%^ ^'. Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2010 with funding from Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation http://www.archive.org/details/penmansartjourna3314nati iCim^Cl^wuiaS The Best System of Shorthand The North Carolina State Normal and Industrial College COMMERCIAL DEPARTMENT SHORTHAND TYPEWRITING GREENSBORO, N. c, June 30, 1908. BOOKKEEPING THE PRINCIPAL, State Normal School, Salem, Mass. Dear Sir: I understand that you are introducing a commercial course into the State Normal School, of which you are principal. This Toeing a similar school, our work may te-of interest to you. Out of an enrollment of 560, the Commercial Department here carries from 10 to 12 per cent. We use the Isaac Pitman system, and the results are good — the puhlic pronounce the work a success. At our last Commencement, May 26, we gave two Reporter's Certificates for veriatim work. To show you the highest expression of our work, I am mailing you a copy of the State Normal Magazine, in which you will find some verloatim work, notahly the sermon by Dr. White, of Atlanta. Less than a half-dozen words were changed in the manuscript, the work "being so well done. The environment of this place, coupled with a standard shorthand system, produces the results indicated. Scarcely a year passes that we do not give one or more certificates for verbatim work. If we had one of the light-line systems, the results shown in this magazine could not have "been done. You are inter- ested in putting the best before your students and there is no system superior to the Isaac Pitman. Respectfully , (Signed) E. J. PORNEY, Principal, Commercial Dept . SE^B FOR A COPY OF "INTERNATIONAL SPEED CONTESTS" AND "PITMAN'S JOURNAL" ALSO FOR PARTICULARS OF FREE INSTRUCTION BY MAIL TO TEACHERS ISAAC PITMAN & SONS :: 31 Union Square :: New York j 'COURSE IN ISAAC PITMAN SHORTHAND," $1.50. Publishers of ■! "PRACTICAL COURSE IN TOUCH TYPEWRITING," 50c. CLOTH, 75c. ( "STYLE BOOK OF BUSINESS ENGLISH," 60c. lu answering advertisements please mention tlie Tenman's Art Journal. — ^PERNIN'S^ — UNIVERSAL PHONOGRAPHY /sf Ejcactty^ What It^ J^ame Implies A 20th Century Standard Shorthand for EVERYBODY fifo Shading J^o Vosition ConneclinJe \/ot£fels J^o Discouragements Fetif Wordsigns J^o Failures PERNIN'S UNIVERSAL PHONOGRAPHY is not longhand — we have not tried to make it look like longhand. It is genuine shorthand, the original lightline — and it contains none of the objectionable characteristics of the continuous forward movement systems, in writing which it is impossible to keep the hand in balance, and which, when rapid writing is attempted, are less legible than the Pitmanic shorthands. TE^JSflJSf SHO^THAJSfD /V the Simplest, Most Legible, and one of the Briefest and Fastest Shorthands in the World! y^oti can THOV^E thU if you will try it. Give it a fair trial. 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Packard's Bank Bookkeeping $1.25 LIBERAL DISCOUNT TO SCHOOLS Any of the above books zt'i'li be sent to teachers, for examination, tipon I'ery reasonable terms. Correspondence inz'ited. S. S. PACKARD, Publisher, 101 East 23d Street, New York In answering advert isemcnts please mention the Pexm-I-n's .\rt .Iolunal. Vol. 33 SEPTEMBER, 1908 No. 1 EDITORIAL XOTHER school year is upon us. Teachers arc back in the school room with coats of tan which give evidence of the manner in which they spent their vacations. They may, too, some of them, have difficulty in inducing their muscles to de- scribe the circles between two ruled lines on a sheet of paper after the magnificent sweep of the arm grasping the tennis racquet or the tip of an oar. But the finer touches will soon come back, and mingling with the energy and enthusiasm developed in the open air will make every teacher a host in the battle for education. All the pupils are not yet here, but they are coming. Those on hand for the first day of the new school year dis- play an eagerness for the work which augurs well for the final results. During the bright, sunny days of September, and when the crispness of early October frosts is in the air, there will be ill-concealed yearnings for forest, field and stream, but the energies that would be applied to sports will be directed with telling effect upon their studies. They feel the spirit of conquest and their eyes already flash with the victory they see ahead. Owners enter upon the school year with hope and confi- dence. They have passed through a long period of doubt. The younger school men, perhaps, who have not been called upon to weather such gales as that in which they suddenly found themselves last Fall, felt almost discouraged when the tight- ening of the money market caught them between two mill- stones, cut down their incomes and made credit difficult to obtain. But they have learned lessons in business which never were taught them in the business schools they attended, and they will be better able to impart their knowledge to others. There is optimism in the air. Every branch of industry feels it, from the little place of business on the corner to the mighty railroad system, with the terminals on either ocean. It is not coming back with a rush, but with a steady uplift which promises permanence. All this, the business school proprietor knows, means prosperity to him. As business ex- pands there will be a greater demand for his pupils, the salaries paid them will be better, and the attendance at his school must increase. More pupils means harder work for the teacher, but he, too, feels the thrill. Perhaps on account of the uncertain con- ditions prevailing early in the Summer he has accepted a posi- tion at less salary than he felt himself capable of earning. More pupils may mean harder work for him, but it also means a raise in salary at the end of the year, even though it may not come before. Then, too, there is the satisfaction which comes from training young men and women for a work which the world is waiting to have them do. To the pupils themselves the inspiration of returning confidence is greatest. The young man or young woman who enters a business school does so with a definite purpose in view — that of entering a business office. So when the wheels of industry begin to turn in their accustomed manner, when the forces in a thousand offices are strengthened to meet the demands which will be put upon them, the pupils feel confi- dent that when they have mastered the lessons of the year there will be awaiting them the opportunity to put their theories into practise. Throughout the country, school rooms have been re modelled and courses strengthened. Instead of waiting for the business world to demand these improvements the school proprietors have wisely taken the initiative and determined to make their pupils so proficient that business men could not afford to do without them, even in dull times. In this respect temporary misfortune may prove to be a blessing. The Journal feels th.e inspiration of the season more than ever before. .At the time when the general depression in business was greatest it was making preparations for the best year of its career. A course of lessons in business writing such as had never before been. attempted, was planned, and with this issue of the magazine our readers are given an oppor- tunity to see for themselves if we have not eclipsed all previous efforts along this line. The eye of an expert is not needed to determine the practicability of these lessons. They speak eloquently for themselves. Teachers should start the year right by urging their pupils to subscribe for some business paper. Compared to the re- sults obtained in increased interest and efficiency, the cost is trifling. Every trade has its organs, and no man would ex- pect to succeed in any line without careful attention to the literature pertaining to it. The Penman's Art Journal is the trade organ of business education, not of penmanship alone, but of all the allied branches. It is invaluable to teacher and pupil. ^ We are just taking our thirty-third degree, and in the coming volume will be gathered the harvest of thirty-two years of experience. Don't neglect the opportunity to give your pupils a share of the benefits to be derived from a care- ful study of the artistic forms and graceful lines of the copies to be given during the coming year, not to mention the gen- eral contents of the magazine, which is always interesting and always instructive. Start your clubs at once. Beginning right is half the battle. Well begun is half done. 'e/ima/vi Qy' rdtoJ^auuiO PUBLISHED BY THE NATIONAL PENMANSHIP PRESS HORACE G. HEALEY. EDITOR 229 BROADWAY. NEW YORK TWO EDITIONS. THE JOCENAL is published monthly in two editions. The Penjian-s Art Juurxal, 32 pages, subscription price ..> cents a year, S cents a number. c-H!t.„„ This is the The Penman's Art Jodrnal, News Edition. This is the reeular edition with a special supplement devoted to News. JIis- clflany IndsSml special 'public-school features. Subscription price %\ 00 a vear. 10 cents a number. ,, . . All advertisements appear in both editions ; also all instruc- tion features intended for the student. CLUBBING RATES. Regular Edition— 75 cents a year. In Clubs of more than *'''News"E°dUion-$1.00 a year. Five subscriptions, $5.00; one '^""Tfirtrviif^s^nt 1n°eno°ugh subscriptions to entitle the club sender to the minimum rate, as specified above, additional sul>scrip- tions in any number will be accepted at the same rate throughout the ®|^JJ°Jg^.^J'|^■g^,,g(,^iptions, including Canadian, and on subscrip- tions in Boroughs of Manhattan and Bronx. New York, 2o cents a year extra, to pay for additional cost of delivery. ADVERTISING RATES. S3.00 an inch. Special rate on '■Want" ads as explained on fhose pages. No general ad. taken for less than $2.00. CHANGE OF ADDRESS. Subscribers wishing to have their magazine sent to a new- address should notify us promptly, giving the old address and snecifvine the edition, whether News or Regular. Notices must he received one full month in advance, that all copies may be received. The one thing of which The Journal Is proudest is that nine-tenths ol the school proprietors and teachers that take the trouble to put it In the hands of their stuaents at the clubbing rate think enough of the paper to send in their own subscription year after year for the News Edition at one dollar. THE JOURNAL'S PENMANSHIP CERTIFICATE m THiQ^IINM ANS Alv'rjoi HNAIi /■- /.. V uman's^iVt ,Vnirual' The above is a reduced fac-simile of the Penmanship Certificate awarded by the Penman's Art Journal to those who complete any one of its courses in business writing. It is a handsome specimen of the art of penmanship, printed on beautiful azure tinted parchment paper, 16x21 inches in size. It is signed by the class teacher, the conductor of the <:ourse of lessons in The Journal, the secretary of the Self- Help Club and the editor of The Journal. The conditions under which the certificate is awarded are as follows : I. Every candidate must be a subscriber to The Journal. H. R. Shafer. The man behind the Pernin Shorthand Institute Co.. Detroit. Mich. Fourteenth of a series of "Men Behind G;-eat Busi- ness Enterprises Closely Associated with Commercial School Interests." 2. He must well and faithfully do all the work assigned in connection with any series of lessons in business writing. 3. A final specimen of his writing must be sent to the editor of The Journal for approval. (Home students will be required to send a page of their practice work taken from each month's lesson.) The Journal's certificate has now been in use for five years and hundreds of them adorn the walls of leading schools of this country. They are rightfully prized very highly by the holders as a tangible evidence of earnest and conscientious work faithfully performed. A fee of fifty cents is charged to pay for inserting the name, the name of fne school, and to defray the expense in getting the proper signatures. We hope to have the pleasure this year of issuing a large number of these beautiful certificates. Penman's Art Journal, 229 Broadway, New York. A VOLUNTARY TESTIMONIAL Pittsburg Academy, Pittsburg, Pa., July 17, 1908. Gentlemen — I am in receipt of your recent favor in which you grant penmanship certificates to eight Pittsburg Academy students. These certificates have been unusually helpful to us dur- ing the past year in the way of arousing enthusiasm in our classes. Heretofore we have given gold medals and prizes of various kinds in order to .secure better work from our students, but we have never succeeded in getting anything like the results that have been secured this year from the certificate plan. In giving certificates the standard should be high; and it is certainly an excellent idea. I am telling my classes that you require a strong business movement and at least a fair degree of accuracy. Of course, the Penman's Art Journal has been useful to us in other things than penmanship, but this is where it has had greatest usefulness. I wish to say that during the coming year I shall turn vou in as many subscriptions as possible. Yours truly, E. T. OVEREND. -afaig^y .^^ .. : ''■ _ Mr. Mills at His Work. This photograph, taken August, 1908, shows Edward C. Mills, the noted Script Specialist, iust as be appears when doing his work. Mr. Mills is now Associate Editor and member of the Journal staff. He is a model for the young men of America, not only as a penman, but in every other way. LESSONS IN FREE-ARM 3IOVEMENT WRITING HIS course of lessons is the result of tlie combined efforts of Edward C. Mills, the noted Script Writer, and Horace G. Healey, the Editor of The Journal. Every feature has been tested in the crucible of the class room, and nothing but tbe pure metal remains. We promise tbe highest possible improvement to all who conscientiously follow the course. It is ex- pected that pupils .will do at least one hundred pages of practise work each month. Certificates will be granted to all who meet the necessary requirements. MATERIALS. PAPER — Use a good quality of paper, eight by ten and a half inches in size. Whenever the time can be had to do so, the paper should be ruled into quarters, as shown in the lessons. The quar- ters may be indicated by check marks, making the middle check mark first. A little time can be profitably spent in eye-training of this nature. Have at least two blank sheets under the one on which the writing is being done. PENS — For Business Writing use a business pen. Any of the following will give very satisfactory results : Esterbrook, Business and College, No. 453 ; Hunt, University. No. 59 ; Glllott's Magnum Quill, No. 601 F ; Spencerian, Commercial, No. 3. Use a new pen at every lesson. INK — Use a blue black fluid ink. the darker the better. AMODXT OF WORK TO BE DONE. From one to five pages of each lesson should be written, whether it consists of a Letter, a Word or a Sentence. All Product Work should be filed away for grading and comparison. JIONTHLY SPECIMENS. At the beginning of tbe course, and on tbe first ilonday in each month, each student should prepare two specimens of writing, one to hand to the teacher, the other to be retained by the pupil him- self. These specimens should be worded as follows : City, State, Date This is a specimen of my best penmanship. Nine men went mining in a mine. A set of capitals written in two lines. Signature of the writer. HOW TO PRACTISE. Assume and maintain a correct position at the desk. Take paper and check off into Quarters. Practise dividing these Quarters into Eighths. This will be necessary in order to have a definite guide as to proper direction for the down strokes. Then "STOP, LOOK AND STUDY." Do not plunge ahead blindly and trust to luck — letting your hand do your seeing and thinking. The eyes are to see the letters, the head to understand them, and the band to make them. Read the brief instructions carefully. Be sure that you understand them. The first line shows the make-up of the letter; the second, how to practise it. You should devote at least one-third of your practise time to tbe first line, and two-thirds to the second line. Always count, either aloud or to yourself, whilp practising. Later on in the course it will be possible for you to keep tbe count and not move your lips. Cut Showing Position of Paper and Arms with Relation to the Desk. At the bottom of the 'paper are two figures in circles, 1 and 2. Place th.e arm on top of Figure 1 while making the exercises on the first half of the line, and on Figure 2 while making the exercises on the second half of tbe line. 'enmxuii QytiC Qjva uuJiCJ Standard Business Capitals — As Plain as Print. FREE CEKTIB-ICATK. A Free Certificate will be awarded to one pupil Id each scliool who. in the Judgment of the teacher, has made the greatest im- provement. These Certificates are to he awarded March 1. 19U9. POSITIOM. Study carefully the five points in Position, Body, Arm, Hands, Pen and Paper, by referring to the large cut showing Mr. Mills at his desk sitting just as he does in doing his most accurate script work. This photograph was taken during the month of August, 1908. ■WRITE IN COLUMNS FOR HVORD PRACTICE: After writing the first column, draw the paper toward you and write the second. Eventually, you will have copies that will train you to write across the page. FORM. Kurm is taught concurrently with Position and .Movement. The type form of the Letter is used as the basis. This is done that learners may see the resemblance existing betA'ecn the two forms In Shape and Proportion. SPEED. That the desired quality of line may be obtained, It is very necessary to make the exercises at the rate of speed indicated. High speed should not be attempted at first, but should be a resultant acquirement. PRACTISE WITH DRY PEN: With a dry pen go over the outline very carefully of each letter. Repeat this fifty times. It will accustom the muscles and nerves to the Letter Track. Each letter has a little track of its own, and the muscles must be accus- tomed to making the trip. These tracks are very narrow. .u.a':M Copy X. In making the penmanship journey, the first thing to do is to get on to the right track. With paper checked off into fourths, place the arm an the sheet so that it crosses all lines at right angles. Let the hand move up and down ten times in a perfectly straight line in the middle. Move to the right (No. 2, and repeat; then to the feft (No. 3). This is the chief thing mat is new in Free Arm Movement Writing. Master it, and you are on the right track. Bui you could not write with this up-and-do ini motion alone. i.y ■^. v>iiu aim piaccu across miuuie of bottom line, swing pen back and forth to middle check mark. It the pen were allowed to continue across page, it would follow dotted line. Move arm to end of bottom line on page and make second exercise. This is not a new movement, as Copy 1 was. But ijou tould not write wtith this from-left-to-right motion alone. Copy 3. Let us invent a line that will go up and down and from left to right at the same time. We repeat Copy 2, and divide the up-and-down-line No. 1 and the lateral line No. 3 with the Oblique Line No. 4, and we have just what we want. This line will be our compass. Let us master it. But lotice ! While it is midway between lines No. 1 and No. 3, it touches the middle of a square made up from one-half of the fourth in which it is made. This |>bservatlon will be our guide for determining the right direction for all straight strokes. Copy 4. After the line has been divided into fourths, we shall go further and divide each fourth into the squares mentioned in last copy. Make the jtraight line from middle of top line to lower left hand corner. This line we shall u.«e as a "post" or "support" on which to rest other exercises. Observation >Jo. 2. As we make this line we notice that each time we draw it toward the middle of out bodies, and on a line directly straight with our eyes. Copy .■>. Writing is not niji de up of straight lines only. We must have '^ome curves. We therefore bring to our aid a figure called the Oval, because t is shaped like an egg. We shall now take a page filled witli the straight line and around each throw an oval, going around ten times. The straight line s a support to keep the oval from falling down. ake it alone, to see if it can stand by itself. "'^en/rianA oyZtLoJ^iLZAjiCp No. I. PRELIMINARY DRILL, IVO. 1: Place the arm on the tabic so that the fleshy portion only touches. Close the hand as tight as possible, and let it move in and out of the sleeve as far as the elasticity of the muscles will permit. Be very careful that the arm does not swing at the elbow. Count as the arm comes back. The hand will go in and out of the sleeve much as a turtle's No. 2. head goes in and out of its shell. The rate of speed in all these drills should be three per second. PRELIMINARY DRILL NO. 2: Rest the arm as in Drill Xo. 1. but open the hand. The muscles will aot be so enlarged. Keep your eye and your mind constantly upon the forearm. Copy 7. Make the oval standing by a post, and then let it walk alonj least, you must practice more on Copy 5. to the hrst cheek maik It it tails dowu once, or changes its direction *■/' v,rr'r. '/f//-'/ y//.j// Copy S. As soon as the oval can walk alone, try the straight line. First let it stand still for a while to get its balance, and then walk off grade to the first check mark. Control. In all the foregoing exercises, we have been developing Movement and Direction. There has been very little Control as to size and lia tion. It is now necessary to take a step into new territory, that of controlling the little skill we have developed. We sliall call this new step the Sei Degree ; the preceding one being termed the First. The Second Degree in Control will consist in bringing the exercise down to one^halt the former hei and at the same time not permitting the fingers to move in the least. Copy 10. (Tliircl Degree.) — Obtain proper direction as before, but make extici'-es out hilt fpace high lines. We have the movement under sufficient control for the Capital Letters. iA J//i Samt ^tiaigbt line «5ei\t Copy 11. (Fourth Degree ) — Bi sect each fourth and from the middle of top line to lower corner draw straight line, just as in all former e cises. .Make three exercises to a space — aftoiuiid make four. Movement is now brought down to scope of Small Letters , ,. '^""J'.-'?- (Movement Applied.) — If you will look at Copy 11 again you will see that it evolves into letter forms — the e, i, v. and w, or one-s or the alphabet. This is the first stage in the Application of Movement — a Specific or Appropriate Drill for a Letter. The Second Stage is to hitch Movement to a Letter Form. Our simplest small letter is e. Notice how closely it resembles the printed form of the letter. The first line teaches the I or the letter; the second line shows how to practise it — a specific drill in first quarter, and three groups of five letters each in remaining quarters hundred and fifty per minute. = «- o -i 'Pennant) Q7UtCCl/Ju.uui& No. 3. No. 4. PRELIMIA'ARY DRILL NO. 3i With tlie arm still moving PRELIMINARY DRILL NO. 4: While the arm is still like the turtle's head, in and out, let the finger nails drop down moving in and out of the sleeve and the finger nails scratching the on the paper or desk so that they will scrape. It is very im- paper, lift the two first fingers and let the nails of the third and portant that the ends o£ the nails only should rest upon the desk. fourth fingers rest upon the paper only. Copy 13. The i is the next letter. Notice resemblance to type form. Practise as in Copy 12. One hundred and fifty per minute. Copy 14. In all of these plates, the first line shows both the script and type forms of the letters ; also how to group them. The second line show w to practise the exercises, at the same time affording a guide as to size. Ninety per minute. =-^^^^..Z^. Copy 16. There is not much resemblance between the script and t.vpe forms of the r. This Is the style of r to practise, however, for it can never mistaken for another letter. Sixty per minute. -.Ay 5. Copy 17. We have now made six letters, or nearly one-fourth of the alphabet. Be sure that you have used the movement in all. One hundred and ;y per minute. Plate A. This plate shows how all the small letters should be practised across the lines to form the habit of spacing the letters automaticallv elve lines to each quarter is the correct size. Jiis^^S^MiaAii ^tt '^amaS Xo. 5. PRELIMINARY DRILL NO. 5: Take up the penholder. Grasp it in the middle of the cork or rubber tip. Let the fingers all lie close together, as shown in cut 6, the penholder passing opposite the third wrinkle of the first finger, the first finger resting on top of the penholder, the second finger standing by the side of it, and the thumb pushing it up against the rest of the hand. Let the hand move in and out of the sleeve as before. Now take a sheet of paper and place it under the arm so that the pen will No. 6. touch the middle of the paper, as shown in cut 6. Let the hand swing back and forth laterally over the beginning of the third line to the end of it. The middle of the sweep will touch the top blue line of your paper. PRELIMINARY DRILL NO. 6: This shows how to hold the paper. Turn the page so that the top of it will be up. With the arm in this position, it points toward the upper left-hand corner of the desk. Copy 18. We shall now use the letters in words, making the Third Stage in the Application of Movement. Make* a full page of each word, ..:^.. .y - Y- \HZnl.. m(yn^ a ^.1^.„(2: a.__.a:X^^-(2:.^-j(2:-.-. \(1... Ct. Q^ aU^ (±^_(1.._ m {2:._^_£]^_.(2:.l£2:.._£^.._.(2: O:^ Copy 19. Review Copy 10. Count 1, 2. Line one shows how to learn the letter; line two, how to practise it. Make ninety per minnte. I E '~^'~(y, c^ w& m ey & (i^'(3lEl^KK{i. '"^t{ijz a ^ckc,.^.(Z:_ Q. an a c ( Copy 20. Practise as in copy 18. Get the swing. Ninety per minute. 'K £ I^MIKZIEL^KZIE^ O: (ty............L^.. (Z:^.A.(Z^.-.^JOy......I^^ Cy... C^ Copy 21. Same directions as before. Sixty per minute. Don't get top too small. Count 1, 2, 3. a Ld I a... ^ a- 'yi ^..^..^^. .Z "^a:..-.M Copy 22. Count 1, 2, pamse, 3. Notice how straight line two is. Always pause when you count that line. Close the top. Sixty per minute. UE^E^LS..,.:^/^ Copy 23. Make first line straight; then a little sword handle, and finish same as c.ipital O. Count 1, 2, 3, and accent each one. In practising 1 one count as follows : 1, 2 ; 1, 2 ; 1, 2, 3. Sixty per minute. a=^==^=,S=L\ar^=^=<^JLQ=^:^=^_._. ^£:^.^£UZa Copy 24. Capitals O and C joined. These constitute very valuable movement drills. They develop courage, as well as power and skill. 7 Copy 27. Make an entire page of each word. Space well out to the right. :^" ^ "^ ^ ^ ^ i ^ "^^ ^ ^ ^ I ^ ^ ^ ^^ ^^ ^ I ^ ^"'^" ^""'^'^i ^- ..--^ ^ ^. ^. Plate B, This plate shows how the Capital Letters should be practised across the ruled lines. Divide line into quarters and make six rows to each. wenty-four to the column. ri , J* O - — W W. 2 ^j:j»i!gg£'^ >--o o 5 ^ o _> •-;g q "S O o ^ 5? «> o r: sis' CET ALL VOU PAY FOR A Brief Talk to September Students S a rule, when you go into a place of business to buy, the less you carry away for what you pay the better pleased the business man is. Schools are about the only institutions that are glad to have you take away all j'ou can carry, the more the better. If you don't get your money's worth it's your cwn fault, and the teacher is as disgusted with you now as you will be with yourself later on when you go over your list of wasted opportunities and find staring you in the face the fact that you have sinned away your educational birthright. If you are attending a business school, remember that you have no time to lose. Life is short and art is fleeting, but a business course is one of the shortest things we know of, saving only the memory of a bad debtor. And educa- tional opportunities wasted make }'ou the worst kind of a bad debtor to yourself. You'll have to carry the account all your life, and it will look worse every time you look at it. Don't waste any time beginning to get ready. It is but a year at the most, perhaps six months only, before you will be summoned before that august personage, the office man- ager, to give account of yourself. You may be confident of your ability when you start for his place of business, but unless you have been honest with yourself while in school you will feel as if you could crawl out through the keyhole with some room to spare before the keen-eyed man at the desk has finished talking with you. There are a lot of things to learn before you can suit him. He has been educated up to an appreciation of good service. He hasn't neglected his opportunities to learn what a good office man ought to be able to do. You may be sure that even if you have let your opportunities for learning go by, he has been learning right along. He can usually tell the differencs Ijetween a competent and an incompetent man in about three minutes, and if you had hoped to pick up the necessary in- formation during the first year or two in the office while he was making up his mind about 3'ou you'd better wake up. If you enter the business school without any knowledge of business forms you will find that there are. a thousand and one different things to become familiar with. There are card index systems, appalling when you first think of them, but soon mastered, if you apply yourself. And there will be enough machinery to stock a factory, all of which you must familiarize yourself with, if you are to be a success in your chosen field. Don't be a wheelbarrow. Some people will never be a success unless some one else gets behind them and pushes A wheelbarrow is serviceable in its way, but it's hard work keeping it going. There are seme men who owe their suc- cess to their wives. These are the wheelbarrow sort of men. .•\s a general rule, their wives don't think any more of them than the world does. Even a man's wife gets tired of push- ing a wheelbarrow in time. Read the business magazines, subscribe for at least two of them. Then there will be no danger of your getting into a rut. Read everything you can find pertaining to your chosen field — business. Read the financial and business news in the daily papers. Read the news pages in which are chroni- cled the doings of the men who are the leading spirits in the business world to-day. You'll learn much which will be of service to you in preparing to be one of the leading spirits in the business world to-morrow. Be honest with yourself. A good business man won't take less than a hundred per cent from any one else, and it is a good idea to start with yourself. Get the habit of ap- plication. There will be a thousand men trying to master the intricacies of the particular branch of industry you choose for your own special field. You may have to work overtime sometimes trying to figure out ways to get in ahead. You will need to concentrate. This is an age of specialization. You will have to concen- trate your efforts, as well as your thoughts. Many a man has lost one prize he might have won by trying to get two or three at the same time. Better let the other fellow have part of them than to try getting all of them and lose all. This is too large a world for one man. Find your field and stick to it. It will probably look limited at the start; the whole world may look small to you when you begin ; but the longer you work the better satisfied you will feel that, when you have finished, there will be a good many things in your own par- ticular field for your successors to learn. THE K XD THE AVORI D AV A pay S-I is- !ie-KOes j -onngr nan A dice -n ever-throws yoniig Ilia \ el enii-iii-bi s talk. E ret t-in-his iralk, X ot-in -debt -for-hi.s- clothes yon A proniptly-on-tinie yonnp: niaii A get-np-and-oliml) yonng mar \ Ti-ining-to-TTork. .V never-TTill-shlrk. A vraste-not-a-dinie young niai -\ look- Xot SI' »n-in-the-eye yonii my-die yonng niai ready-right-no«. a snre-to-learn-h e-np-and-ery yoni II a I A stick-to-his-job yonng man. Xot a foUon-the-mob yonng man A snre-to-snceeed, (Heaven favor the breed) A gct-to-the-top yonng man. It is with a great deal of pleasure that I contribute t'nis course in Practical Off-Hand Flourishing to the columns of The Journal, for it is from these very pages that I have ob- tained my skill and inspiration during the past twenty-fivo years. It shall be my plan to give only such exercises as arc really practical and essential. Off-hand flourishing is still an important branch of penmanship, and I earnestly advise a who appreciate the artistic and beautiful to take up this course and follow it through with me. In Plate l I have given eight elemental exercises. In Plate 2 I have some simple applications, showing how these movement exercises may be used. Hold the pen as shown in the cut. Use the best quality of paper, a fine, flexible pen and black ink. Instructions wi be continued at length. COULDN'T WAIT SO LONG The following correspondence recently passed in the tire trade : Dealer — Please ship me another case of tires, same as last. Maker — Cannot ship anything until last case is paid for. Dealer — Cancel the order. Can't wait so long. — The Pueus. CONTINENTAL EMPLOYMENT BUREAU AND TEACHERS' AGENCY Bowling Green, Ky., July 6, 1908. Penm.\n's Art Journal. 229 Broadway, New York City. Gentlemen — We are handing you herewith contract for the ensuing year. We have found your paper to be an ex- cellent advertising medium. Very cordially yours, (Signed) W. S. ASHBY. S. F. Williamsport Commercial College, Williamsport, Pa., July 21, 1908. Gentlemen — Every student in our shorthand department has a copy of The Journal, and we are using the lessons every day. We expect to get better writing next year than we have ever gotten before. Students like business writing and look forward to each recitation with interest. Very truly, WILLI. \MSPORT COMMERCIAL COLLEGE. During the coming year we hope to have contributions for this department from all the leading penmen. We want the best that the profession can supply. It is the plan to make this department one of the most interesting in the magazine. EDITOR'S SCRAP BOOK The Editor's Scrap Book continue to grow in favor and increases in size. During the past year hundreds of speci- mens from our leading teachers and pro'fessional writers have been received. During the coming season we hope for an in- creased receipt of specimens in the various branches of pen- manship— Business Writing, Ornamental Writing, Flourish- ing, and Pen Drawing. ' We have received from James Wild, Coliie, England, some excellent ornamental signature work. E. H. McGhee, of Trenton, N. J., continues to contribut'2 his batch of well executed ornamental and business writing. Mr. McGhee's work is improving right along. W. A. Bode, the well-known card writer, of Fair Haven, Pa., sent The Journal some specimens of his card work that rank among the very best. J. W. Washington, now of Dorchester, Mass., swings a very skilful ornamental quill, as is noted from some miscella- neous specimens and card work he has sent us. J. G. Christ, of Lock Haven, Pa., is still able to dash off a letter in the ornamental style that is a delight to the eye. Some splendidly written cards have been received from E. E. Hixon, New York City: J. F. Siple, Philadelphia, Pa.: E. A. Tietze, Houston, Texas ; E. A. Dieterich, Cincinnati; •Ohio; M. F. Mitchell, Meridian, Miss.; J. J. Lynch, New- ark, N. J. Thomas E. Cupper, of Albany, Ga., handles the orna- mental penholder with a marked degree of skill. Mr. Cupper is manager of tlie So. Shorthand and Business University. Letters worthy of mention this month come from J. W. Baer, Phoenixville, Pa., and C. B. Adkins, Hartford, Conn. Superscriptions written in the ornamental and business styles come from the following : S. E. Leslie, Poughkeepsie, N. Y.; A. C. Sloan, Toledo, Ohio; John F. Siple, Philadel- phia. Pa. ; G. R. King, Los Angeles, Cal. ; W. A. Hoffman, Valparaiso, Ind. ; Oscar Ellefson, Olga, Minn.; F. W. Tam blyn, Kansas City, Mo. ; Adolph Mohler, Kewanee, 111. ; J. G. Christ, Lock Haven, Pa. ; G. T. W^iswell, Louisville, Ky. ; D T. Ames, IMountain View, Cal.; C. A. Zarker, Lancaster, Pa.; Amos \\'. Smith, Buffalo, N. Y. ; J. C. Barber, Providence, R. I. ; H. P. Behrensmeyer, Quincy, 111. ; P. L. Greenwood, St. Paul, Minn. ; J. W. Washington, Dorchester, Mass. ; £. S Watson, Williamsport, Pa. ; E. H McGhee, Trenton, N. J. ; J. D. Valentine, Pittsburg, Pa.; D. H. Farley, Trenton, N. J. W. H. Wetzel, McKeesport, Pa.; M. B. Moore, Morgan, Ky. : C. M. Miller, Coudersport, Pa.; F. B. Hess, Brooklyti, N. Y. ; E. F. Whitmore, Washington, D. C. ; J. T. Evans, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. ; J. F. Bowers, Lake Arthur, N. Mex. ; C. W. Ransom, Kansas City, Mo. ; A. H. Ross, Albany, N. Y. ; J. D. McFadyen, Ottawa, Ont. ; George W. Ellis, Portland^ Ore. ; R. C. King, Minneapolis, Minn. ; W. C. Brownfield, Columbus, Ohio ; James A. Stanley, Lowell, Mass. ; C. E. Baldwin, Columbia, Mo. ; E. L. Brown, Rockland, Me. ; Sam Evans, Covington, Ky. ; H. McKay, Waco, Tex. ; A. S. Osborn, Rochester, N. Y. ; E. A. Dieterich, Cincinnati, Ohio : H. G. Reaser, York, Pa. ; A. M. Wonnell, Big Rapids, Mich. : J. H. Snyder, Arona, Pa. ; F. J. Anderson, Kansas City, AIo. ; A. R. Damon, Ayers, Me. ; C. B. Adkins, Hartford, Conn. ; J. H. King, Raleigh, X. C. ; F. B. Adams, Greenville, 111.; J. V. Machell, Philadelphia, Pa. James Wild, Colne, England; Sister Mary Germaine, Monroe, Mkh. ; C. J. Gruenbaum, Lima, Ohio ; R. W. Ballen- tine, Albany, N. Y. ; R. A. Bivin, Sedalia, Mo.; W. A. Bode, Fair Haven, Pa. ; J. N. Fulton, Fort Wayne, Ind. ; Bessie Har- rison, INIcKeesport, Pa. ; Katharene Rosen, McKeesport, Pa. From the Facile Pex of "Wiz.\rd" Court.vev, Ced.^r Rapid s. Iowa. /^^^s^«' ^OyVitoXainaS ENGROSSING AND ILLUMINATING By p. W. Costello, Scranton, Pa. hp (bUmnniq pitamhl? nnA rrsolutions utprr imnnnnouDlt( '> { ajioptPi hg the ^^K1msm> mmmmi op | assBmbW mjBJgjJ of 3lli)lQiltlpol{D,ruiiini 2tsr. toFcfrnro; sClft'mi'tgenfiiiui^rcd anJ €i(|hh__ |tl^rW,@^n] tnoDPincnrfor itin uipKarpf nmnbinii (lasnmui'd onuiarii lnsiirrpg&nrpn'- inhpiJ m Mm\ fipinuoi' of tfi" npprnroarp or uon 5) njipparonr? of {hi) nqht Uiail ill W riplll lJmi!;iiii4 ^"' I '^tii)Snito6^ini'^oi:luiifri'Dipni2arioiiiin5 Vbrni pxhrmrlg Jqrtimatu hi liaumg U IHUn to Wrprt an6 ijiiii'ii' it tlirmiiili till' iiri'at ttiDin of rtu> pact iiihi' urarr. luluisi' filiillfiil ji'upralsliip.hi'i'iipi'iutotiaii nf niini aii6 affairs au6 snuitA jiu'ii)WuHn tlw Bi'li'climi mi6 i^irpction nf pulicii'S to improuf riii' luaiire aiu\ coniiitimis'of Hii' miiip uiurhprB haul' npuiT ham ci|iialli'i'i bi| aiii] man in tlit' lalmr m(n)i'nu'iif:auA.as*feBio uiirwwinci roiicnilrniion of HioirqW oni dip cantinaoiis upplirolioiiofliio inti'llini'iirr ani nirrqio''' in our nitm'slB Imfr on Buriou'ilu impiiin'A bis lii'olth ni lo coinpi'l liini to rphrc Ironi Hu- pri'tiuSmnj tiF our nrqaniiohoit i ^ tc €SOLV€D,p",iiii' I'lrfi'iian's to riu-SiiuiaiiiiitliHniiiijl gnnniintioii ot the _- •^uiN^iiip — ^■ |"{pii[l!i'ra^iiip[ira feiidBisMidisli muvfi mir sinreiT siimpaoiu in his lonq rontinufA ilhioss oiiA fxprvis q liopp for his .,„..,, plttP aii6 pefmanriitri'roupri). '^^SOLVtiD, ^lifltuu' nppri'cintt.raon' Hmnradii can fmi luorAsio express, the niaqniliiftc ot his luork niio tfic brilliantu_^ of liis nrhipucmi-iits' in brlmlf of the Aaion^troiWen oiii opprcsscA uioqc inorhtrs in cuero splftre uf foil. K€S0LV€D.'i3l"if nKunnnimoiishirBqrpfmatliehasfiriiniitnonissani.inorocr torcqoin tiis lieaWi. to .ipuer his official rcltttiotisliip uiilfi mirorjoniiatioiijani loe hope aniprau tlwHiis future mail be rrotiinci uiith ItCalltl.lKippiniISS Slid SniCCPSS as o pottlat rompeusation for ibe sarrifires ht'bos maie fiar us. SMOlOOi^lianlieSirrparg^bp iiiDlrurtPit to liaur rtuo prPamblPuiiirtii'Dt rPSOllltiimS Jpropcrlii^eriqroBociS am'i prescnSi to _2j'llOilJtint<^itChfll i" t"!;"' of our lOUC'iinilTitCBin. I tt.l{Sfamcj,arran ■B.i!i;'J\iliiuan, Jinnies'*. tflaA. . iJobert (f>ilmour, ^n6rrui3flatt£, S W.B.ttinn, Smihr^ SnmosBuncU. JnhnJtViCeniion. (fiiiuariitfunniuqhoni, . (fhnrleo Tax. The accompanying photographic reproduction of a set of resolutions is one of the handsomest we have ever seen. Mr. Costello was paid $750 for his work. This sum represents an amount equal to the average annual salary paid to the head of a family in this country. mo/=^i=^iw/\7\/ T is wilh considerable misgiving that I have ac- "cepted Mr. Heale\'s very kind but persistent invitation to give a course of lessons in the Ornamental Style of Writing through the columns of the Penman's Art Journal. Having accepted the responsibility, I shalf do my best to make the .course as interesting and profitable for those who may choose io follow the same as it is within my power to do. In presenting these lessons, I shall confine myself very closely as to style of letter and arrangement of matters to an old and well beaten path I have used for several years with It is right and proper to get discouraged. It denotes progress; but don't let discouragement get the better of you Remember others have had the same discouragements and have finaHy made a success, and so can you. A student in Latin a few days ago was lamenting the fact that he was not progressing as rapidly as he thought he should, when Professor Carver, in a way peculiarly his own, of letting one down awfully hard without any physical discomfort, said, "Well, it takes two or three days to learn Latin." I might say it takes that long at least to learn to write well. Keep right on study- ing and practising carefully and thoughtfully. There may be splendid success. The letters arc not intended to be mathe- matically correct in form, or to follow any particular standard; but are a graceful letter made with a free, easy movement, varying in form and embellishment from rather plain to the more ornate styles. something in vvhat we call "Natural Ability," but I believe there is more in hard work, study and practice. A genius becomes a genius simply because he has the courage to stick to his work until it is completed. (Instructions continued on next page.) ''-yen/nayuiQ^^UCCx/ou.tfMC) (Instructions continued.) I think it would be well for all following this course to write a copy of some few lines, paragraph or something, also make a set of ornamental capitals, and keep these for future reference. Improvement comes so gradually, that in order to know at all times just how you are progressing you should have these specimens to compare with your work through the course. Materials — In ornamental writing the oblique holder is indispensable. It is peculiarly adapted to the short, smooth shade necessary in such work. The 604 E. F. Gillott's pen. for all practical purposes, is the best. I always use this pen and later on for a very fine line and heavy shade, the No. i Principalitj' is the best. The paper used should be of the best quality, with a smooth, hard surface, ruled H in. to H in. with very faint lines. I use paper manufactured by The Whiting Paper Com- pany, Crane's paper. Parsons', Berkshire. Others are very much of the same quality, ranging in price from 16 cents to 18 cents per pound. Always use a blotter to allow the fingers to rest on, they glide very easily over this surface and it also serves to keep the paper clean. Inks — Arnold's Japan Ink one-half, with Arnolds' Writ- ing Fluid one-half, makes a fine ink, but needs considerable "doctoring" to keep it the proper consistency. India Ink diluted is also good, and for general practice work, economic fluid ink, such as Carter's and Sanford's, produce good re- sults. (Detailed instructions will be continued in October Journal.) 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CASH BOOKj_lTELLERSi , |CLEARINGr BALANCE^ IBALANCfc r IHOUSECHECKS The purpose of this Chart Is to show the relation of the dlfTer- ent Ixwks to each other, and how the results from them flow to the Cash Book and reach their final destination in the (general Jjedtrer. Eyery hank clerk, no matter what his position (about as valuable to otiiers) should write up this Banking couree. Just the thing for Night School. But to write up the whole course of Practical Booll- keeping and Accounting should increase one's earning power 50 /„ to 100%. Write for full particulars. Special discount to schools. W. L. MUSICK PUBLISHING CO., St. Louis, Mo. ARE YOU A MEMBER OF The National Commercial Teachers' Federations Organized in 1 893. The only National organization of Commercial Teachers. IF NOT, WHY NOT? The Fecleration is made up of the following organizat.ons: The Private Commercial School Managers' As- sociation. The National Business Teachers' Association. The National Shorthand Teachers' Association. The National Penmanship Teachers' Associa- tion. The National Commercial High School Teach- ers' Association. The registration fee and dues for the Managers* Section is $5.00 per year. Registration in any of the other Sections, $3.00, with annual dues after the first year of $1.50. This includes a printed report of each convention. Ask for further information or send registration to J. C. WALKER 43 Horton Avenue Detroit, Mich. Qts please mention the Penman's Art Jocrxal. Every student subscriber of The Journal is earnestly in- vited to contribute to this page. The best specimens received each month will be reproduced for the purpose of encourag- ing the students of writing generally. That the work may show up to the best possible advan- tage, the following rules should be observed : 1. The writing should be done with jet black ink — -fluid India Ink preferred. This can be purchased at any stationery ■ store. 2. Send not more than two lines. 3. See that the lines are e.xactly eight inches in length. We hope to receive a nice lot of movement drills during September. PINK WRAPPER Dirt yonr Jonrnnl come in a PINK WR-4PPER tliis luontli ? If so, it is to signify tliat yoar snbscription has expired, and that you should send us immediately 75 cents for renewal, or $1.00 it for the News Edition, if yon do not -wish to miss a single copy. This special wrapper (as well as publishing the date of expiration each month) is an additional cost to us; but so many of onr subscribers have asked to be kept informed concerning expiration, we feel that any expense is justified. CHANGE OF ADDRESS — Subscribers wishing to have their magazines sent to a ne^y address should notify ns promptly, giving the old address and specifying the edition, -whether News or Regular. Notices must be re- ceived one full month in advance, that all copies may be received. Do not bother tiie clubber or teacher n-ho sent ■In your subscription, but write to this office direct. !Marie Harrison. ^ J.