The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-04-05
SIN OF HI.EGIBUITY.
HUoo's MANUSCRIPTS LOOKED
LIKE a BATTLEFIELD.
Jcnrsy'- Writing Resd Equally Wen
Either Was Henry Ward H@erher's
Daughters Three RuIes other Had
Writers Who Have wdn Pane.

Periodically the hest writer's have
been usually the worst The preachers
following a common rule. have been
ths greatest sinners. says the London
Globe. Although Pope once wrote
"Of an the arts In which the wise ex-
col.
Natures true masterpiece g. writing
we'll"
he did not take the trouble 10 follow
bis own prescription Illcgibllty. as
Nathaniel Hawthorne was wont % az
ser;. was very author-like. and GER
talnly be made a coTsummate pracii-
TONER in the art few being robust
enough 10 attempt 10 decipher hts call
ligraphical night mares. This learned
Indifference viii surely account Tor the
severe hustllng the pen is now UNDER
going. The world Is rushing Tor the
typewriter and little wonder. OF
course. penmanshp. a. one Of the ac-
complishmsnts Of q polite cduc,tion.
went ont long while ago. Then mere
handwriting followed. and now this IS
going. Indeed. only incorrigiblo def
clients In photography stlll render any
sort Of allegiance 10 the pen. and this
from necessity. not choice. authors.
university men. doctors and writing
men generally. not knowing how 10
spell. are able with q pen TO judi
ciously slur over uncertain words.
daintily allocaiing b'o,s. and llI Is well
except that comrositors. as a lody.
pro'lne horribly. and according 10
tradition. early become hacchaulll1n
In their habits Writers have r. de1l
10 answer for \ little OF tho rifi 1f
prophetic vision shows Co., the once
homely pen, the boon anj blessing NJ
q onc-'imc civilization. surviving rim
ply as a leading curlo IN the dime nut
seams.
II is mere Justice 20 record that the
pen itself h1s had mo- coutr.hutory
part In lbs extinction n has NOT been
The fault of the pen n has been the
users helped by an manner ~ unto
ward circumstance once. ii need mot
surprise anyone permanently actually
had some character in a.. Wa not
Sir Andrew Asuo-chcck counseIoI by
hIs friend Sir Toby 10 write hls chal-
lenge In martial" hand? Aud there
u other proof The philosopher Locke
thought 30 highly N good writing as
10 design SET ~ writing comics for
the children ~ hs friend. BENJAMIN
/ Furley. But the wonlruut examples
/ Of the old writing masters most mere
feci'y demonstrate thc power of OH,
I pen tn shIllfnl hands And they work
ed With indifferent implements. quill
pens; no one could write leri6ly with
a quill pen nowadays Before the dis
coyery n the arr " printing the CALI
Ing OF The writing master was one OF
deserved honor. and hls work. as we
know. took the form n a nno nri
Louis XIII and XIV had writing ma4-
tiers 10 their encourage. with the rank
Of aecretaIre DO Ia chamtro du roL u
Is revelation 10 us. writing holding
such a subordinate place In our scheme
Of education 90 zee the charm of form
and ingenuity ~ design which belonged
10 The characters N our f1roflthers
The Italians. Of course. were the
siyllis's. being pre-emIucnt ln this as
the other arts The copies of the self.
satisfied Johannes Pl'ltnrs exam
pies Of the ordinary mercantile hand
writing Of his time u539l. show mar
velous precision In form combined
with graceful fancy The earliest Eng.
fish master Peter Bales. evidently bor.
rowed from the Italians. ana Edward
/ Cocker lpenman af well az arlthmefl.
clam h'd dainty power in decorative
adluncts 10 the ordinary writing Tho
ancient penmen "nourIshcd" consider
ably, drawing animals and birds and
ianciful themes with wonderful frco-
dom and fancy ls an artistic rmbeI'isb.
ment of the script Vcndcn steonc M
Client and Morantc. q Spanish teacher
were specially expert IN this drawing
by continuous froch1nd lines the ehgir.
est of decorative work. II mist b,,,
been o pleasure 20 receive % letter I'm
The old days, but they must have had
a powerful Tot ~ time on their b,pds
sun, % shows how sadly We have de-.
generated IN this mystic arr" M
painting speech and rpclkius 10 the
eyes from elaborate outline 10. al tho
very best bare Eligibility.
II is the perycrsity OF human nature
that people who ought 10 IL, one thing
do another Men who write "a leeulc
hand mo ono can accomplish moro
than that now. win uso tyrcvriier
and others. who oueht never to %,
trusted with @ pen. order them by thu
gross and take the discount RuI
yard Klpling writes neat. delicate
hand, and Conan Doyle Ia as plain al,
the pruycrbial pikptaG. but both u.c
machines. u would have saved doll
Of misery and helped to rcrpcluatc "a
useful art " other writer's of ommcnec
could have been prevailed upon to
type Unfortunately thr typrwrIt.
or was too bplaiod an invention fo
affect many ~ the hose bad vIiicrs
Carlyle would not have struggled with
keyboard hut 90 would have pro.
vented that miserable composition Zee.
ing from Edinburgh to London out of
his way n he had CARLYLE. however
was coppcrplato Co others that could
be- mentioned lluro'g m1nuscrlpts
We are told. presostod ;hc appearance
Of a sort " battlefield on paper. In
which the Killed worda were we'll
stamped ont and the now rccults
pushed forward In anything bat good
order
Napoleon was unique In everything
even In his handwriting Ills letters
/ from Germany IA Joepuhtne y.rrg ,t