{"id":100567,"date":"2026-08-03T08:00:18","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T12:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marybakereddylibrary.org\/?p=100567"},"modified":"2026-06-30T11:45:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T15:45:17","slug":"extraits-de-documents-il-nest-jamais-bon-detre-en-retard-sur-son-temps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marybakereddylibrary.org\/fr\/research\/extraits-de-documents-il-nest-jamais-bon-detre-en-retard-sur-son-temps\/","title":{"rendered":"Extraits de documents&nbsp;: \u00ab&nbsp;Il n\u2019est jamais bon d\u2019\u00eatre en retard sur son temps&nbsp;\u00bb"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"modal-ready\"><p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; fullwidth=&#8221;on&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_fullwidth_post_title author=&#8221;off&#8221; date_format=&#8221;j F Y&#8221; categories=&#8221;off&#8221; comments=&#8221;off&#8221; featured_image=&#8221;off&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; z_index_tablet=&#8221;500&#8243; title_text_shadow_horizontal_length_tablet=&#8221;0px&#8221; title_text_shadow_vertical_length_tablet=&#8221;0px&#8221; title_text_shadow_blur_strength_tablet=&#8221;1px&#8221; meta_text_shadow_horizontal_length_tablet=&#8221;0px&#8221; meta_text_shadow_vertical_length_tablet=&#8221;0px&#8221; meta_text_shadow_blur_strength_tablet=&#8221;1px&#8221; box_shadow_horizontal_tablet=&#8221;0px&#8221; box_shadow_vertical_tablet=&#8221;0px&#8221; box_shadow_blur_tablet=&#8221;40px&#8221; box_shadow_spread_tablet=&#8221;0px&#8221; text_shadow_horizontal_length_tablet=&#8221;0px&#8221; text_shadow_vertical_length_tablet=&#8221;0px&#8221; text_shadow_blur_strength_tablet=&#8221;1px&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_fullwidth_post_title][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;2_3,1_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.5&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;2_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.marybakereddylibrary.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2026-04c-Typewriters-and-MBEs-household.jpg&#8221; alt=&#8221;Image description: Collage with three images. Clockwise from top left: Black-and-white photograph . Crop of a handwritten letter, with the following words visible: %22Dear Mrs. Eddy, I have been thinking how kind you were to me last eve. I and I felt much happier for seeing you&#8230;%22 Close-up photograph of the beginning of&nbsp;%22Thanksgiving Dinner,%22 by Mary Baker Eddy, found in her book&nbsp;%22Miscellaneous Writings 1883\u20131896.%22&#8243; title_text=&#8221;2026-04c Typewriters and MBEs household&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.5&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Photo caption&nbsp;%91DON&#8217;T ADD ANY ADDITIONAL FORMATTING!%93&#8243; module_class=&#8221;custom-caption-centered&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.5&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Portrait de Calvin Frye, American Press Association, P00752. Lettre de Mary Baker Eddy \u00e0 Joshua A. Bailey, 12 d\u00e9cembre 1888, L10689. Bradley, Garretson &#038; Co. \u00e0 Mary Baker Eddy, 3 septembre 1886, 944.92.009.