New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1845-09-03
"Phonography."......No. IL.

T. The Editor q Tie Trib2Hes
Dr,R SlR. II we examine Mr. Pitmans system in It's
purely Seaoxrspsc character. see, in the frst in
stance al he CURED ssHs which hold such
act proportion between sraizt line and fail
thai any one however superhcy acquainted with the
elements OF prsaaai -teuosraphy. VIII deem them AZ
once impraciicabe ,hey mus, be rendered with ds,nc;
eSsctncss. unless the praciirone- should write them
with all the .owness OF IL iJEun leisure. They can De
written upon large black board Is true with piece
Of chalk but upon paper ~ any Reporter with
pen or pencil, while following speaker. Those who
practice stensgraphy professional Reporters know
straight signs. particularly the falling ones
one half least in the rapidly Of composition made
with an inevitable sagsng which gives them the very ap
.earance OF the halt curved signs Of Mr. Ptman. All
practical stenogrsphers agree that if Cured signs must
make part OF any system. they be made f, be-
Ing incomparsb.y easier thus than otherwise.
Secondly The graphic principles Of the system
based Amos, entirely upon arbitrary signs representing
entire words. AMI entire PHRASES under the
OF Grammalogues and Phrascos rsphics. Atpase OF
the work before NE ind ess than ire, ksHdrsd md
fhHyHiae arbitrary words alphabetically arranged @
A. the heading expresses. Almost many Tyro had
70 catch the speeches Of his Cicero But says
Mr. Prman. you may not use them If you chose
think that the negative suggestion the generally
adhered TO- Az s is unques,ionably the most
practicable.
Thirdly Mr. Pitman the same ssu with heGrier
face 10 make the corrirc arculaons Of his primitive
or softer The majority not the entire body Of
practical stenographers deem this suggestion OF P Ber
tin the hrs, mprover Tsylors system almost II not
altogether impraccable by the busy and fac, flying Re
porter since it canno, be done without stopping the
hand in the action OF pressing upon the pen to make the
Pre- with urp
substituted hi. same principle in 1922 if earlier. in
the representation Of the and the srticu
lations marked with these nassls-snd in this all the
-tenogravhers of the Nonieur concurrcd with him,
which 20 do for the following reasons That the cor
relative of the sof, articulsons occurring much oencr
than the nasas they require an easier set OF
signs and that darker face in sign Is more ands0s'cdt
10 nasal which dark obscure sound. But another
suggestion from the Senographer and unquesion'
ably the best and most elegant r. well AS important
which was ever made Stenography has been adhered
~ by Mr. Pitman with more dscernmenL though not al
together with the degree OF completeness and per
fiction mean the addition iahar stroke forming hooS
10 straight signs hy Which these are turned INTO Ht
culafion- compound with and & The only difference
il that Mr. Ptman applies the same principle 20 ms halt
curved signs without completing me i0oP "nlch MI.
Provost does preceding them always by the hairsroke
representing the and which he thought with good rea
son was more practicable thus than otherwise
FDurthly With the exception Oh the sign iOI /, WHICH
in Mr. Pumans system as in all the known systems of
Senorsphy) bears resemblance 10 the main stroke oil
this capital letter there IS not that can see single
sgn that bears any direct analogy with the letters or ar
ticulaons which they intended TO representa- con
sdera,ion OF much importance in sienography' since
after the habit of the hand in forming the signs one OF
the most essential requisites is the remembering on the
signs ar oncc. while following speaker Any analogy
therefore between the and their equivalent arcu-
leons has the effect Of calling them the quicker TO the
mind and hence 10 the NIB Of the pen
~. cha flrfAf gf
tom A system OF pure Sten09raphg There are sui
few more imperfectons belonging To this rs well as all
the known systems OF Shorthand but Of these II is an
necessary TO speak at least for the present From the
foregoing remarks result at least u Obtained II l.
,na a. system OF Stenography Mr.. Pitmans IL no bet
ter nor more perfect than many other known systems
and that ~ far Senography goes any one who can
procure Mr. Constant PrevO-ts Manuel OF me arr VIII
h. soon convinced that the former IL Vastly INFERIOR 70
the latter in point eligibility and rapidly more partcu
larly although. being subsequent 10 MI freFoNs by
many wears Mr. Pman had the full chance OF improving
upon II in any way where Il might have been lmprova'
bic shall gyo single example taken rom the nis'
line OF Mr. Pitman- first specimen OF Illustrations page
Is (octayo size of his Seno Phonography.l lie mas
syllable TO represent line of words containing sy
tables The signs without phonogrsphic extra para
site signs and exceptional rules sc. read as iono"''
~ek mePisahgrr she Preqr.'
Ry remembering the arbitrary value of the signs the
reader hnds in rhem-with perhaps no little surprise
"Tie Lord my pasture shall prepare
With Mr. Prsyosts system OF Short hand. with strokes
Of the pen les, read thus without any extra arbitrary
rules or parasite signs
DE Leyd me posture shal proper
The reader will easily decide which Of the two exam
pies il most readable
However as the Piimanian system il more particu'
larry recommended by it, author, and more loudly eN'
toed by its learners ~ system OF Psre fAoH9STaPy
and az Photography IT, in every respect OF TAR more
importance and general utility and practicabi'y thsn
reporting Stenogrsphy II remains now 10 view MI III
mans system under IL intrinsic Photographic character
10 see whether ~ system Of Photography II has al
the Characteristic features and merits which ought 10
r.sse.s 10 be- At once admitted by the country At large
without any further examination ms most ifhpo''ah
question Mr. Editor will be- with your permission the
subject If my next communication.
Yours respectfully H. w.
Paris, $40. 1905 nh.
MAMA ofstenogrnphy, In smo Paris. ROGET Editor