Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-11-20
Anenf Vertical Writing.

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 ing there fe TO need of argument. In all lines of life , knowledge of writ jug is useful. h fact, it is one of the most useful arts of civilization and by it each generation has be- come debtor tc all preceding gener= ations. The complicated affairs of modern society could net be carried on without q knowledge ot this art, and therefore proper instruction in writing is 8 matter of prime i'm portance in any course Of study.
 h teaching writing the results sought should be first legiblity aud speed, secondly, beauty. Of recent years there has been an increasing disposition toeliminate the rnamen- tai and artistic features, hair lines, shading, hourlshes, etc, and t6e enz tire energies have been expended in an effort to secure a plain, neat and leglble style.
 The artistic features have been. placed in the department of draw ing where they properly belong. Writing is not a "culturep study. Much of the drill used in an effort to secure an artistic finish to writ ing is 4ove's labor lost. The de sire to secure legibility and speed have led to the almost universal adoption of vertical writing. Some of the streng points in favor of the vertical are as follows
 1. It is easy to learn because be. ginners have 6 tendency to write vertically. This, I think, every oue who has had experieneein teach ing beginners will readily admit.
 , t is easy oe the eyes as the paper is directly in 'ront of the pu. pil and not at one side.
 }. 1tis certainly more 1egible.
 ]. The eyes are taxed equally.
 ,. Itls more rapid.
 6. Itis more economical
 [. Hygiene advantages. By this method there is no artificial or a5- normal position of the body, head, hand and eyes.
 At the Seventh International Congress of Hygiene and Demo graphy held in the city of London, the following resolution was adopled
 That as the hygienic advantages of vertical writing have been clearly demonstrated aud established both by medical investigation and practi. cal experiment., and that by it's adoption the injurious posturas so productive of spinal curvature and short sight are to very great ex- tent avoided. it is hereby recom- mended that upright penmanshiR be introduced and generally taught in our elementary and secondary schools.
 Drs. Yon Renss and Lorenz for the Supreme Council of Hygiene of Austria, decided that the erect style of writing obviates the cause of eni,aal oure-atpl.e
 Noble Smith, [. R. c. S, the great authority on spinal diseases, declares that "the pastures of young people assumed in the sloping writ ing are one of the chief factors in the production of spinal curvature. Vertical writing is consistent with all hygienic principles.
 The Imperial and Royal Council of Hygiene. Vienna, favored vertical handwriting on hygienic grounds.
 So far as speed is concerned the testimony of rapid writers is over whelmingly in favor of the vertical As Q rule special teachers of pen manshlp, if they favor tbe slant sys- tem, evidently oppose the vertical, because its simplicity destroys all opportunity for artistic hourishes and the like. Speaking of the verti- cal the General Manager of the Yves. tern Union Telegraph company says: ''Investigation shows that the nat ural tendency os a rapid penman is toward the vertical. think tele- graphers generally aud particular ly the higher grades-write the yer tical hard, and telegraphers are the fastest penmen in the world. The best recommendation for the verti- cal is that teiegraphers adopt the system naturally and without any