Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1893-02-09

the eve. II must be taught to execute
as quickly as the mind and eye con-
ceive You will find that also difficult
task at first, but by degrees and hard
I s'pegging" away at it, you viii see how
quickly your hand will respond to your
mind and eye.
| Your wages at the outset of your
career viii perhaps be nominal only,
not more than five dollars or six dollars
per week. Your case win not be an ex-
ception, however, as almost all Of our
competent stenographers and type
writer's of to-day, who are getting all
/ the way from twelve dollars TO twenty
/ dollars per week, began at the lower
round of the ladder at five dollars or six
dollars and worked upward. You must
do the same.
There are a few stenographers and
typewriters who have made a success
of opening offices for themselves, and if
were to speak from experience i
should say, go and do likewise. There
are many more difficulties in your path
if you do, but the end justifes the
means
May / not now give a word of advice
to those who have fitted themselves for
the field of stenography, and are about
entering upon its duties? 1t will also
apply to those about to graduate.
In the first place, do not overrate
your ability when asked, How money
words do you write in a minute?' In
fact, lower your record little, as you
will never be able to accurately tran
scribe your college-rate of words from
strangers dictation the first time,
especially if he is a maybe en-
ployer." You can not help being nervl
Gus, and you viii never remember a
word of which you have written, but
be obliged to rely upon your notes en-
tirely; SO keep your record within
bounds when asked the question. Ones
speed upon the typewriter and also
stenographically is So easily orer-es-
mated.
Over and above everything, keep
your machine c'ean Use it as if it were
human-dcn't abuse it, See to it the
first thing in the morning before you
begin your daily round of letter-writ-
ing, that your writer is cleaned and in
excellent shape tnat your work may
not shame you.
BE neat and tidy about the office, and
dress according to your work Com
mand the respect Of your employer by
attending strictly to the duties devolv-
ing upon you with cheerfulness and
alacrity that will always be sure to
bring smile from him. Learn to study
his methods of doing business, that you
may the more readily understand his
dictation, and the man is brute who
Will fail to appreciate your services and
pay you well for them.
As the chances Of obtaining employ
ment after you have become fairly Pro-
ficient in the art, much might be said,
but little will suffice The field is quite
well filed, which fact in a large meas
ure accounts for the small wages paid.
But there is always an opportunity for
bright girl who can do her work ac-
curately and neatly and with reasona-
BILE speed. Besides. the field is con-
stantly widening. Where one stenog-
rapher was eruL lnyed eight or ten years
ago dozens are now in service, and to.
day comparatively little business CORE
spondence is done by hand. The man
who can not afford to employ steno
grapher longs for the time when his
business will permit him to do so; and
having once enjoyed the luxury of die
tated correspondence neatly transcribed
on typewriter he will never return 90
the old method unless stern necessity
compels Nellie NJ. Handy, in Detroit
Free Press