
rapid but firm muscular movement. If you have trouble
in gaining freedom, and your work looks stiff, remedy
that by having long spacing between letters, and by end-
ing each group with a long curved stroke. Take care to
have your work uniform in height, slant, and to keep it
about the same size as copy. Shade a, o, c, m, n and r
just a little, as in illustration. Work on each group sep-
arately by having eight letters in a group, five or sis
groups to a line, and four lines between the ruled lines.
Write not less than three or four pages of each, using
the utmost precaution to avoid angular turns.
It e marks.
1 am happy to say the response to my call for specimens
and practice work is far beyond my espectations. Up to
the present time 1 have heard from coast to coast and
from nearly every part of the country. Keep coming.
It's a glow of inspiration to hear from so many interested
in this art. 1 regret I cannot answer your questions per-
sonally, but as that is impossible, will do all 1 can for you
through the columns of The Journal.
J. M. "W.. Mass : A. M. U., Ky.: H, A. D., N J.: G. I, F.,
Conn.: A. S W.. Cnl.— Your work has the swinff. dash and
merit that will win success. Your greatest difficulty is with
the shaded ovals. Take up a systematic method of practice,
and send me at least four pages of solid practice work each
D b'l.. Pa.: M. J. C, Pa.: H G. G.,Phil,: F. J. S.. Vt.: Har-
risou. Mass.: Mabel. Mo.: Frank, Mass.— You are the posses-
sors of good movement, and have the ability to become
good penmen, if you persevere and follow the' instructions
pret'isely as given. These you do not seem to study closely
enough, and your eflforts are too scattered. Stay with each
copy until it can be made well. The mastery of any art is
the mastery of its principles first. Apply yourselves to this
work properly, and see what you are able to do.
Casper. HI.: S. L. D., Dayton: C. M. O. B., Buflfalo: J G. R..
Minn.: Mabel, Pa.— Your work looks rather stiff : caused by
luck of coufidence and too slow movement. Use Gillott's
Principality pens, and first class foolscap paper, and give
more attention to form, working faithfully on movement
I ask all to keep yom* work more compart, and of the stems
^iven in the March number have not less than fifteen to every
line. Send me several pages of your best work each mouth,
r forgetting to send a few pages of your heavily shaded
ng criticism on each
mswer more in the next issue. How-
nfied herein wiU please investigate
To those u:
this way, i)r
spent, mateiiiil, \)
e applicable t
k specimens, flourishes, cards,
i I will be glad to favor you i
Let yoi
twenty-five cents for time
practice pages continue to come, and I will insure
them a hearty welcome.
The interest in The Journal's good handwriting
symposium remains unabated. The Joi'RNal be-
lieves that it is better to use its space to give expres-
sion to the "views of hundreds of writers and teachers
than to merely use the same space to allow some one
or two or three contributors or its Editors to exploit
their opinions at great length. In the multitude of
councilors there is wisdom. These are the questions
that di'ew forth the following answers •
Business Writing Teachers' Open Court.
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BY I. H. CAROTHERS, ELLIOTT'S B. C. BURLINGTON, I jWA.
BY E. D. PENNELL, MINNEAPOLIS, MINN., NOR. AND BUS. INST.
1. (a) What do you consider the essentials of a good hand-
writing t (Name them in the order of importance.)
(6) Name, in what you consider the order of importance,
the essential teaching points to keep in mind to produce a
good handwriting. (As j)osi(/oh, speed, movement, etc.)
2. Give your definition of muscular or forearm movement.
'.i Name and give reasons for the best position of:
(a) Body.
(6) Hand and pen.
4. Name the best movement and give your reasons.
Respectfully.
Penman's Art Journal.
^Fitler Expla
Why.
1. (al A good handwriting has three essential elements—
viz., legibility, rapidity and simplicity.
(b) The essential points to .be kept before the student ii
teaching writing are : Enthusiasm, confidence, postion^lre
garding the body, pen and paper and uniformity of slant and
^'?*Muscular or forearm movement in writing is the ac^on
in which the motion is proibu-ed by the musrles of the fore-
arm while resting on the desk just in front ot the elbow.
3. (at The front position is the best and most natural. The
body should be erect and slightly in.-Uned forward, with the
feet flat on the floor and the ar
I b I The i)en should be held
nd pass i
rthimhos from the end
of "tfi'e forefinger' The wrist must be free from the desk and
almost flat, with the third and fourth thigers well turned
under, so that the hand may glide on the nads ot the third
and fonrtb tingers. . . , r
4. The best movement for busmess writmg is a free, easy.
muscular movement. It should be taught from the beem-
uing. as it gives strength to the musclas, ease of execution,
c-apabUity of a higher rate of speed, uniformity of work, and,
last but not least, confidence to the writer.
1 the desk,
thnmb and fore-
r the root of the nail of the second finger.
nSVhe thumb should be consirlerftbly .nrved The pomt of
1 should be about c
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Public 5chool Writing Contest.
Supervisors and special teachers of writing in the
public scliools of the United States and Canada
should keep in mind The Journal's public school
writing contest, which closes May 10th. Chandler
H. Pierce, supervisor of writing, Evansville, Ind.
public schools, will be judge, and to him all speci-
mens should be sent. See page 48 of the March
number of The Journal for full particulars about
this contest.
Small schools have .just as good an opportunity as
large ones and vre hope that hundreds of supervisors
mil enter the work of their pupils.
(V^oJ^ienaS
WESTERN DRAWING
TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION.
Poiirlli Aniiiinl Mi^cliiit lo br lirM in St. La
1 tew of the
t that will appear
' The following i
the pro^rra
"Art in Its Relation to .Social Well Being." Carroll D.
Wright. Labor CoramiiMionoi', Washington. D. C.
Discussion of same. D. K, Augsburg. Salt Lake City. Utah.
Clara A. Wilson. Davenport. Iowa.
" Point* to be Considered in Planning a Course in Art In-
struction for Public .Schools." James Frederick Hopkins,
Director of Drawing. Boston, Mass.
" How to Increase the Attractiveness and Educative Power
of tho Pupils School Environment." Wilham Ordway Part-
ridge. Boston, Mass.
"Democratic Art." Oscar Lovell Triggs. Professor of
Esthetics. Cliicago, 111.
" Art in Its Relation to Education. ' James L. Hughes. Tor-
onto. Canada.
Discussion of same. M]ss N. Cropsey. Assistant* Superin-
tendent of Schools, Indianapolis. Ind. Mrs. Alice W Cooley
Assistant Superinendent of Schools, Minneapolis, Minn,
" Art in Its Relation to Industrial Problems " F B Brow-
nell, St. Louis. Mo.
"Drawing as a Means of Expression in Art and as a Means
of (Jraphic Expression in Other Studies." Lucy Pitch Per-
kins. Chicago, m.
" Exact Drawing as an Element in Secondary Education "
t. A. Woodward. Director of Manual Troining School. St
Louis, Mo.
Discussion? Wm. C Skinner. Manual Training, Toledo, Ohio
April 21, Wednesday, at 8 p. m. Celebration of the one hun-
dred and fifteenth anniversary of Proebel's birthday. A joint
meetinK of the International Kindergarten Union and the
Western Drawing Teachers' Association.
Dale of Meeting.
» The fourth annual meeting of the Western Drawing
Teachers' Asiiociation will be held at St. Louis, in the Audi
f«niuil of the New High School, Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday Apnl i\ , a and ai. 1807. This meeting promises to be
one or tile most important educational conferences of the
Untlroads and Holeig,
Fr,.madric6s already rec^eived, we are justified in making
the announcement that tickets may be purchased on the cer
tmcate plan, entitling holder to return for one-third fare
Bonnie Snow, Pi-esident
HiANcEsE. Ransom. Secretary.
The Return of the Pendulum—lntermedial
Penmanship.
DNature always resents infriugements of her laws The
largest measure of success attends all operations per-
formed m harmony with those laws
Misfortune and failure will follow, sooner or later
operations performed in doflance of natural laws
There is a natural law goveruing the movements of the
arms, etc. It is unnatural to walk backward It is nn
natural to write without pivotal action ot the forearm
i large number of children in the United States are be-
ing taught to write in an unnatural way. It is a revolt
against nature aud will not permanently endure Signs
are already multiplying which prove that the pendulum
has already started on its backward swing to a normal
position, and tbat natural methods will resume sway in
teaching children to write.
Visit the countiug hoimes, the insurance ofBces and busi-
wrfr^l^^u ? S T"'"^ "'■'''''■ ""•* ''" P''-- ''O'^t. of the
writero w 1 be found writing with pivotal action of the
arm and their writing slanted somewhat, the great ma-
iharth"o'';u\';f ™ " """^ '^'""•'^'' ™ '""'i SO legi-res.
fi^r,! , , . ''™'»'°'«'"« -o^ ■" the public schools be
taught to write as we Bud the great majority ot account-
ants now writing, or as the very few now write ■'
becauTi't'T,' ^r"";' 7'"'''" "' '"o 8""' "''J<'"'v
because it is the natural way to write ; it is done in
obedience to the natural law or science of dynamics
Ihe water ot this article has taught thousands ot chil-
dren to write, his work extending over a period of several
years.
Believing that a departure from the arbitrary slant of
o2 degrees will be the ultimate outcome of the agitation
began a few years ago, he began some months ago teach-
ing round hand letters without shade. The results have
been most satisfactory. Copies were written on the black-
board on intermedial slant, full round turns being given
to the letters, and short capitals and loops. The matter
of slant is not mentioned, it regulates itself.
Pupils sit squarely in front ot the desk with the paper
edge kept parallel to the front edge ot the desk and write
intermedial slant naturally. The position of the body aud
In the business world there is no warfare about the
slant ot writiiig. Almost to a man. more or less slant is
found.
Teach round hand, unshaded script with proper posi-
tion ot body and paper, the slant will regulate itsell at
from 70 to SO degrees. A large portion ot the superin-
tendents and teachers will welcome the newest comer in
the Held ot writing—" Intermedial Penmanship.''
Lyman D. Smith,
Supervisor ot Pen., Hartford, Conn.
If a man consider the universal frame, the earth and its
inhabitants will seem to him but an ant-hill, where some
BY A. C. WEBB, ILLUSTRATING HIS ACCOMPANYING LESSON IN DRAWING. (SEE PAGE (
Among hundreds ot pnpils taught, not one has been
found writing a vertical style, but between 70 and 75
degrees slant.
The only point emphasized is fullness of turns.
This feature is what brings legibility; this is all tbat is
necessary to solve the problem ot getting legible writing.
The writing is done by swinging and not by drasging
the hand along. Teach children to write with legibility
the only object and the result is one-sided culture." They
should be fitted to compete with rapid writers when they
go out into the world.
This involves muscular action ot the arm, pivotal move-
ment from the elbow. They must be taught the correct
way to write, and not for legibility's sake solely.
Intermedial penmanship is the rational solution of the
writing problem in public schools.
carry grain, some their young, some go empty, and all
march but upon a little heap ot dust.— Bacon.
Lessons in Vertical Writing.
BY HARRY HOUSTON, SUPERVISOR PENMANSHIP,
NEW HAVEN. CONN.
(These lessons begou iu the January. 1897. number of The Jour-
nal, aud subscriptions may start with that issue If desh'etl.)
No. 4.
Planntiifi llrnde Worh.
In this and the following articles suggestions for carry-
ing on the work in the dillerent grades will be given iu
addition to the regular lessons.
To determine how beginners should be taught ; how
and when to introduce muscular movement ; what ma-
terials to use in different grades, are often more difllcult
^^CycMnaruiQTlkLQjvwuuL^
-txy ally
BY HARRY HOUSTON, ACCOMPANYING HIS LESSON IN VERTICAL WRITING.
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the other part of letter, but in second style we must
hesitate, if not stop, at lower part. Notice in B the loop
in middle is in horizontal position, but in R is in oblique
position. The loop and capital letters look best when
only two or two and a half times the height of small let-
ters.
Letter Spacing.
The space between the letters is produced partly by
the turn at the base line, which joins most of the letters,
und partly by the slant of upward strokes. Ltist month
we gave illustration of the mistake that is sometimes
made by making the space between letters depend en-
tirely on slant of upward strokes. This month we would
caution you against going to opposite extreme by making
the space between the letters depend entirely on width
ot turn between letters. This would be as bad or worse
than the first, as will be shown nest month. '"
than the acquiring of a good handwrting. Skilful pen-
men sometimes fad when teaching in the public schools
on account of their inability to plan the work.
In planning the work for the first or lowest grade, we
should select a method that will exact of the pupils a
mmimum amount of nervous energy and, at the same
time, interest them iu their work, and teach them to
write. It IS believed that blackboard writing complies
nearer with the foregoing, and presents advantages over
pen or pencil writing m teaching a class of beginners.
The larger mascles of the arm and shoulder will be used,
while with pen or pencil the finer muscles, which they
have not been using so much, are brought into action.
These muscles are not so well developed and consequently
tire easily. This accounts quite largely for the cramped
position of hand so common among young children.
If possible, have chUdren do nearly all their writing on
blackboard the first half of the year and the major part
the latter half.
lu most schools children begin with straight lines, right
aod left curves or letters. In many places quite a num-
ber of months elapse before they have had enough letters
80 words could be given. Where such a course \% pur-
sued, however, children often learn to write words and
sentences by imitatmg the teacher's writing.
The tt'ord Method.
lu some schools the word method of teaching writing is
being used and it is this one we wish to present. It
will be in accord with the best methods of teaching read-
ing, as we long ago substituted the word for the alpha-
bet method in that subject. Words mean something to
the child, but letters and principles do not. In most first
grades, the pupils are required to write words and sen-
tences in connection with the reading and the word
method in writing prepares them for it. Letters m a
word are somewhat different from isolated ones, and the
difficulty pnpils have in writing words after the separate
letters have been learned his often been noticed.
iHemoru Hrlthty.
lu giviuer the writing lesson, select some simple word
from readmg lessou and ask pupils to look while the
teacher writes it on blackboard. Erase and repeat a
few times. Have them point to it and trace it in air ;
pretend to make with finger on desk, and in other ways
impress the word, as a whole, on the child's mind. After
this preparation, erase the word and ask pupils to hurry
to blackl>ourd and write it. We say hurry, or some
thing to that effect, to counteract fear or hesitancy that
would prevent them from transferring to the board the
image we tried to impress on their minds. As the first
attempt is not likely to be successful, repeat the process
several times. Pupils will soon learn to watch closely
and get all they can before the word is erased. It will
sharpen and streugtheu their perceptive powers, and
therefore will be beneficial to the other work.
The blackboard should not be ruled iu any way, as it
would certainly tend to confuse the child if he had to re-
member that one letter extended to this line and another
to that one. and so oq. It would prevent freedom, and if
the child had a cb ar conception of the word he would
be likely to lose it if he tried to make the lettere fit iu the
spaces. With the spaced ruling and word on blackboard,
pupils invariably write a letter or part of one. look at
ciipy, write a little more, and in this way finally finish the
word. Teachers who have tried the word method on
unruled blackboard say that, much to their surprise,
pupils learn to write a good plain hand and to write
straight withi>ut practicing or knowing the separate let-
ters.
Penctt and l*aper Xext.
After from three to five months of the above kind of
work, pencil and paper mav be gradually introduced.
Use soft pencil and uuglazed paper— light brown paper
does very well. Paper should be ruled with single lines,
or base line and head line. The latter half of the year
tbe capitals should be studied separately, and also writ-
ten in words and sentences. After paper has been intro-
duced, the blackboard writing should be continued. It is
a good plan when taking up new work to have the first
lesson on blackboard.
Toward the latter part of the firet year children are
better prepared than at first to take up more of the de-
tails ; hence the base line is introduced. A more criti-
cal study of the forms may be made, but it is not thought
best or necessary to practice all of the small letters sepa-
rately, as they are not so used. In writing a word, if
one letter is poorer thau the others, practice it alone.
T/iis Month*)* Lesson.
In the lesson this month the capitals W and F belong to
the group given last month. Avoid making these letters
too wide at the top and too narrow at the bottom. They
are the same width a short distance from the top as they
are the same distance from t tie bottom. Two different
styles of the other capitals are given. In the first style
the turn at lower part can be made with same speed as
LESSONS IN DRAWING.
BY i. 0. WEBB. SUPERVISOR OF DRAWING, NASHVILLE,
TENN. ASS0CI4.TE AUTHOR OF " PRACTICAL DRAW-
ING."
(These lessona began In the January. 1897. number ot The Jour-
NAi* and subacrlptloas may start with that number if desired.)
Number 4.
Draiving in Intermediate fi-rades.
In the last Journal we discussed the sphere, cube and
cylinder. These three solids afford ample material for a
year's work. Following their study as wholes, each may
be divided into two equal parts and studied as half
sphere, half cube and half cylinder. While the drawing
of these divided type forms involves no new principle,
they combine in one picture kinds of lines which were
v- '.^^.^
BY A. C. WEBB, ILLUSTRATlNG_HIS;ACCOMPANYlNG.LESSON IN DRAWING.
W^~ \yenjruuid CL^(i/>CL^fcuuU3
In finishing the drawing the surface of the object repre-
sented should determine the character of lines. Rough
surfaces, such as the bark of an oak tree, should be repre-
sented with rough, strong, irregular lines^ smooth sur-
faces with smooth ev^en lines and drawings of light, airy
substances such as laces, clouds and feathers should be
represented by lines corresponding in character to the
objects represented.
70
before separated. To illastrate, the flat surface of a halt
sphere corresponds to the end of a cylinder, and the flat
surface of a half cylinder resembles one face of a cube.
As a great many manufactured articles are based upon
these divided solids they give an excellent opportunity
for practice in the fundamental principles of drawing.
In upper part of Plate 1 are suggested a few outlines of
such objects. The observing teacher will find many
others about the home which will make excellent sub-
jects for drawmg.
MmliflrallimK of Hit: Sphite.
Thase are the most pleasing of all solids to both the
sight and touch, and by combining the curves found in
their outlines the most beautiful figures in decoration
are produced. The lirst of these solids to be studied
should be the ellipsoid. Its relation to the sphere can be
very effectually shown l)y makmg in clay a sphere about
2 inches in diameter, placing it in the palm of the hand
and squeezing it gently with the fingers until you feel
the clay move under the pressure. By turning it slightly
forward or backward between squeezes you will soon have
changed the sphere to an ellipsoid. The relation of the
two forms can be shown on the blackboard by drawing
the outline of the sphere and flattening opposite sides by
drawing the lines of less curvature inside the circle, as
shown In Fig I, Plate 2. The ovoid, another modiflca-
ti'in, can be made by squeezing the clay sphere above the
center with the thumb and flrst two Hnger.s, only turn-
ing the solid occasionally in the palm of the hand. On
the board it may be represented by drawing the circle
and adding to one side only, as shown in Fig. 2, Plate 2.
Under these two solids ore grouped a large percentage
of fruits and vegetable forms, which should be studied
from the objei;t whenever possible. China, silver and
glassware are frequently based on these solids, and when
children are taught to recognize these forms in the vari-
ous objects the matter of drawing them becomes com-
paratively easy. A few such objects are suggested on
accompanying plate.
riie (U.K..
This solid is a modification of the cylinder It is sim-
ply a cylinder whittled down to a point. The flat base
corresponding as it does with the end of a cylinder, should
be drawn in the same manner. In drawing objects shaped
like the frustum of a coue, the complete outline of the
cone may be drawn and such a pare of the larger end
may be cut off as is necessary to correctly represent the
form, or the object may be treated as a cylinder, care
being taken not to get the lines connecting opposite ends
too slanting. The tendency of children in drawing is
either to ignore or exaggerate. A slight change in direc-
tion of outline may be entirely overlooked, but it ob-
served, the chances are that the variations will be too
great. This may account for the excellent caricatures a
class of children will make when they attempt in all
seriousness to do full justice to the features of their
f .t"' 1,1°" '''"' P"'" "" 1 ^""^ done for a class of
fourth or fifth year children who have had previous train-
ing in drawing and will examine the results of their
efforts, laying aside all feelings of self congratulation on
your personal appearance yon will note the marked resem-
blance of the pupil's work to that which appears in the
humorous illustrated papers.
Arran„e„u„t „/ l>ym,ln,,s m, l-„,j„.
Drawings should be arranged on a page in a pleasini;
manner. This matter should in primary and interme
diate grades be in the hands of the teacher. On a page
In^nle^clH™"'^''"''";'"'''' "'"''■'''"'' ='™"'''- '" "^« l^a"
appe could be placed by dividing the page through the
con e with a vertical and a horizontal hne and plcing
TaUflr """',"'" ""'«'• °f •''«^'' f™'-""'f ">e page
Tall figures such as vases, should occupy a halt page and
groups of objects should fill the greatei- portion of a page
Kinils of lAne:,.
veTv'li^-hTniir'"'^' ?''^'''' should first be sketched in
ofmuw ^'"f • >" o^l-^r that any necessary correction
of outline can be made ^^ithout destroying the surface of
hel,l It least 3 mches from the point. If this rule is
Btrictly adhered to but httle trouble will be experTenced
m regard to heavy lines. The bov who gets the hard
th::eorfou"Vl? "" "^'^^ '^"^ embossedfo piesofron
three or four following pages is the one who gef* a death
gnp on his pencil about a ^ inch from the pomt
rT\ ((^\ ^YINJ J^<-t'cefull, round turns and your xoriiing- mill
VJ \lAy V_y he plain as print. Keep the pa^e on which
a-keon, ofhroad t,..r>. you are writing- ezaotly in front of you and
the slant will be like that sho' - ■ -
What Leading Illinois Educators Think of
Vertical Writing.
At this time when city and county superintendents
and teachers generally are consideriug whether vertical
or s/«»/i/,f/ should be taught in their schools, the follow-
ing summary of opinions may be of general interest.
To assist in determining whether or not Vertical Writ-
ing should be put into the Illinois State Course of Study,
Elmer W. Carins prepared some questions which Super-
intendent Inglis printed and sent to a number of city and
county superintendents and other educators of the State,
asking their opinions. The questions submitted in the
communication and the summary of answers received
are as follows :
1. Should the State Course of Study provide for
Vertical Writing or Slanting, or both f
For Vei-ticnl 51
For Slanting '.'.'.'.'.'. 8
For both ' " 39
For but one— not stating? which...','...'.". '.. ". 4
"It should simply pnm'de for uifitinff'' 1
Immaterial which" '\
" Wouldn't have any State Course "." '.WW. \
Not votinjf oil this question 10—115
2. Compare the advantages of Vertical Writing over
the Slanting as claimed by its advocates.
(a) Isit more legible y
Yes i„n
No 7
Not votintr ■'■■......... W..'... 8—115
(6) Does it lake less space?
Yes HI
No 24
Paperischeap e
Tafiesmore... ..;... .::..;;.;:: |
Not voting: 3-^115
(c) Can it be more rapidly written?
Yes 39
With equal rapidity jt
Not so rapidly '.....:'.'.['.'. 48
Diiubtf ul 14
Not voting .'.■,".■.■;.■.■;;.';.■..".'.'. w-ns
(d) Sas it hygienic advantages?
Ves 74
No ; ^?
It has disadvantages 1
Not voting ■ ■_; i9_i 15
(e) Is it more simple?
Yes ofi
No . II
Not votlna !...!...!.' 8—11.)
(/) Is the position for writing it more natural?
Yes 78
No 22
Not voting .'.".','.'.'■ 17—115
{'./) Is the standard, vertical, more easily explained,
understood, and followed than main slant SS''?
Yes p-
Not voting ".'.'.".'.'.*" Iti— 115
3. What per cent, of your teachers teach Vertical
Writing and how do they mceeed?
Of the 93 who answered this question,
42 say 100 per cent.
U say from 50 to 100 per cent.
35 say from 5 to 50 per cent.
10 say none.
As to how they succeed : Ot the SS whose teachers
teach it,
58 report "good success."
7 of these specify *' better than with slant."
5 say "fairly well."
6 say " just beginning."
1 " As in other subjects, from miserably to splendidly."
1 " Some well, some ill."
i "Have a few fine writers who stick to the old way."'
16 gave no information on this point.
Significant information on the subject, resting on the
reports of the city superintendents, is that in the follow-
ing cities of the State, Vertical Writing is taught by nil
of the teachers in the grades below the high school : Chi-
cago, Joliet, Kankakee, Bloomington, Decatur, Spring-
flikl, Quincy, Galesburg, Moline. Rockford, Streator. East
St. Louis, Paris. Centralia, Cairo. It should not be in-
ferred from this that these are the only cities of the
State in which it is taught. There are doubtless hun-
dreds of others. These are mentioned on account of their
size and because we have authentic information concern-
ing them.
In addition to the questions on Vertical Writing, opin-
ions were asked for on other fundamental questions in
penmanship.
4. Considering these facts :
(1) That muscular movement is the foundation of
the best work in writing.
(2) That only a minority ot teachers can use it, and a
less number can teach it successfully, should this
tnovement be made the basis of the work- in the
course of study ?
Jn favor of muscular movement 74
In favor of finger :iu
Not voting , 11-115
On this, one of the most important questions considered,
the vote is greatly in favor of muscular movement — a
plurality of 44. Some, however, greatly underestimate
the amount of work necessary to qualify to teach it suc-
cessfully. One says : " Teachers can learn it at county
institutes." Another : " A teacher can teach it without
being able to use it herself."
From the positive statements on a few of the reports it
is evident that this movement is violently opposed by
some.
" Not one business man, in 500 uses muscular move-
ment. It is for experts only. Knock it, or attempts at
it, out."
'• Good theory, but doesn't work out."
" I do not thmk it wise to pay much attention to mus-
cular movement in the public schools. Not nearly all
those who write for a living use it. Probably not 10 per
cent, of our pupils will ever be business penmen. The
90 per cent, will write an occasional letter. They will
not use the muscular movement, even if taucht in school.
Get as much freedom in conuection wir,h good form as
you can and give the main thought to legibility."— A'tAooi
News and Practiatl Edmator.
The First Metallic Pens.
In 1750 Arnous, a French mechanic, made metallic
pens ; an American jeweler made a steel pen for himself
about 1808. James Perry, an Englishman, obtained a
pitent fm* steel pens in 1830, and he is probably the in-
ventor of the modern steel pen. The quill pen began to
disappear soon atterward. Patents were Issued to Joseph
Gillott in 18:^1 ; to Sir Josiah Mason and John Mitchell
soon afterward.
(practice taezcfi
Wheory ofhroad turns
Sec couer.
ULdAAJLAAZ.
I ^ ~ 1 ^~^^ ^ — -^ V^ U^K^ on 4th fi
F80« BOOK KUH8ER THRBH.
^.. .^^.^pa,p&r
. _ -nt pad before
■writing the capitals in the
hook. Counts are shown
4th paye of c
W BOOK KUH8ER
H, P, SMITH PUB, CO.-S NEW INTERMEDIAL SYSTEM OF PENMANSHIP,
'iQ76u>CiM<UAjaW
XIII
NEWS AND MISCELLANY SUPPLEMENT.
PENMAN'S ART JOURNAL,
NEW YORK, APRIL, 1897.
NEWS EDITION.
School and personal
— Araoug recent visitors at The Journal office ^^r^ :
S. D. Gutchess. Port ByroD. N, Y.; LauKdon S. Thomp-
son, Director of Drawiug, Jersey City. N. J.; E, M. Bar-
ber, Pttckard'B B. C, Mew York; J. M. Reaser, Dover,
N. J., B. C; Rev. E. S. Phelpp, prin., PJainfield, N. J.
B.C.; Benj. F. Kelly, New York; E. H. Morse, Hart-
ford, Conn., B. C: M. H. Fox, Brooklyn. N. Y.; F. H.
Ruscoe, Coll. of Conn., N. Y.; C. B. fiall, Spencerian B.
C. YoDkers, N. Y.; R. M. Wade. Plaintield, N. J., B. C;
J. G. Levin, Waterbury. Conn.; R. A. Kells, N. Y., B.
C; Miss Miilspaugb, New York: L. C. McCanu. Mahanoy.
Pa.; MisB Anna Htutt. Davenport, la.; O. M. Powers,
Metropolitan B. C, Chicago; J. L. Howard, Supervisor of
Writing, Maiden, Mas&.
— Among the new schools are the following : Bliss B.
C, Biddelord, Me.. Bliss & Bliss. Props. Mauch
Chunk, Pa., B. C, J. W. Quinlan, Prin. and teacher of
shorthand ; W. G. Magee, teacher of penmanship and
(.ommercial branches. Standard C. C, Utb tfc Olive Sts ,
St. Louis, Mo. Nevada. Mo., C C; T. A. Brooks,
Pres. Connellsville, Pa., B. C, Geo. N. Butcher, Mgr.;
A. T. Anderson, Prin. St. Paul Normal and Industrial
Sch., Lawrenceville, Va., Rev. Jas. S. Russell, Prin.;
Miss Alice M. Howard, teacher of pen. Bacheldor's B.
C, 006 Capitol St,, Richmond. Va., Rev. J. M. Bacheldor,
A.M., Propr. and Prin. Com'l Coll. of St. Aim^, Que-
bec, Can., Bro. Anastase, C. S. C, teacher of pen.
Woonsocket, R. 1.. B. U.. Wilson & Williams, Props.; C.
E Williams. Prin.; C. W. Jones, penman. School of
Short, and Typewriting, 308 Gates Ave., Brooklyn, N.
Y.. W. P. Charles, Prin. Hudson River Inst., Cl^ver-
ack, N. Y., Jno. M. Edwards, teacher of pen. Ecole
St. Joseph, 322 Richmond St., Montreal, Can., F. Mathias,
penman.
— The Clark B C, Chester, Pa., has changed hands,
and is now owned by G. E. Fowler and R. E. Moyer.
The name has been changed to Chester C. C. M. S.
King and M. M. Lmk have purchased the Shamokio. Pa.,
B. C., and will conduct the institution hereafter. Messrs.
King & Link are experienced and competent business col-
lege men, and will doubtless give Shamokin a good school.
N. J. Harris has purchased the business colleges at
Jackson and Meridian, Miss., and now has a monopoly of
business schools in that State. The institutions are known
as Harris B. C. H. D. Vories. ex-State Supt., has pur-
chased the Spencerian B. C, Indianapolis, Ind. E. E.
Admire remains in connection with the school. St.
Joseph's Orphan Asylum. 3d St., Erie, Pa., is making a
specialty of penmanship this year.
— In the Birmingham, Ala., Heraid of a late date, we
fiod an interesting interview with A. W. Orton, Hec'y
and Prin. of the shorthand dept. of Massy's B. C. of that
city. Mr. Orton reports a large enrollment and a suc-
Cf'ssful year.
— We are in receipt of a very neatly printed invitation
tn the graduating exercises of the commercial class of the
Shenandoah, la., Com'l Inst., the com'l dept. of tbe West-
ern Nor. Coll. W. 6. Bishop is prin. of the com'l dept.,
aud he graduated a large class this year.
— Ou' March Ti a tornado which passed over the city of
Huntington, W. Va., destroyed the big gable ou the south
end of the Marshall College building and caused a panic
among the students. Many pupils fainted and had to be
carried from the building. Fortunately the gable tell
outward, or the stone and brick might have killed a hun-
dred persons in the recitation room just beneath.
— A souvenir of the second aoniversary of Wilson's
Modern B. C, Seattle, Wash., is quite a tasty little docu-
meut. The school has grown and prospered and is ex-
]>eriencing a successful year.
— In a late letter received trom W. L. Dick, Prin. pen-
manship dept., Pierceton, Ind., Normal Sch. and super-
visor of penmanship in public schools, he says : " Some
few years ago 1 thought The Journal had attained its
highest degree of perfection— but there seems to be noth-
iisg under the sun that is impossible in this day and age
of the world, so I own that 1 was mistaken. Let the good ■
work go on."
— We received invitation to and programme of the an-
nual exercises of the Lincoln, Neb., B. C. whi?h occurred
Feb. 20. 3T students were graduated. Messrs. Stephens
aud Wilson are to be congratulated on the showing made.
— In a letter accompanving a list of 48 subscriptions to
The Journal, F.O. Gardiner of the Stockton. Cal , B. C.
writes as follows : '■ The Journal is in the lead on ali
matters pertaining to calligraphy. School is coming uji,
;ind we hope fur prosperity."
— Jas. T. Martyn is Prin.. L. B. Sanders, teacher of
penmanship and commercial branches, W. M. Fenner.
teacher ot commercial branches aud J. J. Martyn. Mis
— F. W. Bowles, penman ot the iSew International B.
C. Bay City. Mich., in a letter accompanying a list of SO
subscriptions to The Journal, writes : " I am very much
pleased with The Journal, and wish my name to be
placed ou the permanent list. I consider that it is worth
many times the price of subscription to any person who
is interested in penmanship. I take good care of my
Journals for the year, and have them bound nicely, and
I have no books that I prize higher than these. 1 hope
'97 will be the banner year for The Penman's Art Jour-
nal, and it justly deserves it."'
