Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-06

about a hundred stenographers. Many of
them we have kept varying lengths of time,
seldom longer than two years. 1t takes me
nearly four hours to test a stenographer
thoroughly"
He conceded that very few young women
show what they can really do under such
circumstances: that often an intelligent
and we'll educated stenographer will not
show what she is capable Of until the first
-strangeness of work and surroundings has
worn off, and he said he would gladly en-
gage without trial any one who would
come to him with references from another
patent lawyer, but no one ever did He
could not conclude that when women left
places with patent lawyers they either
rushed into matTimony or took up quite an
other branch of s~tenographic work.
He showed some OF the drawings which
a stenographer would be called upon to
read. To the INITIATED it would be a task
indeed. A person trained in the work can
read them as a musician reads a musical
score.
In reading notes in patent work context
does not help as much as 1t does in die
tations on ordinary subjects. For instance,
in some systems of shorthand you would
write tap" and top" not only with the
same outlines, but in the same position.
Yet substituting one of these words for the
other in the transcript of a dictation might
neoessltate a patent lawyer spending an
hour hunting over his laborlously worked
up notes to see which was right. A woman
who could do the work properly would be
nearly priceless.
Women have so much less aptitude for
machinery than men have that 1t might
seem natural to employ young men as
s%tenographers in a patent lawyers office,
but young men are not content to go on
as stenographers. At the end OF a few
years they insist on graduating from the
weary grind OF the machine. On the other
hand, a woman, II her salary is judiciously
increased, is willing to go on through the
patient years taking notes and writing them
out, OF course there is the percentage of
loss through marriage, but that is not
very large.
Uses Of Poetry.
A girl said Of a friend Of hers, 4 never
in my life knew anybody who had such a
flow of language as she has, She is never
at a loss for a word Of comparison, or an
appropriate quotation. How in the world
does she do IT," Well, l asked her. and
this is what the good talker said:
when / was q very little girl my great
delight was to read and study poetry. 1
learned poems by heart TO recite at school,
TO say to my mother and my brothers . /
ave always kept up that habit, and every
day as l am dressing, / have an open book
on my bureau and learn something by
heart, even If it is only four lines. l have
never given drawing-room Rotations. for
l know / should simply bore people. but /
have gained a great deal OF pleasure my
self from the habit, and / believe It has
done more to give me a good eommand OF
words than anything else"
Girls, Here's a Chance.
II anyone can suggest a potent way TO
the Rev. Norman +, Richardson to add
an even 200 young misses to his congre-
cation at Cambridge, Mass, he or she will
be amply rewarded,
Mr.. Richardson Is pastor Of the Harvard
Methodist church Of Cambridge. which
numbers among its members over 200 stu
dents az the university and many Of the
college professors and university alumni,
The pastor holds that Massachusetts, is
the hardest state OF the union In which 10
establish a Methodist parish, Cambridge
the hardest city In the state and Harvard
square the most difficult section. Yet Mr..
Richardson, except for the lack Of eligible