New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-17

r.. x.snos-anher of the present day may II SO
s,clined. natter himself that he belongs 10 an N
c,ent and honorable profession Even 1-l ~
rroud OF its antiquity, and meSifphe' sioi 80,
Sc gray hairs. ignoring the fact tha' - ~
who has consulted an NJ D. up TO- say ~,,-a
a,-,, os the last century, is now IN his -
e. t~soe their paths back no further ii.g ,,ra5
nest than can the practitioners OF ~
art" stenography $1,000 - s+enog-
-, eccount Of its age the beginnings u ,s,So,h
- -. a,,,r.Il,- somewhat obscured' ai'iou5
.. -,orid seem that the art possessed II, - -
-ouer OF perpetuating its own sio'H' - ~ last
e. tho changes which have taken pace ssorohla
80 ,housard years there would De ooi'i1 +ho
loua a, ,sri,g \ literal translation OF 'e
,- - pharaoh or Rameses. even =
rersble notes were in existence on i.or ~
,nexcusanle negligence of the eal liel come
shorthand in not beGueatnihs - ~, Rosetta
thing which would take the FN0
Stone ., AZ the present
49,. tbare are a score Of shorthand oo,i5 bo
mora or less general use noie " = .,,a others
6ec,uberea by any one who wTo'e .a an,s
.t,o,,+ the aid Of book of instr = having
"'lho"I - who get the blame Tor haNllle
.s oI-oost everything that no -ois e Ct
= ,av claim TO- credited WIN - amid
- ,,se Of abbreviated signs for -. "a us
iliH =. 20 .+a bieroglyphics handeo uo"i. .
speech put l. 1 t,a,r hrevity it is cnly far 10
are q sp So. Noses was not the Only grea. nc
- go who vas afflicted with an So. of
= czech It is said that IN 'ilo :. -, . .nacIel
sho-tland each word was reP'esei. Daober needed
80, and all the would-oe S'e ,,.rti+1 Of
ss to commit memory - o-9a
10 60 We ,arocters equal in number TO 'he 49,
o, ,,se BY speakers II sueh d - .hs
n+.,ncd at the present Vliiie' .-,o- nights
$50. language would be a nliosuiii ma
-. u, comparison with learning sH
MODERN sTENoGRAPHY.
Modern stenography may be said to nave nap 800 -,
s,-tb when Isaac Pitma7. VINO mas So +ho
.,.s co. his service the world hNe"'eN -
klisiie' .,,s- his name which is the founda'ion
e :, -, .,-steros now most generally used IN eN
-. ..,ortine Commercially. OF course slloi '
dis nor become an important factor uii''A 80
thirtv wears ago. when the typewriter was -
strated to be practical 1nachiiie -, 30. nd
-necbanical curiosity. and the amanuensls was SUI
-, fo,,,d To he q necessity in every business
o47ce And in these days the utility OF inc sl1i.0e
-arler is no mora to be questioned thah Is 'ii'' "
tse hookkeeper or the salesman
while . third Of &. century ago. the business man
g. - N toll through piles Of pen written
,t+srs in various shades of chirography ana cacos
-.,bv the man in the twentieth century once MUS
. large proportion of the letters dally Idlu up
bic desk In the clear, legible print Of the type
writer. ,, o-+ing
q. that time may be illustrated by the fact that IN
the early 7os a San Francisco judge mace hlhlseil
somewhat ridiculous in the eyes OF the sleioet 0p
fraternity by adjourning court at Cioo1N i ~
sf,ernoon after six of uninterrupted witness
r~a-,inatior in order that the official reporter
might transcribe his notes before the trial was
resumed on the following day.
such feat would of course under ORDINARY con.
ditions. be physical impossiblhty' Out "neIo
800. =, demanded the modern stenographc firm
&c able 10 furnish an accurate. typewriter report
of the proceedings OF trial occupying weeks oi
s,na and covering thousands of pages OF transcript
within few minutes after the close OF the H'es'-
cation .. +bo
Nv assigning six expert stenographers 10 tne
work each enc taking dictaton for fifteen minutes
or for such length of time as may be decided upon,
retiring for an hour and fifteen minutes at the eu
~ that rerod TO transcribe his notes upon the type
--ter or il he be so disposed. to dictate from MS
notes TO a nimbe fingered typewriter girl VINO
xrr,tes the words upon the machine as ne SPEAKS
,hern at the rate of from sixty to one huluIeu
words a minute the work is accomplished ana the
.-,.-5,t need not be more than one hour and
!. quarter IN arrears of the actual proceedings