Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1906-03-03
TIE SUCCESS OF THE WRITING
MACHINE.

TIE SUCCESS OF THE WRITING
MACHINE.
In 1915 the following advertisement
appeared IN a New York neH spaper /:
A bright educated woman wanted
to take iemuneTatiye and pleasant
position Musician piefeT-eC
This advertisement was Inserted by
The company who were placing on the
market the Remington Typewriter, the
invention having been carried TO
point where il was practical. The
Remington people could not sell their
machine unless they could supply
operators, and it was TO supply this
want that they inserted their adyer-
tilenient with a view to training
women in the use of the typewriter
Preference WIS given TO a musician.
as they believed that one having ac-
quired the "pisno touch" would lie
more adaptable to the manipulation of
tie writing machine than one not so
skilled.
Mrs. NJ A. Saunders applied for
tue position and was engaged, entering
with enthusiasm a new field of work
for women, aud becoming the pioneer
in her profession of which she is
still an active member and filling a
remunerative position with large
insurance company in New York. The
success Of the writing machine being
assured. and providing as it did pleas
ant aud profitable employment for
those able to operate il, business col
leges all over the land began to spring
up, whose main object was to instruct
10 steuography and typewriting. and
30 another industry was put in opera
ton. Since Mrs Saunders first be-
gan operating the Remington Type
writer many thousands of women have
been instructed in the art of shorthand
aud typewriting, aud it is estimated
that women typists receive in wages
now over 800, 600. 600 a year
The profit and advantages to be de-
rived from the operation of the writ
ing machine and n practical knowl-
edge of shorthand writing were not
confined TO the one sex.
Countless numbers of men who have
become prominent men of affairs in
commercial life. politics and the pro-
fessions, started on their careers as
steuographers aud typewriter opera
tors. In fact. there is no employment
~ bfnk Nf,ivaS an vpupu man enoI, opror
tunitieS Of advancement as that of the
stenographer, as it brings him in close
ana constant Itouch with officials,
heals of departments aud permits him
10 get at the very heart of the bust
mes with which he is identified. Per-
hRps the most generally known exam
pie of this fact al the present time
is Postmaster General George b. Cor
telyou, but every locality has its
prominent men who can date the be-
ginning of their success from their
time of service as competent and re-
liable stenographers
From year to year this army of
workers has sbeen increasing, and at
the present tins business colleges and
various sources are taxed TO the utmost
TO meet the demand for competen
stenographers and typewriter opera.
tors TO ill positions in all branches of
trade. III, as it has been said, the
demand for stenographio help is an
indication of business conditions,
then we are indeed enjoying an era of
great prosperity. A call upon the
proprietor of any business college, or
the employment departments connect.
ed with the various typewriter com,
panies. will disclose the fact that the
demand for competent Office help is
greatly in excess of the supply. This
is particularly true in the case of
young men wanted.
The young mau or woman who is
looking to the future with a view to
becoming self supporting would do
well to make preparation to be able TO
take mp work so pleasant aud profitable
from the very start. with orportuni-
ties for advancement