Penman's Art Journal (Volume 2) - Iampeth

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Ah an iuducement of mibscriljera whc
lertu of subscription to the Jodrnal
about to expire, to renew the sai
RD(t to {-oiiippDSute tbeoi for mtikiog
no effort U> intliice others to Bub»crili
we offer tlin following Bpeciul prem-
For eiurh oM Miibscriber who will remit
81.25 we will renew his snbscriptiuii for
one year Hnd muiI a copy of the Ceuteiiniul
Picture of ProKres-. 23x30 inchest with key,
(retailH for 81); for ent^h renewal, anil oix
aiMttionul ttubacriber, remitliug 82, we wil
miiil the Kume prcuiiiim Tree.
For one renewal and two additioim
Hiil)8criber9. with 83, we will mail the Cen
lenuiul Picture 28x40 iin:he>* (retails for S2),
The Bpecimeu from John D. Williams
will also be mailed tree to each new
riber.
gi'ueral pntinium list, see Iwt col,, 4th page.
Tu fuablo persims whn have not seen
the premiums mentioned above, to judge
Bomewhat reyardiug their interest and
value, we give below a brief drscription,
with a few of the multitude of fluttering
notices received from the press and emi- The above ent represents the coiTect attitude
of the body, as well as the position
cution were prompted by tlie desue to
exhibit at the Ceuteuniat, its design and
character are equally appropriate to any
nted by the Uuite>l Stiites
coat of arms, and jta a title, iu large, beautiful,
bold lellers. th« word Oentennial,
having f..r a groundwork 1. the main Oen- The penholder is held between the
teunial building in perspective. Directly thumb and first and forefingers, the
under this are two pictorial soenea repre- thumb pres-sing upon the holder about two
Hentiiig tlie dlMCovery of America by Col-
8 from tne point of the pen. The
uml.UB, in U92. and the landiug of the
finger is bent at tLe centre joint,
Pilgrims at Ply mouth Rock in 1C20. Under
forming nearly a right angle, and is held
i large landscape pieti
iderably back of the second finger,
1776, presents the country n
a vast interminable wil-
"'^'*'^ ""^^t*
then,
"PO" t^e under side of the
derness, with small {set-
tlements here and there,
representing the pioneer
coloniut, clearing away
the forests, building log
houses, fighting the
savages, &c. The other,
1876, represents the
same landscape changed
by the lapse of oue hundred
yeai-s, from a wil-
poi>iilou8
nth
THE PENMAN'S AKT JOURNAL.
itroke as in the direct or ordinary position,
while writing.
Sit square at the desk, as close as is prac-
tical, and not touch it, the left hana restupon
and holding the paper iu the
proper position, which must be always in
mony with the position of the hand and
holder, about midway between the thumb
and the point of the pea. The third fin-
The original Picture of Pro .reBS, which of the hand and pen while in the act of ger rests upon thft fourth, the nail of the
is now in the office of the Aht Jodbnal, flourishing.
is
latter rests lightly upon the paper about
36x52 iuches, and was executed entirely It will be observed that the hand and one and a half inches from the pen, in a
with a pen, requiring about one year of
^D is reversed so as to impart the shade straight line from its point, parallel with
close labor. Although iia design and exe-
to the upward or outward stroke of the the arm. The movement employed is that
jen, instead of the downward or inward of the whole arm, which is obtained by
tud towns, //
vast commerce, internal
improvements, agricul-
ture, public institu-
to the right, is the same design, having the
portrait of Lineolu, the Emancipation
Proclamation, while the scroll entwines
thirty-eight times around the fasces, having
inscribed the names of the present thirtyeight
States of the Union.
by all wb<
Anmud all these, iu a beautiful floral
rustic b.»rder, are openings in which are pr"'*ento't"i'
'
twenty-two pictures, representing leading '*^0ue7ui'c
histoiicol events, and illustrating by con- |"}'n".foi
raising the entire arm free from the tabhi,
resting the hand lightly upou the nail of
the fourth fiuger—all motion of the arm
being from the shoulder, which gives the
greatest freedom and scope to the movements
of the pen. This same movement
is used in striking whole arm ctpitals. The
practice of flourishing will be foiindto great-
ly add to the facility and grace of one's
ordinary handwriting. What dauciugis for
imparting grace and ease of movement to
the body, flourishing is to one's hand-
writing. Its practice is thus of doubl,*
importance, as a discipline to the hand,
a separate ancomplishmeat.
^aard Thornton, ft
It iB a beautiful a
I shall preierve ni> a
Uiift«d States duriDN
e Sptaker of B
o3t happily I
, WaBhtngUtn, D. C.
t*, Cmnntanding Tih li
1 the Unit«d
ington',D. C.
•ti's (JV. )'.) Itlegraph,
Kewarle {Jf. J.) ifoming
rlkjng ; the conoeptlon
uiu of events comprised
n/, Washington, D. C.
Shal«r, i
U. fftuhinff-
Wo have hud manufactured
especially tor
our use a pen called
"Ames' PenmanV Favorite,
No. 1," which we
think is peiMiliarly adap-
ted to the use of peabusinesswritiu':,
flourishing and for
school purposes. One
dozen sent as a sample
by mail on receipt of ten
cents, box containing
i Hi-MS-s for 30 cents, oue
gross bos.Sl. For other
les de; ed by pe
tions, manufactures, ic, ic.
ing these landscapes is a scroll i
ndicated, oue by shading
are inscribed the almost proplietic words
ard curve, and the other
uttered by Bisliop Berkeley in 1728, the left, they can be made rapidly
*' Westward the course of empire takes its d with great precision, having special
re to make the width of the shaded
At the left of these landscapes is a
portrait of Washington, around which iu a of the moat it cresting and attractive
largo oval is written the Declaration of historical pictun ever published in this
Indeiieudeiice, which is inclosed in a country.
1878.
form and with the proper graduation of Editor Penm
shade. Upon the successful mastery of Dear Sir—
these two exercises will greatly depend your printer: What is " writing from dic-
the ultimate success of the entire course tionaries ?" Don't ho raeau writing from
of practice.
directories! In my liwt letter to the Journal
I used the e:£pression "writing from
irpriBi
dictation." See copy.
Yours very truly,
bundle of fasces with a scroll entwining The followiiiK
C. E. Cadi.
thirteen times around them, upon which
are inscribed the names of the original
thirteen States of the Union. Opposite,
ts from the pn
—Manv/actiirer and flu;
lOo reference to the copy of the communication
referred to, we see that Mr.
Cady is correct. The types will sometimes
go provokiugly astray. Ed. Journal,]
J American, Waterb
|
tiosta the treat changes and improvements Tb^ wht
that have taken place iu our country Us'^u'ihor
during the past hundred years. /or'Bo'ili't.
The entire work has the appearance of a ^^***^'"''
fine steel engraving, and constitutes one
Jting Mid valuiible a eoinrlbutinn to it
eapectfully,
ELLIS A. APOAE
State Sup't or fubUc luetruoUoD. —H. Y. Cmnmercial Adverlisfr,
,) Daily Slandard.
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