Paper is cheap in these days, and so is postage. Therefore, oh correspondents! please put your lines further apart, write in a large hand, leave plenty of space between words and sentences, and don't think it needful to crowd all your matter into one or two pages.
Pity the typesetters, whose pay is not large; and the editors, who cannot guess what is passing in your thoughts, unless you put the idea upon paper. Spell out all your words, and never use any short ands, like this (&). Matter to be printed is not like a private letter, which some friend is to decipher. Put no dashes where they do not belong. Never write proper names in a slovenly way, for they cannot be jumped at, or found in the dictionary. If you expect mercy, show mercy! It would be a just retribution upon many writers for the press (present company always excepted!) to print their stuff just as they send it,—needless abbreviations, abominable punctuation, bad grammar, foolish italics, ignorant spelling, undivided sentences, and all.