^^M.^^^^-M'4l,£^ ,^^..i^-^...-4.^^i-^^2^L^ ,.1^ ■th-Ciyi/ ^,-<^^.A^^7-^^ ^^,--<:^'7tyt^~-£-^-<^y^li^A/-:^^ The above specimens were written by tbe following students : 1. S. M. Seelirist, student of C. A. Zarker, Pennsylvania Business College, Lanc.ister, Pa.; 2. Olive Sproule, student of S. O. Smith, Willis Business College, Ottawa. Ont. : 3. C. A. McCluggage, student of J. M. Latham, Gem City Business College, Quincy, 111. ; 4. Minnie Stroh. student of E. S. Watson, Williamsport, Pa., Commercial College ; 5. Viola Wagnei-, student of E. T. Overend. Pittsburg, Pa., Academy ; 6. Nelson Williams, student of H. N. Stronach, North- western Business College, Spokane. Wash. ; 7. N. P. Johnson, student of S. B. Xorcross, Yankton, S. D., Business Institute 24 ^^n/ncuy> (^tC dMuAJiaS ^^ y ^^j^ The accompanying specimen comes from the pen of Miss Marie H. Harrison, McKeesport, Pa. It was written before .she had reached her fifteenth birthday. Miss Harrison is a pupil of W. H. Wetzel, Supervisor of Writing. This specimen should interest all the j'oung readers of our magazine. STUDENTS' SPECIMENS Specimens deserving honorable mention have been re- ceived from the following schools the past month : Pennsylvania Business College, Lancaster, Pa. ; C. A. Zarker, instructor. Gem City Business College, Quincy, III. ; J. M. Latham, instructor. Pittsburg, Pa., Academy; E. T. Overend, instructor. Drake College, Newark, N. J.; M. F. Bellows and J. H. Park, instructors. Ad Astra Writing Class, McKeesport, Pa.; W. H. Wet- zel, instructor. Orange Union High School, Orange, Cal. ; Alfred Hig- gins, instructor. Williamsport, Pa., Commercial College; E. S. Watson, instructor. Northwestern Business College, Spokane, Wash, ; H. N. Stronach, instructor. Connecticut Business College, Middletown, Conn.; .E. /. Wilcox, instructor. Cowling Business College, Ottawa, Ont. ; J. D. McFadyen, instructor. Los Angeles, Cal., Business College, E. A. Bock, instructor. Ferris Institute, Big Rapids, Mich.; A. M. Wonnell, instructor. London, Ont., Collegiate Institute ; J. A. Buchanan, in- structor. Grammar School No. 2, Pottsville, Pa. ; J. M. Schropc, instructor. Lima, Ohio, Business College, C. J. Gruenbaum, in- structor. Douglas Business College, Uniontown, Pa. ; H. C. Joy, instructor. Cambria Business College, Johnstown, Pa. ; I. D. Beals, instructor. Heffley School, Brooklyn, N. Y. ; F. B. Hess, instructor. Juniata College, Huntingdon, Pa. ; H. F. Sanger, in- structor. Walter Toepfer, Toledo, Ohio. Ornament.al Signatures, by L. Madarasz. Ornamental Writing, by J. W. Washington, Dorchester, Mass. 't^enmxubtOyViC/OJvuxnuJiP Free Course for Teachers Chartier Shorthand By Mail Send for the first lesson and begin the study of the greatest system of shorthand ever pub- lished. Mr. L. C. Spencer has just completed the most simple, pedagogical and learnable short- hand mail course ever presented to the Amer- ican people. Ten simple lessons. The theory of the system can be mastered in ten nights by any teacher of average in- telligence. A postal card addressed to us will bring you the first lesson, and then will begin the most fascinating study of your life. Write to-day. CHARTIER-SPENCER PUBLISHING COMPANY, New Orleans, Louisiana L. C. SPENCER, Pres. S. C. SCHWING. Secy-Treas. MAIL COURSE IN ACCOUNTING » AUDITING BY R.J. BENNETT, C. A., C. P. A. Principal Detroit Business University Certified Public Accountant A course of carefully graded lessons in Theory of Accounts, Auditing, Business Law, Cost Accountmy, Corporation Organization and Practical Accounting, to- gether with numerous side lights and specialties per- taining to the accountancy profession. The course is thorough, authoritative and complete, and prepared with the assistance of Certified Public Accountants and lawyers. It will bear the closest inspection and any person who is anxious to advance cannot afford not to take the course. Every commercial teacher should aim to improve himself in auditing and accounting and thereby in- crease his moneymaking ability. We can prepare you for a first-class position. We prepare candidates for C. P. A. examination in any State. Send for outline of course and special Summer rates. R. J. BENNETT, C. P. A. 15 Wilcox Street Detroit, Mich. JUST FJtOM PRESS NEW ESSENTIALS OF BUSINESS ARITHMETIC The Essentials of Business Arithmetic has had a larger sale since its first publication than any similar work on the market. THE NEW ESSENTIALS OF BUSINESS ARITHMETIC is more than a mere revision of its pred- ecessor. It contains the best features of the old text, but has much new matter, and the course of instruction has been entirely rearranged. C Effective mental drills and exercises have been added to the written work. Typographically the book is a gem ; and it is built like a bullet, with the best binding and paper. CSee this book before you make your selection for the coming sehool year. Sadler-Rowe Company BALTIMORE, MD. What Is the Standard System in American Shorthand Practise? The original documents of the official returns referred to in the paper "Shorthand in the Offices of the United States Government," read before the Eastern Commercial Teachers' Association by Mr. Fredric Irlaiid, Official Reporter of De- bates, United States House of Representatives, are open to inspection, at the office of the Phonographic Institute Conpany, Cincinnati, by all who may feel interested. These reports, duly signed by the chief clerks of the several departments of the United States Government, show that out of a total of 1579 shorthand clerks employed in the departmental offices 796 are writers of the Benn Pitman System. The proportionate use of other svstems is shown as follows : (Benn Pit- man, 796 writers, 50.4 5^. ^^Km iMunson, 00 wruers, 5.4 (erfect memory of all the details of anything that you love. This is the method used by all great men and women, and you can make it spell success for you. If you want to have a perfect memory for names and faces; to secure command of excellent English; to spell well; to have all of your information available for instant use. send for a copy to-day. Price 50 cents. E. D. Snow, 170 Main St., Hornell, N. Y. AN OLD SUBJECT TAUGHT IN A NEW, SCIENTIFIC WAV. If you have studied penman- ship under old methods and failed to acquire a rapid business hand or an accurate professional style, enroll with us, as we guarantee to make you an expert or refund your money. All branches of penmanship and pen art taught. Cards written and all kinds of pen work executed to order. Send stamp for full in- formation and samples. SCIfNTIflC SCHOOl Of PENMANSHIP. 1 03 Main St.. Kewanee. III. of the leading Bchools of Penmanship and Drawing in the U. S. Under the personal super- vision of L. M. Kelchner. If interested write for information. Address yrei.aH.l&i engrossing. SUuminatins aim Brsignins ELMER E. MARLATT, DJRECTOR ' I H3 meet the demand for Personal and Mail Instruction in the J- Art of Engrossing, in all its varieties. The Jourxal has ar- ranged to establish a school where young artists may be trained in these lines. All who are interested should write us. The work will be under the sole supervision and instruction of Elmer E. ;\Iarlatt, for the past two years on The Joi^rxal staff. PENMAN'S ART JOURNAL, 229 Broadway, New York City READ Id, for To introilnce my work, I will send, for only one dime (silv stamp, one dozen Finest AVritten Cards or one set Business or Fancy Capitals, or one Flonrished Bird, Eagle or Sn-an. My Favorite penholder, with exercises, etc., Soc. Learn to Write. 20 Lessons Business Penman- ship by Mail, only §3.00, ^1 down and $1 each week. Address J. W. Washineton. Penman, 30 Wesley ave., Dorchester, Mass. It is necessary for penmen doing ornamental writing to have a holder adapted to tha' special purpose. The above holder is hand-turned and adjusted, made of selected rosewood or ebony, and cannot be made hy an automatic lathe. LOOK FOR THE BRAND. If your dealer cannot supply you, send to the designer and manufactarer. 12.inch - Fancy, $1 ; Plain. 50c. 8-inch - Fancy, SOc; Plain, 2Sc. A. MAGNUSSON, : 208 North 5th Street. Quincy, 111. I Teacli Si£(n Painting Show Card Writing or Let tering by mail and guarantee success. Only field not over- crowded. My instruction is anequaled because practical, personal and thorough. Easy terms. Write for large catalogue. Chas. J. Slrong.'Pres. DETROIT SCHOOL OF LETTERING Dept. 56, Detroit, Mich. Oldest aid larsesi Sdiool of Us Kind Teach Penmanship ^^i Finest of copies; completfi instruction ; thorough criti- cism. Xo better courses given by any one. I send my pen-work to every State in the Union. Canada and Mexico. My finest Cards and Writing, any style, any color, the best you can get anywhere, 25 cents per dozen. Ornamental caps, 20 cents. Fine Scrap Book specimen, 10 cents. If in- terested write for my Jour- nal. Inclose stamp. Address M. A. ADAMS. President Marietta Commercial College, Marietta. 0. I TEACH ^m/md BV MAIL. I am the man who won the World's First Prize in Fenuianship. By my new system I can make an expert pen Qian of you by mail. 1 also teach Book keeping and Gregg Shorthand by mail, Am placing my students as instructor in commercial colleges. If you wish t become a better penman write mo fc full particulars, 1 will send you FREE one of my Favorite Pens and a copy of' the Ransomeriar Journal. Inclose stamp C. W. RANSOM, 3825EuclidAve. KANSAS CITY.Mo THE STAMP OF QUALITY Dixon's t^lV^,^l Pencib are manufactured of the best materiali yiocur- able and with careful attention to secure wtt- (ection of every detail af fradiaf and fiauk If your dealer cannat give you exactly what TOn want, tell us and send i6 centa in stamy* tor fenerous samplea. In writing, mention Penman's Art Journal. JOSEPH DIXON CRUOBLE CO., Jersey Qty, N. J. No Other System of Writing It tells the Pupil and Teacher Ho qualed the Faust as a result getter. ■ graduates and less labor to get them, leen the record in schools using the It will pay you to investigate. If you are interested, WRITE AND I WILL TELL VOU ALL ABOUT IT. Faust Method n't Buy Your Practice Paper an^^z;'='se,^dC's::!,p;eI;;t^^];d^i7cuiargiw^-Mrdesc?ipt,onofthe--pi C . A . P A U S T, IDEAL. Its special ruling ; i circular giving full descrii 40 Dearborn Street, CHICAGO, ILL. In ansn-ering advertisements please mention the Penman's Art Journal. 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Special Ruled Practice Paper Paper specially ruled for the lessons in Business Writing now run- ning in The Journal can be sold to schools at an especially low figure. Prices on application. All product work in business writing is now done where vertical ruling appears, and it is only a question of a short time when this kind of paper will be used universally in school work. It is more economical, because pupils use all the space — there is no chance for waste. PENMAN'S ART JOURNAL, 229 Broadway, New York City. SPENCERIAN STEEL PENS FORTY FALCON, SILVER PLATED This new pen is specially made for general correspondence. Heavily plated with silver to prevent corro- sion, easily kept clean, writes per- fectly smooth. Samples sent free on receipt of return postage, 2 cts. Ask for No. 40 Falcon SPENCERIAN PEN CO. 349 Broadway, New York Let us send you by return mail 64 lessons of the most practical penman- ship instructions for class work ever prinlecL. TTie copies are good, the in- structions are practical, and the book is nicely bound. Many schools are using the Byrne Practical Business Writing. We have received duplicate orders for 100 copies at a time from the same schools. Sample copy, postpaid, 15c.; or a copy of Byrne Simplified Shorthand, 85c.; Byrne Practical Dictation, 85c. DO IT NOW! Name Address Book $ BYRNE PUBLISHING COMPANY, Tylerjex. Teachers Wanted ! We want a number of experienced men who can handle the commercial subjects and Gregg Shorthand for high schools in the Eastern States. The adoption of Gregg Shorthand in many schools next season depends largely upon our being able to supply teachers. By our free course of lessons by cor- /espondence, teachers can easily ac- quire sufficient knowledge of the sys- tem to teach it successfully next season. If interested, write to us noiv. The Gregg Publishing Company 1 1 23 Broadway. 1 5 1 Wabash Ave. New York. Chicago. iSk PONTIAC. MICHIGAN 6 Automatic Shading Pcis, 2 colors lnk» fjphabets. Bi^tcs and instructions, postpaid . . Catalogue free. Write for it. $1^0 Penmanship Compendium Twenty-four slips containing lessons by the late A. D. Taylor. This constitutes Taylor's National Course, for which he charged $10.00. Just the thing for self-instruction. The best work of a superior penman. A quarter— 25 cents. PENMAN'S ART JOtRNAL, 229 Broadway, N.Y. f*l CADIMfi CAI Cf ■"■'"IP thev last, we will sell the followini; WLCHnillU OHLCi at the prices mentioned. ORDER NOW. Regular Price. Fllckinger's Alphabets, cloth bound $1.00 Flickinger's Alphabets, paper bound 75 Fllckinger's Alphabets, slip form 50 Penman's Art Journal Library, Volume I 60 I'f-nman's Art Journal Library, Tolume II 1.00 Taylor Slips 25 PENMAN'S ART JOURNAL, 229 BROADWAY, NEW TORE ( publications Price Now. In answering advertisements please mention the Penman's Art Jouenal. '^eAynaA^QTut/QL^wmaS WANT ADS. Classified Advertisements will be run under the above head for 5c. a word, payable in advance. Where the advertiser uses a nomde plume, answers will be promptly forwarded. WANTED — Schools In need of competent instructors to advertise in the "Want Ad" columns of The Journal, also teachers desirous of malting a change, to linow that the "Journal Want Advertisements Bring Results." Whether you are a proprietor in search of an assistant or a teacher looliing for a position, bear in mind that The Journal goes to all the people you wish to reach. Five cents a word. OWNERS OF BUSINESS COLLEGES who require commercial teachers, penmen, or shorthand teachers (Isaac Pitman), should communicate with W. J. Elliott, principal of the Elliott Business College, Toronto. Ontario. We malje a specialty of preparing students, who have formerly been public school teachers, for teaching In business colleges. State salary. TEACHERS SUPPLIED — When yon re quire a teacher of the Commercial branches or Gregg Shorthand, write The Willis Business College (S. T. Willis, prin- cipal) Ottawa, Canada, and we can prob- ably supply the right person. We conduct a thorough course for the training of public school teachers as teachers of tht Business branches and shorthand. State salary. TELEGRAPHER with practical experience wanted as teacher in college located in ; Middle States. Excellent opening. Small investment necessary. Address H. S., care of P. A. Journal. ■ WANTED — Position as instructor in com- mercial college- Have had experience. Can furnish photograph and recommenda- tions. John J. Fricli, Loree, Ind. WANTED — For immediate employment in one of the largest schools on tlie Pacific Coast, first-class experienced commercial teacher; $1,200 to begin with: ideal posi- tion. Send photograph and full particulars with first letter. Address "Quick Action," care P. A. Journal. FOR SALE — A lot of business school fur- niture in first-class condition; as good as new; a bargain to first purchaser. Address Battle Creeli Business University, Battle Creek, Mich. FOR SALE — A first-class business college in New England. Reason for selling, poor health of proprietor. Will sell at a great sacrifice. Address "C. H. Y.," care P. A. Journal. FOR SALE — A business college in a city of ten thousand inh.abitants in South Mississippi. Only school in a radius of fifty miles. Will sell cheap. Reason for wishing to sell, the proprietor wislies to change business. Address Business College, Laurel, Miss. New York University School of Commerce, Accounts a Finance HIGHER EDUCATION for accountancy, banking, insurance, real estate and business management, or teaching commercial subjects. Washineton Square. East. New YorK City PENS* ^^^'^ '■"^ ^''" "=^<' = p=" 'hat ~' ^^ • gave entire satisfaction? A pen that would slide easily over any Icind oi paper? Eight twocent stamps gets three dozen ol ]ust the pen for business writing The Penman's Art Journal 229 Broadway New York Training School for Commercial Teachers \\7^E have just closed a very successful Summer School session for Teachers. Ten states and foreign countries represented. Send postal card for our new 88-page catalogue, giving full particu- lars of our Normal Training Department, maintained from September to June. Thorough instruction in the subject matter and the pedagogy of the commercial texts. Graduates readily placed. No Commissions. ROCHESTER BUSINESS INSTITUTE Rochester, N. Y. f IN SEPTEMBER Two of our membere be^in work in new positionfl in the Dniyersity of Wisconsin, two in tlie Cleye l.md High Schools, two in Duff's College of Pittsburg— but we can't giye the list here. We place our members in the best schools, public and priyate. It is to your interest to be registered with us. .Vo advance fee. Get in line now for the place you desire in the future. THE SPECI.4I.ISTS Manage.1 by R. .\. EDUCATION.4L BUKEAC, Webster Groves, rant. Head of Coml. Dep't.. Yeatman High Sciiool. 1 MIDLAND TEACHERS* AGENCIES Write ORVILLE J. ORSBORN, GenM Vlanaser. Warrensbure. Mo. More Commercial Teachers Wanted! We have almost ONE HUNDRED VACANCIES for commercial teachers. New places coming in every day. Salaries range from $40 to $150 a month. Write today for registration blank. FREE ENROLLMENT if you mention ihis paper. Confinentai Teachers' Agency, '"'"'"^ll^^llf-''' KINSLEY-DRAKE COMPANY SCHOOL AGENCY 28 S. Broad St., Trenton, N. J. If you want a teacher. If you want a position. If you have a school to sell. If you wish to buy a school let us hear from you. KINSLEY-DRAKE CO., Trenton, N. J. A LATE SEASON TV/TANY business schools have delayed securing their teachers because they XtX were uncertain as to the outcome of the depression of the past year. With the bright outlook we are having late calls for good teachers — during August one opening at $1400. We want both teachers and school proprietors to line up with us at once. UNION TEACHERS' BUREAU, 229 Broadway, N.Y. 650 CALLS FOR TEACHERS Have come to us this season from January \ to August 1. As usual, our search has been for gooi penmen, who axe all-i-ounj commercial teachers of good expe- rience and strong character. Almost always we can fielp such teachers — espe- cially men — to realize a net gain financiall.v even the first year in a -new position. During .luiy we placed teachers in these high schools: Peahod.v. Mass; Hilisboro, Ohio ; Junction City, Kan. ; Arlington, Mass. ; Augusta, Me. ; I* Mars, Iowa. And, among others, we sent teachers to these husine.ss schools: Stra.ver's, Baltimore; Hchissler's. Norristown, Pa.; Goldey's, Wilmington, Del.; Spencerian. Milwauiiee; Xorthwestern, Chicago; Albany, N. Y.; American. Allentown, Pa.; R., M. & S., Trenton, N. J.; Muskegon, Mich. It is commonly admitted that promptness, courtesy and intelligent effort char- acterize our service. In emergency, let us help you. THE NATIONAL COMMERCIAL TEACHERS' AGENCY A SPECIALTY BY A SPECIALIST E. E. GAYLORD, Manager 11 Baker Ave., Beverly, Mass. In answering advertisements please mention the Penman's Art .Toubnal. f^^^S^nmanli Ci:r6lLClXuinu6 Add a Course of Multigraphmg to your Curriculum THE FIELD OF THE Gammeter Multigraph is almost as wide as that of the typewriter, and its diversity of use even greater. There is a big and growing demand for Multigraph operators throughout the country and enterprising Commercial and Stenographic Schools everywhere are including multigraphing in their curriculum. What the Multigraph Does (I) As a Multiple Typewriter The Multigraph typeivrites form letters identi- cal in every way with the work of a high grade typewriter, at a speed of 3,000 to 6,000 per hour, according to the experience of the operator. It uses movable type (automatically composed) and prints through a wide typewriter ribbon on paper backed up by a typewriter platen. (2) As an Office Printing Press The Multigraph does all kinds of office print- ing at the bare cost of paper and operator's time — a saving of fully 50 per cent over the printer's charge. For printing, a Direct Inking x^ttach- ment — simple and clean — is substituted for the ribbon. Why You should Teach Multigraphing No high-priced instructor is required — simply a young man or woman who can readily learn the instruction work from our demonstrators. A three or four weeks' course will make any student an expert operator, able to command a larger salary, even at the start, than stenographers. Many who cannot afford to spend the time and money necessary for a stenographic course will jump at the chance to take a course in multi- graphing.' Our 17 Branch Offices will assist in quickly securing positions for all graduates. A tuition fee of $25.00 can easily be secured for a course of multigraphing, and the work turned out by the students can be used in your own busi- ness. All your form letters, instruction sheets, card index supplies, statements, etc., can be printed by your ]\Iultigraph students practically without expense to you, and you get paid for their work. We have a special offer to make to all Business Colleges and Schools who will teach multigraphing. Write us to-day for samples of work and full information concerning our "School Agreement." The American Multigraph Sales Co. 1815 East 40th Street, Cleveland, O. *» Branch Offices: Everywhere III ansncriug advrtisemeuls please mention Ihe Pexjian'.s .\R-r .Toieinal. ^k^^^tymmani) QyUC Cl/'u uuiCP World-Wide Distribution There is no mistaking the superiority of a typewriter that, in 17 years, has built up a market in every part of the civilized world. This international endorse- ment of proves our right to offer it to you as the world's best typewriter. Write us or any Smith Premier branch for a detailed description of its advantages. THE SMITH PREMIER TYPEWRITER COMPANY, Syracuse, N. Y. BRANCHES EVERYWHERE ing advertieements pleas oation tlic rirxMA Anr .TornNAi.. \J/cn/>uubi Q:^it(:L^u.uiaS Ready November 1st THE LIFE OF SIR ISAAC PITMAN Inventor of Phonography For the tirst time the authentic story of Sir Isaac Pitman's career is told fully and completely in the new "Life." The narrative will, without doubt, have great attraction for all Shorthand Teachers, and also for all who use Phonography. Thousands of instructors who have for many years past been engaged in imparting a knowledge of the system the "Father of Phonography" invented to innumerable students in every part of the world to which the English language has penetrated will, we feel convinced, consider it a duty to acquaint themselves with the life story of one whose shorthand systein forms, either wholly or in part, the foundation of their vocation in life. In the narrative of the genesis and development of Phonography many things are related with which every teacher ought to be fully acquainted. His teaching will be more convincing and more interesting the greater the knowledge which he possesses of the life and work of the inventor of Phonography, and of the circum- stances under which the art was developed and brought to its present perfected state. The invention and im- provement of Phonography will be more fully illus- trated than has ever before been attempted. There will be facsimiles of the early editions, and a fully detailed account of the growth of Phonography under the hand of its Inventor from 1837 down to a com- paratively recent period. Full bibliographical details will also form a supplemental portion of the "Life." In a word, no pains have been spared to tell the story of the system completely and thoroughly in association with the everyday life of its originator. With many Portraits, Illustrations and Facsimiles. — 376-pp; Demy 8vo, Cloth, Gilt, $2.00. Special Offer Purchasers of this work who send their orders direct to Isaac Pitman & Sons, on or before Novem- ber 1st, will be presented, free, with a high-class re- production of the Memorial Portrait of Sir Isaac Pitman (by A. S. Cope, R. A., and accepted by the National Portrait Gallery) mounted, 175/' by 23^4 ins. Sixth Edition Ready September 15th A Practical Course in Touch Typewriting By CHARLES E. SMITH The reason of the phenomenal success of "A Practical Course" rests mainly in the scientific and pedagogical zvay in which the student advances while mastering the keyboard. The strong fingers are )wt strengthened at the expense of the weak fingers; neither are the weak fingers wearied with drills in advance of their more nimble brothers. All the fingers are trained all the time, with due consideration for the strength and suppleness of each. The student goes from the known to the unknoivn, the line of least resistance being follozvcd throughout, so that he acquires the ability to zvrite by touch almost be- fore he knows it. This method has been one of the fundamental factors in producing the majority of the most rapid and accurate typists of the last few years. "\ am pleased to state that I consider A Practical Course in Touch Typewriting' tlie onl.v text-boolt from which I studied, the best typewriting instruction bools that I have seen. The exercises are excellent and have helped me won- derfully in working up speed. The whole course is very in- teresting from the beginning, and it cannot but produce the best results in the shortest time. I attribute my success in typewriting in a large measure to the assistance given me by Mr. Smith, the author of the book, and I am sure any one who uses it will be more than pleased with the results." — Rose L. Fritz, The World's Champion Typist. ■*It seems to me that the thousands of lucky students who have tested the merits of 'A Practical Course in Touch Typewriting' make anything I may add as to its worth almost unnecessary. I believe it is the most constructive text-book on touch typewriting that has ever been written. The underlying principle of teaching the student to use all the fingers all the time, and to go from the known to the unknown, compels him to become a skilful typist with the least expenditure of time and effort. I heartily recommend this work to those desiring the best system of all." — Elise Scott, Winner Oold Medal, Students' Championship Type- writing Contest, Philadelphia, April 18, 190S. Price, 50 cents; Cloth, 75 cents C? Send for new pamphlet, "Why the Isaac Pitman Shorthand is the Best," and copy of "Pitman's Shorthand Weekly." Write for particulars of FREE MAIL COURSE FOR TEACHERS. Isaac Pitman & Sons, Publishers, 31 Union Square, N.Y. In answering advertisements please mention the Penman's Art JonRNAL. ■,Q:^ttCl^aUuiS WHY NOT INTRODUCE PERNIN'S UNIVERSAL PHONOGRAPHY NOW? You Will Do So Eventually THE PERNIN SHORTHAND INSTITUTE CO. :: Detroit "It Saves Me One Teacher and I am sure will increase the efficiency of my students 10% in a given time," writes a prom- inent school man about ^roareggibe Bittator See it now, and be ready to pro- vide your students with it when they begin dictation work. It doesn't take the place of oral dic- tation; it supplements it. SEXD FOR A BOOKLET Sadler- Ro WE Company BALTIMORE, MD. In the last half dozen years the schools teaching The Benn Pitman System of Phonography Have prepared more successful candidates for the United States Civil Service Examinations than have the Schools of all other Systems put together. For particulars, read the paper on "Shorthand in the tUtices of the United States C.overnment," by Frederic Irland, Official Reporter of Debates, of the United States House of Representatives, a copy of which, together with "A Table Show- ing the State of the Shorthand Service in the departments of the United States Government," arranged according to systems of shorthand written, will be sent free to any address on re- quest to The Phonographic Institute Company, Cincmnati, Ohio. BENN PITMAN, President. JEROME B. HOWARD, Manager. In answering advertisements please mention the Penman's Art Joi'rnal. ^/inioA^ '■iQyUitoJ^atnaf^ It Enables the School to Graduate Better Stenographers- and More of Them. The ease with which the system is acquired makes it possible for the teacher to devote more attention to the teaching of typewrit- ing, spelling, punctuation, business forms, actual practice, etc. It Is the Most Popular System in America Today, Gregg Shorthand is now the most popular system in use, and every week adds to its popularity. By the force of its intrinsic merit it has gained this remarkable status within ten j'ears. It Keeps the Students Interested and Enthusiastic. They tell their friends about it. Thus many people who could not be induced to begin the study of one of the old-time systems, or who have begun it and become disheartened, are encouraged to take up the study. It Has Made Speed Records that are Unequaled. The student who is ambitious to attain a high rate of speed finds it easier and more interesting to do so in Gregg Shorthand than in one of the old-time systems. Young writers have made records in Gregg Short- hand that would have been considered im- possible in the older systems. Its Textbooks and Publications are Up-to-Date and Pedagogical. They are compiled by a practical teacher and are original, simple, pedagogically cor- rect, and beautifully made. It is Represented by the Largest, Cheapest and Most Artistic Shorthand Magazine Ever Published. The GREGG WRITER, with a circulation of over 20,000 is a little schoolmaster in itself. It stimulates the interest of the student and keeps him in touch with the stud}' after he has left school. It Advertises Itself— Makes Business. The rapidity with which the Gregg system has spread and is spreading throughout the English-speaking world attracts the atten- tion of the public wherever the system is introduced, and brings a great many inqui- ries to the school. It is a Remarkable Success in the Night School. Students in the night school are able to do practical stenographic work at the end of one season. They are kept interested and do not discontinue the study. It builds up the night school as no other system can. It Enables the Teacher to Handle a Larger Number of Students. The arrangement of the textbook and test exercises keeps the students busy in the pri- mary department without the continuous at- tention of the teacher. The ease with which students take up new matter in dictation renders it possible to combine classes in the advanced department. It is the Only Practical System for Cor- respondence Instruction. Because of the simplicity of the sj^stem, many schools are using the correspondence lessons as a feeder" for the school, and are thus increasing their chances for future business. The separate lessons and tests, uniform with the manual, make the cor- respondence course easy to handle. It is Based on Principles that Appeal to the Rational Mind. Prospective students instantly recognize the advantages of a system that is written with the uniform slant and movement of ordinary writing, and a system free from shading and position writing. Its Publishers are Liberal and Progressive. Schools teaching Gregg Shorthand enjoy an unusual degree of co-operation and liberal- ity from its publishers. It is the only sys- tem supporting a national association of writers and teachers. FOR. INFORMATION ADDRESS THE GREGG PUBLISHING COMPANY NEW YORK CHICAGO In answering advertisements please mention tlie Penman's Aet Joubnal. ^^^^^C/e/ima/ii) QjCiC(l^wtnaC> RELIABLE COMMERCIAL TEXT=BOOKS The WILLIAMS & ROGERS COMMERCIAL PUBLICATIONS are used more widely than all others of their kind combined. This phenomenal success is due to the fact that they are espe- cially adapted to practical and satisfactory work in Commercial Schools and the Commercial De- partments of secondary schools. 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PACKARD, Publisher, 101 East 23d Street, New York In answering advertisements please mention the Penman's Art Journal. Vol. 33 OCTOBER, 1908 No. 2 c7/,ry/ry. y// r • //Y/'cf///(//'J' ^yy/-//// /y . //y: . //y/ /Y/r/y//ry;f-/y ^'/<- // /yy// /ji/rjr y'^/ •-^y'^-- /^y rrfi^yy^M^yfy/'c C^jy/yy//yyy//rf/yy/yi^^/z^y,i^y^//j:cyi^:y,.-^((y:yyy^r/yr^^ ^lA'y^/ "^cryyci-/>'iry / Tu """i?^ u^j'^"^*^ *'^'^ Straight line exercise going up and down ten times, and 'then an indirect uval ten times in order to balance the hand then let the hand gradually move across the paper forty or fifty revolutions for the entire exercise. Move to the next quarter, and proceed as betore. I hree down strokes per second. ^9°Py 4— Second Degree— Capitals. Make the guide line or post and then execute the drill, as in the First Degree, but only one ruled-space high. -H if ty down strokes to each quarter. Three down strokes per second. Copy S—Third Degree. Make the guideline or post as before, but make the compact oval and straight line i'ltty down strokes to the quarter. Three down strokes per second. s;ercise one-half space high. Standard Business Capitals — As Plain as Print. ...y'.... Copy 6 — Fourth Degree Oval. Notice how the guiding line is found. It is obtained in all these exercises by drawing a line from the middle of the top line to the lower left-hand corner. Always begin with the traced oval and then gradually let the hand move across the paper. These drills bring the movement down to the scope of the small letters, which we will now proceed to study. i vT y; y. .^^?^^. Copy 7 — yi. The method of procedure in learning these letters is first to notice the resemblance existing between the script form of the letter and the printed form. One form is made to show the lines and spaces which make it. The count is also indicated. Following the Grand- father Letter is shown the type form and then the small script form. In the succeeding quarters five letters are joined in a group. The Grand- father Letter, as well as the printed type, should be drawn very slowly. This is to aid in obtaining a correct idea of the shape of the letter. When the letter form has been mastered from the first line, then proceed to practice as shown in the second line. This plan applies to all the letters. Each letter is preceded by an appropriate movement drill. Three groups of each letter are placed in one space, making nine groups to the line. It is better to place but one movement drill in a quarter. For the n count one, two, and make ninety per minute. , v:. ■>/.. v: ■ S.^^^^^'^L^.IZL. Copy 8 — m. This letter is to be practiced as indicated in the preceding paragraphs. Count one, two, three, and make sixty per minute. ^.. -v^. v:^ x... Copy 9 — X. This is a very peculiar letter. It is not used very frequently, for we use one hundred e's to an x. The first part resembles the beginning of the n, the latter part is like the c. Count one, two, and make ninety per minute. v: v: =. ¥: i Copy 10 — V. This letter resembles the last part of an n, but it has a little finishing stroke which extends to the right from the upstroke. Be careful to keep this finishing stroke quite straight. This is shown in the smaller form of the letter. Count one for each letter, and make one hundred and fifty per minute. ^.. «. .v:. ^.. i ...r:^^ a Copy II — o. The script form of this letter is almost identical with the printed form. Care should be taken to not retrace any lines too far. Count one two, for each letter, and make ninety per minute. l^rrfr: Q, ...ftC^., Copy 12 — 0. Make the o quite full and round. The script form of the letter and the printed form are identical. Remember, it is not an 0 if it is left "open at the top. Count one for each, and make one hundred and fifty per minute. '^enm(maQ;^ULCL^tctAaS Copy 13- i^^ss^'A 'iMB^^^-'^^ •= "»--^s»f?"^r sr SA ™^s s-iSe-^s-s H.„ be.Sr.;^Hrrj?i?jr„v£ir''?rir^^^^ >rLre:,i?!ii=rfw„:r;,rsr °' *• '"«" -'-' Copy ,s-Pr.c,ice this copy joii „ you did ,4. The ™ii„ pag, .h„„id b, ™d, up of o„7wordr'Do 00, w,i„ ,o„ „pij|,;, („, 1 1Z.2.- 2 sary to iS'^e^^;^- Tvtl^l ol^'^i tISf ^tt^rs'S^e'^—idt Ae^F' rJ'^t^?"t ^" "^'^^ "'^°' two separate parts wh^^ein it i:„eces- two. for the beginning of the stroke, and then one wo three fo^th competed leterJevoTe T^ ^.^,7"^ quarter count as follows: one, two. one, and the other half to practice on the second line. Make sixty per minut!? °^ ^^^^ '""^ '° P"="" °n the first line „„ , Copy 17— //. A very important and useful letter is the eighth one in the ainhabet MlefTrU^f °"'' '"^°' f'^''""' ^°"^ ^^-^ "'^ 'completed letter. Devote one half of? iviake lorty-hve per minute. In line one, count one, two, one, two, for the prelimi- our tmie to the first line, and the other half to the second line. its fimshinTpart^xten£°Srough IhrbaseZ'eVverflitll^'J^ this letter, that the second part looks like a rope thrown around the first, and that the finishel letter. Practice as"!n' tt%'r"ctS ypftTls'^te^df^forS^^-five °per' :^rnu'te°"'' *"° '°^ ^'^ ^"""^"^''^ ^'^"' °"^' '-°' "^^^^' ^°"^ ^°^ Copy 19— We shall now proceed to use capitals in words of four letters each, each word filling a quarter. Write them in columns. fn°th ^^'''? '''?'"''' "='"§ the K. Fill each page with one word ..»> wi„ .iye yorracS 3 s.sf f;™ ';o"."5,t"p?uiY„.trv',' cn:4°£,?s i,;=co"'S;i?uSy"VV^/V^^"r7 , y'/y Ayi^y'yyry^y^yifyi^y'<^y^yiyi^yiy'/y6yi^y^yt^'('y yi^y yr/y^/yyyy-y/Yy///yyy/-y^y//y/'/y/'/yy^y y//^/y yyyyj^y y/yy//7y/^y//yy//-/r>¥yy\ as the u. It can be finished with a loop or dot, whichever you prefer. Do not make dot too heavy and the shade on the loop too heavy. In Exercise 11 we take up the first part of the standard r. It is exactly the same as the first part of n and ««i. Lift pen at the top of the hair-line stroke, retrace with shaded stroke; terminating stroke and shaded stroke can be made together without lifting pen. Exercise 13 is given again for practice. Exercise 14. The first part of the .r is exactly the same as the v\ the dots added to hairlines should not touch the base nor top lines. The second style given is made from two small c's; the first one is inverted, as you can see. Exercise 15 is given for a review. Practise from the copies in the third plate, observing that some of the work is open, while other exercises are very compact. ///////////////////. ///y////yMy/jyy///m/777W QUALITY NOT QUANTITY XE of the beneficial effects of education is to broaden the mind and enable it to grasp greater problems : in fact, the knowledge actually learned in any school beyond the basic three i Rs, without which the individual doesn't rise much above those members of the animal kingdom which amble along on four legs, is not one-half so valuable to the pupil as the habit of thought which one acquires in the course of his merely incidental mastery of certain subjects which in all probability he will never have occasion to put into prac- tical use. And one of the things which must be learned by the pupil if he is to make the most of life is that cheapness does not depend on what we pay, but on what we get for what we pay. This may be applied practically or otherwise. We may pay too much in cash for a worthless article or we may pay too much in experience for information that ought to have come more cheaply. If we loan a mere acquaintance a sum of money and he neglects to repay it we may be getting at a small cost knowledge of human nature which will some day prevent our playing into the hands of the rascal who would relieve us of sums a hundred or a thousand times greater. If we trust some one with .our good name in a small matter and find that person faithless we may get very cheaply, although it cause us hours of mental discomfort, experience which will prevent our making the same mistake in a matter of moment which would involve the labors of a lifetime. In no instance should there be greater care exercised in discriminating between what is cheap for the price or would be dear at any cost than in investment made in an education. One education is all most people can afford time for, and no one wants an inferior article at any price. If the young person in search of a business education is satisfied that he can secure just as good instruction for seven or eight dollars a month as for fifteen he would be foolish to pay the higher price, but if this difference in cost means the difference between no position on completing the course and profitable employment, or if it means the difference be- tween five and ten dollars a week upon graduation, even if it means only the difference between fitness for promotion and unfitness for broader work though there may be no dif- ference in beginning salary, the pupil could not afford to accept the poorer quality if it were offered him for nothing. A suit of clothes may be purchased for $4.98 or for five times that sum. If the lower price is paid the purchaser may be sure that the garments are made of shoddy material, that they will never look well and will soon give out; the purchaser of the more expensive suit, if he has spent his money wisely, has something that will give him long service, keep its shape, stand cleaning and be worth in the long run more than five times the price asked for the cheaper clothes. On the East Side milk may be bought as low as three cents a quart, while for the highest grade of the same article one must pay eight cents a quart; yet when the water is taken from the three-cent milk and the liability to disease from its use figured on it will be found that even ten cents a quart is a low price to pay for the better quality. The untrained mind finds difficulty in grasping the dif- ference between quantity and quality, and were it not for this unfortunate habit of mind fakes and fakers would soon dis- appear from the surface of the earth. The first step is to grasp the full significance of the statement that cheapness does not depend on what we pay, but on what we get for what we pay, and the second is to learn to discriminate be- tween the meritorious and the worthless. In nothing can it be said with more assurance that the best is the cheapest than in education of any kind, for what we put inside our heads is always of more importance than what we put on the out- side of our bodies. Product Work by F. W. Martin. Boston, Mass. EDITOR'S SCRAP BOOK ",5. HEWEN, of the Massey Business College, I Jacksonville, Fla., one of the veterans of our (profession, certainly retains his nerve remark- jably well. He can get out a business letter that [will pass muster among the best. F. A. Glenn, of the Tyler, Texas, Commercial College, swings a very graceful ornamental quill, which fact we note from a signature to a recent letter received from that school. The Journal acknowledges receipt of some ornamental signatures executed by A. J. Williard, of Middletown, Va., which show that Mr. Williard is an artist in this line of work. Ben Kupferman, the card writer and pen artist of Rox- bury, Mass., favors us with a reproduction of a resolution he recently completed. The work is of a high grade, and does credit to Mr. Kupferman. Fred Lafontaine, of Bristol, R. I., gets out some very neat and attractive cards. He has sent us quite a variety, and we are going to give them a conspicuous place in our Scrap Book. Merritt Davis, the penman of the Capital Business Col- lege, Salem, Ore., improves right along in his ornamental pen work. He is to be congratulated on the appearance of the cards he enclosed in a recent letter. S. E. Leslie, of Eastman College, Poughkeepsie, N. Y., gets out a card that is a delight to the eye. Mr. Leslie's ornamental writing takes just as high rank as his business writing. We are in receipt of a packet of business writing from Charles F. Zulauf, of Scranton, Pa., which certainly has the touch of the master. J. G. Christ, of Lock Haven, Pa., continues to contribute to the Scrap Book specimens of his ornamental work that give evidence of his skill in this line. F. B. Adams, of Peoria, 111., sends The Journal this month some excellently written cards with white ink on a black stock. They show up very well. From F. D. Turner, of Florence, Colo., a former student of W. C. Schuppel, we have received some nicely written specimens. Mr. Turner is making good progress in his busi- ness writing. Well-written superscriptions in both the ornamental and business styles continue to come in. This month they come from S. G. Broadwater, Nebraska City, Neb. ; J. G. Christ, Lock Haven, Pa. ; P. W. Costello, Scranton, Pa. ; R. W. Bal- lentine, Albany, N. Y. ; H. N. Stronach, Spokane, Wash.; H. A. Grant, Schenectady, N. Y.; D. H. Farley, Trenton, N. J. ; M. E. Bennett, Pittsburg, Pa. ; J. W. Washington, Bos- ton, Mass.; L S. Preston, Stapleton, S. L; J. C. Barber, Providence, R L ; C. A. Zarker, Lancaster, Pa. ; Merritt Davis, Salem, Ore.; W. S. Scanlon, Des Moines, la.; S. E. Leslie, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. ; E. A. Lupfer, Columbus, Ohio; E. S. Hewen, Jacksonville, Fla. ; A. J. Williard, Middletown, Va. ; J. J. Bailey, Toronto, Ont. ; F. W. Martin, Boston, Mass. ; R. J. Bennett, Detroit, Mich. ; William B. Wahlin, San Fran- cisco, Cal. ; O. J. Hanson, Grand Forks, N. D. ; L. C. Mc- Cann, Mahanoy City, Pa. ; W. W. Bennett, Minneapolis, Minn.; H. L. Darner, Columbus, Ohio; W. J. Elliott, Toronto, Ont. ; T. J. Atwood, Houston, Texas ; Ben Kupferman, Rox- bury, Mass. ; Fred Lafontaine, Bristol, R. L ; W. H. Patrick, York, Pa. ; A. W. Dakin, Syracuse, N. Y. ; H. McKay, Sioux Falls, S. D.; S. C. Bedinger, Sedalia, Mo.; A. E. Cole, Red- lands, Cal. ; F. J. Weaver, ./Arkansas City, Kan. ; Henry Car- mean, Ogden, Utah ; E. E. Kent, Springfield, Mass. ; H. C. Spencer, Boston, Mass. Signatures by S. E. Leslie, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. By H. L. Dar.mee, Columbus, Ohio. iim^vB^^ IJJW'iiaL^ ^, Poo A YEAR £^^ rjlHE NEWS EDITIOX OF THE JOURNAL costs $i a year. We hofe to make it ■worth at least that much to every teacher and school proprietor. It is a matter of deepest gratification to us that hundreds of our professional brethren who ■e their students benefit of the loio clubbing- rates for the regular edition think zcc/l ugh of The Journal to enroll their'ozvn names on the Professional List, at $i a year. RECENT JOURNAL VISITORS P. W. Costello, Engrossing Artist, Scranton, Pa. Fred Lafontaine, Bristol, R. I. G. De Felice, Kinsley-De Felice Studio, New York. Fred S. Field, Flushing, N Y. Reed Carradine, New York. W. E. Dennis. Designer and Engrosser, Brooklyn, N. Y. A. C. Doering, Wood's School, New York City. E. .