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 38: LESSON 20

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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 20

After the usual practice of the compact two-space oval and the small m and n review lesson nineteen.

Drill 20

The count for small e in groups of five, is 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. Try to make the letter but one-sixteenth of an inch high. For purposes of comparison, it would be well occasionally to make rows of small o’s and m’s on lines close to your small e drills. The three letters should be of the same height. Making small e in groups of five, twenty-eight groups, or one hundred and forty letters, should be made in a minute.