Show old turkey lining up with modern nations engravers street a short passage near the grand bazars constantinople has suffered a change la in the post past year rear seal makers who formerly cut signets signers in the old characters now are reduced to such inartistic purs pursuits alts as painting signs reading keep the halls balls clean and tills this way to the janitor 11 this la Is entirely due to the influence of compulsory education thousands ot of illiterate pe people ople who formerly depended upon it a stamp with which to place their names on documents now sign for themselves not many years ago the signet was something to be proud ot of frequently it was cut from semiprecious stones and even emerald seals were used cut but the signet has now been replaced by the fountain pen |