“Another thing I discovered (and I have been guilty of the same thing many times) is that when through with the pen for the moment most men would let the pen lie down on the desk until the pen was again wanted. This might be an hour and it might be two hours. In the meantime, the dry air in the room is constantly carrying off the particles of moisture from around the pen point. When the occasion demanded the use of the pen again, the point was dry, and in order to use it the owner would have to give it a jerk to force the ink around the pen point before he could sign his name. Usually this was accompanied by an expression of various users a fountain pen—they’re no good. They dry up!, so, a desk set was brought in holding two pens, one with a coarse point, such as I like for my signature, and another with a Duofold point for another class of work. In a few days that desk set, and I became most excellent friends. The pens were always in sight, never buried under a mass of papers. I found the points just as moist as though they had been dipped in ink, ready to write the instant they touched the paper, and I must say that ever since I have been using the set it has been a real joy and comfort to me. I cannot but think that there are thousands of men—perhaps you are one of them—who have felt the need for one of these sets and, because of the fact that you have not become familiar with it, have been denied the use of one of the greatest helps and conveniences that can be found on a businessman’s desk.

One of the nice things about the particular set I am using is that it has a ball and socket Joint, so that it can be turned around, and if I want the signature of a man who might be sitting on the opposite side of my desk, I simply have to turn it around and he can take the pen out and use it. Again, I can lay the pens down out of the way when I am through writing. Not only this, but it is very ornamental.

No man need be ashamed of one of these sets because it looks as though it cost real money, and it does. It gives a prosperous and cheerful look to the visitor who comes into the office when he sees the very latest and up to date office equipment on the desk of the man upon whom he is calling.

This little story tells why I use a Parker Desk Set. It is not because my company has now become probably the largest manufacturers of these desk sets, but because the desk set supplies a real need which I have felt for years before the set was created. A few days use and experience with one of these desk sets on your part I am quite sure will make you just as pleased and enthusiastic about them as I am.”