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FOUNTAIN PEN REPLACES SIGNET Engravers’ Street, Constantinople, a short passage near the grand bazaars, has suffered a change in the past year. Seal makers, who formerly cut signets in the old characters, now are reduced to such inartistic pursuits as painting signs reading “Keep the Halls Clean” and “This Way to the Janitor.” This is entirely due to the influence of compulsory education. Thousands of illiterate people who formerly depended upon a stamp with which to place their names on documents, now sign for themselves. Not many years ago the signet was something to be proud of. Frequently it was cut from semi-precious stones and even emerald seals were used. But the signet has now been replaced by the fountain pen.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 992, 7 June 1930, Page 21
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122MODERN Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 992, 7 June 1930, Page 21
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