Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-11-03

be paid IS to $40 a week in the be-
ginning. Larger cities run as high as
SIS, and in ordinary work, such az
taking letters of the average business
man, beginner will not be likely to
rise to more than, say, $25. when he
has become the favorite of several
stcnograph employed and is get
ting into sort of private secretary
ship. Some law Offices, which require
quicker and more accurate work, pay
as much as $50 or even more a week,
If your boy should decide to make
stenography his permanent vocation,
instead of being merely a stepping
stone to something else, he had bet
ter get into law Office as socn as he
can, though he should wait until he
has had experience enough to be quite
expert Law Office stenography leads
directly into court work, which, gen.
orally speaking, pays the best of all
branches Of the business. Also SO OF
the 92 United States senatorn are law
yers, as well as 212 of the sos mem.
bers of the house, with proportionate
memberships in the state legislatures,
circumstance which might give
good law stenographer direct influ.
ence for political preferment.
The main requirement for ste.
nographic court positions is prof.
cheney; your boy should be able to
fill this necessity by the time he is in
his early twenties, provided he began
at sixteen to eighteen and used every
effort to improve himself instead Of
endeavoring merely to hold bis job.
Then his pay would depend upon tho
particular state he happened to be in.
In New York city, for example, he
would receive anywhere from $1,750
| to $500 a year, with the possibility
of doubling his income by furnishing
copies of testimony, court rulings,
ETC., to lawyers at the regular fees.
1t frequently happens that two OF
three court stenographers who have
l. proved their ability form a partner
ship for this particular class of work
and launch out in independent bust
ness, employing assistants and typists
and becoming wealthy. These firms
get a great deal more than court
work, doing special work for lawyers
and other firms, and often taking
down and transcribing the testimony
or data collected by some state com
mission or legislative investigating
body.
Through their personal connections
or demonstrated ability, many ste
nographers of this grade work in
state legislatures and even in con
gress. In the latter case they are
paid $4,000 year, out Of which sum,
however, they have to furnish one as
sistant at $1,000. These stenograph
ers add to their incomes by DOING
special work The committees and
and legislatures always have ste
nographers.
Many stenographers have also made
competence by doing free lance
work entirely, getting work where
| they could and remaining free of bus
| mess connections. One of these free
| lances spont six months prior to the
holding of a big international scen
| tific convention in studying the sub
! jects scheduled to be discussed, so as
! to become acquainted with the rare
| Technology. 1t happened that he was
the only stenographer present able to
| take down the speeches and debates
and his revenue in furnishing copies
| afterward amounted to quite a few
| thousand of dollars.
This, in nutshell, is what there Is
in stenography for the energetic boy,
| But as stated in the beginning, its
! chief value is as stepping stone to
some business, any business, through
private secretary ship. Some private
secretaries receive large salaries, the
heads Of large corporate interests
having paid as much as $4,000 a
year to the right man.
| Copyright. 1910, by the Associated Lit.
erary Press.)