Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1895-01-18
VERTICAL WRITING.
From Chicago Record.

From Chicago Record.
The modern fashion ofupright writ
ing has become fairly established in
England Some three years ago the |
congress of hygiene, then being held
in London, passed a resolution Ia favor
Of upright penmanship, and It's sNnieer-
sal adoption was unanimously recon-
mended. One of the premises on
which this conclusion was based was
that vertical writing leuds itself more
readily to ambdexterity than does
sloping writing, and there can be no
doubt that CLERK who could write
with equal facility with either hand,
and could rest one side tf the body
while the other was working would
be less liable to writer's cramp and
similar troubles.
DR.. Jiclson, who has just reopened
this question in letter to a London
paper, insists that writing with both
hands should be taught to the rising
generation. 1t could do no harm, and
certainly it would do agreatamount of
good 1t would not occupy much time,
and the results would be widespread
and iu' every way beneficial. Dr. Jack
son believes that if left-handed work
were taught not only in writing but in
drawing and art classes it would es-
tablish its advantages so satisfactorily
as to pave the way for a speedy intro
duction to general ambidexterity in
handicrafts of all descriptions.
On this question the Swedes are in
advance Of most nations. They teach
ambidexterity in the schools and even
army cadets are compelled to be as ex-
pert in the sword exercise with the
left hand as with the right. DR.. jack
son reverts to the case of the clerk or
copyiSt, and says that ambideXterity
would make writer's cramp thing of
the past. Teach and practice left
handed writing, which, of course,
should be vertical, and the object is
gained. The clerk or author tires his
right hand and arm, wearies the mus
cles aud deteriorates their powers, say,
in the first half of the day. He then
has recourse to his reserve set OF mus
cles, and for the remainder of the day
his left side, hand and arm are brought
into requistion, tie right hand thus
,, obtaining that rest which under nc
other condition could be secured.
. Thus the Grst great advantage to be
derived from left hand writing is the
avoidance Of writer's cramp and simi,
lar troubles, and the second advan.
tage is in reducing to minimum the
extreme WEAKNESS consequent on long
hours at the desk. Furthermore, il
often happens that tho right hand is
temporarily or even permanently dis
abled, and the ability to Use the left
hand with deftuess then becomes a
source OF the greatest satisfaction.
NJ. Guggenheim Sons Of New York
, recently shipped large quantities OF
bar silver from Omaha, Kansas City
Aurora and New York to the City Of
Mexico for coinage by the Mexican
government mints into Mexican dol
lars They state that inasmuch a.
, the transaction involves the expense
, OF nearly per cent, consisting o.
transportation and mintage charges
it may be considered as strong Illus
tration Of the effect which the low
price Of silver is having on the trade
of silver countries. Mexico export
. large quantities OF coined silver, and
, the only condition which would max,
/ the re-importation of bar silver woult
be a very large diminution in imports
coupled with the large exports 0
merchandise. The Mexican silye
, dollar is at a premium Of about pc
, cent. A condition exists the reyers
of that which now prevails in th
I United States. The countries on
silver basis arc prospering under tn
low price of silver, while the gold ba
sis countries are suffering
: The Gallup Cleaner changes from
q semi-weekly to a weekly edition. Th
q paper lost money as semi-weekly.
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