— In the CoUege Exponent, published by the Stock-
ton, Cal.. B. C, we find an excellent article on bus-iness
penmanship written by F. O. Gardiner, penman of the
lostitution. Among other things he says : " The penman
who requires any particular slant of his pupils surely tails
short of his aim for he thus obviates individuality, which
is one of the beauties of any hand writing. No two per-
sons write exactly alike, anil individuality should be en-
couraged iu the building and crystallizing of a good hand-
writing.
— F. J. Heacock, penman of the Butler, Pa., B. C,
writes : " Your paper has so many good things in it that
students and teachers have a treat when each new num-
ber comes and it furnishes a source of inspiration from
one month to the next. The Butler B. C. has increased
in attendance, and is prospering despite the hard times."
- A. J. Cadmau, prin. of the Owosso, Mich.. B. C, in
ling a list of subscribers, writes : " We teel financial
depression more than at any time the past four years. It
IS difficult to sell anything" at any price. You certainly
caunot afford to sell your Journal for the price put upon
it. It is a wonderful production is every respect, and the
educators should rally round it. It is conducted upon a
manly and honorable basis. May it long live aud pros-
per."
— The Journal could fill each issue with commenda-
tions received from school principals and teachers, but it
is compelled to forego that pleasure because ot the many
pressing demands ou its space. We cannot refrain from
quoting a tew words received in a late letter from Le
Doit E. Kimball, prin. Lowell, Mass . C. C. He writes :
" I have taken The Journal for the past twenty years,
have every number on tile, and would not be without it
at even four times its subscription price. Every club
that I have gotten up, I have told my pupils that it they
were not perfectly satisfied with the paper at the end of
the fact known to me I
I have never had an oppor-
the year, if th^y would
would refund the mone^
tunity to return any money. I think this sneaks volumes
tor the paper."
— W. H. Bodenheimer is a native of Giles Co . Tenn ,
and is now in his 3l8t year. He received the usual coun-
try boy's training, and his first mspiration iu penman-
ship came from a compendium at tbe age of 13. He fol-
lowed this up by study-
ing other compeudiuras.
At the age of IH he ac-
cepted a position as
teacher of penmanship
in an academy near his
home. While in that po-
sition he became a sub-
scriber to The Journal.
and says it has been his
constant companiun ever
since and his chief source
of inspiration. After
teaching two years in
public schools he took a
course in the Kentucky
University and gradua-
ted with the degree A.B.
The summer of 'fll he
took a business course in Smith's C.C. Lexington, Ky. He
attended the Western Penmen's Association, Louisville
meeting in Dec. '01. Upon completing bis course in the
State Univ.. he was elected to the position as principal of
the Lynnville, Tenn.. schools, where he remained two
years, "resigning to accept tbe principalship ot the Duluth,
Ga.. graded schools. Though re-elected at the end of his
first vear. he resigned to accept his present position as
principal ot the Norwood, Ga., Inst. While penmanship
is bis specialty and delight, and while he teaches it with
all the enthusiasm of his nature, his principal work is in
other lines, and his chief ambition is to become an all-
round teacher. He was married in Dec. 22. 1893, to Mif-s
Mamie White ot Pulaski. Tenn.. who is also a teacher,
and who is of great assistance to him.
— The Joiit\Ai. had a very pleasant call lately from
<). M. Pnu . . ~ I h, jrnial proprietor of the Metropolitan
Bnsiiu ^- ' J I '. i-o, and the well-known commer-
cial text !■ I Mr, Powers was on his return
trip tu Ciin ;i^M ,11, i ;, three months' sojourn in Mexico,
Central Aiiierioajiuil Cuba. He reports a glorious time
and carried a tan that gave evidence that the tropical
sun had a good chance at him. Many years of close ap-
plicjition to business compelled him to take a rest and
this trip was the result. He returned to his duties
greatly invigorated. Mr. Powers' friends in the profes-
sion are legion and they will be glad to learn of his safe
return from so enjoyable a trip.
Jtforemvnts of the Teachcrit.
Clyde Jones, formerly ot Wood's B C, Girardvillo, Pa
is now at his home in Enterprise, Mo. H E Bvrne
formerly of Brunswick, Mo., is now prin. of the com'l
dept.. Paterson Inst.. Hillsboro, Tex. Miss M E Dun-
bar is superintendent of the com'l dept., Brooklyn, N
Y.. \. W C. A.---0. A. Whitmer, late of So. Short, and
B. U,. Atlanta, Ga.. has been compelled to stop teaching
because of a severe attack of typhoid fever. He is now
at his home in La Porte, Ind. W. D. Gilpen formerly
teacHerof pen. and com'l branches Wesleyan Coll., Salini
Kans., now is one of the Executive Commitee of the Al-
liance Co-operative Ins. Co.. Topeka, Kans., and is suc-
ceeded at the Wesleyan Coll. by L. H. Hausara. W.
Seyler. Basket, Pa., has been elected prin. of shorthand
dept.. Chambersburg, Pa., B. C. W. L. Thomas, late of
theSau Antonio, Tex.. B. C, isnow at hishome iu Salina,
Kans. Geo. D. Harden is connected with Shaw B. C.
Portland, Me. E. L. McCain is teaching pen. in Fort
Wayne. Ind.. B. C. A. M. Hootman, formerly of the
Metropolitan B. C. Chicago, 111., and well-known old-
time com'l teacher, is now located iu Union City, Ind.
T. J. Cathey, has resigned as teacher of pen. in Draug-
hon's B. C. Texarkana, Tex., and is now itinerating
J. P. Simon is sec'y and penman ot Superior B. U.. West
Superior, Wis. W. F. Gray has charge of the pen.
dept. in the Monmouth, 111., B. C. W. M. Walker is
teaching pen. in Blackwood. S. C. Sr. M. Cordelia
teaches pen. in Acad. Mt. St. Vincent on the Hudson,
New York City. W. J. Wade is prin. of com'l dept.,
aud Miss Jessie M. Weber is prin. of the short, dept. of
the Lebanon, Pa., B. C. J. W. Titcomb is supervisor
of pen. in the Hartford. Conn., B. C. He is a late addi-
tion to the faculty, the other teachers remain as before.
J. W. Kitching is prin. of Cowart's, Ala., School.
W. D. Kalbach is teaching pen., and book-keep, in
Louisville, O. D. M. Knauff for many years com'l
teacher and penman is now located in Calla, O.— G. E.
Suyder has resigned his position in Wood's B C, Shenan-
doih. Pa., and his present address is 42 Elizabeth St.
Rochoster. N. Y. F. W. O'Malley, late prin. of Will-
iams' B. C , in Mahoney City and Mt. Carmel, Pa., has re-
signed, aud is now at his home in Versailles, Ky. D.
Brower Lougaker is prin. ot the com'l dept., Cheltenham
Acad., Ogoniz Pa. E. C. Page is teaching pen. in In-
min, S. C. O. J. Aniess is teaching in the Minn. School
of Bus. and the Y. M. C. A. Evening School. Minneapolis,
Minn. E. V. Chase is penman in the Empire B. C,
Walla Walla, Wash. G. A. Smock is connected with
the Detroit, Mich., Coll. of Com. M. C. Nickson is
teaching in the Lancaster, O., B. C. J. T. F. Laughner,
late of W'hitestown, Ind., has been elected position as
teacher of music, pen. aud draw, in the Lebanon Nor.
School. Miss Sampey is the new teacher in Meux's B.
C, Pensacola, Fla. G. B. Jones, the well-known pen-
man and teacher, is now located at Fancher, N. Y. F.
H. Sanborn has charge of the pen. and com'l dept. at
Oak Grove Sem.. Vassalboro, Me. James B. D'Anuitt,
Huntington. Ind., Arthur Huyette, Bristol, Ind., are two
new teachers in the Huntington, Ind., B. U. F. M.
Davis, formerly of Kenosha, Wis,, now receives his mail
at Stockton, Minn. Lilly Brown is the teacher of
shorthand in the Alliance. O., B. C. Miss Dorothy
Marlow is teacher ot shorthand in the Haverhill. Mass.,
B. C. Miss Leila Pennington is teacher of shorthand
Iu the Rome, Ga., B. C. A. S. Fries, formerly ot El-
liott's B. C, Burlington. la., is now teaching in the Shaw
B. C. North Adams, Mass. Samuel E. Large aud B.
D. Dobbins are teachers ot shorthand iu the Stewart B.
C , Trenton, N. J. Miss Alta Hayes is teacher of shoit.
and Frank Titus teacher ot pen. and com'l branches in the
Du Bois, Pa., B. 0. A. M. Jones is teacher of pen., and
com'l and short, branches in the Massey B. C, Birming-
ham, Ala. Sadie E. Cramer is teacher of short, in the
Pottstown. Pa., B, C. J. L Boyle is teacher of short.,
D. M Keefer teacher of pen. and com'l branches, Batcher
B C, Beaver Falls. Pa. W. G. Coover is teacher of pen.
and short., J. E. McCowley teacher of draw, in Wood's B.
C.,Carb3ndale. Pa. G. W. Kramer is teacher ot pen..
Thomas McHale, teacher of draw., M. E. Chorlesworth
teacher of com'l branches in the Olyphant, Pa., B. C.
Miss A. Daisy Cushaw is teacher of short, iu Wolf's B. C.
Hagerstown, Md. J. T. Davenport and Miss G. Warren
are teachers of short., L.G Tuttle, A. H. Ross, G. S. Pollock
aud Miss Gile teachers of com'l branches in Troy, N. Y.,
B. C. Mrs. N. B. Biddleraau teacher of short., and
Miss Mary L. Farley of com'l dept. in Becker's B. C,
Worcester. Mass. Mrs. E. H. Legg is teacher of short,
m English High School, aud Miss Alice H. Richardson
teacher of short, in Che Evening High School, Worcester,
Mass. — ^. E. Leary assist, teacher ot pen. and com'l
branches. K. H. Delehanty teacher of draw., M. E. Hall,
teacher ot short, iu the K. E. C. L and B. C, Rutland.
Vt Daniel Kauffmau is prin., and J. Leadbetter
teacher of pen., com'l aud short, branches in the Nor.
School and Bus. Inst., Garden City, Mo. A. S. Hull is
prin , E. K. Pentz teacher of pen. and com'l branches, A.
Lowman crayou portraiture, B F. Heuuessy short, in the
Central Nor. Coll., Great Beud, Kans. Miss Elizabeth
W. Morse is teacher of pen. aud draw., Charles H. Har-
ris, and Mr. Jenkins com'l branches, Mr. McKinney
teacher of short, in the Tuskegee. Ala., Nor. and Indus.
Inst. Miss Packard is teacher of pen., and Miss Upton
of draw. intheSpelmanUniv., Atlanta. Ga. Miss Rosa
Bradford is teacher of pen., and Mr. Webster of draw.
iu the Snow Hill., Ala., School. O. L Wakefield is
teacher of pen.. F. S. Gray, Mr. Davis, Mr. Lyford teach-
ers of com'l branches in Gray's B. C. Portland. Me.
Miss Spear is teacher of short in Shaw's B. C, Portland,
Me. L. Laferriere, prin ; F. X. Jeannot, teacher ot
draw.; J. Qoget, teacher of com'l branches ; J. Larose,
teacher of short, in St. Louis Coll., Terre Bonne, Que..
Can. A. LevossieuT, prin ; A D. Amour, teacher of
pen.; N. L"ivoie, teacher of draw.; D. Courchene, teacher
ot com'l branches aud N. Laperle. teacher of short, in the
St. Joseph Coll., Berthierville. Can. J. B. Manseau,
prin.; J. A. Ray. teacher of pen. and com'l bnmches ; B.
Gareau, teacher of draw.; N. Mailhot, teacher of short.
iu the St. Remi Coll., St. Remi. Can. C. E. Towne,
late of Troy. N. Y.. B. C, is now at his home in Kenne-
bunkport, Me.
buetel-keating.
On Dec. 3()th. isi)6. Miss Annie Keating. Afton, la., was
man-ied to C. F. Buetel, Prin. Massy's B C, Montgomery,
Ala , at the home of the bride's parents iu Afton. The
At ton Star gave a column account of the wedding, and
from it we learn that ;Mrs. Beutel was a graduate of the
XIV
Af ton N<>rmal Collepe and also a graduate of the depart-
ment of elocution, State University. Ann Arbor, Micb.
That Mrs Bentel left Afton with the love andgood wishes
of its citizens is evident by the very laudatory character
of the article in the Star. Mr. Beutel is a good penman
and a strong all-round teacher.
Ohttuaru.
'^CyeAmoAJdQ^^tiCQj&aJUuUP
MBS. A. C.
Mrs. Alice C. Gondring, wife of A. C. Gondring, asso-
ciate principal and proprietor of the Chicago Bus. Coll.,
died in Chicago on Feb. 12, 1897. Mrs. Gondring. whose
maiden name was Alice M. Castleraan, was born near
Valparaiso. Ind., Apr. 16, 1864. From childhood she
manifested a keen mterest in educational pursuits, to
which she devoted nearly her entire life. She was mar-
ried to Mr. Gondring on Jan. 8, 1887, and even after her
marriage persisted in acting in the capacity ot instructor,
occupying a position in her hushand's business college.
After a few years she was compelled to give iip this
work. As a daughter, sister and wife she was kind, lov-
ing and tender ; forgetful of self, thoughtful of others.
MR.S. C. H. HOWE.
On Mar. Cth, in Chicago, Mrs. C. H. Howe, mother of
C. V. Howe, the well known engrossing penman, died
after a lingering illness. Mrs. Howe was an old and
prominent resident of La Grange, Mo., and a foremost
leader in all good works. For many years she was a
newspaper writer of unusual ability. Her husband,
Capt. C. H. Howe, was sorely afflicted, being confined to
his bed undergoing treatment for a complication of
physical disorders, and was unable to attend the funeral
of nia wife.
JVpm' Cafa^ogneH, Schoot •Tournnl«, rtc
— A pamphlet entitled " Grove City and Grove City
College " has been received from Qeo. A. Swayze, prin. of
pen. and cora'l depts . Grove City, Pa , Coll. It is au ex-
cellent piece of advertising both for the city and for the
college, and no doubt it will do much to help in building
up both. It is well gotten up, handsomely printed and
nicely illustrated.
— A unique publication is the Indicator, issued by the
students of the Little Rock, Ark., Cora'l Coll. It is gotten
out upon an Edison Automatic Mimeograph, and all the
work except the heading, which is in script, was done by
the students of the college. The body of the paper is in
type and was printed from a mimeograph. President
Stone thinks this is the only paper in America printed in
this manner.
— A very neat little booklet is that issued by the Leb-
anon B. C, and entitled " A Guide to Success."
— A well printed catalogue is issued by the Pottstown,
Pa., B. C.
— Other advertising matter has been received from
Capitol City, B C, Salt Lake City, Utah, ShamokinB. C,
Shamokin, Pa., Anderson, Ind., iN'ormal Univ.
— Well printed college journals have been received
from the following schools: Vinceunes, Ind,, Univ.;
Indianapolis, Ind., B.C.; Heald's B. C , Sao Francisco.
Cal. ; Chestnutwood's B. C, Santa Cruz, Cal. ; Smith's
Actual Bus. & Short. Coll., Snell's B. C, Truro, N. S ;
Coll. of Com., Scranton, Pa.; Fort Wayne, Ind , B. C;
Spencerian B. C, Cleveland, O.: Kichmond Com'l Coll..
Richmond, Va. ; Sullivan & Crichton's B. C, Atlanta, Ga.
Fraternal Notes.
(Public School DepnrlmeDt.)
— The True Citizen. Waynesboro. Ga., has a very com-
plimentary notice ot a writing class conducted by W. L.
Smith of Olive Branch, N". C. A gold medal was awaried
to Emmett Koon. S. L. Osborne of Augusta, Ga., graded
the specimens and made the award.
— J. L, Montgomery. Portsmouth, N". H., is very much
interested in good writing in public schools. He says of
The JoiiBNAT. : " It is the best paper 1 have any kuowl-
ledge of on this subject and i read several."
— L B. Lawson is now at Telluride, Col., where he has
a three months' engagement as supervisor ot writing in
public schools.
— Miss Pearl Clark of Snyder, Tex., is interested in
good writing.
— Chas, A. Aitkens is prin. of the Com. Dept., High
School, New Orleans, La.
— W. P. Cameron, prin. of the Saratoga, N. C. Public
school, is interested in good writing.
— Mrs. Josie Myers has resigned her position in the
public school of Gobleville, Mich.
— Miss Stella Hubbell is no longer connected with the
Steele, N. D., school.
— W. A. Philo is supt. of penmanship in the Gamer,
la., public schools.
— W. A. Kelly is no longer connected with the public
schools of Parsons, Pa.
— Mies Franke E. Goss. formerly a special teacher of
writing in Oneouta, N. Y., public school, has been suc-
ceeded by Miss Morrissev. Miss Goss is now located at
West Granville, N. Y.
— C. B. Walker, who has charge of the 5th and 6th
grades in the Jonesboro. Tenn., public school, is inter-
ested in good writing.
— The many friends of Chandler H. Pierce, supervisor
of penmanship of the Evausvilie, lud.. public schools,
will regret to learn of the painful accident which oc-
curred to him on March 4. While riding a bicycle, he
was thrown to the brick pavement with such force as to
dislocate his right shoulder.
— Miss Lulu McCoy, popular teacher of drawing and
elocution in the Sam Houston Nor. Inst., fluntsville
Tex., has been seriously ill for several mouths with slovv
fever, and is now just able lo resume work. Her asso-
ciates, pupils and friends are wishing for her return to
normal health.
— O. C. Moyer is teacher of penmanship and com'l
Oranches m the public schools of Chester, Pa,
— Miss Bedlow is teacher of drawing in the Portland,
Me., public schools.
— Miss Mollie McJilton is teacher of drawing, and H.
Fowler is prin. and teacher of penmanship and com'l
branches in the Gruham, Tex., public school.
— W. H. Stewart is supt., H. E. Samson, teacher of
penmanship and drawing, and Thos. Mitchell, teacher of
com'l branches in the Martin's Ferry, O., public schools.
— Misa Anna Kelly is teacher ot penmanship, Miss
Gracia Bolton, teacher of drawing and Miss E. M. Bissell,
teacher of com'l branches in the Stillwater, Minn., High
School.
— E. D. Snow is teacher of penmanship and com'l
branches. Miss Lizzie Luudou, teacher of drawing, and
Miss Butler, teacher of shorthand in the Rutland. Vt.,
High School.
— J. S. Osborne is teacher of penmanship, drawing,
com'l branches and shorthand in the Siskiyou Co. High
S.-hool. Eureka, Cul.
— W. D. Conklin is teacher of penmanship, drawing,
cora'l branches and shorthand in the Ottawa, Out., Coll.
lust.
— E. J. Corkill is teacher of penmanship, drawing,
com'l branches and shorthand in the Sariua, Ont., Coll.
lust.
— A. Wark is prin. and teacher of penmanship, draw-
ing, com'l branches and shorthand in Sarina, Ont., Model
School.
— J. Henderson is prin.. and F. A. Walker is teacher
of penmanship, drawing, com'l branches and shorthand
in the St. Catharine's, Out., Coll. Inst.
— Prof. R. Miller is prin. and teacher of penmanship of
the Campbellsville, Ky., High School.
— V. M. Goudy is prin.. and Mrs. W. T. Underwood,
teacher of penmanship and H. U. Rice teacher of com'l
branches in the Campbellsville, Ky., public schools.
— Cortez Fessenden is prin,, and J. E. Kavanaugh,
teacher of penmanship, coraU branches and shorthand
and M. O'Brien, teacher of drawing in the Peterboro,
Ont., Coll. Inst.
— Chas. B, Shaw is teacher of penmanship and short-
hand, and Miss Harnetce E. Sparks, teacher of drawing
in the Penn Yan, N. Y., schools.
— J. M. Cole is teacher of penmanship, drawing and
com'l branches in the Aylmer, Ont., Coll. Inst.
— C. T. Burdick is prin. and teacher of penmanship,
drawing and com'l branches in the Aylmer, Ont., public
school.
— H, H. Kellogg, one time pres. of the Afton, la.. Nor-
mal School, is now located in El Reno. Okla., where he
is supt. of schools for Canadian County. He is a fine pen-
man, and is doing good work in this line in the schools.
— S, S. Pardy, supervisor of writing. East Sagmaw,
Mich., writes : " I have always had great interest in The
J OURN AL from the time 1 sent my first subscription neat ly
nine years ago, and have been a regular subscriber ever
MDce. I believe it has accomplished a great purpose in
this country, and I have a desire to see it continue to hold
first place."
— In the Alliance, Ohio, Leader, we notice the first of
a series or lessons in drawing to be given in that publica-
tion by L. L. Weaver, supervisor of writing and drawing
in the Alliance public schools. The local papers could
be used to good advantage by special teachers all over
America in working up sentiment for employment of
special teachers in towns that have none. It Journal
readers would take up the matter and prepare a series of
articles, figuring out the cost and contrasting it with the
benefits that, accrue to the town from the employment of
special teachers ot penmanship, drawing, commercial and
shorthand branches, it would not be long before all
towns of any importance would be paying good salaries
to teachers of the branches mentioned.
— Miss M. Ella Brown, supervisor of writing in public
schools m Ilion, N. Y., writes : " Though I admire slant
writing more, 1 am forced to believe that in Ilion we
get better results in vertical than we did in the other.
It is more awkward to do, but plainer and therefore
easier, perhaps, to execute. Thank you for the tribute
paid to Eddie Staple's writing It made him very happy
to see his name in print. He is a little hunch-back boy,
skillful in drawing as well as writing."
~ W. D. Chamberlain, supervisor of writing in the
Ionia, Mich., public schools, writes The Journal that he
is pushing the writing this year, and is meeting with suc-
cess. He says : " Your artist did himself credit on the
cover design of the January Journal. It is one ot the
neatest 1 have seen. You may be sure 1 appreciate the
many excellent features of The Journal. We hope to
be with you in the public school writing contest, and you
are welcome to judge us by modern business college
standards, but we cannot furnish rapid muscular move-
ment writing in the first grade, even if some of our friends
think we ought."
A ^horthand Teacher Believes in State
Supervision.
No. 10(5 and HiK East Zian Street. I
New York City. Feb. 26th. IS97. f
The Editor op the Penman's Art Journal.
No. '^Oii Broadway, City.
Dear Sir: I have been very much interested in reading
theeditoriHl comments and correspondence on the above
siibject in your Keliruary issue, and am glad to learn that
some steps have at lenjjth been taken to put a atop to cer-
tain anomalies iQ the so-called " Business Colleges " of this
Personally I never did. and cannot see. by what right or
title, or ou what grounds, institutions teaching such com-
mon every-duy suVijecta as .spelling, punctuation, arithmetic,
okkeepiny. sliortuandand typewriting digoity themselves
dead or obsolete languages, mathematics, and sciences, and
further are empowered with the privileges of conferring
degrees. To style an institution, or school, that teaches
virtually what should have l^een taught at the elementary
schools, a "college" oi '" university " is arraut nonsense.
They are no mure entitled to such designation than the pri-
mary schools of this country. The proper name for such
institutions is " Business," " Trade or Technical " Schools.
One cannot reasonably see how the insistence upon an
equipment of J5.iXNtand the employment of 6 teachers can
possibly have the effect ot raising the status ot any school.
A smaller school with one teacher and a proportionately
smaller number of pupils could produce equally as good
results, aud possibly in many cases better. The possession
of such an equipment is a very weak argument to substan-
tiate the right ot a school to the title of " college " or " uni-
versity." The appellation should be applied only to such in-
stitutions as teach the higher branches of study, and have
the right by law to confer degrees, which have some value
The subjects that Business Schools teach at present are
purely una simply elemRUtary ; in fact, they are a continu-
ance of the Public School curriculum. I go further and say
that if the Public School teachers ot this country were lo do
iheir duty by their pupils and t^ach thom spelling and
punctuation more thoroughly than they do, one-half the
Business Schools in this country would have to close their
doors for want of support. Owing to the inefficiency ot this
elementary training, the American youth and maiden spell
abominably and punctuate horribly. The tault lies in the
elementary trainmg which absolutely necessitates attend-
ance at these so-called " colleges."
With regard to the stipulated staff of teachers, how very
readily this regulation could be evaded is most palpable.
iSven how how often do we see the staff ot a so-called " col-
lege." embellished with the ndme of a man styled " profes-
sor " whose sole doty lies in addressing envelopes, hunting
for rooms for pupils, or acting as general utility man.
Others are on tne list whose attendance at the schools are
as rare almost as the visits of the "Dodo." While on this
subject, 1 would like to say. I think the seven gentlemen might
nave embodied in their lesolutions a clause forbidding the
title of " Prolessor." Because a man knows a little Er-glish :
has a fairly good knowledge of the rudiments of Viookkeep-
pen; or wield a pencil iu rapid short-
3 much entitled to
1 this country. The latter a
1 evokes invariably not only
u broad smile, but is very otten the means of the candidate
not securing the coveted position. Such diplomas are not
worth the paper they are written upon, and the only pur-
poses tuey serve are to swell the pockets of the "College"
principal and to " gull " the untortunate pupil.
Wtiat the Regents .should do is to hold examinations at
stated periods, at convenient places— the same as the Oxford
and Cambridge local examinations are held. Any candidates
from any school desiring to submit themselves tor examioa-
tions should be permitted to attend for that purpose. The
e-taminatious should be conducted by qualified independent
gentlemen having no connection witn any school in the
State, and then the pupil from one school would stand as
fair a chance ot obtaining a diploma or degree as any other.
The degree or diploma thus obtained conferred by the
Kegents themselves might possess some value in the busi-
tarned loose upon a long-suffering public, and toe status of
many of the so-called ■Business Colleges" wil' ' "
they are at present, the laughing stock of the bus
^, . less than schools, and that. too.
hether thev have or a less number of teachers, or possess
iTt.iMK), or SlO.ijIKl worth of school equipment.
" Colleges" or " Universities" according to the definition
in the dictionary, and as 1 understand the terms, are really
institutions tor teaching the higher branches of study,—
How the Hon. Tarns Blxby Writes.
Our esteemed contemporary the St, Paul Dispatch, is
either trying to be jocose with the Hon. Tarns Bixbv of
Minnesota or it is innocently raising what may be false
hopes in his experienced bosom. Mr. Bisby is a Gopher
Republican ot great name and service, and doubtless
worthy to aspire to aud receive high ofBce, but it may be
considering too curiously to consider that he will be ap-
pointed Treasurer of the United States because he writes
a hand incapable ot imitation and " his selection as Na-
tional Treasurer will put au end to the lucrative business
of counterfeiting." It may be that, as the Hon. Tams
Bixby's admirer says, this statesman's signature " is as
hard to make as a constitutional law against trusts, as
hard to decipher as a Pioneer Press editorial, as impos-
sible of imitation as a Populist declaration of principles.'*
It may be that this strange writing turned '* upside down,
crosswise, or slantendicular is the same inexplicable puz-
zle." Evidently Mr. Bixby is a symmetrical and original,
though, perhaps, too obscure writer, if the specimen of
his signature gi fen by our esteemed contemporary is
genuine. This signature seems to consist of a transverse
section of horsehair or wire fence rampant on an inebri-
ated letter Z or a piece of lightning. And yet it may
well happen that it will not be Mr. Bixby's fortune to be
Treasurer of the United States. Our own voice would
be for sending him to the Department of Agriculture for
the sake ot having his signature analyzed and classified.
—N. y. Sun.
Some Odd Words.
In the following bit of nonsense the phonographer will
find some rather peculiar nuts to crack, in the way of
queer phonographic outlines, and it will furnish the pen-
man with some words for rapid business writing :
Three hoity-toity tatooed tinkers, one from Keokuk, an-
other from Tidioute, and still another from Kinderhook,
while sitting under a baobab tree, using their blow-pipes,
and listening to the shrill trill ot a tiny tree-toad were
violating all dietetic rules by eating an uncooked cucum-
ber ; and had they not taken ipecacuanha, they might
have become hypochondriacs. — Munson''s Phonographic
News and Teacher,
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these Cuts are Reproduced vary in size from 8x10 to l8 x 23. Designs must not be imitated.
XVI
SEVEN AMERICANS ABROAD.
BY CHARLES ROLLINSON. ONE OF THEM.
No. 4-
QUAINT OLD HEIDELBERG.
There is much that is quaint and interesting in Heidel-
berg. The old castle on the hill is the great thing to pee.
We enjoyed wandering through those ruins, inspecting
the different rooms and trying to imagine the scenes oE
revelry that took place there in the early days. The im-
mense cask, called the Great Tun, that holds 300,UOO bot-
tles of beer, was an object of great interest. There
would seem to be no danger of running out of beer if you
had a house full of guests to entertain.
Of course, the great university was visited. The prison
where the unruly students are kept amused us very
much. It consists of four or five small connecting rooms.
A miserable bed with straw mattress, a small table and
chair constitutes the furniture in each room. The walls
and furniture are defaced in the most dreadful way. The
students aie allowed to use paint, and they have cer-
tainly made the best use ot the privilege, for the walls
(side and ceiling) are covered with pictures of all kinds,
some very well done. With knives or other sharp instru-
ments the wood-work has been so cut up with names,
initials, monograms, etc., that there is hardly a square
inch of space left.
The noble youth that disports himself about the city
with the great ugly scar on his cheek, or perhaps another
one with many patches of court-plaster covering up the
record of a recent duel, is a familiar sight in Heidelberg.
These duels are fought by the students, and are sanc-
tioned by the Emperor. He thinks that such affairs make
men brave and better tit them for soldiers.
It is said that when two students fight, if they are well
acquainted and like each other (for these duels are not
always brought about through anger), each will try to
wound his opponent iu the face where the scar will show
w. for life, but if the student does not like his
*^]^^-,7n^, opponent he will strike him on the head
^iid^w*' where the scar will not show. It is consid-
W^ ered a great honor to have that scar in full
Si \\ view on the cheek.
^mij W"e were treated to a grand illuminatiou
jg of the Castle the uight before we left. The
^ sight was very fine, and the old ruin stood
■■"^ out in bold relief against the brilliant lights.
From Heidelberg we went to Darmstadt, and from
there to Mainz, where we had a short but interesting
stay. The Cathedral, St. Peter's Church and Museum,
the Guttenberg house so full of interest to a printer, were
among the things that held our attention.
The Cathedral, a historic old church, is said to contain
more monuments than any other church in Europe. The
cloisters are very old and full of tombstones. We walked
over tombstones that dated hack to 600.
The fortifications at Mainz (or Mayence, as it is called
in English) are very extensive and strong. It is consid-
ered one of the best fortified cities in Europe.
DOWN THE RHINE.
From Mainz we took that beautiful sail on the Rhine to
Cologne.
The castles and ruins on the mountains along the river
add very much to the picturesqueness of the scene.
Truly it is a lovely river, and the German has good reason
to be proud of the Rhine. We passed the celebrated
Bingeu, Coblentz and other large cities, reaching Cologne
at 5 p.m.
We were all agreeably surprised with Cologne, as it had
always been pictured to us as a dirty city. It is not so,
but a grand, thriving town, as clean as any large place
can be.
The Cathedral is the one thing of importance, and rises
above everj-thing in grandeur and beauty. It was a treat
to look at that magnificent pile of masonry. It was with
much regret that we left Cologne.
THE DUTCH VENICE.
FromCologne we journeyed on to Amsterdam, where we
had a very delightful stay. The Zoological Garden, said
to be the finest in the world, was much enjoyed. Amster-
dam is something like Venice in one respect, and that is
the many canals and waterways running through the
city. Many of the houses are built on spiles.
The ever present windmills attracted our eyes, as did
also the peasants with their huge wooden shoes. All
through Holland the scenery is fascinating, especially to
anybody that handles a pen or bnish.
The Hague, where we touched at for a brief stay, is
■well worth a long visit. Its celebrated sea-side resort,
Scheveningeu, is a delightful place. The ride through
those fine avenues lined on each side with magnificent
trees that arch over the road, the Museum and Art Gal-
lery where we saw Rembrandt's well-known pictures,
the visit to the Palace, all these things are fresh in onr
minds.
Continuing on to Antwerp, we passed through Rotter-
dam. Delft and other well-knowTi places.
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ANTWERP AND BRUSSELS.
Antwerp has a fine quay or wharf along its harbor.
This quay is arranged as a promenade, and is a popular
place, in the evening especially. Large steamers
anchored here, the water being sufficiently deep t
of It.
The Cathedral has a great history. It was commenced
years ago, but is not completed yet. Workmen are still
busy on the front. These cathedrals in almost every in-
stance represent years and years of work, having been
started in the early days, and as money was raised the
work has been pushed forward. Most of this money has
been given by the poor.
Our next move was to Brussels,
called " Miniature Paris." and
certainly it is well deserving of
that name in many respects. It is
a well arranged city with many
fine avenues, parks and buildings.
The Palais de Justice is said to
be the largest building in the
world. It is a granite structure of
the Roman style of architecture.
Brussels is celebrated for its lace. The ladies in our
party were much excited over the beautiful examples of
the lace maker's art displayed in the shops about the city.
We all fell under the influence of this allurement, and
brought away pieces-of this high-priced article.
By watching a lace maker you can get an icJea of the
tiiiie and effort expended in making one small article.
Oftentimes weeks are spent in doing it.