\. Newcomer, New Jersey Business College, Newark, N. J. R. S. Cunningham. Bridgeport, Conn. W. E. Coleman, Sacramento, Cal. F. B. Hess, Heffley School, Brooklyn, N Y. D. H. Farley, Trenton, N. J. Mr. and Mrs. H. W. McLeod, Cedar Rapids, la. C. C. Hughes, Newark, N. J. J. C. .•\llen, Eagan School of Business, Hackcnsack. N. J. F. P. Baltz. High School of Commerce, New York. Earl A. Rishor, Bridgeport, Conn. John J. Conway, Newburgh, N. Y. W. L. Cochran, Wood's School, New York. NEWS NOTES Miss Annetta M. Page has been chosen as liead of the shorthand department of the Parsons, Kan., Business College. W. H. Patten, of Shenandoah, Iowa, goes to the Merrill Business College, Stamford, Conn., as head of the com- mercial department. Oscar Sarsfield is a recent addition to the staff of the School of Commerce of Highland Park College, Des Moines, la. Charles A. Ehlers, of West Alexandria, Oliio. is now with the Tri-State Business College, Cumberland, Md. Miss Anna L. Dobson, who graduated from Eastman Business College last year, is in charge of the commercial department of the Reidsville, X. C, High School. Miss Florence I. Powers is teaching shorthand in tlie Stratford, Conn., High School. Miss Nettie C. Gilmore. Vho tinished a course in the Gregg School, Chicago, last year, is teaching in Thompson's Commercial College, Minneapolis. C. E. Dwight, .Xbilene, Kan., is in charge of the short- hand work of the Tri-State Business College, Cumber- land, Md. E. V. Graves, Chillicothe, Mo., is teaching commercial branches in the St. Louis, Mo., Business College. C. A. Robertson, last year with the Massachusetts Col- lege of Commerce, is now in charge of the commercial de- partment of the MacCormac School, Chicago. F. X. Delehanty, of Philadelphia, follows R. V. Snyder in fhe Mahanoy City, Pa., High School, where he is in charge (if the commercial department. Mr. Snyder goes to the .Vutley. X. J., High School for similar work. A, C. Doering is a new teacher in Wood's New York School, Fifth avenue and One Hundred and Twenty-fifth street. Miss Lorena Lane will have the shorthand department of the Sheldon, Iowa, Business College this year. William Pugh, formerly with the Wisconsin Business College, Fond du Lac, Wis., has charge of the commercial department of the Schissler School of Business, Norris- town. Pa. L. A. Newton is at the head of the commercial depart- ment of the New Britain, Conn., Commercial College. E. D. Pennell, formerly with the Adrian, Mich., Col- lege, is now in the Minnesota School of Business, Minneapolis. Miss Mary Bingham is the new commercial teacher in the North Tonowanda, N. Y., High School. C. A. Reid, of Dallas, Texas, goes to the Gainesville, Texas, Business College as commercial teacher. F. N. Fazel, of Osceola, Iowa, is a new assistant in the School of Commerce of the Dakota Wesleyan University, Mitchell, S. Dak. W. J. Goggin, of Gardner, Mass., recent graduate of Tufts College, and also a Fitchburg Busiijess College grad- uate, has taken a position as assistant commercial teacher in the Cambridge, Mass., Commercial College. H. B. Cole has resumed his duties as principal of the conuTiercial department in the Quincy, Mass., High School. LIFE OF SIR ISAAC PITMAN X'ot only writers of Isaac Pitman shorthand, but all who practice phonography will be interested in the story of the career of Sir Isaac Pitman, which is now being placed on the market by Issac Pitman & Sons, of 31 Union Square, New York. To the shorthand enthusiast, whether teacher or amanuensis, nothing could be more absorbing than the story of the life and work of the inventor of phonography and the circumstances under which the art was developed and brought to its present perfected state. No pains have been spared to tell the story of the system completely and thor- oughly in association with the everyday life of its originator. The work will be ready about October 25, and will con- tain about 400 pages. The price, in cloth, gilt, will be $2.00. Purchasers who send their orders direct to the pub- lishers on or before October 25 will be presented, free, with .1 high-class reproduction of the memorial portrait of Sir Isaac Pitman, which has recently been accepted by the Trus- tees of the National Portrait Gallery. London. The size of the portrait, mounted, is I7/'2X23J<^ inches, and will be sent by mail in strong cardboard tube. PEACE ON EARTH. GOOD WILL TOWARD MEN" The Commercial School Man as a Citizen DUCATORS gL-iK-rally owe mucli of whatever success they may have in their work to their stajiding in the community as citizens. No Board of Education would knowingly install as principal in the high scliool a man who did not possess, aside from his educational qualifications, moderately high standards of morality and citizenship generally, and, while the commercial school is a combination of business and educational enterprise, it is coming more and more to be recognized that in order to be truly successful the busi- ness school proprietor must be such a man as to command the respect of the community as a citizen. This principle is not, however, by any means a new one. One of the earliest and most prominent figures in business education was an equally prominent man in the affairs of the city in which he lived. No man has left a deeper imprint on the branch of education whic'n he represented, no man ever labored more assiduously in his profession to elevate it to the standard of the most dignified calling, yet S. S. Packard found time to take part in the aiTairs of the community and distinguish himself in them. He was for a time president of one of the leading organizations of his party in New York, and any movement for the betterment of the city could count upon his hearty and active support. Since tnen his example has been emulated by many ot the leading men in the business educational world ; in fact, in many cases the rank of the school as a business educa- tional institution may be determined by the standing of its proprietor in the community. The business school has as- sumed a definite position in the community, and certain standards have been fixed in the popular iriind as to what the proprietor of it ought to be in order to merit their con- sideration. It is by no means unusual to find the head of the busi- ness school in the smaller town at the head of the com- mercial club, for t'nis is peculiarly the province of the man who is training young men and women for business careers. In this way he gets in touch with the business men of the place, learns their needs and secures their confidence. While it is certain that no school can look upon itself as a mere employment agency and become really successful, it is equally true that no school which does not command the confidence of the business men to such an extent as to create a demand fur its graduates can hope to exist. Many commercial school men are also identified with the other educational work of the place, and certainly the true business educator will not feel out of place in discussing with the principal of the high school the needs of his pupils. Where the head of a business school proves himself worthy of it he has no difficulty in securing recognition as an edu- cator as well as business tnan. Not a few heads of business schools have been honored by their townsmen by election to the office of mayor, and it need not be said that the man who has the confidence of his neighbors to this extent has vastly greater opportunities for service than the business school proprietor who is known merely as a teacher of shorthand and bookkeeping. There is no calling in which the standing of a man as a citizen will count for more than in the line of commercial school work, for in no instance does the value of what a man has to sell depend more on the quality of the seller than in the busi- ness educational world. The first duty of the business educator, as of the teacher in public school or college, is to train young men for good citizenship, and such training cannot be given by one who is not himself respected as such. And there is nothing more cheering to those, who have the interests of business educa- tion at heart than the growing appreciation among com- mercial school men of their real position in the community. To appreciate this is to make every effort to live up to the best possibilities of the position, and thereby elevate the standards of the profession generally, as well as add to their own material prosperity and general satisfaction. TtllTIOIN II. — Amount To Be Charged Based on Cost By .\. F. H.\RVF.V. \\'.\TERLOO, I.\. N the last article I discussed the plan of charg- ing tuition by the month, full course, time lim- ited or full course, time unlimited. In this article I purpose to consider the matter of a reasonable charge based on the cost of main- taining a high-grade school with a moderate attendance. I am not at all acquainted with the cost in other kinds of schools and so prefer to speak from my own experience in regard to conditions as they exist in the kind of school witli which I am familiar. I believe that any one conducting a school should con- sider the welfare of the students and always seek to give them full ^alue for the tuition they pay. The one who makes it a mt-re money -making venture, loses sight of the welfare of the student.s and seeks only his own financial gain. The one who doe^ lln'.i will cut down expenses at every place pos- sible and will furnish inferior equipment, undesirable rooms and cheap tcaclier;. .-Kn institution conducted on this basis is unworthy of the name of school and ought not to be classed as such. In this connection, I might say that I believe some steps should be takci- by proprietors of legitimately conducted business colleges to eliminate from the list those schools con- ducted on this basis, or at least to devise some plan by which an unsuspecting public may differentiate the good from the bad. This should be reached either through some plan of our own or else by means of State laws. The difficulty is to get private school managers to agree upon any plan. Each one is suspicious that the other fellow has an axe to grind. 'Jtn s FUll, to ri'lnrn lo niv suliject, I shall discuss the con- ditions as existing in a school having an average of about 100 students in si tendance, the attendance running from about 50 to 150, varying at different seasons in the year. To give a school of this number the service that young people who are about to step into the duties of life and take their place among American citizens, the training they ought to have, 1 fm'I the following items of expense necessary: Rent $1,500 Teachers and office assistants ■ 4,200 Advertising 2,oo0 Inleresl on equipment 300 Expenses in keeping equipment up 500 Janitor service 300 Incidentals 200 ■| otal $9,000 If the school averages 100 students a month for u nionthj, making" a total of 1,200 months' tuition, the very least that one should expect to meet this expense and give the proprietor a reasonable compensation for his service would be $10 a month, or total tuition fee, $12,000. This means onK a possible margin of $3,000 for the proprietor with an abundance of opportvmities for this to be cut down by unforeseen circumstances in the waj' of extra expenses or the falling off of attendance due to unforeseen causes. As a matter of fact, the margin is not enough and the rate should, in justice, be increased in order to give the proprie- tor a reasonable compensation for his time and efforts, because a man competent to manage an institution of this kind and give \oung people under his direction such service as they are entitled to and ought to have is worth more in the business world than he will net from a school undL-r these conditions. On the other hand, if the tuition is reduced below the average of $10 a month it becomes necessary to cut down expenses somewhere, either in the grade of teachers em- ployed, the amount and quality of equipment provided, or the kind of rooms occupied. As soon as this is done, the student, although paying a lower rate of tuition, is robbed of his just deserts. The tuition the student pays is a small portion of his expenses while taking a business course. His time is the most valuable thing, and when he is devoting this to getting his preparation for life work it is economy to him to pay a little more tuition in order to get better facilities that he may the better qualify himself in the time that h^ devotes to this work. If by paying $2 a month more foi tuition for a term of six or twelve months he can go out into a position that will pay him $2 a week more salary and his opportunities for promotion are greatly increased, he i» the winner because of having paid this additional tuition fee. Cheap tuition necessarily means cheap service, cheap teacher^, inferior equipment and poor accommodations in all lines. If the public could be convinced of the facts in the case and understand correctly their own interests, they would find it to their advantage to pay even $15 a month for tuition in order to get a higher grade of service. It rests largely with the business colleges to educate their patrons up to a higher standard of proficiency and consequently a higher rate of tuition. With due apology for the personal illustration, permit me to say that when I took charge of the Waterloo Business College, in 1898, I found the following rate of tuition in usage : Shorthand and Typewriting Course, 10 weeks.. $15.00 Commercial Course, to weeks 8.00 English Course, to weeks 8.00 This makes an average of about $4 a montli. We are now charging $10 a month to each and every student, regard- less of the course taken -and the time he has been with us. The public are much better satisfied and pay this tuition much more cheerfully than they did the paltry sum that was charged ten years ago. We have a better class of students and feel that we have elevated the standard of business edu- cation in this locality very materially. I think it is due to the increased rate we have charged, because in this way we have been able to furnish a better equipment, provide better teachers, better rooms and consequently are turning out a better grade of office help. FIELD NOTES M. D. Fulton. " 'Shoot, if you must, this old gray head. But spare your country's flag' — " Barbara Frietchie's town moves. Even the old City Hotel in Frederick is being rebuilt. The surrounding fruited hills and meadowed valleys are a beautiful panorama and as ag- gravating to the visitor's hungry stomach as they were to chivalrous Stonewall Jackson's soldiers on that historic — or mythical— day, nearly half a century ago when, we are told, they came "Over the mountains, winding down, Horse and foot into Frederick town." The business colleges of Baltimore, Hagerstown and Cum- berland, Maryland, are glad to get as students the tillers of the soil round about Frederick and the sons and daughters of the citizens of the town itself. In this race for educa- tional improvement Maryland is determined not to be behind. By special provision, each accredited High School in the State may draw a generous sum from the State treasury for the establishment of a commercial course. Certainly the majority will avail themselves at once. Following the prece- dent set by the Baltimore business schools they are not scrapping with each other for laurels. It is safe to predict that just as many will be distributed around as if the school men fought for them irj the formerly customary way. . Mr. Smith, of the Tri-State in Cumberland, is a pushing, wide-awake school man. He is neither grieving about the past nor appi^hensive of the future, but lives in the present and hustles. The openings this Fall in the Philadelphia public schools are up to last year's standards. In the field and newspapers there is a noticeable coming together spirit and a general de- sire to be good. May the Baltimorean "Peace on earth, good will to men" spirit wax strong until it rules supreme mi every city and town in the land. Over the school, the church ' and the home should perch the dove of peace and nowhere should we feel more confident of finding real decency than in the schools. Here a suggestion might be offered in the hope that it may bring forth comment, which is earnestly invited. In many sections the public is being persuaded that teaching the commercial subjects is a "snap," and that preparation for it can be made in a few weeks' time. This is manifestly wrong, and the delusion will react against the public good and the cause of commercial education generally. Easily gotten, it is easily dispensed, easily forgotten and easily a failure. There is, indeed, a great need for more teachers of com- mercial subjects, but honesty and thoroughness should be demanded. A go-slow policy is recommended for the unde- veloped sections and sincere co-operation for mutual better ment between the experienced and inexperienced. IV ll/riJ[i„uu,S Sliorthand is a language ; bookkeeping a sciinci.-. Can acceptable fitness in French and cheniisty be acquired in tw i months? We pretty generally resent the get-rich-quick schemes, and these have to do with the pocketbook. Why entertain these get-ready-easy plans that have to do with the mind and soul of the young? I'RACTICAL PHONOGRAPHY, by L. H. Packard. Pub- lislicd by S. S. Packard, New York City. 231 pp. Tlie publications of the Packard people arc too well known to require special praise, for the imprint of the pub lishers stands for quality wherever it is found. Practical Phonography, their latest book, is a revision and amplifica- tion of the "Lessons in Munson Phonography," written by Mrs. L. H. Packard, under the personal supervision of James E. Munson, the shorthand author, in 1886. The work is com- plete in every particular, and carries the pupil from the first strokes to the most advanced stages of the study. All rules have been reduced to the clearest and simplest statemen'.. and every principle is fully illustrated in the text, a featun. which makes the book especially adapted to self-instruction. JANES' SHADELESS SHORTHAND, by A. Janes. Pub- lis''ed by Edward Toby, 156 Fifth avenue, New York, and Waco, Texas. In this system of shorthand we have received Readng Book No. I, 62 pages, price 75 cents, with many plates of shorthand notes and printed key: the Reporting Supplement, 16 pages, price 50 cents, containing nearly a thousand reporl - mg contractions; and the Manual, 22 pages, price 50 cents, containing the complete corresponding style. All these books are neatly gotten up and will prove invaluable to those in terested in Janes' System. The strongest possible claims are made for this system of shorthand, not only as to the legi- bility and ease of learning, but a^ to speed. *We feel that shorthand teachers will be interested in this series of text books. A PRACTICAL COURSE IN TOLTH TYPEWRITING, by Charles E. Smith. Isaac Pitman & Sons, publishers. New York City. Price, 75 cents. ]\Ir. Smith speaks with authority on the subject of touch typewriting. As trainer of some of the most rapid operators f the machine at the present time, the author of this work has demonstrated his ability to bring results, and in the twenty lessons or budgets now presented to the public he has • embodied the wisdom gained by long experience. More than four hundred business letters are furnished to the pupils, as well as forty pages of legal forms and other miscellaneous matter. This edition is adaptetd to tlie Oliver typewriter, and users of that machine desiring to master the touch system will find Mr. Smith's book of great assistance. THE NATURAL MEMORY SYSTEM, by E. D. Snow. Hornell. N. Y. Published by the author. Paper, 28 pp. No accomplishment is more essential to success than memory, and Mr. Snow will have conferred a great boon upon humanity if he can bring to any portion of it a method of improving the memory which will bring practical results. His instructions are brief and concise, his rules few and his slalcmenis clear. He himself states that he advances but one method: that of thoroughly analyzing the subject under con- sideration and of comparing and classifj'ing the information thus received. Mr. Snow seems to be working along the right lines, and many business houses might find it to their advantage to order the book in quantities fi>r distriliution among their employes. .METHOD IN TEACHING WRITING, by Maurice E. Ben- nett. Published by the M. E. Bennett Publisliing Co., Pittsburg, Pa. 129 pp. $1 and $1.25. Mr. Bennett, who> is supervisor in the public schools of Pittsburg and vicinity, is a man" of broad experience in the teaching of writing. His method was developed in the public schools of Braddock, Pa., and became so popular that it is now used by about 500 teachers. His aim is not to present a new and better form of letter, but to present a better method of teaching the established forms. It is his purpose to make it possible for the teacher in the grades to teach skillfully the essentials of practical writing. As a practical book by a practical and successful man it merits the consideration of those public school educators which it has been ^Ir. Bennett's purpose to reach. ATTENTION PENMEN! LL teachers of penmanship of the United States, whether from public schools, parochial schools or business colleges, are cordially in- vited to meet with us at our next Annual Con- vention, which meets at Indianapolis during the holidays. We expect to have a grand reunion of penmen at this meeting, as the leading penmen of the country will be there. Try to secure as many of your friends to join as you can and come out and let us have an old-fashioned love feast. Register with the Secretary as soon as possible and let us have a grand enrollment ready to report in the' November issues of the various penmanship papers. Who will be the first to enroll? Send your remittance at once before you forget it, to the Secretary. The annual dues are $1.50 per year to old members and $3.00 to new members. L. C. M'Cann, Pres., Mahanoy City. C. D. Doner, Sec'y, Beverly, Mass. Pa. NATIONAL SHORTHAND TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION The program for the shorthand section, though incom- plete at this time, promises to be one of the best in the his- tory of the association. Among those who have consented to take a place on the program are the following well-known teachers, authors and reporters : Sherwin Cody, Cody's School of English, Chicago, 111. C. B. Bowerman, Central High School, Detroit, Mich. D. J. George, Wood's New York School, New York, N. Y. J. L. Harmon, Bowling Green, Ky., Business University. Mrs. S. H. East, general reporter, Indianapolis, Ind. J. A. Stephens, Metropolitan Business College, Chicago. Clarence A. Pitman, Isaac Pitman & Sons, New- York, N. Y. Executive Committee : Robert .\. Grant, Yeatman High School, St. Louis, Mo. Gertrude O. Hunnicut, Lansing Business University, Lansing, Mich. J. Walter Ross, Elliott Commercial School, Wheeling, W. Va. C. M. Drake, last year principal of Drake Business Col- leg, Plainficld, N. J., is principal of the commercial depart- ment of the Yale Business College, New Haven, Conn. \J^c'n/nan!) Qytit ClA'u l/uiW C. S. CHAMBERS ABROAD During the months of July and August C. S. Chambers, the popular Supervisor of Writing of the Covington, Ky., Public Schools, spent his time making a careful study of the business schools of England, Scotland and Ireland. This in- cluded both the private and the public institutions. Of course Mr. Chambers was especially interested in pen- manship. He found, however, that not so much attention is paid to that subject as is paid to it here. There are several different styles taught. The business hand, which is termed a bold and free style, is the only one where any movement is indicated, but no stress whatever is placed upon that. The ladies are taught a flowing or vertical style. There is what is termed the Law Hand, and also the Civil Service Hand. .\ number of publishers get out copybooks, one of the lead- ing lines being known as the Holborn Series. It would pay American teachers to secure copies of these books. In Scotland Mr. Chambers found a number of very live schools. The school proprietors of that country seem to be on exceptionally good terms. A striking feature of class- room equipment, however, was the noticeable lack of black- C. S. Chambers. SiiIXTvisor ot Writing, Covington, Ky., Public Schools. Second of a Series of Prominent Supervisors. board space. In America the blackboard is freely used in teaching all subjects. The blackboards in Scotland are of no consequence whatever. Furthermore, pupils are not, unless it is in the exceptional school, assigned individual desks. They all sit on benches and at a long, narrow table. There are several schools in Glasgow. The backbone of the business school work in the Greater Kingdom is done in the shorthand department. Bookkeeping and its allied branches are secondary. Among the typewriters all the American makes are used. For a number of years the bar-lock machine, little known in America, has occupied quite a prominent place. The schools provide a variety of machines, however. As to methods of teaching, Mr. Chambers found that the classroom work is not held up to the standard found in this country. Students are. however, taught to be more or less independent. They are assigned work, given the books, and placed upon tlieir own responsibility. This dees not imply that few teachers arc employed. There seems to be a suffi- cient number of teachers, but little class work is done. The British school owners make a great deal of diplomas, certificates, medals, etc. Their offices are freely decorated with these. Some American school owners go to tlie opposite extreme and award very few diplomas. In some of the cities, notably Liverpool and London, are to be found chains of schools under the same management, or, at any rate, conducted by members of the same family. Tlie private business school has been known in England since about 1827. This antedates the oldest American private school which is now in actual existence. The public schools were not in session, so Mr. Chambers could investigate their work but little. However, he visited the rooms of the Board of Education in London, and there found on exhibition books and works which gave him a very excellent idea of their methods and scope of instruction. In London Mr. Chambers visited a Civil Service School, and the work there is just about the same as found in other places. Aside from the inadequacy of seating arrangements in many of the smaller schools, he was surprised to find a sim- ilar lack in office equipment. The roll-top desk is compara- tively unknown. Some of the larger schools, however, rank with the best American institutions — notably Pitman's Met- ropolitan School, which was established in 1870. This school is housed in a magnificent building several stories high. It is presided over by Bernard De Bear, a well-known authority on business education. The curriculum of this school in- cludes all business subjects, a course for employment in the Civil Service, and a very liberal training in modern languages. The pleasures of Mr. Chambers's visit were not confined, however, to his inspection of schools. He enjoyed trips to various points of interest, and has returned with a wealth of first-hand information regarding the old castles, the lake regions, the haunts of Burns and Scott, and many other things that go to make up the cultured and well traveled gentleman. Two weeks spent in France gave him a very comprehensive knowledge of the customs and traits of modern Gaul. A for- tunate young man is our friend, Mr. Chambers, that he has taken this trip — one to be lived over in memory during all Iiis succeeding days. Philadelphia, Sept. 7, 1908. Dear Mr. Healey: I regret to see my name associated with a claim to the title of "Champion Penman." Those who know me best I am sure win. say that I have never made such claim. There arc many excellent penmen, some excel in one line of work and some in another. But few excel in all departments of pen- manship— .accurate script, ornate script, engraver's script, flourishing, lettering, designing, pen-drawing, card-writing, etc. I have' tried liRrd to cover the whole field of penmanship, but I seldom .accomplished anything in any department of which I would care to boast. Fraternally, H. W. Fmckingek. H. E. Welbourne, of the Cream City Business College, Milwaukee, Wis., reports a splendid opening for that school. This school has moved into new quarters, and the one hun- dred new seats in the Introductory Department are now near- ly all filled. The Advanced and Business Practice Depart- ment will be separate. W. D. Wigent, a recent graduate of Central College, Central City, Neb., is with the Lake City, ]Minn., Commercial College. C. B. EdgewtTth has charge ■if the Cfjinniercial \v. rk nt the Westfield, 111., College this year. W. H. McCauley, for many years principal of the four C's, at Des Moines, is now with the Brownsberger School, Los Angeles, and, associated with him, are two otherlowans : R. E. Wiatt, formerly at Council Bluffs, and Mrs. Anna M. J. Crouse, at one time in Centreville. but more recently with the Santa Rosa, Cal., Business College. Miss Jennie Walker, of the Bowling Green, Ky.. Business University, has charge of the commercial work in Dixon Academy, of Shelbyville, Tenn. W. F. Mersch. of Stevens Point, Wis., has charge of tlie commercial department in Jones's Business College, Ham- mond, Ind. O. E. Burse, of Flint, Mich., has engaged with the Sala- manca, N. Y., Business Institute. Pete Edwards, who had the commercial work in the Dick- son, Tenn., Normal College, last year, now has charge of the commercial department of the High School at Fountain City, Tenn. Frank M. Bushnell, of Willseyville, N. Y., will have charge of the commercial department of the Waterloo, la.. Business College this year. G. F. Roach, who has been with the Vaslion College and Academy, of Burton, Wash., has recently engaged with the Seattle, Wash., Business College. E. G. Dirr, who had charge of the commercial depart- ment of the West Orange, N. J., High School last year, has accepted a position with a railroad company in Texas. G. G. Gudmimdson, a graduate last year from the Uni- versity of North Dakota, where lie completed the course in the School of Commerce, is now principal of the Godericb, Ontario, Business College. Leon F. Hussey, a last year's graduate of the Bliss Busi- ness College, North Adams, Mass., is the new teacher in charge of the commercial department of the Mechaiiicsvillc, N. Y., High School. John T. Yates, one of the proprietors of the Bliss Busi- ness College, Newark, Ohio, was chosen for the shorthand department of the Metropolitan Business College, Chicago, but was unable to take the position because of a severe at- tack of illness. J. J. Forney, of the Abilene, Kan., Business College, is in charge of the commercial department of the Denison, Iowa, Normal School. F. W. Engel, of Grand Valley, Pa., a public school teacher of several years' experience, will handle English branches at the Meadville, Pa.. Commercial College for the ensuing year. E. C. Conley, a graduate of the Bowling Green, Ky., Business University, will have charge of the commercial work in the Kuttawa, Ky., schools. Miss Lula M. Wilson, who taught in King's Business College, Raleigh, N. C, last year, lias accepted the position of principal of the shorthand department in Leech's Actual Business College, Greensburg, Pa. ^liss Donna Cooperider is the new shorthand teacher in tlic Iron City College, Pittsburg, Pa. Miss Cooperider has been connected with the St. Louis, Mo., Business College. Homer .\. lintt. ut Keyser, \\. Va., has engaged with Warren Douglas, of McKcesport, Pa. He will be located in Mr. Douglas's Uniontown school. W. L. Sisk has resigned his position with the Wester- leigh Collegiate Institute, New Brighton, S. I., N. Y., and is now in charge of the commercial department of the American University, of Harriman, Tenn. H. A. Reneau, formerly with the Fort Smith, Ark., Com- mercial College, has been selected for the commercial depart- ment of the School of Commerce, of Lawrence L^niversity, Appleton, Wis. C. T. Forcade, of Belleville, 111., is now with the Williams Business College, Oshkosh, Wis. He will have charge of tlie penmanship and bookkeeping departments. J. G. Parkinson, formerly with Schissler's School, at Nor- ristown, Pa., has been engaged by the Fishers, in the Winter Hill Business College, Somerville, Mass. Albert Hiltpold, a recent student of the Northampton, Mass., Commercial College, is now teaching in Yonkers, N. Y. Miss Cora M. Pryor, of the Globe Business College, St. Paul, Minn., is this year in charge of shorthand in the Bloom- ington. 111., Fligh School. H. E. Congdon, last year with the !Meriden, Conn., Higii Scliool, is this year in charge of the commercial work of the Rutland, Vt., High School. E. E. McClain, who has been spending the Summer in the Zanerian Art College, is opening the new commercial department in the Oil City, Pa., High School. C. O. Weeks, last year with the Huntsinger Business College, Hartford, Conn., will open a new commercial de- partment this year in the Shelton and the Derby, Conn., High Schools. The buildings are near to one another, and Mr. Weeks will divide his time betw'een the two institutions. Miss Beatrice F. Coxon, of L^tica, N. Y., and Earle G. Childs, of Providence, R. I., are new teachers in the Cole- man National Business College, Newark, N. J. George H. Amidon, of Edinboro, Pa., a normal school graduate and teacher of English in the Meadville, Pa., Com- mercial College last year, has been advanced to assistant in the commercial department of the same school. Hugh McKay has resigned his position with Hill's Busi- ness College, of Waco, Texas, to accept a place with Toland's Business School, Sioux Falls, S. D. Miss Edna Taylor, who has been teaching in the Capital City Commercial College, Charleston, W. Va,, is now in charge of the shorthand department of the Elizabeth, N. J., Commercial College. L. W. Greathouse, a recent Gem City Business College man, is directing the work of the commercial department of Hill's Business College, Waco, Texas. T. N. Carswell has gone from the Abilene, Texas, Busi- ness College to the Wichita, Texas, Business College, owned by the principal of the former school. C. A. Marone, of Brown's Business College, St. Louis, has charge of the shorthand department of the San Fran- cisco Business College. Miss Alice Campbell, who was witli the Eagan School, New York, last year, will teach in the public schools of Plainfield, N. J., this year. M a.T^ OJcui/iat' VII George A. Race, one of L. JVI. Kelchner"s successful students, is the fcrtuiiatc man to be chosen as assistant to H. C. Walker, Supervisor of Penmanship in the St. Louis ;;ui>lic sclirols. Mr. Race liad charge of the commercial de- partment of the Jamestown, \. Y., High School last year. Miss Millie H. Maier. a recent product of the Summer Gchcol, of Rochester, X. Y., Business Institute, will teach commercial wcrk in the .Schenectady, N. Y., High School this'year. Miss Jessie A. Marvin, who has taught in the comnlercial department of the Meadville. Pa., Commercial College, for the past two years, has accepted an excellent position with the commercial department of the Mt. Vernon. N. Y.. High School. Atlec L. Percy goes from the Spencerian Commercial School, Cleveland, to the Teclmical High School. Springtiekl. Mass. H. G. Staton is a new commercial teacher in the Ely, Minn., High School. A. W. Ross, last year with the East Troy Conference Academy, is now with the B. & S. Business College, ]Man- chester, N. H. Miss Eloise Winhafer, who was with the Drake Busi- ness College, Jersey City, last year, is now at the head of the shorthand department of the Worcester, Mass., School of Commerce. Miss Hattie N. Burch, last year in the Des Plaines, 111., High School, will have charge of commercial work in the Stillwater, Minn., High School. B. W. Freeman, of Highland Park College, Des Moines, is at the head of the coinmercial work of the Stanstead, Quebec, Wesley University. IMiss Stella Elliott, of Sonora, Ky., has accepted a posi- tion as teacher of shorthand with Professor J. J. Krider, of Canton, Ohio. Miss Elliott will be in Mr. Krider's .Akron school. .A. L. Peer, of Wheeling, W. Va., has been elected to the position of principal of the commercial department of the Oklahoma University Preparatory School, of Tonkaw-a, Okla. F. B. Adams, of Greenville, 111., is now teaching in the Peoria Business College, Peoria, 111. The Columbus, Ohio, Business College has added H. G. Swope to its teaching staff. Mr. Swope was witli Taylor University, Upland, Ind., last year. Spokane, Wash., has lost J. C. Vornbrock, who goes to the Santa Barbara, Cal., Business College, where he will have charge of commercial branches. Hugh S. Jeffrey, of Huntington, Ind., is teaching com- mercial subjects in the Illinois Business College, Chicago. Richard Scholz, Troy, N. Y., is a new teacher in the commercial department of Schuylkill Seminary, Reading, Pa. Mary !MacDougall has gone from Elizabeth College, Charlotte, N. C, to the Randolph-Macon Woman's College, Lynchburg, Va., where she will have secretarial work. Miss Jean E. Pearson, of Y^ork Springs, Pa., is a recent addition to the faculty of the Drake Business College, New York. Miss Christina Bowles, last year in charge of the short- hand department of the Gem City Business College, Quincy. III., has moved to Seattle, where she will teach shorthand in Wilson's Modern Business College. Edward C. Ryan, of St. Paul, Neb., is the new teacher in Boulder Buisiness College, Boulder, Col. E. D. Crim, who has been conducting tiic Marion. Ohio. Business College, has sold his school and lias accepted the position of principal uf the commercial department of tlie ^Oi^^akoneta, Ohio. High School. — -^ ^*5^';\liss Xettie E. Gilmcre, of Red Oak, Icwa, is the ncv.- ' f shorthand teacher m Thompson's Telegraph and Commercia'iy ^XTollege, rf Minneapilis, Minn. Miss Anetla M. Page, of Princeton, 111., has accepted the position of principal of the shorthand department of Par- son.s, Kan., Business College. J. C. Vornbrock, of Spokane, Wash., is now in charge of the shorthand department of the Santa Barbara, Cal., Busi- ness College. J. Frank Yenner has been elected principal of the commer- cial department of the Bucyrus High School, Bucyrus, Ohio. Mr. A'enner has hrcn with the Seymour. Ind., Business College. C. B. Adkins, late of Hartford, Conn., is now with the Drake Business College, Jersey City, N. J. B. F. Hart, for many years at the head of the commercial department of the Peru Township High School, La Salle, 111., is now at the head of the commercial department of the splendid new Westport High School, Kansas City, Mo. T. J. Kirker, who has been with Spalding's Business College, Kansas City, Mo., is now in charge of the commer- cial department of the Central High School of that city. Miss IMarion V. Xey, of St. Johns, Mich., goes this year to the Traverse City. Mich., High School. She was in the Iron Mountain, Mich., High School last year. Charles E. Keller, formerly with the Warner School, Elmira, X'ew York, has engaged with Burdett College, Bos- ton, for the coming year. Miss Dorothy W. Fitts, a recent graduate of the Dor- cliester, Mass., High School, is a new teacher on the staff of the Rochester, X. H.. High Scliool. Miss Fitts will teach the commercial branches. Howard Van Deusen, formerly of the New York Pre- paratory School, New York City, has engaged with the Bay- onne, N. J., High School. Henry L. Brown has re-engaged with the Worcester Business College. Worcester, Mass. The .American Business College, Pueblo, Col., has a new Gregg teacher in the person of Conrad Morris, of Swayzee, Ind. The Cambridge Commercial College show-s signs of prosperity by adding to its teaching force Messrs. W. Gog- gin, Gardiner, Mass., and C. N. Phelps, Ontario, Canada, and electing J. B. Knudson secretary of the institution. The Iron City College, of Pittsburg, Pa., has added J. R. Beach to its teaching staff. E. B. Moore has gone from Dixon, TIL, College to the Lewiston, Idaho, High School, where he will have charge nf the commercial department. Robert Musselman is now witli the Marion. Ind.. Busi- ness College. Ernest McCollum goes from Rockford, 111., to the com- mercial department of Barnes Business College. St. Louis. HAD JUST BEGUN TO LIVE "Have you livtd here all your life?" asked a friend of five-year-old John. "X''ot yet." ;in--\vered John. — The School Journal. Miss Primer — "Why did you discontinue buying school supplies from rii.\-on. Miss Grammar — "Because lie said recently that I was one of his oldest customers." — School Board Journal. ]^_^^r^ ROM the Quincy, 111., Daily Jciti:;i'. we learn i''l f^^^^,\it that the two eldest sons cf the founder ot ^ ■ r" '-- the Gem City Business College, D. L. Mus- j ' ' selman, Jr., and Virgil C. Musselman, were to be married the latter part of September to two ' I .harming and accomplished daughters of Illinois. "D. L. }iii;s5elman, Jr., is well known among business edu- cators, having been connected with the business management of his father's school for ten years. The Journal takes great pleasure in tendering its congratulations to the young people. We also learn from the same paper that the Mus- selman family are building a cottage at Bluff Park, Mon- trose. Iowa, where they expect to spend part of future Summers. The commercial school outlook in Colorado was never better, according to E. C. Harrell, of the Boulder Business College. He has just added E. C. Ryan to the staff of the school, and expects a much better year than the last has been. The Patrick Commercial School, York, Pa., held its com- mencement exercises in the high school auditorium on the evening of September ii with a large attendance of pupils, graduates and friends. 'R. S. Collins, cf the Peirce School, Pliiladelphia, sent^ the Journal a postcard from London, England, stating that himself and wife had visited England, Ireland, Belgium, Hol- land, Germany, Switzerland and France, and had "the timej of their lives." It can easily be imagined that such was the case, and that Mr. Collins will return mentally and physicall}( fitted for the best year's work of his life. A new school has been opened in Boston by H. C. Spen- cer, as the Spencerian Business College. Mr. Spencer has done first class work in Winsted, Conn., and there is every reason to believe that he will be highly successful in the larger field. He is especially strong in pen art work. One of the pleasant events of the Summer season ni business educational circles in Denver was the fourth anni- versary banquet of the Barnes Commercial School, held at Brown's Palace Hotel on August 19, with a large attendance of friends and former students of the school. Aside from the cheer for the interior man there were toasts, choice music and readings for their intellectual enjoyment. Another happy school which opened with the largest enrollment in its history is the National Business College, Roanoke, Va. E. M. Coulter, the president, is in a most cheerful frame of mind, especially since his little girl, who has been ill, is now getting along nicely. J. F. Nixon, who recenty purchased the Connecticut Busi- ness College, at Middletown, from E. J. Wilcox, when the latter gentleman removed to Hartford, reports that the school opened on September i with a good attendance and an ex- cellent outlook for the season. A. J. Park, who is one of Rhode Island's most energetic business educators, advises that notwithstanding the fact that his is the most overwhelmingly mercantile and manufactur- ing State in the Union and therefore most lialile to feel the effects of business depression, the attendance at his school in Woonsocket is much larger than ever before and the out- look is more than satisfactory. Hartford, Conn., is another c!ty which shews most grati- fying evidences of prosperity. E. M. Huntsinger, of Hunt- singer's Business School, says they are starting out this Fall with an exceptionally fine class of young people and that conditions are most gratifying considering the experience through which the country has passed during the past year. After an absence of nine years, R. A. Spellman, ac- companied by Mrs. Spellman, left Taunton, Mass., on July 2 for Onarga, 111., and spent the Summer visiting relatives and friends there and elsewhere. He also spent ten days witii Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Heaney, well known in commercial school circles, at their home in Mississippi. Instead of find- ing those good people with the three acres and liberty de- scribed by Bolton Hall, he found them with three acres of canteloupes and plenty of fine watermelons, which' added to the pleasure of the visitors. On September I Mr. Spellman was back to superintend the opening of the Bristol County Business School. One of the most notable achievements in the way of business school advertising is that of the Brown schools, with headquarters in Peoria, 111., and branches in riineteen other cities and towns of lUionis, Iowa, Missouri and Indiana, which appeared in the Chicago Record-Herald on Sunday, August 16, and occupied two pages. We are glad to accept I this as an evidence of the prosperity of Mr. Brown's schools. On Tuesday evening, September 15, Miss Maren Elizabeth Houser, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Houser, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, was married to A. B. Zu Tavern. The Journal extends congratulations and wishes the young people many years of happy married life. D. H. O'Keefe of the Washington Irving High School, New York City, sends us a contribution calling attention to the diflference existing in the methods of marking the work of contestants in the various typewriting exhibitions that have been given during the past school season. The chief point in the contribution refers to the matter of penalty in the East- ern contests — five words are deducted for every error, while in the Western contests but three words are deducted. This matter of penalizing is a very important one to consider, as some uniform rule should be adopted. The Mountain View, Calif., Leader of September 5th contains a paragraph stating that Daniel T. Ames had been very sick for a couple of weeks, but he is once more able to be out. While the profession will regret to learn of his ill- ness, every one will be rejoiced to know that he has re- covered. From the Rhode Island Commercial School, Providence, R. I., H. L. Jacobs, principal, we have received a copy of the address, in booklet form, delivered by Henry Clews, of New York City, at the graduating exercises of that school, held in June, 1908. The title of the address is "American Social Conditions," and it contains some splendid advice for young people who are entering upon a business career. .