The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1892-02-19
FIRST LESSON.


Who should learn shorthand?
Everybody, particularly all students,
business and professional men, intelli-
gent and thinking people generally who
have much writing to do.
1t will pay.
You will find shorthand useful in a
hundred ways, even though you attain
only half the speed necessary for YER
batim reporting. Shorthand is exceed
ingly useful wonderfully interesting,
and is fast growing into popular favor.
You can learn it--even il you are not
geniusl Nor will you regret it after
wards. 1t requires little time and pa
thence, and these you have.
The course OF lessons here begun will
enable the learner, il instructions are
carried out, tojwrite shorthand correctly
and with a fair rate OF speed.
Only one lesson will be given each
week. That will be sufficient however,
and every learner is urged to master each
lesson thoroughly before beginning with
the next. Spend an hour or two each
day, or whatever time you can spare, In
practicing the characters, writing each
one over and over again many times, UNI
til you become as familiar with them as
with your A B C's.
Every person who studies these les
sons, and becomes a member of the Spe-
cial Glass, will receive cards of introduce
ton to several other students living in
different places, with whom he may car
ry on a correspondence, making use of
shorthand characters. Corresponding
in shorthand affords most excellent
practice, and helps the learner greatly.
Cards OF introduction will be issued as
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learned.
Have you Joined the class? Send your
name and address at once il you have not
already done so, and lesson blank will
be mailed to you. Write plainly.
You are recommended to get two or
three friends to study with you. Read to
each other, practice together, and criti-
else one anothers' work,
You are advised to put the lessons in a
scrap book In proper order for reference;
or better still, preserve the papers con-
tanning them.
HALF an hour or more should be given
to praotice every day. Write each lesson
over and over many times until you feel
that you are master OF it, Shorthand Is
a splendid accomplishment, and tho edit
or wishes you only success in this under
taking.
After studying the lesson, copy Plate /
no less than ten times, using good pen,
black Ink and foolscap paper.
Compare your work freque tly with the
engraved characters, and be careful to
write small hand, placing the words
closely together, .pronouncing them aloud
as you write them. Occasionally read
ovpr what you have written. Remember
the three rules: /. Practice, 2. Practice
3 Practice.
Observe carefully the following points:
Make the characters, or letters, all the
Same length,-rather short, not too long
Plaoe them quite close together, and dc
not get them crooked. Each stroke
should rest precisely on the line. In line
joined b extends below the line. The
rule is that the first downward letter
should rest on the line. B, and are
always struck downwards, and to the
/ right, just as you write each letter
speak its name aloud. Thus, while you
are writing line !, say b, b, b, and line q
d, d, d, etc. The letter in line is called
gay instead OF &. The letter 1 should be
made sharp pointed, and the two lines
composing it light, not heavy (see line
y. ] is always SO written as to point
straight down. The letter o should be
very short-only one-iourth Of the length
OF d. 0 Is struck at right angle with
the letter beside which it is placed. For
example, in line ID slants to the right
in beau, to the left in Job, is horizontal
in dough, and vertical in go (line 15). 1t
is 80 written as to point directly away
from the letter, or stem, near which IT
occurs. B, d, 6, are consonants, and 1,
and a, Vowels. The letters, or marks,
which express consonants, are called
stems; while the dots, dashes and small
angles are called vowel signs.
KEY TO PLATE 1.
Line IL. By die Guy eyed bide gibe