Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-06-13
NEW L. @. SMITH TYPEWRITER
MODEL OF SILENCE, EFFICIENCY

The new model L. C. Smith &
Bros typewriter, according to George
F. Tillotson, of 211 Locust street, en-
bodies all the features necessary to
enable the operator to turn out the
highest class work, whether simple
letter writing or the more complex
and varied forms of typewriting de-
manded by modern business.
1t is the result of the twenty-seven
years experience of the Smith Broth
ers in typewriter manufacturing. Dur
ing this long period of time they have
been studying the needs of the user;
determined to build the best writing
machlne that brains, capital and labor
could produce.
Into every one of the 900, 900 l.. c.
Smith e. Bros. typewriters now In use
has gone the best material, the most
skilled labor and the ripened judgment
of the most expert typewriter men.
This is the reason why each new model
offered by the l.. c. Smith & Bros.
Typewriter Co. has marked an inn
portant epoch in the typewriter in
dustry.
Deserving special attention is the
fact that the new model has certain
improvements that make it the most
silent running efficient typewriter ever
placed on the market. Manufacturers
have long striven to secure this quality
of silence, but the new model 8 comes
nearer to being AT absolutely silent
typewriter than any writing machine
ever roduced-without sacrificing any
other essential features. Former mod
els of the l.. c. Smith & Bros. type
writer have been more quiet than
other makes, but in the new model 8
the manufacturers have succeeded in
reducing the element of noise to a
minimum.
Office workers will welcome the
fVnautrifnf
means less annoyance and greater
office efficiency. They will be glad to
learn that there is a silent running
typewriter of the high reputation
borne by the l.. C. Smith G Bros,
combining all the good features of
earlier models with new advantages
that keep pace with the present-day
needs of operators 1t will be a relief
to have writing machines that will not
get on the nerves." interfere with
mental processes or prevent hearing
over the telephone.
Aside from the question of annoy
ance, 1t is a well-known fact that the
greater the noise in machinery, the
greater the wear. The loose working,
loud, Gathering machine not only gives
out soonest, but takes more energy to
operate.
In considering the merits of a type
writer the prospective purchaser is in
terested first of all In what the ma
chine will do for him. While it is from
the standpoint of service to the user,
rather than mechanics. that this de-
scription is wri ten, we must not lose
sight of the fact that the L. c. Smith
Il Bros. typewriter has been pro-
nounced by expert mechanics and en-
gineers to be one of the finest pieces
of mechanism ever produced, and so
scientifically perfect is ii constructed
that 1t has been happily compared in
this respect to a full-jeweled, high
grade watch.
It's artistic design and general ap-
pearance carry conviction that 1t is
strong, simple, compact, durable, COM
plete, efficient.
In the new models all the essential
characteristics of L. c. Smith & Bros.
typewriter construction have been re-
tanned. and there have been added GER
tain new features. as follows:
One of the most important factors
in bringing about highest efficiency
and service is the use of ball bearings,
the L. c. Smith & Bros. typewriter be-
ing the only typewriter in which they
are used at all the points where there
is the most motion and where friction
and wear develop if ball bearings are
not used.
Ninety-eight per cent. of the OPP
orators time is consumed in tapping
keys, shifting to write capitals and re-
turning the carriage to start a new
line. In the L. c. Smith & Bros. type
writer each of these operations is
made easier and more accurate by the
use of ball bearings.
In every typebar are fifteen 1-16
inch hardened steel balls that do away
with friction and allow the close ad-
justments that are so necessary to ac-
curacy and good typewriting.
On account of the various features
briefly described in the preceding
pages the l.. C. Smith & Bros. type
writer will enable the operator to turn
out more work at a less cost per unit
than any other typewriter ever made.
In arriving at this cost per unit, not
only the price of the typewriter, but
the cost of operation, repairs, ribbons
and maintenance must be taken into
consideration.
Accurate records kept by large users
of typewriters prove conclusively that
the typist can do more work on an
L. c. Smith & Bros. typewriter, that
less repairs have to be made, and
fewer ribbons have to be used than
on any other.
1t will readily be seen that for the
term of years through which the L. c.