The Palmer Method of Business Writing / A Series of Self-teaching in Rapid, Plain, Unshaded, Coarse-pen, Muscular Movement Writing for Use in All Schools, Public or Private, Where an Easy and Legible Handwriting is the Object Sought; Also for the Home Learner

Chapter 124: LESSON 94

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The manual presents a practical system of business handwriting that trains a rapid, legible, and enduring hand through muscular-arm movement, correct posture, and disciplined practice. It argues against traditional copy-book drill, prioritizing whole-arm motion, comfortable penholding, rhythm, and frequent word-and-sentence practice over mechanical imitation. Lessons pair plain printed instructions framed as direct classroom talks with photo-engraved drills that preserve a working individuality. Exercises move from posture and ovals to flowing words, emphasizing study alongside repetition so the movement becomes habitual and transfers to all written work, producing handwriting characterized by legibility, speed, ease, and stamina.

LESSON 94

Drill 116

Open the lesson with a drill on capital O, making fully sixty to the minute, and write the word “Oiling” at the rate of fourteen to the minute. Watch position; watch movement.

Capital L, rightly practiced, is always an excellent movement drill.

Questions you should be able to answer intelligently: Where and how does the beginning stroke start? How long is the upper loop, compared with the length of the letter? Is the downward stroke a straight line or a curve? Is the lower loop round or flat, and what part rests on the base line? Is the final stroke finished on or below the base line?

Compare your work with the copy in reference to these questions. Practice speed, sixty letters to the minute. Write the word “Lanning” with a very light motion at a speed not less than twelve to the minute.