\n IrishuKin was sliown through a jail. After he liad trade tlic trip, lie was asked what he thought of the place. "Oh," said he. "there's one place I like here, and that's the intrence out." Wi^^'^^enjnandQy1u£'Q^tUAa/3 Ornamental Signatures by H. N. Stsonach, Spokane, Wash. By R. W. Ballentine, Albany, N. Y. A BRIEF VISIT TO THE HOME OF THE SMITH PREMIER "A merciful man is merciful to his beast." T has been twenty-four years since the writer of these paragraphs received his first introduction to that most faithful hand-servant of man, the typewriter. During all these years he has been thrown in contact with a large number of oper- ators. If one impression stands out more strongly than an- other as to the varying characteristics of these operators, it is the difference to be found in the care of the machine. You ask. What has this to do with a visit to a type- writer factory? Let us say that it has a great deal, for could the careless, indifferent, unsympathetic, unfeeling operator, who is wont to be satisfied with a machine so covered with dust that its shape is almost undiscernible, with type filled so that every character resembles a big period, with ribbon filled with holes, and the baseboard laden with veritable snowbanks of erasings — could he visit a factory and see the infinite pains, the almost affectionate touch and regard shown by the expert workman in constructing his machine, he could not repress a feeling of remorse for his neglect. Could his machine speak out it would certainly berate the untidy operator for his lack of order. As we walked through the factory this was uppermost in our mind: that all such operators could but witness the construction of a machine from the heavy iron parts to the mmutest steel spring. The Smith Premier Typewriter has now been made for sixteen years. It was invented by a man named Alexander T. Brown and is manufactured in Syracuse, N. Y. Mr. Brown did his work so well that there has been no demand for a material change in the construction of the machine and very little in improvement. The inventor not only constructed his machine, but invented a large number of almost human ma- chines for the purpose of making the different parts. Our visit was paid to the factory the latter part of July. Through the kindly courtesy of Assistant-Secretary Evans, who has been with the company almost from its beginning, we were not only shown how each part of the Smith Premier is made, but had every detail thoroughly explained. It is a strange fulfilment of old prophecy which runs along like this : "Swords shall be beaten into plowshares and spears into pruning hooks," that the typewriter should have first been made in a gun factory. The Lyman C. Smith gun has always stood in high favor with sportsmen. The Reming- ton was made in a gun factory, as was the Yost and a mmi- ber of other machines. The Smith Premier factory, as it is at present, was built in 1903, and is said to be one of the finest of the modern types of factory plants. Absolutely light and sanitary, noth- ing seems to be lacking either for the convenience or com- fort of the nine hundred workmen constantly engaged within Its walls. The building is seven stories high, sixty-five feet wide and four hundred feet long. All the iron dust is drawn out and conveyed to what is known as a dust house. All the power and blacksmith work is done in an adjoining building. The top floor is devoted to the aligning, assembling and inspection. Each machine must pass the critical gaze of an expert before it is passed out of one department. The suc- ceeding floors are devoted to the manufacture of different parts. On one floor we were particularly interested in a machine called the exerciser, where the type is hung as in a regular basket and caused to be brought to what corresponds to the printing point several thousand times. There are thirty of these machines going constantly. One department on the fourth floor is devoted entirely to the making of tools. On the third floor the japanning and striping is done. The striping would be particularly inter- esting to the penman, for the steady hand of the workman would appeal to him. A part of the second floor is devoted to the manufacture of important parts. The shipping department is also found here. A brief visit to this important part of the plant showed hundreds of machines all boxed and ready for shipment. One large consignment was going to various post-offices in the United States Government. A surprisingly large number were prepared for foreign shipment. America as a manufacturing centre will not compare with some of the foreign countries, but in certain lines she does excel. One of these is in the manufacture of the machine. Somehow or other, European manufacturers have never been able to compete with the in- ventive genius of the American workman. We hope some time that we shall have the" pleasure of visiting the factories of some of the other companies. Our two-hour stay in Syracuse between trains was not only very pleasantly but very profitably spent, and we were more favor- ably impressed than ever before by not only the great benefit the invention of the typewriter has bestowed upon the busi- ness world, but also by the conscientious and almost conse- crated pains taken in its manufacture. A SPLENDID CLUBBING RECORD In some unaccountable way the clubbing record of C. W. Jones, proprietor of one of New England's foremost busi- ness schools — the Modern Cormnercial School, Brockton, Mass. — was omitted in the published list in the September issue. During the past school year Mr. Jones sent in the names of ninety-two subscribers to the Penman's Art Jour- nal. He is one of America's foremost business writers and wields a professional pen that is equalled by few. "I cannot express my admiration of the new course in business writing. It is certainly a dandy. If a teacher cannot get results from it he ought to seek some other branch to teach." — J. J. Bailey, Toronto, Ont. 'f-yen/fuutd CLTUtCCL^uAyuiS 20 i^^ 'J^ltCL^utmiS kcl> tJ^&rivart, IS, 150S. -^ WHEREAS. ^- OlmT/ONOPED PRESIDENT igpigeiiJiamiigtini — ;^ ^csofucb, ^ Jkrtt iiTC Rcrctti cxprc^^car^cn5c of ccrcarcnxcnl: Aix3>^ricf at t^c Ic^^ cfctxc cfciw caxCicyt awb tvxocfir a man who by his Hclpful.binMy nature, ^ | his genial 6i5po5iHon,anD rcaDy ^ympathi| fef hab cnbcaxcft himself to all who Uncuj him,^^,^^!^ % itx tfccir ^mittc« Jjevi.\x\xi.\xi. C^crrtj Engrossing and Illuminating. By E. E. Marlatt. What can be done in tbe way of engrossing for a live-dollar bill. GILLOTT'S PENS R«coffnized the world orer &• The Sttndird of Perfection in Penmekint No. 1 ^^-^ <-!ife*tUi'''»jUi,iIll|l^« Principalltyg^'iJ ■ IrH^ciLLorrj No. 601 EF— Magnum Quill Pen Sold by Stationers Everywhere JOSEPH GILLOTT & SONS AlfR£D flElD %. CO., Agents, 93 Chambers SI., N. V. SPENCERIAN STEEL PENS L-LJgi'- 1^^ FORTY FALCON, SILVER -.PLATED This new pen is specially made for general correspondence. 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Iq answering advertisements please mention the Penman's Abt Journal. I Teach Sign Painting Show Card Writing or Let- tering by mail and guarantee succesB. Only field cot over- crowded. My instruction is unequaled because practical, personal and thoron^h. Easy terms. Write for large catalogue. Chas.'J. Strong, Pres. DETROIT SCHOOL OP LETTERING Dept. 56. Detroit, Mich. Olitest aod larsest Sdieol of Its KId4 'S^fimani) QjTUytoJvwt/ui^ Mr. Schoolman ™ovh1?"' ••Be sure you are risht and then go ahead." I know I am rigrht, and most assuredly I am going ahead. If yon wish to improve yonr Shorthand Department from Every Standpoint, adopt Aristos (The Best) or Janes' Shadeless Shorthand. I know whereof I speak. I have taught tile six leading shorthand systems o« the age, and have examined into all others worthy of tlie name Shorthand, and have found none to compare with ARISTOS (The Best) or JANES' SHADELESS SHORTHAND as to SIMPLICITY, LEGIBILITY or BREVITY. The greatest Experts in the World, from an unbiased standpoint, through the famous llarmsworth Encyclopedia, recently published in England (the home of shorthand) give ARISTOS *#*>■! rors''lnk 1 ia positively unequalled for fin« writing. 6 bottles for jlo ' Sample bottle by mail 25c I ; y iioiT9ti«0T>iK m eandolpb St.,Cblu£i The proof of the pudding is in tbp eating, and t-be merit of our books on the commercial subjects is proved by a careful test in the schoolroom. Every one is "full as an egg" of practical instruc- tion. The subjects have been presented in an at- tractive manner, and non-essentials omitted, thus enabling students to acquire a thorough business education in the least possible time. Wide-awake principals and teachers are quick to recognize the superiority of our publications, and the tact that these books "make good" is proved by their continued use in the leading com- mercial schools. We have "the" books on the important sub- jects of spelling, correspondence and English for use in business schools and commercial depart- ments of other institutions. Our Practical Shorthand pre.sents an Ideal sys- tem in an ideal way. The sale of the New Practical Typewriting (pub- lished last season) is unprecedented. It needs only to be seen to be appreciated. PRACTICAL TEXT --> CLEVELAND The new Commercial Law (just out) makes enthusiastic students. The book is up-to-date, com- prehensive and well arranged for classroom use. New Practical Arithmetic covers ail the sub- jects, presented in such a way as to fix the meth- ods firmly in the student's mind. Practical Bookkeeping and Twentieth Century Business Practice develop competent and thinking accountants, at the greatest possible saving of the teacher's time. The text book is published in three editions, to meet the needs of various schools, and the Business Practice is in five Parts, each entirely independent of the others. The Everybody's Dictionary is the most accurate, complete and popular pocket dictionary on the market. We furnish it by the hundred, and in many cases by the thousand, to prominent schools in all parts of the country. A copy should be in every pupil's outfit. Write us at once in regard to your needs. In- terested teachers will be given an opportunity to examine these popular books without cost. We pay the freight. I.lustrated catalogue free. BOOKCOA\PANY -OHIO c In answering advertisements please mention the Penman's Art Journal. Special attention is called this month to Exercise i in Plate 2. Its importance may be understood when it is known that it is repeated oftener in finished designs than any other. The student should learn to grasp this exercise in sets of strokes, and to better enable him to do so, I have divided it into three sets of strokes designated as A, B, C, made m the order indicated by small figures. Now, if the student will thoroughly master this exercise -and the various styles of finish as shown in sets 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8, he will be the possessor of the key to highly finished off-hand flourishing. Plate i. Before practising an exercise, study it carefully. Note the repetition of stroke, the symmetry and harmony of ar- rangement. Have you ever taken time to define beauty? What makes the exercise beautiful? We hear this word, pos- sibly, more frequently than any other adjective when an attempt is made to describe any object or piece of work that is pleasing. In a subsequent lesson, I am going to talk about beauty, and show how it applies to the art of Flourishing, and why Flourishing appeals to everyone. Use jet black ink and a fine, flexible pen. Send some of your best work to The Journal office for mention among the Student Specimens or in the Scrap Book. Plate 2. ^X'/ima/ii) a.'fi/f O/ .s Special Ruled Practice Paper Paper specially ruled for the lessons in Business Writing now run- ning in The Journal can be sold to schools at an especially low figure. Prices on application. All product work in business writing is now done where vertical ruling appears, and it is only a question of a short time when this kind of paper will be used universally in school work. It is more economical, because pupils use all the space — there is no chance for waste. PENMAN'S ART JOURNAL, 229 Broadway, New York City. The most popular pens are ESTERBROOK'S Made in All Styles Fine Points, Al. 128,333 Business, 048, 14, 130 Broad Points, 3 12,3 13,3 14 Turned-up Points, 477, 531, 1876 EsterbrooK Steel Pen Mfg. Co., WorKf : Camden, N. J. 26 John St.. N. Y. DON'T SCRATCH. 12 STYI.ES OP PENS FOR ARTISTIC AVRITl-NG SENT OV RECEIPT OF 10 CENTS C. HOWARD HUNT PEN CO., Camden, N.J. 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A nnniber of teachers are wanted to teneli the Byrne Siiu- lilified Shorthand, in Business Colleges and High Schools. Bet- ter salaries are pai«l teachers of the Byrne Simplified than of any other system, as the won- derful simplicity, legibility, and speed of the system enables a teacher to turn out practical trained stenographers in alniost half the time required with other systems, thns doing the work which previously required t«'o teachers. Teachers' course Free. Write for particulars. Sample copy of text book, .fl.OO postpaid, BYBXE PUBLISHING CO., Tyler, Texas. PENMEN AND CARD WRITERS! Send for samples of our now and beauti- ful illuminated .scroll cards in colors and gold; also one color scroll, motto, Lord's Prayer and comic cards. Samples are free for stamp. keystone: printing co. 2244 North iOth St. ( Room 1 ) Philadelphia, Pa. I Teach Penmanship M^an Finest of copies; complete instruction ; thorough criti- cism. No l>etter courses giveD by any one. 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This is the method used by all great men and women, and you cau make it spell success for you. If you want to have a perfect memory for names and faces; to secure command of excellent EngUsli ; to spell well; to have all of your information available for instant use, send for a copy to-day. Price 50 cents. K. n. Snow no Main St., Hornell. N. Y, PENMANSHIP SUPPLIES The Jockx.\l v~-n\ send the following supplies by mail for the prices named (stamps taken): Soennecken Broad Pointed Pen for Text Letter- ing, set of 11, 25c. Double Holder for Soennecken Pens — Holds two pens at one time, 10c. French India Ink — 1 large bottle by mail, 50c.; 1 dozen by express, |5.00. Gillotfs Double Elastic E. F. No. 60i Pens — ^A me- dium fine pen. 1 gross, 75c; % gross, 25c; 1 dozen, 10c. GiUotfs Principality Ko. 1 Pen — A very fine pen. 1 gross, $1.00; % gross, 2oc; 1 dozen, 10c. Oblique Pcnliolders — One, 10c. In answering advertisements please mentloB the Penman's Abt Jodbnal >4 mOf^/^IWy^ Position. — There are so very many good writers who oc- cupy such varied positions at desk and manner of holding the pen that I conchided to give the position described in the Spencerian Theory of Penmanship, and from that each one will naturally acquire a position and manner of holding pen peculiar to himself. Front Position. — Sit directly facing the desk, near to it, without leaning against it, with the feet level on the floor and the forearms resting lightly on the desk in front at right angles to each other. Let the right arm rest lightly on the muscle forward of the elbow ; keep the wrist above the paper and rest the hand lightly (on a blotter) on the nails as we usually use in business writing, and later the shaded. Now, these letters are supposed to be made with the oblique holder and 604 E. F. pen, but by experience I have found it a good plan to use for the preliminary work a straight holder and rather coarse pen ; it has a very quieting effect on one's nerves. Then for the shading work take the oblique holder and fine pen. I have given the small letters to correspond with the capitals. O, c, e, a, d are made much the same as in business forms except the d, which should be shaded slightly at the top, after which it should be touched up squarely. Be care- ful not to make the shade too heavy or carry it down too of the third and fourth fingers, which should touch the paper directly under the palm. Adjust the paper so that the right arm will be at right angles (nearly) to the lines on which you are to write. Hold the paper in place with the fingers of the left hand. Pen Holding. — Take the holder between the first and sec- ond fingers and the thumb, allowing it to cross the second finger at root of nail. The end of the thumb touches holder opposite the lower joint of first finger, the thumb slightly bent. Holder dropped a little below the knuckle point. Tip oblique part of pen so that both nibs will touch squarely. Rest third and fourth fingers on nails, or rest on fourth finger only, position many penmen use. Always practise movement exercises for a few minutes at least before writing letters. In the accompanying lesson I have given the direct oval exercise. First the skeleton form. far. Practice the small letters across the lines, writing pos- sibly four or five in groups, a letter on each line, then group several letters, then in words and finally in sentences. The capitals are all made with the forearm movement. With the oblique part of the pen tipped a little, it gives a touch that enables one to make a short smooth shade. For instance, in capital C the shade should not extend below (not much, at least) the crossing. This shade is difficult at first, so do not despair if you do not accomplish it at once. The O is a very difficult letter and should receive careful practise, keeping lines parallel as far as possible. Vary it by using shade alternately on first then on the sec- ond down stroke. E is much like C, with the small loop in the middle shade above or below the small loop, and the large oval dropping below the base line as in C. Strive to get the shade short and high in A. Xyenma/id ClyVtC^Q^tctAxi/p Free Course for Teachers Chartier Shorthand By Mail Send for the first lesson and begin the study of the greatest system of shorthand ever pub- lished. Mr. L. C. Spencer has just completed the most simple, pedagogical and learnable short- hand mail course ever presented to the Amer- ican people. Ten simple lessons. The theory of the system can be mastered in ten nights by any teacher of average in- telligence. A postal card addressed to us wfill bring you the first lesson, and then v\all begin the most fascinating study of your life. Write to-day. CH ARTIER-SPENCER PUBLISHING COMPANY, New Orleans, Louisiana L. C. SPENCER, Pres. S. C. SCHWING, Secy-Trcas. Home Study Courses Our school offers an opportu- nity to study at home under the personal instritciion of leading iro/essors in our sreat colleges. Wei ache Id Preparatory, es In Academic a Agrlcullural, Com and Common School branches. Our tuition rates are so low that no one need be kept from enrolling: with us on the ground of expense. THE HOME CORHESPONDEHCE SCHOOL, Dept. 76 Sprlngfltld, Mats. IJ NCLE SAM WANTS YOU and thousands of others, who are rapahlt, to work tor hi m. Common school education Guthcient. Iho political influence required. Steady employment, highest salaries, vaca- tion with full pay. 3,UWJ clerks needed for the Census Office alone in addition to the usual 40,UU0 appointed yearly in the Internal Revenue, Customs, Postal, Railway Mail, and other branches of the service in the U. S. Also appointments in Philippine Islands and Panama. Full particulars freeconcern- i IK all positions, salaries, examinations (held soon in every Btatei. sample examina- tion questions, etc. Address. NATIONAL CORRESPONDENCE INSTITUTE 32-40 SECOND HATIOHAL BANK BLOC, WASHINGTON, D. C. BEATEN PATHS Little George said to his mother : "Mamma, when I go to school I want you to get me second-hand books. "Why?"' asked his mother. "Becau-ic," replied George, "second-hand books are easier than new ones, for they have been learned once." — The School Journal. G. P. A. Mail Course ^ In return for a small outlay of time and money I can prepare commercial teachers or bookkeepers to increase their salaries from $200 to $600 per year. Write now for information and special rates. Have you read my arti- cles on Accountancy in the Sept. and Oct. numbers of the Business Edu- cator? It will pay you to do so. R. J. BENNETT, C.P.A. Principal Business University DETRO T MICHIGAN BIRCHES Rapid Calculation Since we brought out Birch's Rapid Calculation less than a year ago, the demand for it has been phenomenal. This demand has in general been caused by the awaken- ing interest of teachers in the subject of calculation and the recognition by school authorities of the importance of plac- ing more emphasis on this long neglected subject. The specific demand for Birch's Rapid Calculation has come from a realization of its value and its superiority on the part of teachers who have examined it. Birch's Rapid Calculation requires only 20 m nutes each day. No preliminary study is required. The lessons come prepared in pad form and each is detached and handed in at the expiration of the 20-minule period. Students will become proficient in rapid and accurate figuring in a re- markeb'y short time. You can certainly spare a short lime each day for th s course. Your students need it. You will be surprised and they will be delighted with the results that will be secured from this short daily drill. The plan of the work is very simple. Neither student nor teacher will encounter the slightest d fliculty or confusion in its use, even the very first day. Send 35 cents for a sample copy. Other texts suggested for your examination at this time are: Lyons' Commercial Law, Modem Business English, Stenographer's Business Practice, Dictation Stud es. Popu- lar Dictionary. Powers & Lyons CHICAGO, 378 Wabasli Ave. NEW YORK, 1133 Broadway In answering advertlsempnts please mention the Penman's Art Journal. 7, ^ti^/-?^^^^-'^^ .,^^ /o ^/ » 0# i» # ^ 7 7 The specimens for this month ■n-ere written by the following : 1. — Marie Rettig. pupil of J. M. Schrope, Public Schools, Pottsville, Pa. 2. — D. S. Morgan, pupil of H. C. Joy, Douglas Business Col- lege, Uniontown, Pa. 3. — Walter Volkmef, pupil of C. J. Potter, Elliott Business College. Burlington. la. 4. — Frances Mass. pupil of F. B. Hess, Heffley School, Brooklyn, N. Y. 5. — M. C. Leipholz, pupil of A. M. Wonnell, Ferris Institute. Big Rapids. Mich. 6. — Hans Nelson, pupil of A. K. Feroe, Lutheran Normal School, Madi- son, Minn. 7. — Florence Marshall, pupil of G. H. Van Veghten, Public Schools, Poughkeepsie, X. T. S. — N. Nakane, pupil of H. L. Arnold, Western Business College. Moose Jaw, Sask. 9. — Minnie Harris, pupil of E. O. Draper. Moscow, Idaho, Business College. 10. — Arleigh K. Swanson. pupil of O. O. Gates. Jamestown, N. Y., Business College. 11. — Martha M. Muntzel. pupil of S. C. Bedinger, Hill's Business College. Sedalia, Mo. 12. — Loretta Sturn, pupil of St. Mary's Academy, Monroe, Mich. 13. — Lena Metsch. pupil of J. N. Fulton. International Business College, Ft. Wayne. Ind. 14. — Fannie Davis, pupil of E. A. Young, Euclid School, Brooklyn, X. T .^^^. Til QS^tt oXamaS WANT ADS. Classified Advertisements will be run under the above head for 5c. a word, payable in advance. Where the advertiser uses a nom de plume, answers will be promptly forwarded. WANTED — Schools In need of competent Instructors to advertise In the "Want Ad" columns of The Journal, also teachers desirous of making a change, to know that the "Journal Want Advertisements Bring Results." Whether you are a proprietor In search of an assistant or a teacher looking for a position, bear in mind that The Journal goes to all the people you wish to reach. Five cents a word. OWNERS OF BUSINESS COLLEGES who require commercial teachers, penmen, or shorthand teachers (Isaac Pitman), should communicate with W. J. Elliott, principal of the Elliott Business College, Toronto, Ontario. We make a specialty of preparing students, who have formerly been public school teachers, for teaching in business colleges. State salary. TEACHERS SUPPLIED— When yon re quire a teacher of the Commercial branches or Gregg Shorthand, write The Willis Business College (S. T. Willis, prin- cipal) Ottawa, Canada, and we can prob- ably supply the right person. We conduct a thorough course for the training of public school teachers as teachers of thi Business branches and shorthand. State salary. FOR SALE — A fine school in a good city in the Middle West. Proprietor cleared $3,500 on it last year. Important busi- ness interests in the Far West make it necessary for me to l>e there. Will sell for $2,000 ; one-half cash and the balance in a reasonable length of time. A fine place for one good shorthand man and one good business department man and one or two assistants. Good attendance now for the early part of the season. Address, Excep- tional Bargain, care P. A. Journal. FOR SALE— A good Business College in a city of ten thousand inhabitants. Only school in a radius of one hundred miles. Will sell cheap. Reason for selling, pro- prietor is called to the ministry. Address, Mc, Box M, Brownwood, Texas. FOR SALE — ^The best school in Western Pennsylvania. Equipment valued at over $4,01)0. with a fine reputation, and located in a city of 45,000, and no other school of its k'iud in cit.v or c-ounty. Can ibe bou,:^ht within the next 00 days for cash and at a figure that will surprise you. Address Good, care Penm.in's Art Journal. OOMETHING NEW ior Te rding to yo and Schools —published ranged ac- nd be ' your title and imprint. Just as if you published it yourself ! COST less than you could get it done for yourself, without the cost of cuts. Write for ^urther information. If in need of such a book, I can interest you. F. W. TAMBLVN. Kansas City, Mo. New York University School of Commerce, Accounts S Finance HIGHER EDUCATION (or accountancy, banking, insurance, real estate and business management, or teaching commercial subjects. Waihington Sonare, East, New YorK City It's a Handy Book! YES! It is. The title is the Penman's Dictionary, and it's got over 3.000 wonis. suiUbly ar- ranged for instant reference, for penmanship practice. If your (daw needs drills on small t's, for in- stance, you have 48 special words embracing that feature. And how often do you want class practice on long words to develop continuous movements ? Eight 2-cent stamps r IN SEPTEMBER High Schools, two in Univ parts of the United Stat( of Wis.. i. What rhree of our members began work in new positic n St. Louis Business College, two in the Cleveland 7. of Xeb., two in Pittsburg, and many more future y Will you not let us assist jou? Free THE SPECIALISTS' EDUCATIONAL BUREAU, Webster OroveB, St. LouIb, Mo. Managed by R. A. Grant, Head of Com'l. Dep't.. Teatman High School, St. Louis. KINSL[Y-DRAKE COMPANY SCHOOL AGENCY 28 S. Broad St., Trenton, IS. J. If you want a teacher. If you want a position. If you have a school to sell. If you wish to buy a school let us h< from you. KINSLEY-DRAKE CO., Trenton, N. Many satisfied patrons, both teachers and school proprietors, can testify to the satisfactory manner in which we looked after their interests during the busy Spring and Summer months. We think we've made some new friends, and we are going to make more during the coming year. We want business scliool men and teachers to get in touch with us early. It will be more satisfactory all around, and when the ■"psychological moment" arrives we will all be ready. We take pleasure in pleasing our patrons. If you want to buy a school let us know. We have a few good money- makers at bargain prices. UNION TEACHERS' BUREAU, 229 Broadway, New York. PQCjTjQMO NOT ALL FILLED. -We low (September IQth i have the ' ^^^^ III Vy I ^ *J following openings for Commercial Teachers to be filled :— One $1500 High School position ; Five $1200 positions (two High School places); Ten positions paying from $900 to $1200 ; Eighteen posi;ions paying from $500 to $900. WE NEED MORE FIRST-CLASS TEACHERS CONTINENTAL TEACHERS' AGENCY, Bowlins Green, Ky. FREE ENROI^LMENT if you mention this paper MIDLAND TEACHERS' AGENCIES WE HAVE VACANCIES TO FILL EVERY MONTH IN THE YEAR. MANY FIRST CLASS POSITIONS TO FILL. GET IN LINE NOW FOR A GOOD POSITION. Write ORVILLE J. ORSBORN, Gen'l Manager. Warrensbure. Mo. Ten Men at $1200 each In August we placed ten men at .$1.-00 and upward, and several at $1,000, besides a number of men at smaller salaries, not to mention the lady teachers. Among positions filled were the following high schools: Augusta, Me.; Spring^old, Mass. ; Oil City, Pa. ; L'tica, N. Y. And these commercial schools : Schissler School of Business, Norristown, Pa.; Metropolitan Business College, Chicago; Minne- sota School of Business. Minneapolis; Yale Business College, New Haven, Conn.; Strayer's Business College, Baltimore; College of Commerce, Kenosha. Wis. You who know anything about the school field will recognize at once from the list (only a fragment of the season's business) the high-grade character of the positions we fill. If we had had the right kind of candidates in sufficient number, we could have multiplied this record six fold. In fact, to-day — Aug. 31 — we have 20 vacancies, in both high and business schools, at $1,000 and upward. Fully 75 per cent, of those who need high-grade help come first to us. and many go nowhere else. This is an exchange office for character and efficiency. May we serve you? Enrollment free; no charge to schools. THE NATIONAL COMMERCIAL TEACHERS' AGENCY A SPECIALTY BY A SPECIALIST E. E. GAYLORD, Manager 11 Baker Ave., Beverly, Mass. In Sixty Days During July and August. '08. we enrolled 205 students — placed a number iu gooi positions as teachers in colleges — had main more calls unfilled. If you want to be- come a better penman, or a teacher of penmanship, increase your salary — m short, if you want the BKST in the penmanship line C'RANSOMERIAN" stands for the BEST) write me. A copv of the RAN- SOMERIAN JOURNAL and a sample pen sent FREE. THE RANSOMCRIAN SCHOOL 3825 EVCLID AVE.. KANSAS CITY, In answering advertisements please mention the Penman's Abt Jodrnal. Xjfc/iman!) QyViCoMuiAaS World-Wide Distribution There is no mistaking the superiority of a typewriter that, in 17 years, has built up a market in every part of the civilized v^orld. This international endorse- ment of proves our right to ofFer it to you as the world's best typewriter. Write us or any Smith Premier branch for a detailed description of its advantages. THE SMITH PREMIER TYPEWRITER COMPANY, Syracuse, N. Y. BRANCHES EVERYWHERE In ansivering advert iBem en ts please mention the Penman's Aet Jodbnal. XyennioAd dThiL qJviuaxuP Ready November 20th THE LIFE OF SIR ISAAC PITMAN The Inventor of Phonography The story of Sir Isaac Pitman's career as the most successful shorthand inventor our country has pro- duced, is told for the first time in full and complete form in the "Life." * * * * As far as possible his own words are used, for he recorded with great exactitude interesting particulars of a personal nature about himself and his work in innumerable shorthand communications to his friends and to the public. The result is a volume which will be found to possess all the charm of an autobiography. * The origin and development of Phonography are described more completely than has been attempted hitherto. To all shorthand writers the "Life" appeals with very special interest from the fact that it narrates the incep- tion, the growth, and finally the universal acceptance of the system of brief writing based on phonetic principles which Sir Isaac Pitman invented and developed. * 4 4 * •* ■* For the general reader, and to such as are specially interested in biographical literature, the life-story of Sir Isaac Pitman has many attractions. It covered the whole period of the Victorian Era, and throws vivid sidelights on the movements of the time, and on the lives of well-known personages wth whom Sir Isaac came into per- sonal contact. **«*•****■* With fifty illustrations, consisting of portraits and facsimiles, etc. 2i7^ Cloth, gilt, gilt top, $2.00. Size 8>^x5i4 in. SPECIAL OFFER. — Purchasers of this work who send their order direct to Isaac Pitman & Sons will be presented, free, with a high-class reproduction of the Memorial Portrait of Sir Isaac Pitman (by A. S. Cope, R. A.), mounted MYz by 23^/2 inches. Each copy of the portrait will be mailed in a strong cardboard tube. SIXTH EDITION NOW READY A Practical Course in Touch Typewriting By CHARLES E. SMITH The reason of the phenomenal success of "A Practical Course" rests mainly in the scientific and pedagogical way in zvhich the student advances while mastering the keyboard. The strong fingers are not strengthened at the e.vpcnse of the weak fingers; neither are the iveak fingers zvearied zvith drills in advance of their more nimble brothers. All the fingers are trained all the time, with due consideration for the strength and suppleness of each. The student goes from the known to the unknozvn, the line of least resistance being follozved throughout, so that he acquires the ability to zvrite by touch almost be- fore he knows it. This method has been one of the fundamental factors in producing the majority of the most rapid and accurate typists of the last few years. "I :ira pleaserl to st.ite that I cousider 'A Practical Course in Touch T.vpewriting' the only text-book from which 1 studied, the best typewriting instruction book that I hare seen. The exercises are excellent and have helped me won- derfully in working up speed. The whole course is very in- teresting from the beginning, and it cannot but produce the best results in the shortest time. I attribute my success in typewriting in a large measure to the assistance given me by Mr. Smith, the author of the book, and I am sure any one who uses it will be more than pleased with the results." — Rose L. Fritz, The Worlds Champion Typist. "It seems to me that the thousands of lucky students who have tested the merits of '"A Practical Course in Touch Typewriting' make anything I may add as to its worth aiinost unnecessary. I believe it is the most constructive text-book on touch typewriting that has ever been written. The underlying principle of teaching the student to use all the fingers all the time, and to go from the known to the unknown, compels him to become a skilful typist with the least expenditure of time and effort. I heartily recommend this work to those desiring the best system of all." — Elise Scott, Winner Oold Medal, Students' Championship Type- writing Contest. Philadelphia, April 18, 190S. Price, 50 cents; Cloth, 75 cents 1C3" Send for new pamphlet, "Why the Isaac Pitman Shorthand is the Best." and copy of "Pitman's Shorthand Weekly." Write for particulars of FREE MAIL COURSE FOR TEACHERS. Isaac Pitman & Sons, 31 Union Square, New York j- "Course in Isaac Pitman Shorthand," $1.50. Publishers of 1 "Practical Course in Touch Typewriti [-Sttjlc Book of Business Engiisn;' 6'ic. oOc. Cloth, 75c. In answering advertisements please mention the Pexsian's .\rt Jockxal. }k^^^CyenmmuiQ:7U.C'(:i^iLUui/S> WHY NOT INTRODUCE PERNIN^S UNIVERSAL PHONOGRAPHY NOW? You Will Do So Eventually ■THE PERNIN SHORTHAND INSTITUTE CO. :: Detroit More Schools are using the Budget Systems of Bookkeeping this year than ever before, both private and public. THE BUDGET SYSTEMS have set the standard for years, and the better the school the more Hkely it will be found to be using one or the other of the Budget Systems. New descriptive booklets just from press. Ask about our Business and Office Practice course! There is a famine in Booth's Progressive Dictator The entire first edition disappeared in a week. Orders are waiting for thousands of copies at this writing, October 8th, but a new ten thousand edition is promised for October 12th, after which all orders will receive prompt attention. Booth's Dictator has proven that teachers are quick to recognize a good thing. BooJilets for the asking. SADLER-ROWE COMPANY BALTIMORE, MD. In anrw«rlnf advertlsementB please mention the Penman's Art Jodenal,. ^^^^S/e/tmcmd Q:€i&Q^u.iaaS IT IS VERY EASY TO CHANGE TO (" The Shorthand of the English-speaking- people."— Guilbert Pitman.) FaOM ANY OTHER. SYSTEM ILef us explain how if can be done without in any way disturbing your present arrange- ments. 1 Let us demonstrate the benefit it would be to YOU. H hundreds of schools have made the change. Why not yours ? And why not NOW .^ WJilTE US TODAY The Gregg Publishing Company New York Chicago In answ-erin^ ailvcrt isermmts please mention the Penman's Art Journal. \Q:^CQ^u,tnu.S. RELIABLE COMMERCIAL TEXT=BOOKS The WILLIAMS & ROGERS COMMERCIAL PUBLICATIONS are used more widely than all others of their kind combined. This phenomenal success is due to the fact that they are espe- cially adapted to practical and satisfactory work in Commercial Schools and the Commercial De- partments of secondary schools. The most recent publications in the series are: MODERN ILLUSTRATIVE. BOOKKEEPING It gives careful instruction in the elements of book- keeping; thorough drill in making records in books of original entry; easy and progressive instruction for posting original records; test ledgers to give students additional drill in closing ledger accounts ; reproduced pen-written incoming vouchers and individual price lists. MOORE'S NE>V COMMERCIAL ARITHMETIC In the preparation of this book, business men have been consulted freely. Its distinctive individuality is due to the manner in which the topics are treated and to the practical character and great variety of the prob- lems. All complicated and obsolete subjects and all puzzles have been studiously avoided. GANO'S COMMERCIAL LA"W This volume provides a thorough, practical course in elementary commercial law, a knowledge of which can- not fail to be of great benefit to every business man. It presents only the most useful and valuable funda- mental principles, and is so arranged that it is entirely in accord with the most approved methods of teaching this subject. MODERN BUSINESS PENMANSHIP Contains a thorough, practical and well-graded course in business writing, the work of an expert penman. The course consists of 75 full-page photo-engraved plates, each containing a series of exercises with com- plete instructions. The style of writing is based on natural slant, plain, unshaded letters. Send for o\ir ne'w Commercial Text-BooK Catalogue AMERICAN BOOR COMPANY New York Cincinnati Chicago 7VC. PRACTICAL PHONOGRAPHY ^ " "Ready "Ready A revision of "LESSONS IN MUNSON PHONOGRAPHY," 15y L. H. PACKARD. This book combines the best characteristics of the older work, with many additional features of a pronounced kind, making It the most logical, simple and practical text-book of shorthand published. The book contains 233 pages, beautifully engraved and printed, and substantially bound in cloth. The retail price of PRACTICAL PHONOGRAPHY is $1, postpaid. To be used in conjunction with PRACTICAL PHONOGRAPHY, the new PHONOGRAPHIC EXERCISE BOOK Containing over 2500 words and phrases in longhand. In the order In which they occur In the textbook, with space for phonographic outline and teacher's corrections. The retail price of the Phonographic Exercise Book Is thirty cents, postpaid. A sample copy of PRACTICAL PHONOGRAPHY will be sent to any teacher or school otticer, for examination, for fifty cents, or both iDOoks for seventy cents. A complete series of new Munson reading matter in preparation. SOME OF THE OTHER PACKARD PUBLICATIONS One Hundred Lessons in English - $1.00 Prepared to meet the requirements of commercial schools, and intended to provide students with those essentials of practical English required in business intercourse. Especially adapted to the teaching of correspondence. Packard's Progressive Business Practice, four numbers, each - - - $0.50 student will be expected to do ' What the he becomes an accountant i required to do here, and with n some manipulation invoWed in practice. This plan i» a.uiply v nounccd by all teachers who ha office, he i: le of the cumber other schemes oj :al and is so pro ; used it. The New Packard Commercial Arith- metic --..-•- $1.50 Recognized as the standard work on the subject. The Packard Commercial Arithmetic, School Edition $1.00 Packard's Short Course in Bookkeeping $1.00 Packard's Advanced Course in Book- keeping ------ $1.25 Both remarkable for their clearness and practical character. Packard's Bank Bookkeeping - - $1.25 A reliable exposition of banking as carried on at the present day. LIBERAL DISCOUNT TO SCHOOLS Any of the above books u-zil be sent to teachers^ for exayninatioyi^ upon very 7-easo7iable terms. Correspondeyice iyivited. S. S. PACKARD, Publisher, 101 East 23d Street, New York In answering advertisements please mention the Penman's Art Jodenal. I III II 1 1 lull I IBIlmillll IliMJIIIi 1 1 II iii^niMMI i.ijiilwiii-UiilWiliUMingn,, (\ Vol. 33 NOVEMBER 1908 No. 3 Flourish nv L. M. Kelchxer. Higih.axi- Park Collkce, Des Moines, Iowa. CLUBBING season which had started a little slowly, as we expected it would, has now as- sumed the most promising aspect. When the schools opened there was uncertainty in the air, but this has entirely disappeared. Everywhere there is enthusiasm and confidence and this is reflected in the magnificent clubs we are receiving. We now have every reason to believe that November will be one of the best clubbing months in the history of the magazine. When the business outlook is poor and the pupil feels that the re- sult of his work in the business school is uncertain, so far as securing a good position is concerned, he is likely to hesitate about spending even so small an amount as that asked for The Journal unless it is absolutely necessary; but when he feels, as all pupils should feel now, that the result is merely a question of personal fitness, the wise pupil will not overlook the opportunity to increase his proficiency in so im- portant a branch as penmanship by subscribing for a publica- tion which can be of so much service to him. That the course of lessons in business writing now ap- pearing in The Journal is fully appreciated is being demon- strated daily to our complete satisfaction. Months ago we knew we were preparing the best course ever undertaken, but were not certain of our ability to convince teachers generally that such was the case. From letters received in the past few weeks, however, we find that the doubt was needless, for recognition of the superior quality of these lessons was in- stantaneous. Kind words have been received from all parts of the country, and the best of them from those best fitted to judge. PUBLISHED BY THE NATIONAL. PENMANSHIP PRESS HORACE G. HEALEY. EDITOR 2 29 Broadway, new York TWO EDITIONS. The JonBJJAL Is published monthly in two editions. i^l PENMANS AET JoDENAL, 32 pagcs, subscnpt.on price ,o ''''\%S'pi.\Z'''s Iet^^^uhkal, Ne^s Edition. This is the 1 .ii%t;„ li^ith g Knpcial suDDlement devoted to News, Mis- ciC; fn'i'sSme specialTuhUc-lch'o'ol features. Subscription price *'-°°A?l'ad'veriae'i^en'ts\pp?a'?"n both editions; also all Instruc- tlon features intended for the student. CLUBBING RATES. Regular Edition— 75 cents a year. In Clubs of more than *^"'News'Edftion-?1.00 a year. Five subscriptions, $5.00; one '""Tfirtrvilfg'S *ii°°enough subscriptions to entitl. the club sender to the minimum rate, as specified above, additional subscrip- tfonsm any number will be accepted at the same rate throughout the s^bool^ year. _^^^ including Canadian, and on subscrip- tions in Boroughs of Manhattan and Bronx. New York, 2d cents a year extra, to pay for additional cost of delivery. ADVERTISING RATES. $3 00 an inch. Special rate on "Want" ads as explained on those pages. No general ad. taken for less than ?2.00. CHANGE OF ADDRESS. Subscribers wishing to have their magazine ?ent to a new address should notify us promptly, giving the old address and SDeciJying the edition: whether News or Regular. Notices must be received one full month in advance, that all copies may be received. The one thing of which The Journal is proudest is that nine-tenths of the school proprietors and teachers that take the trouble to put it in thi hands o'f their students at the clubbinK rate think enough of the paper to send In their own subscription year after year for the News Edition at one dollar. As we have repeatedly said, The Journal does not aiin to take the place of the penmanship teacher. That the magazine has, unaided, been the means of making fine penmen from the most unpromising material is unquestionably true, as scores of letters received in this office in the past bear witness, but the real purpose of this publication is to supplement the work of the teacher and make it possible for him to get the maxi- mum of results in the minimum of time. The average length of time the commercial or shorthand pupil is in school is not more than six months, and in this short period he is expected to master such branches as will make him of value to the business man, in the business office. One of the most notable deficiencies of pupils entering business schools is in writing. They come with that cramped hand, born of finger movement and the laborious drawing which they learned from the copy books. If speed is attempted the writing degenerates into an almost if not utterly illegible scrawl. It is this material that the teacher of writing must take and work over into something which will be a credit to the school, and it is surprising even to the initiated that there are so few cases of failure to develop in the pupil in so short a time a rapid, legible business hand, which to the average busi- ness man is all there is any occasion for. And it is to help bring this about that The Journal has directed its efforts— that it has succeeded is testified to daily when the letters are received from the most progressive teachers of writing in the country enclosing long lists of names. That the pupils ap- preciate the value of the magazine when once they become ac- customed to having it before them is shown by the anxious letters received in this office when by some mischance an expected issue fails to arrive. C. A. Faust. The man behind the Auto Pen & Ink Mfg. Co., Chicago, Sixteenth of a series of "Men Behind Great Business En- terprises Closely Associated with Commercial School Interests." With this number of The Journal we repeat some of the movement drills given in the earlier lessons. Pupils whose subscriptions commence now will, therefore, have every ad- vantage enjoyed by those subscribing in September. ^ The success of the lessons is now demonstrated and it is desirable that no opportunity to have the magazine placed in the hands of pupils in writing should be overlooked. November^ should be the teacher's harvest time for subscriptions, the preliminary work of getting the classes under way has been completed and every one is settling down to the long, strong pull for results. The teacher will find his work easier if The Journal is in the hands of his pupils. He will find that results are more quickly obtained. The pupil will find that his interest is easily maintained and that the inspiration furnished by the teacher during the class hour is continued throughout the day. Don't think about us in connection with this, consider only the benefit to both teacher and pupil which will result from having such a publication as this in the hands of the latter. PINK WRAPPER Did your Jonrnal come in a PINK WR.