New-York tribune., 1896-12-25

column Immediately following each lesson.
Tho many kind cxpressions which reach this olioo
v,ock bv week from those who are studyihs ~
Tribune's Campaign of Education, are "o".
less anpreciatcd because they are not P"'"
Indeed II would not be possible TO anord space III
,bese columns for them because Of their great
number The highest compliment Is '"n' "'r.
gives assurance that the claims OF The li'o''e
&c system I'm the beginning are being demonstrated
in the work accomplished by the thousands WHO a. ,
p,rsuing it; Not a single utterance OF co'np '
proceeds from any quarter. All express s"'''
I and are conndcn, as TO final results ,.
As the students advance in their work, they p'e'''
to perceive the Srcat advantage OF sou''
OYER the existing longhand forin. Az,
The number of words in English Is nearly -''v''
a multitude 50 great that no one person can ~
come acquainted with them. lhc hiHsu"e' -
royally rich In words No other that mas "oe' y.
Is can compare with It in strength; no o'"o'
!. i,s couaI in beauty The words are so varied !"
meaning and so great in their NUMBER 'h"' W u'N
may express his precise thought inteiligenN ,,.i
greatest OF the worlds poets. philosophers 80.
lists historians and writer's upon lhe ,;,,,inns
been developed under its ben@nceii' ~ etnnr
TO the expression OF thought. Gradually the s"PcI
iority of the language is asseTlin', fo ~ excon,ed
stant spread over the world Inc , N,o,y So
no ohcr nation or nations upon o'I IA Cn'' ,ho,o
many people speaking common S,I,sb SonIs snealinc
countries of the earth. ,, ,,,,o, f,r
4 language rich might well be drawn upo', u Won lU1
any form OF expression. It's completeness iias U
highest plaisc from ltieratcurS ana cIdss
everywhere. Because OF the muititudc OF 10 f.
young and inexperienced shortniiilu Mi-ai,, ~
bernma alarmed over the apparently insuperanie d.i
fculty OF overcoming the oosacies ~ t ti' "S w. lo
acquiring knowledge OF them , SuSi , leHi ,h - rho
ecihcr eroundcss. Were ii needful thai the phhQQ-
1etic writer should learn the orhoGraphf o, .l.s
multitude of words. then indeed, nigh. he throw
down his pencil In despair and turn 10 s0ine o's ~
line of life-work II should be UNDERSTOOD tdt tie
shorthand writer can take down any word' WI wie,
or not he can spell il correctly This Is not ohly rue
crn % n" words as Russian French, Italian. etc The
dcuIty he would encounter Is mso IN ND writer
has no need to learn all the words Of his own IAN,
euage: h, much less does ne have TO 90 Win t"oS
Of a foreign tongue. investigation ana eApettHigge
show ihot outside of purely technical and scieniiac
writings this wealth of English words Is hrdwh
upon but slightly by business men, reporters eur
The words that in common use naturally be
these correctly without effort. Tens OF thousands @
OF words employed by specialists; ana mn mn
Individual Is limited. when the great nunpe, ..
words in the language IS considered II mas rrs, e,
words abundantly supply them for all their neeuS.
There are writers Of repute VINO use less thai
500 and II is exceptional to find one VINO IN an
his writings has employed l5.ooa The newspaper OF
to-day is sngularly happy In its forms OF eHltes-
sion; yet it's GRASP take N nricsi FORMS being
excluded from the reckoning II might De Win, @
spell correctly 300 words VIII nave very I'LL n,.ie
use for dictionary Su.h - maS'tE MAJ ,E n.m,orv
The Chinese must learn all their character sishs
IN this way and ii Is no uncommon thins aihoHs
that peculiar people to find lads OF fourteen VINO
have as many as 5000 Of these at their tongue
end. II is easy to indicate Just wnlch l'L'p
OF the $4,000 words Of English one sha choose ior
his Vocabulary In This matter must exercise
common sense and ordinary good judgment. AS
tial The phonetic writer has no need 10 rack ms
brain rule, of grammar ana SyhtaA' OF M uilc
from whom he takes dctation. let him study moh
and things, and gain knowieGse oi the orin0e a'oc
In reading convinces him are most likely TO pe
necdfu and he will have no trouble IN getting
following the newspapers. Any phonetic "Iltrr
who is master of the spelling Of words employed ny
any manner of professional work TO when ne may
be called These remarks are not relerabe OF
work dctatiou IN scientific and technical writing.
etc. where specific words are employed. For thrse
lines OF work must prepare himself but TINS ne
can readily do within short time by Ordinary ap-
plicatior. He should give himself no concern how
ever. as 10 the difficulties of spelling Whe II may
be probablc that aptitude In spelling X natural
endowment. still any one who has IN" m'mof!
amount of application. acquire a knoWlcdgr or
photography sufficient 70 AL the ends OF NE what
spoilers is unquestionably true but this Is because
so few really undertake in good faith TO overcome
some indiscreet teachers and others II is just AZ
easy to photograph upon the brain the correct i'm
preston Of word az II is to fix the impression OF
a face 0 scene Of nature.
Tne aye j. intensely suggestive and very prac-
Erelish Language extends rapidly it Is because the
inventive spirit OF he times calls for new Trs Sdn
inventions. What is peculiar though and worthy
VI While this is true of ionshand orihcs raphy prac
tcslity has dictated just the reverse IN phonetic
adding to their pages. Shorthand has, persistently
minmized and reduced It's symbols and characters.
Originally there were 9o and upward OF these but
tausht ''' in The Tribune's Campaign OF Education
Shows sas su 4 so5snt eashmg m cr % econoy IN
time space and general results 1t had TO adapt
TO record all sounds OF spoken words. afierward
bsay ne rn m0 he n hS
were far greater than j. commonly supposed; Inc
preudces 0, men ~ "d TO & bc Of an" ymEn o
Geometry had practically to supply the characters
words grow decay fade away utterly. and are
sometimes revived again. The hoxihliiy OF short
capable as il Is Of recording any speech. whether
that Of Kafir German EsqUiaau or English The
Is OF words from the Ango-saxon. Latin and Greek
with fair representation Of the French whlc
Vii W The siyonjc yaratons Of speech 49, To- the
English. although they contain a number of sounds
In view Of these facts-whai shorthand has
complishcd in the face Of the prejudice and the
many other obstacles it has overcome. The term
science may well be applied TO it. Adapting itself
with marvellous cxacinoss 10 any speech and to
an tongues it may seem TO prcfgure realization
shall come together under one common speech
Shorthand differs from the accepted forms In
that IL goes 10 no on" language for symbols. but
takes those that common. in cnect. 90 all. 1t
has found what are applicable To all No cifort has
been made to tit the symbol 20 ihc sound. but 20
ind such signs could quickest be made 10 record
the sounds. All alphabet symbols had their origin
in characters that directly designed TO repre-
sent objects and things. Shorthand goes right
down the root Of the matter. The characters. or
symbols are of the simplest form possible. and may
be readily learned within TWO or three weeks by
steady application an hour or two each day. Once
learned they are recognized as easily
as the letters OF the Roman alphabet which are
used NY the Engsh-speaking people. So long ~
there H. general agreement upon symbol II does
not matter what shape II assumes. In shorthand
the one absorbing thought has been to attain the
greatest possible speed in order readily to follow
fhA NOc,. In lis rAIlI utter. laNl.