In the square where the flower market was we saw
some of the most peculiar yet beautiful and interesting
buildings. Such strange old Dutch roofs and the fronts
of the houses covered with statues and ornaments, in
many cases gilded and shining brightly. It must have
taken a great deal of gold leaf to cover those statues.
IN "GAY PAREE."
And now for Paris, for that was our next place. How
can one commence to describe the beauties of that grand
and artistic city? Surely, it is hard to know where to
begin, as there is so much to speak about.
The first thing that impressed me was the long rows of
houses just alike, without a break. This seems to give a
style and character to the city, for when a magnificent
building appears you get the full value of that structure,
the plain lines of buildings seeming to add increased
beauty to the latter. It is just like the lines in architec-
ture, a plain molding in contrast with an ornate one, and
these Frenchmen seem to know what makes a good thing,
for they employ these ideas and rules in their work.
Those long blocks of buildings just alike are not painfully
plain. The general style of building has small balconies
at each story, and the roof is of the French roof type, so
familiar to us all. In many instances a roof extends over
the sidewalk at the first story, and this roof
is supported with stone arches, fonning a
sort of arcade. This is a very clever idea,
as it protects you from the sun and rain and
alsi> gives an imposing look to the houses.
The nest thing that pleased rae was the
broad avenues and fine arrangement of the
streets. Nothing seems to have been spared
in the layout and plan of these fine avenues.
Everything is roomy and open. Then, again, these ave-
nues are principally of asphalt, and the carriages roll
along in a smooth, majestic style that suggests richness
and comfort.
To look from the Chamber of Deputies across the bridge
crossing the Seine, down through the Place de la Con-
corde to the Church of the Madeleine, is one of the finest
sights in Paris. We cross the bridge and then find an
avenue running rigbt and left. Continuing on we come
to the Champs Elysees, that beautiful avenue with the
Tuileries Garden on each side. We go still farther and
reach the Rue de Rivoli, another magnificent avenue, full
of shops and bustling with vehicles.
The Place de la Concorde has such a history, too. It
was at this point that the gudlotine stood and where so
many executions took place during that period when the
streets were flowing with blood. There was a great fas-
cination about this place, and no one could help but stop
and think of those awful days. The obelisk that stands
in the center of the square is one of the trophies secured
by Napoleon in Egypt.
THE HISTORIC TREASURES OF VERSAILLES.
Once again Dame Fortune was with us, for it was our
good luc^ to be in Paris on the first Sunday in the mouth,
and on these Sundays the fountains play at Versailles.
vi| Accordingly we took advantage of the oppor-
tunity and went out to Versailles. We spent
a delightful and profitable time there, visit-
ing the Palace and looking at all the won-
derful treasures of art contained therein.
The beautiful bed-chambers decorated in the
most sumptuous style. One that I especially
remember in white and gold was the finest
thing that I had ever seen. The statuary,
vases and pictures— in fact, everything was
on a grand scale.
To see the fountains play is a great treat. These foun-
tains are beautiful in design and of various sizes, from
very small ones to those of huge proportions. An espe-
cially imposing one represents Neptune driving his horses.
Our visit to the various churches was very delightful.
Notre Dame with its jewel rooms was much enjoyed.
The Church of the Madeleine was equally interesting.
This is a very chaste structure of the Grecian type of
architecture. The Jube de Saint-Etienne du Mont, with
its marvelous stairway that crosses the center of the
church, was another of the sights to see.
Of course, the Louvre was doubly interesting to me,
and I thoroughly enjoyed looking at those beautiful pic-
tures, masterpieces of the painter's art. It was a great
education to stand before those canvases and drink in mU
their superb coloring. In all these galleries throughout
Europe you will find many artists copying and striving
after reproductions of these celebrated pictures. Many
times I have heard people around me say that they liked
the work of the copyist better than the original, but I
thought I could see something in the copyist's work that
did not approach the genuine. There was not that soft
blending of distance, or if a figure, the grace and ease
that the original possessed. There seemed to be a harsh-
ness and boldness to the work of so many of these copy-
ists, while in the masterpiece this did not exist.
(To he continued.)
Care of Eyes.
Do not read or study by a poor light.
Let tbe illumination come from the side, slightly back, but
not from io front.
Do not read or study lone at a time while suffering great
bofbiy fatlMioe or during recovery from illness.
Do not read lying down.
Do not use the eyes too ions at near work, but when weary
give them periods of rest and a, bath in cool water with fric-
tion or matisage.
During study avoid the stooping position, or whatever
tends to produce congestion in the head and face.
Select hooks printed on gjod, but not glazsd paper, and
well printed.
As you value your eyes avoid tbe use of alcohol nod
totacco.
Take much exercise in the open air. Indoor life ruins
more eyes than all the doctors can ever cure. Lifenttlie
seaside is favorable to good sight. Outdoor life in a wooded
country also favors the eyes. The green grass and green
landscape is good lor th&eyes.
As yuu value your eyeb, so keep your body strong. The
eyes weaken as the body weakens.
The eve^ are the most prtcious of our sense organs, and
once injured can never bo quite as good as before.— Jour.
nygiene. _^^_^^
Rothschild's riaxims.
The following is a copy of the alphabetical list of mhx-
ims framed and hung in Rothschild's bank. Baron Roth-
schild used to recommend these rules to young men who
wished to " get on " and achieve success m life :
Attend strictly to the details of business.
Be prompt in all things.
Consider well, then decide positively.
Dare to do right, fear to do wrong.
Endure trials patiently.
Fight life's battle bravely, manfully.
Go not into the society of the vicious.
Hold integrity sacred.
Injure not another's reputation or business.
Join hands only with the virtuous.
Keep your mind from evil thoughts.
Lie not for any consideration.
Make few acquaintances.
Never try to appear what you are not.
Observe good manners.
Pay your debts promptly.
Question not the veracity of a friend.
Respect the counsel of your parents.
Sacrifice money rather than principle.
Touch not. taste not, intoxicating drinks.
Use your leisure hours for improvement.
Venture not upon the threshold of wrong.
Watch carefully over your passions.
Xtend to every one a kindly salutation.
Yield not to discouragement.
Zealously labor for the right.
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71
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Editorial Comment.
Special Teachers in Public Schools.
This is the season when public school boards are
making plans and securing teachers tor the next
school year. Wo hope that they ^vill not overlook
two very important specialties— writing and draw-
ing. No matter from what point of view they are
considered, there are no more important branches in
the public school curriculum And these branches
are not hard to teach if trained specialists are se-
cvired as teachers. From a practical standpoint the
teaching of writing and drawing always elicits the
warmest support of parents and guardians. The
expense of securing two teachers (or one teacher to
handle both branches in small communities) is but a
few cents a year per pupil— a mere bagatelle when
compared with the enormous benefits accruing to the
pupils receiving instruction in these two important
branches. A popular subscription (if necessary)
would raise the necessary funds for the first year and
after that there would be no trouble in having the
aiuount included in the teachers' fmid appropriation.
The Journal is willing to give its services to
boards of education to help in selecting competent
teachers of these two branches.
Gentlemen of the American Boards of Public
School Education, what are you going to do about
this matter for the school year of 1897-8 '?
The circulation of "The Penman's Art Jour-
nal '■ now exceeds 17.000 copies. Only one
issue during the pas six months has fallen
per.od has been 17,;
Thii
about 3.000 copies monthly. "The Jour-
nal •■ has not only much the largest circu-
lation of any paper of its class in the
world, but a very sienificant point to ad-
vertisers is that a large proportion of its
readers buy that edition which costs twice
as much as any similar paper published.
The Journal's Old Guard of Honor.
Second Itall Call For 1897.
Herewith we print a list of friends who have
favored The Journal with clubs of subscriptions.
This is the second list tor 1897. and it is needless for
us to assure all who have contributed to this splen-
did showing that we fully appreciate this very prac-
tical form of co-operation and support. This is the
kind of backing that counts. Never before has The
Journal had so many club senders, and never be-
fore have clubs averaged so large. Good sized clubs
have come from nearly every important town in
America.
A glance at the subjoined list of schools and club
senders will give an idea of the class of people who
give The Journal their support. This list contains
the names of those who have sent in clubs since the
last announcement. In addition to these a large
number of small clubs and single subscriptions have
been received and the total list is the largest The
Journal has ever had, and is by far the largest
subscription list ever had by any penmanship peri-
odical.
Hundreds of our friends are still working on new
lists and additions to lists already sent, and unless
promises made us prove very deceptive. The Jour-
nal should pass the 20,000 mark before the end of
this school year.
The largest club received since first list was published
is that sent by G. C. Raynor Polytechnic Institute,
Brooklyn, N. Y., anct numbers 111. Mr. Raynor is a
popular teacher and fine penman and believes in spread-
ing the gospel of better writing and hence this club.
The next largest club, numbering 93, comes from A. H.
Ross Troy, N. Y., Bus. Coll. Mr. Ross is a strong all-
round teacher but believes in pushing business writing
to the front, and needless to remark is making a success
of his work.
There are 91 subscriptions in the list sent by that
snperb penman, artist and courteous gentleman, H. W.
Flickinger of Temple Coll., Philadelphia. Mr. Flick-
inger's tame is international in all lines of pen work,
as a teacher of teachers and penmanship author. The
Journal is proud ot his indorsement.
A new (to us) Richmond in the field is P. W. Bowles
ot'the new International B. C, Bay City, Mich, and he
comes in with a rush and a club of 80.
That fine writer, C. E. Doner, Spencerian B. C Cleve-
land O., whose penwork, portrait and sketch have
been'showuiuTBE JotJRNALis next in line with a list
of 76.
C. J. Becker, New Bedford. Mass. Bus. Univ., the well
known commercial teacher sends a list of 60, making a
total for the season of 67.
F. H. Vail, Breck School, Wilder, Minn., a rising young
commercial teacher rolls up a list of 57,
nnd S Bus Sch., Buffalo, N. Y. (741 ; 42, Osliorn &, "Williams,
Rnchester, N. Y., Bus. Univ.: 3«, C. A. French. Boston, Mas-s.
^46) • .% A Chicago Friend. il04) ; :^6. W. J. Sanders, Bhss, B.
O Lvim. Mass. (SRI ; 36, .T. E. Hvde. Acri. Coll. of Utah,
Tjoean Utah ; 3.5, C. A. WpssrI. Ferris Indus. School. Big
Rapids Mich f66) : 3.5, G. W Donald. Winnipng, Manitoba.
Can (3S1 • 3.5 R A Hunter. Logansport. Ind.: 34> E. A. New.
comer N' .T.. B C. Newark. N, J. (lOfl : 34. J. H. Bachten.
kivohev Supervisor Writing. La Fayette. Ind. *R3) : 32. A. R.
Whoud"', Bus. Coll.. Milwaukee. Wis.: .31. W. K. Cook. Bus.
Toll Hartford. Conn.: 31. 1. F. Clem. Bus. Coll.. Lima. Ohio ;
:vi E C A Becker. Bus. Coll.. Worcester. Mass ; 39. C. A. &
v' H Burdett. Bus. Coll.. Boston. Mass (441): 2«. .1. E.
Bloomer. Lowell's B. C. Binghamton. N. Y.: 2«. W. E Cogs-
well Atkinson's B C. Sacramento. Cal.: 27. R. C Spencer.
Milwaukee. Wis. («.5> : 27. C. F. Kriete. Kane's B. C. Balti-
Tnoro Md ■ 2R. C Claghorn. B, He S. Bus. Coll.. Brooklvn,
N Y ■ 2fi Carlos B. Ellis. Westfield, Mass.; 36j T. L. Staples,
Int B ^ Ft Wavne, Ind.: 24. C A. Transue. Com'l School,
Pottsvillo, Pa : 2:1, A. C. Gegenheimer, Nanerville, 111. (a'il ;
•'3 Geo E SeoeeT. TTtica. N. Y,: 23. A R. Merrill. Saeo. Me.
(■!7) : 22, .J B. McKay. Kingston. Ont., Can. (2(i) : '«, T. M.
Craves. Lowell. Mass.: *21. W. H Coppins, Steinman Inst..
Dixon 111 ■ 'U. Miss Erama Case. Riley's B C, Binghamton,
N" Y • 21 W H Carrier. Adrian. Mich : 1". S. K»rr & Son,
Bus Coll , St. .lohns. N B , Can : 1«. E. S. Cause, Hill's B. C
Wa.o Texas : IS, EII.1 I Heffron. UticB. N Y.: IS, L, W. Hal-
left. School of Com,. Elmira. N. Y : IS. C. O. Meux. Bus. Coll.,
Pensn"ola. Fla : IS. .T, L, Hodgmire. Curtiss C. C-. Minneapo.
lis Minn.; 17. W. W. Merriraan. B C . Bowling Green, Ky.
(121- 17 A P Wagner. Heald's B. C. San Francisco. Cal.
(401 • 17. H G Burtne-, Hich School, Pittahtirgh. P.t. (331 : 17.
S. L. Dattghevty, Y M. C. A., Dayton. O,: 17 .T (• M.-T.itvre,
Iron City Coll. Pittsburgh, Pa.: IB, L. C 51 1 ,',i, Wiihoiis
Coll. of Bus , Mahanoy City, Pa. (.'J41 : W. E 1 1 ' .,1
Tom . Toledo. Towa : 16. W. D. Smith. Bus 1 < '■ > N
H : 16. F. .T. Heaco"k. Bus. Coll . Butl"r- !• 1 . I . 1 L.
Howard. Maiden. Mass ('201 : 15. U. C. Metci.ll^, \V 1 » V,. ('.,
Ashland. Pa. (411 : 1.1. W. W Way. O. I. Bus. & Nor. Coll..
G'-and Island, Nebr.; 15, J. .1 Nagle. Coll. of Com.. Freeport.
Ill ■ 14. \ W Orton. Massev's B. C. Birmingham. Ala.: 11.
W C Howcv, SonthcTii Bus Univ,. Atlanta, Ga, (301 : 14. H,
B LfhiirH: Kr ill,,! V.'i'iiMisr,. Ind (HI : 14. L D. Scott,
Memi'lu- r, !' II 1 Cunn. Napa B. C . Napa, Cal;
11 O t M ' * ' i|.-ster. Pa : 13. M. A. Conner,
Meadvi I, - I 1 r, i Peters. Bnena Vista Coll ,
Sto
. Mil
.Mil
1.371:
13. S, M Sweet. Bus. Coll . New Castle, Pa, (381 : 12,
N L Richmond. Bus CoU . Kankakee, m, : 12, R N. Hadley,
Lake City. Pa, : 12. W , F Gibson. Wesleyan Acdy. Wilbra-
ham. Mass . 12. .T H Bryant. Spencerian B, C . Philadelphia,
Pa. (7S1 : 11. L. J- EgeelstoD, Perry B C. Rutland, Vt (201 ;
11. M Van Osterloo. Dixon. Ill (a51 : 11, A. B. Stanffer, Ohio
Nor. Uniy . Ada, O (181 : 10, J. D Brandt, Schissler CoU. of
Bus., Norristown, Pa. (271 ; 10. .1 R, Hutchison. Bus. CoU,,
San Jos6, Cal. (801 ; R. A. Grant. Com'l. Coll.. Winona. Minn.
1171 : 10. W. P. Mcintosh. Bus. CoU., HaverhiU. Mass : 10, L.
M- Kelchnor. N. I. Nor. School. Dixon, lU.: 10. F. E. Rippert,
Int. Bus CoU., Saginaw E. S.. Mich.: 10. E. E. Gard, Bus.
, St. .loseph. Mo.: 10. F. P. Gavnor. Childs B, C . Athol,
number received during thelseason.
THE JOURNAL'S
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la?^^_. REGISTER
J. A. Lindblade, Chicago, HI. (221 ; E. L. Grandy Cohoes,
N. Y., School of Bus. (16) ; G. Bixler. Wooster, O. C60) ; A. A.
Kuhl, Jasper, Fla. (32) : W. F. Hostetler, Angola, Ind. (IS) ;
W. J. Kingsland, Y. M. C. A., Scranton, Pa. (181 ; W. L. Star-
key, High School, Paterson, N. J. (721 : Bro. .larlath, Brook-
lyn, N. Y.: J. R. Tabor, No. East O. Nor. CoU., Cantleld, O.i
R. A. Kells, N. Y. City, B. C: H. H. KeUogg, Co. Supt. Pub.
Schools, El Reno, Okla. Ter. (101 : G. S. Henderson. Portland,
Ore. ; L. H. Jackson, Va., B. C, Richmond, Va : J. L. Zwickey,
Storm Lake, la.; O. J. Penrose, Randolph, N. Y, (9) ; R. M.
Boudahush, Annex, Va.; W. 1. Monroe, B. C, Waterhury,
Conn.; A. B. Johnson, Lumberton. N. C; P. Hammel, B. C,
Akron, 0.; L H. Lipsky, Comer's C. C, Boston, Moss. (9) ; I
H. Carothers, EUiotfs B. C, Burlington, la. (07) ; J. T. Hen-
derson. B. C. OberUn, 0., (43): Miss Cora M. Starr, Supervisor
of Writing, CrawfordsviUe, Ind.: S.B.Fahnestock, McPheraon,
Kans., CoU, (371 : C. B. Hall. Spencerian B. C , Yonkers, N. Y.
(131 : W F. Gray, Monmouth, 111.; Albert Backus, Lmcoln,
Nebr . Normal Uniy. (191 ; L. Harrington, Anoka. Minn. ; J. &
H. K. Henderson, Leeds, England, Bus. CoU.; W. C. Howey,
So Short. & B. U., Atlanta. Ga.; A. S .Weaver, San Francisc(;,
Cal.. B C. (Ill ; J. E Selfe, Western Nor. CoU., Bushnell,
El ■ W T Turman. State Nor. School, Terre Haute, Ind.
(12) ; R. S. Collins, Pierce CoU. PhUadelphia, Pa. (187) ; F L.
Haeberle, MiUersville, Pa State Nor. School (41) ; C. M.
Lesher, High School, Carbondale, Pa (31); L. M. Thorn-
burgh, Cedar Rapids, la.; E. G. Brandt. Unlontown, Pa (10);
D. B. Anderson, Highland Park Nor. CoU., Des Moines. la,
(7) ; H. B. Cole. Shaw's B. C. Portland, Me (18) ; W A. Rip.
ley, Huntington, W. Va., B. C; J. O. Hardwick, Sac City, la.;
J. A. Galbraith, Marshfleld, Mo.; E. H. Ealy, State Nor.
School, Cape Girardeau, Mo.; H. E. Byrne, Patterson Inst.,
HiUshoro Tex.: S. H. Bauman, Great Falls. Mont,, C. C: J.
O Klin.. Ti..tv.nt Mich., B. U. (117) ; E. L. Moore, la., B. C.
Di-v M III L. I.- 1 J K. Warren. Cadilloc, Mich. (18) ; D.
HI h I. I I Falls, Pa., B C. (16) ; C. H.Donaldson.
Pu, I I : H J. Minnich. FmtUay, O (10); E. G.
Wrulii w i^inii.'rnn D C (12) ; Aug. Fischer. Philadelphia.
Pu ,iii. Uoi, (., Liidda, Franklin, Pa. (71 ; A ChicJigo Friend;
A C Sloan, Menominee, Mich ; J. T. Smith, Star, Idaho ; L.
L Weaver, Alliance, O. (151 ; M E. Bennett. Johnstown, Pa.
(8) ; J. A Sanders, Denton, Tex. (7) : J M. Oshlund, Luther
Acad., Wahoo, Nebr. (6) ; Miss Anna H, Graftt, Waverly. N.
Y : O. C Bachman, Seattle, Wash.; O F Amburn, Galveston,
Tex , B U.: C. H AUard, Gem City B. C , Quincy, ni. (124) ;
J, H Baldwin. Clark's B. C, Lockport, IT Y (1Z» '. J- C
Olson, Nor. CoU., Stanberry, Mo. (35); W H. Matthews,
Salem, O., B C. (301 : G. E, Crane, Sandusky, O . B. C, (32) ;
C, Bayless. Dubuque, la., B. C (281 : J, B. Mack, Nashua,
N H'(36): D, W McMUlan. Grand Prau'ie Sem., Onarga, HI.
(33); H, W Herron, Portland, Oreg. 1131: E M. Barter,
Cherokee. Tex, (lOl : W P, Canfield, Stillwater, Minn., B, C.
(101 • T S Nettleton. Pine Bluff, Ark. (81 : C. E. WiUiard.
HorneUsvUle, N. Y.. B. C : H. C. Post, Woterbury, Conn. (9) ;
W Wood, Montreal, Can : Mrs. W. J. Smith. KirksviUe, Mo.;
E J. Shaw, No. Adams, Mass.: B. A. O'Mealey, Yankton, S.
Dak.; ElUs R. Northrop, Middletown. N. Y.; J. L. Hamilton,
Portland Mills, Ind.; D. L. CaUison, PowersvlUe, Mo.; C.H.
Clearv. Canton. O. (81 : Ed. H. Craver, Ebensburg, Pa.: C. W.
Buswell. Kentland. Ind.; M. Maxim Montpeller, Vt., Sem.
(Ill; H. Coleman, Natl B. C, Newark, N. J. (661: E. F.
Fisher. Charles City. la. (26) ; J. W, James, Searcy. Ark. (12);
B. M. Wade. Plaiaaeld, N, J. t37) ; B. W. Qetsinger, Spar-
72
Hire M {' ("11- W J VHi^-wlPr. Birminglmin, Ala., B. C.
\v- T 4„, i'l Oliv.- Braiiih N C. (15) ; T. J. WilUams,
I , . ; III I? '■"' Vlvmoath. Pa. (Hi ; H. C.
, , . II I K Pentz. Great Bend.
" ; , ',,..': , Elgin, ni. ll!<); L. R.
^1 Ml..,, HiiKerstown, Md.; E E.
. I . , 1,,,- , ll,,l„,ken, N. J. (»l ; W. R.
, I \, I, ircw .Johnson, Hanska. Minn ;
M(» til): .T. E. Whirrv. Osage.
■ , ^ , , li.-td ni : F. A Jones. Southern
11,1,1 . Ml '■ M Hopkins. Bassett.-Nebr.: T S.
( I . ~iM,i :. 1 .11 W Blankinship, Decatur, nl ; Beck
(k Pi'iuii D.C. C; Howard ChampUn, Cincinnati,!).
.1 L Hall. Miss. Coll., CUnton. Miss. (H) : F H. Read.
Ion Cfutrt* Vt, (0) : R, E. Rowe. Portland, Me.; M. W.
kinship. Orfcn Bn.v, Wis. (H) ; H. .1. Petty, Ransom,
!.; F. C. Hovey, Sch'enectady, N. Y., B. C. (7).
Script Signs.
EniTOK JOUUN.\L :
There is probably no city in the country that
can blast of more beautiful script signs than
Rochester, N. Y. A number of years ago several of
the most prominent sign painters of the city at-
tended the Rochester Business University for the
purpose of learnint; the most approved forms of
Spencerian script, and as a consequence there are
many elegant script siRns. as well as fine script on
delivery wagons and movinf; vans.
Many sign painters resort to a clumsy, heavy
style of script, almost wholly devoid of beauty.
Not so in Rochester. The penman can here feast
his eye on beautiful script forms frequently during
the day.
Wherever I see it, I am always ready to welcome
good writing, whether it is on paper or on a sign-
board. Yours truly.
E. C, Mills.
Mr. Baldwin Rises to Expiain.
1 like Mr. Folsom's interest i
sorry that he finds me at varia
On jirogressivo questions, I have heard it said that MAJOR-
ITIES are always WRONG.
Brother Folsom, will you be kind enough to point me out an
eminent penman, .yourself of course excepted, who does not
shade because he CANNOT ?
Mixed classes admire shade writing most. Mixed classes
and not business men a^-e those whom we teach.
Beginners are interested most in what they admire most.
Delicious bait catches the most flsh.
The mastery of rapid shade writing comprehends light line
writing, but the rule won't reverse : those who are taught
light writing only cannot .shade. Wlieu it is just as easy to
do, and more advantageous to the student, why not kill two
birds with one stone y
We may THINK we are educating our pupUs for business
men, but we don't KNOW what they will be, and if they
should choose TEACHING for a profession, their sojourn
with us should enable them to attain EMINENCE therein.
If you would make the broatlesi success, take pupils -where
they ARE, and not whel-e they ARE NOT.
Light writing is but the bones of penmanship; shade gives
it flesh and blood I am not surprised that the business man
with a dollar in bis eye should admire light writing most :
that's his jirivilege. An anatomist sees great beauty in a
skeleton. Bones are in his line. We common mortals, how-
ever, prefer living creatures.
It is one thing for an all-around penman to give a business
man the style of w-riting he demands, but quite another to
narrow down the jirofosxion of our beautiful art to a sort of
side«how to his business.
My students and 1 fail to find shade writing slow or diffi-
<ult. The (lifli.-iilty of much shade writing is caused by slotv-
«..<.- WE writ,- rapidly.
Am orcusioiml capital combination or off-hand flourish, iii
til.- «-i ,1,1,5,. , l„s^ .atches some fish thot will bite no otier
'■■'■' ";'l ■' -' t them biting, and they wiU eat most any-
SUPERSCRIPTIONS.
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CoLLCar BulLOina,
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Johni
,,,,ti> of the quantity of fine fcxlblo pens
in the education of the young is their em-
iccomplishments of parents and teachers
,vs away a <-hew of tobacco while telUng
use the filthy ^yeed. he is about as consistent
■ . -.- who refuses his pupils instruction in the
shade writing which he enthusiastically pushes for personal
gratilii-ation It it is a bad thing, quit it; but, it it is not,
pass It around.
Who comes next ; J. Howaku Baldwin,
Clark Business College, Lockport. N Y
the
RANSOM, LEBO, KANS. (2.) D. H. FARLEY. STATE NORMAL SCHOOL. TRENTON, N.J,
(J ) H. C. SPENCER, OLNEYVILLE. R. I.
rc^'-'s^"^-;^ THE ,
«Bt51>lESS maNager'5
uK^S^.^GORNE^.^
The attention of imbU<- s.-hnol teachers and others who are
interested in the general edinnti.tntil papers is directed to tho
spocial combination clulihinL,' lut'-s niad.' Tmi' Thi". Penman's
Art Journai, with van-n- ..rill 1 i.iiiiiatiMiui! journals.
Educational periodical;^ wl!..--.' -ul.>i i ii.tn m r;it.' is Sl-00 or
more can be had for this pm ■■ au'l Tut .ifi hnal will be
fiiven free. This offer shuuM attract tia.- ultcutiunof all who
are interested in general educatiimal reading
We trust that all of our friends who 8
cupying positions as special teachers will extend what aid
they can to The Journal in its fight for better writing.
They can do much to help us in this campaign, and one of the
easiest and best woys of opening the fight in their particular
\ by having sample copies of The Jocrnai..
Special teachers can also 1:
Journal in extendi
tendents and L,'ra'li' 1
clubbing
■h assistance to Th"^
.,._„ among the superin-
s in the public schools. The low
_ 3 f ornot subscrib-
ing'and bpcniniri" lutti-r posted with the better methods of
teaching writiia,' Then ajam the combination clubbing rates
made with the general oducational papers allow them to take
two papers at the urice they are now paying for one. We
hope that our friends in the nrofes-sion will spread the news
of th<M*e offers and aLso lend a hand personally in increa-sing
The Journal's circulation, where it is most needed— in the
American public
well-known ai
their smooth
and onv friends wh^
irs the Barnes Steel Pens, manufactured by
Co., 1.5ft Fifth avenue. New York, have been
ong penmen, banks and business ■
'^at "bright little periodical. riuZnnerian p:xi>»„e»t. has
hanged its name to Penman and .4r(is(.^The.initial number
under the new name is full of good things and reflects mm
■credit on the publishers, the Zanerian Art College. Columbi
Ohio. The subscription is hut 1') cents a year, and for tl
small sum the subscribers get four numbers.
The Phonographic Institute Co.. Cincinnati. Ohio, publish-
era of the Benn Pitman System of Shorthand and The Phono-
graphic Afuf/azine. have an especially good feature i
and teachers of it.
""A'unique thing in steel pens is the Schagen Fountain Pen,
an English production sold in the United States by Geo.
Borgfeldt & Co.. l«-24 Washington Place. New York. It
comes in several degrees of fineness of point, like the ordi-
nary steel pen. but nas an additional fountain attachment
which enables it to hold enough ink to write twelve times the
t of the ordinary steel pen. Samples are sent for a
nt stamp.
_■ further use for. and of which they
Tliere are also many who would like
ill property as this at a fair price. If
" School Furniture i
$1.50 each insertion.
.. __ V. .11 lie ciiiak'Li tuu third inser-
tion free if desired. Tlmse who liiive school furniture and
supplies to sell.'and those who want to buy. here's an oppor-
O. M. Powers, 7 Monroe St., Chicago, the well-kn
Thf ^fun>^on Pho>io<nr<
Walworth & Co.. laH Eft
a department edited b\
The C. A. Nichols Co.. Spi-ingfield, Mass.. are publishing in
five imperial volumes "History for Ready Reference," It
contains quotations from over 5,l)l)(l volumes, and puts the
history of the world on a single shelf.
The Hume, a family Journal containing stories, fancy
EDITOR'S Calendar.
Portraiture. A guide for the beginner and an inspira-
tion for the amateur, for home students, cla.«8 and in-
dividual instruction and reference. By C. P. Zaner.
Published by Zanerian Art College, Columbus, Ohio.
Cloth, 11.5 pagej. Heavy plate paper. Price, 81.50.
Everything Mr. Zaner does he does well. This is amply
illustrated in his latest production "Portraiture." If
young penmen would provide themselves with a copy of
this book, study it, follow its instructions, practice the
principles there given, in a few years they would find
themselves improved in every way, and especially in
financial and artistic lines. There is more money in
ability to make pen portraits than ability to make (lour-
ished eagles and bounding stags. Mr. Zaner has made
portraiture very simple, and has gotten down to the level
of the beginner. The illustrations and type explanations
are so simple that any one with a spark bt the artistic in-
stinct cannot tad to grasp them. In addition to Mr.
Zaner's own work there are dozens of fine line and wath
drawings by such world-renowned portrait artists as
Gribayedoft, Waspard, Fabrics, C. D. Gibson, Liphart,
Clarke, Eaton. Darling, Lauc'ers, Jacossy, Friderang,
Schmedtgen, Hagen, Zenope and many cithers. These
portraits have been selected with the greatest care, and
should fnrnishnot only 'inspiration for the amateur,"
as Mr. Zaner puts it, but copies for the amateur and pro-
fessional. There are a variety of portraits shown, and as
a hook of reference this latest production of Mr. Zaner
will be in demand. In the matter ot paper, printing and
mechanical work it is luxurious. If there is another
work in this line as good for beginners. The Journal
has never seen it.
S.MITH"S EDrCATIOXAI. SYSTEM OF IntERJIEDIAL PENMAN-
SHIP. Primer, 1 number ; Short Course, 4 numbers ;
Regular Course, 8 numbers. Published by H. P. Smith
Publiabing Co., 11 E. 16th St., New York. Price,
Primer per doz., 7'i cents ; Short Course per doz., 72
cents ; Regular Course per doz., &6 cents. Specimen
pages free.
These hooks represent a middle ground as to slant, be-
tween the old standard slant o( .52 degrees and the vertical
style. The slant in this system is 75 degrees, and the
publishers state that it was determined after a most thor-
ough investigation oC the slant prevailing among the
clerks and business writers in New York and Brooklyn
in commercial and banking houses and telegraph offices.
A feature of the Primer is the illustrations accompanving
the copies. Quite full instructions are given at the" top
ot each page. Two copies are on a page. In the Short
Course, which consists ot four numbers, the illustrated
features are carried through Book 1. and the movement
idea is started in the same book and carried through the
four books of the Short Course, and the eight books of
the Regular Course. In the advanced books, independent
writing is introduced the words to be written are printed
in type, and the student is expected to write them m
script. The selections are from poets, various authors
and historical and geographical works. This independent
writing feature is a strong one, as it does away with ser v-
ile copying and tests the pupils' memory as to correct
form. 'If the teachers use these books intelligently, the
pupils will develop movement and form simultaneously.
All copies are introduced with movement exercises. The
style of script is plain and legible, roundness ot turns in
letters, short loops and capitals with little or no shade.
The forms are simple, graceful, and while extremely
legible retain much of the beauty of the slant style.
Simple business forms, and letter writing are introduced
early in the course. Those teachers who have been look-
ing "for a style of writing rounder and more legible than
the standard slant, who do not care to accent the ver-
tical, will find in this series a style that occupies a safe
middle ground. The mechanical work is excellent. The
copies are nicely arranged and well graded.
Art Education, the True Industrial Education. By
Hon. Wm. T. Harris, LL.D., U. S. Commissioner ot
Education. Board, 38 pages. Price, 50 cents. Pub-
lished by C. \V. Bardeen. Syracuse, N. Y.
This is the second edition of the address delivered by
Dr. Harris before the National Educational Association
at the Nashville meeting in 1889. It is a plea for art train-
ing in our public schools, and should be read by all teach-
ers interested in this work.
Isaac Pitman's Complete Phonographic Instructor.
