Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-02-20
CHARACTER WRITING


Hartford pot.I
Il have made IA life study of Chirog.
rAphy was the comment Of II philosO.
phcr. AN honest mans hand carries
conviction with it, my intuition is the
bridge to which | trust 1t is difficult
for me to anaIyze the why Of every &C.
ton, but | know and that is enough. 1t
is the fact, and not the multitudinous
reasons for the fact, with which | am
concerned.
al think the signatures that demand the
most attention are those Of a theStrical
company. They are made usually III one
hand-and that IA very bold one-and they
cover generally Il whole page, unless the
clerk is less pleasant than usual. They
are bracketcd and labeled with the name
of the aggregation. Some of these col
lections are written in uniformly big,
round hand that means that the agent
has been educated to believe in the Of.
iicaCy of plenty of scaroom in the chiro
graphical ocean. He has also probably
served his apprentceship at making bales
and boxes Perhaps he has accomplished
wonders in writing flaming advertise.
mcnts.
SO thcr of the collections are scrawlcd-
scratched across the page in hurry, us if
the writer were afraid that if they were
too easily read it would iniurc his rcpula
ton for intellectual ability. such "A man,
think, ha, had-and mean no disrc-
spcct to your profession, sir leaning
toward Journalism " rtcrs who make
/ poor copy possess that attribute as de.
feet, and. were they wise, would not boast
/ of it, Likewise | must say Just here that
/ one who makes cNquisitciy clear copy
/ ought to giorify the act: neither faculty is
OF itself evidence Of transccnucnt ability.
/ BY the same token person who registers
/ in ScraWliug manner is not t. bc sup
posed brilliant fellow. lie may be, but
| has not been such think. IN ma or
ity of the instances that have come unGcr
/ my observation.
"Thc acreage travelling salesman has a
pronounced hand. He generally write,
a. if he were in hurry, hut it i, a sort OF
intelligent hurry The one who handle,
pcrfumcry ha, Il pcriumcd signature, APP
preaching in dclcacy III" ware, he sells
The one Of hardware seems less idcalistiC
strong and ma este as his ironwaIc. The
drug and the hat drummer are OF the
light. airy variety, and disclose Their
special occupation by light and airy
way Of signing. After all ,pccialtics are
discounted there remains the effect Of the
individual, and this"is not always obit
Hancocks will remain 20 through all met
amorphoscs Of business. and there will be
third penman into whose hand no addi
tionai virility can be infused, no matter
how varied the pursuit
Il have hecn much impressed with the
rapid, struggling hand of the man o.
means who travels Whoever in tn,
party signs the register it is signed with
prominence There is no hesitation nc
timidity, 10 undue assertion. Minister:
of the gospel usually sign with scholarly
hand Stcnographers usually finish will
a cross. the dot of their system. Many
people come here race week. They ar
all sorts. The signatures of this GROVE
give me more trouble than all the others
They are written very careless and in
very hor,cy manner. Many of them hav
Maud :. gait, others are down anon!
the fast PAGERS. while some look as if the.
could barely reach the distance pole.