^PPER this month? If so. It 1« to siKnify that your subscription has expired, and that yon shoold send us Immediately 75 cents for renewal, or ?1.00 If for the News Edition, If yon do not wish to miss a single copy. This special wrapper (as well as pnblishlngr the date of expiration each mo"*") »" nn additional cost to ns; bnt so many of onr subscribers have asked to be kept Informed concerning expiration, we feel that any expense is justified. CH4.NGE OF ADDRESS — Subscribers wishing to hare their magazines sent to a new address should notify ns promptly, giving the old address and specifying the edition, whether News or Regular. Notices must be re- ceived one full month In advance, that all copies ^^rhe received. Do not bother the clubber or teacher who sent Tn your subscription, but write to this oflflce direct. "The September number is a wonder. It should be in the hands of every pupil in the United States." Ernest Voss. Waco, Texas. LESSONS IN FREE-ARM MOVEMENT WRITING. HIS course of lessons is the result of the combined efforts of Edward C. Mills, the noted Script Writer, and Horace G. Healey, the Editor of The Journal. Every feature has been tested in the crucible of the class room, and nothing but the pure metal remains. We promise the highest possible improvement to all who conscientiously follow tbe course. It is ex- pected that pupils will do at least one hundred pages of practise worK each month. Certificates will be granted to all who meet the necessary requirements. MATERIALS. PAPER — Use a good quality of paper, eight by ten and a half inches in size. Whenever the time can be had to do so, the paper snould be ruled into quarters, as shown in the lessons. The quar- ters may be indicated by check marlis. making the middle check mark first. A little time can be profitably spent in eve training of this nature. Have at least two blank sheets under Vie one on (vhich the writing is being done; PENS — For Business Writing use a business pen. Any of the following will give very satisfactory results: Esterbrook, Business and College, No. 453; Hunt, University, No. 59 ; Gillott's Magnum Quill, No. 601 F; Spencerian, Commercial, No. 3. Use a new pen at every lesson. IXK — Use a blue black fluid ink, the darker the better. AMOUNT OF WORK TO BE DONE. From one to five pages of each lesson should be written, whether it consists of a Letter, a Word or a Sentence. Ail Product Work should he filed away for grading and comparison. MONTHLY SPECIMENS. At the beginning of the course, and on the first Monday in each month, each student should prepare two specimens of writing, one to band to the teacher, the otber to be retained by the pupil him- self. These specimens should be worded as follows : City. State. Date. This is a specimen of my best penmanship. Nine men went mining in a mine. A set of capitals written in two lines. Signature of the writer. pr FREE CERTIFICATE. A Free Certificate will be awarded to one pupil in each school 0, in the judgment of the teacher, has made the greatest Im- vement. These Certificates are to be awarded March 1, 1909. FORM. Form is taught concurrently with Position and Movement. The type form of the Letter is used as the basis. This is done that learners may see the resemblance existing between the two forms in Shape and Proportion. SPEED. That tbe desired quality of line may be obtained, it is very necessary to make the exercises at the rate of speed indicated. High speed should not be attempted at first, but should be a re- sultant acquirement. PRACTICE WITH DRY PEN. With a dry pen go over the outline very carefully of each letter. Repeat this fifty times. It will accustom the muscles and nerves to the Letter Track. Each letter has a little track of its own. and the muscles must be accustomed to making the trip. These tracks are very narrow. HOW TO PRACTISE. Assume and maintain a correct position at the desk. Take paper and check off into Quarters. Practise dividing these Quarters into Eighths. This will be necessary in order to have a definite guide as to proper direction for the down strokes. Then "STOP, LOOK AND STUDY." Do not plunge ahead blindly and trust to luck — letting your hand do your seeing and thinking. The eyes are to see the letters, the head to understand them, and the hand to make them. Read tbe brief instructions carefully. Be sure that you understand them. The first line shows the make-up of the letter ; the second, how to practise it. You should devote at least one-third of your practise time to the first line, and two-thirds to the second line. Always count, either aloud or to yourself, while practising. Later on in the course it will be possible for you to keep the count and not move your lips. Standard Business Capitals — As Plain as Print. No. I. No. 2. 't^tvincuoi Q7tiLQjvu.inxU3 No. 3. No. Cuts I, 2, 3, 4 show the position of the hand in the various physical training drills which constitute a very important part of proper hand and arm traming. During the first few months of practice much time should be devoted to this kind of work — the pupil letting his penholder lie upon the desk, devoting all of his attention to the muscles of the arm. COPY 1 — Divide the line into fourths and then divide the fourths into eighths This will divide the line into inches Next bisect the left- hand inch in each quarter to give the slant to the exercise. Make ten retraced strokes, and then move forward until the upper part of the ex- ercise comes up to the end of the quarter. Keep the slant uniform throughout. f//i/M/m COPY 2 — Divide the line, as in copy I, to get the proper direction for the Oval and Straight line. Make the e.xercises one space in height. «»;Hl*Tf7w^rTPV. Follow the same directions as given for copy 4. Wliile making the letter count one, two, and make ninety per minute. '<^enmanii(l?Vil/ No. 5. No. 6. Plates 5 and 6 show how the pen should be held in the hand. Notice how the fingers all re-enforce one another, how the wrist is raised from the paper— the hand glides on the ends of the nails of the third and fourth fingers. Turn the page sidewise when studying cut 6. Notice how the top of the penholder jjoints over the right shoulder just as a person would hold a gun. COPY 7 — Make an entire page of each word. Compare your work frequently with the copy, and learn to pick out your errors. Think while you practice. Notice that in these words only letters that have been taught are used. I^ZZZI^^LZZ^Zz^ \juA/jjzim^yjy^^ U=r:l_lr: COPY 10— /i. The first part of this letter is the same as the first part of the i. Do not slight the second part, and do not stop too short with the finishing stroke. Count one, two, and make ninety per minute. COPY 11— it. The first part of the k is the same as the h. Watch the second part carefully and take full time to finish it properly. Count one, two, three. Make sixty per minute. Xyenmjand(l?tlC'OJotunxtJ& COPY 12 — One full page of each word should be made. Guard against writing merely to fill a page. Good writing will only become a habit when it is developed by thoughtful practice. Stop after you have written several lines and criticise your work. Make four words to the line as shown in the copy. COPY 13 — Make the guide line or post, and then execute the Indirect Oval Drill, but make it only one ruled space high. Fifty down strokes to each quarter. Three down strokes per second. COPY 14 — Make the guide line or post as before, but make the Compact Oval and Straight Line exercise one-half space high. Fifty down strokes to the quarter. Three down strokes per second. The two foregoing plates are drills on the Indirect Oval Movement. These are very valuable General Drills, leading up to the capitals that follow. The pupils should spend considerable time on these before taking up the capitals. ,.,yr.... ...yr.... : M.^ Tl LZ2 ni- 2 n.-.ll 7 3? 2 2 2^12... 2 n.-2. Ill COPY 15 — TV. Use care in writing the exercises in the first quarter. Do not lift the pen in practising this letter. Count one, two, three. Write sixty per minute. %■ ^.. :/. , M. \1 2 2? 2 2 Mil 2M 2 2 2^,i2 2 M 2.1 ,2? 2mM M It. 22I.2M.. ll. 22_ 2;^. COPY 16 — M. Follow the instructions given for copy 15. Count one, two, three, four. Make forty-five per minute. t -..- : k k.. m 21.. 1.2.......2tl 2... 212 2.^2 2...21:11 212 2 2i '. 21 21.21 '01 21 21 2hA7^ 2f 21 21\7f- 21 7i-"71 \ COPY 17— IF. Instructions for this letter are the same as those given for copy 15. Count one, two, three, four. Make forty-five per k.... 1 2/..2 2 ^ 12 2 ^ 2 2.^ 1,2 2.^.2 r- / T COPY 18 — 7.. In line one, count one, two; one, two for the preliminary stem, and one, two, three for the completed letter. Make the lower part of the letter smaller than the upper, and keep both parts on the same slant. Write sixty per minute. 'C/eAJnaM QyUit CLA^ui/ui/o COPY 19— Fill one page with each word. Do not lift the pen in writing the words Noun, Mine Zone ^Do not ioin the W in Whir Rp lember to compare your work frequently with the copy. Strive for uniformity in slant and spacin" ^ «^ 4 t2:..2 ^ 2 Z^iJZ 2.4.....2._2.^..U Z^ 2 2^.1 X ^iZ z 2 :biz z z z iz^z^z.z\ ^ ^ ^ ^ I ^ ^ ^ 2c i....^ ^ 2: r. L2Ejr:2::;2^"" ^ ^ 2c ^1 2c 2c 2c ^:i ^ 2c 2: 2c \ 2:... t r 2c »r.„r.» ^l;?"^, s:'£Ss:^^:^£Sfiz^^T;i;^i:^ ';&"„£'"»" '=.■?"" *" "■• «"•' - ■"* -» •'■»» zz. ..^ ^ m. Z >....2^ Zi Z. Z Z :„„ T.Lfi;"., !::;if":u'st«-^"sz ;«,-SV';S'°!,;£"S""inS.""' -- ""■ "" " '"•" -^^ '"-^ "" »' "■- ...i/.... Y -m^M^-ZZZ- COPY 2Z—Y The first part of the Y is the same as the first part of .£ .e ,o„p .„ i„.-.= f:o-,:.r.. ils oTJ^'pIS rinf £.:; -i- „?it.!^s, - f,.Ti2:"U.'^ mS &.°? = o.*'^°7r/ftrt*ii'of°ea '"" "" °' '"'' ""'■ °° "' *""" ""°™'' *' "■»"'■ '>»' «" » "'"'°™ '"" «' mov.mem. Follow tl„ THE VALUE OF ENGLISH TO THE STENOGRAPHER O the stenographer who would make the most of his opportunities — and the word "his" in this case must be assumed to include women as well as men, for there are female stenog- raphers whose incomes exceed those of United States Senators — a mere knowledge of the shorthand strokes and the ability to put them down at the rate of from one to two hundred words a minute so accurately that they can be transcribed on the typewriter at from twenty-five to fifty words a minute, is one of the least of the difficulties to 'be overcome. The principles of any system of shorthand are not difficult to memorize, and few young people are so lacking in skill that in the course of from six to nine months, sometimes in even less time, they cannot attain a fairly high stenographic speed. But is the young man or woman who has reached this point necessarily fitted to take his place in the ranks of an exacting profession and make a success of it? On the con- trary, if he has not a broad general knowledge, if he has not a good foundation in the common branches, he will find himself so hopelessly handicapped that in all probability he will, sooner or later, in desperation turn his attention to some other line of work with the declaration that there's nothing in shorthand anyway, and any young person is foolish to take it up. And the rock on which a large proportion of the promising stenographic careers are wrecked is the lack of good English. In no profession is there more demand for good English than in stenography. The lawyer may deliver the most mas- terly address before a jury with only half a knowledge of the language he speaks. The doctor may practise success- fully and round out an honorable career with only an im- perfect appreciation of the correct use o£ words. The preacher in his pulpit may exert a powerful force for right without any comprehension of the principles of grammar, and if he be bright the newspaper man may turn in copy that needs to be entirely rewritten, if only the thought is there. But if the stenographer is lacking in knowledge of English every line he writes on the typewriter will stand like an accusing angel declaring his fault. There are two conditions under which a stenographer whose English is faulty is sure to fail — if his employer is equally lacking in knowledge and if his employer is not. In the former case the end will come even sooner than in the latter. Thousands of business men pay their stenog- raphers good salaries for not transcribing the sentences as they are dictated, and the moment such a man discovers that he is being made ridiculous before the public through the inefficiency of his assistant he will find it convenient to make a change. The man who himself knows how the lan- guage should be written may have the time and inclination to try to reform his stenographer's English if he has a per- sonal liking for him, but unless the latter appreciates the desperate nature of his need he will soon find himself back to the typewriter agency and later on will be driven to invest the last of his savings in the promise of one of the last re- sort employment bureaus which are always awaiting the incompercnl. While the personal appearance of the applicant for a position may take the eye of the employer for a moment, and the speed with which the dictation is taken when the test is given will have its due influence, the final and de- cisive test is the letter laid before him. If it is properly con- structed and properly punctuated, notwithstanding the fact that it may have been dictated as one continuous sentence without break or pause, the personal appearance of the sten-- ographer may be forgotten and his lack of speed overlooked. But if the imperfect English tells the story of opportunities wasted the employer will rightfully conclude that the oppor- tunities of his office will receive no greater consideration at the hands of his new assistant. The failure which is ascribed to a dozen causes by the discouraged applicant which leads to his dismissal from place after place for whatever reason the employer may feel in- clined at the moment to give, will in a vast number of cases be found due to inability properly to handle the English lan- guage. And until he appreciates this fact he will be unable to understand how it is that other young people with less native ability, perhaps with less energy and many apparent defects, will be so uniformly successful while he is unable to hold a position. The beginner must be brought to realize that no success is possible in his work unless he is capable of something better than he is doing, and even if his slovenly work is tolerated because it can be had for little money advancement will pass him by. Promotion will come to others, but not to him, and at last he will become such an eyesore that he will be given to understand that he is not a desirable member of the force. Because English for the stenographer is taught in short- hand schools as a side issue it must not be understood by the pupil that it is regarded as unimportant. It is given the secondary place in such institutions because teachers assume that their pupils will come to them prepared for the work. And the young man or woman who rebels at what he calls the unreasonable demands of his teachers when they learn his deficiency and insist upon his making a special study of English in connection with the stenographic course will learn later on, if he does not then heed their admonitions, that they were not, as he tried to believe, trying to hold him back Exercise C. Make the first part of the c exactly the same as the e. Finish with a dot, which should come below head line about one-fifth of a space. Do not make dot too light or else the letter will appear weak. Exercise E. The introductory stroke of the s is exactly large to assist you in making them. When you feel that you have done your best on the copies given in this lesson, send me a line of each, being careful with the slant, spacing and finishing. Address F. W. Martin, lOO Boylston street, Boston. Exercise I. The ( is a continuation of the small /. It is ■/^ '■ y> _^vj/^yj ^£». .. ^ y'JyJy yJJ^IyJvl/JyJvJyUyJyi^Jy^^ATtPt ■ry-y/ yy^y^ ^/M/fr yM^M^ _ y)^)^/"/////-^ /j: yy rr/yyyyyyy yi^yjgyy^/yyyyyyy} :^ zT/v o /J ^j y y y y L^ z:^ y j cj y y ~ y J yJ JyJyjyj_yJ y /y} yJ ,J-:^ the same -as the introductory stroke of the r. Lift the pen at the end of the introductory stroke, and make the shade com- mencing at the head line. Terminate shaded stroke before the base line is reached, finishing with a dot, which should rest slightly above the base line and on the introductory stroke. Finish the top of the introductory stroke with a slight pressure of the pen to add to the strength of the letter. Plate 1. The principles presented in this plate were drawn one space higher. The t is crossed one and a half spaces above the base line. Modified t is taken up later. Exercise A. The first part of small a is like the o except that it is narrower, the second part is a small t omitting the dot. Some engravers do not permit tne two parts to touch and add a slight shade to the hair line as in the o. This is a better form, but for commercial pur^ses I give the first style preference. / / v V •/ V V V V V V V V V V V V ^x / y/r/y ///y/yjyyfyjy/y //y/yy/y//^y/////y ^x ,yf y/y/^y^ yy/y yyy/y/yyyya(ie^l4.) by insisting that he learn English when he came to school only to master shorthand. English may, in a few business schools, be an elective and the pupil, no matter how great his need, may be permitted to take it or not as he chooses, but it is not an elective in the business office. The day of the inefficient stenographer is gone by and the amanuensis who is deficient in his English is the most hopeless and the first to go. A TEACHER'S CERTIFICATE Since the appearance of the present series of copies in The Journal there have been several inquiries regarding the issuance of a certificate especially designed for teachers who complete the course. Arrangements are now perfected whereby a beautiful certificate will be issued to all who prac- tice faithfully the copies now running. Full particulars regarding the requirements will be an- nounced shortly. I hope that you practised carefully on the copies given for October, and that you made splendid progress. Be sure to watch the sets of strokes to which I called special atten- tion last month. For November I present several exercises, and believe you will have a good month's work if you master them. The exercises on plates i, 2 and 3 prepare the way and lead di- rectly up to the scroll designs shown on plates 4 and 5. The X, Y, Z sets of strokes on plates 2 and 3 are simply the re- verse form of the A, B, C sets. The exercise on plate 3 is a modified form of the one on plate 2, and is very effective in rapid dashj^ work. The small figures on the strokes indicate the order in which thev are to be made. WOULDN'T THAT WORRY YOU? An excursionist to one of the parks reached by the Old Colony Street Railway Company's lines was about to walk into an eating house for some lunch, when his eye caught the sign : "Dine here and you will never dine anywhere else." Then he sidestepped. — Tri-State Tourist. Plate i. Pl.\te 2. Plate 5. rri/ll-: Xl-.irs EniriOX of rin: JOURXAL (osts $i a year. »> 1,0 f to make it I ico>tk at least that much to every teacher and school proprietor. It is a matter of deepest gratification to us that hundreds of our professional brethren zfho give their students benefit of ihe lozu clubbing rates for the regular edition think zvell enough of The Journal to enroll their oivn names on the Professional List, at S' ci rear. RECEINT JOURNAL VISITORS M. F. Bellows, Drake Business College, Newark, N. J. Carl C. Marshall, Goodyear-Marshall Pub. Co., Cedar Rapids, la. M. M. Van Ness, Hoboken, N. J., High School. W. H. Vernon, Packard School, N. Y. •A. J. Scarborough, Commercial High School, Brooklyn. / W. H. Patten, Merrill College, Stamford, Conn. N. A. Fulton, Merrill College, South Norwalk, Conn. C. G. Prince, Supervisor of Writing, Bridgeport, Conn. W. S. Greene, Jersey City, N. J. C. H. Larsh, Miner's Business Academy, Brooklyn, N. Y. E. J. Ryan, Eastern District High School, Brooklyn, N. Y. C. B. Adkins, Drake Business College, Jersey City, N. J. ,^L. Madarasz, New York City. AV. E. Dennis, Engrosser, Brooklyn, N. Y. NEWS NOTES Miss Grace B. Cooper is a new teacher in Browne's Busi- ness College, Brooklyn, N. Y. C. ]\I. Miller, of Coudersport, Pa., is the new commercial teacher in the Oakland, Md., High School. Miss Margaret Demaree has accepted a position with Kennedy's Business College, Rushville, 111. C. L. Butcher, of Chicago, takes charge of the new com- mercial department in the Decatur, 111., High School. Charles A. Ehlers, of West Alexandria, Ohio, will have charge of the conmiercial work this year in the Tri-State Business College, Cumberland, Md. O. E. Robinson, formerly of Seattle, is now with the Heald Business College, San Francisco. William H. Kuhntz, of Paynette, Wis., follows B. F. Hart in the La Salle and Peru Township High School, La Salle, 111., and Miss Olga Vondracek, of Chicago, takes charge of the shorthand department. Miss Mary Gallagher, of Brown's Business College, Galesburg, 111., takes a position with one of Mr. Brown's St. Louis schools to teach shorthand, and A. C. Owings, formerly with Brown's Business College, at Decatur, 111., and more re- cently with the MacCormac Schools, Chicago, takes a position as commercial teacher in Mr. Brown's St. Louis school. C. E. Dwight now has charge of the shorthand work at the Tri-State Business College, Cumberland, Md. Miss Mary Bingham, a recent graduate of the Teacher's Normal Course, of tlie Rochester, N. Y., Business Institute, has accepted a position in tlie commercial department of the North Tonawanda, N. Y., High School. A. B. Opfer, last year with Tilford Academy, Vinton, Iowa, has charge of commercial work in the York, Neb., Busi- ness College. A. J. Drossart, a Ferris graduate, is conmiercial teacher in the Cream City Business College, Milwaukee. The new principal of Heald's Business College, San Francisco, Cal., is A. W. Dudley, formerly of Marshalltown, la. M. B. Roaney, a Ferris graduate, has been elected com- mercial teacher in Heald's Business College, Reno, Nevada. A. E. Marston goes from the Bay City, Mich., High School to the Wichita, Kan., High School. Mr. Carter, late of the Central Business College, To- ronto, Ont., has joined the staff of the Duluth, Minn., Busi- ness LIniversity. A. C. Berry, who sold his school at Rochester, N. H., during tlie Summer, is now with Huntsinger's Business Col- lege, at Hartford, Conn. C. V. Crumky is the new commercial teacher at the Enid, Okla., High School. Harold Mitchell, a graduate of Colby College, Waterville, Ale., has charge of the commercial department of the East Troy Conference Academy, Poultney, Vt. Lena McCartney, who was with the Interstate Commer- cial School, at New Hampton, la., last year, will have charge of the shorthand department of Toland's Business LTniver- sity, Nebraska City, Neb., during next year. A. P. McCarroll goes from the JModern Commercial School, Brockton, Mass., to the Duff School, Pittsburg, Pa. E. I. Fish, last year with the National Business College, Roanoke, Va., is a recent addition to the staff of the R. M. & S. Schools, Trenton, N. J. S. C. Coulson, a teacher last year in Brown's Business College, Danville, 111., will be an assistant in the Bellingham, Wash., Business College during the coming year. O. T. Johnson, who last year handled the commercial department of the Brownsberger School, Los Angeles, has taken a position, at a munificent salarj', as secretary of tlie Los Angeles Coalinger and the Riley Oil Company, Consoli- dated. Mr. Johnson is one of our first men in commercial work, and his many friends will certainly congratulate him on the well-merited promotion that he has earned. Miss May Freligh goes from the Williams Woods Col- lege, Fulton, Mo., to take the commercial department of the Junction City, Kans., High School. J. K. Condon, last year in charge of the commercial de- partment at Lima, Ohio, College, will next year be in charge of the commercial work in the Hillsdale, Ohio, High School Conrad Morris, of Swayze, Ind., is now principal of the sliorthand department of the American Business College. Pueblo, Colo. J. W. McCasIin is the new penmanship teacher in the Chicago Business College, following R. W. Ballentine, who is with the Albany, N. Y., Business College. The Northwest News, a local paper in Chicago, litlingly refers to the Northwestern Business College of that city, a school which stands in the front rank of business educational institutions. The school has two entire floors of the building at Robey street and Milwaukee avenue, which has been en- tirely remodelled. J. E. Fish is one of the best known men in the profession, and under his management the school could not fail to be successful. The Rusin.ess Man's Publishing Company (Ltd.) of De- troit, which publishes that very successful magazine for busi- ness men, The Bookkeeper, gives evidence of its prosperity by moving into new quarters in the new Journal building. Aside from the magazine, these people publish a number of books on business subjects. Evidently financial depression has not struck in the vi- cinity of the Heald Colleges, for T. B. Bridges, of the Oak land (Cal.) school, says that business has been exceptionally good so far, and indications point to a very successful school year. Another business school which has every reason to ex- pect a good year, according to the report of its principal, who sends in a large club, is the Cortland (N. Y.) Business Insti- tute. He says he wants his pupils to have the benefit of the course of lessons in business writing now being conducted in the Journal. A full account of the wedding of D. L. Musselman, Jr., secretary and manager of the Gem City Business College, referred to in the October Journal, appeared in the Quincy (111.) Daily Journal, which says of the young couple that "both have the sincere good wishes of a large circle of friends, all of whom hope that their married life may be as bright and beautifid as their marriage day." This sentiment is echoed by the Journal. Highland Park College, at Des Moines, Iowa, which main- tains both literary and commercial departments, reports a marked increase in attendance over last year, the business de- partment being one-third stronger "and a splendid class of young people, all hungry for an education." No schools draw a more ambitious and capable class of pupils than those of the Middle West, and those from the agricultural States are cer- tain to have a high percentage with a definite purpose to suc- ceed and a full conception of their own responsibility for the results of the teacher's efforts in their behalf. R. S. Cotfrell, superintendent of writing at Logansport, Ind., thinks .so highly of the Journal that he stopped long enough on his return from a successful fishing trip, with a string of forty-four victims, to congratulate us on the course. He was lured from Elwood, Ind., to Logansport by an offer of a higher salary. Carl G. Solburg, a pupil of C. W. Ransom, lias been ap- pointed to the post as teacher of penmanship in Bayless Busi- ness College, Dubuque, Iowa, left vacant by the death of F. E. Merriam. During September two conventions were held under the auspices of the Remington Typewriter Company, one of the North American and the other of the European organization of the company. The former was held in New York and tlic latter in London. The New York meeting was attended by all the Remington branch office managers in the United States, Canada and Mexico. They assembled at Ilion, N. Y., on September I, and after a day spent in the inspection of the factory they left by special train for Albany, where the night boat was taken for New York. The three days' con- vention which followed was held at the Oriental Hotel, Man- hattan Beach. Among the earliest clubbers of the season were M. F. Bellows and J. H. Park, of Drake Business College, Newark, N. J. Owing to an error on the part of the printer, their record of ninety names did not appear in our regular clubbing list in September. From present indications they will surpass that figure during the present season. The Marietta Commercial College reports a fine enroll- ment in September and bright prospects for many additions before December. The school is located in one of the best regions in Ohio, and is being loyally supported by the young people of that vicinity. Rogers & Allen's School, Fall River, Mass., defied the gen- eral financial depression, and opened with an increase in en rollment of 75 per cent over last year. Mr. Allen also makes the encouraging report that a better class of pupils is attend- ing the school each 3'ear, more than 50 per cent of those en- rolled this year having attended the high school for from one to four years. The people of Fall River seem to appreciate that business education pays the best dividends to those who are best prepared to take up the work. George Oakley, president of Columbia College, Patcr- son, N. J., writes that the boys and girls of his school de- rived a great deal of inspiration from the September number of The Journal. He is especially pleased with the Young Woman's Page. It is the purpose of this magazine to make this page, as well as the page for young men, interesting and helpful. All of the old teachers, and. of course, all the new members of the profession, will be very glad to look upon the countenance of Charles A. Faust, author of the Fausi Method of Muscular Movement Writing. Mr. Faust is now the sole proprietor and publisher of this work on penman- ship. For more than twenty years he has occupied a position in the front rank of America's penmen, and excels not only in execution, but in teaching. For a number of years Mr. Faust devoted his entire time to travelling over the country giving lessons to teachers and children, visiting both public and parochial schools. This experience is valuable to him in bringing his methods down to the understanding of the learner. In his compendium he makes valuable use of the sub-division of lines, the first compendium using this of wliic'.i we are aware. He is treasurer of the National Commercial Teachers Federation, having been elected each year for a great many years without opposition. "I received tlie September issue of The Journal, and like it fine. The course in business writing is the best I have seen." E. A. Bock, Salt Lake City, LHali. 0£8X>.0^>0«0000<><>O.Cw:.<«^ I CONVENTION N E >V S AND NOTES | Owing to delay in preparing the programme of the Nat- ional Commercial Teachers' Federation, to be held in Indiana- polis, on December 28, 29 and 30, we are unable to publish it in full in this issue. Needless to say, the convention will be me of the greatest interest to every teacher, and no one should neglect the opportunity to be present. Those teachers who have never before attended should go this year in order to find out why their progressive associates lay their plans early in the season in order that nothing may interfere with their attendance at the convention holiday week. Every profession and line of business recognizes the necessity for more or less frequent gatherings for the dis- cussion of matters of mutual interest, and those who have spent so much of their time during the past few months ar- ranging for the convention have a right to expect that com- mercial, shorthand and penmanship teachers, as well as school managers, will respond to the call and turn out in a body to give others the benefit of their experience and learn from the experience of others. This is the purpose of the convention, and from a financial standpoint it pays big divi- dends on the investment of time and money. Indianapolis is one of the most accessible points in the United States, and is an ideal convention city. Everything possible has been done to make the gathering a source of great pleasure and profit, and it only remains for the teachers themselves to crown with success the efforts of those having the matter in charge by being present from start to finish. I^DIA^A TEACHERS TO MEET The Commercial Teachers' Association of Indiana will hold its annual convention in Indianapolis on Friday and Saturday, November 2^ and 28, 1908. A strong programme is being prepared and an unusually good meeting is expected. Our friends in neighboring States are cordially invited to meet with us. Complete programme will be ready for mailing by No- vember I. Very respectfully, E. J. Heeb, Chairman Executive Committee. S. H. East, President. THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP SPEED CONTEST UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE CONNECTICUT BUSI- NESS EDUCATORS' ASSOCIATION The Executive Committee of the Connecticut Business Educators' Association, consisting of Nathan B. Stone, Yale Business College, New Haven, Conn., chairman ; E. J. Wilcox, ■ Connecticut Business College, Hartford, Conn., and H. C. Post, Waterbury Business College, Waterbury, Conn., held a meeting at New Haven on Saturday, October 3. The object of this meeting was to appoint a committee to take charge of the Championship Typewriting Contest to be held in New London, on Saturday, February 20, 1909. Mr. Eldridge, of the Simmons College, Boston, was made chairman of the Contest Committee. Miss Prior, of Waterbury; Miss Scott, of Bridgeport; Miss Coburn, of New Haven, and Miss Dykeman, of Stam- ford, were also appointed members of the committee. I. S. Brown, Brown's Business College, Bridgeport, has presented to the Association a beautiful cup as a trophy to the winner of the contest. No one v^ill be admitted as a contestant who has not been a resident of the State of Connecticut for at least three months prior to the date of contest. The con- testant must be entered by the school or business college which he or she attended. Each contestant must furnish own typewriter, and can select own dictator. Two tests will be given; one writing from dictation, and the other writing from copy. Any one in the State can enter the contest by comply- ing with the above instructions. The cup is to be known as the "Brown Cup," and is to be held by the winner for a period of one year. If won three times in succession by the same person, the cup becomes the property of the successful contestant. Full information may be obtained from any one of the Executive Committee. Application blanks, etc., may be ob- tained from N. B. Stone, Yale Business College, New Haven, Conn. NEW ENGLAND HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS Following is the programme of the New England High School Commercial Teachers' Association, Maiden, Mass., October 31, 1908; 1. "Beginners' Bookkeeping," R. G. Laird, Higli School of Commerce, Boston, Mass. 2. "Commercial Education," A. E. Winship, Editor Journal of Education. 3. "What Should Be Included in the Second Year's Work in Bookkeeping," George B. Kingsbury, Director of Com- mercial Department, Hartford High School, Hartford, Conn. Discussion led by (i) J. D. Houston, Director of Commer- cial Department, New Haven High School, New Haven, Conn.: (2) Carlos B. Ellis, Director of Commercial Depart- ment Springfield High School, Springfield, Mass. 4. "A Discussion of the Professional Training of Com- mercial Teachers," J. A. Pitman, Principal of Salem Normal School, Salem, j\Iass. Discussion led by Cyrus W. Irish, Principal High School, Lowell, Mass. 5. "Penmanship." (i) "Form and Movement," Lewis R. Watson, Beverly, Mass. (2) "Interest and Enthusiasm" (speaker to be announced). (3) "Special Plans and Devices,'' A. R. Dorman, Director of Commercial Department, Middle- boro, Mass. THE MISSOURI VALLEY COMMERCIAL TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION In February of last year an informal meeting of com- mercial teachers was held in Kansas City. There was an attendance of nearly one hundred enthusiastic and progres- sive teachers, a number coming over four hundred miles. A banquet and an instructive programme were carried out. The meeting being such a pre-eminent success it was de- cided to form a permanent organization to be known as the Missouri Valley Commercial Teachers' Association, and to meet annually during Thanksgiving vyeek. The next meeting will, therefore, be held November 27 and 28, in Kansas City. The business managers in attendance also organized a section for the purpose of considering their special needs. This section held two meetings during the spring and summer months and have under consideration some constructive features that are already resulting in good. They will hold their next meeting in conjunction with the .^ssociation meeting. During the summer months the Executive Committee has been busy arranging the programme and other necessary details, and as a result offers one of the most attractive programmes ever given by an association so young in years. One of the chief events will be a trip to the executive offices of the Armour Packing Co.. in charge of a guide who will give necessary explanation. PEACE ON EARTH. GOOD WILL TOWARD MEN' SCHOOL MEN FOR POLITICAL OFFICE The School Journal rightly suggests that there is every reason why "the candidates for Governor in the various States should occasionally be chosen from the ranks of those who have rendered efficient service to the cause of education. A man of constructive attitude toward life is needed— a builder. The teacher's work— if he is the right sort of man, of course —develops such attitude. We have men who are intrusted with the control of the education of the people from the primary school through the university. Why not look them over to find material for the Governorship? Here is a chance for New York to take the lead. If private character, public service and tried leadership will recommend a man to the people of the State, then we have at least an ideal candidate. He is a man who, with straightforward manliness, clear-head- ed judgment, a forceful personality and superb executive abil- ity, combines the happy faculty of winning friends for the objects for which he contends. He is a native of the State, who, after a successful practice of the law, served as a mem- ber of the New York State Legislature, and later entered the educational field, where he became a trusted and popular leader, whose influence has been a powerful factor in shaping the school systems of at least three great States. He is Dr. Andrew S. Draper, the present State Commissioner of Public Instruction." A few years ago the Democrats of Michigan honored themselves by nominating for Governor of that State the head of the Ferris Institute, at Big Rapids — a man in every way fitted for the place ; and while he found it impossible to over- come the adverse majority of votes always polled against his party in that State, especially in a year when everything was going the other way, he received a vote which astonished even his friends. Another educator who has been mentioned for high political honors is Woodrow Wilson, of Princeton University, who was thought by many to be fully qualified for the Presidency of the United States. There can be no question as to the executive ability required for the manage- ment of the varied interests of a university, and the special fitness, in many respects, of such a man for Governor of one State or President of all of them. TUITION III.— Systems of Accounting and Collecting By a. F. Harvey, Waterloo, Ia. The matter of accounting and collecting tuition is the most important part of the whole subject. Nothing connected with the private school is more vital than the collecting of tuition. The business school is primarily for the teaching of business. Example is a greater teacher than precept. Tlie business school which is deficient in its methods of doing business for itself is counteracting by its own example much of the theory which it teaches in its classrooms. Besides this, depending as the private school must upon its income from this source, it is essential that the work be done in a business-like manner, so that no losses may arise, and that no or few errors may creep into the work. Where tuition is paid for full scholarship — time unlimited — it, of course, simplifies the whole matter of accounting, but where each student pays by the month or term there is a necessity for some system of taking care of the accounts. I am sure you will pardon me if I simply explain the method I use myself, and, in fact, I believe that is what you want. It is the system that I know the most about, and, of course, believe in it, or I would not use it. Witli us when a student enters he pays for a month in advance, and is given a tuition certificate specifying the date to which he has paid. At the same time his name is writ- ten upon a card and filed in the daily tickler on the date on which his tuition expires. He is also given a page in the ledger corresponding to his roll number. In this account he is credited for the number of weeks paid. At the end of the month each student is charged from the roll for the time he has attended. If any extensions are allowed for sickness or other absence the student's card is moved forward in the tickler. Thus we constantly have two methods of determin- ing the expiration of each student's tuition, one acting as a check upon the other. One of the duties of the office sec- retary is to watch the expirations, and to notify each student a few days before the expiration of his term as to when his tuition expires. This is done by handing him a blank filled out, showing the date of the expiration of his tuition, and is done simply that he may know when it expires, so that he may make the necessary arrangements to renew promptly. If nothing is heard from the student for two days after his tuition becomes due, he is given a second notice, calling his attention to the fact that his tuition is overdue, and ask- ing him to give it attention at once. If this solicits no re- sponse from the student for two days, he is given a thir VII Dear Mr. Healey : The death of Professor A. P. Root removes a most use- ful and worthy educator, artist and citizen, widely le. and 18th Street CLEVELAND, OHIO In Sixty Days Durinfr July and August, '<)8. we ec 205 students — placed a number in positions as teachers in college« — had n more calls unfilled. If you want to come a better penman, or a teache; line ("RANSOMEEIAN" stands for the BEST) write me. A copy of the RAN SO.MERIAN JOURNAL and a sampli pen sent FREE. THE RANSOMERIAN SCHOOL 3825 EUCLID AVE., KANSAS CITY, MO. It is necessary for penmen doing ornamental writing to have a holder adapted to that special purpose. "The above holder is hand-turned and adjusted, made of selected rosewood or ebony, and cannot be made by an automatic lathe, LOOK FOR THE BRAND. If yonr dealer cannot supply you, send to the designer and manufacturer. 12-inch - Fancy, $1; Plain, 50o. 8-inch - Fancy, 50c.; Plain, 25c. A. MAGNUSSON. : 208 North 5th Street. Quincy. 111. Id answering advertisements pi* mention the Penman's Art Jouekal. Every student subscriber of The Journal is earnestly in- vited to contribute to this page. The best specimens received each month will be reproduced for the purpose of encourag- ing the students of writing generally. That the work may show up to the best possible advant- age, the following rules should be observed : 1. The writing should be done with jet black ink — fluid India ink preferred. This can be purchased at any stationery store. 2. Send not more than two lines. 3. See that the lines are exactly eight inches in length. We hope to receive a nice lot of movement drills during the coming month. ^x;^^^^.l-t.^i'^^.--_....^^^^i^^^ t:y^^-^?,-'L<....e-^^ . 00. Elegant specimen Free. THE W.4SHINGTON CORRESPONDENCE SCHOOL OF PENMANSHIP, 30 Wesley Avenue, Dorchester. Mass. for$1 Embracing business, ornamental and a great many original All copies are fresh from my i>en (not engraved), tlnis making them moie inspiring to the student. C. G. fECHNER . . Wiirow, Okla. The most popular pens are ESTERBROOK'S Made in .\ll Styles Fine Points, Al, 128, 333 Business. 048, 14, 130 Broad Points, 3 12,3 13,3 14 Turned-up Points, 477, 531, 1876 Esterbrook Steel Pen Mfg. Co., WorKf : Camden, N.J. 26 John St.. N. Y. DONT SCPATCH. 