The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1911-01-19

be paid So to $40 week in the b..
ginning. Larger cities run as high a.,
SIS, and in ordinary work, such As
taking letters of the average bushes
man, beginner will not be likely to
rise to more than, say, $25. when he
has become the favorite of several
stenographers employed and is get.
ting into a sort of private secretary.
ship. Some law offices, which require
quicker and more accurate work, pas
as much as $35 or even more week,
II your boy should decide to mako
stenography his permanent vocation,
instead of being merely a stepping
stone to something else, he had bet.
ter get into law Office as soon 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 ali
branches of the business. Also so Of
the 90 United States senators are law.
yers. as we'll as 212 OF the 1898 mem.
bers Of the house, with proportionate
memberships in the state legislatures,
circumstance which might give q
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 his job.
Then his pay would depend upon the
particular state he happened to be in.
In New York city, for example. he
would receive anywhere from $1,750
to $4,000 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 or
three court stenographcrs who have
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
commissions appointed by congress
and legislatures always have ste
nographers.
Many stenographers have also made
q competence by doing FREQ lance
work entirely, getting work where
they could and remaining free Of bus.
mess connections. Ono Of these free
lances spent six months prior to the
holding of big international scien.
tiflc convention in studying the sub.
jects scheduled to be discussed, so a.
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 few
thousand of dollars.
This, in nutshell, is what there ID
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 secretaryship. Some private
secretaries receive large salaries, the
heads of large corporate interests
having paid as much as $4,000 q
year to the right man.
Copyright. 1910. by the Associated Lit.
erary Press.)