By Sir Isaac Pitman. Cloth, 2.53 pages. Published by
Isaac Pitman & Sons, 33 Union Square, New York
Price, §1.50. Revised edition.
This is the latest edition of the standard Isaac Pitman
Phonographic Instructor, and contains- instruction in
both the corresponding and reporting styles with copious
list of phrases, exercises, business letters and specimens
ot legal forms. The general plan ot the Instructor makes
it equally acceptable for self-tuition and class use. A
chapter entitled " Practical Hints in Legal Work " from
the pen of \V. L. Mason, Prin. of the Metropolitan School
of Isaac Pitman Shorthand, is a prominent feature of the
book. The book contains over 16,000 actual shorthand
cuts, is elegantly bound, and it embodies the experience ot
over 50 years. This is certainly a most complete short-
hand text-book.
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March Journals Wanted.
E. M. Barber, Packard's Bus. Coll., 101 E. 'iSrd St.,
New Y'ork, would like to secure as many copies as pos-
sible of the News Edition of the March, 1897, number of
The Journal, for which he wiU pay ten cents each.
The EDITOR'S Scrap Book.
Departiucnt.
W. J. Slifer, McPherson. Kans.
E M. Harris. Wadeville. N C.
W. B. Day, Oglesby. Texas.
— Journal readers will remember that they may have
their names enlisted under the heading " Professional ' or
■ Amateur " for the purpose of facilitatinfj exchanee of
ipecimens without cost. All that ' "— ' " *^~'- — ^-
tvho sends his name will escha
work with fellow-members free.
— Well-written business letters have been received fi'om
C. A. Stewart, Hartford, Conn.; J. A. Elston, Canton, Mo.;
J, C. Mclntire, Pittsburgh, Pa.; E. M. Harris, Wadeville,
N. C; C a. Prince, Buffalo. N. Y.; E, C. Bosworth, Rochester,
N. Y.: R C. Metcalfe, Ashland, Pa.; A, B. Johnson, Pair
Bluff, N C; J. H. Drake, Trenton. Mo.; C. E. Doner, Cleve-
land, Ohio.
— Well-written letters, ornamental style, have been re-
ceived from L. J. Eijelstou. Rutland, Vt,; J, D. Brandt.
Jeromeville, Ohio ; A. A. Scott. St. Clair. Mich.; H. H. Kel-
logg, El Reno, Okla.: A, B. Stauffer. Ada, Ohio,
— Prom W. A Baldwin, supervisor of writing of Medina,
Ohio, we have received a weU-executed pen drawing and set
of fancy capitals.
— C. W, Jones, penman in the Woonsocket, R. I., B. U-,
favors us with some card writing that is accurate, graceful
and has a dash that is exhilarating. A flourish from his pen
is also well done.
— T M. Williams, prin. Actual B. C, Pittsburgh. Pa., sent
a W(41-executed flourish design, which he informs ua was
made with the pen held in the usual writing position.
— Prom J. W. Hazlett, Muberry. Ind., have been received
some splendid business writing and hand9ome_professional
writing. They would indicate that while Mr. Hazlett is out
„ff 4.1 e 1 1. - ,L_ .- p,^ banker) he has not lost
writes rapidly.
- M. Van Osterloo, assistant of L. M. Kelehner, penman-
SIGNATURE WRITING.
(TWO IN A SERIES TO RUN THROUGH 1897 )
Kelchnerian swing. He is a fine writer.
BY E. L. CLICK, NEW ENGLAND BUS. UNI,. LOWELL. MASS.
- Miss Mell Dougherty, pupil of D. B. Anderson, Highland
. . __„_,__ jwithavari-
ety of script, all of which is good.
— W. B Day. Oglesby, Texas, who says he is a farmer,
sends samples of plain and ornamental writing that indicate
he understands how to cultivate a good movement.
— T. E. Erwin, Chattaroy, Wash., is improWng in his plain
and ornamental writing. This is evidenced by some late
specimens received from him.
— Miss Lucia Chambordon, White Ash. Pa., has had occa-
sion to have her writing complimented by The Jouti.val, be-
fore She is steadily impro\'ing, and a large package of
samples of her recent work show it is becoming more accu-
rate. She is one of our best lady writers.
— T S. Overby. Tavlor, Wis , has sent some dashing- orna-
mental specimens. His work is graceful.
— J. C. Olsen, Stanberry. Mo., Nor. School, is steadily im-
proving in his plain and ornamental wi'iting. His work is
graceful, and he is becoming more accurate.
— G. McClure, associate" prop.^of ^Carlisle, Pa., B. C, favors
74
rubUe .School nork.
■d. Supervisor of Writii
HE Journal a plea^^nt
samples of writing executed by pupils of the
\iir]..ii J. 1. 1, - iiitilcr his coutrol. The writing was clean cut.
li' ! I'htving tfooti form and movement. It gave
II Ml Howard knows how to supervise, and that
I'" -111' I I' ii.i^ are Kenuinely interested in writing, and
huK- iini..i.Ti-(l tlie teaching of it. These specimens were a
credit to Mr. Howard and the grade teachers, and Maiden
can congratulate itself on the quality of the writing of its
public school pupils.
^^S'^iJTianiQyUl'Qjfa.t/utS
Needed Reforms in the Penmanship
World.
BV C. P. ZA.VER. COL0MBUS, OHIO.
No. -i.
Extended study and practice leads me to believe
that one of the chief obstructions to reform is our
adherence to that which is beautiftil in form' rather
than to that which is practical or utilitarian. We
have, as a rule, used and taught and encouraged
forms that were ornamental and difficult rather than
plain and easy.
Shade in penmanship is an element of beauty (dis-
play, as educators say), and should, therefore, be
al)oIi.shed in all teaching as regards the multitude.
But I fancy hearing many up-to-date penmen say-
ing, " why, I have discarded shade long ago; no one
IS teaching it now-a-days, especially in business
schools." Ve;-y true in most of such schools, but
these institutions are but trifles in comparison to
the public schools. In the latter, shade is still
taught to a very large propoi-tion and to what might
truthfully be termed, an alarming extent. Copy
books are purchased because of the beauty of the
copies. Utility is considered secondarily. . Shade
is not desirable for general purposes because it dis-
plays poor taste. It is, what would be called in
dress and manners, affectation. Not only that, it
takes time and training to execute. Shading de-
mands fine, flexible, elastic pens and obliqiie holders,
and they in turn demand skill in handling. The
finer the pen the more difficult to manage. The
<(mrsiT the pen the less skill necessary in writing.
But shade is but one of the many relics of a past,
plodding age. Intricate forms are still too numerous.
They. too. are constructed on the principle of grace
rather than sjieed. They are frail rather than firm,
and fanciful rather than legible. We have borrowed
too much of the omate past for present commercial
purposes. We have said, " is it beautiful, is it ideal,
is it ntdiidnrdf rather than "is it legible, is it
rapid, is it nntnralf "
Our real defect is in not knowing the true office
or function of WTiting. We think of it as some-
thing beautiful as well as useful, not realizing that
it is well nigh impossible for it to be both at the
same time. We need to know that writing was in-
tended as a useful art. as a vehicle for thought— as
a servant. We need to know that it is better to ex-
press beautiful, noble, trae thoughts plainly than
to oniament the forms of expression and thereby
repress thought. We need to know that we cannot
well serve two masters, nor do two difficult things
at once -two things, each one of which requires
direct thought. It is better that we be able to
think thoughts and express them unmistakably.
than to make a display of shade and flourish and of
shallowness. Disagreeable as these statements may
seem, they are no more disagreeable than the facts,
and I would refrain from expressing them if it were
not with the hope of the betterment of myself and
others.
Reform along the line of the simplification of let-
ters lies in the public schools, where it is most
needed. Drawing will be the emancipator of writ-
ing from false ideas of beauty. Drawing will teach
the true office of ornament and thus di.scourage dis-
play in writing. Drawing will give pupils of artis-
tic inclinations a channel for their efforts, whereas,
heretofore, those who had an eye for the beautiful
received no encouragement for its development ex-
cept through writing. Thus it is that the teaching
and encoura,gment of drawing will aid, in an indi-
rect way, to improve the art of writing -the art of
expressing thought. The latter will stimulate the
art of reading thought.
But we must not leave it all to drawing. We
must encourage by precept and example the use of
simpler and more legible forms. For tjie demand
of the day is more legible writing on the part of
the people rather than faster writmg. Writing, in
the business world, is fast enough for most pur-
poses, but not legible enough. In the public schools,
the pupils write legibly enough in the lower grades,
but on account of intricate and difficult forms and
inadequate instruction they fail to write easily and
rapidly enough. In the upper grades they leara to
write rapidly enough, but not easily nor legibly.
These two extremes, the one the outgrowth of the
other, indicate the fact that the forms acquired
early are not adapted to rapid work. The remedy is to
discard these old, fanciful, " standard '" forms and
substittite such that utility would suggest.
The forms herewith presented are for serious
thought and exijeriment. Don't act too hastily in
your denunciation. Use them a few years as I have
and see what your verdict will be. They are given
only as a step in the right direction. As soon as
people will take the step we have many more to
suggest. Reforms come slowly, but they come
surely. Reform is needed in the forms used in
writing and the sooner we become conscious of it
the better. The illustrations herewith may seem
" radical " but they are mild toward what are
needed.
The Business College Fake Chain Swindle
Again.
Numerous complaints have been received at The
Journal office relating to the swindling operations
of a so-called " Business College Chain " concern. It
is the same old game of organizing fake schools,
bleeding the commimity to the last dollar by sale of
scholarships, then selling the shorn and worthless
school to dupes or dummies and sho-ring on to pas-
tures new. Such operations are palpable frauds on
the public, and nine times in ten the swindlers are
clearly amenable to the criminal law. They should
be prosecuted to the fullest extent. Put one or two
of them in the penitentiary, where they belong, and
there "will be an end to the whole nefarious business,
which has done more than anything to discredit
busine.ss colleges.
The particular case we have in mind seems to be
an unusually flagrant one. The Journ.jvl is in com-
munication with a number of victimized teachers,
citizens, newspapers and supply dealers, and a vig-
orous effort will be made to bring the' swindlers to
their stripes. There should be concerted action, and
we ask all interested to put their statements in writ-
ing and send them to The Journal. These state-
ments should be sworn to before a notary. The
Journal will contribute a round sum toward the
employment of a competent lawyer to take charge of
the matter and prosecute the scoundi'els. We wish
to hear at once from all concerned.
The Young Penman ; His Place in the
Profession.
BV L. C. HORTON, TRENTON. N. J.
'Tis that of the student. If he imagines he is
going to step out from under his teacher's care and
take the teaching world by storm he is simply
laboring under a delusion. He will do well, indeed,
if he will only start right out to study. There is yet
more for him to learn than be ever dreamed.
We shall say there are three kinds of penmen;
Teachers, Artists, and Business Man Penmen. Let
us turn our attention to the teacher. If he expects
much of the future he must broaden himself very
decidedly. We find that condition in the business
world to-day which compels the teacher to be ever
alert. A bnsiness public says what kind of ma-
terial it must have to do its work, and that teacher,,
who can come nearest to preparing raw material for .
that standard is the man that is wanted. It our
young penman wants to be a successful teacher he
must fortify himself with something more than a
knowledge of script form and movement exercises.
He must have a fund of knowledge in store and a
flow of language with which to express himself if
he would command the attention and respect of an
intelligent class of young men and women. If he
Weylerizes the English language and fails to make
his instructions to a class pointed and thorough, he
cannot hope for success. The man with whom he
may work will exert a very decided influence upon
the young penman. An employer has ideas and
notions of his own. Fortunate, indeed, if our pen-
man finds them good ones. Men who have been in
the business many years are not likely to change
for new ways and ideas. They want their way, and
our penman will find it his place to suit them as
nearly as possible. And right here is a ticklish
point. Contact with some employers will dwarf
his possibilities. Better by far to get out and see
how other schools do. Don't stay in one school too
long (let it be said, it you are in the best that the
country affords, stay). Work in different sections
of the country. No one could approve of constantly
and aimlessly changing positions, bat it does seem
that work in different schools in various parts of
the country is bound to give an experience to our
young penman that will add to his usefulness in
the profession Putting together the methods
learned by teaching in different schools ought to
enable him to get results from his class that mean
something.
He should visit the artist penman, the teaching
penman, and the business man penman. The artist
penman will make him feel like doing better work
than ever before. There is inspiration in seeing an
artist at work. And the result obtained by seeing
the artistic skill of another will but help to impel
him do better in his line. The teaching penman
will awaken him to some of his shortcomings in his
class. Just see how some men present the case to
a class. What a moving spirit they are in the class-
room. Study their methods. Keep your eyes on
the fellow that keeps his class in good humor and
gets good results. It pays to study him.
Then the business-man penman. He is one to be
visited. He knows how to combine business and
skill. He knows how to get something more than
praise out of skill.
The young penman's place in the profession must
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If he only realizes that the world before him is
looking for the thorough man. and it is willing to
substantially support such a one, he will be eager
to take advantage of every point tnat will help pre-
pare him for a successful career.
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trm such sealed revJien in an envelope addre»ied to
The Penman's An Journal, sos Broadway, New
York. Pontaae mtuit he nent for forwarding Cota-
toot««, NewnpapeT», Photo^aphs. &c.
Situations Wante^.
rpHK PENMAN'S ART JOrKN A l.TEACH-
JL ER!!i> BVKBAir. Peumniiahip. com-
niercial, and shoi-tband and lyiienTiline
branches only. It hriues teachers nud mcImmiIm
tnuetber. A luritR acunaiutance a l:
Hcuools and teachera enables the innmiL't--
nieut to select KOodtenchei-9 for Kood mcIiooU.
Small flee is charged the teacher t u<> i-lui vij.i-
is made to the school. Reliable schooN >< t-L-
iutf teachers, and well qualified, reliable
leaeherH Neekias places are wniilcd for our
liwtx. \o other!* need ninply. Address PEN-
MANS ART .HMIRNAL TEACHERS' Bt-
REAi:. •JOJ Broadway New York,
A TEACHER with pul.lk- liU.'li ^.n-l U^^< <nho<>l
training, with oiu- \. n . yp.- .i- r, .,, i,,.,-
health; age 21i ; weight lt*(j : hciciit ;» ri min ; i
married, flood references, sptaks German and E
llsh languages perfectly. Low salary. Address "
R. D.," care Penman's Art Joiibnal.
ATEACHBU with high school and iHifi. .-oil- tm
Ing, who teaches book keep, iimi i .i iii un -^iK^r
Is open for Immediate enKawem. in !■ i
months' teaching experience. Vu
and Sadler's texts " "
hcluht 5 ft. 11^
low salary. Addn
AfiRADITATEof the West em Nor. Coll., Lincoln.
Neb., who has spent 18 mouths In Highland Park
Coll. DesMolnes, la.. Is nprn for enciKcmcnt. Can
FoniUlar with w ■ - ; i , i, , ^ i. > i i,
sired. Health v^- \ _ ',
filn.; unmarrl- i nr,,.. ■- h ,- ,|, ■,,■,. i;
S. M. Acc'ts- aii.l I.. D, i..i.| IS hiuiiinii wiili.Vciual
Business. Low salary: rt^^adv iift^T June ^^,'jtU. Ad-
dress " COMMERCIAL," care Penman'o Art Journal.
A TEACHER of bookkeep.. Eclectk- Short., pen.,
teleg.. type., any of the common branches, but
who has made a special study or com'l work. Is open
for engagement. Has been a student of the Central
Nor. Coll.. Danville, Ind., and has always been favnred
"■"" '■ "' " ■ advantages. Two
L TEACHER wltb eight years' <
Is a graduate of two. bus. coll.. high
Univ. Familiar with W.«R., Sad-
ard'sand all the leading texta. (iood health:
chool. and State Univ. Famllla
age 28; weight 150: height 5 ft. 0)ii In.; married.
tlce. Address " Y. E. 1
fair salary. Ready a
;R with private school and coll. educa-
Is also a graduate of com'l and short.
1 for engagement as teacher of short..
short, and type. Four year
depts.; has been teacher of book-
" ■ : had office experience a--'
tutored In coll. Familiar with Musselman's. W. ft R.
and Powers' texts and New Rapid Short. Excellent
health : age 25 : weight 160 ; height 5 ft. 8 in. ; mar
rled. Strong references ; fair salary. Ready fall term.
Address " E. P. a. ."' care Pcnhan's Art Journal.
\ TEACHER withr
who had four yea
; school and bus. coll.
In office and bookkeep.
1. teacher. Familiar with W. & R.,
saaiers. Eiiis. and Packard's texts. Good health ;
Hg** 2« ; weight l«0 ; height 5 ft. In.; unmarried.
Best references ; fair salary : ready on month's no.
lice. Address " T. H. G.,"care Penman's art Journal.
ATEACHER of Eclectic short.. com'L law, book-
kcei>., and Benn Pitman short., is open for lin-
meiilate eiiK:ak'eincnt. Has had extensive work In
telegrdpliv, uiid understands printing In all Its
branches as connected with college work. Has had
urammar. business, academic and coll. training, with
ttve years' experience in teachlug. Familiar with B.
.4 S.. W. & R.. and Ellis systems. Good health ; age
28 ; weight 135; height 5 ft. 10 In. j married. Low
salary ; ready l_
Man's Art Journa
Address "K, "^.
3 Pes-
\ 1(1 rs" teaching experience
r ' Ind. and .So. Ind. Nor!
I I'll., Is open for ensrage-
inU's are pen. and com'l.
jiiiii. gen'l and U. S. his.,
tc. Familiar with W. & R..
3. Good health ; age 26 :
..fe in.; unmarried . Best ref-
' low salary. Address "S. I. U.,"
t TEACHER with s
■s' teaching experi-
I'l. depts., and i
ivlth V^ & R. tex
; health ; age 30 ; weight 155 ; height 5 ft. lO"^
uarrled. Prefers New England States and Pub.
ol Com'l. Dept. Fair salary ; ready after June
1IIAVE H*D eleven
an.lu-as educated hn'
and coll. I teach nen
ears' tcachliit: c.xi»erlence
untry,,'lly,Midl>iis. schools
raw.. Knirr-HraiiL'ht'S, book-
nd , alKel.ru, .t.- Familiar
Bookkci'i). Health good ;
T^
s It. Roge
height 5 f L 3 fn,
1. E. Church B
ly any time after June lOth. Address "N. O.S",
Penman's Art Joi
.Cher of plain and ornamental
Bslst in draw., Eng.. math, and
)llc school and coHeglate educa-
age ai ; weight 170; height 5 ft.
narrled. Fair salary ; ready In four weeks but
i.uiii pr- fer to begin Sept. 1st. Address " N. R. E.."
re Penman's Art Joprnal.
, FINE TEACHER of pen., who has had public
school, bus. coll. and Zanerlan Art Coll. training
. en for engagement. Has bad three years* teach-
ing experience In academy and bus. coll. Health
~"" -— — ■ -t 1H5; height r
snces. Will tal
time. Address "H. T. R.'
AKT JOUIINAL.
ATEACHER with U vears' leaching experience
in public schools and bus. coll.. la open for en-
gagement July 1st, '97. Is a graduate of two bus.
oil. Teaches bookkeep., arlth..
I'l. law. pen,, bus.
^ R., Ellis, ussel-
ion Short. Good
Wanes fair Hal'ary. A'ddri
L TEACHER of com'l. and Eng.branche.s pen.,
lit., nlst.,pollr. econ., rhet., Is open for engage-
ent after June 15. '07. Is a graduate of the llteraiT,
LTEACIIHR with live
r engagement after July
'ep., pen,, cuni'l. law. i
am., spell., etc. Was edu
2\. who can also i>-»< i
IH07. Has had 1 i v> ,.i
coll. training. Faiinl!
keep. Good healtli
dress"RAPID."cn ' I
4 1,AI>Y TEA< 11!
7. US teacher Of l>oik-
1. arlth.. correspond.,
d Iu country schools.
. and pen >
^PH:NMA^'s AbtJourna;
■'! \v.ii>]it 125; height 5 ft.
ATEACHER with eight years' experience In pub-
lic and private schools, who teaches arlth.. hook-
keep., correspond., plane geora., shorthand.
He and prlv
..)., correspon ., ,.,. ^ .
ipen for engagement. Has had public school. nc>td..
._. : Pitman, Graham, Ecleetl _ _r-
Beat references; fair salary. Address "S. A. M.,"c
, TEACIIFK
• BOOKKEEPER."
Gooareferences. Low salar.v ; f
ary, Address I
I 'i>)1i'' and nor school train,
r rt r.f scientific course and
lint', pen art in all forms.
jji Fl fir engagement. Fa-
I I .'wt IS' systems and Munson
.il!li. age 25; weight 170:
imrrled. Best references ; fair
^^^C/mmoA^Q^^cCCL^tUAa/B
TTeacbera TRUanteO.
TIlBPE.NMAN'SAKTJfK RNALTEACH-
EKS* HLUKAI. I»eiiiiian»liip. Coin-
mcrrial, and Nborlhuiitl and lypeTCrttins
brancheHonly. Ii brimrHtcaclierxand schoole
HrCooln'And leacheri* enabfi-" tbc maunire-
ment in ttelect eood leachersl'oriiaod ncbools.
Small fee in chnriced the teacher ; no rharBC
in made to the schaol. Keliab'e scboolsHeek-
tDir teacIierH. and well qualified, reliable
leacherM seekinic places are wanted for our
liHtH. No otbeFH ueed apply. Address PKN-
MAN'S ART JOURNAL TEACHERS' BU-
REAC. 'ZOZ Broadway. New York.
A FEW HCNnREDgood schools called on us
(lurlnK '9>t lor commercial, shorthand, pen art
wnd drawlriK teachers. Many more will call In '97.
Do you want one ot these places? Now Is the time
roKetlnUne. good places don't " ro beting" long.
81.50 enrolls for a year. We have calls from all
parts of the United States and Canada,
Write today lor particulars. Srho
the bcHt teachefH, will And It to theli^l
forrespond with us. 8»
rlifht teacher tn the right pi
by leading educator!^. Kindly
of a teacher. W. T. PARK-*. Jlg.^ -v,
Bureau, Charles Block, Denver. Colo.
particulars. Schools destrinir
III find It to their Interest to
Services free. To put the
■ i our aim. Endorsed
rrlte us when In ni'ed
, Equitable Teachers'
W
ANTED.-
3 spend a. few
DRAUOHON. ]
Cdllege. Nasliv
i; lady who Is a fine penman,
;e, well educated, who desires
t the Tenn. Centennial, which
les In Oct. Addre ' "
lughon's Practical
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Lessons in Rapid Business Writing.
NEW YORK, MAY, 1897.
ROCHESTER, N. Y.
No. .;.
About Vlnger Action,
A number of Journal readers have wi-itten ask-
iufi; if we use any finger movement in our writing.
Yes: there is a certain sympathetic action of the
fingers in conjunction with the arm movement that
is really beneficial in writing, although the tendency
with beginners is to use too much finger action.
We endeavor to have our students first acquire a
free arm movement before much finger action is
allowed. The question as to whether or not we
shall use our fingers, and .iust how much or how
little, is not the real issue, as many would have you
believe. The main point is to teach the pupil to use
the arm in writing, and after that has been accom-
plished he can usually make more rapid progress if
the fingers are called somewhat into play.
Loops,
Loops are easily made if the right motion is used
in producing them. In the construction of the loop
we find the right curve and the straight line. For
exercise work we have given the direct oval com-
pact exercise, made narrow ; also the oblique exer-
cise. Make these exercises fill one-half large space
in height. Do not get careless in practicing the ex-
ercises, but work patiently, even if some parts of the
work grow monotonous. Now combine the curve
and straight line and make the loop, counting "1-2."
Bring the second stroke right down to the base line.
One of the principal faults in forming the loop is
in making the first line too straight. It should be
quite a decided curve, then make the downward line
practically straight. The two lines should cross
about one-third the height of loop and be careful not
to make them too long. Try to shorten the loops.
Perhaps a little finger action would help you in
making these, but let the main motion come from
the arm.
The l^oundation.
Unless you can wi-ite all the one space letters
readily with the muscular movement you will have
a very poor foundation upon which to build loop
letters.
T/ic " (. ■'
The "/" is an excellent drill tor concert class
work when a number of letters are combined. Count
one for each letter and write five without lifting the
pen. The word copies will be found valuable to in-
troduce the loop in connection with one space let-
ters. Several pages should be written with each
word, and try to maintain a free movement.
The '•;.,"
Start with the loop and finish with the last part
of the ■• m." Combine five letters and count " 1-2 "
for each. Whenever the movement becomes cramped,
go back to the obli \\\e exercise and work the arm
lively. Pay close attention to the word copies.
The -k,"
■ The last part of the " A.- " can better be illustrated
tlian explained. Study carefully the finishing part.
Next combine two, three and finally six letters.
Count"l-2." Write two pages of each word. Com-
pare yoivr work with the copy often. Look for the
principal faults in your work and then do your best
to correct them.
The "b,"
Spend some time in getting the correct idea of the
formation of the " b." You will notice the last part
BY E. C. MILLS, ILLUSTRATING HIS LESSON IN RAPID BUSINESS WRITING.
of this letter is the same thing as a portion of the
■'*it'." Combine six and count " 1-2.'" In writing
the word copies, try to secure good form as well
as a smooth and nniform stroke.
The "/'."
" Drill on the oblique exercise and make it just the
length of the *'/."' A combination of the loop and
the lower ]>art of the *'(/" will produce the "/•"
Count one for each letter and be sure the down line
is made nearly straight. In all loop letters some
space should be left between the top of the loop and
the blue line above. If any letter or word seems
very difficult, that is the one you should practice
on most.
Criticism Column.
[Note.— Please see that full postage is placed on specimens
sent for this department. No cbarge is made to Journal
subscribers for criticisms in this column. Should you desire
personal criticism, send me 25 cents and a ^-cent stamp and
your work will be carefully criticised and returned to you,
together with a letter written in my best business style. Ad-
dress all communications to E. C. Mills, Rochester, N. Y.]
The finest specimens of movement work received for the
month come from Mr. E. H. Graver, Ebensburg, Pa. Please
notice specimens of Mr. Graver's work engraved and printed
elsewhere in this number of The Journal. We hope this
ACCOMPANYING MR. MILLS' LESSON IN RAPID BUSINESS WRITING.
86
work may be an iDspiration to others, and that they will try
to do an weU
A. B. L.. Pine Point. Maine.— You need to practice carefully
oD the small " c " and aliw> on the final " r." In making the
latter and also the ■■i/,\"do not bring the last stroke down
too far. The general appearance of your writing is excellent.
Now watch for the little things.
T. H. D., Jersey City.— Your speed work is good. Bring
the finishing stroke of a word higher. Come every month if
you possibly can.
M. B. H.. Teacher, McDowell. Va— Would that every pub-
lic school tea<-her would do the work vou are doing in vour
school. Have your pupils continue to practice on the com-
pu-t exercises. l>oth large and small, also review all the work
in the previous lessons. Your work demonstrates that mus-
cular movement can be successfully taught in the public
schools.
Jos. H., Lawrence. Mass.— Writing is better size. Get it
down Just a little smaller yet. Capital "A" made too wide
and round. Wide spacing between small letters very good.
Capital " E" shows that too much finger movement lias been
used. Make it almost entirely with the arm movement.
.• ^fj^\^ ^■' Mesa, Colo.— Use a lively'motion in making the
Itithe first form, the two down lines should be made
parallel. Small exercises among the Ijest received.
H. H^ Ama, La.^udging from your practice page, I con-
clude that you have failed to get the right idea of the founda-
tion work,— the compact exercises. Now begin and do every-
thing as outlined in the January Journal before you try
anything more, and then I think there will be some hope for
you.
Lillian J, B., St. Joseph, Mo.— Your specimens were over-
looked last month. Spend more time on the compact exer
clses. Please send me some of your best efforts on the small
exercises in February Journal.
L.M. J, Ind— More drill on small compact exercises and
much hard work on small letters in March number.
Mabel, Crosscreek ViUage.-Make caiiitals smaUer and also
continue the small exercise practice, f am sure this kind of
work will help your writing.
W. H. W., Corwith, Iowa.— Writing too hirge and wild. Try
to tame the muscles by practicing on small compact exer-
cises Work covers too much space. Think as well as
practice.
Charlie, IRingville. Minn.— A short time every day spent
properly in pra<;tice will help you. so do not become discour-
aged If you do not have much time for practice. You have
a good foundation. For shaded work. Try Mr. Moore's les-
,„™f ■ «^,' Boston, Mass-First form of " C" made too
round. Make very light down lines in compact exercises and
more work on lateral exercises.
J. C. T., Bast Plymouth, Ohio.-By aU means begin work on
the lessons at once, and send work for criticsm regularly.
«£;'"■ ?.; R'X-'»'»t«'r.-Use arm movement on small letters
tXH ^°^ accustom the arm to make smaU forms be-
rore you use much finger action.
„.?.^i'''?!?S.°?^- Cal.-Always write name on specimens. The
capital £• too .slanting. Small letters and lateral exercises
among the liest received.
n^^'^^^"^ '":.?• Roi*fo>-d,-Try the wide spacing given in
connection with small letters in March lesson. 5mit oil
„ „^Vf. P'"'" ''•""ess writing. Use black ink and a better
quality of paper.
t,v!.l?„>^i'.„^'"''?i ni.-"Would yon advise me to practice ver-
«!^ , ""^M^S ^'"''' Pri'-'icinB from your course in Th e JouH-
o„„ ' 1.? • K^f. """ behove vertical writing would help vou
S?^' 'J'"'™8J 'f you expect to become a teacher of penman-
snip, It would pay you to be able to teach both styles
„f„'^ii'v .?!.'',';• ^'^■-I'o away with "hook" on beginning
SnoS"^^' /■ ?'"' ""!''" ■■ '■ ""d ■• » " nood to be improvel
upon. Last work sent is much better.
in^h^'^^M;,^"i!'","' ■*'»-?}'' some hard work on the capitals
1*„„S March le.sson. Count tor these letters and use a
steady, continuous movement.
^J^' J*; A'""'^. Va.-Try to foUow base line, but do not
sacrifice the movement. Tlie"i"and "s" are your weak-
est letters. I appreciate your kind words.
„■'■ h, ? "„Carbondale.— " Is there any use in finger move
S-e mLi, It? '^S *°Jl 'o"" *M8 lesson. Your small letters
tho„T,nrt of .'„'";,"""i"i''. '■^e"?^ Suppose you write a few
tuousand of each capital m the March lesson.
Harry V. K.. New York.— Some ofvour capital " E's " look
?hJ m'l,! ' ' li?' TV," l'?," st""-rf. Aey are'^tio sliS. Make
tm,rti 'I '""„ ','"■'■ "■"'■'' Kood. This kind of svs-
temati, ,,n„ t„ ,. „ ,11 ,„,,,k,. :, writer of you, I am sure.
culai- m':,, m,'.",'i''',V,',,,,y,'."' ?.' ".'.'."l!™*3' P^ffs, all good 1
lettei- '""'""" """ "
ci^nmoMQy'fiC'Q.^wtAJiiG)
word copies, etc., but .x. j,,.,
t applied to the writing a
is wCf n t^ practice work The 5,l«10 " C's " as extra work
,^ Li V '■'"' '" ??.'■ Endeavor to apply the movement now
fOT ilvhlE""' *"*"'«■ "ven if you do fose something in form
«X?' '*?■■ Brooklyn.-Send more work for criticism. Cap-
l;J.„i ™ 'r""' ''"5 y°V'' movement is tree and easy. Can you
spend one hour a day m practice y Come again.
B. MOORE, ILLUSTRATING HIS ACCOMPANYING LESSON IN ORNAMENTAL .WRITING,
Lessons in Ornamental Writing.
F. B. MOORE, INDIANAPOLIS BUSINESS UNIVERSITY,
INDIANAPOLIS, IND.
No. 4.
Vlnte Nutnber Twelve.
In commencing this lesson, let me urge you to
review thoroughly the lesson given on stems, since
you will find these same stems constituting the
principal part of the capital letters before you.
Analyze each letter as nearly as possible by the
plan suggested last month ; that is, notice if the shade
belongs to first, second or third position ; observe the
size, slant and location of the ovals, and bear con-
stantly in mind the form to be produced and the
manner of producing it.
Make the ovals with a free, easy, muscular move-
ment, and the shades with a good dash.
It has been my desire that you shade extremely
heavy on the preliminary exercises, in order that
you may be able to handle the lighter shades on
capitals more artistically and vrith greater- ease.
Get a contrast between the heavy and light, as the
blending of the shaded and hair lines will beautify
your work.
Practice on each letter separately as given in the
BY F, B, MOORE. ILLUSTRATING HIS ACCOMPANYING LESSON IN ORNAMENTAL WRITING.
copy. Then, after",being able to make them with
ease, join them together as"in the last part of each
line. This will,;seem a trifle difficult 'at first, but
bitter medicine is oftentimes best to take.
Joining capitals;^and weaving them together in
various ways is something"that will train the eye,
strengthen the movement, and will give control to
the arm.
The shades in the presented stems commence on
the lower half, the widest part'being near the base
line, or known as second position.
