A TSAR'S QUILL PENS
t 3 * 3 Wo have complained of our fountain i pens, but the constant mending required > by quill pens must have proved a severe i trial in the days when no others wore available, remarks a London raconteur, Alexander I. of Bussia thought it necessary to employ a. man whose solo duty consisted in cutting pens. Ho was required to havo a. supply of not loss than 100 quills always ready. This number waa by no means excessive, for Alexander would never use the same pen twice. Even the writing of « signature spoiled a pen, in his opinion, for (subsequent use. The quill.oufcter, who received a salary Of £340 1 & year, accompanied the Tsar in «4l his journeys, including his oampajgae against Napoleoa.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 7, 9 January 1915, Page 11
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127A TSAR'S QUILL PENS Evening Post, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 7, 9 January 1915, Page 11
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