Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-08-18
KNEW 1T WAS MOLLTE WISE OLD Ar,uRAI
HER TOUCH ON KEYS OF TYPE.
WRITER RECOGNIZED.
enicaso Man Points Out How Differ
ent'y Operators Strike the Keys
seem to Have Grudge Against Some
Of the Letters.

! SIX letters from The home Office
| were awaiting the Chicago represents.
1--WE wien he called at the New Yer,
branch Wednesday morning. When h,
iiao read tncfH ne said. We'll, | see
shey We got Molly back again"
How can yo,l tell that asked the
New York manager.
HOW can | help telling" was the
reply. I'd know Molle letters il
"a" them at the north pole"
Inc eastern manager unfolded one
page OF manuscript and looked at it
"psioe down and crosswise and dag
ohally IN his efforts to discover the
distinguishing features. Finally he
gave II up. 1T .sn't in her own hand.
writing" he said. and l know the
Doss well enough TO know that she
was not allowed to compose the let
ters herself,
On, don't mean those earmarks,
; said the Chicago IN. There is an
individuality exc IN Molle's tyne
writing In that raeYoct she is no
different fiom many other operators.
The work Of most e4 tAem can be rec.
oghlzed by an expert who has made a
study OF their peculiarities. Different
writers nave different way Of strk.
Ing the letters. Certain KEYS they in
! Varlably strike with the geutleness of
falling snowflake. while others they
pound as If on vengeance bent.
'That's the way with Mollie, She
has a partie lity for lis and ms in par
ucular, and lets them off so easily
that they scarcely make an impress
sion. On the other hand, she has il
in for the g's and IS and strikes the,
30 hard that she fairly knocks holes III
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 com 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 few
Of her tricks, hut 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 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 it
was worn out or needed cleaning But
error. The type, he said, was all
right; it was Mollie that was cut II
gear Afterward he soothed her ruff
fed feelings by telling her that if she
wasn't chock full of character her
:ypewriting habits would not be SO
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, can't 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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