New-York tribune., 1901-09-08

rather impoiitic Of Mr.. Smith. considering the
business he is in. What cid he say2"
He drew an invidlous comparison between men
operators and those OF Said, practically,
that the men always willing TO give thing
fair trial. but that the women are so prejudiced
Che called It 'conservative) they stand in the way
Of progress
"Oh I am sure you must have misconstrued
him: ! think Mr.. Smith meant 70 imply that one OF
woman's noblest qualities. her loyalty, too often
hiuders her from taking up new things and new
ideas. simply because il involves the putting aside
Of the old 10 which she has become used and
attached. You see, she becomes attached even 10
inanimate things In way, her conSeTvaIisTn IN
no homes, and many of the eleyaing and ciyilizng
nature though 10 carry things TO extremes the
business man knows this and figures IT in his
the female stenographeTs that II would be wise Tor
mental view Of the typewriter question. Here are
two little pamphlets; one containing quotation
which appears the statement that the operator
raises his carriage to the crown of WILLIAM PenRs
YOU young ladies' are accustomed 10 T. III
EnEeT s for Tog you Shne aqe % about V tons day and
you are consuming not only your Stgeng[h & but but
employer pays for. and you are giving him abso.
yoG are % paid at the rate Of SIS week You receive
Sis - in one year for which you give anso!uteIy
t6at?" iG equivalent now 40" you "4"' 10 menu
Who had first challenged Mr. Belts, asked. IF
come in there viii YOU explain the machine to US
IL dr@w ts ] iaPs UP on he Ike a. oWastio0 me or
would you have me demonstrate the working and
well OF we grasp the meaning OF many
OF the statements made IN that article that had the
lime IN The Iribune but & theTe % are e6 some s.T Of
intelligent blonde
two shift keys. one of which varies the characters
is capable Of much faster work than full key
You viii admit that a shift key machine IS
Then viii niustrate the advantage OF two shift
keys over one Writing Sl029 on single SHIFT
s. sign TO use the small L for the T. 10
h to f25 ake tee s anoheT ht % or 6s perod 'o o
use the open case again for the -. and 70 again
writing the seven characters In the ,t Oliver G but
portion is not 50 large in straight work it can
readily be seen that in providing a capital shift
cided advantage is gained the single shift
5itional adVant8ge in hat fact thaI division of
thought is avoided. whom the hand is trained 10 do
certain hing. simple mechanical operation is
FOR two or more things. Another thing-the oliver
work, in the Of The double shift. for by lock-
ing down the figure shift the machine is instantly
converted into billing typewriter Are you con-
What's the particular virtue. queried dark
eyed miss with keen; thoughtful face in hav-
Well you have heard it said that chain is no
stronger than its weakest link; can't you that
The more you increase the length Of the chain. the
with about five hundred parts. would Cby analogy
- b,'6rnd ~ Or az Toya ,1rte i'' IN" snaIdts @ ends
there, for the oliver has weak parts-no hair
Hoodsn e dascy o. toch is obaned
IN the oliver by cushion springs"
spoke a claim was made for the superiority of the
Oliver in manfolding; what gives II this superior
Two things-the double bar and its tendency to
fall toward the platen. a heavy blow is required
TO manifold, and the double bar will strain
twist as viii the single under H. In putting heavy
manifolds IN the machine the circumference of the
platen is greatly increased, thus changing the
printing plane and throwing out Of alignment the
writer The printing plane as you see is not af-
one original will do for eig5teen COMES beT yn
would have TO make two three for other ma
chimes Again, as the momentum of the bars in
Cwhereas in all others It decreases) the impact is
much heavier from rom. blow of equal weight
rather indolent looking little miss. comes the in
gsiry IN what way does the oliver Cem-
Mr. Belts. smilingly: Yes. ! suspect that's the
the almost intermina bic .thymbine F ne h
The visible printing which saves carrage-liiting,
I've explained; the left-hand 'carriag
all operators who have tried il like H. for It's
atso one motioh instead Of (as In most other
chlhest TWO then. In the Oliver you don't have 10
refer 10 scale bars 10 omissions nor do YOU
go 70 the bottom of the page 10 make memo, nn
or foot-note. and return, without hesitation or
trouble. right 10 the place you left Off even though
you quit the line In the middle of a word It's
decidedly easier 10 clean upward face type-a stroke
or two Of the brush. and tits done-and YOU do not
have 10 free the bearings afterwards fallsy dirt
as you invariably have 10 do with other
chimes; the ease and speed with which you can re-
turn n sheet tc the machine. for correction (here
Mr.. Betts made, with pencil. dot the centre OF
page, slipped II into the machine and instantly
covered II with period, Hnd--with perfect accu-
racy) and at reach the desired place and line
Is a decided saving Of both time and labor: and /
mink you'll admit the saving 70 your nervous sys-
TEN Of comparatively nOiseess machine-a per-
foraied core In the platen this-and your
arms and backs In lifting, moving about (as you
mol lnfrequenty have 10 do), a twenty-pCund
oliver instead OF thirty-lve COR more) pound
chine
But, he added. more seriously. 'its a question
with you OF youI employers interests rather than
your conyenience. my dear young ladies, am quite
certain TOT, after all, your welfare hangs on his,
doesn't ~ Well, II the same work be accom-
plisheo by. say, eight divers by or any
other make, can he not gain by installing Olivers7
He saves the hoor space of two typewriting ma
Chimes tables and operators Gan important matter