Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-10-10

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I'm " YYSs-SsgNl could GET ALONG
~ Ass<<ss<5SS IN new YORK; with
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this when had some good yumrus fhifnu 70 ~ =.
with sS7s65y now DOyou geb on . s''S
b4pss165thngs EVERY 8 pt AN
sUNdayYs 1t born in youfor Is IL J''s' ri-fAi'
bring ing UP; -, ~ ,oa colrx,d 4
thought would tell you it Is rake ing naere -
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dictated
The above is, of course, more or less per-
v,orso,al but fine question is one which con-
Germs many other young men who may De
fms afflicted | therefore take the liberty OF
answering an inquiry publicly when
would otherwise regard as strictly connden-
tial. suppressing the name, however, ana the
irst par graph both of which read like the
sollouuy of a shell box or the smotherea
calculations of ''pied form"
To the correspondent, whose letter is above
piven. might say that believe there would
he an opening here for him if he would give
bimself mn to a certain class of work. VI
course. he could hardly hope to enter the
regular channels of commerciai correspond
ence with typewriter that has such a pro
nounced impedimant in its speech as this one
has, but could he not hope to get JOB at
Volapuk at headquartersf
Certainly there ought to be place some
where for one whose only trouble seems 10 De
kind of information of the voweis.
There might be a future here for such
graphic and graceful style OF writing, II It
could be used in reporting telephone re-
marks over crossed wires. The word paint
ing and vulgar fractions are similar, and 1t
might be made to arouse good deal OF In
interest if properly worked up.
! OF course it would be necessary that he
should tone down some Of his extravaganza
| figures of speech and avoid overexertion OF
the punctuator, but with his wealth of full
stops he might do well on a periodical, and
| his space work would certainly atsract atten-
ton. Or he could go into the coua5ing room
| of a man who did not advertise and do as
| signment work
The typewriter, in strong and willing
hands, is smiter than the sword look for
the typewriter to take the place of Indian
oratory in our literature, and its tinkling
notes will soon be heard, hope, in homes
where the one legged pen and the bottle of
bluing all the writing now are doing.
Come to the metropolis Sx:t1S&fmss.
Come with your abnormal; and your little
tYpESwritER Come with your startling
style of English and your chaste method of
obliterating space. Come and get acquainted
with mr. sage and mr. $SsSS. gould. II
Here you will meet many yumurus people
who will amuse you to a high 2. You will
also meet Mr.. Anthony cOmStocK, who will
require you to drape all your figures in the
following manner (S.
Come to New York and get new soft
palate put into your typewriter and have an
operation performed on its tonsils.
Come and visit the produce sSslbfpibbbl
bblbbl Exchange. Come and see Wall pfd
$$SOo0,zsy- street. Ride on our Elevated
railway from BBZZzT***-(0 )Xnl&&&c; :rd,
street, to GGXXKKrrtt9nB4 4 &Blickernex
street. Visit the brig. Theodore, dam
Tarantula straight for place, b. M Rob
Roy dam Ella Jackson horse racesii
The more you mix up with us the more
you will like U.S. We New Workers from
Wyoming territory enjoy having people
thrown among US. You would meet with
a hearty welcome whether you came to grow
up with our bacteria or to buy green goods
|
greeting would not suit you you can take
apollinaris water. With your natural ten
dency toward delirium tremens, perhaps that
would be best, any way
used to be acquainted with a young man
who wrote beautiful hand Sx:t1S&fmls
for that was before the days of typewriters
He would bring out his writing materials
and his tongue and make a corkscrew pea
cock swimming in large cranberry marsh
infested by loops and funny business, al
without taking his pen off the paper. He
was thorough artist, with lofty soul, but
he could not spell. He could construct a
graceful swan with a halo of photographed
worms all around it, but nature and art
had denied him the humber joys of orthog-
raphy. He could make lovely purple
scroll with green fringe to it and red
eyed bobolinks, with heliotrope bosoms.
perched on space and bearing in their
bronzed talons yet other smaller scrolls that
were as graceful as doughnut horse, and on
these scrolls would be written such glittering
truths as these: SIN Friendships bright ger
land, Please regard me as your Humbel fur
getmenott,n "Look up, press Onnerds 81 Won
will git there"
But his style is robbed of much of its grace
and beauty by immersing it in cold and pulse
less type He was a bold and fearless writer
and his hands were ever red with the blood of
murdered English He broke down the high
walls established by the brainy but discon-
nected and Eighty Noah Webster, and spelled
such words as ''pillgarlicn in a way that kept
his finer writings out of the magazines But
when he assassinated the English he made no
attempt to conceal his methods. He wrote
under everything: Executed with penn
And he rocked not. Not reck
Whether you can ever rise to such a posi-
ton with your type writer Mr. sx:t1S&fm?s,
do not know. / hope you may. Your
photography is rich with improvjsations
roulades and trills. Running through all
your work notice an air of gentle badinage,
Don homme, persitiage and pi. You have
given utterance in your letter te thoughts
which could not think without the aid of
outside influences. 1 could not evolve sucb
sentiments without the stimulus of a fall
from high building or the exhilaratiou of n
railway collision.
IL Is the unexpected in your humor which
gives it its chief charm. No one can fell
When you start out, whether you will soar
sway among the asterisks and space, or get
involved in scuffle between lower case and
capital, in which you will get injured, morti-
fcat1on and exclamation set in and Won loca
your life 'o1 ioSo
am glad you wrote to me with vour. liil.,o
type writer, and though believe that Won
can DO better than you did, and that as n
aa'lo.er Oh Iact 'Sx:t12&fmsS" is really an
assumed name, your letter h7s given me-
ihuch erkyment, and print it this morn.
ing with Great pleasure.
SO. good BXye