| Show THE MECHANICS OF PRINTING removed for the next use An apt illustration of that fact was recorded by historian Cecil Alter following an interview with Will Dobson youth ful Kanab publisher during the early 1900 His recollection of joining Spencer in taking over the failing Kanab Clipper is guaranteed to evokechuckle from all newsmen who remember hand-set type Finding the type encrusted with old hardened ink the accumulation of years we emptied all the cases news and display type together in one hopeless mixture intotub of hot lye water thorough washing and rinsing made it look almost new But the job of distribution took three days and nights and then only to discover that thes s s ands had been cased together and that there was not enough type for all the boxes In setting upsermon Dobson remembered God became Gob Gop or Goq shortage ofs ands necessi tated the substitution ofs ands worthy subscriber named McAllister became McAjjizter and other spellings were equally ridicujouz and got more laughs than the joke column Typesetting was by no means manworld Ladies brought skill to hand-setting type and in some cases were more competent at spelling and reading than their male counterparts Many early-day printers had scant training and their journalistic competence was questionable Though chau vinism wasna household word in that day male printers refused to acknowledge that girls were often more knowledge able than men house ad inSt George weekly which has been widely circulated as typical of recruiting efforts for type setters in that era read Wanted Immediatelyyoung lady between the ages of 10 and 15 years to learn the art of Type Setting Must be Quick and Active able to read common writing and not Afraid to Work Steady employment guaranteed when competence is gained Several early members of Utah State Press Association were ladies whotrained as typesetters for the Deseret News and later became involved in publications targeted to female readership Among them were delegates of the WomenExponent and the Young WomenJournal 21 Digital image 2005 Marriott Library University of Utah Al rights reserved |
