What Constitutes Readable Print? Satinized, Light-Reflecting White Paper Fatigues the Eye

St. Louis, Mo., May 15, 1897. To the Editor: — I herewith send you a few crumbs in answer to your call for a discussion of the paper on which theJournalshould be printed, because I am convinced that it will be calculated to do good service by directing attention to very important questions, which must be of great practical interest to the human race both in this and future generations. The question of the size and form of printing type, and the color of the material for background, is not only of great importance to the comfort of adults, but it is of far greater importance to children and those who quite naturally look to the typographical and mechanical features of theJournalfor a model. What constitutes readable print? The most readable print is that by which one may obtain the maximum of reading, with the minimum