Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1893-02-09
IN W0MAN'S BEHALF.
STENOGRAPHY.
A Calling In Which Girls May Find Profit
able Employment.

RDie Employ menr
One of the many opportunities our
land of the free presents to girls who
are so fortunate as to be among the
"bread-winners" of the country is stem
ography scd typewriting.
If it is entered into and carried out |
with consciousness of doing ones best
in the most thorough and businesslike
manner, it becomes an absolute pleas
ure, rather than mere drudgery or hard
work, as many claim it to be. The
hardest part of the work is past when
one has mastered the art; then comes
the pleasure of feeling secure in your
ability to transcribe a neat, accurate
and businesslike copy of your notes.
With what pride can we hand the man
uscript of our notes to our employer
when we are sure it is we'll done, only
those who are at present earning their
living "by hook and by crook" can APP
preciate.
Girls, you will find, If you would sue
coed, you must study and work, work
and study necessarily. 1t is the penalty
of success. Do not, beg of you, go
into it if your ability falls short of the
requirements because you think it less
degrading and more ladylike," as /
have heard many give as reason for
taking up stenography and typcwriting.
All work is honorable if the object for
which we are working is honorable.
There are many ways for acquiring
this profession. You can go to bust
ness college, where you can take up
any study-notably spelling-which is
of the greatest help to youth connec-
ton with stenography and typewriting.
For a course of six months-and /
would advise you to take no shorter
time-day session, it will cost you from
$40 to sos. This latter sum also in
cludes either, or both spelling and
writing, and almostany of the branches
taught. This is really the best and
cheapest way of acquiring business
education, if you do not already pos
sess one. If, however, you are accus-
toned to clerical work, or have had ex-
perienced in that line, there will really
be no need of taking extra time to gain
an education for anything but that for
which you entered. You must be a
good speller to succeed, and if you are
up to the average in that needful study
do not waste time over it, but give your
whole attention to the stenography and
typewriting.
Your hours, in case you take day ses-
sion, are practically the same as ii you
were again little maid in school"
beginning at 9 o'clock in the morning,
lasting until ~ o'clock noon, beginning
again at half past 1 and lasting until
in the afternoon; no school on Satur-
days
There are cheaper ways of learning
than taking college course; it will
take longer, however, and you can use
your own discretion which would be the
cheapest in the long run.
In case some girls are employed dur
ing the day and are contemplating taxi
ing course in stenography and type
writing, but are still obliged to keep on
with their work, there is the night
school, which is an auxiliary of most
business colleges. Your tuition in the
case would be S25 for six months. SIS
for three months. The hours are from
Z too o'clock. Good teachers are pro-
vided in both cases, and in some in
stances regular reporters are employed
as teachers, from whom the greatest
| good can be obtained
In either plan stated, your books, OF
which you will need but two, hand
book and a reader, will cost you in the
neighborhood of SO. IS to 81.
Another way of procedure, if the
funds are not forthcosning, is to teach
ones self. This can be done to good
advantage if ones whole mind is put tc
the task
Provide yourself with plenty of paper
pencils, erasers, pens and ink. Get
paper that is not 'stringy" but smooth
so your pen can slip over its surface
without "sputtering" like the wick of a
long-used, tired-out candle. The rule;
in the book are easily followed, so there
is no difficulty in soon acquiring thor
ough knowledge of shorthand at a very
small expense If you wish to learr
typewriting also, by yourself, you will
have to put aside a small outlay (say
about S. or Sc per month"; and rent one
u secondhand one will do.
There still remains one other way t.
do, which ] mention last because it ha
the least to commend it-learning b.
mail. However, it has been done, anC
! know few personally who have be
come competent sterographers in thi
way. 1t has its advantages, as on
learns to read correctly and rapidly al
one writes, as letters, written entirel,
in shorthand, are exchanged between
pupil and teacher, which the former j
obliged to read and copy correctly an,
return. However, this is slow ant
tedious method Of getting along AM
should really be taken as last resort
At the colleges you will, as rule
not have as much time to devote t
typewriting as you would wish, or a
much as your teachers would like t
give you, owing to the great number O
scholars enrolled. You will probabl
be given half an hour each day in whic
to use the machine, but If you are pei
severing it will give you knowledg
of typewriting which further practic
will make perfect. would say,
: your means allow, rent machine, O
even buy one outright. The typewrit
ing firms are very generous in the ma
ter of terms, etc, allowing you to pa
for one at small outlay each month.
Your most serious difficulty in adop
ing this profession will be your dish
clination to stick" to it, as it is hard {
l learn and during the first three month
exceedingly prosy and tedious. Mo,
than once you will almost wish you ha
never started and will perhaps thin
seriously of giving it up; but don't do /
Overcome this one difficulty and ha
the battle is won.
can give but very little advice as
: mode of studv as no two learn exact