The Arizona sentinel., 1889-04-13
USES OF NPEWRITING.
1t Beats tho Pen for Keeping Up VIII
Work Requiring Great Speed

1t Beats tho Pen for Keeping Up with
Work Requiring Great Speed
A very widespread and increasing
use of the typewriting machine Is Tor
the reception of Geographic dispatches.
This method is peculiarly adapted to
the reception of dispatches for the
press. Formerly the duplication was
done by the slow process of the stylus
worked by the hand and the use OF
carbon paper. 1t was difficult for the
receiving operator to keep up with
the rapid sender of a message. But
now an expert typewriter takes mes
sages as fast as they can be sent, ana
duplicates them at the same time, max
ing twenty or more legible copies
faster than a rapid long-hand writer
could make one. Only a very expert
typewriter and telegrapher combined
can do this work, and it commands the
highest salary paid to operatives
Typewritten work has become al
most the rule for legal documents, and
is now universally adopted where long
reports are necessary in big trials that
go on from day to day. If objection is
made that the carbon copy is only
pencil copy. which, in fact it is, there
can be copies made by the use OF an
ink ribbon in the machine. The old
fashioned way of getting out copies
was a severe strain on court reporters,
who were compelled to revise and cor
rect an immense amount of writing IN
a voluminous case. Now there are
court stenographers who merely sit
down and read over their notes to
rapid typewriters. There are several
stenographers who dictate to two type
writer's at once. 1t is done in this
way. The stenographer has before
him two books containing diff
ferent parts of his days work.
Each typewriter is writing from one
book. The stenographer reads one
sentence, and while the writer is en-
gagged in writing that sentence out on
the typewriter the stenograher reads
another sentence from the other book
TO the other typewriter. Of course,
this can only be done when the stem
ographer is very quick in reading his
notes, and when the typewriters, who
take the dictation, are clear-headed
enough to carry number of words in
their memories and not be disturbed
by the talk and clatter. Operators
who can do this command pay far above
the pay of a public-school teacher or a
seamstress of the highest grade. When
a heavy law case or an investigation IS
in progress six or eight hours day,
there is a chance for good typewriters
to earn $40 or $12 day.
There is still a better class of type
writer's, who are able to read steno-
graphic notes taken by court reporters.
There are very few stenOgraphers who
can take notes with sufficient accuracy
and legibility to be thus read. YET
there are few. While the case il
proceeding their notes are taken and
written out, so that it is possible tina
by the time the days work is done il
court copies of the proceedings may b'
ready up-t within a short time of the
hour of adjournment. There are sew
eral young women in New York and
Brooklyn who are very skillful at this
sort of work. One of them is Mis-
Coffin, a daughter of the late Captain
Roland F. Coffin. Miss Coffin read
: the minutes taken by Official Stenog
rAphers NJ. Even, Ormsby AM
others, and has many years supporte'
herself by so doing. She reads sevcra
systems besides Munson's system
which she writes. There are severa
ladies who work with her, and whel
they get together they turn out copy a
an amazing rate.
The educated, clear-headed girl witt
good physique and industry. is sure o
better pay at typewriting than in almos
any field heretofore open to women
The better educated she is the NOR,
likely she is to get good pay. But, wo
to the thoughtless girl who undertake
typewriting. She has mistaken he
vocation.
1t is now well settled that writin
can be done very much quicker by tn
typewriting machine than by the hand
The secret of it is that the typewrite
uses both hands instead of one, an
does not tire nearly so quick. The de
mand for typewriting is so great tia
there is an obvious tendency of inves
ors to come in with new machines an
get some of the golden harvest that hi
come out of this new business. Th
competition is much the same as tn;
among the sewing machine men, and
has given employment to many M
chanics.-N. Y. Sun.