12 STYLES OP PENS FOR ARTISTIC WRITING SENT ON RECEIPT OP 10 CENTS C. HOWARD HUNT PEN CO., Camden, N. J. GILLOTT'S PENS Recognized tlie world o» The Standard of Perfection in No. I Principalityai Pen No. 601 EF— Magnum Quill Pen Sold by Stationers Everywhere JOSEPH GILLOTT & SOINS AtfRfD flElD I CO., AgenU, 93 diambers St., N. r. Automatic Shading Pens — Ten Cents In order to convince you that there is a difference, and the Faust Automatic Pens are the best made, we will send une of either Shading, Marking or Plain Pens, No. 0 to 5. postpaid, for 10c. Only one to a customer at this price. This offer good odIt until December 15. 190S. Our regular price, loe. each; 7 for .'Fl.OO; 1 dozen, ,$1.25. We are headquarters tor Automatic Pen supplies. Send for catalog and circular giving: full information regarding The FAUST AUTOMATIC FOUNTAIN ATTACHMENT. AUTO PEN & INK MFG. CO.. 40 Dearborn Street. Chicago, III. In answering advertisements please mention the Penman's Aht .Ihiknai,. p ENGROSSING and ILLUMINATING L By E. E. MARLATT AN EXAMPLE OF HIGH-CLASS EINGROSSING THIRD OF A SERIES OF RESOLLITIONS BY MR. MARLATT. THIS PIECE SHOWS WHAT CAN BE DONE FOR EIGHTY DOLLARS CHAMPIONSHIP GOLD MEDAL AND CASH AWARDS FOR ISAAC PITMAN WRITERS Isaac Pitman & Sons, of New York, are offering tlie Pitman Journal Championship Trophy (value $175) for com- petition at Providence, R. I., on Saturday, April 10 next, in connection with the annual meeting of the Eastern Com- mercial Teachers' Association, when the Eagan International Cup (open to all shorthand writers, and now held by an Isaac Pitman writer) and the Miner Gold Medal (open to all writers of less than ten years' experience) will be competed for. The trophy, which is of gold and weighs four and one- half ounces, is given for the purpose of arousing enthusiasm and emulation among writers of Isaac Pitman Shorthand, and must be won three times consecutively before it can be re- tained permanently. The competition is open to writers of the Isaac Pitman system who have commenced the study within the limits of North America, and there is no limit to age, sex or color. This medal will not be awarded unless the gross speed exceeds 160 words per minute, and the net speed 150. Candidates must enter their names with Isaac Pitman & Sons, No.. 31 Union Square, New York City, before the date of the Providence meeting. The present holder of the medal is Miss Nellie M. Wood, of West Somerville, Mass. In addition to the Pitman's Journal Trophy, Messrs. Isaac Pitman & Sons also offer a cash award of $350 to any writer of the Isaac Pitman Shorthand who may be successful in winning the Eagan International Cup, also a cash award of $175 to any writer of the Isaac Pitman Shorthand winning the Miner Gold Medal. This offer is open to all Isaac Pitman writers, American or otherwise. ~<^en/ruLfU) QTCit^ ClA'u tna(b WANT ADS. Classified Advertisemenis will be run under the above head for 5c. a word, payable in advance. Where the advertiser uses a nom de plume, answers will be promptly forwarded. WANTED — Schools In need of competent instructors to advertise in the "Want Ad" columns of The Journal, also teachers desirous of making a change, to know that the "Journal Want Advertisements Bring Results." Whether you are a proprietor in search of an assistant or a teacher looking for a position, bear in mind that The Journal goes to all the people you wish to reach. Five cents a word. OWNERS OF BUSINESS COLLEGES who require commercial teachers, penmen, or shorthand teachers (Isaac Pitman), should communicate with W. J. Elliott, principal of the Elliott Business College. Toronto, Ontario. We make a specialty of preparing students, who have formerly been public Bchool teachers, for teaching In business colleges. State salary. TEACHERS SUPPLIED — Wlen yon re quire a teacher of the Commercial branches or Gregg Shorthand, write The Willis Business College (S. T. Willis, prin- cipal) Ottawa, Canada, and we can prob- ably supply the right person. We conduct a thorough course for the training of public school teachers as teachers of thi Business branches and shorthand. State salary. WANTED — To buy a thriving Business College located in one of the Central States in a town of not less than twenty- five thousand. Size of the school will make no difference, but must have a first- class equipment in the line of furniture. Competition no consideration. Address "Cash," care P. A. Journal. PARTNER WANTED — Man and wife who are commercial teachers preferred. A fine proposition in one of "the greatest health resorts on eartb." For particulars address Twentieth Century Business Col- lege, Box 517, Mineral Wells, Texas. TWO successful teachers would buy a business school in good location. Must be able to show best of reputation and profitable business. Address Box 161, Dunkirk, N. Y. FOR SALE — The best school in Western Pennsylvania. Equipment valued at over $4,000. • with a fine repntation. and located In a city of 4.% 000. and no other school of its kind in city or c-onnty. Can he housht within the next OO days for cash and at a figure that will surprise .vou. Address Good, care Penm.in's Art Journal. FOR S.\LE — A fine school in a good city in the Middle West. Proprietor cleared $3,500 on it last year. Important busi- ness interests in the Far West make it necessary for me to be there. Will sell for $2.000 ; one-half cash and the balance in a reasonable length of time. A fine place for one good shorthand man and one good business department man and one or two assistants. Good attendance now for the early part of the season. Address, Excep- tional Bargain, care P. A. Journal. A BUSINESS SCHOOL WANTED— I de- sire to purchase a reputable Business School in a fair-sized city, and will con- sider a first-class proposition. I am an experienced school proprietor and would consider nothing but a reputable and well- established school. Address C. C, care P. A. Journal. FOR SALE — ^Third or half interest In well- established Business Colle;:e to good commercial teacher. Address "Southwest." care P. A. Journal. TRAINING SCHOOL FOR COMMERCIAL TEACHERS. The NORMAL TRAINING DEPART.MEXT for commercial teachers conducted by the Rochester Business Institute is provintf a decided success, but many more candidates are wanted for the attractive positions constantly offered to graduates of tliis institution. Since January 1st. lOOS. requests for graduates from our normal department have been received from New York Citv. Buffalo. Rochester, Syracuse. Albanj-. Utica, Schenectady. Elmira, North Ton- awanda. Batavia. Rome. Hancock. Bolivar. Port Chester. Mount Vernon. Kingston. Glens Falls. L'niun Springs and Yale. N. Y. ; Philadelphia, Pittsburg. Reading. McKeesport, Waynesboro. Indiana and Erie Pa.; Jersey Citv. Newark and Pleasantville. N. J.: Winter Park. Fla. ; Hartford. New Haven Danbury. New Britain and Stamford. Conn.; Springfield. Cambridge, Salem. Pittsfield. Hol- yoke, Middleboro and Marlboro. Mass.; Lewiston, Me.; Montpelier. Vt. ; Roanoke and Front Royal, Va • Baltimore. Hagerstown and Crisfield. Md. ; Chicago. III.; Indianapolis, Ind. ; Milwaukee, Wis.; Detroit and Lansing. Mich.; Cincinnati. Obio; Kansas City. Mo.: Redfield. S. D. ; Meridian. Miss.; Abilene, Tex.; Reno. Nev. ; McAIester. Okla. ; Bozeman, Mont., and Lucknow. India. A postal card will bring: by return mail a copy of our new illustrated prospectus and catalogue, which gives a complete outline of the normal training department ROCHESTER BUSINESS INSTITUTE, ROCHESTER, N. Y. f IN SEPTEMBE-R ree of our members began work in new positions St. Louis Business College, two in the Cleveland High Schools, two in Univ. of Wis., one in Unir. of Neb., two in Pittsburg, and many more in all parts of the United States. What about your future? Will you not let us assist you? Free registration. THE SPECIALISTS' EDUCATIONAL BUREAU, Webster Groves, St. Touia, Mo. Managed by R. A. Grant, Head of Coml. Dep't., Yeatman High School. St. Louis. POSITIONS NOT ALL FILLED.— We now have the following open- ings for Commercial Teachers to be filled :— One $1500 High Five $1200 positions (two High School places); Ten positions paying from Eighteen positions paying from $500 to $900. ^A/E NEED MORE FIRST-CLASS TEACHERS CONTINENTAL TEACHERS' AGENCY, Bowlins Green, Ky. FREE ENROLLMENT if you mention this paper School position $900 to $1200 ; KINSLEY-DRAK[ COMPANY SCHOOL AGENCY 28 S. Broad St., Trenton, N. J. If you want a teacher. If you want a position. If you have a school to sell. If you wish to buy a school let us hear from you. KINSLEY-DRAKE CO., Trenton, N. J. late: rosixioisis UNRILLED ! Somewhere in the countr.v there were teaeh vaeaneies brought to our attention, which we v not have just the men and women we wanted cies all winter, and perhaps our next opening Better register with us and be ready. NOW is era just fitted for the two or three vere unable to Hll because we did on our list. There will be vacan- wlll be just (he one YOC want, always a good time to do a thing. UNION TEACHERS' BUREAU, 229 Broadway, New York. EMERGENCY CALLS Are numerous all fall. Lei us help you. Oti such calls in September we sent teachers to the following business schools: College of Commerce, Kenosha, Wis.; King's Busmess College, Charlotte, N. C; Heald's Business College, Reno, Nevada; iMiss Olmstead's Shorthand School, Hartford, Conn.; Burdett College, Boston. And to these high schools: Long Branch, N. J.; Hackettstown, N. J.; Grand Forks, N. D.; Oakland, Md. ; Utica, N. Y. These represent only a small fraction of the vacancies we were asked to fill, and many of them are still open this morning, October 3. Enrollment free. No charge to schools. THE NATIONAL COMMERCIAL TEACHERS' AGENCY A SPECIALTY BY A SPECIALIST E. E. GAYLORD, Manager 11 Baker Ave., Beverly, Mass. WANTED — A good teacber of Pernin sborthand. Good salary and pleasant employment. Also a fairly good telegraphy teacher who can handle the Englisli branches. Address "T. F.," care P. A. Journal. EARN WHILE YOU LE.\KN how to or- ganize and teach classes. It pays. Ad- dress P.\KSOXS, PENM.4N, KEOKl'K, IOW.\. AMES & ROLLINSON COMFVVNY [best oilALrTYff MDDEHATE CDSr-FORl"" IM UIFLUI lOi^ I 203 BROADW/y New 'YtjRK.^. -~te^s^ In answering advertisements please mention the Penman's Art Journal. iae^i2^«« 2,tK c^uu^6 World-Wide Distribution There is no mistaking the superiority of a typewriter that, in 17 years, has built up a market in every part of the civilized world. This international endorse- ment of proves our right to offer it to you as the world's best typewriter. Write us or any Smith Premier branch for a detailed description of its advantages. THE SMITH PREMIER TYPEWRITER COMPANY, Syracuse, N. Y. BRANCHES EVERYWHERE In answering advertiBemeats please mention the Penman's Art Jocenal. '<^cnmani6 dTttt/QjviUAo/p A CLEAN SWEE-P FOR THE "NEW TYPEWRITING" Both the Professional and Amateur Contests Won by Advocates of CHARLES E. SMITH'S " Practical Course in Touch Typewiting " AT the National Business Show, Madison Square Garden, New York, Odober 22, Miss Rose L. Fritz demon^rated her supremacy over all competitors by again winning the Silver Trophy (value $ 1 ,000); Leslie H. Coombes won the Gold Medal and Title of Champion Type- writing Amateur, and Miss Celia Shanrauth beat the one-year record by seven words a minute. :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: The reason of the phsnomenal success of "A Practical Course" rests mainly in the scientific and pedagogical way in which the student advances while mastering the keyboard. The strong fingers are not strengthened at the expense of the weak fingers; neither are the weak fingers wearied with drills in advance of their more nimble brothers. All the fingers are trained all the time, with due con- sideration for the strength and suppleness of each. The student goes from the known to the unknown, the line of least resistance being followed throughout, so that he acquires the ability to write by touch almost before he knows it. This method has been one of the fundamental factors in pro- ducing all of the most rapid and accurate typists of the present day. JI^^TTie following typewriting records are now held by advocates of Charles E. Smith's method as presented in "Practical Course in Touch Typewriting." and all are writers of ISAAC PITMAN SHORTHAND. WORLD'S RECORDS words per Minute ROSE L. FRITZ . . . World's Champion 99 L. H. COOMBES .... Amateur Champion 75 CELIA SHANRAUTH . . One- Year Champion 59 ELISE SCOTT . . School Champion 52 JOSEPHINE KROEPLIN . Minimum-time Champion 34 In these contests Ave words are deducted for every error. In the Amateur Contest, October 20, Madison Square Garden, Miss Celia Shanrauth established a new record by writ- ing at a net speed of 59 words per minute, after 50'/2 weeks' school-time. Miss Josephine Kroeplin made the remarkable record of 34 words, net. per minute after three months and 28 days of school-time. VIE"WS OF SOME EXPERTS PRODUCES THE BEST RESULTS. "I am pleased to state that I consider 'A Practical I'ourse in Touch Typewriting,' the only text-book from which I studied, the best typewriting instruction Ijook that I have seen. The exercises are excellent and have helped me wonderfully in working up speed. The whole course is very interesting from the beginning, and it cannot but produce the best results in the shortest time. I attribute my success in typewriting in a large measure to the assistance given me by Mr. .Smith, the author of the book, and I am sure any one who uses it will be more than pleased with the re- sults."—iJose L. Fritz, the fVorld's Champion Typist. FORTY PER CENT. BETTER PROGRESS. "We certainly are highly pleased that we have introduced vour 'Practical Course in Touch Typewriting.' We have now a class of seventy-flve using it, and we are confld ent that we make no mistake in saying that we are ^retting 40 per cent, better results than with the text previously used. Your book keeps up the interest from start to finish and also gives the student considerable information not found in other works of this character "— Central Business College, Kansas City, Mo. SIXTH EDITION NOW READY. Price 50c.; Cloth 75c. Published for Single and Double Keyboard, also for the Oliver. C5- Send for new pamphlet, "Why the Isaac Pitman Shorthand is the Best," and copy of "Pitman's Shorthand Weekly." Write for particulars of FREE MAIL COURSE FOR TEACHERS. A REVEL.4TION TO TYPISTS. "It is a pleasure to say a good word for 'A Practical Course in Touch Typewriting.' I believe it is the best system of typewriting ever devised. The lessons are so arranged that they not only keep up the interest, but compel the enthusiasm of the student from be- ginning to end. It would be a revelation to typists who have learned by some of the other methods to see the gain in the skilful manipulation of the typewriter which would come to them merely from working through the first twenty budgets of 'A Practical Course.' They would then be loud in their praises of what has so aptly been called the 'New Typewriting." " — Leslie II. Coombes, Amateur Champion Tiipist. Isaac Pitman & Sons, 31 Union Square, New York ("Course in Isaac Pitman Shorth ami.'' $1.50. Publishers of < '■Sttile Book of Biisirirs.<: EngUsh," 60c. [".■',^ gone to these conventions ought to go this time to find out why others continue to attend year after year. It's going to be a great meeting arid every one there will be able to learn or teach something. Stick a pin in the date — December 28. The fare from New York to Indianapolis is $18.50, Pull- man berth $5.00 additional. In order that berths may be re- served for this train it is desirable that applications should be filed early to prevent their being taken up by travellers out- side our party. The sooner the application for reservation is received by us the more certain you will be of a desirable berth. Rates at the Hotel English are quoted elsewhere in this issue. PINK WRAPPER Did yonr Jonrnal come In a PIXK WRAPPER this month? If so, it is to signify that yonr sabscrlption has expired, and that yon should send ns immediately 75 cents for renen-al, or ^1.00 if for the News E:dition, if yon do not wish to miss a single copy. This special vrrapper (as well as publishing the date of expiration each month) Is an additional cost to ns; but so many of our subscribers have asked to be kept informed concerning expiration, we feel that any expense is justified, change: of address — subscribers wishing to have their magazines sent to a new address should notify ns promptly, giving the old address and specifying the edition, w^hether News or Regular. Notices must be re- ceived one fnll month in advance, that all copies may be received. Do not bother the clubber or teacher who sent In your subscription, bnt write to this office direct. 't^e/mioM OyCiCoXutna/^ HOLIDAY GREETINGS pjIlIS year the holiday season will be hailed with special joy by many members of the profession. It is only during the last few months that the real improvement in the business situation has been noticeable, and particularly in the Eastern part of the country the fortunes of commercial education, ever of necessity linked closely with the prosperity or ad- versity of business interests, have begun to show that im- provement which presaged the dawn of the new era of busi- ness activity. For this reason, if for no other, there will be a general holiday feeling among the commercial school men of the countrv. There is, too, noticeable throughout the country, an in- creasing amount of that good will toward men displayed in the increasingly friendly attitude of business school men one toward another, and for this spirit of the season, which is at its best only when it lasts throughout the year, the members of the profession have reason to be deeply grateful. There is no frame of mind deserving commendation during the holi- day season which cannot, with admirable results, be con- tinued during the following twelve months. To the school proprietor, the pupil and the business man the Christmas time comes this year with the promise of ma- terial good cheer. The owner of the school sees in the re- plenished fires of the factories and the workshops the promise of a greater demand for his own product and consequently greater prosperity. The pupil knows that the money he is spending and the time devoted to his studies are sure to bring him big returns on the investment when he has completed the courses mapped out for him. The teacher finds his work lighter, for it is much easier to teach the hopeful, enthusiastic pupil than one who reflects in his manner a prevailing feeling of depression. The Journ.\l itself has special reason for yielding itself fully to the influence of the season. It has succeeded in secur- ing for its readers the best course in business writing that has ever been presented to the public. It has secured for its other departments contributions of exceptional merit. It has, even in the face of adverse business conditions, made many new friends, and is daily in receipt of felicitations from those friends in all parts of the country. It rejoices, in these last days of the year, with its man\' readers in their promised or accomplished prosperity. It rejoices in the good work being done for commercial education. It rejoices in the higher standards that are being set by business school men in their courses of study and in their requirements for graduation. And it rejoices, most of all, in the growth of that spirit of good fellowship which should exist between the members of a profession devoted primarily to the uplift of the youth of the country and only secondarily to personal gain. It is thus that the December issue of The Journal comes to you — with a confidence in the future of the profession to which it is devoted, which is born of the experience of the past, with a spirit of optimism which its position in the com- mercial educational world has given it special reason to de velop as a result of its observations. For all our friends, therefore — and among these we number every one to whom these words may come — we wish a pleasant holiday season, filled to overflowing with all the best that its meaning im- plies. AN ENCOURAGING OUTLOOK NE of the most encouraging signs is the in- creased confidence being shown week after week by commercial schools in the future. We are in an especially good position to note the attitude of school men throughout the country toward the business situation, and the spirit of increasing con- fidence from East, West, North and South is unmistakable. And certainly there is good basis for this confidence. Hardly a school from which we have heard but is holding its own as against the record of last Fall, before the panic broke, in the matter of receipts, and in many instances school pro- prietors report increases of twenty-five to fifty per cent. One school in Massachusetts not only reports an increase in en- rollment of seventy-five per cent over last year, but adds that a better class of pupils is enrolling each year. That the work of the leaders of the profession for quality rather than quantity is bearing good fruit cannot be doubted. And we believe this movement for higher standards in busi- ness education has come from the schools themselves rather than from the public. Even while business men have been accepting the graduates of business schools, young men and women who had taken up the work without proper prepara- tion for it, making no complaint as to their deficiencies, ac- cepting them as incidents to the breaking in of a new assis- tant, school principals themselves have been constantly urging more careful preparation. In many schools young men and women without proper educational qualifications are not en- couraged to enter, but when they are admitted a thorough course in the branches in which they are deficient is insisted upon, often over the protest of the pupil who is looking for a short cut to a business career. Many schools, too, are raising their rates. There is a rate below which no school can live and do satisfactory work. It may be that some schools charge too much for the service rendered, but this is more likely to be true of the cheaper than of the higher priced schools. In many of our great uni- versities the tuition rates, notwithstanding the millions' of dollars of endowment, are from $150 to $200 a year, but the schools could not live and do the work they are expected to do for less. Where rates are raised in a business school two things are indicated, first, that the quality of the instruction has been correspondingly increased, and, second, which is even more encouraging, that the people from whom the school expects to draw its patronage are educated up to the point of appreciating the difference between a cheap article at a cheap price and a good article at a good price. It is also apparent, where such a raise is successfully made, that the prosperity of the people is great enough to bear the added expense. While it is possible for young people without the ad- vantage of a high school education to succeed in business, any lack of preparation is sure to be more and more keenly felt by the person so handicapped as the complexity of our commercial life increases. On this account it is encouraging to note, from one of the greatest mill cities in the United States, the report of one of its commercial schools that more than fifty per cent of those enrolled this year have attended the high school for from one to four years. A well managed school, under these conditions, is bound to be successful. "The Journal will certainly be a winner again this year.' — O. D. Bolin, Brazil, Ind. THE BUSINESS SHOW AT MADISOIN SQUARE As usual the Business Show, held at the Madison Square Garden, October 17 to 24 inclusive, was a great success, not only from the standpoint of the managers, but as well from that of the business man who wished to familiarize himself with the latest improvements in office methods and office ap- pliances. While a few of the leading manufacturers were absent, the display was so large and so excellent as to be exceedingly creditable to all concerned. Especially notable were the displays of the Royal and Underwood typewriter companies, the former having far the most conspicuous and striking exhibit in the great building. The Underwood people also made a strong showing, and judging from the crowds around these booths there has been no lack of interest in typewriting machines even during the business depression of the past months; in fact, nothing augura better for the future than the apparent zeal of the busines.^ men present in learning the superior points of the various business appliances brought to their attention. At the Smith booth in the Garden, where the new visible machine was being displayed, could always be found a large number of double keyboard operators anxious to learn the merits of the new typewriter. The Smith exhibit was com- plete and well arranged. The typewriting contest, involving the International Type- writing Speed Trophy, which was held on Thursday, October 22, was easily the feature of the day. In this contest Miss Rose L. Fritz, who astonished Europe some months ago by the speed at which she operated the typewriter, and who is said to have had crowned heads among her admiring on- 'ookers, again demonstrated her superiority by retaining her title as champion of the world in typewriting, and defeating a score of the fastest operators in America. This contest was an hour in length, copy was handed to contestants one minute before the trial began, and the usual five words penalty was in force. The record of Miss Fritz, who is an exponent of Charles E. Smith's practical course in touch typewriting, published by the Isaac Pitman people, and who operates the Under- wood machine, was 5,838 words gross. This made her net speed per minute, after deducting 2.0 per cent for errors, 87.4 words. She was closely followed by Emil Trefzger, of Chi- cago, a Remington operator, who wrote S,8l8 words in the same time, and whose net speed, after deducting 2.2 per cent for errors, was 86.5 words per minute. O. H. Blaisdell, of New York, attained a higher gross speed, but made nearly twice as many errors as either of the two leaders, and his penalties brought the net speed down to 79.8 words per min- ute. With a icmarkably small percentage of errors, 1.5 and 1.7 respectively, Fred Jarrett, of Toronto, and Leslie H. Coombes, also of Toronto, wrote 73.9 and 7.3.3 words per Tliis year a new form of contest was inaugurated, known as the .A.mateur Contest, open to all who had not competed in any previous Business Show. The prizes were a gold medal and the title of champion typewriting amateur, to the first; a silver medal to the second, and a bronze medal to the third. Mr. Coombes, one of the entries in the other contest, who is also an exponent of the Practical Course in Touch Typewriting, won at a slightly higher rate of speed for the half hour than he had shown in the sixty-minute contest, his net speed being 75 words. In the international contest the copying for one hour was from a magazine, the title of the article being "Taft for the Presidency." AMERICAN TYPEWRITERS IN ENGLAND .American typewriter and office appliance manufacturers have been deeply interested in the new Patents Act, which went into effect a short time ago. Under the provisions of this act it is necessary for foreign manufacturers, in order to protect English patents, to commence the manufacture of the article in England within a certain period. In this con- nection an English publication says : "The case of the typewriter is peculiar, and the effect of the Patents Act would in this case be more marked than in that of any other patented article but for one or two con- siderations. There are about a score or more of typewriters placed on the British market, of which only two or three can properly be said to be manufactured in this country. The great majority are made in the United States of Ameri- ca, and two or three in Germany. The Patents Act requiring an article patented in this country to be made here within 1 specified time if the patent is not to be forfeited, will, of course, have the greatest effect in those cases where there is no doubt as to the validity of the patent, and the conditions of the labor market favor the transfer of the industry to these shores." The purpose of the new act is, of course, to foster home industry and relieve so far as possible the condition of the unemployed in England. While the act works considerable hardship on certain American manufacturers, the require- ment is undoubtedly, from the English standpoint, entirely defensible, and it is said that the result has been to cause a rush of applicants desiring to secure sites for factories in England, thus saving their patents from falling into other hands. "I am using The Journal in my classes exclusively, and the results obtained are most gratifying. The lessons are certainly par excellence."— O. J. Hanson, Grand Forks, N. D. "I have thought to myself each year and remarked to my many pupils: 'This is the "top notch," but surely the September issue of The Journal is superior to all others.' " — C. N. Falk, San Jose. Cal. LESSONS liV FREE-ARM MOVEMENT WRITING. ilHIS course of lessons is the result of the combined efforts of Edward C. -Mills, the noted Script Writer, and Horace G. Healey, the Editor of The Journal. Every feature has been tested in the crucible of the class room, and nothing but the pure metal remains. We promise the highest possible improvement to all . who conscientiously follow the course. It is ex- pected that pupils will do at least one hundred pages of practise worK each month. Certificates will be granted to ail who meet the necessary requirements. MATERIALS. PAPER — L'se a good quality of paper, eight by ten and a halt Inches in size. Whenever the time can be had to do so, the paper snould be ruled into quarters, as shown In the lessons. The quar- ters may be Indicated by check marks, making the middle check mark first. A little time can be profitably spent in eve-training of this nature. Have at least two blank sheets under the one on which the writing is being done. . „, +>,„ PENS — For Business Writing use a business pen. Any of tne following will give very satisfactory results : Esterbrook. Business and College, No 453 ; Hunt, University, No. 59 ; Gillotfs Magnum Quill, No. 601 F ; Spencerian, Commercial, No. 3. Use a new pen at every lesson. INK Use a blue black fluid ink, the darker the better. AMOUNT OF WOEK TO BE DONE. From one to five pages of each lesson should be written, whether it consists of a Letter, a Word or a Sentence. All Product Work should be filed away for grading and comparison. MONTHLY SPECIMENS. At the beginning of the course, and on the first Monday in each month each student should prepare two specimens of writing, onb to hand to the teacher, the other to be retained by the pupil him- self These specimens should be worded as follows : City. State. Date. This is a specimen of my best penmanship. Nine men went mining in a mine. A set of capitals written in two lines. Signature of the writer. • FREE CERTIFICATE. A Free Certificate will be awarded to one pupil in each school who, in the judgment of the teacher, has made the greatest Im- provement. These Certificates are to be awarded March 1, laua- FORM. Form is taught concurrently with Position and Movement. The type form of the Letter is used as the basis. This Is done that learners may see the resemblance existing between the two forms in Shape and Proportion. SPEED. That the desired quality of line may he obtained, it is very necessary to make the exercises at the rate of speed indicatea. High speed should not be attempted at first, but should be a re- sultant acquirement. PRACTICE WITH DRY PEN. With a dry pen go over the outline very carefully of each letter. Repeat this fifty times. It will accustom the muscles and nerves to the Letter Track. Each letter has a little track of ts own. and the muscles must be accustomed to making the trip. These tracks are very narrow. HOW TO PRACTISE. Assume and maintain a correct position at the desk. Take paper and check off mto Quarters. Practise dividing these Quarters into Eighths. This will be necessary in order to have a dehnite .'uide as to proper direction for the down strokes. Then bTOi . LOOK AND STUDY." Do not plunge ahead blindly and trust to luck — letting your hand do your seeing and thinking. ihe eyes are to see the letters, the head to understand them, and the hand to make them. Read the brief instructions carefully. Be sure that you understand them. The first line shows the make-up ol tne letter ; the second, how to practise it. You should devote at least one-third of your practise time to the first line, and two-thirda to the second line. Always count, either aloud or to yourself, while practising. Later on m the course it will be possible for you to keep the count and not move your lips. COPY 1-AHke the ■^triifrht line evertise going up and down ten timtb, and then m Indirect Oval ten times in order to balance the Then let the hand gradualh move across the paper forty or fifty revolutions forthe^entire_exercise ^Move to the next quarter and proc« before. Three down strokes per second d.^!^^^-^ ■v % a:^-^i' dU'^bn^^s^ ' COPY 2— Divide the line into fourths, and then divide the fourtns into eighths. This will divide the line into inches. Next bisect th. hand inch in each quarter to give the slant to the exercise. Make ten retraced strokes, and then move forward until the upper part of the cise comes up to the end of the quarter. Keep the slant uniform throughout. COPY 3— Make the guide line or post, and then execute the Indirect Oval Drill, but make it onl> one ruled space hi; strokes to each quarter. Three down strokes per second. Fifty ' Standard Business Capitals — As Plain as Print. COPY 4 — Make the guide line or post as before, hut make the Compact Oval and Straight Line Exercise one-half space high. Fifty down strokes to the quarter. Three down strokes per second. The foregoing plates are very valuable General Drills leading up to the small letters and capitals that follow. Students should spend con- siderable time on these before proceeding to the letters. -f—f—f—f-f- p^~^^~^^— ^.^^ I COPY 5— y. Divide the line into quarters. Write half a page of the first line before taking up the second. Do not make the part of the letter below the line any larger in proportion than the copy. Observe the form of the joining strokes. Count one, two. Make ninety per minute. <^- U .:<'2^^..X^. ^^....^^^rrl^... ^ ....^.-.^^.<2^.. r...^y.......,<2^......,<2^.,..^.... COPY 6— ji. Divide the line the same as for Copy S, and study carefully the form of the letter. Do not swing the loop too far to the left. Count one, two for the straight line finish, and one, two, three for the loop finish. Make sixty per minute. ■ffT^T^f-=T=f-r^'-f--j-^j-=^^ _ COPY 1—g. Note the resemblance of this letter to the type form. Count one, two for straight line finish, and one, two, three for the loop finish. Make sixty per minute. ...*<... ■ A ^^^^ ^~'- Observe that the first part of this letter is like the first of the i;. Do not destroy the form of the second part with a hur-' ried, jerky movement. Count one, two for the exercise, and one, two, three for the letter, making sixty per minute. .yenniani) QyULC'Qjvu.t/ULCJ COPY 9 — Write with a steady, free movement, and fill a full quarter with each word. 9 --f^ff-^-^-f-f-ff^ COPY 10— 5. Observe that the first part of this letter is the same as the a. Be sure to close the second part at the base' line, and bring e finishing stroke up as high as the letter. Count one, two for the ex ercise, and one, two, three for the letter. Make sixty per minute. COPY 11—/, Study the form before starting to practice the letter. Count one for the exercise, and one, two for the letter. JNIake ninety er mmute. ..^.... COPY 12— Follow the models carefully and practice each word until you are able to write it with ease. Keep the spacing uniform. ...v: - - V^ — -- x^.. WIi. s=£_ !£,i'„^X..£^ 1 £ £.,^,.£ £^L/ £^./ £.^ COPY 13—/, Notice that the letter starts on the base line. Make a slight pause before writing the last stroke. Count one for the exer- ise, and one, two for the complete letter. Make ninety per minute. COPY 14—/. In studying the letter note that the part below the line is about two-thirds as large as the part above the line. Count one 'or the exercise, and one, two for the letter. Take time to form the letter properly. Make ninety per minute. T T 7 .v.. ^.. -■/---/- ..-v: ^ r z:_„z:, z_.z:_...Z£i./i T... Z... Z. L... L,z: ziz:_.z:,._.z:j COPY 15— T. No. ice how much this letter resembles the type form. Spend much time in practicing the drill on the first line. Count one wo for the cap. an.l one. two, three for the completed letter. Make sixty per minute. 't^enn(UbiQyfk£'Cxfv(tMiaiP %. -M.^ .....^ v:. [ T F ZZ.K.Z. Z.Z1 Z... Z. Z Z Z-\Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z 7 COPY- 16— F. This letter is the same as the T, excepting the stroke numbered 4 in the model. Count one, two, three, four for the letti Make forty-five per minute. % V- ^..... COPY 17 — In practicing these words follow the instructions given for Copy 12. - -k- v: COPY 18 — The same instructions as given for Copy 12 apply to this plate. k. >k B Z z^^z.^.zzzp zzzz z p zzzzrz \ZZ.ZZ..Z...Z. \£.. Z Z_ /i^d„Z! Z'.^.Z? Z l.y^, Z' /i' Z^, COPY 19— p. Be sure to note that the first stroke of this letter is straight. Count one for the exercise, and one, two for the letter. Th last stroke is brought back as it touches the stem. :/... ,..>/... ...^.... B _ M. 1/='/^/?./^.^^:/^/^^/^^ zpzpp/3 a \../3... /3 Z2 m'MlR. 73... "P \P /3 /2_.^,_. COPY 20—5. This letter starts just the same as the P. Count one, two for the traced e.xercise, and one, two, three for the letter with! out the stroke marked 4 in the model. Make forty-five complete letters per minute. ..k... COPY 21— i?. Note that this letter is the letter P plus one stroke. Count one, two, three, and make sixty per minute. ■^- - - >^- ^.. P^- COPY 22 — In practicing the above words read over the instructions given for Cop P C N IVI A IN S H I P SUPPLIES The JoiiRNAi, will send the following supplies by mail for the prices named (stamps taken): Soejinccken Broad Pointed Pen for Text Letter- ing, set of 11, 25c. Double Holder for Soenneckcn Pens — Holds two pens at one time, 10c. French India Ink — 1 large bottle by mail, 50c.; 1 dozen by express, $5.00. Gillotfs Double Elastic E. F. No. GO.'i Pens — A me- dium fine pen. 1 gross, 75c; % gross, 25c; 1 dozen, 10c. GiUott's Principality No. 1 Pen — A very fine pen. 1 gross, $1.00; 14 gross, 25c; 1 dozen, 10c. Oblique Penholders — One, 10c. Washington Irving in the "Voyage" depicts in a very iDeautifuI manner the thoughts and emotions of one on his first visit to a foreign shore, and though he wrote three- In Exercise 20 two styles of q are given, with and with- out the loop. The shade and hair line should not extend more than one space below the base line. Exercise 21. — The second part of the g is exactly the same as the small /, which is explained in the next paragraph. also compounded, giving it a desired fullness not obtained by making simple right and left curves. Notice that the up- ward stroke does not extend to the base line, and that there is a slight shade to the bottom of the loop. Exercise 23. The main stroke in the p begins one space aiid a half above the base line, and extends one space and a fifth below the base line. The second part of the p is the second part of the n. The first part of the y is like the first part of the v. The second part is a / omitting the dot. Exercise 24. The main stroke in the modified /> is a Exercise 22. The ; forms the main part of several other loop letters, and it is important that you should spend much time in learning to make it properly. The letter is three spaces in length, extending two spaces below the base line. The shaded part should be two spaces in length, extending one space below the base line. The shaded stroke is slightly compounded.. The hair line on the left side of the loop is compound shaded stroke beginning ong space and a half above the base line and ending one space below the base line. The second part is an inverted c. Exercise 25. Some engravers make the loop on z but one space and a half below the base line. I have given them two spaces. Notice that the shade on the loop below the base line is thrown well out to the right. Something new from the .Auto Pen and Ink Manufactur- ing Company, 40 Dearborn street, Chicago, is C. -\. Faust's automatic fountain attachment to use with the .\utomatic, Soennecken or ordinary pen. Observing the -need of some- thing of this kind, Mr. Faust set his inventive faculties at work and evolved an attachment which cannot fail to prove of great value to all users of shading pens. The fountain chamber contains a sufficient quantity of ink to make hun- dreds of feet cf letters — in fact, a test made showed 1,300 feet at one filling. rllE NEWS EDITION OF THE JOURNAL costs $/ a year. We hofe to make it ii'orth at least that much to every teacher and school proprietor. It is a matter of deepest gratification to us that hundreds of our professional brethren zvho gix'e their students benefit of ihe loiv clubbing rates for the regular edition think Zfcll enough of The Journal to enrol/ their oicn names on the Professional List, at S' a year. RECENT JOURNAL VISITORS H. W. Darr, St. Louis, Mo. M. L. Miner, Miner's Business Academy, Broolclyn, N. Y. Albert Link, Public Schools, Brooklyn, N. Y. W, R. Smith, Heffley School, Brooklyn, N. Y. G. E. Van Buskirk, Newark, N. J. W. R. Hayward, High School of Commerce, New York. W. L. Cochran, Wood's School, New York City. H. H. Beidleman, Eagan School of Business, Hoboken,N.J. MOVEMENTS OF THE TEACHERS G. C. Kreighbaum, formerly of the Business Systems School, Toronto, Ont., is now connected with the Cleary Business College, Ypsilanti, Mich. C. H. Shaw, of Bronson, Mich., has been engaged for the commercial department of the Minot, N. D., College of Commerce. Walter M. Eby, a Harvard graduate, formerly of the Asbury Park, N. J., High School, is now at the head of the advanced office department of Spalding's Commercial College, Kansas City, Mo. A new addition to the teaching staff of the Canada Busi ness College, Hamilton, Ont., is Geo. Henning, a graduate of Banks Business College, Philadelphia, and recently a pub- lic school teacher in Ontario. D. A. Reagh, of the Piqua, Ohio, Commercial College, has sold his school and is taking charge of the commercial department of the Columbus, Ohio, Business College. C. J. Crouch, a graduate of Strayer's Business College, Washington, D. C, has been employed as an assistant com mercial teacher in that school. Miss Alberta Slaughter, of Kahoka, Mo., is a new as- sistant commercial teacher in the Kansas City, Kan., High School, F. B. Hudson, of Olean, N. Y., formerly for many years at the head of the commercial work of St. John's Military School, Manlius, N. Y., is a new commercial teacher in the Spencerian Commercial School, Cleveland, Ohio. May Vilas, of Burlington, Vt., is this year in charge of the commercial work of the Berlin, N. H., High School. C. T. E. Schultze, late of the Drake College, Orange, N. J., is now teaching the commercial branches in the Gregg School, Chicago, 111. E. A. Riley, of the University of Chicago, and H. C. Stanley, of St. Joseph, Mo., are new additions to the staff of the School of Commerce of the James Milliken Univer- sity, Decatur, III. Glenn W. Sladc, of Goodrich, Mich., a Ferris graduate, is in charge of the commercial work of the Breck School, Wilder, Minn. Miss Harriet Brittan is the new commercial teacher hi the Maine Township High School, Des Plaines, 111. John R. Dykstra has recently been added to the faculty of the Patcrson, N. J., High School. He will handle com- mercial branches. W. A. Patton, of Oneonta, N. Y., goes to the Penning- ton, N. J. Seminary to follow B. D. Stowell, who has been engaged to teach in Burdett College, Boston. Miss Delia Brake, of Rock Cave, Va., formerly with the Mountain State Business College, Parkersburg, W. Va., goes to the Bliss Business College, North Adams, Mass., to teach shorthand, where she follows Miss Angeline N. Carver, who takes up similar work in Miss E. M. Olmstead's Shorthand School, Hartford, Conn. Miss Mary Lindsay, of Freeland, Pa., is a new teacher in Kinyon's Commercial School, Pawtucket, R. I. Miss Laura Bolyard, of Middleton, Mich., a Ferris graduate, is teaching shorthand in the American Pitmanic School, a correspondence school of shorthand, Lansing, Mich. J. A. Barnum is a new teacher at Watson's Business College, Chicago, 111. G. E. Henning will be a new assistant commercial teacher in the Canada Business College, Hamilton, Ontario. B. F. Watson, of Osnaburg, Ohio, a Zanerian graduate, is the new supervisor of penmanship in the Sharon, Pa., public schools. NEW SCHOOLS AND CHANGES J. B. Mack, of Newburyport. ]\rass., has opened a new branch school at Moose Jaw, Sask., under the name of the Crown Commercial School. Boyd's School of Shorthand has recently been opened at iSi Yonge street, Toronto, Ont. A new school has been opened in San Francisco under the name of the American Business College. The president of the school is Mr. Worcester, for many years president of the old Garden City Business College, San Jose, Cal. HEADQUARTERS OF THE NATIONAL COMMERCIAL TEACHERS' FEDERATION Headquarters— Hotel English. Rates — European plan, two in a room, $i.oo per day; one in a room, $1.50 per day. Rooms with bath, two in a room, $1.50; one in a room, $2.25 and up. Four persons in suites of two rooms each, with pri- vate bath, $i.2S each. Am.erican plan, add $1.25 to above rates. Owing to the fact that the Public School Teachers' Association convenes same week, rooms should be reserved as early as possible. For reservations or other information address S. H. East, Chairman Executive Committee, 424 La\v P>uilding. Indianapolis. 