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.5&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>Les Etats-Unis des ann\u00e9es 1880 ont \u00e9t\u00e9 marqu\u00e9s par l\u2019innovation et la m\u00e9canisation. Des transports aux communications, en passant par la sph\u00e8re domestique, les nouvelles technologies ont fait leur apparition dans presque tous les domaines de la vie. Alors que notre \u00e9quipe d\u2019archivistes s\u2019employait \u00e0 num\u00e9riser (en vue de la publier) la correspondance du milieu des ann\u00e9es 1880 d\u00e9tenue par le Fonds Mary Baker Eddy de la Biblioth\u00e8que, un papier \u00e0 en-t\u00eate inhabituel est sorti du lot. Celui-ci illustre un aspect pr\u00e9cis de cette \u00e9poque innovante, directement li\u00e9 \u00e0 la correspondance de Mary Baker Eddy&nbsp;: l\u2019apparition de la machine \u00e0 \u00e9crire.<\/p>\n<p>Le 3 septembre 1886, Garretson &amp; Co., une maison d\u2019\u00e9dition \u00e0 Philadelphie, <a href=\"https:\/\/marybakereddypapers.org\/?load=944.92.009\">\u00e9crit \u00e0 Mary Baker Eddy<\/a> de la part d\u2019un client souhaitant commander son livre <em>Science et Sant\u00e9 avec la Clef des Ecritures<\/em>. Ce genre de lettres \u00e9tait courant, mais ce qui nous a frapp\u00e9s, c\u2019est qu\u2019elle est dactylographi\u00e9e et non manuscrite. De plus, l\u2019en-t\u00eate m\u00eame comporte l\u2019illustration d\u2019une femme tapant \u00e0 la machine \u00e0 \u00e9crire et cette explication&nbsp;:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>La machine \u00e0 \u00e9crire (vue en coupe) fonctionne \u00e0 l\u2019aide de touches. Chaque lettre de chaque mot est tap\u00e9e s\u00e9par\u00e9ment, et pourtant, une personne exp\u00e9riment\u00e9e peut \u00e9crire sous la dict\u00e9e, entre 60 et 70 mots par minute. Nous \u00e9crivons ainsi \u00e0 nos correspondants trois ou quatre fois plus vite, avec beaucoup plus de facilit\u00e9, et chaque message est tout aussi personnel que s\u2019il avait \u00e9t\u00e9 \u00e9crit \u00e0 la plume. Nous fournissons cette explication parce que le r\u00e9sultat ressemble \u00e0 un texte imprim\u00e9 et que ce proc\u00e9d\u00e9 n\u2019est g\u00e9n\u00e9ralement pas utilis\u00e9 en dehors des grandes villes.<span id='easy-footnote-1-100567' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/www.marybakereddylibrary.org\/fr\/research\/extraits-de-documents-il-nest-jamais-bon-detre-en-retard-sur-son-temps\/#easy-footnote-bottom-1-100567' title='Garretson &amp;amp; Co. \u00e0 Eddy, 3 septembre 1886, &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/marybakereddypapers.org\/?load=944.92.009&quot;&gt;IC944.92.009&lt;\/a&gt;.'><sup>1<\/sup><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Au vu de ces explications, on pourrait penser que la facilit\u00e9 d\u2019utilisation et l\u2019efficacit\u00e9 reconnues de la machine \u00e0 \u00e9crire allaient lui permettre de se r\u00e9pandre comme une tra\u00een\u00e9e de poudre. Mais cela n\u2019a pas \u00e9t\u00e9 le cas. La premi\u00e8re machine \u00e0 \u00e9crire commercialement viable a \u00e9t\u00e9 brevet\u00e9e en 1868 et sa fabrication a d\u00e9but\u00e9 en 1873.<span id='easy-footnote-2-100567' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/www.marybakereddylibrary.org\/fr\/research\/extraits-de-documents-il-nest-jamais-bon-detre-en-retard-sur-son-temps\/#easy-footnote-bottom-2-100567' title='\u00ab&nbsp;Production on the Sholes and Glidden Typewriter Began&nbsp;\u00bb [D\u00e9but de la production de la machine \u00e0 \u00e9crire Sholes and Glidden], Biblioth\u00e8que du Congr\u00e8s, s.d., consult\u00e9 le 27 janvier 2026, &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/guides.loc.gov\/this-month-in-business-history\/march\/typewriter-production-began&quot;&gt;https:\/\/guides.loc.gov\/this-month-in-business-history\/march\/typewriter-production-began&lt;\/a&gt;.'