In making M and N, be careful that your^pen does
not strike the shade when you start the second part.
These letters should be rounded at the top, and the
downward stroke made on main slant. Work for
symmetry, simplicity and to have each letter as
graceful as possible. The day is past when the
flourish burdened capitals are most admired.
jPIffle Number Thirteen.
To accomplish the end in ornamental penmanship
the small letters must not be neglected. Therefore
do not fail to give them their share of attention and
practice.
In the loop letters presented I should advise using
muscular movement for the first space and finger
or combined movement above. The upward sti'oke
of all loops should be a curve, and the down-
ward stroke almost a straight line Have the widest
part of the loop in the center and notice that the
turn at the top is round.
In shading be very careful to have it below the
cross in the I and b and in the last downward stroke
in the h and k. Do not overlook the little tick stroke
on 6. and be sure that the last part of the h is round
at the top.
One of the chief essentials in small letters is to
keep them of uniform height and slant.
Practice on these letters fii'st separately, then
group them with one space letters. Keep them
small and end each group with a long curve.
In all your work be as exact as you can and do
not practice without an aim.
Criticisms.
T. L. S.. Bradford, Pa.— Your work looks stiff : probably
caused by the use of a stiff pen and having too much cloth-
ing on the arm. If you have no Principality pens, send 30
faithfully on B and F stems ; shade is too high : make flat
oval larger ; W stem is good,
L. B. D. A.. Oil City, Pa.— Shade low. and have upper third
of all stems a hair line. Make flat oval of B stems larger, and
throw the downward stroke of F stem a eompovind curve.
Woikon TV stems is the best received. Get the same dash
and clip on all other work.
H, H., Ama, La.— Paper is poor and ink too pale: good
material essential. Arm yourself with a •" "
and an elaeticr pen. Send me foar pages
week. Review thoroughly previous less
Jos.. Hika. Wis.- Movement good: give more attention to
form and location of shade. Send four pages of stems weekly
until mastered. Make flat ovals larger, and have more re
sited for the Imse line.
William. Auburn. Pa— Capital letter O is too slanting ;
downward stroke of A should l>e a curve. Do not try to
shade around short turns.
George, Omaha, Neb- -No not be afraid to work. Read
February and March lessons at least a dozen times, Take off
your coat, roll up your sleeves, and stick to the exercises as
if you meant to do something. Write on every line and All
Fred, Wabash, Ind.— I like what you say,— thanks. Give
more attention to the positions of ovals and shades. Do not
make capital C, />, O, and H sharp at the top : caused by
slacking the motion. Keep work more compact, and send
several pages of each letter so I may receive it by the 16th.
Study arrangement of Mr. Apple's work last month.
Clarence. Newman. Ill,— Ques. " How much time should
Ije devoted to practice f " Ajis. About the same amount of
time the average dude spends in smoking cigarettes — every
opportunity,
H. J. M., Wilmington. Ohio —Study details more ; work
tis'iue paper plan to impress upon your mind correct form.
In practicng tlie minimum letters, avoid angular turns, and
have long spacing between letters to strengthen movement.
E. L. D,, Cincinnati. Ohio.— Movement poor; have ovals
two-thirds as wide as long. Do not stand flat ovals on end ;
long way should be parallel with base line. Your capital O
shows inability to execute smoothly the shaded oval exer-
cises. Take up a systematic plan of practice
E. B. S., Burlington. Iowa.— Ques. " Why shade so heavily?"
Ans. It overcomes a tendency of making sluggish lines, de-
velops daah. grace and movement acquired in no other way,
and enables one to handle lighter shades more artistically
when occasion requires.
Howard. Age 16.— What you say is good, but what you do is
wrong. Have failed to study instructions and stay with one
copy at a time, haven't you ? Do not try to shorten the road
to success by cutting across lots. Too many wire fences to
climb. Notice criticism on George.
C. W. F.. Springfield, Ohio.— The widest part of shades in
your capital letters A, C, D, H. and O extends too low. Re-
member they are first position shades and should not extend
below the base line. Slant and uniformity are essential.
E. C. R., Grand Rapids, Mich.— Do not waste energy on
apitals. Send me ten pages of flat ovals, and several pages
What con.stitutes a good handwi'iting and what is
the best method of acquiring it, are important
points that are given a great deal of attention by
students and teachers of writing everywhere. In
conformity with its plan to do the greatest good to the
greatest number. The Journal has solicited opinions
on the principal points from many leading teachers
and writers and has been presenting them for several
months past ; prints some in this issue and will print
more of them in the liear future. The idea is to get
a large number of opinions, with reasons, and to see
wherein they differ or agree. The whole matter is
thus, summarized and is condensed into the least
possible space. This is by far the most comprehen-
sive collection of opinions on this subject ever
printed.
There are many more excellent articles in type
that have been crowded out from time to time owing
to a press of other matter. If our friends who have
contributed articles to this symposium will be patient
we shall print all the articles in their turn.
The questions to which these articles are responses
are as follows :
1. (n ) What do you consider the essentials of a good hand-
writing? (Name them in the order of importance.)
(6) Name, in what you consider the order of importance,
the essentia! teaching points to keep in mind to produce a
good handwriting. I As position^ speedy mov(;menl, etc.)
■*. Give your definition of muscular or forearm movement.
3 Name and give reasons for the best position of:
(<i) Body.
{i>) Hand and pen.
4. Name the best movement and give your reasons.
Respectfully,
Pen.man's Art Journal.
Bii</ <in,l to the Point.
1. (a") Legibility. Freedom of movement. Uniformity of
slant and height. Speed.
ib) Position. Movement, Form, S^)eed
2. The movement of the arm rolling upon the muscles of
:!, C'ai-e of health dictates that the natural position of the
body must be preserved while writing. The body and head
should be nearly erect, only inclined slightly forward. The
1 of the hand should also be perfectly natural. Each
,.,o*;.,„ „.,„;..o* »! ..* Tiaklng the "hand a compact
r resting against the t
itody and resting upoi- ^ -„.„ „. ^^.^ „„..,, „uu iw,., lu
Angers. The pen should be held between the end of the
Business Writing Teachers' Open Court.
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BY W. J. MARTIN. LE MARS. lA.. NOR. SCHOOL.
solid l>ody and resting upon the nails of the third and fourth
thumb and the first joint of the second finger, the first finger
re.'^ting down on top of the holder.
i. A pure muscular movement for Capitals and single space
letters, combined with a .slight finger movement for extended
letters Q. e. Snyder.
Wood's Bus. Coll., Shenandoah. Pa.
An Irish Educator.
The Irish Lecturer— The superiority of^the old architect-
ure over the new is beyond question, for where will you find
any modern buildings that have lasted as long as the ancient
ones.— ri7-Bi(8. _ .
88
PUBLIC SCHOOL WRITINQ CONTEST.
All sijeoimens intended for The Journal's Public
School Writing Contest must be in the hands of the
judKe, Chandler H. Pierce, Supervisor of Writing.
Evansville, Ind., by May 10th.
QTatCL^uAJiaS
QUESTION AND ANSWER DEPARTMENT.
CONDUCTED BY ClIAXDLEIi H. PIERCE, SUPEUVI.SOR
OF WRITINO, EVANSVILLE, IND.
{All qucHtions for thfs department sbould be sent direct to
Mr. Plerce.l
The following questions are from Macon, Ga., (iiid
lonixi, Mich.
1 — Do you teach movement ? Ans. Most emphat-
ically I DO.
'i—Do you teach muscular movement ? Ans. If
forearm i.s regarded as muscular, yes.
■'• — Do you teach the combined (the harmonious
union of the forearm and fingers) movement V
A-rut. Yes.
4.— Do you teach the finger movement 1 Ans. Yes.
n.— With what grades v Ans. All children must
begin writing by the use of their fingers.
V.—AtiJi. With some designs the whole arm in its
incipiency cannot be ignored.
7.— In what grade do you consider it most practi-
cal to begin teaching movement 1 Ans. In what
grade do yon consider it most practical to begin
teaching arithmetic ?
" Lateral motion " precedes movement proper the
same as •' number " precedes arithmetic.
I make its application from the very beginning with
the second grade while introducing the figures in
concert drill. Glide one, glide two, glide three,
glide fom-. Repeat.
-0 0-
-0-
-8-
-G-
and so on tlu-ough all the figures.
Not until all the figures have been passed and re-
viewed and perfect Time, with fair form secured
do I attempt the letters.
The glide should be of sufficient length to force the
arm to move, and great care should be taken to im-
press the child with the idea that the arm produces
the horizontal line and the fingers produce the Jiijure.
Lateral action can be introduced in the letters
with equal skill.
iVofr. A, 300U as I have sufficiently recovered from the
ni-cident. will give lessons through The Jouunal illustrating
my inotnous. ^
8. -Good -form " in rapid legible writing depends
upon the ,mMh of letters and not height, hence
• lateral action " is .second to nothing else. It must
be secured, else a thousand ills will multiply. Legi-
bility IS the product of spacing between letters, and
spacing comes from lateral action.
Not to teach it is a grievous fault. That it is not
taught and its importance not understood is evident
The work of the second grade (which is the child's
second year in school) is to pass over all the figures
small and capital letters, including words. Done
through our method of concert drill. At the be-'in
ning of the third year the child begins all the work
again upon an indiridnal basis and is checked over
the ground as provided in Program ■■A.." which
thoroughly prepares for the work in Movement
proper.
We have pupils at 9 and 10 doing »•,■// in the ap-
plication of the combined movement.
I would not think of teaching mon-ment in its
strMest sense without a knowledge of form first
Grammar without its application is like move-
ment without its application. Knowing how is
ever.rthing.
With proper methods and a live teacher, wonders
can be accomplished in ;.; minutes per dav in lower
grades. Twenty minutes is far better, and 2.5 to 30
for the intermediate and grammar three times per
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BY HARRY HOUSTON, ACCOMPANYING HIS LESSON IN VERTICAL WRITING.
I would caution those desiring to ask questions
that they study carefully the ground gone over, and
if not clear, by all means refer to and if necessary
will make it a personal matter. I must always be
brief, so I do not say all I mean the reader to infer.
Read between the lines.
Lizzie Hughes of Whitewater, Wis. , secretary and
treasurer.
The papers and discussions are being printed in
the annual report, which may be obtained by sending
.50 cents to the retiring secretary. Miss Frances E.
Ransom, East Saginaw, Mich.
Western Drawing: Teachers' Association.
From April 31 to 23 the city of St. Louis, Mo., was
the Mecca toward which all the Western drawing
teachers and supervisors turned for aid and in.spira-
tion. The occasion was the fourth annual meeting
of the Western Drawing Teachers' Association,
which has taken deeper root, spread out wider
branches and made a fij-mer stand in the educational
world than ever before in its history.
The International Kindergarten Union held its
second annual meeting in the same place April 20 to
22, and this enabled many who wished to attend both
conventions to do so without extra expense. There
has always been a strong bond of fellowship between
these two bodies of educators, and this arrangement
helped to bind them more strongly together.
A .ioint meeting was held on the evening of April
21. at which Mr. Patterson DuBois of Philadelphia
and Mr. James L. Hughes of Toronto. Canada, gave
able addresses. On Thursday evening. April 22, the
citizens of St. Louis gave a reception to the delegates
in the parlors of the Southern Hotel. On all sides
the delgates were met with cordial hospitality and
all the arrangements were most delightful.
The meetings were held in the auditorium of the
new High School building corner of Grand avenue
and School street.
The program, with few exceptions, was carried
out as planned. Perhaps no papers were more
eu,ioyable and instructive than those of Mr. Hughes
and Mrs. Lucy Fitch Perkins. Much to the delight
of the audience, this latter pauer was accompanied
by sketches on Manila paper made by Mrs. Perkins
while the people watched her.
The exhibit reminded one of the educational de-
pai-tment in the Liberal Arts Building at the World's
Fair. It was arranged in the corridors on three
floors of the spacious building and covered 2.5,000
square feet. As about sixty-five places sent work, it
was the largest and finest e.xhibit of the kind ever
held in the United States.
Detroit was chosen as the place for the fifth annual
meeting.
Mrs. H. E. Riley was elected president, Mr. George
L. Schrieber of Chicago vice-president, and Miss
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Lessons in Vertical Writing.
BY HARRY HOUSTON, SUPERVISOR PENMANSHIP,
NEW HAVEN. CONN.
Review iiiift Some Additional I'oiutevs for First Grade,
Before discussing the work for the second and
third years, that outlined for first year in the last
article will be reviewed and a iew points added.
Children should begin with words rather than
letters or principles. The writing should be large,
written at blackboard if possible, using the whole
arm movement After from three to five months
introduce paper, ruled with lines about five-eighths
of an inch apart. Do not expect a high degi-ee of
accuracy, as this would require a closer application
and a more detailed study of the letters than is best
for children five or six years old. Pen and ink can
be used with good results in the first grade, but it
is not believed that the results are compensatory
for the extra amount of nervous energy necessarily
expended. If slates are still in use, turn them so the
long sides of desk and slate are parallel. If they
are ten or twelve inches long, write on the right
and left half separately. Give as little writing or
copying as possible unless it is done under the super-
vision of the teacher. In this way the child can be
guided so as to prevent forming habits of making
the letters incorrectly.
Second and Third Years.
The writing lessons for the second and third years
in .school should be devoted largely to the study of
the forms of the letters, to the proper and uniform
spacing between letters and words. The children
have now become accustomed to using the writing
materials, and are old enough to make a more care-
ful study of the letters. To aid in acquiring a
uniform handwriting, paper or copybooks ruled
with base line and head line should be used. It is
not necessary to use paper ruled with all of the
spaces and one ob.iection to it is that pupils are apt
to form a habit of making the loop and capital letters
extend from one line to another on whatever paper
they are using. It is believed that too much of the
spaced ruling has been used, and that it has been
mufoA.. rYYUA'X(L ca/ro.
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ACCOMP.\NYlNG LESSON IN VERTICAL WRITING. (ILLUSTRATING INCORRECT FORMS.)
used in the upper grades where it has been a hin-
drance instead of an aid. Where none is used, how-
ever, pupils are apt to be more careless, and it is
more difficult for them to make letters of proper
proportions and is therefore more difficult to write
a uniform hand. Use pen and ink, and where copy-
books are used they may be introduced the second
year.
Jllovemenl.
Teachers of penmanship who are not teaching
young children and inexperienced teachers are very
apt to advocate the use of muscular or forearm
movement for all grades, and make it the most im-
portant part of the work. As a rule, teachers who
have had a few years' experience in teaching young
children believe that the study of form is the most
important part of the work, and that the finger
movement is the principal one to be used. If proper
position and pen holding are maintained, and the
forms thoroughly learned, when children become
old enough and large enough to use the forearm
movement they will not have everything to do over
again, as is sometimes stated.
Some I'aulli) That Creep In.
After a few months of writing the vertical style
there will be a tendency to make the turns too broad
and the upward strokes too straight. This will be
true, especially, if the emphasizing of certain points
that were necessary at first has been continued.
In the third article, the mistake of making too nar
row turns and too slanting upward strokes was
spoken of. If broad turns are emphasized too much,
and they are apt to be, the writing will begin to
appear like the first words in the incorrect forms.
When the turns are too broad the upward strokes
must be placed in a vertical position in order to
prevent the letters from being too tar apart and the
writing of a sprawling hand. If upward strokes are
vertical the writing will have either a square,
blocky appearance or there will be a tendency to a
backhand. If we begin the loop letters on the base
line and make upward strokes vertical, as shown
in the incorrect forms, it will be impossible to pro-
duce vertical letters. Avoid the extremes shown
by the word nnie by sloping the upward strokes a
little to the right and by making medium instead of
either the broad or narrow turns.
The lesson this month consists of four capital let-
ters and sentences. The first part of H and K is
the same as first part of M and JV and some of the
other letters. The second stroke in H is curved
slightly. Fmish the letter so it can be joined
to a letter following it. This latter is usually the
most difficult part of the letter for children. The
second form of H can be easily learned after mak-
ing F and T, but it is not believed to be as practical
as the first. The most simple form of A' is where
the second downward stroke is a simple instead of
a compound curve. The small loop in the middle
is in a horizontal position. The compound curves in
F and T make them more difficult for young chil-
dren th.an many of the other letters. The tendency
will be' to curve the top part and the downward
stroke too much. The sentences will illustrate
what has been said in regard to the slant of the up-
ward strokes, the turns between the letters, and the
general proportion of the letters.
Drawing in the New York Schools.
Representatives of the Fine Arts Federation appeared
before the Committee on Instruction of the Board of
Education to ask that they be allowed a I'oice in
the appointment of the supervisor of drawing m
the public schools. The federation includes the Na-
tional Academy of Design, the National Sculpture So-
ciety, the Architectural League, the New York Chapter
of the American Institute of Architects, the Suciely
of Beaux Arts Architects and the Municipal Art Society.
The board has concludB.1 that a supervisor of drawing is
needed, and also supervisors of singing, one man and one
woman. Frank Damrosch, a brother of Walter Dam-
roach, is a candidate for supervisor of singing. Both sub-
jects will be considered by the board at its meeting to-
day. The report ol the committee having in charge the
course of instruction for high schools will also be dis-
cussed.
LESSONS IN DRAWING.
BY \. 0. WEBB, SUPERVISOR OF DRAWING, NASHVILLE,
TENN. ASSOCIATE AUTHOR OF "PRACTICAL DRAW-
ING."
>'iiniber 5.
Itraieing in Biglier riinmmar Grades.
No course of stuay can be planned which will be
suitable for all schools. Work which in one school
or system of schools would be adapted to fifth year
pupils might in others be too diiUcult for seventh or
eight grades.
The environments and previous instruction of
children should in a large measure determine the
character of the work given. While all may be
taughc the same fundamental principles of drawing,
different localities will require different applica-
tions. A course of study in drawing meeting every
requirement in one of the manufacturing cities of
Rhode Island or Massachusetts would, if trans-
planted to Mossy Creek, Pa., or Prairie City,
Texas, be as much out of place as a silk spinner in a
coal mine or a glass blower in a cornfield.
Don't teach anybody's "System of Drawing,"
89
held horizontally on a level with the eye appears
like a horizontal straight line, and by raising or
lowering it it appears as an ellipse of varying pro-
portions. To awaken this first impression of the ap-
pearance of objects is the most important work of a
teacher, and nothing but a great amount of actual
experiment on the part of teacher and pupil will se-
cure this desirable result.
Children should be encouraged to make sketches
of simple objects which they may find at home or
elsewhere. Boxes, baskets, vases, vegetables, leaves,
flowers, sprigs of foliage — in fact, anything of a
sitnple nature may be studied and drawn to the edu-
cational advancement of the child. The stump of an
old tree or the corner of a woodshed may furnish
more interesting and instructive material for a class
of children than all the reproductions of Byzantine
ornaments which could be crowded into a twenty-
four-page drawing book.
Working drawings should not be studied in con-
nection with free hand perspective for various
reasons. The first is that in the latter no work
should be done by using any mechanical means, de-
pending on the eye alone tor form, while in the
DRAWING BY G. W. WALLACE, FAIR OAKS, CAL.
What Prompted It.
" Himmel I " exclaimed the coroner, '■ somebody schtole
mine bottle of ink ! "
And he started on a wild hunt about the office tor it
It was this which prompted the City Hall reporter to
remark :
" This is what 1 call a genuine coroner s ink quest."
teach drawing. Use any books you like or nobody's
if you prefer, give the children under your charge
what they need regardless of where you get it, and
you will be teaching the best system of drawing in
the world. The poor work done in penmanship and
drawing in many of our schools is the direct results
of following some one's system whose plan is as far
removed from the needs of the school as is the
author from that particular locality.
Pempecttve Drawing,
A great many teachers approach this subject with
fear and trembling, with a confused idea of station
points, picture planes, vanishing points, foreshort-
ened surfaces, visual rays and other like technical
terms rising before thena.
Stripped of all technicalities Perspective drawing
is the representation of objects as they appear to the
eye, and children should be taught to distinguish
between the appearance and the facts of objects.
The difference can best be illustrated by using simple
geometric forms, and the whole matter may be
summed up in the general statement that the further
from the eye of the observer any object or part is
removed the smaller it appears. Pupils should be
led to see this, not merely taught such is true. By
holding a book horizontally in front of and a little
below the eye, pupils can readily see that the back
edge appears shorter than the corresponding front
edge and that the upper surface appears much nar-
rower from front to back than it really is. A hoop
former everything should be done by the aid of
mechanical tools, depending tipon the eye for nothing.
If there is a teacher who can instruct a class of fifth
or sixth year children one month in drawing, using
rulers and compasses, and get absolutely free hand
work in pictorial drawing, the following month his
power of discipline is greatly above that of the aver-
age. The confusion of ideas which naturally results
from the study of two lines of work so very differ-
ent, produces some very startling effects when an
object is placed before a class to be sketched. One
half of the drawing may be made according to per-
spective principals and the rest according to methods
followed in working drawings. There is no relation
between the two branches except in the fact that in
both lines are used to limit surface and represent
edges. By letting the subject of working drawings
follow a thorough drill in the appearance of objects,
much of the difficulty which has attended the teach -
ing of these two widely different lines of drawing
together through several years will be avoided.
The best results of a teacher's labor are never ex-
hibited. The prize drawings or compositions hung
on the walls at public exhibitions never represent
the best work of the teacher. Frequently the work
shown is the work of a child who would have done
good work under any circumstances.
When a teacher takes charge of a faint, half-
starved, almost shriveled germ with but a speck of
life, and by watchful care and kindness gradually
90
brings it into the light and sees it develop into a
reasonably healthy plant, she has done her best
work, though it is never exliibited.
i.yenm/iAliQ^tt'Qj^datruLlP
Training the YounK Idea.
One cannot be surprised at the slow progress of educa-
tion in certain parts of , where a visitor to that
BUSINESS TERMS; "TWO OFF-TEN DAYS."
Stftte recently heard a rural school teacher say to his
pupils :
" Come, come, youug'iia?, can't you set up a little more
urecter 't "
And when a tardy pupil came in and lett the door
slightly ajar, the teacher said sharply :
" You go back and shev that there door tihet ! " after
which he said, apologetically, to the visitor ;
" 1 try to learn 'em manners, but it's derned uphill
work."— //a77)cr's Bazai:
Recent Public School Book Adoptions.
Shayior's Vertical Round Hand Writing.— Beardstown. 111.
Univ. Pub. Co. Series of Copy-Books.- Etowah Co., Ala.
American Vertical Copy-Books.— Long Island City. N. Y.
Spancurian Vertical Copy-Books.— Peekskill, N. Y.
Drawing,
Cross' Drawin-.— Beardstown, 111.
Commercial.
Shaw's Business Forms and Elements.— Etowah Co., Ala.
Penmanship in the Public 5chools.
BY ('. C. AUSnERMAN, BOONE, IOWA.
It Is astonishing that in this enlightened age, when all
other branches of education have made such rapid strides,
both as regards development in themselves and methods
of instruction, penmanship has been, comparatively
speaking, almost entirely neglected ; and in the vast
majority of our public schools it actually receives less at-
teution than it did fifteen or twenty years ago. It is dif-
END PIECE, BY GEO. L. FUNNKLL. BRIDGEPORT, CONN.
flcult to account for this neglect, but the most plausible
explanation is, the people have been beguiled into easy
acquiescence by an unprincipled set of so-called edu-
cators who fastened the vicious copy-book system upon
the public schools, and because of their monopoly in fur-
nishing the copy-books stoutly resisted any innovation
that might lessen the golden stream pouring into their
capacious pockets.
Upon the pretense of advancement in education the
copy-book was introduced into the public schotds. and as
it gave the teacher less work by saving him the'ti-ouble
of setting copies, and as the perfectly engraved copies
were supposed to be a great improvement, the people
were soon lulled into the innocent belief that something
had been accomplished. Truly, something was accomp-
lished. The cold, dead copies which the pupils were
taught to draw (if ever taught), and which they uev,r
saw equalled or even approached in actual writing, by
reflex action deadened all their efforts and never pro-
duced a practical handwriting since they were invented
This may seem like a broad assertion, but we defy any
one to show us a practical handwriting learned from the
copy book.
Thus the pupil was worse off than before. Formerly
there was some effort made to teach writing, and the
live copy presented by the teacher was an incentive to
the pupil, and there were really many fine penmen among
our ancestors, though their penmanship would not stand
the test of rapidity so essential in these modern times in
the business world.
After considerable experience and observation in the
public schools, business colleges and actual business life,
and a full opportunity for comparing methods and re-
sults and the needs and requisites for business writing,
we feel justified in applying the term vicious to a system
of penmanship which produces such disastrous resultB.
It is now in order to specify these results, or charges,
which, however, upon refiection, are apparent to an in-
telligent observer.
The rule has been to place the copybook into the hands
of the pupit with little or no instruction, and for the rest
of his school life, ten or fifteen years, he struggled hope,
lessly on in a vain effort to learn to write. It is well
known that the great majorty ot the pupils turned out
from the public schools in the past could write (?) noth-
ing but a miserable scrawl. So notorious in this fact
that among certain educated classes the worst combina-
tion of undecipherable hieroglyphics is considered a sign
of culture, aud " the worse the better." This is deplor-
able. Wheu such an important brauch of education has
thus degenerated when it ought to have improved, evi-
dently something is radically wrong. The shades of
Thomas Jefferson and John Hancock must grieve to see
such a state of affairs.
The little instruction that might be given consisted
priucipally of an injunction not to write too fast, and if,
perchance, a pupil learned to draw a good form, the
speed would make a snail swell with pride at his vast su-
periority of motion. A case in point which came under
our own observation was that of a young lady who,
though she made a good form, wrote at the breack-neck
speed of two aud three lines in twenty minutes. After
learning to draw thus, were rapidity attempted the form
would disappear more quickly than a haystack before a
Kansas cyclone, and such a handwriting is absolutely
worthless for business.
While by some of the old methods little or no teaching
is done, on the other hand an attempt has been made to
give the subject special attention by placing a textbook
in the hands of the pupil. If the former method is vi-
cious this would be classified as incorrigible. In conver-
sation with a victim quite recently our opinions were
fully corroborated, and indeed the actual facts were
worse than we had anticipated, for, as he said, the pupils
were given more theory than practice. Yet the authors
and promoters of such a method have the audacity to
style themselves educators. What consummate presump-
tion !
But the chains of bondage have at last been burst
asunder, and some of our schools, more especially in the
cities, have taken advantage of the opportunity and
adopted a system commensurate with the advancement
of civilization and adapted to the requirements of mod-
ern business, while the great majority, benumbed almost
into insensibility by the shackles of the old methods, have
as yet made no effort toward improvement, but are drag-
ging wearily along, apparently unconscious of the fact
that we are on the threshold of the twentieth century.
The business colleges, however, are far in the van, and
have, almost without exception, adopted the modern
system of rapid writing. They are in close touch with the
business world, well acquainted with its needs, and they
W3uld nob dare teach the old slow methods any longer.
They are accomplishing a wonderful work in this line, for
which they are not given due credit, but in a few years,
when our educational system, in all its ramifications,
shall have followed their example, which they must, and
there are special teachers of penmanship for all the
schools, which the business colleges will be called upon
to furnish, thus making them a more important factor in
public education, then will they be looked upon as the
pioneers in the most important educational reform of the
century.
A large number of our literary colleges have also aban-
doned this soon to-be fossiliferous educational remnant
and adopted the modern system, and their number is rap-
idly increasing every year, as is indicated by the increas-
ing demand for special teachers of penmanship. The pub-
lic schools will be the last to profit by this reform, but
better late than never.
It is not our intention to give a full description of our
system, as the limits of this article will not permit, but
shall merely give a hint. The most radical difference be-
tween this and the old methods is speed, and may be
termed the foundation of our magnificent structure. We
teach rapid speed from the beginning, which we keep up
throughout the course, and is to the old method as an ex-
press train is to a lumber wagon. Another radical de-
parture is the movement, which we call muscular or fore-
arm, consisting of the hand and forearm moving as a
whole on the muscles between the elbow and wrist, with
the tips of the third and fourth fingers sliding over the
paper and describing the same motion as the point of the
pen. This, however, is not as important as the speed as
regards teaching, tor it is claimed by some penmen, with
verv good reason, that the movement will be a necesiary
result if the proper speed is maintained. But the move-
ment must be acqured at any rate.
Special emphasis is given to the importance of keeping
up the speed from the beginning, for, though a good form
cannot be expected at first, or until the proper correla-
tion is established between the hand and brain, it is tound
by experience that the form will be acquired much sooner
than with a slow motion, and the speed learned at the
same time makes such a handwriting infinitely more
practical and valuable than one obtained by the old, la-
borious methods. We also use a very simple yet com-
prehensive analysis, but do not attach very much impor-
tance to this feature. The pupil's time is too precious to
be wasted in unnecessary theory. Example is better
than precept.
For a time this sj'stem was thought to be, even by its
supporters, not practical for children, but experience has
amply demonstrated that it is as well suited to them as
to older pupils. It is absurd to teach children one system
at first, then later compel them to learn another. An
old educator being showu specimens of writing from a
class of children of eight to twelve years of age, was per-
fectly astonished and could scarcely believe such results
were possible; he had never seen the like before. And, in-
PEN DRAWING, BY FRED. P. MENTZER, LANCASTER, PA.
deed, it is not possible to produce such results by any
other method.
So there is every reason for adopting this modem sys-
tem, as the old copy-book methods have not one single re-
deeming feature. We confidently assert, without fear of
successful contradiction, that the average pupil will learn
to write better and more rapidly in six months by our
system than he can in ten years by the old methods.
Speed the day of emancipation.
The Cow's Moo.
A very small girl was learning to write. Her teacher
ruled the slate and set her '* copies," and Lucy took great
pains with the pot-hooks 'and [round o's with which she
began. One day the teacher set down something new for
Lucy to copy — M-o-o, Moo.
" What is it ? " asked Lucy with a puzzled look.
" That is ' Moo.' The noise a cow makes, Lucy. See,
it is made up of pot-hooks and round o's, just what you
have been learning on.*'
So Lucy sat down and prepared to copy '* Moo." But
she did it in a queer way. She made an M at the be-
ginning of each line, and followed each M with a whole
string of o's all across the slate, like this, Mooooo.
" But that isn't right, Lucy," said the teacher, when
the little girl showed her the slate. " You must copy the
word as 1 have written it. So— Moo."
Lucy looked at her teacher's copy, and then at her own
attempts, and then she shook her head decidedly.
" Well, 1 think mine is right, Miss Jones," she said,
" for 1 never saw a cow that gave such a short ' Moo ' as
you wrote down ! ""^ -^Exchange.
SIGNATURE OF A BOSTON FIRM. WHO CAN TRANSLATE IT?
iBJi^tS^&iOTaW Q-^^Q^at^/z^
XVII
NEWS AND MISCELLANY SUPPLEMENT.
PENMAN'S ART JOURNAL,
NEW YORK, MAY, 1897.
NEWS EDITION.
-fff'Tr'vja ■- m
til '" l»iyt B£WCWS.Q
School and Personal.
— Recent Journal office visitors were : D. E. Johnson,
Troy, N. Y., B. C. ; W. N. Simpson, Baker Univ., Bald-
win, Kans. ; Sebastian Speer, New York ; Mr. and Mrs.
E. E. Cliilds, Childs B. C, Springfield, Mass. • Geo. A.
Jewett, Duplex Tvpewriter Co , Des Moines, la. ; Mi&s
Rose A. Dagan, Special Teacher of Penmanship in Sub-
urban Schools, Bangor, Me. ; Frank B. Rutherford,
Gregg Shorthand School, New York ■ S. C. Williams,
Rjchester, N. Y., B. U. ; E. E. Ferris, Eagan's School of
Bus., Boboken, N. J. • F. O. Strong, Hoke Engraving
Co., St. Louis, Mo. ; S. A. Phillippy, Coleman's B. C,
Newark, N. J. ; N. H. Prouty, International Ci-rrespond-
ence S;hool, Scranton, Pa., H. A. Spencer, New York.
— New schools lately brought to The Journal's notice
are the following: Coll. St. Frmcois Xavier, L'lslet P.
Q , Bro. Maximien, pen. ; Com'l dept. Buffalo Gap, Tex.,
Coll , Perry Thompson. Prin. Lockyear's B. C, Evans-
ville, Ind., M. H. Lockyear, Prin. and Prop. Batb, N.
Y„ B. C, A. J. Warner, Prop., D. E. Waltman, Prin.
Porter's B. C, Ozark, Ala., J. E. Porter, Prin.
Gloucester, Mass., B. U., E. L. Glick, Prin. and Prop.
LiMle Falls. N. Y., Bus. School, H. J. McShea, Prin.
Mott's B. U., Tonawanda, N. Y., W. Miller, Prin.
Mahan's Com'l Coll., Denison, Texas, W. W. Macbeth,
Prin. ; Montcalm School, Montreal, Canada.
— Glaze & Reynolds are the new principals of the Dal-
las City, 111., B. C. Berkey & Dyke have disposed of
tbetr school at Elyria, O., to J. L. Elicker. O. E.
Ofstad has consolidated his penmanship dept., in the S.