11 FRESH BUSINESS LITERATURE HE Business Institute, Detroit, Mich., while a new institution, is forging right to the front and is making an enviable record. Under the management of L. C. Rauch, E. E. Vantine and A. F. Tull, notliing but success could crown its efforts. The latest catalogue shows a long list of graduates. A very unique and substantial catalogue is that issued by the Eaton and Burnett Business College, Baltimore, Md. This school, established thirty years ago, is looked upon as one of Baltimore's important institutions. The book is handsomely illustrated, well printed and shows much care in its compila- tion. The Omaha, Nebr., Commercial College gets out one of the largest catalogues that comes to our desk, it being an even hundred pages, size 8x10. It is closely printed, and is filled with interesting information for the prospective student. A catalogue out of the ordinary is that issued by the Peirce School, of Philadelphia It contains 144 pages, i2mo, with nearly thirty pages of names of students, two columns to the page, everything set in ten-point type, no illustrations, but replete with matter pertaining to this well-known school. A record of 2,018 students from July I, 1907, to June 30, 1908, was, so far as we know, unequalled by any business school operating but one branch. We commend this catalogue to the study of school owners generally. The Samuel C. Tatum Company, of Cincinnati. Oliin, favor us with its latest catalogue of machinery used in the stationery and manufacturing business. The Tatum Company is one of the largest manufacturing companies in this country, and gets out a fine line of goods. The catalogue of the Wilson Modern Business College, Seattle, Wash., comes to us in a very beautiful cover. It is filled with just such information as a prospective student de- sires while deciding upon what school to attend. The tinting work is very unique, nearly all of the pages having gone through the press twice. Haskell Institute. located at Lawrence, Kan., sends us its annual catalogue. This well-known school, devoted to the training of the original American, is making a splendid record. The catalogue of the Coleman National Business College. Newark, N. J., is a very beautiful piece of work. The paper is well selected and the printing is well done. This institution has been in existence for more than forty years, having been founded by Henr\' Coleman, formerly a teacher in the East- man College, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. There is but one word that can properly describe the printing of the catalogue of the Northwestern Business Col- lege. Spokane. Wash., and that word is beautiful. Printed in two colors, illustrated page headings, department headings all in their proper places, the work of getting out such a cata- logue must have been very great. The school is presided over by M. M. Higley, president ; C. P. Brewer, secretary, and H. N. Stronach, the well-known penman, are among the leading lights connected with this successful institution. For forty-four years the catalogue of the Rochester, N. Y., Bu.siness Institute has been looked upon as one of the criteria of business school publications. The literature of this well-known institution bears up the reputation made in its departments. The illustrations show the pictures of hun- dreds of young men and women. A prominent place is given to the work of the summer school, where commercial teach- ers are trained for greater efficiency In their work. Two-thirds of a century sounds pretty big, hut such a claim Duff's College rightfully makes as an institution for business training, for be it known that the copy of the year book lying upon our desk is no less than the sixty-eighth issued '^en/iuuhiQ^^XitQ/owuuLCy by this respected school. The student body for the year 1908 presents a remarkably long list of names. Much atten- tion is paid to higher business courses. Messrs. Spangler, Johnson and Bowman are the men behind this institution, of which their catalogue is a fitting representative. "Plain Facts .About a Superior School" is the title of the annual catalogue of the Parks Business School, located at Denver. This catalogue is printed in two colors on beautiful paper, and is gotten up in splendid shape. A noticeable fea- ture is the photographs of a large number of ex-students now holding responsible positions. A large number of booklets and journals are received this month, the following being especially worthy of mention : Amos W. Smith Business School, Buffalo, N. Y. ; Spencerian Commercial School, Louisville, Ky. ; Business Educator, Mer- rill Colleges, Stamford, South Norwalk and Port Chester, N. Y. ; Central Business College, Chicago, 111. ; The Exponent, Highland Park College, Des Moines, la. ; Santa Rosa, Calif., Business College Journal ; National Business College, Roa- noke, Va. ; Coleman College Journal, Newark, N. J. ; Scran- ton, Pa., Business College ; Link's Modern Business College Journal, Boise, Idaho; Marietta, Ohio, Commercial College; Waynesboro, Pa., Business College Journal ; The Beacon, Central Business College, Indianapolis, Ind. ; Connecticut Busi- ness College Journal, Middletown, Conn. ; Ferrell's Modern Business College Journal, New Orleans, La. ; Connecticut Business College Journal, Hartford, Conn.; Business Insti- tute Advocate, Holyoke, Mass.: Business Monthly Magazine, Tacksonville, 111. ; Young's Business College, Vicksburg, Miss. ; Macon & Andrews College, Memphis, Tenn. ; Practical Text Book Co., Cleveland, Ohio; A. B. Dick Co., Chicago, 111.; Auto Pen and Ink l\Ifg. Co., Chicago, 111. ARE YOU A MEMBER OF The National Commercial Teachers' Federation Organized in I 893. The only National organization of Commercial Teachers. IF NOT. WHY NOT? The Federation is made up of the following organizations: The Private Commercial School Managers' As- sociation. The National Business Teachers' Association. The National Shorthand Teachers' Association. The National Penmanship Teachers' Associa- tion. The National Commercial High School Teach- ers' Association. The registration fee and dues for the Managers' Section is $5.00 per year. Registration in any of the other Sections, $3.00, with annual dues after the first year of $1.50. This includes a printed report of each convention. Ask for further information or send registration to J. C. WALKER 43 Horton Avenue Detroit, Mich. THE DEMONSTRATION HALL The question of an exhibition room, or demonstration hall, is one which has troubled many members of the Federa- tion and many exhibitors at the conventions in years past, and President Miner advises that many suggestions have come to him in the last few months relative to this matter. Through the co-operation of the president and the General Executive Committee, following a suggestion of W. H. Gleazen, of the Smith Premier Typewriter Company, a new plan has been evolved, of which Mr. Miner says: "Through the efforts of Chairman S. H. East and mem- ber A. H. Sproul, both of the General Executive Committee at Indianapolis, aided by J. D. Brunner, chairman of the Executive Committee of the Managers' Section, we have been enabled to secure for the four days' sessions, December 28-31, in the mammoth building known as Shortridge High School (containing seventy-one class rooms, and all of the buildings being connected as one), a very large room, with movable flat top desks, or tables, and which is as large or larger than any room which the Federation has ever had for a like purpose, being room numbered 31, on the second floor, for the General Exhibit Room. Here, all exhibitors will have the same privilege of exhibiting their products as in years past, with the added privilege, if desired, of the free personal services of Carl Norton Pierce, who will have charge of this exhibit room, and who will look after the displays made, see that proper space is given to each and that every exhibitor (though some may have no personal representative on the ground) will be properly and conspicuously displayed. Mr. Pierce is one of the oldest, best and most personally popular advertising and 'scientific salesmanship' men m this country, and has positively no affiliation with or prejudice for any con- cern in the world; he will conscientiously represent all alike. "Directly opposite the two main doors leading into this exhibit room are the entrances leading into the upper floor of the auditorium. This hall will be given over to the meet- ings of the Federation and to the 'talks' or personal demon- strations before those of our patrons who shall have sub- scribed to a full page (at $50) .in our programme. These 'talks' will consist mostly of twenty minutes each, although a few of those who first subscribed will be entitled to thirty minutes, as we placed the latter time at their disposal before we found that the proposition would prove to be so popular that we were subsequently compelled to reduce the time to twenty minutes. These 'talks' will be interspersed through- out the regular Federation meetings, and will be presided over (according to action of the General Executive Commit- tee) by the president of the Federation, who will personally see that nothing objectionable is permitted to creep into any one of them. "It was further determined by the Executive Committee (assembled at Indianapolis on the 19th of last October) that the official programme for 1908 shall be a very handsome one, printed throughout on fine plate paper, and will contain in addition to the regular programme (to include the 'Demon- stration Hair advertisers) the Constitution and By-laws of the Federation, and a number of very handsome pages de- voted to views of the main buildings and places of interest in Indianapolis. SUGGESTIONS AND AN INVITATION It is hoped that every school proprietor and teacher of commercial branches, shortliand and typewriting, including the teachers of these subjects in high schools throughout the United States, has already completed arrangements to attend the Indianapolis Convention. No school proprietor, manager or teacher can afford to miss any of the meetings of his sec- tion or of the General Federation. The new features which have been announced in the columns of this publication should appeal to every one interested in all that tends to the better- ment of commercial education. Any session of any section or of the General Federation meetings will be worth the entire expense of the trip, to say nothing of the inspiration to be gathered from coming in con- tact with the leaders in the profession. The old timers wiU be enthused by the younger element, which is coming full to the brim with ideas, many of them new and somewhat ex- perimental. The younger members will be brought to more steady deliberation by those who have profited by experience and experimenting, and the good that is to result will be far- reaching and of undoubted benefit to the youth of our land. Our president and his co-workers will see to it that a large representation will come from the East. The teachers of the central states can have no excuse for not being pres- ent, and this is an appeal to our Western brethren to see to it that every state west of the Mississippi is represented, and well, too. Most reasonable rates have been obtained at Hotel English, our headquarters, and while no special railroad rates are obtainable, the rate of two cents per mile, which is in force in nearly all of the states adjacent to Indiana, is equiva- lent to the old one and one-third rate round trip. The Chi- cago contingent will leave Chicago over the Monon Route, Sunday, December 27, at 12 o'clock noon, and they will be glad to have all who go via Chicago join them. Special accommodations will be provided, including a combination parlor and dining car. Special a la carte menu will be prepared at reasonable rates. The writer will be glad to hear from all who contemplate joining the Chicago party, as the more the merrier. The short run will afford us a splendid opportunity to renew old acquaintances and to form new ones, so that by the time we reach Indianapolis we will be good and ready for work. Come, and induce everybody else interested to join you. Fraternally, J. F. Fish, Vice-President. "The Journal is finer than ever, and I am very much pleased to see my old-time friend, M. B. Moore, the famous, giving lessons in your paper. It surely was a treat to see his portrait, which is a good one of him. I wish you much suc- cess." Sam Evans, Covington, Ky. IV ■unoM QJTit oji'ii imiCJ TO PEINMEIN AND TEACHERS OF PENMANSHIP The next annual meeting of the National Penmanship Teachers' Association will be held at Indianapolis, Ind., De- cember 28-31, 1908, in the Shortridge High School building. The Federation headquarters will be at the English Hotel. The officers and executive committee of the Penmanship Association desire very much to have an enrollment of 200 members in the penmanship section. Remember the number —200— think about it, talk about it, and help to make it this number, first by enrolling yourself and second by interesting others to become members. The fee for the first year is $3.00, and renewal thereafter is $1.50. The fee includes a copy of the Official Report free. If possible, pay your fee before going to Indianapolis. I am sure you would enjoy the programme of the next meeting. If you attend one of the meetings, I know you will want to attend another. The social feature, the cordial greeting, the glad handshake, the interchange of thoughts and ideas— these are qualities that belong distinctively to the Federation meetings. Can you afford not to identify your- self with a Brotherhood of this kind? Help the Association and the Association will help you. Remember the 200— do all you can to make the member- ship reach this mark. Please join. Yours most cordially, C. E. Doner, Secretary N. P. T. A. can; anyway, join the Association now and encourage those who are responsible for its success by showing that you ap- preciate what they are doing for you. Raymond P. Kelley, President. FROM THE SECRETARY OF THE N. P. T. A. Up to date the following persons have paid their dues in the National Penmanship Teachers' Association for 1908- 1909: F. W. Martin, M. A. Adams, S. B. Fahnestock, N. H. Wright, W. Irving Turck, L. E. Stacy, A. N. Palmer, C. A. Faust, G. T. Wiswell, Adelbert Mclntyre, O. C. Dorney, E. H. McGhee, W. K. Cook, H. G. Burtner, T. C. Knowles, J. F. Fish, W. A. Hoffman, W. J. Shaffer, L. C. McCann, M. E. Bainett, Fred Berkman, J. W. Creig, H. G. Reaser and C. E. Doner. TO TEACHERS OF SHORTHAND AND TYPEWRITING You should plan now to attend the meetmg of the Na- tional Shorthand Teachers' Association at Indianapolis, on December 28-29-30. You need the Association and the Asso- ciation needs you. You need it for two reasons— first, be- cause the practical pointers on teaching your specialty which you will pick up from listening to the papers and participating in the discussions will be worth dollars to you in your work ; second, because you need the uplift which the contact with your fellow teachers and the leaders of your profession will give you. You cannot help being a better and a stronger teacher for having attended this meeting. You ought to go if only for the uplift and inspiration of such a gathering. The Association needs you because without you it has no reason for existence. It is for you that the officers and com- mittees are planning and working to arrange a good pro- gramme, and it is to rub elbows with you that your fellow teachers are coming from the North, the South, the East and the West. The complete programme will be published in these pages next month. Suffice it to say that it is a strong one, and something that you can hardly afford to miss. Office practice, the co-relation of shorthand and typewriting, the teaching of English, the acquisition of speed, developing typewriting ability, and other vital topics will be discussed by competent and experienced teachers. Watch for the announcement of the complete programme next month. Come to the convention at Indianapolis if you possibly PROGRAM OF THE NATIONAL COMMERCIAL TEACHERS' FEDERATION Monday, December 28. 10 :oo. Advisory Council. 2:00. Federation (Auditorium opposite room 31). Invocation— Bishop John H. Vincent, Indianapolis, Ind. Address of Welcome on behalf of the City of Indian- apolis— Mayor C. A. Bookwalter. Address of Welcome on Behalf of the Commercial Teachers' Association of Indiana— E. J. Heeb, Indianapolis Business University, Indianapolis. Response to the Addresses of Welcome. President's Address— E. N. Miner, New York City. Report of Secretary— J. C. Walker, Detroit, Mich. Appointment of committees; reports, new business, etc. 8:00. Meetings of Sections. Tuesday, December 29. 9 :oo. Meetings of Sections. 2:00. Address, "Psychology Applied to Business Branches"— A. F. Sheldon, Chicago, 111. 2:30. Demonstration by the Dictaphone— J. W. Binder, New York City. 2:50. Demonstration by the Burrows Brothers Company — James S. Curry, Cleveland, O. 3:10. Demonstration by Smith Premier Typewriter Company— W. H. Gleazen, New York City. 3 :40. Address — Benn Pitman, Cincinnati, O. 4:00. Demonstration by the Underwood Typewriter Company— ^C. V. Oden, New York City. 4:20. Demonstration by the Writerpress. 4:40. Demonstration by H. M. Storms Company— H. B. C. Vannote, New York City. 5 :oo. Demonstration by Victor Typewriter Company. 5:30. Demonstration by Burroughs Adding Machine Co. 8:00. The National Congress of Commercial School As- sociations (to be held in large study hall). Wednesday, December 30. 9 :oo. Meetings of Sections. 11:00 to 11:40. Demonstrations. 2:00. Address, "Efficiency"— W. N. Ferris, Big Rapids, Mich. 2:30. Address, "Higher Education as a Preparation for Business"— J. S. M. Goodloe, Columbus, O. 3:00. Address, "Practical Value of Psychology in Com- mercial Teaching"— R. H. Peck, Davenport, la. 4:00. Business meeting. Selection of place of next meeting; election of officers, etc. 8:00. Social entertainment, G. W. Brown, master of ceremonies. Thursday, December 31. 9:00. Meetings of Sections. (Election of Officers.) Federation (in large study hall). 2:00. Demonstration, H. M. Storms, "The History and Proper Use in Schools of Typewriter Ribbons and Carbons" —11. B. C. Vannote, New York City. 2:20. Address, "Where King David Made a Mistake" —J. N. Kimball, New York City. 3 :oo. Unfinished Business. Adjournment. ) CXTUiC'QL^ttma.U? PROGRAM OF THE NATIONAL BUSINESS TEACHERS- ASSOCIATION Monday, December 28, 8 p. m. President's Address— j\I. H. Lockyear, Lockyear's Busi- ness College, Evansville, Ind. "Some Things a Business College Should Teach Besides lext Be ok Matter"— A. F. Harvey, Waterloo Business Col lege, Waterloo, la. Discussion. "How I Interest My Students in Commercial Law" — Mrs. J. M. Niswander, Central Normal College, Danville, Ind. Discussion. "A Commercial Education vs. a Literary Education"— A. R. Brown, Chicago Business College, Chicago. Discussion. "How I Teach Bookkeeping to Beginners"— J. B. Will- iams, Hall Business University, Youngstown, O. Discussion. Tuesday, December 29, 9 a. m. "The Study of Accountancy"— R. J. Bennett, C. P. A., Detroit Business University, Detroit, Mich. Discussion. "Should Commercial Geography Have a Place in the Curriculum of the Commercial School ?"— Frank O. Carpen- ter, English High School, Boston, Mass. Discussion. "The Commercial Graduate. Worthy or Worthless— Which?"— Earl Tharp, Wood's Business College, New York "What Has the Preceptor Done?"— J. L. Bennett, Secre- tary Continental Teachers' Agency, Bowling Green, Ky. Discussion. "Factors in the Effective Preparation of Commercial Teachers"— S. C. Williams, Rochester Business Institute, Rochester, N. Y. Discussion. Wednesday, December 30, 9 a. m. "The Value of Morning Exercise in the Commercial School"— W. N. Ferris, Ferris Institute, Big Rapids, Mich. "Some Elements which Contribute to Make the Thor- oughly Desirable Teacher"— E. M. Huntsinger, Huntsinger's Business College, Hartford, Conn.; H. B. Brown, President Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, Ind.; S. C. Williams, Rochester Business Institute, Rochester, N. Y. General dis- cussion. "Uses and Abuses of Teachers' Agencies"— E. E. Gay- lord, High School, Beverly, Mass. "The Advisability of Students Completing Both the Busi- ness and Shorthand Courses"— P. S. Spangler, Duff's College, Pitt.sburg, Pa. Discussion, "Round Table." Thursday, December 31, 9 a. m. "School Discipline" — J. M. Niswander, Central Normal College, Danville, Ind. Discussion. '"English in the Commercial School" — Josephine Turck Baker, Editor Correct English, Evanston, 111. Discussion. "Evolution in the Methods of Teaching Bookkeeping"— J. W. Baker, Author Twentieth Century Bookkeeping, Knox- ville, Tenn. "Modern Bookkeeping as a Business Exponent" — J. A. Hiner, Spencerian Commercial School, Louisville, Ky. Dis- cussion. Election of officers. Speakers will be expected to limit their addresses to about twenty minutes. PROGRAM NATIONAL SHORTHAND TEACHERS* AS- SOCIATION Monday, December 28, 1908, 8.00 P. M. Invocation — Rev. Layton C. Bentley, Pastor Broadway M. E. Church, Indianapolis. President's Address — Raymond P. Kelley, Gregg School, Chicago. Secretary's Report — F. E. Haymond, Lockyear's Business College, Evansville, Ind. Vice-President's Report (Employment Department) — W. D. M. Simmons, Draughon's Business College, Nashville, Tenn. "The Co-relation of Shorthand and Typewriting and the Production of Accurate Transcripts" — J. I-. Harmon, Bowling Green, Ky., Business University; L. P. Bettinger, Bettinger Business Institute, Lockport, N. Y. General Discussion. "Latter Day Tendencies in Shorthand Writing and Their Significance to the Teacher and Pupil." — Clyde H. Marshall, Court and General Reporter, Chicago; Mrs. S. H. East, Gen- eral Reporter, Indianapolis, Ind. General Discussion. Appointments of Committees, Reports of Committees, New Business. Tuesday, December 29, 1908, 9.00 to 12.00 A. M. "What Some of the Largest Schools Are Doing in Their Shortliand Departments and Their Requirements for Gradua- tion."^D. J. George, Principal Shorthand Department, Wood's New York School, New York. General Discussion. "Can We as Teachers of Shorthand and Typewriting Do What We Attempt to Teach Others to Do?" — C. B. Bower- man, Principal Commercial Department, Central High School, Detroit, Mich.; Charles McMuIlen, Director of Business De- partment, High School, Madison, Wis. General Discussion. "A Practical Method of Teaching the Principles of Short- hand."—Miss Elizabeth Van Sant, Van Sant School of Short- hand, Omaha, Neb.; Miss Edith C. Crum, Brown's Business College, Terre Haute, Ind. General Discussion. Round Table — "What Are the Greatest Difficulties En- countered by the Teacher of Shorthand and How May Such Difficulties Be Overcome?" Wednesday, December 30, 1908, 9 to ii.oo A. M. A joint meeting of the High School and Shorthand Asso- ciations. "How to Organize and Conduct Office Practice for Steno- graphers."— J. A. Stephens, Metropolitan Business College, Chicago; L. A. Arnold, Central Business College, Denver; C. A. Balcomb, Spencerian Commercial School, Cleveland, Ohio. General Discussion. "Is It Possible to Teach Business Common Sense and Intelligence irr Letter Writing?"- — Sherwin Cody, Cody's School of English, Chicago; H. A. Hagar, Gregg School, Chi- cago. General Discussion. "Pedagogy as Applied to the Teaching of Shorthand." — William A. Hadley, Lake View High School, Chicago. Gen- eral Discussion. Question Box. Business. Thursday, December 31, 1908, 9.00 to 12.00 A. M. "Shorthand from an Educational Standpoint." — Clarence A. Pitman, Isaac Pitman & Sons, New York. General Dis- cussion. "The Essentials of Correct Typewriter Operating and Methods of Securing Desired Results." — H. F. Pratt, Central High School, St. Louis, Mo. ; Orton E. Beach, Bradford, Pa., Business College. General Discussion. Report of Typewriter Keyboard Committee. — W. D. M. Simmons, Chairman, Draughon's Business College, Nashville. "A Symposium of Practical Suggestions, Collected from Prominent Teachers of Shorthand and Typewriting Through- out the United States." — J. Walter Ross, Elliott Commercial School, Wheeling, W. Va. General Discussion. Reports of Committees — Business. Election of Officers. New Business. Adjournment. '^tvimn/i) '^ 7i/ClX NATIONAL PENMANSHIP TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION Monday, December 28, 8 p. m. President's Address— L. C. McCann, Mahanoy City, Pa. Report of Secretary— C. E. Doner, Beverly, Mass. Reports of committees, new business, etc. "The Beginning Class"— T. A. Hopper, Manchester Col- lege, North Manchester, Ind. Discussion, led by W. C. Henning, Associate Editor American Penman, Cedar Rapids, la. General talks and experience meeting. Tuesday, December 29, 9 a. m. Address, "How I Teach Penmanship"— M. A. Adams, President Marietta Business College, Marietta, O. Discussion, lead by N. H. Wright, Bryant & Stratton Business College, Louisville, Ky. "Writing from Superintendent's Point of View"— F. W. Cooley, Superintendent Public Schools, Evansville, Ind. "Little Sermons in Penmanship by Grade Supervisors"— J. W. Woodruff, Superintendent Penmanship, Indianapolib. Wednesday, December 30, 9 a. m. Address— Charles F. Coffin, Vice-President and General Counsel State Life Insurance Co., Indianapolis, Ind. "The Creation of Penmanship"— C. W. Ransom, Presi- dent Ransomerian School of Penmanship, Kansas City, Mo. Discussion, led by W. W. Smith, Indianapolis Business University, Indianapolis, Ind. "Lesson at the Board"— J. H. Bachtenkircher, Supervisor of Writing, Lafayette, Ind. "Teaching Helps in Penmanship"— H. O. Keesling, Presi- dent New Albany Business College, New Albany, Ind. Experience meeting. Thuksday, December 31, 9 A- m. Address, "Our Work and Health"— Miss Charlotte Zieg- elbaur, Supervisor of Writing, New Albany, Ind. Discussion, led by H. C. Walker, Supervisor of Writing, St. Louis, Mo. Address, "Card Writing"— J. O. Peterson, Columt,-=?5. O. Report of Committees on Exhibits. Election of officers. Closing exercises. Such men will talk in our general discussion as C. P. Zaner, C. E. Doner, L. C. McCann, C. S. Chambers, C R. Tate, A. M. Wonnell and R. A. Grant. NATIONAL PRIVATE COMMERCIAL SCHOOL MANAGERS' ASSOCIATION President— E. E. Merville, Cleveland, Ohio. Vice-President— A. D. Wilt, Dayton, Ohio. Secretary-Treasurer— T. W. Bookmyer, Cincinnati, Ohio. Executive Committee— J. D. Brunncr, Indianapolis, chair- man; Jerome B. Howard, Cincinnati; E. H. Norman, Balti- more, Md. Monday, December 28, 1908, 8 P. M. President's Address— E. E. Merville, Cleveland, Ohio. Report of Secretary-Treasurer— T. W. Bookmyer, Cin- cinnati, Ohio. Reports of Committees and New Business. "How and Why Lengthen and Strengthen the Bookkeep- ing Course" — J. A. Lyons, Chicago, 111. Discussion. Tuesday, December 29, 9 A. M. "Tuition— How Much and How Collected?"— A. F. Har- vey, Waterloo, Iowa. Discussion. "What Shall Be the Standard of Graduation of Business College Students?" — E. M. Huntsinger, Hartford, Conn. Discussion. "How to Get and Hold the Students in Night School" — Round Table Discussion. Wedne.sday, December 30, 9 A. M. Joint Meeting with Business Teachers' Association. Thursday, December 31, 9 A. M. "Suitable School Buildings and Equipment" — H. T. Loomis, Cleveland, Ohio. Discussion. "Is Our Standard of Business Training What It Should Be?" — H. G. Yocum, Massillon, Ohio. Discussion. "The Best Advertising Medium for Commercial Schools" — Round Table Discussion. Election of Officers. Unfinished Business. Adjournment. ' PROGRAM NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL COMMERCIAL TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION Monday, December 28, 8 P. M. Invocation — Rev. George J. Crist, pastor Moravian Church. President's Address — G. P. Eckels, Pittsburg, Pa. Secretary's Report — Mrs. Ida E. Brainard, Erie, Pa. Reports of Committees and New Business. Round Table — "Are the Commercial Requirements Form- ulated by the North Central Association of Colleges and Sec- ondary Schools Reasonable, Attainable and Sufficient for Com- mercial Teaching in the High School?" (A copy of this re- port may be had in advance of the meeting by addressing A. H. Sproul, chairman Executive Committee, Shortridge High School, Indianapolis, Ind.) . Discussion — Opened by P. B. S. Peters, Manual Training High School, Kansas City, member of committee formulating report. Tuesday, December 29, 9 A. M. Paper — "Value of Aid of Psychology in the Class Room," Frank E. Lakey, English High School, Boston, Mass. General Discussion. Address — -"Attitude of the College and University Toward Commercial Training and Toward Commercial Work in the High School," H. A. Wilde, Principal Northwestern Academy, Evanston, 111. Paper — "Ways in Which the Commercial Teacher in Gen- eral Fails to Measure Up to the Requirements, and What He May Do to Increase His Efficiency," Durand W. Springer, Director Commercial Department, High School, Ann Arbor, Mich. General Discussion — Opened by E. E. Gaylord, Director Commercial Department, High School, Beverly, Mass. Round Table— "To What Extent Is it Practicable and Advisable to Modify the High School Course in English for Commercial Pupils?" Wednesday, December 30, 9 A. M. A joint meeting of the High School and Shorthand Asso- ciations. Thursd.\y, December 31, 9 A. M. Paper — "Can Touch Typewriting Be Successfully Taught in the High Schools?" P. A. Fishel, Commercial Department, High School, McKeesport, Pa. General Discussion — Opened by Miss Mary E. Sullivan, Shortridge High School, Indianapolis, Ind. Paper — -"Commercial Geography." (Speaker to be an- nounced.) Round Table — "How Are We Meeting the Penmanship Problem?" "What Shall Comprise the Second Year's Course in Bookkeeping?" "To What Extent Is Office Practice Act- ually in Use in the High Schools?" "Has the Subject of Economics a Place in the High School Commercial Course?" Reports of Committees. Business. Election of Officers. Adjournment. E A C E OX EARTH. GOOD MILL TO \V A R D >I E N " SOME FRUITS OF CO-OPERATION One of the advantages of the co-operative movement among commercial school managers, now so noticeable in many cities, is the opportunity it offers for the detection of a certain sort of fraud brought to the attention of The Journal by one of the school proprietors of Brooklyn. This principal was one day comparing notes with a competitor in a friendly manner and discussing without jealousy or restraint the successes and failures of the past year and the prospects for the future. The conversation was incidentally turned to the matter of canvassers — they being among the necessary evils with which metropolitan school managers h&ve to con- tend— and comparisons were made as to the individuals em- ployed, the cost of their services, the methods of work, the results obtained. So interested in each others' affairs did they become that before long the fact dawned upon each of them that they had both been employing a canvasser whose methods, personal appearance, former experience and per- sonal history were suspiciously similar. Upon comparing the handwriting of these two (?) men it was found that they were one and the same. It seems that the solicitor had been engaged by one of the principals under one name in the spring, and later on, under another name, by another school man. At first his services in the new situation were quite satisfactory, but later his reports seemed to become more vague and inaccurate. Finally the principal of the second school made personal investigation to verify his reports and found most of them inaccurate, with many entirely false. At the end of the third week he was notified that his services would be no longer re(]iiired. Upon looking into the matter further it was found that the solicitor reported, on certain days, a full day's work for each school. On one occasion in particular, he reported that he had visited a dozen or more prospectives in a suburb, while for the other school he reported that he had called on forty or more in the city. Ambition is an excellent thing, but that excessive zeal which leads a man to try to hold two positions at once ought to be discouraged. The young man in question seemed to be possessed of considerable ability, and had he devoted him- self to either one of the two men with whom he engaged he could have made himself a valued employe. The point for the commercial school proprietor is clear. In order to prevent such frauds as this the school managers of a city must get together and stay together. The idea that men can be competitors only by being enemies has long since been exploded in all lines of activity. There will be just as much business for the school men if they work together for it, and by the hearty co-operation of which we have such excellent examples among the school men of a few large cities many small leaks may be stopped. Such smooth schemes, for which tlic school proprietor has to pay, cannot be worked among principals who get together in the larger matter of business education as a whole and make the interests of one the con- cern of all. WHY NOT MORE ALUMNI ASSOCIATIONS? While there is not the opportunity, in the few months spent in a commercial school— the period being rarely longer than twelve months and frequently less than six— for the formation of friendships and college ties like those existing between fellow-students in the literary schools, in the stronger institutions there would seem to be an excellent field for alumni organizations, especially in the case of those schools located near large centers of population. It is inevitable, of course, that the great cities should draw a large proportion of the graduates of business schools, and for that reason, no doubt, there would be some difficulty in securing a represent- ative attendance at an alumni meeting of a commercial school in a smaller town. Without such an attendance, of course, owing to the short time each pupil was connected with the school, there would hardly be enough people well acquainted with each other to make the occasion a thoroughly enjoy- able one. In the success of the Alumni Association of the Roch- ester Business Institute, however, there is a hint for other schools. There is no reason why a number of the older schools should not follow the example of the Rochester people and take the initiative in the formation of an organization of old students. Certainly there is a practical value to the school in having a live society of this kind to bring the school to the attention of the younger generation and adver- tise it to the prospective pupils as a school of quality. CALIFORNIANS WORK TOGETHER A meeting of the California Business College Managers' Association was held in Stockton on October 17. The organi- zation meets every three months to discuss such subjects as advertising, soliciting, length of course, rates of tuition, etc. One of the members of the Association advises that great good has been accomplished by these meetings. A spirit of fellowship is engendered, and through frank discussion the experience of one becomes a guide for all. The movement is spreading, and wherever the spirit of harmony prevails the re.Sitlt is beneficial to all concerned. One would hardly imagine that a business school so far west as Dubuque, Iowa, could be celebrating its fiftieth anni versary, but a booklet with full account of the Golden Jubilee of the Bayless Business College reminds us that such is the case. This booklet tells us that the institution so ably presided over by Mr. Bayless ranks with the first twelve of over 500 similar institutions in the United States. He has been at the head of the school since 1862, four years after it was established. A number of eminent men were in attendance, and all spoke in glowing terms of the work of Mr. Bavless. "I have derived much lienefit from the use of The Jour- nal." J. C. Hatton, Washington, D. C. O more appropriate selection could have been made by the Board of Education of Philadel- phia than that of Dr. Cheesman A. Herrick as principal of the William Penn High School for Girls. The building for the school is not yet completed, and Mr. Herrick's election is to date from Septem- ber I, 1909. Dr. Herrick was the unanimous choice of the committee which made the recommendation to the board, and is one of the best known educators of the country. He is well known as the author of "The Meaning and Practice of Commercial Education," and exhaustive work on the sub- ject of which it treats, and a large contributor to current educational literature. A recent issue of the Bridgeport Daily Standard contains a cut of the Brown Trophy, offered for the fastest type- writer operator at a speed contest to be held under the aus- pices of the Connecticut Business Educators' Association, which meets in New London on February 20. The trophy is a handsome bronze cup, beautifully engraved and standing sixteen inches high, with an ebony base six inches high. The winner, who must be a product of some Connecticut school, will be presented with a gold medal also. Edward H. Eldridge, of Simmons College, Boston, is chairman of the contest com- mittee. Schools desiring to enter their pupils can secure full information by writing to N. B. Stone, Yale Business Col- lege, New Haven. The New England Business College Association an- nounced its Fall meeting for November 27 and 28, at Rogers & Allen's School, Fall River, Mass, This association meets semi-annually, in the interests of business schools in the New England States, and various matters of interest to the school manager, such as advertising, school conduct, etc., are dis- cussed. W. A, Wille. who has again taken up tlie teacliing of pen- manship and is now with Hoffman's Metropolitan Business College, Milwaukee, Wis., where he is getting the best kind of results from his pupils, writes that it is impossible to be without The Journal, for no matter how hard a teacher tries there should always be something inspiring before the pupils, and this inspiration he finds it easy to secure from our magazine. Mr. Wille is not only a good business pen- man, but does exceedingly well with the artistic variety. On October 16, at Columbus Institute, Poughkeepsie, N. Y., were held interesting exercises in observance of the forty-nint!i anniversary of the founding of Eastm.m College. The first part of the programme consisted of mu.sic and ad- dresses, including remarks by President Gaines and tlie Hon. W. W. Smith (Eastman '65), while the latter part of the evening was jpleasantly spent in dancing. The Eastman school is one of the best-known schools in the country and merits the high reputation it enjoys. J. M. Latham, of the Gem City Business College, at Quincy, 111., got bu.sy one morning and sent us a list of 152 subscriptions before breakfast. If is needless to say that Mr. Latham's statement that "the Mills-Healey combination, taken in connection with The Journaj<, is one that it is impossible to beat," bears full weight when backed up by a battery of 150 names. He believes that actions speak louder than words, and we work on the same basis when we put out the best course of lessons ever prepared and present it to our friends in the confident belief that they will understand the value of it. Mr. Latham handles some of the largest penmanship classes in the country and as a producer of results has no superior. W. D. Anthony, who spent the summer pleasantly at We.st Augusta, Va., recovered from an attack of la grippe in time to accept a position with the Capital City Commer- cial College, Charlestown, W. Va. He is well pleased with the place and sees there excellent prospects for the future. Following the example of the literary schools, the Roch- ester Business Institute recently formed an alumni associa- tion, and its first function, taking the form of a banquet, was held on Saturday evening, November 21, in Convention Hall. The alumni banquet was the culmination of the forty-fifth anniversarj' exercises of the school, which began in Y. M. C .A. Music Hall on November 20. Responses to the call issued for the banquet were so prompt and enthusiastic as to leave no doubt of the position of the old students of the Institute on the question of such an organization. No commercial school has ever had a higher class of students than has the Ro.:hester Business Institute during all the years of its ex- isrence, and in the quality of the assemblage the school had no reason to fear comparison with the gatherings of the graduates of the best literary colleges. It need not be said that those fortunate enough to be present enjoyed themselves to the utmost, and the popularity of the functions will cer- tainly increase with years. Emerson F. Wade, formerly of Tyrone, Pa., has been elected principal of the Yardley Borough schools, at a good salary. The entire commercial educational fraternity will join in congratulating C. P. Zaner, of Columbus, Ohio, on his recovery from an extended illness, part of which he spent in the hospital at Bloomsburg, Pa. The disease was of a malarial nature, and Mr. Zaner had a hard fight to shake it off. Rice & Fulton's big Butte, Mont., school has added Fred- erick Juchhoff to the staff in the shorthand department. Mr. Juchhoff is especially well fitted for a high-class place, as he is a college graduate and has had excellent experience as well. We are advised by the Burr'oughs Adding Machine Co., of Detroit, that more than one hundred of their machines are being used in commercial schools for instruction pur- poses. About as many more schools are trying them out, and a still greater number are used by universities, high schools, educational departments of Y. M. C. A.'s, etc. In the report of the forty-first annual meeting of the Maryland State Teachers' Association, held at Ocean City in June, we find an excellent likeness of E. H. Norman, one of the leaders in the work of the Association and member of the Executive Committee. His response to the address of welcome is printed in full. Here are some exercises a little more complicated than those given last month. After mastering the lirst plate you will find yourself prepared to take up the second successfully. The first, second, third and fourth exercises on the last plate should be taken up in their order, and a great deal of work will be necessary to bring out the fine lines and delicate shadings in the last piece of flourishing. Do not be disappointed if you fail many times. Your final success will amply justify the effort. Next month you will have an opportunity to put into practice the skill you have acquired, and see wliat you can do in really artistic flourishing. Plate 2. .:/iJ5*'" "-.!^^ Line 25 of this month's ksson is given for n little more practice on the capital A. Watch this letter carefully. The capital /? is a very important letter. The down stroke should be made quite straight to the base, forming a small loop so as to be on the same slant as the down stroke which is sometimes slightly shaded. Finish the letter like the capital O. In combination with other letters use the large oval as the initial stroke, making a short smooth shade. Review all the letters carefully upon beginning each prac- should be one full space in height (distance between lines) and rather abruptly diminish the stroke until the base line is reached. The second, third and fourth exercises are made up principally of the left curve and straight line as shown in the fini.shed letters n and m in lines 29, 30 and 33. Lines 31 and 32. The W is made angular at the top. The last half is retraced a short distance to allow an easy joining with the letter following, a point often neglected by many good writers. tice hour. Make page after page of each exercise. Criticise your work and correct and rewrite over and over again and again. Study and criticise movement, position, manner of holding the pen, etc., at all times. Line 28. Divide the line into quarters. Fill each quarter with the exercise as sliown in the copy. The beginning oval "One day," relates a teacher, "I gave a bright boy a problem in algebra, and although it was comparatively easy, he couldn't do it. 'You ought to be ashamed of yourself !' I remarked. 'At your age George Washington was a surveyor.' The boy looked me straight in the eye. 'Yes, sir,' he replied, 'and at your age he was President of the LTnited States!'" Xye/tmoM (l^tit^Qycatna/p 19 A PENMAN'S VACATION Fred Berkman, of the Blair Business College, Spokane, Wash., takes a vacation and makes a few observations in passing. This is the way it looked to him : Aug-ust 8, 190S. — It you want to avoid dust, take the O., R. & N. train from Spokane to Portland — don't let it take you. August 9, 1908. — Cross all day. When you get out of your berth in the morning avoid occupying too much space in the aisle with your feet — especially the toes — as some one may come along about the same time wearing a pair of shoes and — Portland I Change cars ! Isn't it a shame that all stores are closed on Sunday in the Rose City? Even the drug stores, except a few hours when people are taking in "Port- land Heights." That's worth talking about, though — especi- ally the lemonade — that is, to the cashier. August 10, 1908. — Monday morning — going south. Glory! Most geese travel northward to avoid warm weather. Excep- tions to all rules, however. Trains going up Siskiyou Moun- tains, in Southern Oregon, are pushed and pulled by three monster engines. Highest point seems to be about 4,125 feet. The Dollarhide Trestle can be seen best by looking right at it — straight down — or on some souvenir post cards, while Pilot Knob can be seen very distinctly, off in the distance, with both eyes and mouth open. Bear in mind that you are now on the "road of a thousand wonders" — that is, to some people, and then there are others who won't bite at anything. Mount Shasta now appears only a few miles away from the car window. And a great mountain it is — snow capped, rug- ged, gorgeous, picturesque and other big, synonymous names like that. (You'll find 'em in the dictionary. Supply what is needed.) We are speeding along and, "Shasta Springs!" says the conductor, rather suddenly, when we all rush out to get a "sip" of the famous water — and it seems to be quite plentiful. It comes dripping down, rolling down, rushing down, tumbling down, and, in fact, any way to get down. It's worth taking a day or two off most any calendar to see it. But if you get your nose right near the Oxone Springs (that is, if you get it near enough), you will leave it laugh- ing. It's worth trying, and then some. Of all the mountain streams, the stream alongside the track near Shasta Springs seems to be the ideal one. But it is now dark, and we are all thinking, wondering, dreaming — ^perhaps — of the past, the present and the future. What a day! August II, 1908. — Woke up at Sacramento. Didn't ask any questions concerning the location of State institutions. Thought the officials, as well as trainmen, ought to know their business. Level country. Quite cool at Oakland Pier. Cali- fornia is well known as the "land of sunshine and flowers," but in the San Joaquin Valley "sunshine" is in the lead. Six hundred thousand acres, more or less, of land under irriga- tion makes it a very interesting valley to visit for any one who is at all interested in irrigation, either on a small or large scale. August 13, 1908. — In the greatest orange growing district in the world— Riverside, San Bernardino and Redlands. If you lean out of the car window, just a little, you can touch the leaves that grow on the orange trees^evidently orange leaves — but you can't reach the oranges. Funny! It's now getting warmer and warmer, and we are almost there — Im- perial "Valley. Well named. Prior to 1900 it was a desert and lifeless. You will now find some 20,000 people there, 250,000 acres of land under irrigation, some of the richest soil in the world (with plenty of real estate men to boom it) and "sunshine" 365 days of the year. August 21 to 28, 1908.