The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1908-04-10
Practical Result
in Writing
A Blackfoot Lady Discusses the
Subject.
Writing Cultivates System.

Writing Cultivates System.
"The pen, the minds material power
Moves millions by it's will,
For from It's tip flows many a shower
OF thought drops sure to thrill
Nature in all her works displays
elegance and grace. We see no rough
unsteady line as if the hands that
drew the pattern were uncertain OF
the result. Mo, each was steady and
true; writing in firm characters on
Natures tablets his mission to us MS
children, viz: To beautify and make
perfect all things around us-a lang
uage which fills the heart with love
and reverence for the divine Author
of all things. We know the effects
produced upon us by the perfect
work of Nature, and why will not
the correct lines of writing have a
like effect?
The study of penmanship cultl-
Yates the artistic skill, gives the pow
er to detect every little defect and
fault and teaches the laws which pro-
duce certain effects. The ability to
write we'll increases the desire to DO
all things we'll. A taste for line
writing strengthens a love for the
beautiful in all things. This love
refines and purifies the mind and
stamps the impress of noble charac-
ter in the face.
"For he who has no inward beauty
one perceives through all the lines
are beautiful"
Writing is a medium of thought
between parties who are widely sep
arated, and how much more impress
sive will be the good thoughts, kind
suggestions, and gentle reproofs,
when written in beautiful hand!
ION each and every page of white,
In lines both smooth and graceful,
The pen may leave, while in it's flight
Thoughts of the truly grateful.
Many have been enabled to Sc
cure good situations merely by the
ability to write well. 1t is the key
that opens the door to many high po-
sitions. No lady or gentleman of
the present enlightened and pro-
gressive age is fully qualified for a
responsible position in life without
a thorough knowledge of writing.
This is one of the most important
elements in business education. To
practical knowledge of bookkeep-
ing, let there be added practical
handwriting and their possessor is on
the sure road to success. While on
the other hand, no matter how thor
ough one may be in the science of
bookkeeping, if he is not master of
a rapid and legible handwriting, he
cannot obtain lucrative position on
the merits of his qualifications On
testing the ability of an applicant,
the first question is: "Can you write
a good rapid hand?" No matter
what the answer is, specimen is at
once requested of the would be book
keepers penmanship, and If he Is
able to sit down and write good
business like hand, he then has the
position within his grasp, but If he
fails, he may just as we'll depart and
make room for some more efficient
applicant. For nothing he can do or
say to prove his knowledge of book
keeping will retrieve the ground lost
by presenting his poor handwriting
For there Is far greater RESPONSE
bility attached to the firms business
correspondence than in the record OF
its own home transactions. Then If
there must be a risk by firm had
1t not better be in their own books
than in the possible mistakes of a
poor correspondent when there are
oftimes thousands of dollars at stake
in single draft or letter. And what
better recommendation can a man
give large wholesale firm of whom
he orders goods than a letter gotten
up in first-class business-like way?
And again, what worse recommenda.
y.