><sup>2<\/sup><\/a><\/span> Pourtant, l\u2019explication sommaire d\u2019une machine \u00e0 \u00e9crire fournie par Garretson &amp; Co. sur leur papier \u00e0 en-t\u00eate (dat\u00e9 de 1886) montre que, m\u00eame 13 ans plus tard, beaucoup de gens ne connaissaient pas encore cette invention.<\/p>\n<p>Le prix en \u00e9tait sans aucun doute l\u2019une des raisons. Valant 125 dollars am\u00e9ricains, soit environ 4&nbsp;000 dollars am\u00e9ricains actuels, la machine \u00e0 \u00e9crire \u00e9tait financi\u00e8rement hors de port\u00e9e pour la plupart des particuliers et des petites entreprises. A titre de comparaison, une machine \u00e0 \u00e9crire co\u00fbtait deux fois plus cher qu\u2019une cal\u00e8che ordinaire.<span id='easy-footnote-3-100567' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/www.marybakereddylibrary.org\/fr\/research\/extraits-de-documents-il-nest-jamais-bon-detre-en-retard-sur-son-temps\/#easy-footnote-bottom-3-100567' title=' \u00ab&nbsp;History&nbsp;\u00bb, &lt;em&gt;Antique Typewriter: The Martin Howard Collection &lt;\/em&gt;[Histoire, Machines \u00e0 \u00e9crire anciennes&nbsp;: la collection Martin Howard], s.d., consult\u00e9 le 27 janvier 2026, &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/www.antiquetypewriters.com\/about\/history\/&quot;&gt;https:\/\/www.antiquetypewriters.com\/about\/history&lt;\/a&gt;.'><sup>3<\/sup><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Autre raison possible pour ce d\u00e9marrage lent, la machine \u00e0 \u00e9crire \u00e9tait avant tout destin\u00e9e \u00e0 ceux qui \u00e9crivaient des documents manuscrits, tels que \u00ab&nbsp;les ministres du culte, les avocats, les \u00e9crivains, les st\u00e9nographes et tous ceux qui souhait[aient] \u00e9chapper \u00e0 la corv\u00e9e d\u2019\u00e9crire \u00e0 la main&nbsp;\u00bb, plut\u00f4t qu\u2019aux services administratifs charg\u00e9s de la correspondance quotidienne.<span id='easy-footnote-4-100567' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/www.marybakereddylibrary.org\/fr\/research\/extraits-de-documents-il-nest-jamais-bon-detre-en-retard-sur-son-temps\/#easy-footnote-bottom-4-100567' title=' &lt;i&gt;Ibid.&lt;\/i&gt;'><sup>4<\/sup><\/a><\/span> De fait, la lettre dactylographi\u00e9e la plus ancienne de notre collection est dat\u00e9e du 15 avril 1883, et a \u00e9t\u00e9 <a href=\"https:\/\/marybakereddypapers.org\/?load=382.50.021\">\u00e9crite \u00e0 Mary Baker Eddy par son \u00e9l\u00e8ve Eldridge J. Smith<\/a>, qui \u00e9tait avocat. La lettre commence ainsi&nbsp;: \u00ab&nbsp;Je vais tenter de r\u00e9pondre \u00e0 votre aimable faveur, re\u00e7ue il y a quelques jours, avec la machine \u00e0 \u00e9crire sur laquelle je peux maintenant, apr\u00e8s un peu de pratique, \u00e9crire au moins aussi vite et certainement bien plus lisiblement qu\u2019\u00e0 la plume.&nbsp;\u00bb<span id='easy-footnote-5-100567' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/www.marybakereddylibrary.org\/fr\/research\/extraits-de-documents-il-nest-jamais-bon-detre-en-retard-sur-son-temps\/#easy-footnote-bottom-5-100567' title='Eldridge J. Smith \u00e0 Mary Baker Eddy, 15 avril 1883, &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/marybakereddypapers.org\/?load=382.50.021&quot;&gt;https:\/\/marybakereddypapers.org\/?load=382.50.021&lt;\/a&gt;.'><sup>5<\/sup><\/a><\/span> Lorsque Garretson &amp; Co. \u00e9crit \u00e0 Mary Baker Eddy plus de trois ans plus tard, les lettres dactylographi\u00e9es sont encore rares. Sur les quelque 1&nbsp;850 lettres qu\u2019elle re\u00e7oit en 1886, seules neuf sont dactylographi\u00e9es, soit \u00e0 peine 0,5&nbsp;%.