The Penn's Grove record., 1883-11-10
Handy win his ren.

q professional card writer, VIZ 81
hibited not the slightest emotion Ou eeN1aS
all these encomiums bestowed upou bin
self. Que woman, done I'd ~ frowsy,
nickel store fnery. sud with $ most
diaboloal cast in her eyes put her fsce
almost up to the busy penmsn's Snd Ssseo
bin II he would ike her order sEd colooi
his pay at her house. The Elsn wSs An-
noyed.
(which one Of your eyes did you look
at me with MANI he said with imPcriur-
bab!e sang frold. The crowd roAred, the
woman skunk Of, very much offended, snd
in half a minute there was ne body srolnd
the table
'Rsther curious p-0fesaoa tAat q yoGrS
is il mott Ssid the reporter $ BE hezSa $
couverSsiioa wNh Tx E&a q ;he Sklliul
pen.
WEI y& 0a& ~ s1,r,t,ed "oui
Il hss is % sid 6oNaS Is e5SA1.zSS and
IT'S DISTINGUISHES hSe say cher cSlIag
You wan, re - give yca sN1s DETAILS
shout the Ind 81 life ne professional eSrd
writers lesdi - hs j. There are not
many IN THIS eily-no; uS1y n TIE WHO'S
country, for that us,ser, Ta@rs Sre eay
two persTDbasstinG es~n3-peumea In Ca5csso
Just now. uere srt S few prOteS-
sionsis in the hotes-11s 81 the SaeTmsn
House, one st the Commercial HGe, D
one at the Palmer. The ESz Sho used 10
be at the Grand Pacific mss mS6e $ TIP to
San Francisco, together with the Knights
Tempiar, and be Is cEuioE money Ike din
there, | understand Interesting Incidents
Ga. certainly, # 1 cc1d CAY Gl them TO
mind. You see. I an s reEvlSr graduate,
and | took 20 TINS E sc tCr s stsrtcr.
I've been on the rad us 0os yesr, snd
IN get out q the zess pretty soon- III
tell you wis. Oas Eskss ZIG money ard
has a good enough tire travelling su ever
the county. one essly makes scqusln-
tances-aud very nee ones, toa soDetlnes
but this mizrslogT. vzEsoo11 life Is apt
to spoil q man for any serious pursuit. II
too long INDUCED in. l hsd 4 desire 10
see this great country Of ouTs, sno by to-
lowing this profession ! haEe my wish
gratlhed. But it Is not 81. fun, let ne S.
sure you. Since Nay l. this yesT, | have
written not less than 80 900 cards keep
an account, aud this Is the ruth. hsd 3
partner with me, but he went Of t.
Youngstown, Ono, snd hen to the Pits
burg Exposition. He used 10 tske or5ers
for me, and that's the way we dol wlnief.
After september, when tie fairs are 81
done, we retire from the open cir. Two
work together from that time forth. uae
sollcits ORDERS bygoing through private sad
business houses, while the other one Is 81
home and does the work. On. il psys
well enough, There is my cssh b82k
See, | stayed in Detroit four weeks, .
earned S1l5 dollars; in Saginaw, one week
$65. Bay City. one week, $40 Grand
Rapids. ten days, $50; Kalamazoo, ons
week, 500; Pltts6urg, three weeks. SlT5,
and Chicago, five weeks, $3.50 That
doing well enough, isn't i'll And yet my
prices are not high. They range baEeeD
20 cents and sixty cents per dozen. 11st :
according to the quality OF the card, n5
the writing. The writing is al the same
40 matter what style is desired. 1t seems
funny, though, some days n makes $40,
and even Sl5, and then sgsgn there are
days one doesn't earn his salf, and every
body passes by. That's rather discourag-
ing, you say. SO il is; but d so gets
over that feeling, and learns TO take things
as they come"
mo sir, l follow the old Latin proyerb.
sub bene, ibI patris.' You see, ! haven't
quite forgotten my college training. There
are funny characteristics, though, sboul
every place one comes to. and one BOON
learns to take them into account. Whsl
lmpresses me most about Chicago l. lie
number of crOss-eyed Why, It's
horrid. A few days ago, there waz 6
whole string of these queer-eyed beauties
drawn up in front of my table here.
don't like EN-, and | plainly show It. How
DO l proceed when | get to a new placed
Very simply; l look up 3 uUch uq1eHted
~thoroughtare, and then / obtain permission
to put up my table and chair ID front Of
some store, or some new and -unoocapIec
building. / spread out my samples 90 the
table and then I'm ready
'Tell ME something of your customers. 4"
-'"Not much to tell. There are a7Fe
men than women. Respectable girls aa3
women dislike TO stop in front Of M table
ant give orders, because 8 crowd cOIlec3
at once and then every one Can see their
names. The way | fix them is 10 adFeItise
them TO give me their order and 10 cal
around again after an hour or 50 Tor them
There are lots of women though in Chicago
and every where else, who court notorisly
instead OF obiecting to IL"
'.See, this is d style Of card much 10
vogue with women generally. lisa besu-
tisul cardboard and Is ID shsPeof ssIpper,
with raised rim. We sell them 81 90 cents
a dozen. leave Chicago Sunday On AoB-
day morning, and am gong 70 the fzlrs in
the country. Que makes more money
there, because people 20 there TO spsnc
money and ire more willing 70 pay good
prices for our work. 1 have been veyy
busy here the last feT days. Las night !
wrote 800 csTds and was az work until II
O'Clock. But / made sbout S2D.
At The Sherman House another specimen
Of the genus professional penDan' was
found. he was 4 vesy genieel young msn.
be said. II an the only professional per-
mauenliy located N tins city. | earn more
money by engr0ssng resolutions, diplomas
etc, and by executing orders for resident
.ststlOners tLsu by writing cards- Il ig not
81 easy ss Obj people think to become :
professional penman. One must be regu-
lar 10 ones habits, noi drink nor smoke,
the hsnd loses is firm yet light touch.
One must be able 20 have half q dozen
al ones immediate command, besides
nuently and rapidly & isaliless
business band But i pays 70 be q pro
iessl01sl senman. ! pay quite q high
here fcr The privilege Of putting my
+ and 70 the hotel r-tunca, but then ]
dzrned 1 80 aast year, zs my books " u
sabE. La ne glye you an idea of the
ssosseE9on here N t3e West as yet little
u E1OEa - 70 siyles IN cards ami caro-
Srtgng. In The LAST, they use q large
sized card for tie ladies, and q smaller one
iN he gsuslemen. Here 1t is Just the op
pos3ie. Tbere is q psper published IA IN
east % ifss s1hiect that always contains
valuable hiuis. The beyeied cards are
going out Of style, either plain on gilt.
What Is Just NOW the mOsl tasty aud fash.
ionable thing IL cards Is q heavy, wedding
Bristol board and quite PLAIN AS 10 tBs
writing, there ls no particular sryie il
vogue Just now. Of necessity, the wrilin.
must be neat aud PLAN, vita no fourishei
or other chirogiapnlc eccentncitieF. Th'
particular style Is q matter OF taste, how
ever. LADIES' script Is out ri date, too
But if no specific instruction is given me
| follow no particular system OF writing
Symmetry and natural taste IN ARRANGING
the letters on the cards is all that is re
nuired es. The angular system. SO Ion