Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-10-15

II one would only reason with himself
he could find scores of reasons why young
men and also young women should begin
their business career as stenographers.
How unlimited is the field and how few.
as compared with the demand for good
stenographers. take advantage of this
simple route to success is astonishing. To
say that one is absolutely sure of success
II he starts as a stenographer, and provided,
of course, that he has the right sort of
material in him. being ambitious and
honest is no exaggeration, as is shown by
the example of scores of now successful
men. who started at the bottom of the
ladder as stenographers.
The stenographer or secretary to the
president of a large corporation knows
more about the inner workings of business
than the heads of the different departments,
or, in fact, more than the high officials of
the corporation, because he is taken into
the confidence of the firm, and If he is
bright, keeps his eyes open and his mouth
closed. he will soon understand the bust
ness thoroughly, and be in direct line for
responsible position. An example of this
is the case of Charles s. Fee, general
passenger and ticket agent of the Northern
Pacific railroad (office at St. Paul, Mimi,
was born at Laurel, Clermont county, Ohio
September "a, 1853. He entered railway
service in May. 1873, and from that time
to May, 1875. he was secretary to the gem
eral superintendent of the Michigan Central
railroad. From 1875 to 1877 he was chief
clerk to the general manager of the Hanni-
bal & St. Joseph railroad and chief clerk
to the general manager of the Northern
Pacific railroad from 1877 to August, 1885,
In September, 1888, he was appointed gen
eral passenger and ticket agent of the last
named railroad, which Office he still holds.
Mr.. Fee owes much of his success to his
ability as stenographer during the first
years of his railroad connections and to
the intimate knowledge which il gave him
of the details of railway management His
advance was rapid and continuous, little
more than ten years having elapsed from
the time he first entered railroad service
until he received the appointment to his
present position.
Edward w. Box. editor of the ladies'
Home Journal. was born in Holland in
October. 1863. He came to America with
his parents while in his teens. and was
educated in the schools of Brooklyn. At
he was in the employ of the Western
Union Telegraph company as a stenogra-
pher Soon afterwards he entered the pub
fishing house of Henry Holt & Co., and a
year later became associated with Charles
Scribner's Sons. He was placed in charge
of their advertising department At this
time he conceived the idea of syndicating
the works of other Writer'S, and Henry
Ward Beecher VIZ one of the most promi-
nent authors whose writings were thus dis
tributed. In 1883 he took charge of the
Ladies' Home Journal of Philadelphia. He
has written many papers containing advice
TO young men, which were published In the
Cosmopolitan Magazine. AS an editor Mr.
| Box has been singularly successful par
ticularly in the field of special features
interesting to women. and the great sue
cess of the Ladies' Home Journal is mainly
due to his personal efforts. AS a steno-
grapher and typewriter he had extensive
experience with Henry Holt & Co. and
Charles Scribner's Sons. He acted as steno-
grapher for Henry Ward Beecher on many
occasions, principally in connection With
the latter's published sermons.
Another stenographer who has won sue
cess is Edw d. Easton. He Studio
stenography began its practice in 1872
as reporter on New York daily news
papers. He went to Washington, d. c., in
1874 and became one of the most prominent
stenographers of the capital On the for
nation of the American Graphophone com
pany I'm 1887 and the Columbia Phonograph
company little later he became associated
with these corporations, of which he Is
now the president and largest stakeholder
Mr.. Easton is also president or director I'm
number of other important corporations
Mr. Easton was one of the first of the
Washington stenographers to use the type
writer and for many years dictated his
shorthand notes directly to expert type
writer operators, including his records or
the trial OF the assassin Guiteau for the
murder of President Garfield and the ia
nous Star Route trial. lasting a year. for
which he received $4,000, the largest fee
ever earned in stenography. He took part
In the reporting Of nearly every important
national event for fifteen years, includins
the debates of congress.