New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-04-13
rur TYPEWRITER.

AmonO all the mechanical inventions Tor which
tho age Is noted-and in the production OF which we
Americans lead the world as admitted by everybody
except n few stubborn foreigners-Done, perhaps,
has more rapidly come into general use ana popu-
aority than the typewriter. The pen-written
business letter has become the exception. Inc
wise author has his matter carefully coped on
machine before he sends it 20 the puohsher' Inc
foolish author still clings TO that scraggy stye Oh
penmanship closely resembling the tracks OF
nerambulntory hen which is supposed 10 go nanu
in hand with genius; but he chlehy reaps reJec-
,ions and bitterness A young ana unknown au-
thor who writes any but the Dest Oh nanuS ',n-
proyes his chances OF acceptance on per cehV NY
submitting his burning words neatly "Fi'Veh Oh !"
typewriter. -,... hos a.,
Used in correspondence the typewriter mas Ito
s,obt drawbacks. Sometimes il is almost too
plain. Those OF us-snd we are Oh one h~nie
Tecion-who have never mastered all Oh the
orthogranh,o eecentricites Of the English language
had n trick when we wrote doubtful WORD OF
,vritinp Il poorly-of making the a. which we
Ind n lurking suspicion ought, perhaps TO De an
" ~ an ,that IL would pass muster very well as
either; and sometimes we slipped quiet uhoO-
trusye dot over it, so that II nesd pe-Moise
coming 70 worst-it might slip in as an l.
This eased our conscenccs; there 10 "as-h out
correspondent called it wrong 1t was Ills o"H
fault: honi soft quiz etc. With the Vpewli'el
nothing of this kind Is possible, but-uod 'einpe,o
the wind 20 the shOrn lamb; we can, ana uSusily
do. ungallnntly lay all such errors at Ine uoUl
Of the young lady who unfortunately' SO Tar 10
obliged 20 bear the same name as the mnc"'ii0
she operates. ., r. v,as
Rut the tvnewriter has it's limitations IL was
orI,, n fovy months ago that Boston young ui"H
,,oc nronptlv rejected when he proposed TO young
Id, nth a typcwritten letter. 1t served hini
III. The telephone Is the very limit IN these
,tj,gs II WAS Ncw-York young man "no TANG
Nm the object OF his affections with the ~lepuo"e
,hile a hated rival youth from Pilihdelpha-
s irving 10 entertain her in the parior' proposeu
,,s acceptad and ten minutes later Sc nj u's'rio'
messenger boy around with the ring. ms was
ENTERPRISE. and the lady recognized u. Inc DOS
ton mans effort was simply rashness; ne misn' as
well have given his lawyer power OF attorney anu
sent him to ask the low, sweet q'iestoh' 'nc
,vpewriter win, perhaps, do in everything save ,"
the office and affairs of love.
tn become expert with the typewriter IN orig
inal composition requiring much Thought u, W.
o-a given 20 understand, somewhat dincult Altet
all we doubt IL good poetry can be written on tne
| machine But this does not hinder the poeo lIou
copyinR his poem on the VpeWrIVet' "nN
Tribune takes IL upon itRlf 70 speak Tor the
great army OF editors and ask him u
,lo 20. Shakespeare could not have written
! Midsummer Nights Dream on modern type
writer: the ngling Of the bell at the end OF each
line would have disturbed him; he would nav.
cast IL away before the second scene and returned
| 10 the goose quill. though IL must be admitted
that he needed typewriter about as badly as any
enc. Judging from his autograph, 10 would seen
| ,hnt he must have fingered pretty well toward th'
| foot OF the writing class at the Suatford'upon
| Avon school. We suspect that IL was good thins
for Shakespeare that he never tried 10 get nj
living by running Il college Of penmanship' lalenu
| differ widely; Shakespeare wrote Hamlet Se
his signature might brighten umid person com
ing upon Il suddenly. There are professors o
writing here In New-Yorlr who can make beautin
rcnmanship birds and scrolls aud capital WIS
and U's- with feathers on their less, still thel
| cannot rhyme n cOuplet.
The Typewriter Is constantly growing IN FAVOR
as IL deserves The time Is coming when u VII
almost or quite as much suDersede the steel pei
MS that has the good gray goose quill