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Show PENMAN'S WONDERFUL FEAT. Autrlln GItoi London Wrapper Writer n l.etion Speed, London Telegraph: Wrapper writing is, it would seem, a popular way ot earning a livelihood with tho Inmates of Rowton Houso, a stx-ponny hotel, Horo is an amusing story of the perfection per-fection to which It may be brought by practice and a strong will. "Thore is a tradition lingering among tho older brethren of the wrapper writing profession pro-fession to the effect that once upon a tlmo, when tho work was bolter paid than now, a young man from Australia Austra-lia turned up and ventured as a last rosort Into tholr sphere ot labor. Ho spent his all and found himself stranded until funds should arrive from tho antipodes. Eo on the suggestion sug-gestion of an old acquaintance ho applied ap-plied for a Job at the world-famed Arm of Schmidt & Co. On being duly installed in-stalled and supplied with 600 envelopes and somo pages from a directory he looked around and asked for a pen. 'But you havo one already,' said the young man In authority. '1 want two,' answered tho Australian, and an interested in-terested and obliging follow-scrlbe supplied sup-plied tho need. The sceno which thereupon there-upon onsued baffles description, for tho colonial, separating the pile of envelopes envel-opes into two equal lots, began copying copy-ing tho addresses by writing simultaneously simul-taneously with both hands. Bo runs the logend at least, nnd, furthermore, it Is averred that his rapidity was such as to put tho 'sloggcrs' to shrtme. Fifty Fif-ty pons dropped from tho nerveless grasp of those who but a mlnuto bo-foro bo-foro had been writing against time and as It for dear life. A hundred eyes wore flxod in astonishment on the unknown ono. Presently tho young overseer who superintended tho labors ot many old enough to bo his grandfather, grand-father, rose and timidly said he would consult the 'governor.' Tho latter ar-rjvod, ar-rjvod, and the situation being explained explain-ed tho Australian was turned into a loose box all by himself and fed with another thousand or so of envelopes. At this rato ho earned enough In two or threo weeks to enable him to last out comfortably till his remittances arrived, ar-rived, then ho went homo and Schmidt's knew him no more. We asked the old gontleman who told us this yarn to fill his pipe and have an-othor an-othor cup of tea, for we thought he-deserved both." |