get a single reply. Don't be discouraged. Something will come your way shortly if you will keep on trying rather than waiting for something to turn up. Beware of those "fakirs" who guarantee employment and take students for a week on trial and then discharge them without pay. Don't consent to work for anyone without a special agreement as to the salary that is to be paid to you at the end of the week or month, as the case may be. The taking down and transcribing of a single letter will fully demonstrate your abilities. You may do this with impunity and willingly, but have nothing to do with those who wish you to come for a week on trial without remuneration. They sometimes get their work done month after month by making false promises that if one will work for a week for nothing doubtless there will be a splendid opening, and at the end of the week the poor stenographer is discharged and another unfortunate engaged on the following Monday for another week on the same specious excuse. Every man is worthy of his hire. and you must be paid for your work from the very first day. There are some very reputable employment bureaus which offer to obtain positions for stenographers in consideration of one week's salary being paid to them, in installments, after the position is secured. The student should exercise care and discretion in dealing with these employment bureaus. As a rule he should studiously avoid those
