Penman's Art Journal and Penman's Gazette . Davenport. Iowa, B, A, C. R. W. Fisher, of the above , B, C. M. V. Hester, Ridge Farm, C. , B the most work in it, but I likeC best on account of it being so natural. P. T. Benton, Iowa City CommercialCollege, A, B, C. W. F. Giesseman, penman Capital CityCommercial College, Des Moines, Iowa,B, A, C. B is decidedly overdone, yet itis well done. J. S. McGaw, Celina, Ohio, C, B, A. P. R. Kincaid. Pleasanton, Kan. Forroomy work, neatness and grace, I givefirst prize to A; for grandeur, second toB; for simplicity, third to C. E. E.
Penman's Art Journal and Penman's Gazette . Davenport. Iowa, B, A, C. R. W. Fisher, of the above , B, C. M. V. Hester, Ridge Farm, C. , B the most work in it, but I likeC best on account of it being so natural. P. T. Benton, Iowa City CommercialCollege, A, B, C. W. F. Giesseman, penman Capital CityCommercial College, Des Moines, Iowa,B, A, C. B is decidedly overdone, yet itis well done. J. S. McGaw, Celina, Ohio, C, B, A. P. R. Kincaid. Pleasanton, Kan. Forroomy work, neatness and grace, I givefirst prize to A; for grandeur, second toB; for simplicity, third to C. E. E. Gaylord. Milledgeville, III.,A, B, C. E. J. Kneitl. penman, Stratford. (>nt.,A, B, C. Charles O. Winter, penman and en-grossing artist, Hartford, Conn. Firstprize to B, becftuee it is the best speci-men of honn Jidr flourishing, and isvery well done; the design does not .amount to much. Second prize to C, asthe flourishing is good, but; not ienoughrange to it, and the design is pretty. Thirdto A, tis the flourishing is good, but the de-. Flourisheil by K. H. Robins, WuhUa, Kan. Photn-Enqrnre<l. means of knowing who the authors of thespecimens were; therefore there could beno bias to their expressed opinions. In thesubjoined voies preferences were given inthe order in which the letters indicatingthe specimens are placed: Throush Webb^s Spectacles. A. C. Webb, Nashville, A, C, B. The only objection I can find to A is that the contrast between eagle and back- W. D. F. Brown, penman. Auburn,R. B. A, C. I think B is the only purepiece of flourishing of the three. Theprizes were offered for flourishing and notpen-drawing, that is the reason I jmtspecimen C for third prize, as it containsbut little flourishing. Specimen A but poorly designed. The pen-holders, according to the ratio ot size com-pared with the eagle and palette, must chestnut V and i C. M. Ward, Elizabeth, N. J., B, C, thorough examination under magni-fying glass, for steady hand
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