CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1903-02-19

these art-sciences in all the schools of
the country. The young women oc-
cupy an important place in the
stenographic profession. and they fill
II we'll, but If their number were
double what it is now. the demand
for young men stenographers would
be in excess of the supply.
The editor of a New York City
magazine, writing on this subject.
says: why will fool parents place
their sons i'll the commercial depart
ment of college where they learn
bookkeeping. when there are already
ten competent bookkeepers idle where
one is occupying a good position or
in the penmanship department. where
they learn to make impossible birds
ON impossible nests, and fancy -four
ishes which no merchant will have
on his books, ana when the best of
such artists are either starving or
writing cards on the street for IA
pittance-and this in the very face
of the fact that if their boys were
placed in the shorthand department
good Daying position is waiting for
and is seeking every one of them just
as soon as he graduates?
''Let the.l learn all three. if you
can possibly spare the time and
money, but if only one, then by all
means let that oae be shorthand and
typewriting. Merchants, doctors, law
yers, authors. railroad officials. pub
tic speakers. manufacturers, managers
in large firms and corporations the
whole civilized world over, now ,em-
ploy stenographers. and the supply of
young men for those positions is today
thirty per cent. less than the demand.
''More than that-the stenographer
is always the confidential clerk-he
IS closest TO the employer; he it is
who cannot fail to soon learn all
about the business, and he it is who
stands the best chance of himself be-
coming manager. and. in time. him
self the emplc yer.
1.-The girl stenogrspher is all right
and if competent. will have no diff
Guilty in securing a good position, but
the demand which 80 greatly exceeds
the supply is today for young men
stenographeis.
Many Of the railroads and other
large corporations have decided to
employ only male stenographers in
the future. because. a. they plainly
state IL: Our stenographers are con-
iidentisl clerks; they soonest learn
the business, and it is from their
ranks that we wish TO draw for our
future managers and officers.
''Let your son learn bookkeeping,
if you can. for he should have a
knowledge of il when he is made
chief clerk or manager in an office
where he will be over many book
keepers: let him learn good. practi-
cal, mot fancy penmanship, for al
l though the typewriter is fast taking
the place Of the pen. he will always
have moie or less writing to do-but
If you have his interest at heart, if
YOU wish to place in his hands one
weapon that will most surely and
most quickly bring him remunerative
employment and success, see that he
is taught shorthand and typewriting. ="
The young man should select a man
of experience as teacher of these arts,
to secure the most satisfactory results.
In many uf our large cities ma
jority of the young men are wasting
their time and vitality in smoking
J cigarettes, one of the worst and most
prevalent FERNS of intemperauce in
the United States, and this habit
units them for the responsible posi-
tions of the business world. Uncle
Sam has recognized this fact, and has
instructed his examining agents to re-
ject the habitual cigarette smoker.
Railroad officials and managers of
other lines of business will soon adopt