Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-07-11
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viii receive the information they have
asked for.
Almost everybody seems to regard
shorthand IS indispensable TO q reporter
On 2 daily paper, while the fact il that
not one reporter IN ten can write it, Or
would want to use the system once year
Il he could. They take notes rapidly in
long-hand, and many Of them have their
own way of abbreviating words and SEN
fences 70 hasten their hand in reporting
rapid speaker.
There are several systems, each, doubt
less, having its advantages, and any one
OF them can be learned without =
teacher. While it might take three or
four months to master shorthand, others
may work for year and then give it up
in despair. After q system is thoroughly
understood one must keep In continual
practice or his memory viii desert him.
Probably not one ia twenty who learn
shorthand keep it up for any length of
time, or make enough money out of il to
pay for their books and pencils.
Stenographers attached to courts earn
from 81, 600 to S., 600 per year. One who
cannot secure such position, but must
depend upon odd jobs, might not make
$500 per year. Young men and women
who are fiatter:ng themselves that stem
ography will tiAl their pockets with cash
win do we to make serious inquiry be-
fore throwing away time or money.
&C., of Tecumseh, Mich, is one of
the ''old boys" having a wife and
farm. he says he is crazy on the sub
ject of music, being able to play several
instruments, and he wants to know If it
would be good move to leave his farm
and become professional musician in a
city. If he makes any such move the
chances are that he will lose by it. II
he had a natural taste for music he
should have been educated in it during
his early years. He might then have
played q cornet equal to Levy, or q
violin as well as Ole Bull To be what
is known as fairly good musician in
these days is to be between two fires.
There are so many fair musicians that
none of them can earn more than de-
cent living, and as long as the majority
Of them earn that they dislike to let go
and take up anything else. Stick to
your farm, sc" You are reasonably
certain to come out ahead every year
on your crops. The cities are full Of
musicians who can't earn the wages Of
mechanic
81. r. p, of Montgomery, Mich,
wants to know what programme he must
follow to become druggist, and what
salary he may receive as a druggists
clerk. If he wants to make thorough
druggist of himself he should secure a
position In q drug store and serve about
two years in a general capacity. He will
have more or less drudgery to do, but
with it viii come various points of in-
formation for his future benefit. His
weekly salary will only be sufficient to
board him, and he will be asked to work
from twelve to fourteen hours out of the
twenty-four. After eighteen months or
two years experience in the store he will
be advanced in position and salary, but
it win be yet another year before he can
be trusted to take charge. To become
common drug clerk it is not necessary
to attend college, but to become first
class druggist or prescription clerk it is.
The pay ranges all the way from $12 to
e25 per week.
81. e., y of Manchester, England, asks
If there Is any better show for boy who
wants to learn trade in the United
States than in England, how long he
would have to serve as an apprentice,
and what wages he might count on
In nearly every case a boy in England,
Scotland, Ireland, Germany or France is
bound to serve an apprenticeship Of from
Eve to seven years. The idea isn't that
smart boy cannot master almost any
trade In three or four years, but it is to
put money in the employers pocket.
During the last two or three years of the
boys apprenticeship he win earn his
4sboss'' journeyman's wages, but receive
only third or half.
The pay of an apprentice in the old
countries is next to nothing, and long
hours are demanded Of him. The customs
here are very different and much more
to the boys benefit. The apprenticeship
in all but the very finest trades is limited
to three years. The wages paid are
twice or three times As great, and an
apprentice in a shop goes to work
with the men and quits at the same hour.
In case it was agreed to pay q boy only
"a per week, the second year, If he
pushed himself faster than was antici-
pated, the chances are that he would
receive an increase Of wages. While It
is true that the English apprentice is
master of his trade when his FIVE or
seven years are up, he cannot secure any
more pay by the day In an American
shop than the American boy who served
only three years. The latter is supposed
to have finished his trade as well.
I'D. Mel" of Glasgow. Scotland.
writes, 4 have received some valuable
information from your Talk, and have
decided to ask q few questions on my
own account. In what State do most
of my countrymen settle when they reach
America { Is there any prejudice against
them How much money would have
70 put up with q grocer to obtain sitaa-
ton as clerk, and what wages would /
receive How long would I have to
remain in the States before / could
vote p
l. There may be q State in the Union
without q Scotchman In it, but we
shouldn't like to make a wager that