New-York tribune., 1901-01-30
THE SUCCESSFUL COPYIST.
A WOMAN WHO HAS MADE A NEAT SUM
IN RUNNING A COPYING OFFICE
TELLS HOW 1T CAN BE DONE.

woman who has been successful in conduct
ing a typewritng Office that she has retired from
business with snug that yields her
Portable yearly income. in interview with Trib-
une reporter yesterday said:
With a liberal allowance Of brains a little ready
money and unlimited amount of tact we'll
fully running f typewriting ritz son oce e Il sounds t
po9s o9 9on IN e ke 9gGfy 9ee or bosf boo pre-
have one that belongs to faraway grandmother;
to take ye eje of a rayven six months old" and
d RSdSn g Of y? 4 of Thyts @ 09
equally easy to be obtained articles. and. after
dentv forward to a perfect cure Yet nevertheless
the above qualifications are Indispensable to sue
An all round education is necessary. one wherein
heels grammar, no confusion Of tenses and such
enormities, for many and grievous are the sins of
how to hide their faings correct their errors. and
scalping knife.
WOMEN WHO STAND NO CHANCE.
Uneducated and half educated women useless
in the profession and it would be as cruel to
them to stay in It if already there They are the
drive the unlucky author frantic; who calmly turn
@ over TWO pages OF manuscript at once an, and CON
the sense Of the matter who use eaptas ad lib
There is place for them in the economy of nature
but that place is not to be found within the walls
The, little, ready money needs no explanation,
put the need or unusual tact an and discretion may
nor angelic in their temper and though the man
Because three hours Work @ has not Been en-
In tTsnt mute rroaf s be %
face with the offending power. yet that wholesome
considerable tact the part of such power. And
all work is necessarily of a confidential nature.
observed with regard to it when outside the office
walls.
DIFFERENT KINDS OF WORK
The kind of work done in these offices differs
sition Work in a seaport town would differ con-
and Wok iG in the B es that
in the city In the latter legal work specifications
an endless variety Of articles having money making
copies thereof are usually wanted in tremendous
hurry Indeed, life in successful office is lived
temper under trying eircumstanees is thing not
There il Widespread Fl dction 10 the effect that
ANYBODY type" This is idea that sends
looking out for work that can be done with the
least possible amount of demand on body and mind.
when once embarked on their career but at a
merable mysteries into which initiation is neces-
sary with regard to the setting OUT Of law docu
bewdering variety OF margins have to be OBJ
served. and all such rules have to be known by
by her clerks carefully enforced.
Duplicating either by means OF carbon sheets or or
impressions, is a necessary part OF the work to
can best be appreciated by the tyro who for the
first time undertakes a piece of work OF this kind.
For the extraordinary way IN which impressions
come out in the wrong place, or refuse TO come out
at all, strikes terror into the unaccustomed heart,
especially when compared with the beautiful
amples turned out by the expert worker with the
greatest ease.
HELPS TO A SUCCESSFUL CAREER.
knowledge OF shorthand is imperative. and It
must be thorough; IL is OF little to be able TO
take down dictation at high rate OF speed If
double the time is spent afterward in ruefully con-
templating the hierogyphics that the writer is ut
terly una bic to read Nor is IT soothing TO the
teemng with blank spaces, or. is frequently the
case with the uneducated writer. full Of meaning
less nonsense
No should attempt start office without
capital. A clientele cannot be built up IN six
months, even year, and there are many ex-
penses connected with tho work ,that call for
constant outlay Judicious advertising is decidedly
TO be recommended; the machines and paper used
should be OF the best kind and quality, for good
work cannot be done with poor materials. With
small of money, however, and the necessary
qualifications. any intelligent, well educated woman
can look hopefully forward 70 successful career.