New-York tribune., 1898-10-02
"A chiefs amang ye takin' notes,
And. faith, he'll prent it,"

oversight of the stenographic department. When
Illness in her family called her away for two or
| three months the head of the firm sought sub
stitute OF equal age and discretion as a sort or
office mother for the younger ones. BY his
orders the young girls must not be kept late
and thus be obliged to g. home alone after
dark AS q gentleman OF the old school, with
daughters Of his own he believes that duty calls
him TO exercise fatherly care for those who
are in his employ. well-bred man is as cour-
teous to his stenographer as he is to other
women. and from all sorts and conditions Of
men whom she meets in the business world the
| sef-respecting stenographer receives respectful
consideration.
"There Is a marked change in my husbands
office sirce Miss Y. went there said the wife
Of a prominent iron merchant. Everything ap-
nears go much more neat and orderly, and there
is n decorum in the conduct Of the young men
that was not in evidence before her advent
The charge of illiteracy in young stenog-
! raphers has some justification. It is true OF
the stenographer Of certain class, that
There Re maidens fair as She
Whose verbs and nouns do more agree
one Of this grade. after long consideration OK
her notes transcribed phrase as, lie nadh
ouob,er 90" She went" the next morning. and
her distracted employer. when seeking sue
cessor stipulated that ability 10 write English
should have precedence Of speed in taking dc
tation
Arother believing that counter PROPOSE
ton" must necessarily relate to the sale OF
goods. constructed sentence accordingly.
stenographer from the country transcribed the
close of "Oucd bene notandum' as tandem
and sought desparingly through her notes TOT
reference TO the horses. But. excepting 'he
ordinary terms used in law. the employer shouiu
not have expected her TO be familiar WIN '0f-
eign phrases
GOOD GRAMMARIANS NECESSARY
Dafacts in early education are overcome Win
dHiculty: the art of writing and speaking
grammaticay cannot be acquired III the 'ii"o
usually devoted TO the study OF stenography'
and thus nliterate stenographers hoiu ce''iH~
Gates from some schools. The best SCHOOLS give
instruction in spelling and English composi.'oh'
and their graduates must be proficient III 'neSe
requirements.
I'm many commercial houses there IS httle va
r,o,,, :, the correspondenee and stenographers
who can spell words in general use ana WHO
have some knowledge Of business forms often
All such places satisfactorily, though their ed
ucation does not qualify them for an extensive
and varied correspondence or the work OF d
reporter.
A woman who accepted place win an as
ISOLATION of engineers. and whose duties were
10 report the discussions OF the society for
publication In it's journal. found that the mem
bership included civil, mechanical and mining
engineers electricians, architects. and the pro-
fessors in a scientific school: the last-namea
brought papers on astronomy. geology, chem
istrv and various abstruse subjects for discus
sion In order TO hold her place she was
obliged 10 take an arduous course OF study 10
familIarIze herself with the technical terms en-
Moved and 10 devise brief word signs FOR them'
The stenographer OF a patent lawyer requires
wider vocabulary than one who Is employed III
the ordinary law Office. The al-around s'eho-
qranhic reporter should. like the competent
,a,ysnaner man or woman. know something Oh
everything. ..,.,o,y
Some notes such as those or court 'es'i""''
r,,ust ho given verbatim ct lteratim, but III
rsnor,s Of speeches sermons, and In some coiie
snondence though the precise sense must oe
retained the sound may be changed. hHae'
stanography like exact photography Is ap' "
.hov harsh lines" AS a rule. extethpore se'
mons and addresses require editing IN the oa".
.cr,r,,on. Some employers do not use correc'
English Others, In the hurry OF business me- J