Show WRITE PLAINLY MAN AN should be permitted to t ok ft alry A public position Po in id which S duta y r eguires him to commini amiul in writing unless he trufonn Tr fonn that duty legibly and ech a 13 danner that his writing ue read it too often A T taftt calligraphy of pub t resembles ba no person is aji properly educated who cannot write a plain hand that ordinary people can comprehend without the aid of an interpreter legibility ought to be considered one of the essentials to acceptable penmanship A recent order of lord wolseley adjutant general to the british forces is a step towards reform in this direction in england it says the attention of the com mander in chief has been drawn to frequent cases of bad handwriting on the part of officers studying at the staff college H B R H considers it absolutely essential that a staff officer should habitually write a hand that is easily legible and he desires that superior officers will bear this in mind in their reports on candidates it is further announced that the royal regulations will contain the following A student at the staff college will also als be liable to removal at any time if he cannot write legibly or if he be deficient in the power of expressing himself clearly and intelligibly on paper it will be the duty of tile the professors to bring these defects to the of the he t commandant who will report all such cases for the information of the commander in chief 11 similar rules should be established and enforced in all branches of the public service on both sides of the globe in tills this fast age when time is so precious life is all too short to be wasted in poring over the fearfully full yand and wonderfully made handwriting which some people affect and which they seem to anink is a mark of genius in attempting to convey to others any matter of im por tAce every man with any pretense to culture ought to be able to express himself intelligently and in easily discernable discernible discern able handwriting |