<\/p>\n<p>L\u2019attrait initial que la machine \u00e0 \u00e9crire a exerc\u00e9 sur les ministres du culte et les \u00e9crivains co\u00efncide avec le fait que Mary Baker Eddy elle-m\u00eame a achet\u00e9 tr\u00e8s t\u00f4t une machine \u00e0 \u00e9crire. Interrog\u00e9e sur \u00ab&nbsp;la recherche des inventions modernes&nbsp;\u00bb, elle d\u00e9clare un jour au <em>New York Herald<\/em> :<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Oh, nous ne pouvons nous y opposer. Elles tendent toutes vers des fa\u00e7ons de vivre nouvelles, meilleures, plus \u00e9th\u00e9r\u00e9es. Elles recherchent les essences \u00e9pur\u00e9es. Elles \u00e9clairent le chemin qui m\u00e8ne \u00e0 l\u2019Eglise du Christ. Nous les utilisons, elles nous servent de figures de rh\u00e9torique. Elles nous pr\u00e9parent le chemin.<span id='easy-footnote-6-100567' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/www.marybakereddylibrary.org\/fr\/research\/extraits-de-documents-il-nest-jamais-bon-detre-en-retard-sur-son-temps\/#easy-footnote-bottom-6-100567' title='Mary Baker Eddy, &lt;em&gt;La Premi\u00e8re Eglise du Christ, Scientiste, et Miscellan\u00e9es&lt;\/em&gt; (Boston: Christian Science Board of Directors), 345.'><sup>6<\/sup><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>On sait que Mary Baker Eddy aimait les nouvelles technologies, tant pour sa propre utilisation qu\u2019en g\u00e9n\u00e9ral.<span id='easy-footnote-7-100567' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/www.marybakereddylibrary.org\/fr\/research\/extraits-de-documents-il-nest-jamais-bon-detre-en-retard-sur-son-temps\/#easy-footnote-bottom-7-100567' title='Voir \u00ab&nbsp;What were Mary Baker Eddy\u2019s views on technology?&nbsp;\u00bb [Comment Mary Baker Eddy percevait la technologie&nbsp;?], 1&lt;sup&gt;er&lt;\/sup&gt; d\u00e9cembre 2017, &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/www.marybakereddylibrary.org\/research\/mary-baker-eddys-views-technology\/&quot;&gt;https:\/\/www.marybakereddylibrary.org\/research\/mary-baker-eddys-views-technology&lt;\/a&gt;.'><sup>7<\/sup><\/a><\/span> C\u2019est un exemple de plus qui prouve que Mary Baker Eddy \u00e9tait \u00e0 l\u2019avant-garde du progr\u00e8s.<span id='easy-footnote-8-100567' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/www.marybakereddylibrary.org\/fr\/research\/extraits-de-documents-il-nest-jamais-bon-detre-en-retard-sur-son-temps\/#easy-footnote-bottom-8-100567' title='Voir \u00ab&nbsp;Technology in Mary Baker Eddy\u2019s Household&nbsp;\u00bb [La technologie dans la maisonn\u00e9e de Mary Baker Eddy], 18 d\u00e9cembre 2012, &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/www.marybakereddylibrary.org\/research\/technology-in-mary-baker-eddys-household\/&quot;&gt;https:\/\/www.marybakereddylibrary.org\/research\/technology-in-mary-baker-eddys-household&lt;\/a&gt;. Nous n\u2019avons aucune description pr\u00e9cise de la premi\u00e8re machine \u00e0 \u00e9crire utilis\u00e9e par les employ\u00e9s de Mary Baker Eddy. Mais une lettre dat\u00e9e du 31 octobre 1888, adress\u00e9e \u00e0 Calvin A. Frye par un vendeur d\u2019accessoires d\u2019encrage pour machines \u00e0 \u00e9crire Hammond, se termine ainsi&nbsp;: \u00ab&nbsp;Me permettriez-vous d\u2019en installer un sur votre machine \u00e0 \u00e9crire&nbsp;?&nbsp;\u00bb (J. W. Tallmadge \u00e0 Calvin A. Frye, 31 octobre 1888, &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/mbepapers.org\/?load=989.98.001&quot;&gt;IC989.98.001&lt;\/a&gt;). Il est donc clair qu\u2019une machine \u00e0 \u00e9crire Hammond se trouvait dans la maison de Mary Baker Eddy avant cette date.'