The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-04-01
WROTE 24,I8o WORDS.
Fine Work on a Postal Card by Miss
Hmma Monahan.
From the Neio Orleans P.cayune.


From the NeiC Orleans P.cdyune.
The "flne writer's are still at it all over
the country. This yesr, with the original
publication of the feat of Miss Emma
Monahan in writing 9, 1906 words on one side
Of a medium-sized postal card, the fever
seems to have spread literally from ocean
to ocean, says the St Louis Republic The
wonderfully fine writing HIS been the sub
Ject of articles IN the uewspapers of Boston,
New ork and other eastern cities, and the
papers of the Pacific coast have also COM
menIed on the work, notably q paper in
San Bernardino, Cal People with micro
scopic eyes steady nerves and Job-like
patience have come TO the front all over the
country and told of what they have done
or what they hoped to do. A Texes man
started in on little job, but fell down be-
fore he had made much progress, aud writes
frankly to say that bis vaulting ambition
had oyerlesped itself. Several ladies and
gentlemen in Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi
and Arkansas have sent in specimens of
their wocE.
While all are interesting, not one of them
anyways nearly approaches the work of the
ST. Louis lady and il looked as though she
had set the mark at point that no one else
could reach, until Mlss Minnie Mccormick,
who gives her address as 1921 Michigan
avenue, sent q lotterin which she says her
ambition TO excel in microscopic has been
aroused by Miss M0nanan's feat and she
determined to see what she could DO. She
selected the poem OF Ed ward Gray" CON
tanning 225 words and wrote IL Al times,
total OF q, 2-5, on postal card OF the me-
dunn size. The lady did not send toe speci-
men of her work, but if she has done this
ste has beat the record by 119 words. Not
satisfied with this, she announces her in
t9Dt1On q q I'd
of the siZs mentioned.
Meantime, John 7. Nixon, young
disciple OF Blackstone at MarIssa, ILL.,. has
been trying his hand, and, according TO his
home paper, he has succeeded in writing
lO,OSJ words on q medlum-sized postal card.
Mr.. Nixon says he accomplished the feat
with common steel pen, and that all Of it
is leRible TO the naked eve. Mr.. Nixon says
his card has been framed, and is now on OK
hloltIOn at MarIssa, but offers to send it to
st. Louis for examination. He accompanies
his letter with two tiny specimens of his
skill in the form Of the Lords prayer, writ
ten four tlmes-twice each-in the space of
half an inch square.
Thus 1t will be seen that two Young per-
sons, young lady in CarondeleJ and a
young man in Marissa, M, have passed the
high water mRrkn set by Miss Monahau,
and she was IN danger of losing her laures.
She has not, however, been IDLE. Squared
on 10 gfea6ar deeds 10y the Work or t0 oSe
who thought to rival her, she has set to
work III earnest, evidently determined to
"knock OUT all rivals ut oGe blow, and she
seems TO have done II. This remarkable
young lady did not tell any one what she
was going TO do, but went TO work TO do it,
and the result is marvellous. It is medium
sized postal card, the face OF which looks
simply like a blurred surface at first glance,
but L. closer inspection, even with the
naked eye, brings out clearly and distinctly
well formed letters and words and further
examination shows that the entire surface
Of the card is covered with writing so in
Intestinal as 10 he almost beyond belief. 1t
lie simply marvellous She says the card
contains "a, $50 words
Miss Monahan showed the card to th
writer of this article and explained how she
accomplished the wonderful feat in micro
script. She selected q sweet little poem
from the German, The Christmas Tree"
1t contained 465 words. This she wrote
ffty-5wO times-lacking few words
making total of p $50. She worked few
hours each day or night for q week, using
hard Faner pencil. She used no glass of
any kind in writing the card, but only a
very small portion of it can be red vito the
naked eye. Through a strong glass, how
ever the writing can be Eeen quite plainly.
Speaking Of her experience, Miss Mona
han, whose modeSty is only surpassed by
| her determination to excel in anything she
undertakes, says her eyes we're not affected
In the leAst by her work, but that her wrist
sometimes grew tIrod ard her fingers
cramped slightly. She lCund in writing
this card that she could do better work by
good gaslight than by daylight.