The Forrest City times., 1892-02-19
OUR SHORTHAND GLASS
CONDUCTED BY ELDoN MORAN.

A practical course in twelve easy lss- sons. Putnam System. Membership only e. Persons wishing to join should remit promptly. Information chserfully given. Address Secretary University Ex- tension, Box 322, St. Louis, Mo.
 SECOND LESSON.
 The many hundreds of exercises which have been prepared for correction indi- cate the great interest taken in these los- sons, and the results are certainly enc couraging. Nearly every mall brtnGo
 numerous letters from almost every steeo
 from Ohio to Oregon and from Minnesota
 to Texas.
 We underrtand fully the reluctance which restraints many earnest loAruefD
 from sending exercises to be inspected by a person who is believed to be very cr1tl- cal and very severel Now, bo assureos
 that is all mistakei Your own exerciso
 may prove the best If there is anZ
 about 1t. Questions in regard to the Iee-
 son will receive careful attention, ol-
 though sometimes 1t is to the best inter-
 est of the student to postpone the answeg
 until few more lessons have beee
 learned.
 This course of lessons is adapted e
 persons of all ages. In many caseU, e
 means of assisting and encouraging tho{y
 children, parents take up the study with
 them. Shorthand is 30 useful an accom-
 plishment that we firmly believe that sny
 person who will go to work and acquire
 knowledge of it will be we'll repaid in the
 end for the time and work given to it. u
 you have not joined the Special Claag and
 intend to do so, it would be well Co act
 promptly. You will then receive tho tulb
 benefitof the individual lessons which the
 author will give you by mail. You are
 requested to read the announcements in
 regard to our home-study class, fl you
 have not already doneso, or write Tor h. formation.
 CAUTION. write too large. All
 beginners do. Make your chnrac orr one-third smaller. Use black ink ana
 with pencil is useful, but pen should be employed mostly.
 Do not send in an exercise for oorroos ton until you have spent at least i've or three hours in writing it over and ovor. Then state the number of times you hevo copied it; also how many hours you havo given to practice.
 Numerous exercises have already ben prepared for correction. Many of theoo were executed correctly and artistico15y.s They indicate the great interest taken n this course, and the results arc grattfyinUs which restraints many a earnest leernos from sending an exercise to be inspected by person who is believed to bo veeY critical and very severe. Now, be 9oguxUo this is all . mistake. Your excrcteo my prove the very best Questions coucogn- ing the lesson will be cheerfully ansWene4. First-Copy Plate ten tlmes. 1e le very important to make the light lettege as thin and light as possible. The shade4 strokes, b, d, l., g, etc, should not oe very heavy, enough 70 only for d.ss,ner i-k-t, see line ST do not lift your m from the paper until the word is snttr.1y finished. Be careful SO write voreIe4l-- that is straight up and down. nloe e common error to siant It.. making 1t ops pear like oh. The stem oh ie tor cooySs nience called chay. & Second--Frequently compare your W9gk with the Plate, looking closely to - u4 4e can be improved in any way. 4e oMQ014 correspond as to shading, etrsightneeo ce stems, and the nearness of tho etg1g eo
 each other. In size, the ietters ny ee ee .. small, and ought not to be much lokIqx than those given in the Plate. Tho yoWol | dot and dash o should aiwaye be pIec1o at the middle of the stem. Write m9aX with a pen; 1t is superior to penclI in: every way.
 without hsaas1 reference 0ns Po the ksy. Bsssss still, read each page you write. 14ne 4 | for example, would be read thus: pe.ohqy. chay-pe, etc. Shorthand h wrfttem 6y sound. Only as many letters afy e1.. ployed as there are distinct soundo hear4e | thus fo, foe; na, nay; 10, low; leIo, to!s | low; do, dough; fabl, fable; fotoGfols photograph; mikst, mixed; kwth gun. | There are no silent letters as b in lUmbs Each letter is used only when ite poetieQ- lar sound is heard; thus p is used in Hio | bu. not in soph-st, (spelt so6oe). n copper, tpronounced coperl, poccuS9 ext once. Hence the usual manner of efo1l- | ing word has nothing whatever to do n determining the way to write it iu o4G<e- hand. Fourth-Practice on plAto ' Q1l you can copy 1t in i've minutes. KEY TO PLATE 2.
 l Line II Tie dike Ike pipe pied tied | chide typo. 12 Ope Coe oat poach cq1o dope toto Tokay. 13 Pay apo acho Kn1o | paid Jake Cato abate.
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