Show U HANDS HAND AND 13 BRAIM RAIN edgar allan poe a humorous idea for I 1 caving saving of 0 time in liter ary labor many traditions ant an 1 of ed gar allan loe I 1 oe are still current at the university of virginia at charlottes ville where he be was a studer t says james bernard ernard ayon I 1 yon in the home N magazine poe aas a tery iery proud of his penman ship one day so the a 9 ory goes a friend entered the room to and poe writing busily with both han bin Is what are you doings asked the friend writing with both hands bands sat sail I 1 poe both hands exclaimed I 1 the trien frien I 1 but how bow on earth can you make any progress in that waya easy enough it Is a theory of mine that it Is a waste of time not to be able to use both hands at the earn sama time both hands and brain can be with care and attention so that each hand may do lt it full share of work each han ban I 1 being emi oye I 1 on a separate task it Is not really an affair of the hands at all in the last analysis but an affair of the intellect I 1 am training my in hands and brain now so that I 1 can do twice as much work as the ordinary person in a given period of time at the present TOO mo ment I 1 am writing a poem with my nir right hand one that I 1 confidently be lieve will startle the world and with my left hand I 1 am blocking out a won darful story a story which should cap ture thousands of dealers it will only be a short time before I 1 will be able to take my examinations tons in this manner and dispose of subjects simultaneously it will save time and will give hands and brain their full duty |