><sup>8<\/sup><\/a><\/span> Le document le plus ancien que nous poss\u00e9dions, dactylographi\u00e9 \u00e0 la demande de Mary Baker Eddy, est une lettre dat\u00e9e du 14 ao\u00fbt 1887 et adress\u00e9e \u00e0 James Henry Wiggin.<span id='easy-footnote-9-100567' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/www.marybakereddylibrary.org\/fr\/research\/extraits-de-documents-il-nest-jamais-bon-detre-en-retard-sur-son-temps\/#easy-footnote-bottom-9-100567' title='Mary Baker Eddy \u00e0 James Henry Wiggin, 14 ao\u00fbt 1887, &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/mbepapers.org\/?load=L07617&quot;&gt;L07617&lt;\/a&gt;.'><sup>9<\/sup><\/a><\/span> On ne trouve aucune autre lettre dactylographi\u00e9e avant celle du 12 d\u00e9cembre 1888, adress\u00e9e \u00e0 Joshua F. Bailey.<span id='easy-footnote-10-100567' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/www.marybakereddylibrary.org\/fr\/research\/extraits-de-documents-il-nest-jamais-bon-detre-en-retard-sur-son-temps\/#easy-footnote-bottom-10-100567' title='Mary Baker Eddy \u00e0 Joshua A. Bailey, 12 d\u00e9cembre 1888, &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/mbepapers.org\/?load=L10689&quot;&gt;L10689&lt;\/a&gt;.'><sup>10<\/sup><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Il est int\u00e9ressant de noter que, lorsque les premi\u00e8res machines \u00e0 \u00e9crire ont \u00e9t\u00e9 commercialis\u00e9es, nombreux sont ceux qui estimaient que la correspondance dactylographi\u00e9e \u00e9tait impersonnelle, voire insultante. Il s\u2019agit probablement d\u2019une raison suppl\u00e9mentaire expliquant les faibles ventes de machines \u00e0 \u00e9crire \u00e0 leurs d\u00e9buts. Selon une source historique&nbsp;:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Beaucoup voyaient dans la page dactylographi\u00e9e un manque de d\u00e9licatesse implicite, contrairement aux messages \u00e9crits \u00e0 la main&nbsp;; on la consid\u00e9rait comme impersonnelle et peu confidentielle, parce qu\u2019un employ\u00e9, et non la personne qui signait le message, avait sans doute tap\u00e9 le message. D\u2019autres s\u2019opposaient aux messages dactylographi\u00e9s, car ils pouvaient sous-entendre que le destinataire ne savait pas lire l\u2019\u00e9criture manuscrite.<span id='easy-footnote-11-100567' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/www.marybakereddylibrary.org\/fr\/research\/extraits-de-documents-il-nest-jamais-bon-detre-en-retard-sur-son-temps\/#easy-footnote-bottom-11-100567' title='Henry E. Mattox, \u00ab&nbsp;Technology and Foreign Affairs: The Case of the Typewriter&nbsp;\u00bb [Technologie et affaires \u00e9trang\u00e8res&nbsp;: le cas de la machine \u00e0 \u00e9crire], &lt;em&gt;American Diplomacy,&lt;\/em&gt; d\u00e9cembre 1997, &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/americandiplomacy.web.unc.edu\/1997\/12\/technology-and-foreign-affairs-the-case-of-the-typewriter\/&quot;&gt;https:\/\/americandiplomacy.web.unc.edu\/1997\/12\/technology-and-foreign-affairs-the-case-of-the-typewriter.&lt;\/a&gt;'><sup>11<\/sup><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>C\u2019est ce sentiment que le papier \u00e0 en-t\u00eate de Garretson &amp; Co. tente d\u2019att\u00e9nuer en soulignant que \u00ab&nbsp;chaque message est tout aussi personnel que s\u2019il avait \u00e9t\u00e9 \u00e9crit \u00e0 la plume&nbsp;\u00bb.