New-York tribune., 1896-11-20

ouerv column Immediately following each les
Reports continue TO pour into TINS o"lce
readers who are interested in The tribune am
paign of Education. They show no faihhs away -
enthusiasm. while the number of letters mas S''",
ily ncrea sed from the beginning. Inc co'nN''
sense Judgment of the people accepted IN advance
as a good thing that which promise" 10 oii,s "'o'
desired results in less time than Is possiD'o ",,'
older methods. The fact that shorthand e""p''
one to write from three TO four times raster '""'
by longhand cannot fail to make a strong impress
s;or In its favor The readers Of The Tribune.
therefore saw In 1t an economizer OF time Inc
plan proposed promised an easy mastery Vi "i
art. Time has shown that those VINO nave loiio
the instructions are steadily and surely acquiring
the knowledge requisite for practical WORK III IT,
Never in the worlds history has there been Suc'
need as now for the saving of ones time the ran
road has taken the place of the stage-coach' 'he
steamboat of the sailing vessel the telesr"p" y.
the old post rider and the typewrting machine Vi
the pen Ninety years ago farmer thought four
acres of tillage a good task for himself while no"
q Western agriculturist expects his hired hahu 10
for sixty acres. Labor-saving maGhieS 1if rbsv
gone into every department or lnduSlii ny , y
have entered the office of the printer ""eie ''p "
set by machinery. - 49,. ,ao,s
where his great grandfather was taught one. IIe
young mechanic has not only to compe,e W., MIN aio M
with machinery. Saving Of time Is as neeuiui d.
saving of money If men work lever no91S eor ,bcS E
Su,ies and for the reason that machinery has
made the difference greater between COST oi I'd"
Shorthand is short cut across lots IN is peS} SS
What the old Greek recorder aimed at when he
omitted from his writing redunaan i, of dis. dis
content with older methods II is an evolution up
ward. born of desire to enable one man TO % uo o rwo
half or one-third the time In when dnolhel ia llia
can do IT, That this has been at last & done M snopIa b
longer time should also learn the shorter way Inc
one who knows the latter method mas 100 DIX '"
advantage over the other. -,
What is known as longhand writing was really
once in effect WsO Hs only ees Ts came into use
capitals only were used As the need lor wfi,nS aG
tpced In work caused the development Of the small
letters But the writer's in time found II qmShsa qS
chang somewhat the forms of a. b. and e. me
changes in the capitals we're fever allowance ,r ps S
ing made for the necessary curves ana hgures. 30
letters came from desire TO shorten time IN wrl',
ing Out Of the capitals grew ,ne NHarG wrng
These changes did not come about IN a day'
Century after century passed while they were ue-
velopng This was because in all the ages the con,
servatives wanted things Just as tney were' f am
eanltals TO small letters slow and painful pro
ceedng When all had been changed the capi,aiII p,,I
some time after script writing had been inven,"d sd
and made popu,ar In aTsn s Words as the Initial
ones Of sentences. the names OF ielH, pioPes
,ssIr srsves fOa Of h iRpS
Of how slowly saS waS aoe for wthou,
the dot over It, One day it occurred 10 a pous ol9
monk that words in weGa II mark Without ask
ing anybodys advice. he mad" the ietter thnt Wy Wy
IN av %angSSrP ths, hs TS he did it, most
other writers called him all sorts OF names lo M, ,li
fent M until cne day it occurred 10 them that 1t
would take less time to dot the i than It would NO ,
assail him SO they followed his example ana 'he
world has been doing the same ever since o,o,nos
But while they quarreed over all iheIe M reach
ing out after shorter and simpler methods, one one
might not think this after sse"g se mf snail
writing which was introduced throughout Eur9pe
%Sose name it hears or the highly finished AM
ornate penmanship OF the charer o. t-uMaT wal hforc
the day of type and printing press Al DOCKS Wtlc
pd ,be m more BEAUTIFUL the of the work the
higher the price they brought IN ,he m htr
xiations We're made wherever it was possible and
tha, signs and symbols d %egf ISy w"rds ctc
Veium a of parchment leather beihs N'i al : J,
the time Of tho poor monk who did the Writing 80 30
the letters are found 10 be small IN Sze aH Fn,re IRE
words were left out where the sense of he sentence
would be n,erered with by so Gels ons %,o be-
the demand for books grew ire aoD'e'a' ~
came much more frequent. .r lang hand
r,orked 10 the producing of shorter. or shorthahn'
methods AT the same time 1t prescrVetT ton rS oI NV
forms rhe from M China and japan
lowed little later by the invention OF ppi'bs ib
demand for writing. Then the longhand @ writer lei Ell
off tho practice OF omtting wVfus an" ,r iUnpe nd
holder About this time shorthand became me- nhd.. e.,
pendent Of ii. and each has since rested upon ~
Without considering the question whehsr r,,Ig sh9ri 10
hand will finally dsPlaSe ny w Substituted
for the latter in many cases while IN rfpor b onl
fnnnmwSm PRACTICAL agent Useful in school ana c9,
fege helpful 10 preacher lawyer ho a Keen diarie,
or journals shorthand has forcSd ons m sep
public favor and cannot be iorceu one 9 sp sc@nr,
S,ard Sound spelling has become iact d" ,i sc'nc'
snd an art practically complete in Its develop
ment ..,o,er recocn,zes the value o
,,m IN all Of it's work. While the growing de
mands of the age call for more reading rna,ier ;eS
.,nnn a greater and increasing variety oi topics
tbe result of a constantly developing CIVILIZATION !
has succeeded in reducing work TO an eXaGi Ni sc, G
"nce In this way il is able 10 turn out daly al
amount of reading matter equal 10 what what Is 6t, 6Vn
taned In book of fair SIZE Inc o meSS has hee,
ssucceeded BY which prints. fo1s anu couIu ,n,
hour ETeTy wre anG Of Daf To-
gathering news in every par, o .n go~"ssarv Tn
ss sayns ar rs too tn all Slow S"fs for in although
they may bc borne along at the rate OF sxty miie
an hour The newspapers were among the FIRST t.
snniv Shorthand to their daily business. and nov
would be greatly at a loss to Know no" TO SG, nro %
rersis,entiy ~Tseas III or effeciIveiy
The Tribune's Campaign of Education has beei
making popular that science which has grown u
out OF long hand. There has been no thought , o
{he former Knowing the usefulness Of shorthand
and appreclating the fact that it can be, be taugh @
took up the campaign with energy. The result
being shown in the maGS any Dy hGS
upon long hand. II may be said without fear o
c"me as great necessity TO the present cviliza
zion as its older associate
CONsoNANTs.
The following are the FIRST eight straight con
sonants Of the Shorthand alphabet:
II as in pet