| Show WEAK IN THE ALPHABET some kettern that men can kever to why is it that with some men some letters of the alphabet are harder to make than others and in fact that there are some letters that some men never learned how to make asked a young man who takes considerable interest in the matter of handwriting in the new orleans times democrat it Is a rather singular fact that nearly every man outside of the experts Is weak on one or mory of the letters in the english alphabet sometimes the letter involved is a capital letter boac it is of the smaller kind sometimes it Is one letter and sometimes another in any event you will find few men who are exempt from the failing referred to 1 I know of one man abo in spite of the tact that he does a great deal of writing has never learned bow to make a capital P he simply makes a stagger at it and as a rule the of his efforts will look more like a small p than like the capital PI know another man who cant make a small t to save bis life he can never get the lower part of tho letter below the line he makes it took like a clubfooted b instead of an f there are others who when they try to make the small b give it the long shank and it looks more like the letter f it Is rather singular that these traits should bang on to a mans writing for a lifetime but they do it just the same and if you make a few inquiries among your friends and acquaintances you wll find that but few of them are exempt from this fault it Is very much like the habit of spelling certain words incorrectly many men who arc rated first class spellers pass through life without ever in a single instance polling certain words correctly it Is due to habit largely it you should ask them how to spell the word they would tell you but when they go lo 10 write it that is quite different and they will get it wrong every time so ahey know too how certain letters should be ronde but they simply cant put them down on paper it Is a curious but common fault |