— Visited the following commercial and shorthand schools on return trip: Riverside Business Collc.ge, S<-in Bernardino Business College, Heald's (L. K.) Business College, Los Angeles Business College, Woodbury Business College, Brownsberger Home School, Harvard (Military) School, San Francisco Business College, Heald's (S. F.) Business College, Metropolitan Business College, Gallagher-Marsh Business College, Heald-Dixon's Business College, Oakland; Polytechnic Business College, Oakland; Portland Business College, Portland; Holmes Business Col- lege, Portland; Behnke-Walker Business College, Portland; Wilson's Modern Business College, Seattle; Seattle Modern Business College, Seattle; Seattle Commercial School, Seattle; Acme Business College, Seattle; Hyatt-Fowell's School, Seattle ; not to mention the Blair Business College, which he found waiting for him on his return, and which he patriot- ically believes to be the best of them all. THE NEW SMITH VISIBLE Among the many new office appliances recently presented to the public there is none more worthy of note than the new visible typew'riter of the Smith Premier Typewriter Company, known as Model 10. As would be expected, the new machine possesses all the merits of the well-known standard typewrit- ers from the Smith factories, with such improvements as have been suggested to the manufacturers by long experience with the needs of the business world. In addition to the feature of perfectly visible writing, this machine presents devices not heretofore in use. The machine has two series of ball-bearing type bars, the wearing surfaces and bearing balls being of such size, mate- rial and hardness that the manufacturers claim these parts to be absolutely indestructible. Other attractive features are the column finder and paragrapher, a device permitting the cor- rection of any one of several columns by simply pressing a key on the keyboard, especially useful in addressing envelopes, paragraphing correspondence, tabulating, or doing work in columns; ball-bearing carriage, the tilting platen feature, re- tained from the old machine; right and left hand carriage release levers and a swinging marginal rack which can be brought over the platen for convenience in setting the stops. All operations of the machine, excepting the return of the carriage and line spacing, are accomplished from the key- board, and it is unnecessary for an operator to bend over the machine to perform any of the operations, even that of inserting a new ribbon. The only exposed portion of the ribbon is that in immediate use at the printing point. An interesting feature of the machine is that which per- mits the use of bi-chrome ribbons, enabling the operator to change the color by pressing a single key on the keyboard. There is also a back space key for bringing the carriage back one space at a time when it is desired to rewrite a character or insert where an erasure has been made. Few operators can avoid occasional erasures, and in forming the top plate so that all erasure dust falls to the rear of the machine and away from the mechanism the Smith people have scored a strong point. In cutting stencils it is unnecessary to soil the fingers by removing the ribbon, as the machine is provided with a device for setting it aside when stencils are to be made. There are other features almost, if not quite, as important, and the long experience of the Smith Premier Typewriter Co. guarantees the quality of all the material put into the machine, which can now be seen at the Smith offices in all the important cities of the country. The new machine merits and will receive strong support. "Our pupils are taking hold of the course of lessons by Mills and Healey with considerable interest. It is the best course I have ever seen." — J. C. Allen, Hackensack, N. J. the con profes ing year we hop iion can supply. liave contributions is the plan to make his cUpartnunt from all the leading penmen. We want the best that the department one of the most interesting in the magazine. EDITOR'S SCRAP BOOK From the pen of J. F. Caskey, of the Haverhill, Mass., High School, we have received some beautiful specimens of ornamental wrilmg that rank among the very best. Mr. Caskey certainly swings a skilful pen, and we are going to reproduce some of his work in a later number. \y. \. \\'caver, of Santa Anna, Texas, writes a very deli- cate card in the ornamental style. " A close student of the Madarasz style is G. A. Holman, of Potter Hill, R. I., which fact we note by a contribution of card work received. V. M. Rubert, of Eastman College, Poughkeepsie, N. Y., ■ is the possessor of a splendid bujijUess hand. His work is ^ of a very high grade. _yj^,- I I. S. Preston, of Stapleton, S: I., one of the veterans of lour profession, can still flourish with the best of them, .-.s I is evidenced by a very graceful and dainty flourish which h.ir, 1 reached our desk. ^ The penman of the Metropolitan Business College, iMil- waukee, Wis., W. A. Wille. favors us with a specimen of his ornamental writing which shows him to be a master of thi^ style of work. E. H. McGhee, of Trenton, N. J., sends us anothe- pai-ket of his writing in both business and ornamental styles that is certainly a pleasure to look over. P. J. Bolger, of lona, P. E. I., one of our enthusiastic subscribers, favors us with some good examples of business and ornamental writing. ■J. G. Christ, of Lock Haven, Pa., writes an ornamental letter that is a credit to him. Several cards from T. H. Gatlin, of the Abilene, Texas, Business College, exploit his skill in the ornamental style to good advantage. D. L. Chapman, of London, Out., displays his talent 'u writing by sending us several well written cards. We note that J. H. Snyder, a student of Leech's Actual Business College, Greensburg, Pa., is on the right road to ornamental card work. The work of J. W. Washington, Dorchester, Mass.. places him in a class with the best so far as ornamental writ- ing is concerned. Letters worthy of mention that have reached our desk this month come from C. J. Gruenbaum, Lima, Ohio; S. E Leslie, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. ; J. G. Christ, Lock Haven, Pa.: W. A. Weaver, Santa Anna, Texas: C. T. E. Schultze, Jer- sey City, N. J. : J. W. Baer. Phoenixville, Pa. ; J. G. Frey, Cleveland, Ohio: P. F. Sullivan, Columbus, Ohio. Our friends still continue to favor us with nicely written superscriptions. Those received this month are from the following: C. C. Stone, Utica. N. Y. : G. W. Paulus, Grand Rapids, Wis.: J. W. Baer, Phcenixville. Pa.; A. H. Stead- man, Cincinnati, Ohio ; J. M. Tran, Toronto, Out. ; Sam Evans, Covington. Ky. ; C. A. Zarker. Lancaster, Pa. : J. F. Caskey, Haverhill, Mass.: E. H. McGbee. Trenton. X. J.: O. J. Hanson, Grand Forks, X. D. : C. H. Crte. X\w York City; W. P. Potter, Sparta, III; W. A. Weaver, Santa Anna, Texas; C. H. Ashburner, Baltimore, Md. ; O. E. Hovis, Springfield, Mass.; C. F. Zulauf, Scranton, Pa.; J. D. McFadven, Ottawa, Ont. ; C. H. Larsh, Brooklyn, N. Y.; M. P. Ropp, San Francisco, Calif.; J. N. Fulton, Ft. Wayne, Ind.; G. W. Ellis, Portland, Ore.; G. H. Van Veghten, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. F. B. Hess, Brooklyn, N. Y. : J. W. Jacobs, Greensburg, Pa. ; J. K. Renshaw, Albany, N, Y. ; E. S. Hewen, Jackson- ville. Fla.; P. J. Bolger, lona, P. E. L; W. S. Morris, Pennsboro, W. Va. ; G. C. Kreighbaum, Ypsilanti, Mich. ; C. G. Solburg, Dubuque, Iowa; E. B. Thomas, Colorado Springs, Colo.; E. H. Goit, Niagara Falls, N. Y. ; W. C. Brownfield, Bowling Green, Ky. ; J. J. Bailey, Toronto, Ont.; Theo. Anderson, Minneapolis, Minn.; E. T. Overend, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Bertha W. Ferguson, Brockton, Mass.; T. G. Christ, Lock Haven, Pa.; J. W. Westervelt, London, Ont.: E. A. Bock, Salt Lake City, Utah; W. W. Bennett, Minneapolis, Minn.; S. B. Hill, Cortland, N. Y. ; W. L. Jackson. Xora Springs, Iowa; Carl T. Wise, Sedalia, Mb.; V. F. Sullivan. Columbus. Ohio; C. M. Miller, Oakland, Profession-.\l Writing bv S. C. Bedinger, Springfield, Mo. Signatures by W P.\TRiCK, York, Pa. '^enm/iMCl7ti£/QMujtnaj& (::''iet^ c Ornamental Writing by M. P. Ropp, San Francisco. Cat.. Md. ; T. Courtney, Grand Rapids, Mich.; Charles Schovanelc, Cleveland, Ohio ; C. J. Gruenbaum, Lima, Ohio. W. A. Wille, Milwaukee, Wis.; W. H. Patrick, York, Pa.; Henry Carmean, Ogden, Utah; D. Elston, Edmonton, Alta. ; E. L. Brown, Rockland, Me.; I. S. Preston, Stapie- ton, S. I.; S. E. Leslie, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. ; J. T. Evans, ^Vi!kes-Barre, Pa. ; J. D. Todd, Salt Lake City, Utah ; J. M. Latham, Quincy, 111. ; W. T. Lindsey, Henderson, Tenn. ; F. T. Weaver, East Liverpool, Ohio ; J. H. Clark, Provi- dence, R. L; T. H. McCool, Philadelphia, Pa.; A. Havi land, Buffalo, X. Y. ; P. J. Gilpin, Joliet, 111. ; J. T. Westcott, Rosendale, Mo. ; W. T. Shoup, Knoxville, Tenn. ; Bro. Irenee, Quebec, Can. ; A. M. Grove, Chicago, 111. STUDENTS' SPECIMENS Students' specimens worthy of honorable mention have reached our office from the following during the past month ; Henager's Business College, Salt Lake City, Utah, E. A. Bock, instructor. Connecticut Business College, Hartford, Conn., G. H. Wilcox, instructor. Douglas Business College, Connellsville, Pa., B. F. Over- street, instructor. Heald-Chestnutwood Business College, Santa Cruz, Cal.. R. E. Leaf, instructor. Commercial High School, Pittsburg, Pa., H. G. Burtner, instructor. Wood's School, New York City, A. C. Doering, in- structor. Drake Business College, Newark, N. J., M. F. Bellows, instructor. Willis Business College, Ottawa, Ont., S. O. Smith, instructor. Blair Business College. Spokane, Wash, Fred Berkman, instructor. Elliott Business College, Burlington, la., C. J. Potter, instructor. Rutland, Vt., Business College, L. J. Egelston, instructor. Sadler's Business College, Baltimore, Md., J. E. Plummer, instructor. Pennsylvania Business College, Lancaster, Pa., C. A. Zaiker, instructor. ; 'i F. S. Huber, Syracuse, N. Y. H. T. Connelly. Brooklyn, N. Y. By Charles F. Zulauf, Scranton, Pa. Signature of O. W. Breidenthal, Hopkinton, Ia. The Above Cut Shows the Proper Position of the Hand, Pen and Paper in Flourishing. 22 '^enmxma Q^^d/Q-^iunaS EDITOR'S CALENDAR POCKET PHOXOGRAPHIC DICTIONARY, by James E. Munson, late Official Stenographer of the New York Supreme Court. American Book Company, New York. Publishers. Morocco, 216 pp. Price $1.00. The many writers of the Munson system of phonography will be pleased to learn that so valuable a work for all Munson writers, whether teachers, pupils or amanuenses, has been issued in such attractive form and at a popular price. Coming as it does directly from the hand of Mr. Munson himself, and rounding out a series of texts in the Munson system of phonography, the book has an added value. Tlic manuscript was prepared by Mr. Munson and finished but a few days before his death, and the engraving, printing and binding are models of bookmaking. The book is vest-pocke* size, bound in red morocco, and alphabetically indexed at the edges. Its 212 pages contain 12,000 words, written with their shorthand outlines, together with the longhand, correctly ac cented. George B. Cortelyou, Secretary of the Treasury, himself a stenographer, has written a preface. The American Book Company are to be congratulated on getting out such a book, and Munson writers are equally to be congratulated on having the opportunity to secure it. ESSENTIALS OF PHONOGRAPHY, to accompany Course in Isaac Pitman Shorthand, by A. M. Kennedy. Isaac Pitman & Sons, publishers. Paper, 20c. As its sub-title indicates, the purpose of this book is to accompany their standard publication. It is not designed to supplant in any way the regular text book, but to present, in convenient form for learning and reference, the essential principles of outline construction. It also contains supple- mentary exercises to serve as tests of the learner's knowledge. A remarkably large amount of valuable information is con- tained in a small compass, and properly used the booklet cannot fail to be of value to the pupil. METHODS IN PENMANSHIP, by J. H. Bachtenkircher, Superintendent of Penmanship, Public Schools, Lafay- ette, Ind. Paper, 32 pp. In the pages of his booklet Mr. Bachtenkircher has em bodied the experience of many years in the teaching of pen- manship. He does not claim to present a new system, but only to furnish such instructions as will enable the teacher to teach penmanship more intelligently and effectively. The methods and suggestions given are all the product of school- room experience. They are simple, easy and adapted to any system. Cuts and drawings show the proper position of pupil, paper and pen, and the energetic would-be penman will find here ample instruction to enable him to follow the work alone if he finds it impossible to place himself under the direction of a teacher. {Continued from fage 13.) to live in England as it does in America, jf you live in th.- same way. To be sure, you can live cheaply in England, but you cannot live well. The only thing I have found that is cheaper here than it is in New York is rent. The rents are cheaper, but I am not so sure about the conditions and con- veniences, for they burn many candles here, and the home of no working man is heated by steam. I have attended the public meetings of many of the unemployed, and they say bitter things and cry out against the condition of society which compels the rich to continue becoming richer and the poor poorer, but what can they do? Slinke hands witli yourself as-ain. MAIL COURSE \H Accounting and Auditing R. J. BENNETT, C. A., C. P. A. Principal Detroit Business University Certified Public Accountant. A COURSE of carefully graded lessons in Theory of Accounts. Auditing, Business Law, Cost Ac- counting, Corporation Organization and Practical Accounting, together with numerous sidelights and specialties pertaining to the accountancy profession. The course is thorough, authoritative and complete, and prepared with the assistance of Certified Public Accountants and lawyers. It will bear the closest in- spection and any person who is anxious to advance cannot afford not to take the course. Every commercial teacher should aim to improve himself in auditing and accounting and thereby in- . crease his moneymaking ability 50 per cent. We can prepare you for a first-class position. We prepare candidates for C. P. A. examination in any State. Send for outline of course and SPECIAL rates. R. J. BENNETT. C. P. A. 15 WILCOX STREET DETROIT, MICH. Home Study Courses Our school offers an opportu- nity to study at home under the ti-rsonal instruction of leading X'ro/essors in our great colleges. Wo t©«ch over ono hundrod ceura* cadomic and Preparatoryt ural, Commercial, Normal imon School branches. Our tuition rates are so low that no one need be kept from enrolling: with us on the ground o£ expense. JohnF.Genanp.Ph. D. Professor of English THE HOME CORRESPONDENCE SCHOOL, Dept. 76 Write today lor ■ Ire* copy of 1 ilOhty-pago catalogue. Springfield, Mii:t^ NCLE SAM WANTS.YOU and thousands of others, who are capably, to work for him. Common school education euflifient. No political influence required. Steady employmentt highest salaries, vaca- tion with full pay- 3,000 clerks needed for the Census Office alone in addition to the nsiml 40,UU0 appointed yearly in the Internal Revenue, Customs, Postal. Railway Mail, and other branches of the service in the U.S. Also appointmenta in Philippine Islands and Panama. Full particulars f reeconcern- ins all positions, Ralaries. examinations (held soon in every state >. sample examina- tion Questions, etc. Address, NATIONAL CORRESPONDENCE INSTITUTE 32-40 SECOND KATIONAL BANK BLDG., WASHINGTON. 0. C. Another interesting booklet is that received from the Gregg Publishing Company, giving full particulars of the typewriting contest held at Davenport, Iowa, under the aus- pices of the Central Commercial Teachers' Association, in June, 1908, at which a silver cup, donated by G. W. Brown, of Jacksonville, 111., and known as the Brown Trophy, was awarded to Miss Cornelia Dammers, whose instruction in typewriting was received from a Gregg publication, Rational Typewriting. Miss Dammers is only eighteen years of age. Xyi'Jt//iu/ij Qy(ltyOy6uina0 BRIEF COURSE RESULTS IN THE rUI'II.S' APTTALLY USING THE LITTLE EXPEDIENTS WHICH MAKE SO MUCH FOR BOTH SPEED AND LEGIBILITY. is it not just such a book as you have been wishing some one would publish? Actual use has proved these claims to the complete satisfaction of others ; it probably would to you. School men who have been experi- menting with other systems which lookt attractive, are elated over Brief Course. They prefer to teach a reporting short- hand when they can do so in the same time required by systems which they have found by experience do not make reporters. They recognize the advant- age from an advertising standpoint, of being able to point to pupils who have become reporters. Barnes teachers take pride in the ability of their pupils to pass the Civil Service examination upon graduation. BE SURE to read our last month's advertisement if you have not done so. TEST BRIEF COURSE (either Pit- man or Graham) with at least a few pupils. You will be more than com- pensated for the little trouble. ORDER TO-DAY, and we believe you will soon decide to use Brief Course exclusively. THE ARTHUR J. B A R IN E S PUB. CO., ST. LOUIS, MO. EARN WHILE YOU L,EARN how to or- ganize and teach classes. It pays. Ad- dress P.4RSONS, PENMAN, KEOKUK, IOWA. FOR THE Stenographic Department Paterson Phonography ... $1 .25 Numeral Shorthand 15 Style Manual for Stenog- raphers 1 .00 Typewriting by the Piano Method 50 Prices named are for examina- tion copies only. Orders must be on college letter-head. This series has never been equaled and is worthy of your consideration. H. Graham Paterson, Author and Publisher, 280 La Salle St., Chicago. A CHRISTMAS GIFT could not be selected that would delight your students more than our Everybody's Dictionary. They would pro- nounce it the most useful book they have ever owned. With the name of your school stamped on the cover, in gold, the edition in green leather binding, gold edges, indexed, or in red leather, red edges, indexed, would make a handsome and last- ing advertising medium, as the book, being of vest- pocket size, may be con- sulted at all times and in all places. Orders for the Dictionary for holiday use should be placed AT ONCE. It will also pay you to in- vestigate the merits of our other popular publications, with a view to their Intro- duction at the beginning of The New Year Illustrated catalogue free, describing the Practical Spelling, New Practical Spelling, Letter Writing. Graded Lessons in Letter Writing, Plain English, Ex- ercises in English, Practical Shorthand, New Practical Typewriting, New Practical Arithmetic. Practical Book- keeping (three editions), and Twentieth Century Business Praclice. Our new text on commer- cial law is a leader. The Practical Text Book Co./crBtELrNromo' It is necessary for penmen doing ornamental writing to have a holder adapted to that Bpecial purpose. The above holder is hand-turned and adjusted, made of selected rosewood or ebony, and cannot be made hy an automatic lathe. LOOK FOR THE BRAND. If your dealer cannot supply you, send to the designer and manufacturer. 12-lnch - Fancy, $1 ; Plain. 50c. 8-lnch - Fancy, 50c.; Plain, 25c. A. MAGNUSSON, : 208 North 5th Street, Quincy, 111. '^C ^ Catalogue and Price List free. Write for it. R. H. LEE, Shading Pen Mfr., Ponliac, Mich. , advertisements please mention the Penman's A TO BUSINESS COLLEGES Eor one dollar we will send you TEN Ori£inal Business-Getting SCHOOL "ADS" to introduce i work. No free samples. Order to-d MELVILLE ADVERTISING AGENCY CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA 24 WITH THE EDITOR IN ENGLAND NE of our most distinguished business educators used to tell his students when they came to him that it is worth one hundred dollars for any boy to go so far away from home that he could not see the smoke from his father's chim- ney. Applying the rule of proportion, a trip three thousand miles from the editorial desk should be worth a great deal. It was for the distinct purpose of seeing what is being done abroad in the way of business training that Ye Editor with his suit case in hand boarded the White Star steamer Cedric one bright October morning bound for Liverpool. So much attention has been given this subject that there is danger ot one's becoming possessed with the idea that all progress in educational matters is to be found in our own America. New York is as close to England as it is to San Francisco; hence it is very natural for one to turn to the mother country first to see what our cousins are really doing. First of all, let us say a few words about the country and its people. One may read books of travel and listen to illustrated lectures until he is stupefied, and still cannot pos- sibly have the impression of a country or a people that he will obtain in one month's travel. These impressions begin to form as soon as one steps aboard the ship. Despite their long absence from shore, the crew are as typical of their nation as the veriest land-lubber who never saw an ocean liner nor heard her siren whistle as she ploughs through the great waves on a foggy night with the mass of a mountain. The nomenclature for the ordinary things is all changed. In- stead of going by the clock, it is so many "bells." Your bag- gage becomes "luggage." Things are not moved, but "shifted," and so on to great length. And the passengers, too, are different. Our first ac- quaintance— struck up as soon as the steamer left the dock — is a celebrated physician from Leeds who had been to Amer- ica to attend the Tuberculosis Congress held at Washington. Another is an eminent churchman from West Australia, and several interesting games of chess did we play with the canon, finally separating with honors even. And this young man with the happy nature. Surely he must be some col- lege student and, sure enough, he is— one of our Rhodes scholars and hailing from Utah, bound for Exeter College, Oxford University, where we have an urgent invitation lo spend a day with him. The next gentleman— quiet, thought ful; in fact, exceedingly reserved— we find to be from India, where he represents large American and British in- terests. With a few minutes' acquaintance this reserve passes away and he fascinates you with his great knowledge, not only of the world, but of the arts and sciences. He knows music, law and theology and can run a ship. This middle- aged lady is from St. Petersburg, where she has lived for twenty years, although born in America. She can tell much of the strange ways of the Russian. And so one might con- tinue indefinitely almost, for nearly every country on the globe is usually represented in a shipload. There is some- thmg about sea travel which conduces to good fellowship, and after twenty-four hours we are all acquainted— and, mirabile dicfu, no one is sick. It requires a long time to cross the Atlantic. We hear about the five-day boats, but it takes more than five days, for they reckon only from nearest points. When the ship leaves New York and reports off Ireland in five days, site has still another day to travel before she reaches Liverpool. And, besides, there are but few such boats, and fortunate, in- deed is such the case, for those who have traveled by them claim that the trembling of the ship is so great under the 1 CyVcl Ojciiui-a.C excessive strain that it is a nightmare to ride in one. At last, when we do reach land we are glad. These are busy, active days — and for one to live the quiet life of a passenger for an entire week is just about long enough. However, experienced travelers say that on longer journeys there is a reaction, and all become accustomed to the routine. BlRMINCH.^M. -Mthough we land at Liverpool, we proceed at once to Birmingham for the purpose of studying a characteristic English city. Seaboard towns rarely create correct impres- sions of a nation's customs. No one would call New York a characteristic American city. Birmingham is a very old and very great city. Although the census gives it a popu- lation of about six hundred thousand, it has really a mil- lion, for much of it is made up of little towns which still letain their own local government. Here is where James Watt made his engine, and one of the first things we did was to board a car for Foundry Street to see where his factory was located. One of his engines which has run for more than one hundred years was just discovered by a mechanic, who was called in to make some slight repair. This is also the home of Joseph Chamberlain, so long Colonial Secre- tary, and upon whose shoulders is laid the blame for the Boer War — one of the greatest of British national misfortunes in recent times. One hundred and fifty years ago they mobbed Joseph Priestley, the discoverer of oxygen. Just as they did Harvey, the discoverer of the circulation of the blood, two hundred and fifty years ago. Moral : Do not be ahead of your time, and teach the people what they think they want to know. This article is supposed to be about education, but we shall have to reserve that until next time. It must be remembered that in England everything is far different from what it is in America. Cities but a few miles apart have interests as varied as are those of Minnesota and Florida. For example : Birmingham is an iron citj- — another Pitts- burg. Manchester is a cotton city; Leeds a woolen city, etc. This difference in trade is observed in education. In Bir- mingham you will learn how to make machinery, jewelry, pens, etc. This would mean that there is not much done in the way of commerce — including bookkeeping, shorthand, penmanship, political economy, etc. If j'ou have guessed this you are about right. In the day public schools there are not one hundred students of the commercial branches, and in all the day private business schools combined there are not more than two hundred pursuing these various subjects. And yet nearly every advanced student reads a little shorthand. You will perceive I specified day schools. At night it is different. Everybody — that is, almost everybody — goes to school at night in Birming'ham. I never before saw such an educational city. The Board of Education conducts a num- ber of free evening schools, some elementary and some ad- vanced, where one may study any of the business branches. And in shorthand and accounting they will take you as far as you wish to go — even to the position of a certified or chartered public accountant. .\ small fee is charged. There is very little free instruction in England, especially in the advanced subjects. There is a feeling that if one wishes to take a vocational subject he should pay a fee for the instruction. I believe that in the night schools in our own country this would be a very good plan. One thing it would do very effectively, and that is to keep out an undesirable element which is attracted to everything that is different and who have no more idea of study than they have of becoming mis- sionaries. In our next article something will be told about the great evening schools of Birmingham, Manchester and Leeds. '^e/i/JlOAd QyUiC Oyi^wtfiaiS' SCHOOL MEX! Vou are invited to visit my display of DIPLOMAS at the convention in Indianapolis this month AND SEE WITH VOUP OWN EYES that my Designs are Distinctive, Artistic and Appropriate— also, skillfully executed. The section devoted to Certificates will be of Special Interest to you. FRANK W. MARTIN, Boston. Modern Business Writing A well-arranged course in writing thai has been successfully used in teaching thou- sands to write a good, plain business hand. Why continue the old, unsatisfactory methods of teaching writing? Modem Business Writing will enable you to get results you have never secured before. Improvement will come sooner and in a more marked degree. The superior advantages of Modem Business Writing lie in its excellent arrangement of lessons, its development of the subject, its perfection of copy, and its adaptation to school- room needs. It is a budget of 252 copies, arranged in 62 plates, which the student can always bring down to the line of writing, thus having a perfect copy always before him. When the copy is on the board, most of the students cannot or will not see it. When it is at the top of a copy- book page, most students will use their own last line for a copy, and thus perpetuate their own errors. When it is a Modern Business Writing copy, it is always before the eye. Send 30c. for a sample budget. POWERS ca LYONS Chicago 578 Wabash Ave. New York 1133 Broad\vay The Mcintosh Pad System of Rapid Calculation was adopted three years ago in over 200 Business Colleges of the United States, including many of our larg- est schools. It is still in use in over 95 per cent of these schools, receiv- ing the strongest indorsements. It is NOW to be found in a ma- jority of the Business Colleges of this country and Canada. Sample copy, 24c. D. C. McINTOSH, Pubiishe, DOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE Id answering advertliwraenta please mention the Penman's Aut Jodunal. ytt(>Ql/cwz/ULC> The most popular pens are ESTERBROOK'S Made in All Styles Fine Points, Al, 128, 333 Business; 048, 1 4, 1 30 Broad Points, 3 12,3 13,3 14 Turned-up Points, 477, 531, 1876 Esterbrooh Steel Pen Mfg. Co., Works : Camden, N. J. 26 John St., N. T. SPENCERIAN STEEL PENS FORTY FALCON, SILVER PLATED This new pen is specially made for general correspondence. Heavily plated with silver to prevent cono- sion, easily kept clean, writes per- fectly smooth. Scmiples sent free on receipt of return postage, 2 cts. Ask for No. 40 Falcon SPENCERIAN PEN CO. 349 Broadway, New York Engrossing by E. E. Marlatt, Newark, N. J. This Piece Shows What Can Be Done for Twenty-five Dollars. SHORTHAND CONTEST AT PROVIDENCE At a meeting of the Executive Committee of the Eastern Commercial Teachers' Association the following committee was appointed to conduct the International Shorthand Speed Contest at Providence, R. I., on Saturday, April lo, 1909 : Charles C. Beale, 8 Beacon street, Boston. Otiicial re- porter and author; former President National Shorthand Re- porters' Association, Chairman. Oscar i. Detweiler, Philadelphia. Official .-cporter ; Pres- ident National Shorthand Reporters' .A.ssociat"on, James N. Kimball, New York City, Reporter, author and teacher. George A McBride, Philadelphia Official reporter ; Chairman Committee on Legislature National Shorthand Re- porters' Association. Augustus T. Swift, Providence, R. I. Teacher. Edward H. Eldridge, Simmons College, Boston. Re- porter and teacher. Acting Secretary. Charles F. Roberts, New Haven, Conn. Official reporter, Superior Court. Any member of the committee will be glad to receive suggestions. Those who intend to compete should send their names to either the Chairman or Acting Secretary. The following committee was appointed to take charge of the typewriting contest : F. G. Nichols, Rochester Business Institute, Rochester. Miss Gertrude Harvey, Providence, R. I. Miss Gertrude W. Craig, Boston. Edward H. Eldridge, Secretary Executive Committee. One of the best things we have seen in the way of a penholder is that just placed on the market by C. W. Ran- som, of the Ransomerian School of Penmanship, Kansas City, Mo. Knowing just what is needed by artistic writers, Mr. Ransom has set about furnishing it, and the result is a holder of solid rubber, with a screw-head, which is adjust- able to either a straight or oblique penholder instantly, and which never permits the pen point to touch the table, no matter in what position it is. Penmen cannot fail to ap- preciate the many good points of Mr. Ransom's new holder. 'cnmcuui<27('itoJvalna' s I Can Make You A GOOD PENMAN at Your Home During Spare Time Why go away lo school to master penmanship when bv the Tamblyn System il can be done as quickly at home with less than one-tenth the cost, and without {;iving up p occupation? My book, '■ H( Become a Good Penman," co copies and specimens and tell others mastered it. FREE. 1 enclo Tdthe ;styou F. W. Tamblyn. 1116 Grand Ave., Kansas City, Mo. ' Mail Finest of copies; complete instruction; thorough criti- cism. No better courses given by any one, I send my pen-work to eTery State in the Union, Canada and Mexico. My finest Cards and Writing, any style, any color, the beat you can get anywhere. 25 cents per dozen. Ornamental cai>s, 20 cents. Find Scrap Book specimen. 10 cents. If in- terested write for my Jour- nal. Inclose stamp. Address M. A. ADAMS. President Marietta Commercial College, Marietta. 0. I Teach Si^n Painting Show Card Writing or Let- tering by mail and guar- antee success. Only field not over crowded. My in- struction is unequaled be- cause practical, personal and thorough. Easy terms. Write for large catalogue. CHAS. J. STRONG, Pres. Detroit School of Lettering nf**?:'; ^^;, Detroit. Mich. The Oldest and Largest School of its kind GILLOTT'S PENS Recognized tbe world over u The Stand&nl of Perfection in PennuUng Principalltycr"i«t ■ |1'|i=(^<^ii-lotts Pen ^.>- l^J?^l.BMIlPA^TC.,„; No. 601 EP— Magnum Quill Pen Sold by Stationers Everywhere JOSEPH GILLOTT & SONS AlfRED riELD % CO.. A;ents, 93 diamliers SI., N. Y. A PERFECT MEMORY FOR NAMES AND FACES or anything else that you desire to remember. You would b« willing to gire any tiling within reason for such a memory, and now you can hare it for B yery small sum. plus a little effort on your parL THE NATURAL MEMORY SYSTEM shows you how to employ the same metboda that the emotioiu use in giving you a perfect memory of all the details of anything that you love. This is tbe method used by all great men and women, and you can make it spell success for you. If you want to have a perfect memory for names and faces; to secure command of excellent English; to spell well; to haTa all of your information available for instant use. send for a copy to-day. Price 50 cents. £. D. Snow, 170 Main St., Hornell, N. Y. THe Ransomerian Oblique The holder that maKS'^^ Writing a pleasure I use it exclusively in my expert writing; invaluable to the professional, to tlie amateur or to the beginner. You can write easier, longer and better by using this great instrument. Some of the 'special features of this holder are very clear- ly expressed in the following, unsolicited letter from Mr. G. W. Weatherly, Presi- dent of the Joplin-Carthage Business College Company, of Joplin, Mo. This letter tflls its own story. Read it: Mr. C. W. Ransom, President. Joplin, Mo., Sept. 21. 1908. Ransomerian School of Penmanship, Kansas City, Mo. My Dear Mr. Ransom: — I have given one of your Penholders a three months' long trial; a care- ful and severe one, side by side with the best and most expensive holders made, ones costing three or four times as much, and to-day yours is the only one remaining on m,v desk — it has forced the otlitrs back into the drawer among the things kept for "old times sake." I have never found the equal of the holder. With it the finest writing can be produced all day long without causing tliiit "tired feeling" so common to professionals, for "it fits the finger." To the beginner, it opens up the gate to a new field, creates a new ambition along penmanship lines, as it is a progress maker— with it you can fairly see the improvement in your writing. The holder occupies a field strictly its own; in fact, two of them, it being the only one so far as I know that can be clianged into either an ornamental or business holder at will, and is equally fine in either. This feature is valuable. It is a handsome holder, will last forever, and it is absolutely useless for the penman to look for anything better or even "just as good." for it is not made. Very truly, I G. W. WEATHERLY. President. This beautiful, solid rubber holder will last you a lifetime and the price is only 50 cents, postpaid. Special prices to schools and colleges; write for them. Address C. W. RANSOM, Pres.. THE RANSOMERIAN SCHOOL. Kansas City, Mo. MIGM GRADE DlPLOMAS^Sfi CERTIFICATES. Artijiic and Lobu-'Priced ! ■ill shov desifrns. including a Penmanship Ce cate. Let's talk over that new dipl. I_ — ^ ^ I Our latest catalog. Full- r K C. b. I samples of uur new diplon rlyi Sketches special designs. The "H. & B." imprint stands for e.xcellence. d estimates for HOWARD & BROWN, Penmen and Engrossers, Rockland, Maine Free— LEARN TO WRITE— Free Send us your name and address and we will iend you our first lesson free as a sample. THE WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENCE SCHOOL OF PENMANSHIP, 30 Wesley .'Vvenue. Dorchester, Mass. DON'T SCRATCH. 13 STYLES OF PE3NS FOR ARTISTIC WRITING SENT ON RECEIPT OP 10 CENTS C. HOWARD HUNT PEN CO., Camden, N.J. In answering advertisements please mention the Pexman's Akt Jocrnai.. Every student subscriber of The Journal is earnestly in- vited to contribute to this page. The best specimens received each month will be reproduced for the purpose of encourag- ing the students of writing generally. That the work may show up to the best possible advant- age, the following rules should be observed : 1. The writing should be done with jet black ink — fluid India ink preferred. This can be purchased at any stationery store. 2. Send not more than two lines. 3. See that the lines are exactly eight inches in length. We hope to receive a nice lot of movement drills during the coming month. The specimens appearing in this department this month were written by the following: 1. F. S. Huber, Syracuse, N. Y. 2. Maude M. Curry, pupil of E. T. Overend, Pittsburg, Pa., Acad- emy. 3. W. L. Eodrlgues, Orangeburg. S. C. 4. Annie E. Ed- wards, pupil of L. M. Arbaugh, Drake Business College, Passaic, N. .T. 5. E. A. Nusbaum, Taneytown, Md. 6. Paul Hackl, pupil of J. M. Latham, Gem City Business College, Quincy, 111. 7. J. W. Thompson. Clatskanie. Ore. 8. Pupil of A. F. Tull, The Busi- ness Institute. Detroit, Mich. 9. H. J. Connelly, Brooklyn, N. Y. 10. Pearl Gleed, pupil of E. A. Bock, Henager's Business College, Salt Lake City. Utah. ''^enmoM Ct:^itQAatAuS WANT ADS. Classified Advertisements will be run under the above head for 5c. a word, payable in advance. Where the advertiser uses a nom de plume, answers will be promptly forwarded. WANTED — Schools In need of competent Instructors to advertise In the "Want Ad" columns of The Journal, also teachers desirous of making a change, to know that the "Journal Want Advertisements Bring Results." ^Tiether you are a proprietor in search of an assistant or a teacher looking for a position, bear in mind that The Jonrnal goes to all the people you wish to reach. Five cents a word. OWNERS OF BUSINESS COLLEGES who require commercial teachers, penmen, or shorthand teachers (Isaac Pitman), should communicate with W. J. Elliott, principal of the Elliott Business College, Toronto, Ontario. We maie a specialty of preparing students, who have formerly been public school teachers, for teaching in business colleges. State salary. TEACHERS SUPPLIED — Wlen you re quire a teacher of the Commercial branches or Gregg Shorthand, write The Willis Business College (S. T. Willis, prin- cipal) Ottawa, Canada, and we can prob- ably supply the right person. We conduct a thorough course for the training of public school teachers as teachers of tht Business branches and shorthand. State salary. A BUSINESS SCHOOL WANTED— I de- sire to purchase a reputable Business School in a fair-sized city, and will con- sider a first-class proposition. I am an experienced school proprietor and would consider nothing but a reputable and well- established school. Address C. C, care P. A. Journal. WANTED— A good teacher of Pernin shorthand. Good salary and pleasant employment. Also a fairly good telegraphy teacher who can handle the English branches. Address "T. F.," care P. A. Journal. FOR SALE — Third or half interest in well- established Business College to good commercial teacher. Address "Southwest." care P. A. Journal. Teachers Wanted! A number of teachers are wanted to teach the Bj-rne Sim- plified Shorthand, in Bnstness Colleges and High Schools. Bet- ter salaries are paid teachers of the Byrne Simplified than of any other system, as the won- derfnl simplicity. legibility, and speed of the system enables a teacher to tnrn out practical trained stenographers in almost half the time reqnired with other systems, thus doing the work which previonsly reqnired two teachers. Teachers' course Free. Write for particulars. Sample copy of text book, $1.00 postpaid. BYRNE PUBLISHING CO., Tyler, Texa«. New Yorh University School of Commerce, Accounts 3 Finance HIGHER EDUCATION for accountancy, banking, insurance, real estate and business management, or teaching commercial subjects. Waihin^ton Square, East, New YorK City TRAINING SCHOOL FOR COMMERCIAL TEACHERS The NORMAL TRAINING DEPARTMENT of the ROCHESTER BISINESS INSTITUTE received a number of urgent calls during the past month for graduates to accept e.iLCclIent positions as commercial teachers, but there were absolutely no indiila Wanted Immediately! ad. High thool. normal school and college graduates; also teachers of experience from all parts of the United States to correspond with us regarding the opportunities we can place before them. Our new illustrated prospectus and catalogue our normal training department, mailed promptl.v containing complete on request. ROCHESTER BUSINESS INSTITUTE, ROCHESTER, N. Y. f I par ■ reg IN SEPTEMBER of our members began worlc in new position Louis Business College, two in the Cleveland xA in Univ. of Neb., two in Pittsburg, and many more in aU bout your future? Will you not let us assist you? Free High Schools, two in Univ. of Wis. parts of the United States. What registration. THE SPECIALISTS' EDUCATIONAL BUREAU, Webster Groves, St. Loals M Managed by I!. A. Grant. Head of Com 1. Liep t., Yeatman High School, St. Louis. 1 POSITIONS '^°'^ *'-'- •'"-LED. -We now have ttie follow.nsr open- -w ■^^ ■ngsforCommercialTeaclierstobefiiied:— One $1500 High School position; Five $1200 positions (two High School places); Ten positions paying from $900 to $1200 ; Eighteen positions paying from $500 to $900. WE NEED MORE FIRST-CLASS TEACHERS CONTINENTAL TEACHERS' AGENCY, Bowline Green, Ky. FREE ENROLLMENT if you mention this paper KINSL[Y-DRAKE COMPANY SCHOOL AGENCY 28 S. Broad St., Trenton, IN. J. If you want a teacher. If you want a position. If you have a school to sell. If you wish to buy a school let us hear from you. KINSLEY-DRAKE CO., Trenton, N. J. "We Wish Yoti a Pleasant Holidax Season and want to remind .vou that ue expect to be bus.v riglit along filling calls for • omniercial teachers. We have three or four excellent places still unfilled as this ed. There will be a number of changes .January 1. ;enient at that time sliould write at once for regis- let someone else have the place. UNION TEACHERS' BUREAU, 229 Broadway, New York. mnounccment is being prep ind ail teacher s open for eng ration blank. Don't wait an Some High School Positions CThat we have filled during 1908, at salaries ranging from $75 to $130 per month: Sioux City, Iowa; Passaic, N. J.; Meriden, Conn.; Iron Mountain, Mich".; Des Moines, Iowa; Creston, Iowa; La Junta, Col.; Nulley, N. J.; Akron, Ohio; Peabody, Mass.; Hillsboro, Ohio; Junction City, Kan.; Arlington, Mass.; Le Mars, Iowa; Augusta, Me.; Springfield, Mass.; Oil City, Pa.; Mahanoy City, Pa.; Utica, N. Y.; Oakland, Md.; Long Branch, N. J.; Grand Forks, N. Dak. This list does not in- clude all of the high school positions we filled, nor does it take note of positions in colleges, universities and normal schools that we have filled. Next year will see the beginning of a wonderful period of renewed prosperity in this country, with a con- sequent development and extension of the field of commercial educalion. We should like to get into touch right away with good teachers who desire to better their condition in life, whether as well-prepared beginners or as experienced teachers. No charge for enrollmeni; full information free. Our manager will be glad to meet you at the annual convention of the National Commercial Teachers' Federation in Indianapolis Christmas week. THE NATIONAL COMMERCIAL TEACHERS' AGENCY A Specialty by a Specialist. E. E, GAYLORD, Manager, 11 Baker Ave., Beverly, Mass. in answering advertisements please mention the Penman's Art Journal. li^^^^nmaAA Qy{iC Cl^u uulS HOEVER follows must necessarily come behind. The owes its world-wide use to its initiative. From the beginning it has always been the first to anticipate and meet every demand of the business world for better and greater typewriter service. Others have followed — but a proces- sion isn't a race. THE SMITH PREMIER TYPEWRITER CO. SYRACUSE. N.Y.— BRANCHES EVERYWHERE In answering advertisements please mention tlie Penman's Art JonENAL. 1 y\' ^X V/r>v.^.^^^