Show cribbing for exams launches a career A bit of old fashioned cribbing on spelling tests when he was in grade school launched larry anderson of irwin pa on his career as one of americas outstanding per penmen imen when a boy anderson could write a dozen words on his thumbnail before time to make daily recitation the letters were so small that the teacher could not read them that was how anderson discovered that he had microscopic eyes with the aid of a magnifying glass he can write on a grain of rice or salt a hair or the edge of play playing ing cards he can engrave the lords prayer on the head of a pin and point out the names of 28 states on the portico of the lincoln memorial reproduced on a 5 bill anderson 32 years old a furloughed railroad railroad worker explains it this way ordinarily I 1 see like other folks but when im writing fine characters my eyes change focus so that I 1 can see words others cant I 1 dont even wear glasses A specialty of andersons is engraving names on watches he has done such work for king george VI and queen elizabeth of england and for president roosevelt |