The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-04-09
The Fourth Lesson


Tho students of our special class eoom
b be well pleased with tho individual in
structions which they are receiving by
mail. This opportunity Of learning
shorthand at homo at an expense Of only
two dollars Is rare one, and it IL not sur
prising that many should take advantage
Of Il.
When two or more persons meet TO-
gether for dictation practice the follow
ing plan may be adopted: Be seated all
at one table. Do not practice for speed
upon any exercise until you have learned
to phrase and outline It correctly. Each
student should, In turn, read to the other
members Of the group, the exercise being
read, not from the print, but from the
notes last taken. When all the members
of the circle have read In turn, compare
the last draught carefully with the orig
inal, aud repeat until errors cease to he
found. Dictate slowly at arst, gradually
increasing the speed.
Always carry In your pocket copy Of
this paper containing the short-hand
lesson, to read at leisure moments, while
travelling, waiting for cars or steamboats,,
for lazy people to keep appointments, or
whenever an opportunity COR few min
utes' study may be had.
the paper, making both the light and
shaded lines heavier than they should be.
This extra pressure meahs more friction,
more labor, more time, less speed. The
rapid stenographer always touches the
paper lightly. 1t Is an excellent plan to
cultivate lightness of touch by frequent
practice in writing the thin stems as fine
as possible, executing them rapidly,
barely touching the paper with the pen.
After n, SIX, and in some other cases,
Is written downwards. See line6. It is
then called el; and when struck upwards,
lay. The signs for I, OF, and oto, should
be made as small, light, and sharp angled
as possible. When two vowels are writ
ten by one stem, one Is placed nearer ac-
cording to the order In which they occur.
The circle is always written on the In
side of curves. At first, curves are DIM
cult to write. As to degree OF curvature
they should be nearly one-fourth OF
circle. Be careful to bend them evenly
throughout. In this and all remaining
lessons, spend at least two hours In
copying and re-copying the Plate. Then
write the words as they are read to you
from the Key, compare with the Plate,
and repeat until no errors are found.
Also write and rewrite the exercise
number of times. Occasionally tram
scribe your shorthand, and compare tho
translation with the original print. At
first write sio,oly, and with great care;
afterwards increase your speed gradually.
First Practice on Plate until you
can copy 1t in four minutes.
Second = Spend twenty minutes writ
ing the workshops in Lessons III and Nv
as they are read to you miscellancously.
Third = Write in shorthand the fol-
lowing Exercise:
Knee nay nigh know oil safe save flo
feel vale vile lame foam Lyle loaf loan
Maine lief leave moil knife leak bore door
fore pore pile pale peel bale bile fails tolls
vice.
KEY TO PLATE 4.
Fee fie vic lie lay Ice NOW (verb) NOW
(noun). Oaf eve eel isle ire our life
lower. G Nile knoll kncel name lope
league chore boil. z Nose face sign save
sore sown aims James. Dio lcech
sours soils arise Fido voyage Milo. 8
Word Signs - For have will me my him
In any no. 10 Never now give nything
that first we you. Translate lines ii to
Is. (The words in lines IL and IL occur
also in the exercise given abovc)