<\/p>\n<p>Au cours des ann\u00e9es 1890, la correspondance dactylographi\u00e9e du Fonds Mary Baker Eddy a peu \u00e0 peu augment\u00e9, et en 1900, pr\u00e8s de 25&nbsp;% de la correspondance re\u00e7ue par Mary Baker Eddy est dactylographi\u00e9e. Son secr\u00e9taire de longue date, Calvin A. Frye, a appris par lui-m\u00eame \u00e0 utiliser une machine \u00e0 \u00e9crire,<span id='easy-footnote-12-100567' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/www.marybakereddylibrary.org\/fr\/research\/extraits-de-documents-il-nest-jamais-bon-detre-en-retard-sur-son-temps\/#easy-footnote-bottom-12-100567' title='Irving C. Tomlinson, \u00ab&nbsp;Mary Baker Eddy&nbsp;: the Woman and the Revelator&nbsp;\u00bb [Mary Baker Eddy&nbsp;: la femme et le R\u00e9v\u00e9lateur], 1932, Souvenirs, 774.'><sup>12<\/sup><\/a><\/span> et de la fin des ann\u00e9es 1880 au d\u00e9but des ann\u00e9es 1900, il a vraisemblablement tap\u00e9 \u00e0 la machine la majorit\u00e9 des lettres de Mary Baker Eddy. Harriet L. Betts, une \u00e9l\u00e8ve de Mary Baker Eddy, qui a fait partie des employ\u00e9s dans sa maison de Concord, dans le New Hampshire, en 1902 et 1903, se souvient que \u00ab&nbsp;la machine \u00e0 \u00e9crire de M. Frye avait tendance \u00e0 fonctionner de longues heures pendant la nuit&nbsp;\u00bb.<span id='easy-footnote-13-100567' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/www.marybakereddylibrary.org\/fr\/research\/extraits-de-documents-il-nest-jamais-bon-detre-en-retard-sur-son-temps\/#easy-footnote-bottom-13-100567' title='Harriet L. Betts, \u00ab&nbsp;Reminiscences of Mrs. Eddy&nbsp;\u00bb [Souvenirs de M. B. Eddy], s.d., Souvenirs, 21.'><sup>13<\/sup><\/a><\/span> Finalement, la gestion du volume croissant de la correspondance de Mary Baker Eddy a n\u00e9cessit\u00e9 l\u2019embauche de plusieurs secr\u00e9taires. Outre Calvin Frye, George H. Kinter et Lewis C. Strang ont \u00e9galement travaill\u00e9 comme secr\u00e9taires \u00e0 plusieurs reprises entre 1903 et 1907. Irving Tomlinson a \u00e9t\u00e9 embauch\u00e9 en 1907 et, en 1908, apr\u00e8s le d\u00e9m\u00e9nagement de Mary Baker Eddy dans sa nouvelle maison \u00e0 Chestnut Hill, dans le Massachusetts, Adam Dickey et William Rathvon ont aussi \u00e9t\u00e9 engag\u00e9s. C. Fry, I. Tomlinson, A. Dickey et W. Rathvon poss\u00e9daient chacun leur machine \u00e0 \u00e9crire, dont des mod\u00e8les similaires sont encore visibles aujourd\u2019hui dans cette maison.<span id='easy-footnote-14-100567' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/www.marybakereddylibrary.org\/fr\/research\/extraits-de-documents-il-nest-jamais-bon-detre-en-retard-sur-son-temps\/#easy-footnote-bottom-14-100567' title='Armin Sethna, \u00ab&nbsp;A Tale of Three Typewriters&nbsp;\u00bb [L\u2019histoire de trois machines \u00e0 \u00e9crire], Longyear Museum, 19 juin 2024, &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/www.longyear.org\/learn\/research-archive\/mrs-eddys-chestnut-hill-household\/#inline-footnote-4&quot;&gt;\u00a0https:\/\/www.longyear.org\/learn\/research-archive\/mrs-eddys-chestnut-hill-household\/#inline-footnote-4&lt;\/a&gt;.'><sup>14<\/sup><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>L\u2019invention de la machine \u00e0 \u00e9crire a eu un avantage suppl\u00e9mentaire&nbsp;: celui d\u2019ouvrir un tout nouveau secteur d\u2019emplois, notamment pour les femmes. Un article du <em>Christian Science Sentinel<\/em>\u00a0de 1899 soulignait cette aubaine&nbsp;:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>En 1870, on ne recensait que cent cinquante-quatre st\u00e9nographes aux Etats-Unis. Gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 l\u2019invention de la machine \u00e0 \u00e9crire, on compte aujourd\u2019hui environ trente-cinq mille st\u00e9nodactylographes, dont vingt et un mille femmes.