Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-06-20

rush Al this rate an expert Typewriter
ran take it on his machine with the greatest
ease. Messrs Carter and I.attimeT are de
Voting several hours day steady practice
( to their Typewriter ami expect to commence
taking press reports on it i'll short time.
| Several copies can be- made at once on a
! Typewriter by putting carbon paper be
| tween sheets of ordinary manifold paper.
| Every stroke of the key is transmitted
| through all the folds of the paper.
The typewriter is very useful to minis
tiers in writing their sermons Rev. Brod-
beck. formerly pastor of St Pauls NJ. +.
church, in this city. was accustomed Ia
write all his sermons on one. Many young
ladies are learning Ia manipulate the type
writer. and when they are skllItuI and OBJ
tain a high rate of speed, there is demand
for their services. In fact, many young
ladies would find It of more advantage to
give some of the time which they spend IN
practising on the piano Ia practising on the
Typewriter In the large cities tyP,~wrIt-
mg has become recognized profession,
and thousands of Young ladies make fair
weekly salary by it. In short, no young
lady who owns good typewriter and VIII"
is industrious need Starve in any city.
Though the type writing machiueS are
undoubtedly great lab"r->ayer~ when high
rate. of speed is attained. You will probably
be much disappointed if you buy machine
and expect to write with double your long
hand speed with few hours practice.
First progress is slow. Three fingers of
each hand are used to strike the keys,
hand and some only the fOretingers. +"
attain high speed. however, three fingers on
each hand are necessary. In the instruc-
tinn books the first exercises consist of
practice on single syllables, a. t-i-O-n, hess,
etc. These are all fingered just
aS an exercises on the piano
and the same finger must always be used
for the same key. After all the ordinary
of letters, found in words are
mastered. the student goes to short wOniS
and finally long words. The first progress
Is always painfully SLOW. but speed comes
with practice. A long. hand penman finds
it very difficult to keep up speed of TWEEN /
ty-five words per minue for many hours. |
where good typewriter will write from
80 to g. words per minute with just half
the fatigue. have for some months done ,
all my newspaper work on the Typewriter, .
and found the machine with its little flying
steel fingers an invaluable help, The Use OF .
the typewriter is growing in Springfield
and no better advice could be given TO our .
over the keyboard of the machine.
Book Ok-keeperS clerks, correspondents, and
others will find that they will obtain posi-
tons far more easily, if they include
of type-writimg among their
qualifications. Many firms would like to
conduct their correspondence by means of
he typewriter, who have not sufficient
business to justify the employment of a
special man to do it. They would be glad
o employ a book-keeper who could do
ype-wriring. however. The best type
writing machines range in price from $50 to
slOO. The latter represents the best ma
milne made, which writes capitals, small
etterS, figures and all punctuation marks.
from my own experience in learning.
hould say that an intelligent young man
an attain a speed of 40 words per minute
N the typewriter by practising Systemat-
cally according to the rules in the instruc-
ion books, two hours per day for three or
our months.