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Show H THE SPEEDIEST TYPIST BBJ IN THE WORLD BBJ In n competition participated in by BBJ sotno of tho most expert typlBts In BBJ the country, held In New York "2.;. BBJ recently, a slip of u maiden, only eigh- BBJ teen years old, broke tho world s re- BBj cor(1 'or suBtulned speed. Fcr .in lieu- BBJ b1,o wrote at the rate of 117 words n BBJ minute. Miss Florence Wilson looks BBJ young even for her years, but sho lias BBJ ' hud a thorough training In the uuu BBJ Ipulatlon of tho typewriting machine, BBj r'id has been working up to this BBJ achievement for four or flvo. years. BBjV Her first competition waa In tho BjBf ' schuol whero sho learned to bo so pro. BBJ flclcnt and sho thero won prizes In BBJ tno novices' nnd amateurs' classes. BBJ Last year In Spukano, Washington, BBJ while, nttcndlng a convention or tti BBJ er- lio aroused great enthusiasm by BBJ writ ng at tho rato of 114 words a BBJ BBJ Tho trophy which Miss Wilson ro BBJ cently won Is that most coveted by BB speed writers. It Is n very onrgo sll- BBJ Vl'r cup, and was first offorcd at tho BJ competition hold in 1007. In that year BBJ !t vns won by Mls8 Boso I,. Fritz BBJ , who held It for three succcbsIvo years BJ Tho next two years It was won by BBJ u a man Mr. Otis Blalsdcll who was BBJ ono of tho competitors this year, BBJ I' standing noxt to Miss Wilson with 116 BBJ J words a minute. Miss Fritz the erst- BBJ i .BMsk, V'1'"0 chamnlon ran fourth in tho race with a record of 115 words to tho mlnuto. It Is noticeable that the lenders In tho race were almost evenly even-ly matched. Participants In theso typewriting compotltlonB are trained to the minute. min-ute. For months beforo tho date set for tho trial of their Bpeed they practice prac-tice solely with a vlow to working up speed. They wr'to tho sumo matter and as nearly as possible work under tho conditions thnt they will have to meet In tho public test. When the hour comes, therefore, for them to give proof of their skill they arc usually usu-ally free from nervousness nnd tire nblo to undergo the strain without subsequent exhaustion. Of course there Is some excitement due to tho conspicuous plnco tho competitors occupy oc-cupy on a high platform In tho crowded crowd-ed nudltorlum with n tense crowd hanging upon their performance but little Miss Wilson and most of tho others seemed not ttt all disconcerted by tho nudlenco. Her victory left her neither unduly elated nor apparently surprised. Sho said that sho hoped to mako even a better record tn the future, fu-ture, nnd when asked If her marriage which it was reported was to take plnco soon, would Interfere with hor work, laughed, Ignoring tho matter of marriage, and repented that sho was bent upon futuro typewriting records. Miss Fritz tho original champion, has htid an Interesting business career car-eer since Bho won tho International trophy. During the last year sho has been superintending tho Introduction of now touch typewriting into the schools of Germany. Sho also took part In contests thero and in London for tho English team championship. She had tho privilege of writing In the presenco of tho King nnd Queen of England, tho King asking her for her autograph, which Bhe had framed with a specimen of her writing on the machlno ma-chlno for him. Sho has nlso travelled through Canada, giving exhibitions of typewriting beforo Premiers and otho' officials. Tho competition In which Miss Wilson Wil-son won tho cup this year commonlv called the Typewriting Mnrathon. or the International Competition, was the principal but not tho solo event of Interest to tho typewriting public at this exhibition. Tho cup must bo competed for each year, but thero are many ensh prizes. Thero was a relay contest at which tho best eight writers writ-ers wrote for eight hours, half an hour nt a tlmo. Prizes were offered to thoso who mado tho best guesses ubout tho number of words written during tho eight hours. In most or tho competitions com-petitions tho writers used the machine mach-ine to which they wero accustomed. Thero was ono event, however, In which tho competitors used ordinary stock machines, which of course, wna a handicap. Tho performances by these experts on the typewriter wero eagerly wntch. ed by thousands of embryo typists who enmo from tho various schooU whero they are learning tho business. As speed is tho ono thing nbovo all others to bo desired, Miss Wilson, Miss Fritz and tho others who had dono such wonders In this lino woro ns truly heroines to theso gaping youngsters ns g the popular actress to tho matinee girl. It was remarked that nono of the skilled typists chow, ed gum, wore "rntts" or did nny of tho extreme things they aro usunlly credited with doing. On tho contrary they wero well dressed, modest looking look-ing girls. "If only girls who nro learning type writing would have nn ambition and work toward that, instead of being 1 contented with mediocre work nnd I positions, thero would bo more rivals for championship honors," said Miss Fritz, speaking out of the fulness of her experience. |