<span id='easy-footnote-15-100567' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/www.marybakereddylibrary.org\/fr\/research\/extraits-de-documents-il-nest-jamais-bon-detre-en-retard-sur-son-temps\/#easy-footnote-bottom-15-100567' title='\u00ab&nbsp;Benefits to Wage-earners&nbsp;\u00bb [Des avantages pour les salari\u00e9s], &lt;em&gt;Christian Science Sentinel,&lt;\/em&gt;\u00a023 f\u00e9vrier 1899, &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/sentinel.christianscience.com\/issues\/1899\/2\/1-26\/miscellany?s=copylink&quot;&gt;https:\/\/sentinel.christianscience.com\/issues\/1899\/2\/1-26\/miscellany?s=copylink&lt;\/a&gt;.'><sup>15<\/sup><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Ce n\u2019est donc sans doute pas un hasard si une femme est repr\u00e9sent\u00e9e en train de taper \u00e0 la machine \u00e0 \u00e9crire sur le papier \u00e0 en-t\u00eate de Garretson &amp; Co., en 1886. D\u00e8s 1887, Abbie M. Lyons, une femme pleine d\u2019initiatives et r\u00e9cemment veuve avec six enfants \u00e0 charge, demeurant dans la ville voisine de Newton Upper Falls, dans le Massachusetts, contacte Calvin Frye (par une lettre tap\u00e9e \u00e0 la perfection) pour proposer ses services de dactylographe.<span id='easy-footnote-16-100567' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/www.marybakereddylibrary.org\/fr\/research\/extraits-de-documents-il-nest-jamais-bon-detre-en-retard-sur-son-temps\/#easy-footnote-bottom-16-100567' title='Elle \u00e9crit&nbsp;: \u00ab&nbsp;Si vous avez besoin d\u2019une st\u00e9nographe et d\u2019une op\u00e9ratrice pour la \u201cmachine \u00e0 \u00e9crire Hammond\u201d, je serais heureuse de me pr\u00e9senter \u00e0 vous. Je suis convaincue que ma rapidit\u00e9 en st\u00e9nographie, ainsi qu\u2019\u00e0 la machine \u00e0 \u00e9crire, suffirait tout \u00e0 fait pour traiter la correspondance administrative courante&nbsp;\u00bb (Abbie M. Lyons \u00e0 Frye, 26 octobre 1887, &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/mbepapers.org\/?load=965.95.063&quot;&gt;IC965.95.063&lt;\/a&gt;).'><sup>16<\/sup><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>L\u2019attitude \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9gard de la correspondance dactylographi\u00e9e \u00e9voluait, comme en t\u00e9moigne cet extrait d\u2019un article du <em>Saturday Evening Post<\/em> reproduit dans le <em>Sentinel<\/em> en novembre 1900&nbsp;:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>L\u2019int\u00e9r\u00eat de la machine \u00e0 \u00e9crire est immense, et il a \u00e9t\u00e9 d\u00e9montr\u00e9 dans tant de domaines, qu\u2019on se demande souvent comment on a pu s\u2019en passer. Elle facilite le travail, fait gagner du temps et pr\u00e9serve la vue, am\u00e9liore la lisibilit\u00e9 et d\u00e9veloppe la courtoisie, et elle supprime toute excuse pour les fautes d\u2019orthographe et de ponctuation.<span id='easy-footnote-17-100567' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/www.marybakereddylibrary.org\/fr\/research\/extraits-de-documents-il-nest-jamais-bon-detre-en-retard-sur-son-temps\/#easy-footnote-bottom-17-100567' title='Lynn Roby Meekins, \u00ab&nbsp;Typewriter as Teacher&nbsp;\u00bb [La machine \u00e0 \u00e9crire comme enseignante], &lt;em&gt;Sentinel,&lt;\/em&gt;\u00a01&lt;sup&gt;er&lt;\/sup&gt; novembre 1900, &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/sentinel.christianscience.com\/issues\/1900\/11\/3-9\/the-typewriter-as-a-teacher?s=copylink&quot;&gt;https:\/\/sentinel.christianscience.com\/issues\/1900\/11\/3-9\/the-typewriter-as-a-teacher?s=copylink&lt;\/a&gt;.'