E. Olson Co 's Dept. Store, with the Minneapolis Writing
School and Coll. of Pen Art, with office, "250 Syndicate
Arcade, Minneapolis, Minn. The bus. dept. of the
Yarmouth, N. S., B. C. is closed on account of the sud-
den death of the prin., J. N. Walsh ; Mrs. Georgia A. C.
Walsh, the late principal's widow, is conducting the
shorthand dept.
— Porter's B. C, Valdosta, Ga. ; the com'l dept. of
Friendship Acdy. and Union Free School, Friendship, N.
" Arkadelphia. Ark., B. C. ; Moorland's B. C, Little
— The Christian Endeamri-r. published at Chicago,
in a late issue gives a column write up to the Los
Angeles, Cal., B. C, and is particularly complimentary
on the work done by E. R. Shrader, Pres., E K. Isaacs,
Vlce-Pres., I. N. Inskeep, Secy , and Ellis Le Master,
Asst. Mgr. bus. practice dept.
— Clarence E. Spayd, the well-known author of " Les-
sons in Penmanship" and also "Complete Manual of
Commercial Penmanship," who has been a liberal con-
tributor on the subject of business writing, is now the
editor of the Dailij Star Independent at Harrisburg. Pa.
B.e has entered the broad and useful field of journalism,
but enjoys the reputation of preparing copy which can
be read without the aid of an interpreter. Editors, as a
rule, write a miserable scrawl, but Mr. Spayd's easy-
running hand must be a delight to the compositors who
set his "copy." He was a success as a teacher 'of pen-
manship and as an author, and as an editor he has dis-
played exceptional skill and still keeps in touch with the
artists of the quill by being a regular reader of The
Penman's Art Journal, which, he says, is one of the
most interesting of the hundreds of papers he reads.
— E. T. Martin is prin., E. L. Martin teacher of pen-
manship, E. T. and E. L. Martin and C. A. McFadden
teachers of com'l branches, Mrs. R. S. Lundy teacher of
shorthand, in the Ga.-Ala. B. C, Macon, Ga.
— The leading article on the front page of the Lowell,
Mass., Sun, April 5th, was entitled, " Edison's Star Invisi-
ble," and was written by T. M. Graves, the well-known
penman of that city. There is a portrait or Mr. Graves
and a large engraving showing him searching the heavens
through his fine six-inch telescope. The phases of Venus
are also illustrated and the article is decidedly interest-
ing throughout.
— W. J. Amos, Prin. Com'l Dept. Merrill Coll., Stam-
ford, Conn., has favored us with an invitation to the
annual reception of the Alumni Assoc, on Friday eve ,
April 30th, in the Town Hall. Local papers speak of it
as having been a very enjoyable event.
— J. F. Fish, Secy, of the Spencerian B. C, Louisville,
Ky., has been ill with nervous prostration for some time
past. A letter from Mrs. Pish, informing us of this fact
was received some weeks ago, and we intended to make
mention of it in the April number, but the memorandum
was mislaid. Mr. Fish's many friends hope for his speedy
recovery. ^
— While The Journal's managing editor was in New
Orieans lately, where he had been called to give testi-
mony in a case of disputed handwriting in the courts he
had the pleasure of visiting Soule's Com'l Coll Col
Soule and his enterprising sons are giving New Orieans a
high-grade commercial and English training school and
we found on every hand evidences that the good people
of New Orleans appreciated their efforts. Any one who
completes a course m this instituiton gets an all round
business trainirg that fits for any place in the mercantile
world. We are under obligations to the Messrs. Soule
for their kindness to us during our brief sojourn in the
" Crescent City."
J. B. McKay, Prin. and Prop. Kingston, Ont., B. C,
writes a vertical style that is as plain as print, evidently
easily written. The appearance of the writing indicates
a (air degree of speed. It is a model vertical hand. Ac-
companying a club of twenty-nine names, he writes : " 1
am very sorry 1 cannot send you a larger list this time,
not only for your sake, but for the sake ot those who miss
the many good things in The Journal."
— E. F. Fisher, Prin. Com'l Dept. Charles City, la.,
Coll., in a letter accompanying a list of subs., writes :
" School matters are prosperous with us this year. In
attendance, thus far, we are over 40 per cent, over last
year's total in Bus. Dept. and prospects still brighten.
Shall continue a friend ot your Journal."
— The Journal's managing editor is under obligations
to G. W. Harman, the well-known penman and president
of the Western Penmen's Association, for courtesies ex
tended during a recent visit to New Orleans. Under Mr.
Barman's guidance he saw much of the city. Nothing
at Mr. Barman's disposal was too good for The Journal
editor.
— In a late letter received from Bro. Baldwin Direc-
tor St. Patrick's Com'l. Acdy., Chicago, 111., a Journal
subscriber writes : " Ours is a strictly com'l school. It is
second to none in the city. Our plans ot conducting it
are similar in every respect to the best bus. schools, east
and west. We have now sm pupils, representing all por-
tions of the city and many coming from a distance of 2.5
miles."
— A photograph of L. J. Egelston, the well-known
penman of Perry B. C, Rutland, Vt., has been added to
our collection. In this connection we would state that
we would be glad to have photographs of all school pro-
prietors and teachers for our portrait file.
— While passing through Montgomery, Ala., recently,
The Journal's managing editor stopped over to visit
relatives, and took occasion to call at the Massey B C as
well. He found C. F. Beutel, the well known penman
and com'l teacher, a courteous gentleman, in charge of a
well appointed institution. Messrs. R. W. Massey and C.
F. Beutel are to be congratulated on the success they
have made of this institution.
— A most flattering notice of the Lexington B. C ap-
peared in a recent number ot the Lexington, Mo Intelli-
lieneer. The prop,, L. P. Myers, is given high praise lor
the manner in which he has built up and conducted the
school. Particular attention is called to his enterprising
advertising.
— G. A. Swayze, prin. com'l. dept. Grove City, Pa.,
Coll., keeps adding to his clubbing list for The Journal
right along. In explanation ot this he states that the
coll. is increasing in attendance. At the present time
there is an enrollment of Wi.
— C. K. Urner, Prin. Columbia Coll. of Com Wash-
ington, D. C, in a letter inclosing .Ji.oo for some back
numbers of The Journal, writes : " No school man
should regret a dollar or two spent for the back numbers
of The Journal to scatter among his students."
— C. W. Jones, penman in the Woonsocket, RIB
U., writes that the nevr school opens with a large' at-
tendance.
Twenty years ago, at the age ot twenty, the owner
of this face first taught writing. Be believes in knowing
"everything about something, and something about
everything." Be teaches penmanship, bookkeeping
shorthand and German, specially, and other things in-
cidentally. He.is.a man of ideas and will cheerfully ex-
change the privilege of
calling him a erank with
those who will allow him
the pleasure of turning
good things. He is so
old fashioned that he
takes Christianity as the
basis ot pedagogy, and
uses them both in his
business. He, too. was
poor, was a farm hand,
and chored and jani-
tored through school ;
here, however, the com-
parison ceases : he feels
much more worthless
now than he did at the
memorable moment ot
I. HOWARD B»i.Dwi», graduatioH, and hopes
It is a case with him
where a little education
intoxicates, while more sobers. He feels that the true
use ot schools and teachers is to teach pupils to educate
themselves. At an early period in life he was a boy :
which fact accounts tor his present knowledge of boys
and his ability to do something else in a large class than
merely to keep order. He is not in the habit of wander-
ing about a large writing class like a frightened sheep in
a thunderstorm, giving desultory information to the tew
at the expense of the many, but, as it were, resolves
them into a committee of one, and, by teaching them as
one, he succeeds in not only teaching writing, but also
in teaching to write. He attended private, common and
graded schools ; Ohio Normal University, Rufk School of
Elocution, Spencerian Business College, Cleveland, O.,
and Detroit Business Univeisity. He taught writing
classes, was penman in Ohio Norrnal University, Prin. of
High School Business Course and Supervisor of Writing,
Mt. ■Vernon, O, ; taught writing in Detroit B. U., had two
commercial schools of his own, was Prin. ol Shorthand
Department and teacher of penmanship and German in
Clark B. C, Lockport, N. Y. ; and, for the sake of Wil-
liams &- Rogers, Bookkeeping and Business Practice in
particular, and greater efficiency in general, he is now a
school hoy again in the Rochester B. U. The Journal's
managing editor had the pleasure of rubbing up against
Mr. Baldwin at the Columbus meeting of the Western
Penmen s Association and found him a manysided man
full of good ideas, who knew what he wanted and how
best to get it. We wish the profession had more teachers
like him.
— W. D. Showalter, formerly editor and prop, of the
Pen Art Herald, Cleveland, O,, and for many years a
well-known professional penman, drifted into daily news-
paper work several years ago and now holds the respon.
sible and lucrative position of exchange editor and news
idea originator tor the New York Journal. Mr. Showalter
has made a hit in the newspaper field and his many
friends in the profession will be glad to hear it. He made
The Journal a pleasant call lately.
— Two southern schools are using considerable ink,
paper, time and postage in getting our circulars, making
charges and replying to charges about who furnished the
most positions tor the students of their respective schools.
— L. W. Hallett, the old-time penman, is still con-
nected with the school ot com., Elmira, N. Y., but he
lives at Millerton, Pa , ten miles from Elmira. He has
lately been suffering from bronchial trouble, but has
nearly recovered. Some recent specimens ot his work
show that he retains his former skill.
— The Supreme Court ot Louisiana has sustained a de-
cision of the lower court favorable to Col. Geo. Soule in a
suit brought against him by the prin. ot another business
school in that city tor libel. Col. Soule issued a circular
answering the claims made by the other school and quoted
liberally from the advertisements of his rival. The Su-
preme Court decided that as the opposition school by its
advertising had given its competitors a chance to reply,
and as Col. Soule had not mentioned the opposition
school by name, and furthermore had made out his case
principally through quotations from the opponent's own
advertising, that there was no cause for action. This
decision will prove of interest to many commercial school
proprietors.
Morrments of the Teaehera.
W. K. Klugh, Dillsburg, Pa., is the new teacher of
short, in the Plainfleld, N. J., B. C. Arryd Peters is
teacher of draw, in the Columbia B. C, Paterson, N. J.
M. McLachlan and Mrs. Lottie English are teachers
of com'l branches, Herman Everitt, short., in the Mo
Lachlan B. U., Grand Rapids, Mich. J. F. Klingen-
the Grand Rapids,
smith is teacher ot com'l branches
Mich., B. C. Harvey Hankee is connected with Woods
' Allentown, Pa, Will H. Morley
American B,
teacher ot penmanship
West. Ill, Nor. School &Bu8
Inst., Macomb, 111, J. G. Little is prin., J. H. .Smith
te:icher oC pen., draw,, com'l branches and short, in the
Ridgetown, Ont., Coll. Inst. R. A. Patterson is prin.,
J. A. Edmiston teacher of pen , draw, and com'] branches
in the Perth, Ont., Coll. Inst. D. Crowley is conduct-
ing writing classes in various Iowa towns. D. H
Hunter is prin., E. C. Sprigley teacher of pen., draw
com'l branches and short, in the Woodstock, Ont., Coli'
Inst. Mrs. Mae A. Corbett of Lincoln. Nebr., is teacher
ot pen. and com'l branches in the Globe B. C, St. Paul
Minn. A. Dix is teacher of draw, and com'l branches
in the Cap. City C. C, Salt Lake City, Utah. W. J
Musser, late prop, of the Washington, Pa , B. C, is novv
local manager of the Smith Premier Tvpewriter Co
Buffalo. N. Y. Mrs. F. M. Wallace, formerly of the
W. N. C, Shenandoah, la., is now receiving her mail at
La Junta, Colo. V. P. Baugh is teacher of pen. in St
Mary's School, Dayton, O. J. M. Reaser, brother of
H. G. Reaser, the well-known penman, is prin. of the
Dover, N. J., 9. C. James McNaughton is prin. and
teacher of com'l branches in the Arizona Territorial Nor
School, Tempe, Ariz., Miss Kate B. Griswold teacher of
pen. and draw., and P. M. Irish teacher ot com'l
branches, Messrs. J. H. Grafton. W. E. White, J. W
Bradshaw, C. H. Allard, L. B. McKenna are teachers of
com'l branches and J. E. Gill and Miss Jesamine Brown
teachers of short, in the Gem City B. C, Quincy, 111.
Misses Jeanette Burkhead and Kate Pebbles are teaching
writing classes throughout Iowa. C. Clarkson. B.A
is prin., R. C. Cheswright teacher of draw., H. S. Robert-
son, B. A., teacher of com'l branches in the Seaforth
Ont., Coll. Inst. Bro. Denis is prin,. Bro. Mark teacher
ot pen. and com'l branches, Bro. Cyril teacher ot draw
and short, in the Christian Bros.' Acad., 35 St. Margaret
St,, Montreal, Can. Bro. Damien is prin., Bro. Abdon
teacher ot pen. and draw., Bro. John of com'l branches in
Christian Bros.' Acad., St. Henry Montreal, Can, O. J
Arness is teacher ot pen. in the Minn, School of Bus.,'
and in the Y. M. C. A. Evening School, Minneapolis!
Minn, Bro. Ostian is prin. and teacher ot com'l
branches, Bro. Theodoris teacher ot pen., draw, and
short, in the Christian Bros.' Acad., St. Gregorie, Nicolet
P. Q , Can. Bro. Mathias is prin., Bro. Majorin teacher
ot pen., Bro. Gordian teacher of draw, and Bro. Martinian
teacher of short, in St. Joseph's School, 141 St. Martin
St . Montreal, Can. 1. B Downs has resigned his posi-
tion in Greer Coll., Hoopeston, HI., and has embarked in
real estate business. Bro. Austin is prin. and teacher
ot pen. and com'l branches Bro. Mellvnus teacher of
short., in the St. Lawrence Coll., Montreal, Can. Bro
Modestus is prin., Bro. James teacher of pen , com'l and
short, branches in St. Patrick's School, Montreal, Can.
Bro, Richarius is prin . Bro Edward teacher of pen
Bro. Richards teacher of com'l branches and Bro D
Joseph teacher ot short, in St. James' School, Montreal
Can, Bro. Philadelphius is prin., Bro. Parisius teacher
ot pen. and com'l branches, Bro. Basilian teacher of
short, in the Sacred Heart Coll., Plessis St., Montreal,
Can. Bro. Optntian is teacher ot draw, in St. Law-
rence, St. James, St. Patrick's and Sacred Heart Col\
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Montreal, Can. E. S. Hewen, formerly connected with
Little Rock, Ark., C. (J., ib organizing writing classes
throaghout Ark. F. E. Pond, late stadeot of W. N.
C, Shenandoah, la., is a new teacher in Meux's B. C,
Pensacola, Fla. Bro. Andrew is prin., Bro. Osmund
teacher of pen., short, and com'l branches in St.
Bridget's Coll., Montreal, Can. Bro. Servilian is prin.,
Bro. Odenwaldus teacher ot pen. and cora'l branches,
Bro. Hosea teacher ot draw, and Bro. Paul of Bhort. in
St. Cunegonde Coll , Montreal, Can. Bro. Symphoriam
is prin., Bro. (). Leo teacher of pea., Bro. Alfred teacher
of draw., Bro. Orestus teacher of com'l branches, Bro.
Eugene teacher of short, in Mt. St. Louis Inst., Montreal,
Can. D. E. Johnson, formerly of Pottsville, Pa,, is
now connected with Ihe Troy. N. Y., B. C. E. M.
Wade, late of Plainfield, N. J., B. C, is the new teacher
in the Pa. B. C, Lancaster. Pa. Bro. Macarius is
prin,, Bro. Optatius teacher of pen. and short., Bro.
Wilfrid teacher of draw., Bro. M. Joseph teacher of
com'l branches in Ihe Lachine, P. Q., Coll. Sam Evans,
formerly of SpringBeld, Mo., Nor. School, and Wilming-
ton, N. C, C. C, is now at his home in Williamstown,
Ky. M. Van Osterloo, late pupil and assistant of L. M.
Kelchner, N. 1. N. S., Dixon, 111., is the new teacher of
pen. and com'l branches in Ft. Worth, Ark., B. C. J.
C. Bowser, the well-known com'l teacher, is now receiv-
ing his mail at I2:i W. '2nd St., Columbus, (). He has gone
out of business college work and engaged in mercantile
business. Frank F. Musrush, late of Perry, la., is now
priu. of public t-chools, Chauncey, 111. Eiuest W,
Covell, teacher in tiie Clinton Liberal Inst., Ft. Plain, N.
Y., recently had a very severe attack of pneumonia.
MiBS Lucy M. Ra.ymond of Boscawen, N. H., is new
teacher of short, in the Lebanon, Pa., B. C. R. C.
Metcalte has been transferred from Wood's B. C , Ash-
land, Pa , to Wood's B. C, Hazleton, Pa. ». H. Pal-
mer, formerly of (Jak Level, Ala., is now receiving bis
mail at Spartansburg, S. C. W. F. Gray has resigned
his place in the Monmouth, 111., B. C , and is now at
Qulncy, III.
QRANUy-DEAN.
At Schenectady, N. Y., on Sunday, Mar. 21st, Miss
Carrie Mae Dean was married to Ernest Lee Grandy. Mr.
Qraudy is principal ot the Cohoes, N. Y., School of Busi-
ness, and is a successful and popular young teacher. He
was formerly a commercial teacher in Iowa.
On Thursday, Apr. 15th, at the home of the bride's
parents, a) W. 13i)th St.. New York, Miss Laura Niven
Millspaugh was married to Mr. Robert Albert Kells. Mr.
Kells is teacher of penmanship and commercial branches
in theNew York B. C, 81 E. I'iStli .St., where he has been
tor several years. Before coming to New York he was
connected with the Central B. C, Toronto, Canada, and
other Canadian schools. He is a native of Canada.
Miss Mattie Cubbage was married to J. A. Elston on
Wednesday evening, Apr. Tth, at Canton, Mo. Mr.
Elston was formerly teacher of penmanship in the Can-
ton College and is conducting a mail order penmanship
business at present.
There was a pretty wedding last night at " Sylvan
Lawn," the home of Prof. Warren H. S.idler, Irvington
The bride was Miss Mamie Oeitrude Ellicott, niece of
Prof. Sadler and the groom was Mr. Robert A. Magill, of
Cincinnati, Ohio. Rev. Dr. A. H. Studebaker, pastor ot
the First English Lutheran Church, performed the cere-
mony. Mr. Fairman A, Sadler was the best man, and
Mrs. H. C. Reitz acted as maid of honor. The wedding
march was played on a remarkably sweet toned harp by
Prof. John A. Jules, who also played a solo during the
ceremony. The floral decorations were beautiful. The
bridal couple stood directly under the arch, while Rev
Dr. Studebaker stood in the library. Ou the piano there
were a dozen pots of blooming plants encircling a beauti
fully shadtd lamp. The decorations in the dining room,
where the weddmg dinner was served, were also very
pretty. It was arranged to be a quiet wedding, and tor
that reason only relatices and a few friends were present
'Ine bride was dressed in blue satin, covered with white
chittou, and trimmed with diamonds and pearls. Imme-
diately after the dinner, Mr, and Mrs. Magill left 'for
Cincinnati, where they will live. The groom has a
beautiful new suburban home there, called " Avondale "
The bride received many elegant presents, including a
handsome silver service from Prof, and Mrs. Sadler.—
lliiltuiKjiv Ami>nniii, April 30, 1897.
— The Joi-iiNAL desires to extend its heartiest con-
gratulations to these young people.
Oblluaru.
.1. I. OIVENS.
At Rnckport, Ohio, on Apr. Uth, occurred the death of
J. I. (Jiven^. assistant teacher in the High School at that
place. Mr. Givens succumbed to an attack of la grippe
He was a graduate ot Warren Wood B. G , W Va and
taught peumausliip in the Caton B. C, Cleveland Ohio
Some ot his work has appeared in The Journal. He was
born in West Virginia )Ui years ago.
CAPTAI.V CHARLTON H. HOWE.
The many friends ot Charlton V. Howe will be pained
to learn of the second great bereavement that has come
to hirn within a month. This time it is the death of his
father, Capt. Charlton H. Howe, which occurred on Apr
11th, at Quiucy, 111. Captain Howe was formerly edi-
tor and proprietor of the Xatiomil Ameiicaii. and as a
newspaper writer was well known in the West He
s.irved in the war with distinction, was an honored mem-
ber of the G. A. R., and his funeral was under the aus-
pices ot that Iwdy. For two terms he was a member of
the Missouri State Legislature, and from the obituary
notices in local papers we learn that he was a thorough
American citizen, greatly honored in the State in which
he lived.
JVcic Cntntogufs, School ,ronfnnlA, t-tc.
The Spenceri in B. C, Louisvi'le, Ky , and Evansrtlle
Iiid , has madrt a new venture and issues the IlVcA/i)
^^iciK'iTKiii. It is a small, fonr-page, two-column paper
Q^^CL^atAoS
*e/una/ia
and contains many personals and items of interest to
students and those "likely to become students of these well
known business schools.
— The National Xarmalile, with the sub title, " Expo-
nent of Independent Normalisra," published at Lebanon,
Ohio, is a quarterly journal edited by the teachers of
the National Normal University in that town. This
well known normal school, founded in 1855 by Alfred
Holbrook, is the parent of independent normals. The
Natiouaf Noniialife is a bright, eight-page journal and
contains many strong articles and much college news.
— " World's Fair Honors " is the title ot a new eight-
page brochure issued by Brown's Business College, Jack-
sonville, 111., and contains afuc-.'yirnile of the certificate
awarded Brown's Business Colleges, medals, etc. It is a
good piece of advertising.
— Isaac Pitman & Sons, 33 Union Square, N. Y., issue
Pitman's French Weekly — a humorous illustrated journal,
part French and part English. The object of the publi-
cation is to popularize the study of the French language
and literature.
— Well printed college journals have been received
from the following schools ; Heald's B. C, San Fran-
cisco, Cal. ; Eufaula, Ala., City Schools ; Virginia B. C,
Richmond, Va. ; Dover, N. J., Bus. Coll. ; Little Rock,
Ark., Com'l Coll. ; Bryant & Stratton B. C. Louisville,
Ky. ; Evansville, Ind., B. C, Steubenville, Ohio, B. C. ;
Smithdeal B. C, Richmond, Va.
— F. H. Shinn, proprietor ot the Muscatine, la., B. C,
evidently wants the name of his school in everybody's
mouth, as he uses wood tooth picks with the name ot his
school printed on them as an advertisement.
Fraternal Notes.
(Public School Depnr
at.)
— E. A. Boggs, teacher of penmanship in the West
Waterloo, la., schools in the Waterloo Academy, will
have charge ot the penmanship in the Waterloo Summer
School, which opens June 28th and continues for seven
weeks. This means that the teachers will have up-to-
date, rapid writing methods. W. E. Hanger, A.M., will
be superintendent of the school.
— L. B. Laweon is spreading good writing methods over
a large territory in the central West. He was lately at
Telluride, Colo., but has moved on to Ouray, Colo.
— J. O. Wise, supervisor of drawing, writing and book-
keeping in the Akron, O., public schools, does a great
deal of missionary work in his special lines outside of the
regular school work. We find his name on a programme
of the Round Table of Superintendents and Principals of
Western Pennsylvania and Eastern Ohio, held in War-
ren, O., Apr. 9th and 10th. His subject was, " What
time should be given to writing ? What System of writ-
ing should be taught?" Ou Friday evening, Apr. 16th,
he addressed an audience at an open meeting of the Book-
keepers' and Accountants' Association, Hammel's B. C,
Akron, O., ou the " Elements of Success." The Akron
Eeeninii Journal devotes a column ot space to a report
of this meeting and what Mr. Wise said. Both at the
Round Table and the Accountants' Association Mr. Wise
made hits and received many compliments on his ad-
dresses.
— From L. D. Scott, supervisor of writing in the pub-
lic schools, Memphis, Tei n., we received a nice list of
subscriptions to The Journal, with a request that bdl
be sent to the Board ot Education. This is a move in
the right direction. When the Board of Education see
the neces'ity of better writing and better methods in
the schools, they will take sufficient interest in' the mat-
ter to subscribe for papers to help the teachers along,
and good results may be looked for.
— F. S. Harroun is prin. and teacher of pen. of the
Yuma, Colo,, high school.
— N. W. Campbell is prin. and teacher ot pen., draw-
ing and com'l brancnes in the St. Thomas, Out , public
schools.
— W. N. Dardis is prin. and teacher of pen. ot the
Laird, Colo , public school.
— J. Urie is teacher of pen., drawing and com'l
branches of the Central public schools, St. Thomas, Out.
— H. A. Stewart is prin. teacher ot pen., drawing and
com'l branches in the Balaclava St. school, St. Thomas,
Ontario.
— M. Curr is priu. teacher ot pen., shorthand and
com 1 branches in the Myrtle St. school, St. Thomas,
Ontario.
— Supervisor of Penmanship Howard Champlin, ot the
Cincinnati, Ohio, public schools, has the following assist-
ants ; Mrs. Carrie P. Deliuer, Elizabeth Schott, Maggie
Delehanty, Maud A. Thomas.
Christine Snllivan is supervisor of drawing and has
the following assistants in the Cincinnati, Ohio, public
schools: Wm. Bogel. first assistant; Elsie Whitley,
Kate Whitley, Ella Bute, Jeanette Cist, Frank Strong,
Frances Kohukee.
— P- Perry is prin. and Miss Marv Sutherland teacher
ot pen. and drawing in the Fergus, Ontario, High School
— Miss Rose A. Dugan is special teacher of writing in
the suburban schools and Miss Mary Alexander in the
city schools, Bangor, Me.
. —A. H. Gibbard is prin, and R. P. McLaughlin
teacher of pen., drawing and com'l branches of the
Georgetown, Ontario, High School.
— W. M Walker is teacher of pen. in the schools of
Blackwood, S. C.
~,f*. W. Bright is prin. teacher ot pen., drawing and
com 1 branches of the Wiarton, Ontario, Public Schools.
— J. A. Snell. M.A., is prin. and teacher of ccm'l
branches in the Wiarton, Ontario, High School.
— ^'^■.E. Marsh, formerly of Helena, Mont., is now
located in Alliance, Ohio, where he is conducting a mail
order business, organizing method classes in writing for
public schools, and also classes in writing and drawing.
— W. A. Phillips is principal, H. J. Haviland teacher
of pen. and com'l branches of the Sistorial, Ontario,
High School.
— J. L. Zwickey has charge of 500 penmanship pupils
m the city schools, Storm Lake, Iowa, and is just com-
pleting his fourth year there. In a late letter, accom-
panying a list of subscriptions, he writes : " I am a
Canadian but not the exact cut of Mr. Newlands. I
instruct in all grades from the fourth up, and from my
own experience 1 write the lines contained in the article
'Vertical Writing' in a late issue of Miilland Sehools,
which I send you by this mail." We hope to q,uote
from the article in the Midland Sehools referred to, in an
early issue of The Journal.
— J. A. Hou-ston, A.M., is principal. Miss I. J. Beatty
teacher of pen. and com'l branches, W. P. Olds, B.A.,
teacher of drawing of the Smith Falls, Ont., High School.
— C. A. Bryant, a good writer, is prin. of the Williston,
N. Dak., public schools.
— D. McKay, B.A., is prin., R. Stuart teacher ot pen.,
drawing, com'l branches of the Alexandria, Ontario, High
School.
— Miss E. McGregor is prin. and teacher of pen., draw-
ng and com'l branches of the Maxville, Out., public
n'l branches i
B.A,
schools.
— W. W. Chalmers is teacher of i
Grand Rapids, Mich , public schools.
— Mr. Rowat is prin. and teacher of com'l branches in
the Simcoe, Ont,, public schools.
— Mr. J. G. Bogart is prin., teacher of pen., drawing,
shorthand and com'l branches in the Highgate, Ont.,
public school.
— J. G. Cameron is prin., teacher of pen., drawing and
com'l branches in the Thomasvile, Ont., public schools.
— From O. W. Nottingham, supervisor ot writing and
drawing. Van Wert, Ohio, we have received some photo-
graphs ot several excellent blackboard drawings made by
him. The work shows up nicely.
— A. McKenadree is priu,, teacher of pen., drawing,
com'l and shorthand branches in the Maspeth, Out., pub-
lic schools.
~ W. W. Jardi
teacher of pen., d
Ont., High School
— The subject of this sketch, Edward De Witt Snow,
was born July fi, 18tj7, at .Stannard's Corners, Allegheny
County, N. Y. He received his education m the public
schools, supplemented by academical and private instruc-
tion. In March, 1887,
he graduated from the
Rochester, N. Y., Bus.
Uni,, and in the fol-
lowing September ac-
cepted a position with
the Bryant & Stratton
Business College, St.
Louis. Mo. He re-
signed the following
year, and accepted a
position with Elliott's
Business College, Bur-
lington, la., where he
remained for three
years. Owing to poor
health he was obliged
to go to his home in
'■ "• >'^"'»'- Arkport, N. Y. As
. . , , soon as he was some-
what recovered he went on the road for a Chicago firm—
The National Merchandise Supply Co.— and continued in
Its employ tor neariy two years. Upon the completion
• of his contract with the Supply Co. he took charge ot a
set of books tor a Buffalo, N. Y., firm and continued in
the capacity of bookkeeper and oflSce manager till the
sutnmer of 1804, when, after a short vacation, he came to
Kutland, V t., to conduct the Commercial Department of
the public schools. This is his third vear here In addi-
tion to the Com'l Dept. he has hati, tor the past two
years, complete charge of the penmanship in the grades
On June 20, 189.5, Mr. Snow was most happily inarried
to Miss Mary Huribut, a most estimable lad'y of Ark-
•""J-. .V ^i ^"^ '"'^'' "^» strange fact to record that
while Mr. Snow is a Commercial teacher and penman,
he was not born on a farm. His father is a minister
Penmanship in Private Schools.
A hopeful sign of tlie times is the ever increasing
interest; in writing and clra\viDg by schools apart
from public, commercial and normal schools. A
few years ago the three classes of schools last named
absorbed about all of the attention give to this
branch by our educational institutions, but now the
private schools have fallen gracefully into line, and
we know hundreds of them where penmanship re-
ceives more thorough and more scientific attention
than in many special schools that are supposed to
make this subject a main feature of their curriculum .
Perhaps in no class of schools is the importance
of this branch realized more fully than in the Cath-
olic schools. The Journal has thousands of read-
ers in the Catholic schools throughout the United
States and Canada, and apparently there is no class
of its readers who more deeply appreciate its in-
struction or derive a greater benefit from it. We
have received hundreds of letters from teachers in
Catholic schools, voluntarily testifying to the help-
fulness of The Journal in their work, not only in
writing, but in drawing, lettering, designing, "en-
grossing and all phases of practical and ornamental
penmanship.
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seven: AMERICANS ABROAD.
BY CHARLES ROLLINSON, ONE OF THEM.
No. 5.
TOMB OF NAPOLEON.
Napoleon '8 Tomb was one of the things that we will
not Hoon forget. It is the grandest piece of work imagin-
able. Vou go iu the Palace of the Invalides and directly
under the dome is the tomb, but to see the tomb you
have to go to a circular opening in the center of the
building around which is a marble balustrade, and there
below you, perhaps fifteen feet, is the sarcophagus that
markH the l)urial place of the great man. Around this
tomb and worked in mosaic on the marble floor is a huge
laurel wreath with ribbon entwined. The wreath ip in
groen, the ribbon in purple. Back of the wreath are rays
of light that start from the tomb and work out to the ex-
treme edge. These rays are in yellow, making a perfect
color a)mbi nation— green, purple and yellow. On the
extreme edge of this mosaic design are the columns that
support the floor above, and in front of each column are
angels carved in marble that stand as guards over tho
body of the great Napoleon. The torn and bullet-riddled
flags are also placed at given distances about the tomb.
One can easily see that the effect is grand and impressive.
We stood anil admired the richness and chasteuess of
that noble monument for a long time.
SIGHTS AND MARVELS GALORE.
The drive through the Bois de Bologne at dusk, just as
the people were comiug out to enjoy the early evening,
and then the return after driving through the noble
park, is one of the most restful things that can be imag-
ined after the heat of the day and the weariness of sight
seeing. Then to stop at the cafcx along the avenue and
Hoe the people and eat with them was a great treat.
Leaving the vafcs we visited two of the gardens and saw
the vaudeville shows there. These were very Frenchy,
and were much enjoyed. The following evening we kept
up the amusement end of it, some of our party going to
the gardens and others to the opera, the latter place
being, of course, the finest iu all Paris. The Grand Opera
House is a magnificent building, and we saw it pretty
thoroughly. So much has been written about this build-
ing with its beautiful foyer that I will not go into fur-
ther detail.
The Luxembourg Museum contains some of the finest
statuary and pictures to be found in Paris. Here it was
that we saw the more modern paintings
that are familiar to most people through re-
productions.
"The Saint Chapelle," built by St. Louis
in 1'245-1248 for the reception of various
relics which he had brought from the Holy
Land, is one of the most remarkable build-
ings in Paris, profusely decorated in all
parts with brilliantly colored materials. Its
l)resent beauty is entirely due to the restorations com-
pleted by the late Emperor at a cost of §50,000. It was
threatened by the Commune, but saved. The stained
glass windows in this beautiful chapel are celebrated.
