Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-08-15
KNEW 1T WAS MOLLIE
HER TOUCH &N KEYS OF TYPE.
WRITER RECOGNIZED.
Chicago Man Points Out How Differ.
emily Operators Strike the Keys
Seem to Have Grudge Against Some
of the Letters.

Six letters from the home officc
were S1Pit2 thc Chicago represents.
tive Wen ..4 called at the New Yer
branch We.!rcat'ay morning. When Ia
had read tacm re said Well sec
they've got Molly back again"
How can you ell that asked the
New York manager
How can help 'clling7 was the
reply. I'D know Mcllic's letters if
saw them at tre north pole
The Eastern manager unfolded one
page of manuscript and looked at il
upside down and crosswise and dias
onal]y in his efforts to discover the
distinguishing features. Finally he
gave it up. 1t sat i'll her own hand
boss well enough ~ know that shr,
+ was not allowed to compose the let
tera herself.
"oh, dor't mean those earmarks,
said the Chicago Ian. There Is al
individuality eve in Mol]le's type
writing. IN that reepect she is re
different from mary other operators.
The work Of most q. them can be rec
ogniZed by an aXpert Who has made
study of their reculiarjties. Different
writer's have different way OF strik
ing the letters. Certain keys they in
variably strike with the geHtleness OF
a falling snowflake, while others they
pound as if on yeraaaneo bent.
'Thats The way with Mollie. She
has partirlity fer L S ard MS in par
ticular, and let's them off so easily
that they scarcely make an impress
sion. On the other hand, She has it
In for the g's and RS and strikes them
SO hard that she fairly knocks holes in
the paper Then there are certain
combinations of letters tha. come in
for special attention while other com
binations just as important are slight
ed shamefully. Take the syllables
con and CON-, for instance. Mollie
goes at them as if she were afraid OF
the results, while innocent termina-
tions like err and or she hammers
numerically. Those are only a few
Of her tricks, but they are apparent In
those letters. Here, for example. is
the word convenience Molly has let
the first syllable off with hardly a
touch, but the rest of the word is SO
blue that It gives you chills to look at
it.
"A funny point in the situation is
that no matter what machine the girl
uses, the results are the same. The
! arrangement of the letters seem to
make no differnce. Certain keys are
bound to come in for a heavy stroke
and others for no stroke at all. When
we fellows in the Office first noticed
the splotched appearance Of her manu-
script, we thought there was some
ihing wrong with the type-that ii
was worn out or needed cleaning Bit
the machine expert disposed of that
error. The type, he said, was all
right; it was Mollie that was out N
gear. Afterward he soothed her ruf
fed feelings by telling her chat il she
| wasn't chock full of character her
:ypewriting habits would not he Sc
! pronounced. All operators. he explain
ed that are blessed with a character
of their own are liable unconsciously
to work out similar stunts on the key
board OF course, CAM swear that
he was right. | haven't had a chance
to verify his statement in many in
stances, but l can take oath that he
knew what he was talking about in
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