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Show I 1 VM 1c VOLUME III. SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, NUMBER OCTOBER 1, 1891. 1 al cation and persistent effort for a part of the time which the, expert Should wrong prevail alio cr this ear.li. pianist spent six hours a day for :'IVero naught if on :y we ilisceru twenty year.-- will qualify a young man The on" great truth, which, if we i am, or woman to write to the QueeD. The AH else beside is lil le worth. g commonness of makes That Itight, istha, which must preva:l, youth ind'ffeient to it as an art to be I not here, there if not now, then, Ik the one Truth which shall not 'ail, acquired, when this fact ought to awaken their liveliest interest in it. Fur all the doubt? and fears of men Sel. W!.a must be done so frequently, and wi b so many people, deseves to be G SA FINE ART. wel! done. "What is worth doing at II Y WILLIAM M. TIIAYKK. a!: i worth doing well," is Just as A BEAUTIFUL a written by letter, hue of correspondence so it is of any High School girl, suggested our other busi ess. The letter referred to theme. Evidently she bad studied the in t be beginning of this paper was more art of wriiirg letters until she thor- ornamental to the school girl who oughly understood the business. wrote it than diamond earrings and Mrs. Sigourncy greatly magnified. wrote, "Elegant chirograpby and a clear epistolary style are accomplishments which every educated female should possess. Their indispensable n ckhce. Punctuation, capitals, chircgrai-bysuperscription, everything about the In letter writing, the versatility of ci istle was llrst class. The most criti- talmts which the author possesses cal observer could find nothingtocriti-ciz- - appears. However highly educated the The lesser niceties of folding, sealing, and superscription, arc not beneath the notice of a lady;" and she might frac-ion- ONE TRUTH. letter-writin- LETTER-WRITIN- ri , -- requisites are neatness, the power of being easily perused, or the graphical and grammatical correctness. Defects either of these particulars arc scarcely pardonable. You are aware that the handwriting is considered one of the talismans of character. Whether this test may be depended on or not, in the fact that letters travel farther than tha sound of the voice, or the siyht of of the countenance can follow, renders it desirable that they should convey no incorrect or unfavourable impression . gentleman. Mrs. Farrar adversely. We found upon inquiry correspondent be or she has made, wrote a small work on "Letter-writing- ," g calls into use the entire that in her Kbocl induction was in which she said, "It is well to have added or letter-writin- And why given upon le no-It i one of the most c inmon things done; usually very poorly done; S3 poorly as to indicate that in schools generally this art is neglected, there are few eillcient letter-writethere would be many more if the subject received but cccssional attention in our Grammar and High School?. It goes without f ayirg that the abili'y to write .in excel i ut letter, with beautiful penmanship, is a very graceful accompl sbmsnt. That so few possess this ability is not because the r.rtis very diilicult to acquire, but because it is underva ut d. Little impcr'acce is attached to it. Sc ibbling will do very weil in wiiting to a lamiliar friend. Youth i f both sex' s see no particular need of excellence in writing letters to each other, or even to their parents. Tiey dash them off s if it were of the smallest consc que' ce whether chirograpby or the Kirg's English suffer or not. Were they wi itmg to a professor, governor, or pr;s:dent, they might select their words, ind wish they had given more attention to penmanship, as well as to spelling, which is a valuable acquisition vl en it is perfect. A good composer, ) i nmau, and speller w ill make a line letcr-wriUAppli Ur-writin- g. ? s. r. The whole life discipline is noured iuV the epistle, so that the character of the write is manifest. D'lsraili claims that chirograpby reveals the character of the author. Queen E'zibtth's penmanship was very line, having been taught by Koger Ascham;and a French editor said of her chin graphy, in connection with that of her cousin, Maiy Stuart, "Who would believe the these writings are of the sam! epoch? The llrst denotes asperity and ostentation; the second indicate1, simplicity, softness, and culture. nobieutss. Tneone is that of Elizabeth, the other that of hercousih, Mary Stuart. Thedifference of these tw. handwritings answers most evidently to that of their characters." He said also of Queen Ann'She wrote a tir, round hand. Tl at is the writing she had been taught by her master, probably without any alteration of manner naturallv suggested by herself the copying hand of a common character.' " Take the hint about a "comnron character," and couple it with the remark of Hannah More, viz, "To read so as not to be understood, and to write so as not to be read, are am :ng the minor immorrlities," and are the claims of good Queen of England ; 1 letter-writin- g out the best way of doing everything, since there is a pleasure in doing things in the best way, which those miss who think any way will do." Cicero, who was master of the Latin find as of eloquence, boasted that his epistles were as carefully constructed as bis orations. And he asid, also, "Whatever may be the subject of my letters, they still speak language as well conversation." Teachers know just how to write, fold, and address a letter; why not impart this knowledge to the pupils? the language of It can be done as a supplementary exercise without encro&hing upon the time devoted to regular studies. Common School Education. Love is a faith and one faith leads to another. And this faith is nappiuess , light, force. Only by it dors a mau enter into the series of the living, the awakened, the happy, the redeemed of those men who know the value of existence and who labor for the glory of Odd and of the trutb. Excnange. q T q q . s sriisritiiii: i on Tin: i:a;i,i:. . , - |