Yes, the Eiffel Tower is all that you understand it to
be. Generally we are disappointed when we see something
that so much has been said about as this world renowned
structure, but we were all surprised and pleased with
this towering mass of iron and stetl. The view from the
top is very tine, and the height is so great that many of
us would not dare trust ourselves to go to the railing and
look down until we had become accustomed to our sur-
roundings.
The Hotel de Ville is one of the most remarkable build-
ings that we saw, not perhaps for its exterior but interior
dei-ovations. We all exclaimed in going from one room
to another over the beautiful frescoes and wonderful ap-
pointments. The ball-room is sumptuous in every way,
a perfect marvel of beauty.
UNDERGROUND PARIS.
Again we are favored, for we are in Paris on one of the
days when the people are allowed to visit and inspect the
sewers, and of course we jumped for the chance to see
this remarkable piece of engineering. We entered the
fewer ut tho junction of the Place de la Concorde and the
Rue de Rivoli, by first descending a broad stairway and
then a narrow passway to the main
.a ^ sewer This large sewer runs at right
/^fepS, ^jH angles with the other, which is under
\^i^~~^\ *^^® ^"^ ^^ Rivoli. Small tram-cars
'^^ i fgy _^^ ■\\ move on tracks that are on each side
of the sewer, the car being directly
over the water. At a given sign the cars are started. No
great speed is attained, and you are able to see the sewer
very thoroughly. It is a novel experience and well worth
all the trouble.
And so we kept on from day to day and night after
night until we had seen the main features of Paris veiy
thoroughly, but of course to know the city perfectly
would take years.
(To be continued.)
^^^nma/il^Q^^vU'CL^tUA/ij&
AN IMPROMPTU ADDRESS BY
DANIEL T. AMES.
Before lUe Stndeutt. of ihe AVoodburv BusincM CoUcBe,
Los AuBcIes. Cal., ou 3Iarch li, 1897.
Young Ladies and Gentlemen : It always affords me pleas-
ure to address young people, especiaUy students. For many
yearslwasateac-her in the public schools and m business
coUeges.andto me to-day the school room is most familiar
and affords me the greatest pleasure of any mstitutions tnai
Tt recalls many pleasant reminiscences, and especiaUy am I
interested to speak to young people, because they are at tne
period of Ufe where they may profit by any good advice that
I may chance to offer. Those of more advanced years, who
have become est^iblished in their methods, are not so mucn at
liberty to change thoughts, actions or occupations as are
young persons. You are here presumably seeking an educa-
tion. Why do you desire an education ? How many are seri-
ously asking that question ? What is the use you expect to
Education is that which marks the distinction between men
more than any other cause. Not only in their social position,
but in their business, in everything that marks progress in
the Ufe of individuals and nations. The person weU educated
has a power that the ignorant person has not. The distinc-
tion between nations has been marked by the estimation they
have placed upon education. No nation on earth probably is
making so great an effort to educate its masses and to see
that every person possesses an education as is the Unitea
States. Probably no nation on earth has held out gi eater
possibilities during the last century in human progress than
the United States, and a larger percentage of its people reaa
and write than any other nation on earth.
Now you are seeking an education, and if I could pass
around this hall and learn the success that each of you are
attaining as students, know the faithfulness with which you
are performing the duties prescribed for you «f students I
could predict very closely as to your success in after life^Tbe
work that you are doing here is a test. The faithful earnest
and successful student will be the faithful, successful man or
woman that is as sure as fate. We sometimes hear it said
when oie has attained great success, " Oh. he or she has been
lucky or fortunate." Now, good fortune and success do not
come by accident; if you inquire into the circumstances that
have led to the success of any individual of your acquaint-
ance you will find that there has been legitimate means usea
for that success The merchant who has best understood his
business, who knows the market and the time and place to
purchase, has made gains and avoided losses that his less ob-
serving and less competent competitor could not.
No person will hold, as I have said before, good positioas un-
less he merits them. You who are faithfully performing your
duties here and quabfying yourselves, are destined to hold
some poston iu the future. What shall be its grade ? High
If you think for a moment you will perceive that there are
no honorable or desirable positions not open to you or within
vour attainment. You are fitting yourselves with a view of
securing one of these positions. You wiU see eminent presi-
dents of banks, professional men conspicuous in their profes-
sions in fact, there is a vast range of possibiUties reaching
from'thatofaditch digger to the President of the United
States Your mission will come somewhere on the hue. It is
possible that I may be addressing a future President of the
United States. The way to that position is open to you. X
may be. and probably am. addi-essing a future bank presi-
dent, cashier or perhaps an eminent lawyer, possibly a judge,
possibly a millionaire, contractor, engineer or competent and
trusted agent or bookkeeper. Which of you is to be the mill-
ionaire, which of you tho president or the incumbent of some
one of these desirable positions, which of you young ladies is
to be the confidential clerk or manager of some great busi-
ness ? All these places are opening before you and what you
are doing here to-day is determining unavoidably as to
whether you are destined to occupy one high up or low down
on the Ust. As I said before, it is the efficiency with which
you seek and fill your place that will determine.
Now for example, a young man enters an estabUshment in
this city, perhaps at $2 per week: he says to himself, " That is
very little pay. I shouldn't do much to earn S2; in fact. I
don't mean to do any more than I get paid for," Conse-
quently, he is a little tardy in the morning, he is careless dur-
ing the day; if he goes on an errand, he loiters or blunders.
It is not a long time before his employer sees all this, and
after a week or two he is convinced that this is not the boy
he wants, and gets another one.- On the other hand, the new
boy forgets that he is only getting $2 a week, more or less.
It is his purpose and effort to make his employer reabze that
he is determined to render good service, no matter what the
pay may be. He is there to do his best, and he is on hand in
the morning and does not wait for his employer to set him to
work : he catches hold of the first and every thing he sees to
be done, and if on errands he hustles to get back, and at the
end of a week or two his employer says to himself, " This is the
boy I want, I must advance his pay and keep him," He does
so. Pi-omotion follows promotion, until the highest place in
the estabbshment is reached. No, there is no luck in that.
The first boy did not fill the biU and was discharged because
he deserved' to bo. The other boy gets advance after advance,
because he deserved it. Now, there is the whole secret of
success. It is to perform faithfully and earnestly whatever
you undertake. If as students you habituate yourselves to
earnest, faithful and industrious performance of every duty
and enter the employ of others, or enter upon your own Ufe
mission in the same manner, success will await you. Again,
no matter how much you earn, if it were SlOO per week, you
can spend it all easily ; nobody gets so much that he cannot
find a way to spend it. The practice of economy and self
denial is necessary that you should save a certain portion of
vour earnings or income ; you may thus accumulate capital
that will enable you to start in business for yourself: capital
la a ready servant that will aid you onward.
We are told that honesty is the best policy. I would rather
be honest for the sake of honesty. To say that honesty is the
best jwlicy is to say that if you are dishonest you will not suc-
ceed. Consequently, it is bad pohcy to be dishonest, but to
be honest for policy alone is not the thought I wish to bring
to your attention, but rather "Be honest because you love
honesty."
The merchant who by some trick or device succeeds in get-
ting from his customer a little more than a fair price for his
goods may think himself shrewd, but the patron soon learns
of the trick and shrewdness by which he has been made a
victim, and he goes elsewhere next time. So, while the mer-
chant, for a little shrewdness and sharpness, gets a larger
profit to-day. he loses for all time a patron who otherwise
might have continued a profitable trade with him for years.
That merchant can have no permanent success.
Yon see merchants in this city and elsewhere who are pros-
perous ; every year adds something to their capital ; their
stock grows larger and more choice and they are reputed as
persons trustworthy, with whom one can deal with safety:
when they sell goods for "all wool" they will be so. New
patrons line their counters and bring expanding success.
Alongside of them you see another establishment the stock
on whose shelves is gradually lessening in extent'and quality,
while patrons grow correspondingly less ; a little while and
the end comes in bankruptcy. Now there is a reason why
fame and success attended one and bankruptcy befell the
Let me illustrate briefly: Two young men set out in busi-
ness in the same town and under equal advantages for suc-
cess. One resolves to be constant in his attendance upon his
business and economical of its earnings, that he will treat
every patron with perfect courtesy, speak truthfully, and in
short deal with everyone as he would have them deal with
him. A patron thus treated not only comes again, but goes
out with that kindly feeling which impells him to commend
the place to his friends, who will become patrons and in turn
commend it to their friends, and thus patrons constantly
multiply and success is the sure and easy result. Is this not
plain?
The other young man, impatient of slow progress to wealth
by the small profits of fair dealing, resolves to make the most
of every patron by extorting the highest profit possible
through misrepresentation, trick or device, and often annoys
patrons by his importunities to buy that for which they have
no need or desire, and treats them with rudeness when they
decUne Obviously patrons thus treated neither come again
nor commend their friends to do so. He is thus without a reg-
ular and growing patronage. He must ever depend on those
chance patrons who make the experiment of trying a new
and imknown place. These constantly grow less and more
cautious in their deal. His stock gradually runs down in ex-
tent and quaUty ; of necessity, he ultimately fails, and re-
gards himself the victim of misfortune. Who of you can-
not perceive the true secret of his misfortune, as you must
the secret of the good fortune of the other young man ? Now
this is the true story of success and failure. They each come
as the proper result of good or bad means employed.
If you tell an untruth somebody knows it. If n9 one else,
you do, and have consequently met with the greatest of all
losses, your own self respect. But you keep telling lies, and
ere long your entire neighborhood brands you a liar.
If you constantly perpetrate discourteous, mean and dis-
honest acts and disregard your promises, you are soon known
and avoided as one unworthy of confidence or esteem, and ac-
cordingly many avenues to successful employment are per-
manently closed to you. Upon the other hand, if you are
truthful and punctual in your engagements, competent and
earnest in the performance of your duties, friends multiply,
and your opportunities for fame and success are accordingly
enhanced.
The future of every young man and woman entering upon
the stage of Ufe depends upon efficiency. How many young
men and women I have seen fall by the wayside ; How many
others I have seen step by step gradually rising into en-
viable positions of honor and wealth ! There are two roads.
If any of you are coming in here tardy in the morning on
trivial excuses, or. as I have known students sometimes to
do. write excuses as coming from their home, you are on the
wrong road. The young men who will say to their parents,
'• We are going to college to-day." but instead of that play
'• hooky,"— that is what we call it East— these young men are
starting out exactly right for failm*e in whatever they under-
take. Now, as I have said, there is no place occupied by any
one, man or woman, that will not soon be vacated, and you
are the legitimate successors. As I have said, the day will
come when the bank president will cease to be president, and
some one else is going to step into his place. The President
of the United States steps down in four years, and some one
else must step into his place. In fact, there is no desirable
place in the country which is not going to be vacated in a lit-
tle while, and the person who is at hand, competent and
trustworthy, is to be the one to step in, and it behooves you
to have the right qualifications and to be on hand when such
opportunities arrive. Time goes on and it does not wait : if
you are not ready for it, you don't get it ; consequently, each
one of you should do your level best here, and everywhere,
every day— and to-morrow will always take care of itself.
Qovernment Writing and Printing Paper.
In the month of January of each year Uncle Sam prepares
for sapplymg official mformation by the purchase at whole-
sale of paper required for the QovernmeDt Printing Office.
Upon this paper is to be printed the ConQvessional Record
and the department reports and bulletins.
Of writing paper, for the correspondence of the Govern-
ment ll.aS0,U00 sheets will be required for 1897, and of print-
ing paper, chiefly for public documents. 40,800,000 sheets. For
maps. 125,000 pounds of map paper wiU be needed- and the
supplies will include 2,000 sheets of parchment. 2,70C reams
of tissue and copymg paper, lOS.OOO sheets ot typewriting
paper. 1.725,000 sheets of brlstol board. 2,i00 reams of colored
writing paper, 7.700.00(J sheets of ledger paper, and I6,»00of
blotting paper.— JV. Y. Sun.
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Writing In Public Schools.
Joi-RNAL readers may get tired of our efforts to se-
cure more attention for writing in the public schools,
but as we are greatly interested in the matter we
know of no other way to accomplish our ob,iect (a
special teacher in the public schools in every town of
any size) than by keeping at the enemy until they
capitulate.
The business schools, private normal schools and
some of the State normal schools are giving writing
its full share of time and attention, and are teaching
it properly. Some public schools are doing the same
thing, but the gi'eat majority of the pupils in our
American public schools are receiving next to no in-
struction in writing.
No one questions the value of a good handwriting.
Its uses and benefits are too apparent to need argu-
ment to bolster it up. The next question is, How
shall it be taught to the pupils in the public schools ?
Our answer is :
Krsf.— Have a special teacher of writing in every
State, city and private normal school, and make it
compulsory for student teachers to learn to write
and teach writing. This will send out thousands of
teachers for graded and ungraded schools competent
to teach this much neglected branch.
Scraiif?.— Have a supervisor or special teacher of
writing (or writing and drawing or writing and
commercial branches) in every city and town of
3,0U0 inhabitants and over. It will not require more
time, as a rule, than is now largely wasted in at-
tempting to teach writing. The expense will be but
a few cents a year per pupil in the larger towns, and
will not exceed one dollar a year per pupil in the
smallest places.
Who of us when we look back would not have
given many times the paltry S3 to S6 that it would
have cost the public schools to have given us a good
handwriting •( The Journal has carefully figiu-ed
out the expense and will agree to furnish competent
supervisors whose salaries will not exceed the cost
per pupil stated above
We hope that our friends and the friends of good
writing will rally and bring pressure to bear to in-
duce public school boards of education to add a
supervisor or special teacher of writing to the teach-
ing corps for the coming school year. Articles in
local educational and news papers, talks before teach-
ers' meetings and personal talks with school board
members will accomplish wonders. The cause of
good writing will be advanced, and if success crowns
our eflforts thousands of new supervisors of writing
will be profitably employed in American public
schools.
Now for a united effort ! A long pull and a strong
pull and a pull all together!
"Too Many Styles of Handwriting."
The heads of three or four schools say that they
would much prefer that The Joirnal print only
business writing and but one style of that. They
further say that they do not care to let their students
see so many styles, for fear that they (the students)
will take a liking to some style other than the one
taught in the school. These school principals also
say that they cannot keep students from practicing
ornamental penmanship since specimens are given
in The Journal.
In answer to the above we desire to say : While
The Journal' makes business writing its leading
feature, it is also devoted to penmanship in general,
drawing and practical education. The ability to
^vrite a professional hand will not harm anyone, and
if its acquirement turns a young man's head so that
he uses ornamental when plain business writing
should be used, his head must he light and set on a
well-greased swivel. You might just as well say
that it would be bad practice to teach elocution in a
business school for fear that some of the students
would learn to orate and. instead of approaching a
business man in a sensible business way, would
mount a chair and go at him in the regulation
" Fourth of July " spread-eagle style.
In regard to printing too many styles of business
writing: We don't believe that anyone has a mo-
nopoly on all of the best things in business writing,
and we have never been able to find any two people
who agreed about all details of business writing. As
there seems to be quite a diversity of opinions about
what constitutes a good business handwriting, and
the best means of acquiring it, The Journal takes
the ground that in the multitude of councilors there
is wisdom. In the great variety of styles of script
there are ideas. Because we print hundreds of
opinions and hundreds of specimens in the course of
a year, it doesn't mean that we agree -with the
writers. We endeavor to have The Journal repre-
sent tbe profession in general and to be a medium
for the exchange of ideas. As we have had occasion
to remark before, a teacher who has so little in-
fluence on his students that they readily take to
other teachers' methods and styles of writing must
be weak indeed— or have the wrong style and
method himself.
Business Education Section of National
Educational Association — Milwaukee
Meeting.
Business College Proprietors. Teachers in Business
Colleges, Siiperrisors of Penmanshp, Teachers in
Commercial Departments of Colleges and Public
Schools will all find something interesting at the
National Educators' Association meeting held at
Milwaukee, July 6 to 9. An outline of the programs
of the Business Section appears elsewhere. 'This is
not all that is in store for you at that time. The
Executive Committee promise you an enjoyable time.
The charge has been made that this section has been
a close corporation to which only proprietors were
admitted. The charge may have been true, but if
so, let it be a " has been." We are especially anx-
ious that the last three classes enumerated above
shall be well represented at Milwaukee. Business
education in the public schools has come to stay and
those who are engaged in carrying it on need to get
acquainted with those engaged in the same line of
work in the business colleges. The recluse is not a
success as a teacher. Begin to prepare to commence
to get ready to go to Milwaukee. We hope to give
the program in full next month. In the mean time
would be glad to answer any questions.
D. W. Sprlnuer. Ann Arbor, Mich.
G. W. Brown. Jacksonville, 111.
F. B. Richardson. Boston, Mass.
Program,
Wednesday Aptebnoon, July 7.
L The President's Address-
A. N. Palmer, Cedar Kapids, la.
2. Second Report of Committee on Correlation and Co-ordi-
nation of Business Branches.
J. M. Mehan,'Des Moines, la.
THE journal's
i^^vUTOGRAPH
REGISTER
I. Course of Training in English, Shorthand and Typewrit-
inB. - - Mi-s. Sara A. Spencer, Washington, D. C.
Discussion by Isaac S. Dement, Chicago, ami E. E. Chllds,
Springfield, Mass.
. Itapid Calculation. Business Arithmetic, and Higher Ac-
counting.
. Business.
Friday Afternoon, July 9.
. Reports of Committees.
. Is the Present High School Course a Satisfactory Prepara-
tion for Business ? It Not, How Should It be Modified ?
Chas. H. Thurber, Dean of Morgan Parli Academy,
University of Chicago.
. State Supervision of Business Schools.
A. S. Osborn, Rochester, N. Y.
Laws and Ethics of Business. Duties of Citizenship, and
Science of Wealth. - - H. M. Rowe, Baltimore, Md.
Discussion by Robt, C. Spencer, Milwaukee, Wis.
Election of Officers and Other Btisino'S.
Eastern Teachers' Association.
I know that talking too much is a fault that a
good many men have, and perhaps I am not an ex-
ception, but this time I think I have something to
say.
For a long time we have heard of the brethren in
the " wild and woolly West " getting together every
once in a while and talking about the work in their
various schools. They discuss methods of teaching
bookkeeping, business writing, business arithmetic
and the entire list of branches usually found in an
up-to-date business school. They seem to take pleas-
ure in exchanging ideas and reaping chance thoughts
"from fields by others sown." Of course they do
each other good, not only by this exchange of ideas
on various subjects, but also by meeting each other
and becoming personally acquainted.
The time for conservatism in friendship has passed
and in no place have the business school proprietors
better demonstrated this than " out West." Now,
brethren of the Eastern schools, we ought to be
ashamed of ourselves that we allow om* Western
friends to lead us with e.xhibitious of that progres-
siveness which is stamping itself on educational
matters all along the line. I want to suggest, there-
fore, that the teachers and proprietors of business
schools of New Jersey. New 'Y'ork, Eastern Pennsyl-
vania and the New England States make some ar-
rangements to organize themselves into a body along
tbe same line as our National Association, except
that we meet at least quarterly. This, I am told,
was tried once and failed. Now, that is no reason
why it should fail again. If we are earnest and true
to the great work laid upon us. let us not be afraid
of organizing again. I have written to a good
many teachers throughout New England and have
replies from most of them. They all seem to be
ready to welcome such an association. I hope that
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I may hear from all who are interested in such a
scheme. I might add that for oar first meeting it
would give us great pleasure in Stamford to enter-
tain the brethren, and if the Merrill Assembly Hall
would be tilled to overflowing, we have a CSty Hall
and an Opera House.
Now, friends, who will be the first to say
" Amen " 1 Don't be backward. Come out, put up
your colors, and let us hear from you.
Fraternally,
Wm. .J. Amos,
Merrill College. Stamford, Conn.
After Mr. Baldwin.
Editor Pf.nman'.s Art Journal:
In tlie April number of The Journal, J. Howard
Baldwin of Lockport, N. Y., inquires " Who next Y "
I don't know that I am next, but be it known that
I am in line for practical penmanship.
He says: ■■ .Vi.rril rlnsxrx ailiiiin- fshndnl u-rifiiifl
moxf. Mi.rr.l rl,iys, ,v, ..,/,/ ;,../ I„i.^iii,-^s iiini. fire those
wliditi ire till, I, Jliijunnrs nrr iiit, rested most in
ll'liat the jl ml mi re iikisI/'
Now, Bro. Baldwin, I supposed we were teaching
the i/iiiiiin business man. If not, what are they at-
tending the commercial schools for ?
The student of music admires the brilliant playing
of an accomplished pianist. But does he begin on
Wagner, Strauss, etc. ? By no means. If he desires
to become expert he takes special work, but the
masses simply leani the rudiments.
The highest aim of the teacher is not to cater to
all the whims of the student, but to develop the
jmwers so that he will become the useful and success-
ful man the Creator intended him to become.
If his students do not find shaded writing difficult,
tlien our leading p.nnien must be wonderfully slow
mortals, for which of them developed their beautiful
stylo of penmanship in a few months' time V Such
men as Kelchner. Zaner and Bussard will tell you it
took not only months but years of patient work and
practice along this special line.
" All occnsional capital or offhand flourish in the
irritiiig class catches someflsh that mil bite no other
bait, and once get them biting, they will eat most
ain/lhing theij are fed, even shaded business writing."
Correct, Bro. Baldwin, as far as the last clause
is concerned, but show the average student the
advantage of learning the plain unshaded style
and ninety-nine ont of every hundred will ac-
knowledge the reasons for this and be content to
learn it. If a student has an ambition to become a
professional penman, he will make some plans to do
special work along that line.
" If you are to make the broadest success, take the
piijiils where they are and not where they are not."
It is very plain the Professor is a very superficial
thinker. We are to take the pupil where he is, but
we are also to guide him to where he is not, and
point out the road tor him to travel to his future
success. Would teaching our business students the
art of spreading on a lot of ink make them more suc-
cessful ? I am very much afraid not. Shaded wilt-
ing or ornate penmanship is something the masses
do not need and do not want ; have not time for, and
would not acquire if they did, even though they
atliiiire it. It takes altogether too much time and
practice to acquire a really fine ornate hand, and
there is anything but beauty in simply a lot of heavy
shades and a multiplicity of lines. That the masses
do not want shades is proven by the fact that the
vertical style is so popular .just now.
•'Ifit is a bad thing, quit it : if not. pass it around."
If law is a good thing, why, not put more of it in
our business schools ? If Mathematics is a good
thing, why not push more of that into our curricu-
lum 1 The aim of the comiuercjial teacher is ro teach
the ;)racf I'ca/ and not the ornamental.
The average student can acquire a beautiful, legi-
ble and rapid style of unshaded writing in the time
required for the regular business course, and I believe
it is our duty to give it to him. I do not think our
students and patrons are all such " suckers " as our
friend from Lockijort would like us to imagine,
when he talks about his "fish." In fact, it is too
flsliy. It is like the preacher who showed the fly,
with which he baited his hook, to prove to his friend
that he had caught a monster trout, which had been
stolen. He certainly has shown us his " bait, " but
I very much fear it would never succeed in landing
anything in Green Bay.
Yours fraternally,
F. D. Lannino,
Green Bay, Wis.
SIGNATURE WRITING.
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EDITOR'S Calendar.
Ellsworth's Lessons and Lectures on Penmanship
(Illustrated). On the Philosophy, Physiology, Psy-
chology and Child Study; Training and Practice of the
Theory and Art ot Penmanship. 398 pages ; heavy
board, cloth cover binding. Gold side stamp. Price
$3. By H. W. Ellsworth. Published by the Ellsworth
Co , 103 Diiane St., New York.
For over thirty years H. W. Ellsworth'has had more or
less to do with every movement that has been for the
betterment ot writing in America. He published a paper
devoted to penmanship in general, and Ellsworth system
in particular, which was probably the first penmanship
periodical issued regularly in this country. He has been
a pioneer in a dozen or more improvements in teaching
writing and holds no end of patents and copyrights.
The present work, " Lessons and Lectures on Penman-
ship," is as near an encyclopedia of penmanship as any
work we have seen. It is divided into five parts and
appendix. Parti, treating of the rudiments of drawing
and penmanship ; part 3, lessons on penmanship ; part 3,
lectures on penmanship ; part 4, penmanship teaching ;
part 5, principles ot ornamental penmanship. So many
subjects are treated of and illustrated in these five parts
that to merely enumerate them would take a good deal
of space. But sufficient to say that in business writing
there is a full course of leesons — lessons in ornamental
writing as well as movement exercises, examples of flour-
ishing, lettering, drawing, designing, engrossing, initial
letters. The public school work is not neglected and
many of Mr. Ellsworth's best ideas are in this part.
Vertical writing also receives attention. In fact the
entire work is full of excellent ideas and the book is well
worth owning and well worth a careful perusal of all
interested in any department of penmanship. Teachers
and students (professionals and amateurs) should udd
this, the latest work of the kind of which we have any
knowledge, to their libraries.
The Progressive Commercial Arithmetic. For com-
mercial schools, high schools and academies. By
Samuel H. Goodyear, A.M., and Wallace H. Whigam,
LL.B. Published by Goodyear Publishing Co., 278
West Madison St., Chicago, HI. Cloth, 390 pages,
6x9 inches. Side stamp. Price $1.30. Sample copy
to teachers, 80 cents.
Messrs. Goodyear and Whigam are both well known as
thoroughly practical business college teachers and busi-
ness men. Their experience in the schoolroom and knowl-
edge of what is required in a business office has enabled
them to bridge the chasm intervening, and as a result of
their thought and work " The Progressive Commercial
Arithmetic " is now on the market. A peculiarity of the
book is that each subject is introduced with an extended
mental drill. The elaborate rules and extended defini-
tions are omitted and the " Learn to do by doing " has
BY I. F. SIPLE, BARTLETT'S COM'L COLL., CINCINNATI, OHIO.
BY L. C. HORTON, STEWART'S BUS. COLL., TRENTON, N.J.
been fully developed. Instead of memorizing cases, rules
and processes, the plan of the authors is to teach the
student to reason and think ; to train the student to meet
the problems of the counting room and solve them cor-
rectly. The problems given are plain, practical ones hav-
ing a business-like air about them, and are not given as
puzzles and enigmas. This is not an elementary arith-
metic, but is intended for commercial slasses, colleges and
high schools, and puts special emphasis on those subjects
that refer to business calculations. Common and decimal
fractions, billing, practical measurements, percentage,
profit and los^, interest, trade discount and bank discount
are regarded by the authors as the essential parts of a
commercial arithmetic, and these topics are given em-
phatic and practical treatment in this text. Many sub-
jects that were formerly given much space and attention
in commercial arithmetics have been dropped to make
place for classes of problems that now engross the atten-
tion of young business men.
Corporation Bookkeeping is a Nut Shell. 94 pages.
Cloth. Gold side stamp. B:y P. H. Grover. Published
by the Bookkeeper Co , Ltd.. Detroit, Mich. Price $2.
Bookkeepers, students and teachers having to do with
joint stock bookkeeping will be interested in tbis new
publication. It contains a brief, yet full, explanation of
corporation bookkeeping, how to form a corporation,
how to open and close the books, how to change an ordi-
nary set ot books to joint stock books, treatment of man-
ufacturing accounts, averaging accounts, rules ior locating
errors in trial balances, short cuts in figures, etc. It is a
■compact, handy little volume.
Brown's Poutfolio of Designs. By E. L. Brown,
Rockland, Me. 41 plates, tJ x 9 inches. Unbound, in
portfolio. Price 50 cents.
Some months ago The Journal reviewed the excellent
work of Mr. Brown in these plates, and it is sufficient to
say in this connection that this tecond edition has
strengthened and improved the worn in many places.
Several designs now appear for the first time. The work
•embraces business writing, several styles of ornamental
script, letteriog, drawing, designing, engrossing and a
n pies of portrait work.
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New York, publishes a paper named TAe Pilot, which con-
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next school year will be much u
are opening in quite large numbers _,
that expect to open in September. Another indication oif
prosperity comes from The Penman's Art Journal Em-
Sloyment Bureau, Never before have we had so many calls
ir teachers as this season. Employers are eonservatiVe and
are not oflferlng high salaries, but this very conservatism
will redound to the teachers' benefit, as there is more cer-
tainty of the teacher securing all the salary promised.
The Rochester Bus. Univ.. Rochester. N. Y,, during spring
and summer will maintain a special training school for com-
mercial teachers. This has been a special feature of the work
in this institution for many years, and hundreds of our strong-
est commercial teachers have taken summer courses at the
R. B. U. From the number of letters we have received from
bu,siii.-ss srh.K.l teachers announcing that they would be in
R'M h. vt. r iluini- the summer, we are led to believe that the
attcnlan. . will I..- particularly large this summer. Messrs.
Osb.a n A; WiHiaiu^ report that so far the season of '96 and '97
J than this institution has had for
aphite. A striking feature of the pencU,
_ . _i8h. Instead of the smooth, polished sui--
face which is common to high class lead pencils, this par-
ticular pencil is given a finish which prevents it from slip-
free to all shorthand and t
The GoodvearPub, Co. ^'Ts West Madison street. Chicago.
111., publishes a full line of text-books for commercial
branches for grammar schools, high schools, commercial de-
partments and full course commercial schools. They make
, a specialty of business practice tests and blanks, and" will be
everal years past.
The Eagle Pencil Co.. formerly of 7:j Franklin street, is now
located in an elegant new office building at 379 Broadway,
New York, where they occupy the entire second floor, which
has been fitted up in a splendid manner. While this floor, is
large, it is occupied entirely with office and sales rooms. The
factory is located on East 13th street. A Journal represen-
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ant talk with Mr. H. P. Beach, their courteous and well-
posted advertising manager, was surprised to see the great
variety of i)ens. pencils, compasses, rulers, etc.. for school and
variety made. wilTbe
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f acturing high grade stove polish, bicycle 1
dressing. It has been discovered that electri. a; \ i- m- v
the belt slipping, and of course this produces n \i\-\-.\x waste
of power, and is also an element of danger bv Are, Dixon's
Traction Belt Dressing when applied will prevent slipping of
the belt.
N. Y. It is bright and snappy and well worth reading. The
various publications of this firm, especially the
are briefly described in Vol, 1. No. 1, the April i;
— L. B. McClees&Co., Philadelphia. Pa., handle all kinds
of school supplies. They desire to secure agents to represent
them in all parts of the country. Teachers and others who
have time during the summer might turn it into money by
writing to this firm and getting particulars.
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Needed Reforms in the Penmanship
World.
BY C. P. ZA>ER, CflLUMBl'S. OHIO.
No. :i.
A decade ago I thonKht that there was but little
room for betterment in the art of writing and of
teachin(< it. save along the line of movement or
speed. But my then limited horizon has receded
into the dim but not doubtful distance tintil the
view is so e.ttended that it reveals many, thing.? for
the present and future to do. And this new vision
reveals tlie fact that progress is possible only in the
proportion that we undo some of our past acts. We
must learn to be less dogmatic, less positive, less
confident. We must learn to be charitable to the
opinion of others and to realize that no matter how
perfect our methods and practices are they are cap-
able of improvement.
In no particular have we revealed our one-sided-
ness more than in regard to slant in penmanship.
For generations we have been teaching that writing
to be practical should slant not less than about 52
degrees, or 30 degi'ees to the right of the perpendic-
ular. Many have taught that 4.5 degrees was the
true slant. But we are now learning that slant is
an unimportant essential in good writing. We are
learning slowly, though surely, that so long as writ-
ing doee not slant to excess it may be good or poor
at any degree of inclination to the right or left of the
perpendicular or at the same.
The advocacy of vertical writing has done wonders
in showing us our extremity in slant as well as in
Koiiie other things not the least of which is in our
reasoning. I do not believe in vertical writing for
all. any more than I believe in GO degrees slant for
all. But I do believe now that each individual
should be allowed to use whatever slant he desired
so long as it was within the limits of universal usage.
I believe that some will, if taught rightly, slant their
writing to the left as naturally as others do the right.
Some few will slant as much as 4.5 degrees to the
right or left of 90 degrees, but most will slant less
tlian ao to the right or left.
We are learning, too, that there is no " standard "
for the proportion of letters ; that some prefer long
loops and small short letters while others equally
sane and proficient prefer short loops and large,
short letters. Some prefer compact writing while
others prefer that which is running. Many of our
best citizens take as naturally to round turns and
sharp angles as ducks to water. Others adhere as
strictly to angular turns and non-retrace angles as
hens to land. They do this in spite of the fact that
tliey have been taught neither. Shall we not recog-
nize these "likings" and " inclinations " in our
teaching '( Because we have not is no reason that
we shall not. I know that many are now saying
that they have not been doing some of the things
hinted at in these papers. But if they have not been
teaching these things, I would like to know what
they have been doing. Surely not much of anything,
for instruction in penmanship in the past has con-
sisted mainly of shade, curvature, three-space-loops,
semi angular turns. 52-degree slant, and whole arm, .
combined, or muscular movements. No wonder
teachers and educators disliked penmanship. I don't
see how I liked it so well. I liked it because I knew no
better. I know now why some " hate " fine penman-
ship. They dislike even the looks of it because of
its many rules and restrictions. They see in it more
of training than of beauty, or rather they do not see
enough beauty in it to .iustify the training necessary
for its development.