><sup>17<\/sup><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>La d\u00e9couverte d\u2019une correspondance dactylographi\u00e9e, d\u2019abord modeste mais de plus en plus importante, dans le Fonds Mary Baker Eddy, nous permet de retracer cette \u00e9volution des mentalit\u00e9s. L\u2019adoption rapide par Mary Baker Eddy d\u2019une invention que le reste de la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 a \u00e9t\u00e9 plus lent \u00e0 accepter t\u00e9moigne de sa vision du progr\u00e8s en g\u00e9n\u00e9ral&nbsp;:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Ce si\u00e8cle cherche \u00e0 atteindre le Principe parfait des choses&nbsp;; il s\u2019efforce d\u2019arriver \u00e0 la perfection dans les domaines de l\u2019art, de l\u2019invention et de l\u2019industrie. Pourquoi donc la religion devrait-elle \u00eatre st\u00e9r\u00e9otyp\u00e9e, et pourquoi n\u2019obtiendrions-nous pas un christianisme plus parfait et plus pratique&nbsp;? Il n\u2019est jamais bon d\u2019\u00eatre en retard sur son temps lorsqu\u2019il s\u2019agit de choses essentielles qui proc\u00e8dent de la norme du bien r\u00e9glant la destin\u00e9e des hommes. Le talent humain ne fait qu\u2019annoncer ce qui doit appara\u00eetre ensuite comme son origine divine.<span id='easy-footnote-18-100567' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/www.marybakereddylibrary.org\/fr\/research\/extraits-de-documents-il-nest-jamais-bon-detre-en-retard-sur-son-temps\/#easy-footnote-bottom-18-100567' title='Mary Baker Eddy, &lt;em&gt;Ecrits divers 1883-1896&lt;\/em&gt;\u00a0(Boston: Christian Science Board of Directors), 232.'><sup>18<\/sup><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>Cet article est aussi disponible sur nos sites en <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marybakereddylibrary.org\/de\/research\/aus-den-mary-baker-eddy-papers-es-ist-niemals-richtig-hinter-der-zeit-zurueckzubleiben\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>allemand<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marybakereddylibrary.org\/research\/from-the-papers-it-will-never-do-to-be-behind-the-times\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>anglais<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marybakereddylibrary.org\/es\/research\/de-nada-servira-quedar-en-el-pasado\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>espagnol<\/strong><\/a> et <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marybakereddylibrary.org\/pt-br\/research\/dos-arquivos-de-papeis-nunca-sera-apropriado-estarmos-atrasados\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>portugais<\/strong><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_sidebar area=&#8221;sidebar-1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_sidebar][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>D\u00e9couvrez comment l\u2019arriv\u00e9e de la machine \u00e0 \u00e9crire, \u00e0 la fin du XIXe si\u00e8cle, a eu une incidence sur la correspondance de Mary Baker Eddy.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":52,"featured_media":99228,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_oasis_is_in_workflow":0,"_oasis_original":0,"_oasis_task_priority":"","_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","inline_featured_image":false,"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[230],"tags":[124,118,125],"class_list":["post-100567","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-extraits-de-documents","tag-ecrits-de-mary-baker-eddy","tag-recherche","tag-vie-de-mary-baker-eddy"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - 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