The Forrest City times., 1892-02-12
OUR SHORTHAND CLASS
CONDUCTED BY ELpoN MORAN.

Apractical course in twelve easy lessons Pitman System. Mempership only @ Persons wishing to join should remi, promptly. Information cheerfully given Address Secretary University Extension Box s22 St. Louis, Mo.
 FIRST LESSON.
 Who should learn short-handf
 Everybody, particularly all students business and professional men, intelli. gent and thinking people generally who have much writing to do.
 It will pay.
 You will find shorthand useful in . hundred ways, even though you attain only half the speed necessary for ver- batim reporting. Shorthand is exceed ingly useful, wonderfully interesting, and is fast growing into popular favor.
 You can learn it-even if you are not . geniusl Nor will you regret it after wards. It requires little time and pa- tience, and these you have.
 The course of lessons here begun will enable the learner, if instructions arc carried out, to write shorthand correctly
 
 Only one lesson win bo 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, un- 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 Class, will receive cards of introduce tion to several other students living in different places, with whom he may car " on correspondence, making use oi shorthand characters. Corresponding in short-hand affords most excellent practice, and helps the learner greatly. Cards si introduction will be issued as soon as three or four lessons have been learned.
 Have you joined the class? Send your name and address at once if 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 . scrap book in proper order for reference; or better still, preserve the papers con- taining them.
 Half an hour or more should be given to practice 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 the edit or wishes you only success in this under taking.
 After studying the lesson, copy Plate l 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 a small hand, placing the words closely together, pronouncing them aloud as you write them. Occasionally read over what you have written. Remember the three rules: 1. Practice, 2. Practice, 3. Practice.
 Observe carefully the following points Make the characters, or letters, all the same length,-rather short, not too long. Place them quite close together, and do not get them crooked. Each stroke should rest precisely on the line. In line joined b extendB below the line. The rule is that the first downward letter should rest on the line. B, d and are always struck downwards, and g to the right. Just as you write each letter speak it's name aloud. Thus, while you are writing line 1, say b, b, b, and line 2, d, d, d, etc. The letter in line is called gay instead of g. The letter should be made sharp pointed, and the two lines composing it light, not heavy (see line 9). is always @ written as to point straight down. The letter should be very short--only one-fourth of the length of d. o is struck at a right angle with the letter beside which it is placed. For example, in line 13 slants to the right in beau, to the left in Job, is horizontal in dough, and vertical in go (line 15). I. is so written as to point directly away from the letter, or stem, near which it occurs. B, d, ], g, are consonants, and l, 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 12. By die Guy eyed bide gibe guide abide. 13 Beau dough ode bode Job goad obeyed doge. 14 Bay aid Abe iay gay jade guage babe. 15 Day age Joe go obey ago abode Dido.
 PLATE I.
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