I am free to confess that this is an extreme view
of the ipiestion— just the same as those who see
more beauty in fine penmanship than in fine paint-
ing. Both are extremes. I can see beauty in both,
but the more of it I see in the latter, the less I see in
the former. True. I still teach ornamental penman-
ship, but I do so because there is a demand for it,
and because it serves as a stepping stone to something
higher. The ornate in penmanship is all right in
engrossing, but it is out of place In the business of
e.\pressing thought.
It is mv present candid opinion that slant, propor-
tion, angularity, rotundity, spacing, etc., are quali-
ties in penmanship that should be more largely
molded by the individual than we have heretofore
believed. In other words, these things should con-
form to the indi^^dHal. not the individual to them.
^S^nmarvi<lKi(>Q^axna&
In the past we have fitted the pupil to the " stand-
ard " hand, but in the future we will suit the hand
to the individaul pupil. By so doing we will go a
long way toward making writing pleasurable rather
than repulsive. I know that many will not agree
with me in these suggestions and accusations, but if
these papers will lead to thought, even though an-
tagonistic at present, their purpose will not be void
of fruit. Thought leatls to action, action leads to re-
sults, and I have enough confidence in the proposed
reforms to believe that investigation and experiment
will prove my suggestions to be progressive.
THE EDITOR'S Scrap Book.
PeDnien*s Excbaiise Department.
'Professional.
"W. B. Baker. Orpha, W. Va.
J. T. F. Laughner, Whitestown. Ind.
A.inaieur.
Miss Jessie G. Prescott. 58 Nashua St., Wobiirn, Mass.
— Remember that it costs nothing to join the Penmen's
Exchange Department. Those who ;de8ire to join have only
assumed in becoming a member of the Exchange is to send
specimens of your best work to all the other members of the
Exchange. This forms a nucleus for a splendid scrap book
collection, and every penman, whether professional or ama-
teur, ought to have one or more large scrap books filled with
examples of the best work of brother penmen. There is in-
struction and inspiration in such a collection and it repays,
J times over, the cost in money and labor of preparing
writes a rigorous, clean-cut hand- A set of plain shaded capi-
tals lately received from him shows excellent work.
— J. SI. Reaser, penman Dover. N. J., B C, submits some
plain and ornamental writing that indicates he understands
now to handle the pen.
— L. H. Jackson, penman Va. B. C. Richmond. Va.. writes
a dashy ornamental stylo. Some cards lately received from
him shows it.
— From J. A, Elston. Canton. Mo., we have received some
ornamental writing and flourish, both good.
— F P. Gaynor. penman Childs B. C Athol, Mass.. sends
The Journal some good business writing.
— D. E. Henry. Ottawa, Out,. B. C . favors us with a sample
of business writing, plain as print.
— E. H. Graver. Ebensbureh, Pa., who has learned to write
a business hand that is equal to the majority of professionals
from following instructions in The Jouhnal, has sent us
some spiral oval exercises that are as fine as. anything we
have seen in this line.
— J. J. Reese. Newnan. Ga . forwards as his contribution a
variety of script and a neat offhand flourish. Mr. Reese is a
— W. B Baker sends a pen sketch.
— Model business writing has been received 'from the fol-
SUideni^* Siiecitnens,
— R. C, Metcalfe, teacher of penmanship in Woods' Coll,,
Ashland. Pa., has sent a full size legal cap page of writing of
each student in his writing class Every letter is clear and
plain, and the touch of the majority light and elastic, the
word and letter spacing excellent ana a good movement sus-
tained throughout. It is excellent business writing, and is
the best proof that Mr Metcalfe understands how to teach.
— T. T. Wilson, of the Brockton, Mass , B. U., sends a pack-
age of examples of writing taken from the ordinary class
work of his pupils. Movement exercises, word and sentence
writing, small and capital letters are all represented in the
specimens sent, The work is very uniform, and ha.s form,
speed, and movement in every line. If this can be taken as a
m^le of his work, Mr. Wilson is rapidly improving the
ing specimens from leading penmen will soon build up a col- writing of the young people of Brockton
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'NEEDED REFORMS IN THE PENMANSHIP WORLD." ILLUSTRATION ACCOMPANYING ARTICLE BY C. P. ZANER.
after years when looking over the collection, these specimens
episode.
— Teachers of penmanship will find a scrap book collection
of the work of leading penmen to be a wonderful help in
their teaching. It will not only furnish ideas for themselves,
but they can place these specimens in the hands of their
pupils to use as models, and in this manner let the students
see the work of many expert penmen,
— P. O Gardiner, penman of the Stockton. Cal., B. C. has
made rapid strides in his mastery of the pen, For accui-ate,
graceful writing, whether slant or vertical, business or orna-
mental, he is among our best young penmen.
— E. L. Glick, Gloucester, Mass,, B. U., whose work we
have shown many times and whose specimens appeared in
the April Journal, has sent us a package of cards that would
Public School Work.
— Miss Clara Banks, special teacher of writing, Osage,
Iowa, public schools, has sent by express several himdred
sheets of work showing movement exercises, word and sen-
tence writing, together with capital letter work of the pupil.^
under her instruction. The movement exercises are particu-
larly well done and all the work is written with freedom. It
demonstrates once more that rapid forearm movement writ-
ing can be taught in the public schools when there is some
one at the helm who understands how to teach it.
— Chandler H. Pierce. Supervisor of Writing. Evansville.
Ind.. public schools, favored The JouttNAL with a large
package of pupils" specimens, embracing fifteen or twenty
with his work.
— L. W. Hammond, Batavia, N. Y., favors us with a spatter
work drawing, " The Easter Egg." representing a chicken in
an egg. It is neatly done.
— D. E. Johnson. Troy. N. Y.. B, C. sends several well writ-
ten cards.
— Script from the pen of L. M. Kelchner. No. HI.. Nor.
School, Dixon. 111., is always a delight. We have before us a
specimen of his abbreviated business script, and it is a model
of accuracy and beautiful in its simplicity.
. — J- L- Zwickey. Supervisor of Writing, Storm Lake. Iowa,
IS not only a gooa business writer, but is able to turn out sev-
eral styles of script and do some excellent flourishing. Speci-
mens from his pen have led us to see this.
— J. T. F. Laughner. Wliitestown. Ind,. sends business and
ornamental writing, which is good.
— All>ert Backus, penman Lincoln Nor. Univ.. Normal.
Neb., sends some business and ornamental writing and some
automatic pen work, all good. Mr. Backus has made great
improvement the last year.
— P.;H. Shinn, Prin. and Prop. Muscatine. Iowa. B. C,
competent supervisor.
— Miss Loava Durham, teacher of penmanship and music
in the Bushnell, El., public schools, has sent The Jouhnal
some samples of movement work of Mazie Harris and Eugene
E. Hummer, each aged fourteen. Considering that this is
their first year in movement work, the exercises are well
made. We nope Miss Durham will push the movement idea
until she reacties many of the lower grades. The school
board of Bushnell should back her up in this matter. As this
is the first year of movement work for these fourteen-year-
old pupils, we have been wondering what kind they must
have been taught last year. Why wait until pupils are four-
teen years of age before giving them a chance to learn to
write with the forearm movement '!
Notice to Customers of E. L. Click.
— E. L. Glick. formerly of New England Bus. Uni., Lowell.
Mass.. but now principal and proprietor of the Gloucester.
Mass.. Bus. Uni.. requests us to announce that owing t ' ^~ '
which destroyed his college buiding. he lost his order book
and a number of orders received from his advertisement in
The Journal. If those whose orders remain unfilled will
write to Mr. Glick he will attend to the matter promptly-
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A. S. BARNES & CO., Mfrs., J56 Fiftfi Ave., New York..
"GOLD CRANK"
FALCON
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It denotes Pleasure, Convenience
and Genuine Satisfaction.
ARE DISTINGUISHED
BY THIS NAME PLATE.-
THE YOST MNFG. CO.,
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A BICYCLE TOUR
Three gentlemen for a European tour purchased new hundred dollar
bicycles. One a Columbia — the others of well-known high-grade
manufacture. They had an agreeable trip — particularly the Colum-
bia rider. Before returning to America, it being late in the year —
and wishing to buy new machines in I897^they sold their wheels
to a London dealer. The Columbia bicycle brought $65.00. The
others $40.00 and $35.00 respectively. But one of the many proofs
of Columbia superiority. If you look a year ahead there is w^ise
economy in
STANDARD OF THE WORLD.
HARTFORDS, =^75, *60, *50, *45
Better than almost any other bicycles.
POPE MANUFACTURING CO., Hartford, Conn.
The Quick Schools
r. Wbul U the u»i' ol wiiitiiii! iiiilil the field is i>ii'keil
brr roil tvnul has coiilinrleil nilli xoine one r\av <
The Quick Teachers
niipirrialF the lad above net lorlli anil |in
lalli'Bt ailvnnlauc of if.
We Charge Nothing
PENMAN'S ART JOURNAL TEACHERS' BUREAU, 202 Broadway, N. Y.
96
'^QyUtCCL^ioi/iaS
Schools.
InDtana.
INDIANAPOLIS BUSINESS UNIVERSITY. Ea-
tobllshPfl I860. UilBlnf . - -
Prepamtoo' ■ Ind ivli
nnmm y^^ j ''hkeB. p1
Shorthand. PeomanBhlp,
tton. 600 9tu-
Wrlte for full
drM« Richmoiid
Collase Co.
tstftbliibS
VtasbrUle. Uenn.
Guarantee Position. Aco^pt
posit inouey m Uuk till [jositn^n
PRACTICAL ^^^f*
NASHVILLE, TENN.. uinl TP,XAHhA\A, TIl.XAS.
ijiJoweaV.y l!..,' ■ ■■ -■ ' ■' - '■■ '■' -i'-
wfaere. No vm ■!
ICllOolB. Willi' .. ' ■ ■ ■ i :■ ^ )
Geotaia*
SOUTHERN SHORTHAND AND BUSINESS UNI-
verslty.Gnind BiiIMIdk. Peaditree St., Atlaiitft,Ga.
Connecticut.
ISEW LONDON HU5INB3S COLLEOE. New
London. Cumi. Prt'sent demand for graduate!) of
the supply. Catalogue
ND TYPEWRITING, Stamford. Conn
okkeeolnK. Banklne, Penman
vpenTitlnK, Telegraph
rcb-
Eng-
lish. Oermun and Architecture. Terras of
reasoDiible. Send for catalogue. BI. A. MERRILL
ticntuch^.
LOUISVILLE BRYANT ft STRATTON BUSI-
NESS COLLEGE. Open throughout the year. Stu-
Louliivllle, Ky.
©bio.
SPENCERIAN Commercial and Shorthand School
1. Ohio. K»itatilt8hed 1M8. Incorporated
" " " 'us. circulars' --
IB, Dayton,
Long established.
LONO I5LAND BUSINESS COLLBQB, 143 to
149 South nth St., Brooklyn. N. Y. Catalugues
freeonajiptloatlon, pemonallyorbyletter. HENRY
C. WRItJHT. PrIncipaL
CHAFFEE'S PHONOORAPHIC INSTITUTE. Os-
wpgo, N. Y. Oood positions secured all .short-
hand [iiiplls when competent. Bouk-keepiny and
tn:uman.thip by lirst-class teacher. Spanish taught
by a native Spaniard from Spain. AU these
liranclicH taught by mnf/, aNo Spanish shorthand
by tho tJraham and Beiin Pitman systems. Clr-
1 /trst lesson Ut shotihand free. Write
wide
NEW YORK BUSINRSS COLLBQE, 81 East
I25thSln-.'i \.^s ■,..,1. \ ^■ , i-.-celves D-jy stu.l-
know'n'Th . *'""**" '^^'^^^ ^^y^^'
haTliiROM ;-■ ■■■ !■ .1'.' ili-sl«ue't 'to afforil
the best pi,,. I ; ,111 [,., t>it?rcantllei.iirsuiu.
The Hchoulf. niso ^iippi> (>„,s,Hf8s Mtrn with satis-
factory ossi.siuuts^ and .st'iure positions for com
Sctent students. Terms moderate. No vacations.
ataloBue free. CARRINUTON GAINES. President
daltfotnia.
^eALD'5 BUSINESS COLLEHE. San Fran-
cisco. For 30 years the largest private school west
of Chicago. 12.UU0 former pupils i
IDirginta.
DANVILLE
Military Institute,
DANVILLE, VA.
EiiElish, Classical, Scientific,
and Business Courses.
pennsglranta.
SCHISSLBR COLLEGE OP BUSINESS. Norrls-
Utv-n Pa Intlorsed bv l,.ailluB educators. It has
a !iati(>na( reputation. Prospectus and Commence-
iiieut proceedings seut ou appllcatloD.
/IDasaacbusctts,
NEW ENGLAND BUSINESS UNIVERSITY ANO
s,)i.,ol of Shorthand and Penmanship. Lowell,
M .i ^s No vacation. Jourual tree. GLICK & YOUNG.
(Iana&a.
ONTARIO BUSINESS COLLBQE, Belleville, On-
tario. 2Hthyear. W. B. ROBINSON, J. W JOHN-
SON, F. C. A., principals for l& years. Most widely
attended business college In America. Address
ROBINSON & JOHNSON. BellevlUe. Ontario, Can.
CENTRAL BUSINESS COLLEQB, Toronto. Ont..
~ ' SHAW. Principal. Central Business Col-
W. J. ELLIOTT. Principal.
lege.
Two great Canadian schools, well-h
out the Dominion for superior work.
penmen.
PEN EXPERT.
LESSONS BY MAIL.
in Spenceriaii Script, -
$5-
Ornate Script
12 in lutermedial Script,
12 in Vertical Script,
12 in Card Writing, - 5- S
Hartford Business College, |
HARTFORD, CONN. J
MISS ELLA B. CALKINS, Pen Artist, Oi
McPherson, Kansas.
Lessons by mail. Sample artistic writing—
" ->- - — — ' -nous fine flowing In
ed pen study 14 x 17
Sample qt. <
The above Si worth all for fl
ONB Dozen Cards, i5c.; Buslneas Capitals,
Fancy Capita" "■ "■ --- -- --•
binatlons, 13<
Sheet of Ornamental Con
Box 3, Elsmere,
mail. 5 different sets engravers' copper-plate cap
itals. '
, B. CUSHnAN. The •
ivill send to any addn
graved SpecliH'
penworfc. and
and Informal
penworfc. 1
and Infori
Lessons by mail.
of his unequaled si
. Photo-En
Books (In
Irculars giving full description of,
ncernlng. "Auto" supplies.
If Instructing '• Auto " Copy
ibers), Enxravlng, Designing, etc.,
tamp. " The Best Is Cheapest."
SOnBTHINQ NEW : A Beautiful School Sons.
Sheet Music. Elaborate pen picture as frontla-
8 copies, 50c. Address
r copy.
Uejcas.
ALAMO CITY BUSINESS COLLEGE. Normal
Academy. Shorthand, Typewriting and Telegraiib
Uowa.
<ATALOQUES of The Capital City Commercial
i'"[lii;<> (iiid the Capital City School of Shorthiiiid
i^.UU '".'*''"' ^^^^ to Intending students. Address
MEHA.S & McCAULEV.Oesiaoines. Iowa. These
instjiutlons are tlrat-class business training schools.
Srhansas.
LITTLE ROCK COMMERCIAL COLLBQE, M.
A. STONK. Prvs., Is not the BEST, hut uo other
wiinl Mil! d.-.ilbt- It beL-auselt Is HONEST.
Xoutstana.
iOLLK COniERCIAL COLI.FOE AND LITER-
■ oblique holder, t
„lllotfs No. 004 p
. Method ruling cards.
two doz.. 9i.00. Glllotfs
lie; onegTO,.n8c. Method „ _-
■clpe, 13c.; either one free with 31.00 ordtr.
Unl.t Gloucester
gant.30c.;Busln
the work Is nocsa
erly adjusted, 2i
Half stick, r
Instruction. 12 lessons
IllDg.' »5.
n. 131t__
By taking one of the
make wonderful Inir
auteed. Samples 10
SEND 35 CENTS lor tine specli
Lettering and F" ' ' '
derful improvement. Satisfaction guar
LAI>^ II
H.u-u. ■
( """*'
|ri:w
\SIPLE,(
»ga
. _JSJ> _._
Cincinnati. O.
. M. JONES, Pen Artist,
Pittsburgh, Pa. One doz. b
specimens of pen wo
Bartlett's Bos. Co
Mahon Avenue,
ards. 26 cts. ;
; resolutions,
sorted cards, 26 (
A. D.
Course of Twenty Lessons In Writing for only Ten
Dollars. Terms, one-half in advance. Address A
D. TAYLOR, ualveston Bus. Unl., Galveston,
Ter. 1 (
A. E. PARSONS, Creston, Iowa, Sticks to the
which has been a helpful^
thousands.
, and I will send yoii (
ways of writing It, with Instrucil
NAME. Send i
Mant" HJ)0.
In cmswerino advertinemenVi eigncd by a nom~de-
plume, delays and mimtakes are avoided by sealing
and stampltm the repHes ready for mailino arid
wriUng the Tiom-de-plume iti a aynwr, t)ien inclos-
iiiQ mich seated replies in an envelope addressed to
The Penman''s An Journal, £02 Broadway, New
York. Postage must be sent for foriaa/rding Cata-
logues, Newspapers, Photographs, <fcc.
Situations 'C3aiante&.
r |1HE.PENM A ^'^_A_RT JOr U N AL TE A < 1 1
n.l have hi). I four y.-iirs' exper
hr loll; helghtSft. UHlu-;
I -, fair salary: ready Sept.
■ AL." care of Pesmas's art
t i.f pen.. Eclectic Short.,
, type., all bus.
idai-d work on
eight 175: height
ices; ready J '
EHT ACCOUNTANT," care of Pei
rled. Good references; ready June I
G",
,\l>l \TF. •!
EIl!4' BUREAU
iiiercini, auil nbu '
binnckeeoul)'. It b
topetker. A Ibi'
able
the
select good teacheraforvoodftchoiils.
Small tee is charged the tencbei* : uti chnrue
is iimde to tbe school. Uelinhle schools seek-
iuE trncbers. itnd nell •iitaliHed, reliable
tcacbeis seckina places are wanted for out
lists. Nil otheis need anply. Address PEN-
MAXS ART JtllRNAL TEACHERS' Btj-
REAI. iOi llloadwnv New Yorlt.
\ <;i( VDI ATK .-< 1 iilcoursc. wlionlsoh,,.
C""
1023 Coliseum St., New Orleans. La.
W; E. DENNIS, 357 Fulton St., Brooklyn. N. Y.,
Engrosser aud Designer.
WHAT Hammond says about Castronogrraphy.
a 12 page booklet with beautiful specimen of
knife work sent for 10c. Best blank cards. Lowest
prices. ^ samples free. L. W. HAMMOND, Ba-
THE best ink made. Qet sample pint 10 cts.
HANDY PACKAGE DYE CO.. Massena. N. Y.
D. S. HILL, Penman, Marlon, Ky. Beautiful
flourUh -0 cents, caps, business and faiicv lo
cents, mall course S» Ou, cards 15 cents All kinds
of order wort.
E. K. DAVIS, Pen Artist, Nashville, Tenn.
Cours.' of 12 le;;-^on^ln business writing. 83.' u; U'
iii-at or card writing per
■'" '^■'■* *■' ^-' ids
Designs of all"
, Newport, R.
'U
p. M. SIS^M)N. h-cnman. Newport. R.I. BeaU'
c, your nam.' on l dozen cards MO cts.,— 12 les-
ns In penmanship by mall 82.50.
S. HISER, Wr iting Supervisor Public
Schools. Richmond,
INVALUABLE TO TEACHERS. Work
jd; weight
"rences.
.. M. E..'
)d references. Li>\
Y'"
A'^
L^'/,^
A\'^'
Address " WORKEk.'care
I' Eelectlo Short., hookkeep..
CAPABLE."
iiiion.hlL'ham
\t HKK wltti
M>V TEACHBK
I ' i\|ie.and art. I'air nulury. n'adj .
- L. K. C." care of Penman's ,•'
('"," ':'■':'■:■■'
~ experience. He,
I .-.(t.7Hln.:m8rrl
Address " A, v.
I 'ff, \fll 1 -
ACAPABI.E TEACHER of bookkeep
Pltriian Short., pen., com*! law. type'
B1.C1I., polu, (.con.. hl8lorv. lit., ftc. Is open for
married. Goo! I
G'
(iuod he«lMt.i
helBht 5 ft. (1 In.: unmarried.'^ Cioqd'
i-(*alury. Address " G. N. 1.,"
HealtL L'o...l; (iLTi- :{'.', weliilil lin); height o ii
married. Good references. Fair salary: reath
time. Address "L. I. F.," care of Penman's Art -
rpKAC'IIKIt of rom-l branches, slant and \. i
A^„
G*
M ' -'
If bns. coll., with 3 years
'in.'iitastt.ja-lK-i-ofb.ink
-I' pen., bookkeep., arlth..
bus. pract., gram. Can
L^!
teaching experience
mans an.i .ihr , i,.x[-. aud Miinson Short. Good
health: am- HU: \vv\Kiii Itin; heleht 6 ft. uj^in.; mar-
ried. Good refereuceg. Wants fair salary. Address
"E. C.A. "care of Penman's art Journal.
Xleacbers TOIlanteJ).
h§i;eni»ian'sautjoiirnai,teach.
"US' IIVKIiAU. Pciiinansl '
It mill Hliorlhand and ty
ERS' IIVKKAU. Penmanship, Com.
......(-lal, nmi Hliorlhand and typewriting
brnnclieiianly. It bilnKateaiherBand Bcliooln
toiictlier. A larire aciiunintnnee amonii
•rfiools anil teacliers enniiles tiie manaiie-
Ri*""*,!" '**''ect aooil teaeherHforBOOflNchools.
!!«iiinli lee IM cliarved tile teacher i no charue
in made to the arboal. Reliable schnolK seek-
inir teacherH. and well Qunlifled. reliable
teachern seekins pliicea are wanted for our
liMts. yn iitherN need apply. Address PEN-
{"* n;s a ut .1 ouKNA L* Teachers' Bu.
REAL'. 20-2 BroH<lway, New York.
WANTED.— A arst-class penman who can teach
penmanship jind other com'l branches. A good
salary paid to a good man. Address " PROMPT PAY,"
'■^fe of Penman's Art Journal. 202 Broadway. New
'f^e/una/\^Qytk£/<:iMtUA/tJ&
%d\M:4i\\C!€)W
oftheU.S. ttDd UfiD. If (luuliflea and you desire a
good position you should enroll with us at once—
don't wait until all of the best places are taken.
Chargea. one haif usual rates. We recommend. Write _
today fo}- full information anil "What Others Say andj
Selionis desiring superior teachers of any kind s
B, nll-arouud tea'.-her and Beun Pitman short-
Mo., pen. and Benn Pitman; N. Y., Isaac
oil., also pen. EnHtern State.
Ph., also ElIU Bookkeep.
GREGii'.-PncVfic'Coi
.MrXSON.-
'^pk^iFnin^.-
OAV. Pa.
DEMENT, -Mn
nted. \. Y.,alsoW & R. bo. 1
,:REG».i.-Pncific CoRot, M
, NO PARTlCltLARSYSTE
W. T. PARK.!^* Mirr.,
Equitable Teachei
^Cttdvtiv^:4dv€cU
SriTED AGAIN.
MLrrii .h J II Ml i|;s|-:, I'l'-in. Hartford Business Coll.
PENMAN';* ART JOURNAL. TEACHER^'
BUREAU. a»»*.* Bron«Iwny, N. Y.
The lrt97 eiriiiloyni.-nt srasnii i.4 iinv opi-n iiiid we
year. Well pr.piireil teactuTs (w
perlence) are in dtmaud. There
other kind. During 1890 we had t^
Ma
Utrong, all round r
Pa., Ellis system
N. J., Strong
com 1 teacher and penninn. N. V.. BookkeepInK
and Eclectic shorthand N, Y., Bookkeeping and
Uement Shorthand. Pnrifir (.'on»«(. Com 1 and
Graham Short. Pa., Conn., all-rouud comi, strong
In iniittM-mallcs, pen and discipline. M«.. all-rouiul
tf.q<.liHi- {in., all-round teacher. O., all-round
\ - 1 1 Mi.Uer. In (I.. English and flue penman.
Niii.. rii'l teacher, good dtsctplinarlan. Pacific
<i..i-i, ill-round com'l. Pa., pen and com'l.
I lit.. iiiri, Md., pen., short-hand and type-
tvMiiii^ lliit^H., pen. and assist in bookkeeping,
rill., oMii'l ami English. Mo., pen and comi.
n.. ^■^llll■l. Ii.HDf«., all-round comT teacher, need
not lie fine penman ; strong, experienced man
>\ ,1 iited. Pen., <. oni'l and I. Pitman shorthand f* r High
MhooUnear New York), »1.00U (orlO mos. N. Y., pen.
and book. W, Va., all-round com'l teacher as man-
ager of small school. N. Y., all-round teacher {com'l
and shorthand). Teuu.. young penman to teach and
take bus. and short, courses In part p'm't. N. H.,
all-round man as manager ana teacher. N. J.,
strong all-round man and good penman, good school,
good salary. N. Y„ flrst-class penman and good
teacher for lariie school. Neb., prln. of com'l and
pen. depts. nor. school. Mo„ English and nor.
branches M«..pen. and Benn Pitman shorthand.
Pa., all-round (Ellis sysiem) man. III., law, Eng-
lish and arlth. Ind., com'l and pen. or com'l and
short. Mat«ii., pen. and com'l. Masts., all-'ound
man as teacher and manager. Oa„ math, and book-
keep. WiH., prln. of bus. dept. on shares. Fla.,
Miuii., pen. and
pen. and short.
- Neb., pen. and
shares. Pa., all-round strong man lover
of age t. Neb., pen. and short, on shares ;
. „.. — ok. and gram., N. Y., book., shorthand,
arlth,, etc., who Is good penman; Mhbs., good all-
round com'l; Pacific Coast, all-round com'l ;
SHORTHAND.
ECLECTIC.-Ohio. com'l also; N. Y., good
opening; No. D., Teacher to take Interest In school-
MaHH.t Wis. I HaM., one who can Invest small
amount ; Obio; N. Y,, bookkeeping also.
GRAHA3I.-Pa.,al6open., Pa.i Vn.(Pa..also
arlth.. gram, and com'l If called upon ; Wis., also
book. Pacific Coast, com'l also.
PITMAN.-Wesi Va.i Pa. i N. Y.. male
teacher ; Western Imitate, Eng. and com'l also ;
TEACHERS WANTED!
We have over four thousand vacancies for teachers each season— several times as many vacancies as
members. Wt- must have more members. Several plans : two plans give free renistratlon ; one plan GUAR-
ANTEES a satisfactory position for the coming Fall. Ten cents, silver or stamps (the regular price Is 25 cts.),
pays for a 100-page book, explaining the different plans, and containing a complete gSOO.OO Prize Story, a
true and charming love story of College days. No charge to employers for recommending teachers. Address
RET, DR. 0. M. SUTTOX, A. M.. Pres't and Manager, Southern Teachers' Bureau, Louisville, Ky.
SP*T?r^, TAT TSsT^^ ^***^ ^^"^ general education want«d for department
in Pvnn^vhaa^rt aiid other Sh te""*"? ■'" "'**'' ^^chonls. Preparatory Schools and Colleses
tions imy'ing Sm to S7U per month, if thev
arawinar. For further information, address
». I.. MYEItS A- CO., Ed.ieniionnl Itiiildinif, HarriNbiiig. PENNSYLVANIA.
; \V. Vii., shorthand, i.
lal and shortha
Pa. school. One for Southern school.
school, Odi
MANAGER OF EMPLOYMENT BUREAU
For New York Commercial School.
Information about such of these vacancies a.s re
main untllled will be sent to all who register li
The Penman's aiit Tmiwv.i te-.i^hitrb' nrti!F*r
Blanks and partlculi
! for N. Y. school One for Pa. scto
upon appllcatlo
Justness (^pportuntttes.
All business subjects,
stenography, typ e -
writing, languages.
Day and evening.
Begin any time.
F YOU WANT
. school proprietor.
rltlng and drawing, etc.. The Joui
peniiolder or something
school proprietors and teach'
*'"" and drawing, e"- '""" ''
'111 put you In
Possibly
Ith thi
of the 'kind
partner for some'business enterprise, etc. Th'ls Is the
column to put you in communication with the rleht
The price is S'^.SO each insertion for nils.
■ If two in
S5) the ad
incb. If two
I third iosertio
be paid loi
will be ent
deii«lred.
PARTNER WANTED.-In a well advert!
and thoroughly ei|u!ptjrii Inisiiiessi'nllck'i', l-ira
~-\UiU- taking a partriri .uM ■■<:<■ r. ■■ -i ■
solk
rJou
Addri
BUSINENS C^liLEGE-*. PROPRIETOR
AND OTHERS, Ta liE NOTICE.-Do yc
want to make a fortune In a few years by conducting
a business college on business i ' ' '" " '
handling our books? Read the foil
favorably known that
the public justice, codo
■Itory In_the United
■ justice, considering I
Hei
divldii
sons who dei
pared and havi
low our advice, will receivi
■ day for bookkeepci
in bookkeeping .
strongly and generally
I- Ive almost dally, orders f m
■ nerchants from all se
I of the United States, as well as forelRn
I. for
book on bookkeeping at SI 0.00 p
- ■ ' Notonecopy '
colleges and t
bookkeeping In thirty days. When
■jookkeeplng Is well advertised Itlsal-
rompetlclon. When we sell territory we will fun
returned. Over ■!
copies of our late bni
bookkeeping Is well advertised Itlsalnuist an otfsei
■■ "on. When we sell terr
almost cost, allowing (
' agents the full
r j)artlcular8 ad-
Business Coliege.' Na8hv"irie7'Tenn7,
FOR SALiK.— The good will and plates of a wel
advertised and widely used set of writing lessons
Copper plate engravmg ; thousands of dollars spem
In advertising ; International reputation. Reason foi
selling : conflicts with present business of owner. A
good thing for a hustling advertiser. Address "WRIT
ING LESSONS." care Penman's ART Journal.
Scbools jfor Sale.
TF YOU WISH to sell your school, or to buy one
■ "-'■" find a partner, The Journal's Want c
adv't In these column
ch in
tion tor ads.
vill be entitled to a third iusertioa free, it
I to exceed one iuch. If
paid for^iii ad vauce ($(.;&
desired
FOR SALE.— A thoroughly established Buslne-ss
College In one of the moat progressive cities of
the U.S. A No. 1 reputation. Address "GILT EDGE."
care of Pexman's Art Journal.
SCHOOL FOR SALK,~»400 or gtOOO will buy
one of two schools now paying well. Located la
city of over 20.000, no opposition. Terms, cash or
trade for city property or farm land. Address " 174«,"
L LE.~A Business College In Ohio will be
small capital. School has a reputation of doing goo>l
work and students holding good positions. Must be
sold. Don't write unless you mean business and
have some money. Address " A. Z.." care Penman's
H
suppUe
ffoc Sale oc ^ra^e.
nadv
"AVE YOU some rare works on penmanship,
able pen specimens, some penman's
hfng that you want to sell or trade I
^ ... this column will talk to the largest
_„„ ...„,.t select audience Interested in things of this
kind that It Is possible to And. You may have some
dead property on hand that you want to turn Into
money, or to trade for -somethmg you can use. Try an
ad. and see how It works.
FOR SA LE.— Copies for sale. I have a few sets of
pen-written copies Including sets of Business Cap-
tal.s and Ornamental Capitals valuab-e to private
i. which I '
Scbool jFurnlture anO Supplies
ffor Sale or Ejcbanoe.
FOR SALE. -One new OdcU Typewrltir. 818.
••ost S'»(» and has never been ilseU. Also one new
97
USE Out Ledger&Llnen Papers.
.sample Book Free. Crane Bros., Weslfield, Mass.
WRITING HELPS FOR TEACHERS.
To Teachers :
and others.
. KELLER, Duluth, Minn.
5 Practicai- Book-
USTRATED," for
V and for use in literary
had the advantage of a business
tion. Will not require much ol the teacher's
NothinK like it issued. Price in reach of all.
OVER ^=iSt|^2 Orders
400 AZ^m Received
■ examination. Write for prices and
rulars showing some of its Special AdvaiUages,
Illustrations, etc, (MciitJon this paper). Address
ORAUGHON'S Practical Business College^
NashvlHet Tenn., or Texarkana, Texas.
"Prof. Draughon — I learned bookkeeping at
homelrotn your book, while holding a position as
night telegraph operator." C. E. Leffingwell,
Bookkeeper for Gerber & Ficks.
Wholesale Grocers. S. Chicago, III-
Devoted to the interests of the
Writers of Shorthand, and
Users of the Typewriter.
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