Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, 1920-07-28Various
General
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, 1920-07-28
Various
English wit and humor -- Periodicals
Apart fromthat though the key marked FIG is rather fun, since you can rite
such amusing things withit, things like % and [Symbol: face] and dear old &
not to mention = and 1/4 and 3/4 and!!! i find that inones ordinarry (i never
get that word right) cor orrespondenLc one doesn't use expressions like @@
and % % % nearly enough. typewriting gives you a new ideaof possibilities
of the engliLh language; thE more i look at % the more beautiful it seems
to Be: and like the simple flowers of england itis perLaps most beautiLul
when seeen in the masss, Look atit
% % % % % % % % % % % %
% % % % % % % % % % % %
% % % % % % % % % % % %
% % % % % % % % % % % %
how would thatdo for a BAThrooM wallpaper? it could be produced verery
cheaply and itcould be calld the CHER RYdesigN damn, imeant to put all that
in capitals. iam afraid this articleis spoilt now but butt bUt curse . But
perhaps the most excitingthing aLout this macLine is that you can by
presssing alittle switch suddenly writein redor green instead of in black;
I donvt understanh how Lt is done butit is very jollY? busisisness men us e
the device a gre t deal wen writing to their membersof PARLIAment, in order
to emphasasise the pointin wich theLr inLustice is worSe than anyone elses
inLustice . wen they come to WE ARE RUINED they burst out into red and wen
they come to WE w WOULD remIND YOU tHAT ATtHE LAST ELECTION yoU UNDERTOOk
they burst into GReeN. thei r typists must enjoy doing those letters. with
this arrang ment of corse one coul d do allkinds of capital wallpapers. for
|nstance wat about a scheme of red L's and black %'s and gReen &'s? this
sort of thing
L % L % L % L % L %
& L & L & L & L & L
L % L % L % L % L %
& L & L & L & L & L
Manya poor man would be glad to Lave that in his parLour ratherthan wat he
has got now. of corse, you wont be ab?e to apreciate the fulll bauty of the
design since i underst and that the retched paper which is going to print
this has no redink and no green inq either; so you must Lust immagine that
the L's are red and the &'s are green. it is extroarordinarry (wat a t
erribleword!!!) how backward in MAny waYs these uptodate papers are
wwww1/41/41/41/41/41/41/2=3/4 now how did that happen i wond er; i was experimenting with
the BACK SPACE key; if that is wat it is for i dont thinq i shall use it
again. iI wonder if i am impriving at this1/2 sometimes i thinq i am and so
metimes i thinq iam not . we have not had so many L's lately but i notice
that theere have been one or two misplaced q's & icannot remember to write
i in capital s there it goes again.
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