Bisbee daily review., 1917-10-21
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The President Bangs Out His Own Pleasant Little Thoughts In 'Elite Type" Try It Yourselfl

 uable labor saving medium for the business and professional man is well exemplified by an article in one of the current magazines. The President" is the title of very interesting and well written article in this past weeks Sat urday Evening Post by that versatile and much travelled writer. Samuel G. Blythe The manysidedness and mat ter-of-factness of the occupant of the White House are revealed; and withal. a homely pen picture is presented, giv- ing a glimpse of the president at work, and an interesting sidelight on his methods. Witness the president in action:
 There is an old and battered type writer in a corner of the room on the second floor of the residential part of the White House which the president uses for a study. On many mornings of each week, from eleven o'clock un- sits at that typewriter, and types his thoughts, instructions, plans, and out lines his letters and messages. Of course he uses theordinary epis .olary machinery, also, dictating at length to his stenographer; but. whenever he has anything personal to do, or any real thought to express, he goes to his typewriter and hammers ou. the words which give that thought form. It has a peculiar type, this machine-smaller than the usual typewriter face; and when any person acquainted with the presidents methods gets a communica- tion which is typed in that small type, | that person knows he has direct word | from the head of the nation, unfilter- ed through any stenographer or other labor saving medium.
 He writes his speeches there. He wrote his reply to the pope's peace proposal there And if the instruc- tions, orders, suggestions and plans | for the successful and vigorous prose cution of this war his .subordinates ! have received could be printed, it | would be apparent to the world that Woodrow Wilson, though he may be eager for peace, is ever fighting man i first He is an idealist, they say; a | rhetorician; man of theory and an al | truistic liberal. Granting all that for | the purpose of comparison, albeit it is 1 well enough known that MT. Wilson is | a severely practical politician when he must be, the point to be made is that | he is no idealist; no Utopian when it comes to fighting this war. He is as cold as a wedge about that Win it, | that is his constant instruction. Win it, and speed up in the winning"
 The president has been a shorthand | writer also for over forty years. In fact he is quite expert in the art Most | of his war messages and notes were i tirs- put down in shorthand form. The | article in the Post should be of inter- l est to business and professional men !. in Bisbee, for the president is only one | of hundreds who have learned and are i using shorthand and typewTiting for | their own personal convenience. Tn l an appeal by the government to the | local chamber of commerce, employers | are asked, as a patriotic duty for the | best office help they have in point of | preparation and experience. As the | war progresses, and it becomes more l difficult for the business man to se- cure tried and confidential assistants, l he may find himself going through the motions depicted of the president, eith- CT from necessity or convenience
 Three classes in short hand, the en- rollment of which has been slowly but l gradually increasing, have been receiv- ing instruction for several days past in | the night school at the high school. | The membership is varied, comprising l both young and old. Recently an en- tire family enrolled. As fast as those l starting late make sufficient progress ! they will be transferred to classes | which began earlier. An effort will l gladly be made at any time to accom- | modate persons who are enx2ous to l learn the subjects offered al the night 1 school.
 It is a noteworthy fact in this con nection that Charles Swem, private 1 secretary and official reporter to the l president, is a writer of the Gregg sys- tenn, which is taught al the night | school. Swem learned shorthand in a night school, and went to the white house before he was twenty years of age. proof of the fact that with a little will power, youth and adverse condi- tions are no handicap in learning the Gregg system. The private secretar- ies of Secretary of the Treasury Me Adoo. General Pershing, Secretary Tu- multy, and also Secretary Bakers stenographers. are Gregg writers
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