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Setting President Wilson's Portrait in Type
HARVEY PARSONS is a cartoonist on the staff of a Topeka newspaper. He con- ceived the original idea of setting up President's Wilson's reply to the Pope in type, in such a way that the result would be not only a readable reproduction of the message itself, but a portrait of Presi- dent Wilson.
First of all, Parsons drew a likeness ot the President. With that before him, he gave minute instructions to O. W. Kelly, an old printer friend of his. Par- sons does not know Nonpareil from upper case Roman; yet he was able to make Kelly understand what was wanted. After his successful experiment, the artist declared that he could write instructions to a printer which
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As our illustra- tion shows, light- faced type com- poses the high lights of the pic- ture, and black or bold-faced, the half-tones and darker portions. The proper spacing of the letters is not destroyed, and the reply to the Pope is legible in spite of the underlying likeness. The por- traits are set in type by machine.
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��a set of and a light auto- mobile engine con- stitute the rolling stock of a Louisiana railway. The road connects Christie and Pearson and carries on a lively business. The "su- per-jitney," as it has been desig- nated, operates on a regular time schedule and is able to make excellent speed despite its rather cumbersome appearance. It can conveniently ac- commodate twenty passengers, and in addition can haul a great deal of ex- press and merchan- dise, by stowing it under the seats or on the top of the coach. No matter how heavy the load, there is practically no vibration, for the railroad bed is still in good con- dition.
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