Smyrna times., 1866-11-14
NJ | 5 c ELLA NEOUS.
For the Smyrna Times" !"
Photography.
10 save time is to lengthen life." d"

4 BY P II.
UuhS men and women are often troubIo
VIII "Itn regard 70 the choice Of an occunot;on =
profession in life. Those who have Ionn =
Ing exact and beautiful, and have some Jos;ro ~
~ Icd:t' 10 De more or less allied tO Eterar,
PURSUITS may ind that Phonography will one;
b"ay, tno way Chereto. Charles Dickens. the caI.
ba%u baaJ EngllSh novelist, began life as a short
anon,drIpJ ~ up pTLteI, ana thereby not only became
5nG preliminary profession for the more sTto, D
ued work Of an author. '--'-o 0A'''i-
| 5non0graphy-''s sound writiDg'-was ;nvo,,
tou Dy Isaac PItman of England. in 1877 All
~ la[ superior was it to the Stenogranbv or
tiano then IN use, that it very soon sn.
peTceded It, 1t differed from Il in ba,,;,,,.
afnonetlc Alphabet-that is. a cbaractar ,lits ~
represent each elementary sound in tbe iou "
suage' which at once gave it the advanta1os nf
pclng easily acquired, rapidly written anJ u
mitndl' perfectly legible to every Phonogra nLar
s,I @Io mas once learned the system. So beant;-
bd Iul was the invention of Pitman that # s"on
Uecanie very popular, both in England and
1;eica: sun 1t did not fully answer the re-
qude quueeents OF the Reporter, because those most
rate ol speed than l4O to 1870 words ,ar q
"hlie 1t sometimes requires l75 r. Ion u,tuI
per minute to report our most rand s,,oai'. 10
III tnelr enthusiastic, extempore bursts ~ oIn
quence. F'-0 ONiS1S VI elO-
D, ln 1898, Andrew j. Graham, a well.Lpov,r
l nohographlc Reporter of New YorL nv.
having applied the results of his extendo IiS
Perence as Law and general Renortar - "a "a,
Improvement ~ P OF the system, issued his "IT.mJ
~ TooA VI Standard or American Phonopranbv y
u LUIS the defects OF the Pitman style were on.
eney renedled, while its fundamental nrinc;- |
pies were retained and students Of the art nn,v /
nave Ia system that is philosophical and nrart;.
Soi,,.o enat Is not only easy to learn but ab- |
Jhny VI oto fascinating to the majority of those
tbo oI OiOe commence the study moreover it is
tne only system by which rerbafi3n ranor,n - 80 80
i"RIu speakers can be secured ~ "a
d, 10 young men and women. while ot,1or..
= o.Tography offers Invaluable assXtorn"'
"Ae.nel In reporting the class lecturoo
tIe interesting Items from text -boots o,I:
VI uiaiy ways III which the student nseS I, ~
~ Pencll' ana ecOnomizes or wastes time PIn Pf.n
-'o uool ullesS does not end with school Efc how
ereL, e,, DuC continues to save time and labor or
cvery occasion where writing is to be done f"r r
As Profession fer ladies or pcntIomon D.
porting offers an employment bot% b,Jn, ,,ln,d ne.
and profitable, and superior renortcrs c,
nand almost any price for their services In
ing the war, $40 per day was the price na;d
oy the military courts. Editors. authors law
1ers, Judges and business men eagerly sec1,ro
'oGu reporters when they can find them.
In any case where dictation can hn nsod .Lo
work OF five hours can be done in one by bLn Ido
and the principal of the bonse viii ~
iiu: oe saved from weary hours of desk work
IgIIvlng him time for other important dwt;nH Gt
Vnlle his amanuensis is transcribinr the to noteS
nto lOnghand. 'O--"i"s 'iie notes
For ladies, it opens, in connection with tho
rogresS OF the day, new field of labor Prn, !m ?
1g ofhces are at last opening their doors co.
ne employment Of women; and comUOS;toUa oOaS nol
Tho can set up" from Photographic dconv y y y
eceive almost double Compensation IT. TT6Upy 6P s
llent. -'"' VI iateht
The writer has been a Phonopranbor Co. ?
,urteen years, and feels confident t6atanv ono u u
ho may become interested in the art tbryonn6 % el
'ading this, will not regret it in after wears L
1t may be readily acquired by persons of nv. q
age ability, without the aid of a teacher y y
lth Graham 8 Hand Book" as text-boot =
he more advanced student will require the :
Readers and Dictionary the lat. :"
r is an indispensable work to one who would n,
quire. the most thorough knowledge of the n
[ in the shortest time. 80 80